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Cecelia M. Coyne
Middleton, Wis. - Cecelia "Robin" Maas Coyne, age 61 passed away peacefully at her home Tuesday afternoon surrounded by her husband, John of 38 years, daughter Abigail Coyne (Matthew) Diller of Chicago, who works for the University of Chicago Women's Board as the Associate Director; and their son, Joseph of Boston, a recent graduate of Harvard Business School.
Robin was born on March 21, 1952 to Walter & Cecelia M. (Moore) Maas, Jr. who preceded her in death. Born on the first full day of spring, her father proclaimed: "We saw our first Robin today!" and the name "Robin" stuck!
Many West side and Nakoma neighborhood children remember Robin through the fun they shared on the "legendary" rope swing her Father fashioned in their backyard. Throughout her adult life, Robin frequently encountered adults who had fond memories of their time spent at her childhood home.
A lifetime resident of Madison, Robin attended Cherokee Middle School where was an outstanding student, athlete as well as Captain of the Cheerleading squad. She moved on to West Senior High School where she proudly achieved honor roll during all eight semesters, and went on to be voted both the most Poised Contestant and runner-up in the Miss Teenage Madison Pageant.
Robin attended the University of Wisconsin Madison and received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education in 1975, She and John married on August 7, 1976 and resided in Madison for the past 28 years. She was a school teacher and had a passion for assisting children with speech, language, physical, and cognitive difficulties and specialized in these fields for over 23 years. Her most recent employment was working as a Job Coach for the Integrated Community Work Program, assisting developmentally disabled adults in achieving meaningful contributions to their employers. She was a passionate advocate for special needs children and developmentally disabled adults, who will be greatly missed by those she impacted throughout her career.
Robin and John first met in Lake Mendota (they were swimming) in 1966. They had strong ties to the lake throughout her life through sailboat racing and motor boating. In 2007, the couple moved to their home on the lake in Middleton and she died living her dream on the water within thirty feet of the lake!
Everyone who was exposed to Robin's inner strength, knowledge, passion, and civility, walked away with a heightened sense of empowerment. She had an uncanny ability to make people feel great about themselves, whether it be children on the playground, fellow teachers, supervisors, or close friends. Her tender heart and unwavering support for her spouse and children formed the backbone of her family. She is survived by Husband, John; Daughter, Abigail Coyne Diller (Matthew); Son, Joseph; Brother Walter M. Maas III (Lynn) of Woodinville, WA and many loving family members. The family would also like to thank the Agrace Hospice team for their generous and caring assistance in helping Robin remain at her home, as well as her primary Oncologist, Dr. Sam Lubner, who offered incredible support and care.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 1:00 PM at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent Street, Madison, WI A visitation with lunch will follow in the Church Hall. A private Burial Service will follow for immediate family members.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Carbone Cancer Center
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The benefits of video conferencing and telepresence have been known for years. Companies know the advantage of allowing more people, and in remote locations, to attend the same meetings or training sessions. Schools use telepresence to save costs while bringing top professors to a vastly greater number of students than was ever possible before. Medical specialists are able to attend to patients on the other side of the planet.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for example, uses a telepresence room to connect to ships at sea. This allows for live communication with ships crew and remotely operated vehicles. According to (NOAA) physical scientist Adam Skarke, "… if we're going somewhere we've never been before, we don't know what we're going to find. We don't have enough bunks to bring an expert for everything we find." When an expert in a certain field is needed, he or she can go to the telepresence room to assist in the operation. This video feed is also made available to the public.
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The next step is to coach the kid to ask all of the questions.Originally Posted by JediTricks
The next step is to coach the kid to ask all of the questions.Originally Posted by JediTricks
I had to put Wheeljack down tonight.
Even with the instructions, I can't figure out how to get his arms inside for the car mode.
I'll come back to him tomorrow when I've rested and don't feel so frustrated.
It's the sign that he's a good Transformer though - like a puzzle, Wheeljack presents a challenge.
it sounds like you had a horse with a broken leg! he's complex, but just play around with the arms: fold them up, turn them around, until the doors look like they are in the right position to join up with the rest of the car. i know i had a lot of time spent in figuring out how to fold up the arms without popping the doors off their hinges...Originally Posted by Tycho
Nachos are the right of all sentient beings.
The guns... They've stopped!
- Dan Akroyd, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope
I havent found any new Alternators in some time, my last one was Grimlock. But im hoping the asterisk line will be brought over here, i want Sunstreaker more than any other Autobot.
Been seeing Cybertron figures pop up more and more, i think Optimus looks awesome but really dont have the cash to drop on him. Once ROTS slows down a bit more i may direct those dollars towards the Cyber figs i dig, like the beasts.
Good Traders/Sellers: Cameo, Darth Cruel, Sith Killer 99, JJReason, icatch9, ChasingJediDogma, AT-AT Man, JediMasterGuyute, Brainiak76, JangoFett96, njscollectibles, Vulcantouch, AC Pin, TheDarthVader, msjedi, DarthQuack, Roojay
TRU the other day had celophaned together smokescreen and sideswipe for $20 together. i was almost tempted to get them, but then i was like "what would i do with them?"
could make some customs, though...
Nachos are the right of all sentient beings.
The guns... They've stopped!
- Dan Akroyd, Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope
More photos of Galaxy Force Soundwave:
Design sketches: http://www.fantofan.jp/earlybirdsp/gx-02.jpg
Actual toy: http://www.fantofan.jp/earlybirdsp/gx-02b.jpg
Better photo of toy: http://www.fantofan.jp/earlybirdsp/gx-02c.jpg
The base plastic color reminds me of G2 Dreadwing, as does the over-the-shoulder multi-missile cannon, and they're both stealths. Dunno what the targeting window is about. Seems the cannon and the little lazerbeak-type pal turn into hexagonal jet thrusters reminiscent of G1 Soundwave's battery accessories, seems pretty cool to me.
As for Wheeljack's arms, is the problem you're having related to the shoulders? That's where I had the most confusion on Grimlock, once I figured out that they're an odd folding situation, it was cake getting 'em back into alt mode.
Personally, I think a Transformer should be only so complicated when transforming the figure, otherwise it becomes fragile and not fun to play with.
Optimus is really nifty, I mess with him the most at this point, transforming him or just reposing him or even just opening and closing that mouthplate. What I really think will be interesting will be the add-on figures, OP's jetpack is hollow to accomodate his folded-up arms so that other figures can be transformed into super arms - the first one is a lion, in case you didn't know.Originally Posted by KAK
Vyn, I must admit, I too was tempted by that 2pack even though I own both of 'em.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Exactly what it was. I figured it out this morning when I took a fresh look at it. Many of the Alternators are very delicate with very complicated transformations. I like the complicated part so that they are not just "Go-Bots" but I don't like being scared that I'm going to break something.Originally Posted by JediTricks
Perhaps I have mentioned before that I think TF:Cybertron's Ransack has his rear wheel on wrong, well yesterday I saw the design sketch for the vehicle at the Hasbro site and it confirmed this, so I tapped out the hinges and swapped the wheel arms, now it looks WAY better and I'm significantly happier with the alt mode. I took some photos and wasted my whole day putting a page together explaining it:
Before, I was sure I wouldn't buy any repaints of this figure, but now I think I will since I know how to fix them. It'd be nice if Hasbro just did it right though.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
that's pretty neat. Now if only I could FIND mine so I could try it. I know I shoved him in a box or drawer SOMEWHERE, but I can't seem to figure out where...Originally Posted by JediTricks
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
I picked up the reissue Inferno and Grapple yesterday for $6.99 each at TRU! I passed on Hoist for $8.50 since I figured the two obvious repaints with decent robot modes would look fairly in place with what I want to do with my Alternators once I get a spot for them set up.
And, despite my usual good luck with Alternators, I've yet to see Swerve. Will he still be shipping when Prowl and Decepticharge come out?
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February is here! Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow on Ground Hog's Day? Will there be 6 more weeks of winter? Whether Phil see's his shadow or not, we'd love to see your layouts featuring sunlight and/or shadows for the February Monthly Layout Contest! Please post your layouts in the February Monthly Layout Gallery before February 28th at midnight Eastern Time and you could be one of the two people who will win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Be sure to add your product credits to the description area or in the EXIF properties.
Posted 07 February 2013 - 08:25 PM
Here's mine, Golf Course Sunset
Posted 11 February 2013 - 10:07 PM
Sunlight and Shadows are always a challenge for me. Especially as I've been trying to only use Manual mode on my camera. Here's my layout. TFL!! Girls Weekend
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:23 AM
Awesome topic Carla I seem to have a lot of photos for this topic here is one of them Mums Rose
Posted 14 February 2013 - 05:36 AM
here is my second LO.... It Wasn't me honest......
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Here is my layout Life's Little Moments
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Beautiful layouts in the gallery! Tomorrow is the last day to get your entries in!
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WheW! I just made the deadline!
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Thoughts About Usability
I am a very introspective person. When I feel a certain way, I would like to understand why I feel that way. I have wondered why I am so often irritated by people talking about usability in free software. An example of such an article (and a fairly good one, at that) is available from the GNOME Usability Project. I was trying to understand what the core of my irritation with the article. Then I stumbled on this gem:
Most of us probably want people to operate our programs, we desire "users"
And then it hit me. I don't.
I honestly don't care whether people use my programs. I write them to solve a problem. If the problem later comes up for someone else, I will point them at the solution I wrote (or helped write). Then, if it works for them, fine. If it doesn't, they're free to hack on it until it does solve their problem. They can, of course, not use it at all -- in which case I will usualy dismiss them as idiots, because I've already solved the problem, and move on with my life.
The only usability I care about is mine. I want to be able to use the programs I write. If nobody else can use it, that's perfectly fine -- as Franky says in Rocky Horror Picture Show: "I didn't make him.... for you!" [and the callback: "but she gets him anyway"]. This sums up my feelings. I don't make programs for others -- but they get them anyway, because I am careful to license them freely.
All this, of course, doesn't mean I don't care about bug reports. I try to keep my code clean and bug-free as I can. But, if there is a disagreement about what the program should do, at that point I will turn a deaf ear towards my users.


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An overnight security guard, charged on the weekend with 14 counts of theft and one count of mischief, at a government premises was an employee of an outside contractor.
A spokesman for the provincial Department of Transportation and Works, security division, said there's been some confusion in the public about this, but it was not one of government's own security guards.
The incidents allegedly happened in St. John's, the RNC has not yet released further details.
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A 31-year-old man, who was employed as an overnight security guard for a government premises in St. John's, has been charged with 14 counts of theft and one count of mischief.
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Korg Poly-800
At a time when Roland was doing well with their Juno-series, KORG countered with a poly-synth of their own in 1983 with the Poly-800. The Poly-800 was comparable to the Juno-106, at the time, with respect to the fact that musicians now had access to affordable programmable polyphonic analog synthesizers (it listed for under $1,000) with memory storage, stable DCOs (digitally controlled oscillators) and a new state-of-the-art technology called MIDI (although there was no SysEx implementation yet).
The Poly-800 is an eight-voice instrument (two more than the Juno series) with 64 memory patches (half of what the Juno-106 offered) and up to 50 editable parameters! Like the Juno, the Poly-800 had one DCO per voice, although it did feature a Double mode in which the oscillators could be stacked up for a fuller sound and only four voices of polyphony. The analog filter is a 24dB/oct low-pass which is shared by all voices (the Juno has separate filter chips for each voice). There's also a stereo chorus effect, chord memory, a simple built-in sequencer, three digital envelope generators (for the oscillators, the noise generator and the filter), and a funky joystick used to adjust the pitch, modulation and the filter.
Unlike the Juno, which was still a "studio" instrument, the Poly-800 was built for the performer. With a light-weight plastic case (only 10 lb.), a couple low-profile sliders/knobs and only 49 keys, the Poly-800 can run on batteries and has guitar strap pegs so it can be worn like a keytar. A less common reversed color keys model was released for a unique look as well.
In 1984, a keyboardless tabletop/rackmount version was released, called The EX-800. In both the Poly and EX models, all sound editing is accomplished by scrolling to a given parameter, described by little more than a two-digit number, and pushing the up or down buttons to adjust it. Fortunately every parameter's two-digit numeric code and data-range is printed on the faceplate. Obviously, the Juno series has the edge over the Poly-800 when it comes to hands-on editing, however, some sort of external MIDI controller is usually sufficient to get more hands-on and real-time control.
Poly-800 mkII
The Poly-800 model was succeeded by the the Poly-800 mkII (pictured above) in 1985. The mkII added digital delay effects, MIDI SysEx functionality and a darker paint job. Note that the Siel DK70 is very similar to the Poly-800. Poly-800s have been used by Orbital, Depeche Mode, Sneaker Pimps, Vangelis, Geoff Downes, Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Yesterdays and Jimi Tenor.
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KORG POLY-800 Analog Synthesizer 1984 | HQ DEMO | PATCHES
Audio Clip 1 - A sequenced Poly 800 MkII demo (the original voice 45 "digital bass" patch) with the use of the "VCF" function of the joystick and addition of digital delay at the end, submitted by Paolo Palazzi.
Manual - Here is a link to the Poly-800's manual and schematics. The manual is available as scanned GIF files in 5 downloadable pieces.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 8 voices (4 when doubled)
- Oscillators - 1 DCO per voice (2 when doubled). 1 Noise generator.
- LFO - Sine wave only w/ speed & delay and route to osc. or filter
- Filter - One 24 dB/oct low-pass resonant filter
- VCA - 3 ADBSSR Digital Envelope Generators: DCO, Noise, VCF
- Effects - Stereo Chorus, Chord Memory
- Sequencer - 256-step polyphonic sequencer with MIDI Start, Stop and Clock.
- Keyboard - 49 keys
- Memory - 64 patches
- Control - MIDI IN/OUT/THRU, Cassette tape interface
- Date Produced - 1983/84
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So, TCW finally gets a new Rex figure, and I picked it up at TRU yesterday. The gimmick, besides being based on the Cmdr Stone body with ball-n-hinge hips, is that it has a big space backpack.
The figure sports a new removable helmet with a new head underneath, and a cloth kama skirt, but no weathering paint at all. I think his twin DC-17 pistols are a new sculpt, and their holsters definitely are new.
The helmet and head look decent, although my sample's helmet was painted askew with the eye-graphics on top.
The big white jetpack interestingly has the little jetpack docked in it. You wouldn't even notice at first that it comes out, it's quite clever. Nice to have fold-down guns on the bigger jetpack. The smaller jetpack pegs in like it does on space Obi-Wan and Anakin; the larger jetpack pegs onto a harness that straps around the figure, similar to the space Clone's chest box but bigger, gray, and with a larger gun holster sporting the gun (which appears to based on but different sculpt from the ones that come with the new TVC ARC Trooper Fordo). The chest harness I just realized is supposed to be Rex's pauldron, but they left that portion unpainted gray. The larger jetpack has a flaw though, it's too close to the helmet so the fin is bent out of shape by it.
The body is based on the Cmdr Stone, but with big ball-hinged hips that look terrible, like twice as big as they should be and jutting out at the top of the armor, it's so bad on the otherwise slight Stone body. I appreciate the intent, but the execution needed more care.
Then there's the rather unappealing cloth kama skirt, which doesn't quite fit the right shape, doesn't look like it's supposed to because it doesn't flow out of the belt, is cut too wide, seems like it's going to tear easily, and is jet black (you can barely even see the blue piping on the outside). Part of the shape problem isn't the kama's fault though, they had to fit it over those wide hips. You can futz it into something less of an ugly mess, but it's never completely satisfying. Adding the wide look of the hips, the wide look of the skirt, you get the bulky holsters on the hips which make the figure even wider, and while I do like the more accurate holsters, on this figure they just are adding to the main problem.
Another issue I just noticed, the design of the pauldron is wrong in the front geometry, it's just weirdly off.
There's just something slapdash about the whole affair here - some great attention given to the accessories and then a lot of big stuff overlooked on the figure itself. I don't hate the figure because there is some fun in it, but everything seems like it misses the boat for such an important character.


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The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will offer a small business start-up training program in its classroom at 224 Water Street in downtown Binghamton.
Over three consecutive Tuesdays, March 11, March 18 and March 25, participants will learn the tricks of the trade from professionals on how to assess, plan and start up a business. Classes will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.
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By Lloyd Gray
Mississippi is a state full of contradictions, but none stands out more than this state's extraordinary literary heritage and its high illiteracy rate.
We've produced some of the world's most critically acclaimed and best-selling authors while always being at or near the bottom in the functional literacy of our people.
We produce great writers, but on the whole, we're not good readers. And today our schoolchildren's reading scores reflect that reality.
Our legacy of entrenched poverty, a byproduct of a feudal economic system that for most of our state's history discouraged both educational achievement and personal initiative, haunts efforts to improve our literacy. Yet nothing is more important in overcoming that legacy than improving the reading comprehension skills of our children – and of the adults who fell through the cracks early in life and still struggle with a literacy handicap.
When Daily Journal education reporter Chris Kieffer first envisioned the project we're calling "The State of Our Schools," he saw it as focused on the whole question of literacy, broadly defined. We branched out as it became clear that while the ability to read and to understand what is read is the foundation for all learning, so many factors come into play in affecting that ability. We decided our year-long education series should be a broader examination of those factors and historical realities.
But no monthly installment of "The State of Our Schools" will be as expansive as the one on literacy that we begin today. That's because improved literacy is so basic to any hope of educational advancement in Mississippi.
Today's story is an overview that looks at where we are in Mississippi, which is what we're trying to do in this series that began in December: provide an honest assessment of where our state stands in educating its children. Only in clearly acknowledging our weaknesses can we begin the long process of overcoming them.
There will be four additional days of stories, with this installment of "The State of Our Schools" concluding Thursday.
Efforts to improve reading in Mississippi schools are nothing new. Yet none of them have been sustained over time, and nothing has moved the needle on a large scale.
Monday we'll examine small-scale but encouraging successes in the Mississippi Delta and other poor and underperforming areas. We'll also look back at a program funded by this newspaper that made a huge difference four decades ago in Lee County schools but that couldn't replicate that success when it went statewide and veered from its original course.
On Tuesday, we'll see how teachers teach reading is changing and what the Legislature and governor are poised to do to require reading at grade level before third and seventh graders are promoted.
Wednesday's stories will examine a harsh reality of our literacy and educational underachievement problem: crime and incarceration. Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps gives us a candid assessment of the role that low levels of literacy play in filling our prisons, and we'll visit with former inmates who got their lives back on track by returning to school.
Thursday we'll look at adults who never went to prison but who struggled through life without the literacy skills they needed, and who are now giving it another go.
As with other portions of this series, we don't suggest we've got all the answers, and no one we've interviewed claims there are any easy solutions. But elevating awareness is a necessary step to committing, for the long haul, to finding what can work and then sticking with it.
We haven't done that yet in Mississippi. It's time.
Lloyd Gray is executive editor of the Daily Journal. Contact him at (662) 678-1579 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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unique projects made by Bedouin women in the settlement of Lakiya near Be'er-Sheva, "Desert Embroidery" and "Desert Weaving", as tourist
Two projects, "Desert Embroidery" and "Desert Weaving" work in the Bedouin settlement of Lakiya near Be'er-Sheva.
The ministry of tourism has recently acknowledged the unique projects, made by the Bedouin women in the settlement, as tourist sites. The projects were erected as part of a business initiative developed especially for Bedouin women, and at the moment, over 250 women are employed by these projects.The "Desert Embroidery" project enables Bedouin women to create traditional embroidery at home, with traditional motifs and decorations that have been passed in the Bedouin tribes through their history. The women also hold Bedouin embroidery workshops, and the place can hold events according to Bedouin tradition. The site is currently a tourist attraction for tourists that wish to know the Bedouin tradition and the unique work of the women within the tribe more closely.The "Desert Weaving" project is unique worldwide. The women that work in it weave rugs, performing all the stages on site, including spinning and dying the threads, interweaving, weaving in ground looms and the finish. Weaving skills are passed on from mother to daughter. The place holds fun days, lectures and workshops for groups and individuals.During the last few years, there has been a steady increase in tourist activities in Bedouin settlements in the Negev desert. In addition to the Bedouin women's projects, Be'er-Sheva, Rahat and Kuseyfe hold a Bedouin market, Rahat has the "Peace Tent", and the picturesque village of Drajat has the olive press.The article and the photos courtesy of the Israel Tour Guides Association http://www.tour-guides.co.il/itg/


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Obstructive uropathy is a condition in which the flow of urine is blocked, causing it to back up and injure one or both kidneys.
Uropathy - obstructive
Obstructive uropathy occurs when urine cannot drain through a ureter (a tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder). Urine backs up into the kidney and causes it to become swollen (hydronephrosis).
Obstructive uropathy can affect one or both kidneys. It can occur suddenly, or be a long-term problem.
Common causes of obstructive uropathy include:
Obstructive uropathy may rarely occur during pregnancy. This is called idiopathic hydronephrosis of pregnancy.
Symptoms depend on whether the problem starts slowly or suddenly, and if one or both kidneys are involved. Symptoms may include:
You may also have problems passing urine, such as:
The diagnosis of obstructive uropathy is made on imaging studies. Common radiographic studies used to diagnose obstructive uropathy include:
Stents or drains placed in the ureter or in a part of the kidney called the renal pelvis may provide short-term relief of symptoms.
Nephrostomy tubes, which drain urine from the kidneys through the back, may be used to bypass the obstruction.
A Foley catheter, placed through the urethra into the bladder, may also be helpful.
Although short-term relief from the obstruction can be achieved without surgery, the cause of the obstruction must be removed and the urinary system repaired. Long-term relief from obstructive uropathy requires surgery.
If a sudden obstruction is rapidly diagnosed and repaired, kidney damage is less likely. Often, the damage to the kidneys goes away.
Long-term damage to the kidneys may occur if you have had obstructive uropathy for a long time.
If only one kidney is damaged, chronic kidney problems are less likely.
When both kidneys become damaged and fail to function even after the obstruction is repaired, you may need dialysis or a kidney transplant.
If the obstruction or blockage of the bladder was the cause, long-term damage to the bladder may occur. This may result in problems emptying the bladder or leaking urine.
Obstructive uropathy can cause permanent and severe damage to the kidneys, resulting in renal failure. Obstructive uropathy caused by bladder outlet obstruction can lead to permanent and severe damage to the bladder, resulting in problems such as incontinence and urinary retention.
Contact your health care provider if you have symptoms of obstructive uropathy or believe that you may be suffering from this condition.
Obstructive uropathy can be prevented by addressing any underlying disorders that can cause it.
Zeidel ML. Obstructive uropathy. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 125.
Singh I, Strandhoy JW, Assimos DG. Pathophysiology of urinary tract obstruction. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 40.
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Madison to roll out new parking technology to help drivers save
New meters would save customers over $65,000
MADISON, Wis. - The City of Madison's Parking Utility is testing new technology to prevent drivers from paying for multi-space meters after hours with a goal of rolling it out by the end of September.
Currently, 4.06 percent or roughly one in every 25 parking transactions at the off-street meters, are conducted outside of the required 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. hours. Since January, drivers have spent, on average, $5,436.59 per month, after hours. Over the course of the year, that would mean a revenue drop to the city and a revenue gain to consumers of $65,232.
"Our goal for the parking utility is to provide exceptional customer service," said Thomas Woznick, Madison's parking operations manager. "We want to enhance people's ability to come downtown. We want them to come downtown. We want to make parking easy to use and simple to understand."
Woznick said after he took his position in April, 2012, he discussed with his staff the public perception of his department. He learned one of the biggest complaints was from consumers who were frustrated with paying outside of the normal hours.
The Parking Utility worked with the multi-space vendor to obtain the technology needed to prevent those transactions from happening in the future.
"We don't want people to pay for service they don't have to pay for," said Traffic Engineer Bill Putnam. "A lot of people may not read the signs or they don't understand what they're required to do or they might have erred on the safe side and said, 'I'll pay just in case.' This (new technology) is another way to give them a heads up. Hey, it's after six o'clock, you don't have to pay, here's your money back."
Outside of the hours drivers are required to pay, the machines will not accept coins or credit cards and the screen will read, "Cancelled. See signage." When the testing is complete, it will take a week to insert the technology into all of the city's 90 multi-space meter machines.
"It's really with this technology now that we're able to provide this level of customer service," Putnam said.
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I was eating dinner at the table with people from the music industry.
They asked me if I liked it in "The City." I said I liked it better in the country.
The label representative asked me what about it most appealed to me.
"I love to listen to the yellowhammer singing 'a little bit of bread and no cheese'."
Guided by voices, whole bag of tricks. Raised by Druids and Horses. (Then I told them): "Never underestimate the power of Love. You dig my new horseshoes?
Never underestimate the power of Love." "Come here quickly he's lost his mind!" "Frightened? Well I'm not surprised, you've never seen the likes of me.
Check it, I want a big fat advance and my alfalfa free!" "Come here quickly he's lost his mind!" The manager removed me from the restaurant. A crowd got to gathering around.
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Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of chip technology licensing firm ARM Holdings (ARMH) are down 82 cents, or 2%, at $40.63, after the company this morning said CEO Warren East, who's been in the job for twelve years, and is a nineteen-year veteran in total, will step down July 1st and be replaced by ARM's president Simon Segars.
As first reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal, Liberty Media (LMCA) this morning announced it will purchase a 27% stake in cable operator Charter Communications (CHTR) for $2.62 billion, or $95.50 per Charter share.
Liberty chairman John Malone remarked, "We are pleased with Charter's market position and growth opportunities and believe that the company's investments in its high-capacity digital network which provides digital HD and on demand television, high-speed data and voice, will benefit its customers and shareholders alike."
Liberty shares are up 89 cents, or 0.8%, at $111.55, while Charter shares are up 86 cents, or 1%, at $98.90.
Reuters's Noel Randewich this morning reports Intel (INTC) is pushing ahead with the build-out of its unit developing interactive television, which was first revealed at an AllThingsD conference last month, adding 60 people to an existing 300-person team. Intel stock is up a penny at $21.27.
Following rumors of a smart wristwatch from Apple (AAPL), Bloomberg's Jungah Lee this morning writes that Samsung Electronics (005930KS) is in a "race" to make a smart watch of its own, quoting Lee Young Hee, a mobile executive VP, as saying the company has been "preparing the watch product for so long," adding that the "issue here is who will first commercialize it."
Samsung shares rose ₩30,000, or 2%, to ₩1,475,000 in Seoul trading today.
But Toni Sacconaghi with Bernstein Research, reiterating an Outperform rating and a $725 price target on Apple, this morning writes that he's skeptical as to how many people outside of Apple "loyalists" would want such as device. He estimates perhaps as many as 25 million being sold the first year of the product coming out, perhaps at a $250 retail price, but with a lower gross margin of 30% or so, below corporate average.
"Although an Apple watch is unlikely to be significant financially for the company, we do believe that the successful introduction of the device could illustrate that innovation remains high at Apple."
Apple shares this morning got another vote of confidence from the Street, which Topeka Capital Markets's Brian White this morning writes that Apple will complete "three phases" for stock recovery this calendar year: "creating a safety net around Apple's stock with a larger cash distribution is the first phase necessary to stabilize Apple's stock price, followed by a trough in the profit cycle and the ability to open up new, large market opportunities."
Apple shares this morning are up $2.83, or 0.6%, at $458.55.
Shares of Dell (DELL) are up 14 cents, or 1%, at $14.32, after Bloomberg's Serena Saitto and David Carey last night reported that Blackstone Group (BX) is considering making a competing bid for the company higher than the $13.65 per share proposed by CEO Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC, cutting unnamed sources. The article only mentions a $15 price that a survey of analysts by Bloomberg came up with, on average.
Shaw Wu with Sterne Agee, who has a Neutral rating on the shares, writes this morning, this morning advises investors to take the mney and run: "The sobering reality is the PC business continues to deteriorate with market research firms now forecasting double-digit unit declines in 1Q13. However, we continue to believe an already high debt load will likely limit a buyout team's ability to raise its offer materially from current levels."
JMP Securities's Ron Josey this morning initiates coverage of Internet names, including Google (GOOG), to whom he assigns a Market Outperform and an $850 price target. Other favored names include Priceline (PCLN), eBay (EBAY), AOL (AOL), and Zillow (Z).


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The Independent Rundown, November 12
Independent Nation gives you the day's 5 essential reads for independents and centrists:
1. "Election a Call for Purple Politics," at CNN.
The voters spoke loud and clear, writes John Avlon: Give us a bi-partisan government.
2. "Americans Favor Regulations More Than Romney Bargained For," at Bloomberg News.
Adios, regulations on the financial industry? No thanks, Mitt.
3. "Rightbloggers' Solution to Obama's Reelection: Bring Back Culture War and White People!" at The Village Voice.
Bloggers on the right thought that if only they believed hard enough, Mitt Romney might become president.
4. "Media Fight on the Right Over GOP," at Politico.
How will the far right respond to criticism of its media darlings?
5. "Bush Adviser Threatens to Cut Out Republicans' Tongues," at Salon.
If they keep mouthing off about rape.
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Newbie With Printing And Binding Questions
Posted 19 February 2009 - 03:51 PM
Ideally I'd like to design my own layouts and have them printed and bound by a professional service. I've looked into half a dozen or so today, but they all require that I use their backgrounds. Does anyone know a place where you can get a hardbound 12x12 book using your own backgrounds/layouts?
Thanks! I'm sure I'm going to have to ration my computer time now that I've found this forum.
Posted 19 February 2009 - 04:11 PM
My SG Gallery My Blog I scrap with PSPX1
Posted 19 February 2009 - 05:02 PM
You can print 8x8 at home and then mount them to 12x12 scrapbook papers and put them in albums. You can have 12x12 pages printed at a number of online services, like ScrapbooksToShare, and put them in your own albums. I believe Costco and Walmart will do 12x12s. There are also several online services that will print bound books without using their backgrounds, like Vivio, Snapfish, Kodak, Walgreens, etc.
Posted 19 February 2009 - 05:12 PM
Happy scrapping!
Posted 19 February 2009 - 05:23 PM
You do not have to use their backgrounds.
Posted 19 February 2009 - 10:19 PM
Oh, and welcome to Scrap Girls!
Posted 20 February 2009 - 10:33 PM
Becca, if you go back to the Shutterfly site, there is an option under photobooks for "digital scrapbooks". Clicking there will show you how to upload your digi pages. They have a tutorial and templates for LO pages too, which are very helpful since you have to be careful not to put any elements too close to the edges when you're making pages for a book. Plus I think Shutterfly is offering a free 20-page photobook right now -- although probably in the 8x8" size. I'll look and see if I can find the coupon code for that. It would be a good way to try it out!
Oh, and welcome to Scrap Girls!
Thanks for all the warm welcomes! I finally found the option on Shutterfly--it's not very obvious on the page. But I'm very excited to have found it! So much to scrap, so little time.
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Bill Hicks was the last great social satirist, the true descendent of comedians like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. His work confronted the hypocrisies of late-20th century American life, divining comedy from the more evil impulses of the government and the mass media while assaulting the soullessness of mainstream culture. A longtime substance abuser, Hicks' monologues addressed issues of expanded consciousness and spirituality rare to the comedy format; for all of the rage inherent in his standup, his message was one of transcendence -- as he frequently reminded audiences, "The truth will set you free." Hicks died on February 26, 1994 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 32.


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Power & Wealth
For at least 2000 years in many parts of ancestral Southeast Asia, power and wealth have been accrued by noble families, with social relations within a community ordered in hierarchical ways. Villages are divided between dominant and subservient clans and lineages, and governed accordingly. The superiority of one family over another is often dependent on genealogical and legendary descent from the founding ancestors of the village. This link to the ancestors ensures that the leading families control ritual activities and the opening of new agricultural land. The nobles who dwell in the great house claim direct descent from its original founders and to the inherited wealth and power imbued in the heirlooms of the house.
In some communities, and in certain arenas of endeavour, high status can be earned. Prowess in fields deemed economically and spiritually important can cement the fame of certain individuals, especially within the elite families. For women this is pertinent to skill in textile making, and especially a remarkable knowledge of dyeing. The feats of male warriors, headhunters, or great voyagers who return with exotic and rare objects for the family treasury, are much admired and rewarded with high status, often visually marked by distinctive accoutrements.


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Franco, it is 41-30 with 3:20 left, Drew Brees may be a SI cover jinx victim.
He is a class act, so here's hoping for some magic
Franco, it is 41-30 with 3:20 left, Drew Brees may be a SI cover jinx victim.
He is a class act, so here's hoping for some magic
are you kidding me? Seattle pulled this off?
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Congrats to the Seahawks, they were able to run the ball when they needed to and Hasselhoff had a very good game.
Good luck against the Bears.
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
If the Seahawks could do this, maybe the Eagles can beat Green Bay?
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Franco - there is no doubt yours is the better team, but I guess that's why they still play the game. The Saint's did not look as good as last year, they looked beatable to often. There has to be a reason they have never won a playoff game on the road.
But, our record is now more respectable - the C hawks are 1-0 when it really counts. Wonder how it will look getting the SB trophy .
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Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
I know how to fix the Saints. When they get thier RB's healthy, the five we have on IR, we'll have a great stable of backs with or without Reggie Bush. I don't see us paying Bush 11.7mil next season. What we need on O is a great OT or two. Strief gets too many penalties and Bushrod always needs help. Our Center and tow Guards are as good as they come.
On D, a healthy Malcom Jenkins gives us a shutdown Saftey, Sharper palyed his last game. We lost our starting OLB in the first game. He's another solid player we missed this season. Casillas was the reason we let Fujita go the Cleveland.
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
I didnt want to say anything...because I was like most expecting the Saints to win...
BUT I AM SOOOOOOO GLAD MY SEAHAWKS pulled it off...
I have said it all year long (locally to my 9er friends) that it doesnt help when you have 10 different combinations of offensive linemen trying to protect a very good but in the twilight of his career quarterback....they ARE better then the 7-9 record shows and they were the best team in the NFC West...(NFC WEST was the worst league, but they did desirve the championship)
They are one of the younget teams in the NFL....and with some squirming, wiggling, moving and trading a draft of a young quarterback under the wings of Hasselbeck (who was under the wing of Farve, like Rogers) will do this team wonders and they will be back on top like the 2004-2007 run...keep Whitehurst I like his look, keep Hasselbeck and have him train up an young....Locker UW, Mallet UAK, Ponder F. ST, Tayler VT, Mcelroy UAL or even that kid from UAZ...????? But personally, I think Pete left USC chiefly becasue of the investigations but secondly because he absolutly LOVES Barkley and I wouldnt be suprised if he makes a run at him...
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Gopherlongbeards wrote: I wonder if the acorn crop will drop earlier as well?
Gopherlongbeards wrote: nail down current roost areas on two of them, so I know where I'll be next weekend. Took some time to look the roosts over and locate good setup locations to minimize bumbling around in the dark and flushing birds.
Gopherlongbeards wrote:Think I'm going to give it a shot without busting them off the roost first.
Gopherlongbeards wrote:While scouting today I did a bit of cold calling. Had a hen respond so I grabbed a seat quick and had a nice little chat with her. She ended up bring her poults over for a look see. Was a really cool experience. first time I've ever heard live kee kee's and kee kee runs in the woods.
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March Madness Is Here!!!!!!
Posted on 8 Mar 2012 by Mark Cook.
Can you feel the madness? Did you catch the fever? No, I'm not talking about the cold that you're probably fighting, but I'm talking about March Madness! Well, it has began this week with the various conference tournaments that will place 31 schools into the round of 68. I find this lead up to the "Big Dance" as a great introduction to the smaller and lesser known schools, who get t...
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Jordan (Farmar) to the Rescue!!!….Nets!
Posted on 8 Mar 2012 by Mark Cook.
Last night the high flying Clippers rolled into Newark to face a Nets team who was coming off a 30-point drubbing from the Heat in Miami. Rockin' their old school ABA "New York Nets" jerseys. Deron Williams and the rest of the squad would have made Doctor J proud by taking a rear fast start all the way through to a 12-point lead at halftime. The Clips struggled for most of the ga...
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D-Will drops 57 on Bobcats….Nets!
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by Mark Cook.
As Deron Williams began to torch the hapless Bobcats in the second half of last night's game. Nets fans we're reminded of a few things…We we're reminded of D-Will's individual basketball skills as a top notched shooter. We we're also reminded of what amazing firepower, we could lose out on after the final twenty-eight games of the season.We we're definitely reminded of the greatness that ...
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Remember Drazen Petrovic….Nets!
Posted on 2 Mar 2012 by Mark Cook.
When Nets sharpshooter Anthony Morrow began to compete in the 3-point shooting contest during All-Star weekend. Anthony paid homage to another New Jersey marksman who came years before him…Drazen Petrovic. Watching Morrow rock the old school blue road uniform, brought back a lot of great memories of the 6-5 guard, who could light it up any moment. Now, for all of you younger Nets fans. D...
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Stop The Hate on Hump….Nets!
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by Mark Cook.
Now, let's be honest! Most basketball fans didn't know Kris Humphries until his highly-publicized, short-lived marriage to Kim Kardashian. So, as he quickly became the most HATED player in the NBA. I found the boos from opposing crowds funny, then as it began to sink deeper into my head. I realized that a lot of misguided fans don't understand the value of what a player like Kris can have for...
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The THREAT in DALLAS….NETS!
Posted on 28 Feb 2012 by Mark Cook.
Former Mavericks coach Avery Johnson has finally said exactly what fans of his current team, the Nets have been thinking for sometime now. The Mavericks are a THREAT! Yes, as the defending champs take on our ten win team. Dallas owner Mark Cuban will surely be dreaming of the day, when he can have Deron Williams in a Mavericks uniform, throwing alley-oop passes to Dwight Howard or kicking it o...
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Halftime…Nets All-Star Edition
Posted on 24 Feb 2012 by Mark Cook.
As the(10-25)Nets head into the All-Star break. The New Jersey Nets will be well represented in this weekend's events in Orlando. Deron Williams will be coming off the bench for the Eastern Conference All-Star team. This will be D-Will's third All-Star appearance. Deron Williams will also participate in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge. Sharpshooter Anthony Morrow will be participating in the...
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The Recruiting Game….Nets Need Williams and Howard
Posted on 23 Feb 2012 by Mark Cook.
As I watched the Nets get pummeled by the Orlando Magic last night. I began to notice that a lot of Nets fans we'rent concerned with the game happening before them, they we're thinking of next season. Many signs showed their affection for the All-Star center, who was destroying their team on the court…Dwight Howard! "Superman" was caught right smack in the middle of another ga...
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Stea-Lin Revenge….Nets Beat Knicks!
Posted on 21 Feb 2012 by Mark Cook.
Madison Square Garden was buzzing as the (9-24)Nets came into the epicenter of the Lin craze to take on the (16-16)Knicks. The home team came out to a fast start against their cross-river rivals. The Nets played from behind from the opening tip, despite the slow start the Jersey guys stayed competitive thanks to Deshawn Stevenson's 3 point shooting. The Knicks finished the first quarter with a ...
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Stop the Lin-sanity….Nets!!!!!!
Posted on 20 Feb 2012 by Mark Cook.
It was a little over two weeks ago, when the Nets we're on the Garden floor taking on the slumping, underachieving Knicks. The Nets we're playing well and maintaining a 21-16 lead. When the course of NBA history changed at the 3:43 mark of the 1st quarter. Jeremy Lin entered into the game for the first time and the "Legend" of Lin was born. Now, 16 days later the "Linsanity!...
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The Buck Stops Here: Nets Lose
Posted on 19 Feb 2012 by Mark Cook.
Coming off of their surprising road win against the Bulls on Saturday. The (9-23) Nets played against the (12-18) Milwaukee Bucks at home in the Prudential Center on Sunday night. The Nets are playing the 2nd game of a 3-game back to back to back stretch. Third-year center Brook Lopez returned to action for the first time this season. The Nets have sorely missed their man in the middle for the...


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coolness! i'm green again with no more "must be a big-time free software contributor" pressure... :) i was getting worried for a bit there. note for people cert'n me - green is perty.
well, i just got off a brief computing sabbatical (sp?). i didn't touch anything (well, almost) resembling technology and it felt great. spent lots of time with my wonderful fam, and reading. i'd really recommend doing this btw. but now it's time to get back to work. lots to do... and i apologize for not checking mail very much, etc
on my plate for this week:
- take some tests, do some homework (school is as ugly as ever, of course)
- put some hours in at the office (pay the bills)
- have some fun changing the world with software (i'm an idealist, but it *is* very fun)
re: the last todo item (software development
goodness), what i'm
tackling currently is:
- xml-rpc based subscription/notification system (backend using c/berkeleyDb, frontend using gtk for the time being but maybe soon patch moz as it should be pretty straightforward)
- jabber whiteboard stuff (trying to contribute to Sunir's excellent effort but needing to beef up on my svg/gill/ gdome stuff to make it work)
- my ever present network payment protocol project
in other news, badvogatois pretty sweet. dave winer (advogato acct) is as tech-inspirational as ever. knownow seems to have obtained the infamous wsanchez AND my next-generation (stay connected) web idea i rambled about a while back here (described here). oh yeah, and i am really looking forward to having a popular, open (source, or otherwise) whiteboard like the svg one being developed (mentioned earlier) because that will further my goal of (almost) never having to step foot in an office again. work'n from home for the rest of my life baby! but then again, whywork?
i'm good enough, i'm smart enough... :) later, interested (and otherwise) readers.


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By Leslie Criss/NEMS Daily Journal
It was 1967, and our small-town Mississippi lives seemed peaceful, though we were in the midst of a war in a place called Vietnam.
Our days were divided, unevenly, between learning in classrooms and playing hard during recess. At night, we watched family-friendly TV, some of us still in black and white – "Bewitched," "I Dream of Jeannie" "Family Affair."
Evel Knievel was lining up cars, 15 and counting, over which to leap on his motorcycle. Billie Jean King was about to win Wimbledon and the St. Louis Cardinals the World Series.
I was 10 years old and music was already important to me. Every Saturday I'd take my allowance, ride my bicycle downtown, and for a dollar and a nickel, I'd buy my favorite single of the week, pressed onto a 45 rpm bit of vinyl.
At night, I'd go to sleep with my dad's portable radio under my pillow, listening to the top tunes on WHBQ AM out of Memphis or WLS AM out of Chicago until either the signal faded or Dad's batteries died.
I knew what songs and artists were near the top of Billboard's weekly charts as well as my mother knew what we needed from the grocery store.
In the spring, The Beatles were at the top with "Penny Lane;" "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals climbed to Number One the final week of May. Aretha Franklin was asking for a little "Respect" in June, and The Beatles were back again with "All You Need Is Love" in late July.
During the dog days of the summer of '67, a new song was introduced. With its haunting tune and confounding lyrics it presented a mystery to all who listened.
It was written by a young woman from Chickasaw County, Miss., known to family and friends as Roberta Lee Streeter. Professionally, she went by another name, a name she said "sounded Southern."
Bobbie Gentry and her acoustic guitar pushed the melancholy and mysterious "Ode to Billie Joe" to the top of the Billboard charts the last week in August, where it would remain until late September.
In the soggy, summer heat, I pedaled my blue bike to Frank's Record Shop, plopped my allowance on the wooden counter and asked for my copy of the new single by the Mississippi girl … "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day …"
The song
Gentry wrote her first song when she was 7. "My Dog Sergeant is a Good Dog" was composed on the piano for which her grandmother traded a milk cow.
She quickly taught herself to play guitar, banjo and several other instruments.
While attending UCLA in the mid-'60s and studying composition and arranging, Gentry made a demo tape of some songs she'd written. The tape made it to a desk inside Capitol Records and the rest really is a chunk of musical history.
On July 10, 1967, in Studio C at Capital Records in Los Angeles, Gentry, playing her guitar, recorded her own song, "Ode to Billie Joe." An arranger named Jimmie Haskell added two cellos and four violins to the then-seven-minute song.
Three minutes were edited from the song which was slated for the flip side of another Gentry tune, "Mississippi Delta." But when radio DJs got hold of the single, the B-side became the hit.
Listeners all over the country were talking about the mysterious story told musically in Gentry's husky, haunting vocal.
What did Billie Joe MacAllister and the song's narrator toss off the Tallahatchie Bridge?
Why did Billie Joe MacAllister later jump from that bridge to his death?
Where, exactly, is Choctaw Ridge?
And certainly, Tupeloans are ever curious about what store the narrator's brother and his wife Becky Thompson bought in our town.
Those questions remain unanswered 46 years later.
The tragedy of Billie Joe is talked about at the family dinner table with little feeling as they "pass around the blackeyed peas" and "pass the biscuits, please" and "have another piece of apple pie."
In interviews with Gentry from the late '60s and early '70s, questions about the song always dominated.
Gentry seemed sincerely amazed at the reaction to her song.
In an article in "Show Biz Spotlight" on Oct. 2, 1967, she said, "I wrote it as a comment on human nature – not on society. I don't know what was thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge. The act was more symbolic than anything."
In its first week, "Ode to Billie Joe" sold 750,000 copies and knocked The Beatles from the top spot on the Billboard chart.
In 1968, Gentry received multiple Grammy nominations, including for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Female Vocal Performance, New Artist, Best Contemporary Single, Best Contemporary Album and Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance.
She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best Vocal Performance by a Female, and Best Contemporary Female Vocal.
In her brief career, she had 11 singles that made it to the charts, including "Fancy," which she wrote in 1969. It was recorded in 1991 by Reba McEntire.
Clearly, her Mississippi roots played a large part in Gentry's writing, with songs like "Chickasaw County Child," "Delta Man," "Mississippi Delta" and "Okolona River Bottom Band," a song that made it into the Top 60 on Billboard charts.
She recorded 19 albums, which include several greatest hits collections and an album of duets with Glen Campbell.
The bridge from which Billie Joe MacAllister jumped on the third of June traversed the Tallahatchie River in Money, Miss., about 10 miles north of Greenwood. The original bridge collapsed in 1972, but has been rebuilt.
The singer
Twice in the past several years, I've been challenged to put together a story on the Mississippi-born woman who gave birth to "Ode to Billie Joe," the song that boosted her all-too-brief music career into being.
Twice I've driven the back roads of Chickasaw County in search of family members and friends who might talk about their famous kin. I've spoken to her aunt and cousin, who are clearly proud of Gentry and yet careful not to say too much. They honor her wishes to remain an enigma.
Twice I've written a letter to Gentry, graciously delivered by her cousin, in which I've tried, without reverting to begging, to persuade her to talk to me about growing up in Chickasaw County and about her career that took her away from home.
But Gentry is passionate about her privacy, and that merits respect.
There's at least one person in Houston who loves to chat about the days when Gentry and her song were the talk of the nation.
Robin Mathis is a human archive of all things Gentry. More than that, the two were friends from way back.
"She used to visit me with her granddad as a child," said the 83-year-old Mathis, who has owned and operated radio station WCPC 1320 AM since 1955. "She came by and visited regularly when she was home. I'd stop everything, put her on the air live with her latest song."
In an overstuffed manila folder, Mathis has newspaper clippings, personal letters from Gentry, telegrams and more that he'll proudly share with anyone who has a little time.
Back in Sept. 1967, Mathis helped plan Bobbie Gentry Day in Houston. It was a day for her hometown to celebrate her success.
Shortly after that, Gentry asked Mathis to help her coordinate a way of doing something special for the children of Chickasaw County.
"She sent $2,500 for the school children of Houston, Okolona, Houlka and Woodland to have a Christmas Coke party," Mathis said. "They all had refreshments, compliments of Bobbie Gentry."
Gentry referred to her gift as "holiday happiness."
Born July 17, 1944, Gentry was raised mostly by her grandparents, Maude and HB Streeter, after her parents divorced. She remained close to her grandparents, and until her grandmother's death several years ago, she visited often the 300-acre farm in Woodland, 16 miles south of Houston. She sang in the choir of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, which remains today.
When she was 13, Gentry moved to California to live with her mother.
Among Mathis' memorabilia is a letter Gentry wrote to Mathis telling him of a request she'd had for a donation to help start a Girl Scout camp in Chickasaw County. She was concerned about whether the camp would be for all young girls, or "limited to whites only."
In an interview with the Commercial Appeal in 1972, Gentry spoke of her love of home: "I like to get to Woodland as often as possible. It puts a person back into reality where you can take off your shoes and just walk around on the grass, climb a tree, if you want, or go horseback riding."
Gentry was married briefly to casino magnate Bill Harrah, and later to singer/comedienne Jim Stafford, with whom she had a son, Tyler, before they divorced.
She raised her son in California, but some believe she may be living a little closer to Chickasaw County these days. Still, she does not return home.
On May 14, 2012, BBC Radio 2 in the UK broadcast a documentary titled, "Whatever Happened to Bobbie Gentry?"
Houston remains proud of their famous, but elusive daughter. They've dedicated a corner to Gentry in the Chickasaw County Heritage Museum.
And an effort is ongoing to have a historical monument erected in her honor in Joe Brigance Park.
Chickasaw Journal Managing Editor News Floyd Ingram contributed to this story.


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Cystinuria is a rare condition in which stones made from an amino acid called cystine form in the kidney, ureter, and bladder. The condition is passed down through families.
See also: Nephrolithiasis
Stones - cystine; Cystine stones
To have the symptoms of cystinuria, you must inherit the faulty gene from both parents. Your children will also inherit a copy of the faulty gene from you.
Cystinuria is caused by too much of an amino acid called cystine in the urine. After entering the kidneys, most cystine normally dissolves and goes back into the bloodstream. But people with cystinuria have a genetic defect that interferes with this process. As a result, cystine builds up in the urine and forms crystals or stones, which may get stuck in the kidneys, ureters, or bladder.
About one in every 10,000 people have cystinuria. Cystine stones are most common in young adults under age 40. Less than 3% of urinary tract stones are cystine stones.
The disorder is usually diagnosed after an episode of kidney stones. Testing the stones shows that they are made of cystine.
Tests that may be done to detect stones and diagnose this condition include:
The goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms and prevent more stones. A person with severe symptoms may need to be admitted to a hospital.
Treatment involves drinking plenty of fluids, especially water, to produce large amounts of urine. You should drink at least 6 - 8 glasses per day.
In some cases, fluids may need to be given through a vein (by IV).
Medications may be prescribed to help dissolve the cystine crystals. Eating less salt can also decrease cystine release and stone formation.
You may need pain relievers to control pain in the kidney or bladder area when you pass stones. Smaller stones usually pass through the urine on their own. Larger stones may need extra treatments. Some large stones may need to be removed with surgery:
Cystinuria is a chronic, lifelong condition. Stones commonly return. However, the condition rarely results in kidney failure, and it does not affect other organs.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of urinary tract stones.
There are medications that can be taken so cystine does not form a stone. Ask your health care provider about these medications and their side effects. Any person with a known history of stones in the urinary tract should drink plenty of fluids to regularly produce a high amount of urine. This allows stones and crystals to leave the body before they become large enough to cause symptoms.
Elder JS. Urinary lithiasis. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, et al., eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 541.
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This is an introduction to contributing to the open source platform that P2PU runs on: Lernanta. Lernanta is based on (also referred to as a fork of) Mozilla's Batucada project and is a Python/Django web application whose code is on GitHub.
We'll walk through the whole process together from getting the code, running it locally, finding a bug to fix, fixing the bug, and contributing the fix to the Lernanta project. Please see full description for more information.


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22-23 January, 2013 – London - Early bird available before December 21
Seminar Outline:
The Advanced Hedge Fund Investing Seminar is an intensive two-day course that will impart advanced concepts and practical tools for optimal construction and risk management of hedge fund portfolios. It will also enable participants to use latest performance and risk decomposition as well as due diligence and risk budgeting techniques to create superior hedge fund portfolios while controlling for risk.
Seminar Instructors:
François-Serge Lhabitant is Affiliated Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and a member of EDHEC-Risk Institute, and Chief Investment Officer at Kedge Capital Fund Management.
Robert Kosowski is Affiliated Professor of Finance at EDHEC-Risk Institute and Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Hedge Fund Research at Imperial College London.
Key Learning Benefits:
The seminar will enable participants to:
- Understand advanced performance and risk attribution for hedge funds.
- Examine the practical importance of time-varying risk exposures in hedge fund portfolios and advanced techniques to deal with them in practice. Learn latest techniques to distinguish risk-taking from skill in hedge funds.
- Develop an understanding of advanced alternative beta decompositions including variance and correlation risk.
- Appreciate the role that quantitative hedge fund strategies can play in a diversified portfolio. Learn the key drivers of returns in quantitative hedge fund strategies such as CTAs, quantitative long-short equity funds and pairs trading strategies. Learn how to incorporate insights about capacity constraints in hedge fund strategies into the portfolio allocation process.
- Examine the implication of performance and risk attribution insights for hedge fund replication. Appreciate differences between different hedge fund replication approaches.
- Learn advanced hedge fund portfolio construction and due diligence techniques. Understand how hedge fund performance measures can be manipulated and how to address resulting issues. Learn due diligence techniques and performance flags that help spot potential misreporting.
- Find out how to incorporate hedge fund return predictability into the portfolio construction process. Understand the value added of Bayesian techniques for hedge fund allocation.
- Explore risk budgeting and risk allocation approaches in the context of hedge fund portfolios. Understand the implications of time-varying risk exposures for risk budgeting.
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Q: Where did you find your original inspiration for Civil War Jubilee?
A: Moda and I have been doing a Civil War era reproduction collection each year during the 150th anniversary of the Civil War from 2011-2015. This year's Civil War Jubilee celebrates the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Each print name has to do with freeing the slaves and the celebrations that followed. The nine patterns in the collection reflect styles fashionable for women's dresses during the 1840-1875 period. All those scraps from dressmaking wound up in quilts too.
At heart, I am an archivist rather than a designer who generates new patterns. I usually reproduce antique prints from my own collection but for Civil War Jubilee, I found most of the prints in Moda's mill book library. We have several mid-century swatch books full of fantastic cotton prints, including this star design called "Nightwatch" in the Civil War Jubilee line, originally in madder shades of burnt orange and red.
|Original scan of Night Watch
|Night Watch in Chocolate Brown, Madder Red and Prussian Blue
Q: What TV show or movie does your collection fit best in?
A: Easy answer: The recent Lincoln film.
Q: Tell me about your sewing machine(s). What kinds do you have and how many?
A: I have only 2 machines and I love them both. I don't sew as much as other designers do, so I mainly use my old Bernina 930. It's mechanical and not computerized. I've had it for years and it is perfect for the straight line piecing I do.
|Acopella in Hayle's Lilac
A: For me doing reproductions it's getting the colors accurate, to match the natural dyes of the originals. The new dyes are synthetics and just don't have the same depth some of the natural dyes do. The up-side to the 21st century is most of the new dyes are more colorfast. The purples in this collection would probably have faded quickly in the 19th century but our new old-fashioned lilacs will last.
|Freedom in Madder Red, Iron Buff, Challis Green and Prussian Blue
|Birds in the Air in Madder Red
A: I'm an addicted reader. I love to read biographies and history, so while I am reading about an era I am thinking about what the fabrics looked like. Can I find a historical narrative here that I could pull together for a reproduction collection? I make notes on phrases that I can use later---like the word Jubilo, a regionalism for Jubilee.


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After twenty years wait I finally got the talking troop transport, missing the battery cover, some stickers, two of the 'pod' things, and the two immobilisation harnesses. However, it still talks!!!!!
But there's a switch in the 'trunk' bit that doesn't seem to do anything?
Can anyone shed any light on its function, or where I can get repro parts for the missing bits?


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The image of sitting next to the fireplace conjures thoughts of cozy comfort on a cold night. Watching a fire burn is beautiful, feeling the…
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North Korea's two nuclear tests since 2006, rising hostilities with South Korea, and questions over Pyongyang's leadership transition all feed U.S. concerns over instability on the Korean peninsula. In January 2011, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates said North Korea was within five years (NYT) of being able to strike the United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The Obama administration has won expanded UN Security Council sanctions--financial and weapons-related--against the North Korean regime and has reinforced U.S. sanctions several times. In October 2011, the administration resumed talks with North Korea on returning to the Six-Party process and appointed two top envoys (ForeignPolicy) for North Korea policy.
However, the North Korean regime, led by Kim Jong-un, unsuccessfully attempted to launch a rocket in April 2012, undermining the engagement strategy. Republican rival Mitt Romney has criticized Obama's attempts at engagement as weak, and has vowed to impose harsher sanctions on North Korea and work with China to dissuade it from advancing its nuclear program.
Editor's Note: Click here for more CFR Issue Trackers and other 2012 campaign resources, which examine the foreign policy and national security dimensions of the presidential race.


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This is for the misanthropes and wallflowers. This is for the folks who can't bear the thought of being sardined into a fraternity basement, cheap beer on their shoes, shouldered against sweating co-eds who yell above the music. This is for the kids who'd rather mix Franzia and Sprite or shoot straight Jack in their dorm room with a couple pals from Brit Lit or bio-ethics; who, when in a bar, would rather talk than shout, who feel stressed in the cliché-cause-it's-true college bacchanal scenario. This is not for the 24-hour-party people, those of you who thrive in pressing crowds, who welcome the chance to get hoisted for another keg stand. Because not everyone loves to party. At least not like that.
A certain pressure exists in campus culture to booze your nights away with as many people around you as possible. And sure, every once in a while, it's worth an evening elbowing your way to the bar, getting drunk with strangers, and observing the seething fray. But, at the risk of sounding like your parent, it's okay if that's not your deal. Remember that. Embrace it.
Don't get us wrong: we're not here to advocate teetotalitarianism or holing yourself up in the library all semester. Do, by all means, get out. Just know that getting out doesn't have to mean hitting the Sunset on Thursday, Kappa Sig on Friday, and the White Horse on Saturday. We've come up with suggestions for the bookish types who like to booze in more peaceful pubs. There's something to be said for having a few drinks, wandering into the night, and happening upon a bookstore. Or, contrariwise, picking up a book and taking it with you to have a drink or two. Because who knows what might happen with four beers under your belt and a copy of Maugham's Of Human Bondage or ee cummings's sexy lines or J.P. Donleavy's naughty Ginger Man in front of you — be it at a bookstore or a bar.
HARVARD BOOK STORE (1256 Mass Ave, Cambridge, harvard.com) is regularly voted the city's best bookstore, and we hear there's a college right around there, too, so it's a good place to start. Plus, it's the only bookstore we know that bustles as much (if not more) on a Friday night at 10 as it does on a Sunday afternoon. Cheap used books downstairs, discounted store bestsellers, frequent-buyer programs, muscular academic sections (philosophy, cultural criticism, feminism, religion), wide-ranging fiction and non-. . . . If only they sold drinks in-store.
Since they don't, forego the Hong Kong and its scorpion bowls and head instead to SHAY'S (58 JFK Street, Cambridge), which calls itself a "pub-and-wine bar," suggesting that it's fancier than it really is (though the wine is cheap and good). It's a small place sunken slightly down into the sidewalk, and it's the best spot in Cambridge to sit outside with a drink in hand to people watch. Take advantage while it's still warm enough. Just across the street, GRENDEL'S DEN (89 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, grendelsden.com) is another good bet for a quieter pint in Harvard Square.
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