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What Is Sexual Intimacy?
Intimacy: Kissing
Do you feel as though you get enough smooches from your spouse? Do you get them long and wet, soft and sensuous or rarely and barely? How important is romantic kissing to you?
It's important to my wife...really important. She really likes kissing. Why?
Kissing is sensuous. Kissing is intimate. Kissing is closeness. Kissing is trust. She likes slow hard kissing. That's when you hold one another close and your tongues glide over each other's. One of you withdraws their tongue and freshly plunges it into the other's mouth. She likes playful kissing. It's giggly pulling at each other's lips and sucking them. It's laughing and tickling one another as you break an embrace and then pulling back together for another go round... It's pressing lips together firmly and gently sucking on your partner's bottom lip while you smile. She really likes kissing. She likes passionate kissing. This is an all out oral invasion that is just about the most sexual event short of genital penetration. It's heavy breathing. It's uncontrollable tongue twisting and head turning. It's primal. It's electric. It's erotic. Few things are more intimate than a good kiss.
What about me? I like kissing sometimes. However, I do it more often than I naturally would...because I like her! And frankly, it is a gift of great worth to her and little expense to me. Beyond the flowers, candy, jewelry and other material offerings, what my wife really wants is me. The lover's kiss is a singularly accessible and demonstrable overture of affection. The point of contact, whether lips or neck or shoulder, becomes ground zero for a veritable burst of intimate energy.
Kissing is good. Marriage is good. Life is good. God is great! Now, kiss me you fool!
Intimacy: Slow Dancing
Do you ever just slow dance with your husband or wife in the privacy of your home as a way of being intimate or even as intimate foreplay?
My wife and I are in the business of sexual intimacy, so to speak. We each spend a considerable amount of time reading about, considering, working with and talking to others about issues of intimacy. Recently, we were discussing what couples perceive as foreplay (from a male vs. female perspective). The conversation turned to how we can more broadly define intimacy so as to bridge the gap between the physical focus of many men and the emotional focus of many women.
Then it occurred to us. One of the 'acts' of intimacy that we believe most perceive as intimate is slow dancing. Holding one another closely and being led by the rhythm and movement of a song that raises your sexual energy is hot! Body to body, emotional and physical transference of erotic energy is accomplished and each spouse is led into a state of arousal as each receives what they need...intimacy!
Studies show that human touch is a first language of sorts. With a right touch, small babies grow stronger, an unsettled toddler can be calmed, a troubled heart can be reassured and the grip of fear can be immediately loosed. The average adult has 19 square feet of skin with 5 million sensory cells. A lover's touch sends a message to our brain via the spinal chord. Our heart beats quicker sending blood to critical areas of our bodies...including our erogenous zones. A number of good hormones are released promoting a feeling of pleasure and comfort, desire and arousal.
Hands sweep over often unattended to parts of each other's body. Eye to eye, you enter each other's space in ways you typically haven't throughout your busy days. Whatever is shared verbally, gets shared while close, calm, and connected. There is light kissing and coordinated entanglement of one another's body that simulates the adjusted movements characteristic of sexual congress.
Tips for Time Challenged Husbands and Wives
First comes love...then comes marriage...then comes the baby(ies) in the baby carriage(s). And shortly afterward, the robust romantic life breaks down into a forced 10 minute interlude 2.1 times per week for the next couple of decades. Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! Time's just not on our side [head in hands].
With the demands of life escalating over time, married couples enter a season where their intimacy needs become naturally deprioritized to accommodate other basic needs...like sleep and eating. So, what are we to do to preserve that essential part of our marriage in which unique closeness is experienced? We mean, how do we keep sex as more than a glorified booty call on Friday nights? We manage it like we manage other things.
Foreplay doesn't have to be some half-efforted genital rubbing to prime our sexual pumps. And it can be a full day or multi-day event. Phone sex may be an option for some of you. In this age when we all have cell phones, playing a little tele-tease can help get us aroused. By the time you get home, a quickie won't seem so much like a quickie...because you've been 'playing' all day.
Text messages are another option. Try starting with simple I love you's and compliments about your spouse's anatomy. Escalate to more descriptive language about your desires. Describe what you imagine sharing with your spouse, sexually.
Write notes or complete letters to one another. Write a story about you and your partner on a deserted island. Give them something to consider midday...in anticipation for some fulfillment, late night.
Call one another and flirt or make sexual innuendos interspersed throughout your conversations about getting the car fixed, taking the kids to soccer practice or 'what's for dinner' talk. Follow these efforts up once together with soft kisses at dinner time, gentle caresses and 'sweet eyes'!
Time doesn't have to be a barrier to your sex life. And intimacy is achieved in how you come together...not just how long!


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9th Circuit: No Compensatory or Punitive Damages in ADA Retaliation Cases
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently limited the remedies available to employees who sue for retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ruling that the statute does not provide for punitive damages, compensatory damages or a jury trial in ADA retaliation cases. Click here to read the decision in Alvarado v. Cajun Operating Co.
Mr. Alvarado worked as a cook in defendant's restaurant. He complained after his supervisor made allegedly discriminatory remarks related to his age and disability, and shortly afterward he received several disciplinary write-ups for poor performance. After Mr. Alvarado was ultimately terminated, he sued his former employer for, among other things, retaliation under the ADA. Prior to trial, the federal district court granted defendant's motion in limine, barring plaintiff from seeking punitive and compensatory damages, and a jury trial, on his ADA retaliation claim on the grounds that the statute provided only equitable relief for such claims.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling by holding that the plain, unambiguous language of the ADA remedy provisions specifically enumerate only those sections of the act for which compensatory and punitive damages (and a jury trial) are available, and that the ADA anti-retaliation provision is not included in that list. Somewhat surprisingly considering the laws at issue have been on the books since 1991, the Ninth Circuit appears to be only the third Circuit Court of Appeals to have been presented with the issue, after the Seventh and Fourth Circuits (which reached similar conclusions). The court also noted that several district courts in other circuits had reached the opposite conclusion (perhaps most surprising of all), by ignoring the text of the remedy provision and instead emphasizing the overall structure of the ADA and the "expansive" intent of the 1991 amendments.
For now, the law in the Ninth Circuit on this question is clear: while still entitled to compensatory or punitive damages in disability discrimination or failure to accommodate claims under the ADA, employees may not receive those damages for ADA retaliation claims.Continue Reading...
9th Circuit Orders Damages, but Not Reinstatement for Unauthorized Alien Workers
What's an employer to do when it is ordered to reinstate former employees, but those employees are not legally authorized to work in the United States? Pay liquidated damages instead, according to the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in NLRB v. C&C Roofing Supply Inc.
In C&C, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged that the employer unlawfully fired 20 workers for engaging in union activity. The parties reached a formal settlement that called for reinstatement of the illegally fired workers and payment of specific amounts of liquidated damages to each. However, the employer then refused to reinstate the employees because many of them were unauthorized aliens and rehiring them would violate the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) and the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which both prohibit hiring unauthorized aliens.
The Ninth Circuit solved the dilemma by ordering the employer to pay the agreed-upon liquidated damages, but did not require the employer to reinstate the unauthorized employees. But how does this case square with Hoffman Plastic Compounds Inc. v. NLRB? There, the U.S. Supreme Court held 5-4 that the board may not order back pay for unauthorized aliens, despite their firing in violation of federal labor law, because doing so would violate immigration policy expressed in IRCA. In C&C, the Ninth Circuit dodged that issue by ruling that agreed-upon liquidated damages as part of a settlement do not raise the same issues as back pay ordered by the court, as the employees need not be "available to work" in order to receive liquidated damages. Don't be surprised if this one gets appealed up to the Supreme Court for a determination if it really does square with Hoffman.
Ninth Circuit Upholds Legal Arizona Workers' Act
This week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) is not preempted by the federal (IRCA). Rather, the court held, LAWA falls within the scope of the "savings clause" of IRCA's express preemption provision as a "licensing law" and is therefore enforceable. A coalition of human rights and employers' groups challenged the law on several grounds, all of which were rejected by the Ninth Circuit. To read the court's opinion, click here: Chicanos Por La Causa v. Napolitano.
LAWA allows Arizona state courts to suspend or revoke business licenses of employers who intentionally employ "unauthorized aliens," and also required Arizona employers to use the E-Verify System to check applicants' eligibility for employment. Arizona employers should review this Notice to Employers from the Arizona State Legislature for more information.
Now that the Arizona law has been upheld (and assuming the U.S. Supreme Court does not hear further challenges), the Stoel Rives World of Employment expects anti-immigration groups to push for similar laws in other states.

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The owner of a Braintree karate school and fifth-degree black belt was ordered held on a $2,500 cash bail today after a Norfolk County prosecutor said he indecently assaulted a 10-year-old female student during a private lesson.
"He pulled down her pants and her underwear" before molesting the girl, prosecutor Sarah Lelle said about Kevin Carmichael, 40, of Millis.
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|I know I saw a thread on here somewhere that said how to tell when your edamame soybeans are ready to be picked, but now I can't find it. Anyone care to share tips?
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|Harvest soybeans the moment you see the bottom leaves start to turn yellow but the rest of the plant is green. The entire plant will turn rapidly so don't waste any time because the beans will be too tough to eat.
Pull off all the pods and immediately freeze or cook by immersing in boiling water for five minutes (same for frozen beans). Strain and sprinkle salt on the pods. Then suck the beans out of the pod. They go great with beer or other cool beverage of your choice.
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|I am first time veggie gardener, so I had this same question and found the same answer about the yellowing leaves. Just to be sure, I picked two beans and boiled them in salt water for 10 minutes to check. They were great, so I harvested them all.
|No need to boil them for 10 minutes. 10 minutes is too long... you cook away nutrients. it's already fresh from the garden, you want to maintain the integrity of the freshness of any garden grown vegetable whenever possible.
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Work begins on new £3m ground for Consett AFC
Updated 2:59pm Friday 15th March 2013 in Crook & Weardale News By Mark Tallentire, Reporter (Durham)
WORK has begun on a long-awaited new £3m ground for a town's football club.
A groundbreaking ceremony for Consett AFC's new ground near Tesco at Crookhall took place on Thursday evening (March 14).
David Pyke, the club's secretary, said: "Our club's been waiting 12 years for this.
"It's been embarrassing bringing teams up to play at Consett because of the poor facilities. Now we'll be able to hold our heads up high."
Chairman Frank Bell said delays had cost the club dearly and he hoped the ground would be ready for use within six months.
The club, currently in Ebac Northern League division one, has played at its current Belle Vue ground since the 1950s, when 7,000 people watched the stadium's opening match, against Sunderland.
It is moving as part of a £43m academy school and leisure development being led by Durham County Council.
The new academy buildings, given planning permission following a long-running legal wrangle earlier this month, will replace Consett Academy's existing North and South campuses, the former Consett Community Sports College and Moorside Community Technoloy College respectively.
The new leisure centre will replace the ageing Belle Vue facility.
The town's rugby club will remain at Belle Vue, with improved facilities.
Councillor Claire Vasey, the council's cabinet member for children and young people's services, said: "This turf cutting marks a new era for young people in Consett and I share their excitement at what is to come.
"The academy and leisure centre, alongside the investment in the local football and rugby clubs, are a significant investment in Consett that will bring major long-term benefits to the local community as a whole."
Councillors Bob Young and Clive Robson and North Durham MP Pat Glass also attended Thursday's ceremony.
The club hopes to give its Belle Vue ground a grand send-off with a match against a team from Newcastle or Sunderland.
It is hoped the new ground will attract outside bookings and welcome cyclists pedalling the nearby Coast to Coast route.
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News: Rapper AP.9 Feeds Into Coco/Ice-T Cheating Gossip: "That's A RUMOR? Is That A Rumor?"
Monday, Dec 17, 2012 11:45AM
Rapper AP.9 has decided to let the Internet stay sizzling a week after fellow hip-hop artist Ice-T blasted his wife Coco Austin on Twitter for them taking steamy photos together.
Instead of denying the romance gossip, AP.9 fed into it and left speculation of a sexual relationship existing between him and Coco.
Ice T's gonna be pissed ... 'cause rapper AP.9 is now strongly insinuating that he's banging T's wife Coco. Coco said the pics were harmless ... and stated that she's "happily married." But this weekend, AP.9 was shamelessly trying to breathe life back into story ... because when he was asked about the rumors he was still bangin' Coco, the rapper looked into the camera like he LOVED the attention and said, "That's a RUMOR? Is that a rumor?" He added, "No comment man." When asked if he was worried about retaliation from Ice -- AP.9 shot back, "I'm from the hood ... I'm not worried about nothin'." (TMZ)
A few days ago, Ice-T slammed fans for suggesting how he should handle the publicized matter.
"Everyone with opinions about MY personal life.. Can 'Eat a Hot Bowl of D*cks' Check YOUR b*tch.," Ice tweeted December 11th.
"My wife checks 100k a week..... Worry about your broke ho..... Not your b*tch. Not your concern." (Ice-T's Twitter)
They were spotted a week ago on the set of Ice-T's "Law & Order" show.
"Chillin with Ice on Law and Order set..we woke up too dang early..need to go back to bed but got a full day ahead," Coco tweeted December 10th. (Coco's Twitter)
Prior to Coco apologizing and taking the blame, the rap veteran went off on his wife's actions.
Ice-T tweeted, "Coco's in Vegas. She has given me her explanation of the pics on the net from her first weeks out there [at Peepshow, where she's performing] with some dude. She said he knew someone in the crew from our show and would pop up where ever they would go. He also said he knew me. I don't know dude." He continued, "Regardless... They would take Posed pics every time. Most of them disrespectful and in bad taste. She's made me look... And feel like sh*t." "I say this on Twitter because there's no way to avoid the obvious misconduct of a married couple. That's it. Any more questions ask @Cocosworld," added Ice-T. He concluded, "Don't get it twisted... I'm not happy about this sh*t." (Gossip Cop)


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The Store Across the Street
Yesterday I headed over to the garment district to pick up some green ribbons for a "yet to be determined" wedding project…The Store Across the Street happens to be one of my favorite stomping grounds, and in addition to picking up some beautiful new and vintage ribbons, I noticed they now sell the Martha Stewart Crafts line…if you're not in the NYC area, you can order their ribbons online here. Here are two of my favorite styles…I'm sure you can guess which colors I bought…
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October 9th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I have been to Tinsel Trading and loved it (I am a ribbon whore!), but TSATS wasn't open that day. How does their stock compare? More/less vintage?
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October 9th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
i haven't been in Tinsel Trading, but TSATS has some beautiful vintage grosgrain and silks that are pretty reasonably priced….there's another place across the street and a little east that also has great vintage ribbons, but I dont remember the name.
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Ooohh, if heaven were full of ribbons, I imagine it would look like this!
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I absolutely love everything about the Rambutan. It is fun to open, easy to eat, quenches thirst and ends hunger all in one small package.Rambut in Malay and Indonesian means hair. Inside the fruit casing is one nut covered by juicy, sweet and clear to white fleshy fruit. The fruit is easily separated from the seed with the teeth while eating. A Rambutan is easily opened by making a small cut with a knife and then pulling the casing gently apart. There are several edible varieties of Rambutan. Some are green when ripe but most are bright red when at their best for eating.The Rambutan is scientifically close to the lychee fruit but many fruit lovers by far prefer the Rambutan over the Lychee.Rambutan fruit and essence is popular not only for its sweet fresh fruit but is used for making excellent jams, jellies and is also canned with or without the seed.
Nutrients Found In A Rambutan
Vitamin C
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It's been determined in studies that Vitamin C is a key antioxidant which protects cells from free radicals and helps with the absorption of iron. Also, copper, which is need for the production of healthy red and white blood cells, along with manganese, which manufactures and activates enzymes in the body.
A study released by the University of Malaysia named Rambutan as a fruit that had both antiseptic qualities and an antimicrobial food. This means the fruit is useful in fight infections both as a topical ointment produced from the juice, but also good for fighting bacteria inside the body as well.
Benefits of Nutrients Found in Rambutan:
Vitamin C – Helps to build tissues, strengthens the immune system, decreased LDL (that's the bad type) cholesterol and triglycerides. Also is known for its protection against heart disease. Also helps alleviate the symptoms of a Vitamin C deficiency which include fatigue, weakness, aches, rash and gum problems
FIBER – Is necessary to the process of eliminating waste. It's also beneficial for preventing diverticulitis, gallstones, hemorrhoids, colon cancer, and deep vein thrombosis
PHOSPHORUS – Is the major component of bones and cell membranes. The production of energy and the storage of energy in the cells are depending on phosphorus. It is also an activating element for many of the body's enzymes, hormones and acts as an important buffer in keeping the body at its pH balance.
CALCIUM – Supports the structure of teeth and bones and it's needed for the contraction and expansion of blood vessels, muscles and maintain good nervous system functioning. It's very important to prevent bone loss, which is especially a concern of post-menopausal women.


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This week I've been in Lithuania attending the Unique Learning Badges development week. The project aims to develop a platform, plus associated training and support for youth organisations wanted to recognise achievement by using Mozilla's open badges standard.
Opportunities and aspirations for Unique Learning Badges
Yesterday morning our day started with a session exploring the opportunities presented by open badges and the Unique Learning Badges project. Nerijus, one of the facilitators of the week, gave an inspiring presentation giving us all food for thought on the possibilities. Some of the aspirations and possibilities for the future suggested by Nerijus included Unique Learning Badges becoming a European brand of quality with recognition of badges across the continent.
Designing badge ecosystems
We spent some time thinking about badge ecosystems and developing our own for the pilot projects which we're going to use Unique Learning Badges in when we return to our own countries. During the morning we looked at the different elements that make up a badge and how they can be connected together in a hierarchy to construct an ecosystem with levels and progression for the learner.
As I began exploring the design of my badge ecosystem I found myself developing a complex structure of badges, breaking each element down into it's smallest component. This allows for learners to quickly earn more and more badges, further motivating them to work towards the top level badges. My ecosystem was looking at curating and producing digital content using a variety of tools including social media services plus video and audio equipment.
Badge elements
Each badge is made up of a number of elements, some of these are related to the open badges standard while others will be more directly linked to the learning process. Badges should have a name, an image or visual representation, the content of the mission or task required to receive the badge, a description of the objective or competency achieved, any evidence required and the method of assessment.
Evidence and assessment
For me the most challenging part of designing the ecosystem was thinking about evidence and establishing the best way to prove each competency without making the system of assessment onerous. While looking at assessment there was a range of options including self assessment, peer assessment and more formalised methods where an assessor from an organisation would need to be involved.
Finding our synergy
After we had spent some time developing our ecosystems we former synergy groups around particular topics and ideas, spending time sharing our ideas and thoughts on our own ecosystems and then receiving feedback from other participants. In the group I was prompted to think about including a section around ethics and legalities which people should be aware of while using social media and digital tools.
This process of sharing ideas and getting feedback was really valuable as it gave an extra set of perspectives and an opportunity to have our work reviewed by critical friends in a safe environment. Going forward we agreed to continue to share our progress and development as the pilot progresses so we can continue to learn from each other – and I'll be blogging again in future to do just that.
Learning to learn
In the afternoon we spent looking at learning to learn in relation to badges. First up we took part in an exercise to get us thinking about different peoples attitudes and experiences of learning. Each participant was given a piece of paper with a character on it and then we were asked questions about our learning experiences and attitudes, taking one step forward if we responded positively to the question and staying where we were for a negative response.
The spread of the participants at the end of the exercise was interesting and depended on our own personal take on the character making for some differing experiences and opinions. My character was a high school student and drawing on my own experiences in the education system, I found myself towards the back of the group.
360 degree learning approach
After the exercise we came back together as a group to reflect on the process and discuss the different perspectives we each brought to it. Susana spoke about 360 degree learning and provoked us to think learning in terms of who is taking part; how, when and where they learn; why they are learning and what their motivation is.
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Towards the end of the week I got a bit behind with my blogging and as a result I'm catching up. Tomorrow evening I'll be blogging about day 5, the plans for implementing Unique Learning Badges during the pilot in the UK and reflecting on the week as a whole. In the meantime you can find out more about the project on Facebook, Twitter or online at learningbadges.eu.


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Scattered thunderstorms had developed in western and north central KS in advance of the incoming short wave trough and isentropic ascent on the LLJ ahead of the trough axis. --Through Early Afternoon------------ The area of scattered showers and embedded thunderstorms will track east through the morning hours, likely decreasing in intensity and coverage after 10 AM or so as the LLJ wanes. Instability is meager and elevated within this airmass and no severe storms are expected through early afternoon. As this initial trough axis moves over the area, expect a period of a few hours of mid-level subsidence in its wake. Some models suggest that this will aid in a decrease in boundary layer dewpoints due to the combination of mixing and subsidence. If this occurs, expect less in the way of afternoon instability, although low-level moisture would still likely increase late in the day in advance of the next trough. During this period, the cold front will advance into central Nebraska and northwest Kansas while new surface low pressure intensifies over western Kansas. Temperatures will warm quickly as early clouds dissipate and move east, with highs likely surging into the middle 90s. --Mid Afternoon Through Tonight------ Expect thunderstorms to develop near the cold front in central Nebraska initially, with activity probably increasing into the locally backed flow ahead of the surface low in western Kansas by late afternoon. This early activity should move to the northeast and east, and should for the most part avoid the forecast area this afternoon. However, this will depend on the cold front location by mid afternoon, and could see a few of these storms develop into north central KS as early 4 PM. The effective front will progress southeast during the evening as the surface low moves into central KS and the low level jet rapidly intensifies across the entire area. Enhanced convergence in the frontal zone will result in widespread thunderstorm development, eventually making its way into the local forecast area. The southward progression of the front should slow markedly in the local area during the early morning hours, which will result in the northern half of the area having a very good chance for thunderstorms while east central KS will be on the edge...but will be likely to have storms as well. Even with the front still in the area by sunrise, the upper wave and associated thunderstorms should push off to the east by 12Z. --Specific Hazards-------------------- The main uncertainty in the extent of various hazards lies in some question of the dominant storm mode at any given time. Early on, expect supercells and QLCS structure with embedded supercells. As forcing along the front increases during the evening, expect storm mode to transition into dominant QLCS or bowing segments with embedded rotation. LCL heights early in the event are expected to be rather high locally, so if storms are in the area during the afternoon and early evening would expect the primary hazards to be hail and wind...perhaps in combination. As the evening progresses, the evolution of storm mode will likely begin to favor damaging winds with embedded areas of hail. The sharply increasing low level wind shear is likely to maintain a non-zero tornado threat through the evening and perhaps into the early morning as 0-1 km helicity in the 300-500 m2/s2 range will be common and LCLs will decrease with time. Also expect the storms to remain surface based or near-surface based well into the evening. So, this non-zero tornado threat will need to be monitored throughout the event, although some recent model guidance indicates that an increased potential for widespread damaging winds may be prevalent. In addition, as the front slows its progression, could see some back-building along the front or perhaps a series of more than one progressive bow echoes in northeast KS. Atmospheric moisture content is very high and some parts of northern KS are a bit saturated so a mainly localized flash flood threat may materialize later tonight. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 418 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 By Monday morning, a broad mid-level trough will be in place over the Northern Plains with an area of low pressure slowly tracking eastward over the region. The cold front that will be supporting thunderstorm development tonight is expected to be very slow moving, with most models showing this boundary stretching from central to northeast Kansas by Monday morning and barely exiting east central Kansas by Monday evening. Some of the thunderstorm activity from an MCS that may develop overnight tonight near the Kansas/Nebraska border may linger into the morning hours across far eastern Kansas. While this scattered thunderstorm activity may diminish during the morning and early afternoon hours, several models suggest a redevelopment of storms along and ahead of the boundary across east central Kansas as a passing embedded shortwave looks to provide additional support for this storm development. Also, with this expected brief break in precipitation through the day, it should be enough to boost temperatures into the upper 80s/near 90 degrees across east central Kansas, helping to increase the instability across the region. Some of these storms may be strong to severe during the afternoon and evening hours as 2000-3000J/kg of CAPE are possible along with 40-60kts of 0-6km bulk shear. The primary threats with the strongest storms will be large hail and damaging winds. As the mid-level trough associated with this system lifts toward the Great Lakes region, the mid-level flow will transition to a more zonal pattern, and it should help to finally push the front just south of the forecast area Monday night. Scattered showers and thunderstorms should diminish from north to south Monday night into Tuesday morning with this slight southward shift in the front. However, models continue to trend toward having this front lift back northward over the region as a warm front Tuesday night into Wednesday. This boundary, with the support of a few weak embedded shortwaves, should support additional isolated to scattered thunderstorm development, however there is still model uncertainty with regards to the coverage of this thunderstorm activity across the forecast area. Temperatures should warm up quickly on Wednesday as the precipitation clears out, with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s. By Wednesday morning, models show the next mid-level trough moving into the Pacific Northwest. However, models become more inconsistent with the development of this trough as it progresses into the Northern Plains, with the GFS lifting much of the trough into Canada while the ECMWF deepens the trough over the Rockies and Northern Plains by the latter part of the week. This translates to model discrepancies with how far north the mid-level ridge over the southern U.S. will be able to extend into the Central Plains. Additionally, while both models agree that this trough will help to push an area of low pressure through the Central Plains, there are notable differences in the timing of this next frontal passage. The ECMWF is more progressive (due to its solution of a deepening trough) and has the front moving through Thursday night into Friday, while the GFS is slower and brings the front through Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. 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10:00am Friday 12th October 2012 in Crystal Palace By Tim Ashton, Sports Editor
Crystal Palace boss Dougie Freedman says his players will not react to the pressure of being in the Championship play-off places.
The Eagles' run of seven games without defeat, including six wins, has seen them soar up the table to fourth – only three points off top spot.
Freedman's men started their run of good form quietly on the back of a poor start but now they are in the full spotlight, especially as the latest Championship prodigy in Wilfried Zaha is grabbing all the headlines.
However, Freedman says those putting the pressure on his team to succeed are the same people who were putting pressure on his side when they were losing – people who know nothing about the game.
The Scot said: "I cannot control what happens in the outside world, but I tell the players that when people were pointing the finger at the beginning of the season, ex pros telling you what you should be doing, I don't listen because either they have never been a manager or they don't have the qualifications to tell me that.
"And it is completely the other way round when we're winning matches, so when people tell me we're being fantastic and doing this well and doing that well, I still don't listen, because these people have not been managers or don't have the qualifications to be a manager.
"I take the exact same view whether winning or losing."
He added: "I've been in the game for a long time and I've been up and down the country watching different coaching styles and talking with different people.
"So when you hear people who are not qualified commenting on games it can sometimes be upsetting because one or two individuals might listen to that and it can be harmful."
Palace are without a game this weekend due to the international break, before hosting Millwall on October 20, but Freedman says it will give some players a much-needed rest.
"Playing three games in a week really takes it out of you and is physically demanding on the joints. The lads were aching after the Burnley game," he said.
"It is definitely time for a week off, get them wrapped up and ready for the Millwall game."
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Working with leprosy victims in Nepal
Final year Podiatry student at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), Bethany Jones, embarked on the trip of a lifetime when she travelled to Nepal to carry out research work for her final dissertation.
After contacting the Leprosy Trust, she was offered a placement at Lalgadh Hospital which has treated thousands of patients suffering with the painful disease since it opened 15-years-ago.
She had one-on-one patient contact to carry out pioneering research on how leprosy affects the lower limbs as it causes Peripheral Neuropathy –damage to the nerves.
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Podiatry on BBC Wales
Wales Centre for Podiatry Senior Lecturer Jeff Evans recently was a guest on the Welsh Current affairs telvision prgramme 'X-Ray' on BBC Wales. Jeff was interviewed by presenter Lucy Owen.
Jeff was on the show to discuss chidlrens shoes while he also discussed in detail how parents should approach choosing the right shoe for their children and what they should, or shouldn't, wear at home.
Access to the full article featuring Jeff can be found on the BBC website.
"In the holidays I work as a phlebotomist for an NHS trust. Phlebotomy involves taking blood samples for diagnostic testing from inpatients, outpatients and in outreach clinics. My experience working in phlebotomy has provided me with a valuable insight into how the NHS works and what samples are used to diagnose and monitor patients."
National Podiatry Conference
Between 19th and 21st November members of UWIC Podiatry and 7 final year students attended the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists annual conference which was held in the Harrogate International Centre.
During the conference, Podiatry staff member Dr Sarah Curran delivered a presentation entitled 'High heeled footwear and the influence of prefabricated orthotic inserts on gait efficiency'. Dr Curran also presented 3 posters on general practice and surgery.
The conference also featured plenary sessions from Dr Howard Dananberg (USA), Professor William Jeffcoate (UK) and Profesor Keith Rome (New Zealand). Further information can be found at the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists website.
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From September 28th until 2nd October 3 members of UWIC Podiatry travelled to Galway, Ireland to work for the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE). Dr Sarah Curran, Elaine Jenkins and Glynis Brown attended the new, recently opened Podiatry School where they examined candidates in the clinical unit.
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A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
On Monday Pope Francis made his way back to Caserta, in southern Italy, less than 48 hours after his first trip there, to meet with his friend Pastor Giovanni Traettino and speak to a group of Pentecostals at a partially built church
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10:11am Wednesday 7th November 2012 in Sport By Andy Carswell, Reporter
GARETH Ainsworth was happy to take a point against Aldershot last night but was frustrated at his side's inability to break down ten men.
He hailed an outstanding defensive display from a patched-up back four that featured just one player, Dave Winfield, who was playing in his natural position.
But the caretaker boss felt Blues' attackers - which included himself - should have taken advantage of the struggling Shots having full-back Anthony Tonkin sent off after half an hour.
Ainsworth said: "Sometimes playing against ten men is tough. Dean [Holdsworth, Aldershot manager] was saying 'Camp in deep as you can, two banks of four' - it's not easy to break down.
"When you've got the injuries we've got as well, any point's a good point. Overall I'm pleased with the point, a little bit disappointed about the attacking play. We didn't really show too much, but defending-wise we were outstanding.
"We took 20 minutes in the second half to work out they had ten men and started using our extra man.
"When we put it into our centre forwards' feet, they have to hold it up and they weren't doing that. I was one of them. If they don't hold it up you can't get runners off them.
"If you asked me before the game, a 0-0 away from home after the 4-1 and 3-1 before that, it stops the rot and it's another clean sheet.
"When you look at the details of the game, with them having ten men, you do feel a bit disappointed."
But Ainsworth was full of praise for his makeshift back four that featured midfielders Stuart Lewis and Sam Wood at full-back and Charles Dunne out of position at the heart of the defence.
Goalkeeper Jordan Archer also kept his side in the game with an incredible triple save midway through the first half.
Ainsworth said: "I've got a central midfielder at right back, a left winger at left back and a left back at left centre half, and it's tough.
"Dave Winfield was immense again. He's come in and made a real case for the shirt - if you play well, you'll keep your place. I thought he was terrific, Charles playing out of position did well, Sam Wood's learning new things and Stuart Lewis at right back has done an awesome job. The back five has got us a point."
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Manchester MP welcomes Chinese investment
The MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech has welcomed the announcement of an £800 million investment in Manchester Airport.
The investment comes as part of the City Deal policy which invests in business and employment opportunities for large cities outside London.
– John Leech MP for Manchester Withington
This is great news for south Manchester and it is estimated will bring in 16,000 more jobs to the Manchester area.
This reaffirms the government's commitment to job creation.
The airport city adds to the 60,000 new jobs HS2 will bring to the area and go even further in bridging the North-South divide.
Since 2010 the Liberal Democrats in Government have helped to create 1.4m new private sector jobs in the UK and aim to create a million more by 2015.


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Religion and Ethics Weekly: God Not Guns
SEVERSON : Like many of the 41 murders in Harlem last year, most were committed with illegal guns -- double the gun deaths from a year before.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN : Because we were out here last summer and saw a shoot out right on the corner like it was the O.K. Corral.
SEVERSON : When her sons were killed, Jackie says at first she was angry with God but now she credits God for transforming her anger into a cause.
Ms. ROWE ADAMS : I woke up one morning and I said, "No! Enough is enough!" My husband said, "What's the matter?" I said, "I can't take it." I said, "What are the elected officials doing? What are the churches doing?"
SEVERSON : The influential Riverside Church on Harlem's West Side is trying to do something. Jackie met with Reverend Arnold Thomas to offer her group's help. He's registering churches around the country to participate in a "God Not Guns" Sabbath the weekend of September 29 and 30.
Reverend ARNOLD THOMAS (The Riverside Church, New York City): Americans need to have a serious conversation about how guns have contributed to really the destruction and the continuing demise of our way of life and our culture.
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After careful consideration, the CDC has issued new guidelines about dealing with suspected or confirmed cases at K-12 schools and child care facilities. School closure is not recommended for a suspected or confirmed case of Influenza A H1N1 unless the magnitude of staff or students absent from a school interferes with its ability to operate. This recommendation is in alignment with the current draft of the San Diego Pandemic Influenza Response Plan.
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We will be having a Chinese Auction on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 1:00 pm. The auction will be held at the Katie B. Hines Senior Center, located at 308 Cape Fear Blvd. in Carolina Beach. Admission is only $5.00. This is our 8th Annual Chinese Auction, and it is a real Island crowd-pleaser. Your admission gets you table prize tickets, a chance to win a door prize, refreshments and other surprises. Additionally, we will have sweepstakes prizes, a 50-50 raffle and a mini-Silent Auction. Come on out and bring the whole family and your out-of-town guests for an afternoon of fun! All proceeds benefit the Help Center of Federal Point, our local food pantry. For more information, call Jan Truelove at 458-1920.


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Assuring Design Diversity in N-Version Software: A Design Paradigm for N-Version Programming (1991)
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The N-Version Programming (NVP) approach achieves fault-tolerant software units, called N-Version Software (NVS) units, through the development and use of software diversity. To maximize the effectiveness of the NVP approach, the probability of similar errors that coincide at the NVS decision points should be reduced to the lowest possible value. Design diversity is potentially an effective method to get this result. It has been the major concern of this paper to formulate a set of rigorous guidelines, or a design paradigm, for the investigation and implementation of design diversity in building NVS units for practical applications. This effort includes the description of a most recent formulation of the NVP design paradigm, which integrates the knowledge and experience obtained from fault-tolerant system design with software engineering techniques, and the application of this design paradigm to a real-world project for an extensive evaluation. Some limitations of the approach are ...


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Clifford Robert Olson Jr. made it into the newspapers the day he was born, January 1st, 1940. He was one of the celebrated New Years babies at St. Pauls Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. Born at 10:10 p.m. to Clifford and Leona Olson, they missed out on the big New Year baby prizes, a silver spoon and a case of canned milk, receiving instead the consolation prizes, a baby book and a dainty gift from Cunningham Drug Store.
An ordinary couple, Leona grew up in the Prairies before moving to Vancouver, getting work at a local fish cannery while Clifford Sr. delivered milk in one of the last of the areas horse-drawn wagons. They lived in a small house near the Pacific National Exhibition grounds on the East Side when Clifford was born.
The Olson family moved to Edmonton, Alberta, returning to the West Coast after the war when Clifford Jr. was five years old. Olson Sr. settled the family in a modest one-story house on Gilmore Crescent in the sprouting suburb of Richmond in an 80-home community built by the government for its servicemen after World War II. Little Clifford started school at Bridgeport Elementary.
Early on, Olson earned a reputation as a show-off. When I taught him, declared a former teacher, he deliberately misbehaved to be the center of attention. Sometimes it was almost as if he wanted to be caught. He was also skipping classes by the time he was 10 years old and by age 15 had failed his grade several times. He was jailed for the first time just after finishing Grade 8.
It was hard for anyone to get a word in edgewise when Olson was around. His compulsive talking was just one of the ways in which he controlled people. Forever the smart-alec, a loner, and a bully at heart, he never did have any close friends. Always in trouble, it was a lark for him to sell out-of-date lottery tickets door to door, steal milk money left on porches, and torment the local dogs and cats. It was rumored that he had smothered two local pet rabbits.
In 1956, he left Cambie Junior High School to work at the Landsdown Racetrack and by age 17, Olsons criminal career went into high gear. Over the next 24 years, he chalked up 83 convictions: obstructing justice; possession of stolen property; possession of firearms; forgery; false pretenses; fraud; parole violation; impaired driving; theft; break, enter and theft; armed robbery; escape from lawful custody.
He was sentenced to the New Haven Borstal Correctional Center in Burnaby in July, 1957, for B&E and theft. He escaped just long enough to go back to Richmond and steal a power boat, get caught, and be sent to Haney Correctional Centre. In fact, while continually involved in burglary, fraud, and theft during his youth and into his adulthood, he managed to stay out of prison only a few months at a stretch.
By the time Olson was 41 years old, he had spent only four years of his adult life as a free man. A petty but chronic offender, prison became a revolving door for him. The Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Institute in Burnaby, known locally as Oakalla, was just one of the many prisons in which Olson spent a lot of time.
He escaped seven times between 1957 and 1968. When granted parole in 1959 and 1972, it would be continually revoked due to Olsons incessant criminal conduct.
Olson was stabbed seven times by a gang of prisoners while in Prince Albert Penitentiary for informing on two convicts planning to smuggle drugs, and managed to persuade the Saskatchewan Criminal Compensation Board to award him $3,500 because of his unusual degree of moral and physical courage.
Olsons siblings, two younger brothers and a sister, grew up to be law biding, middle-class citizens, but Clifford was always in some type of trouble with the law. No one could explain why Olson was the way he was, explains Ian Mulgrew in Final Payoff. Like many psychopaths, there was virtually no traumatic event in his childhood that could be identified as the trigger of his homicidal rage. His parents had simply become inured to the regular visits from police officers, the shame of the newspaper reports and the continued disruptions their sons behavior caused in their lives. They tried to help him out when they could, but they had long since given up hope of rehabilitating him. They aimed only to limit the damage he did to their lives.
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Nope, the first apple tv is end of life according to apple.
Nov 30, 2010, 10:10 PM
Airplay is supported, but in a limited fashion. It will continue to function as an Airplay device through iTunes, but audio only (same functionality as AirTunes). It doesn't show up at all from an iOS device.
I have a first gen, so I can confirm it still works [the same as AirTunes].
Nov 30, 2010, 11:07 PM
ok thanks
Dec 1, 2010, 06:53 AM
Yeah I'm bummed out about that too.
Also bummed that the :apple:TV2 doesn't have analog audio out, 'cause I not only have it connected to a TV I have the analog out going to a clock radio boombox for use as AirTunes speakers.
I might have to put the old girl out to pasture, between Airplay and not having a spinning disk, and buy a toslink->analog breakout box. Apple really should have made the optical out a combo analog/digital jack like the Macbook.
Dec 1, 2010, 06:55 AM
There's an optical to analog converter on Monoprice for just under $25. Works very well.


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Nike Extends Jeremy Lin's Contract
It seems that Nike is truly demonstrating what #Makeitcount really means by seizing the opportunity to hold on to the NBA's current phenom, Jeremy Lin by extending his contract. His growing success has proved to be both a lucrative and marketable venture for the Swoosh especially if the Knick's trailblazing player continues with his success. The deal currently on the table for the point guard is also reported to entail his own signature line of footwear. A positive endeavor for both Lin and Nike which will possibly see a heavy marketing surge in China, a rapidly growing region for the sport of basketball. A post by Nike entitled, "When you Number is Called, Be Ready" was also recently written about Lin. Would you like to see Jeremy Lin footwear?
Jeremy Lin might not have been a household name a few weeks ago, but he was still in the gym. Still putting in time to be the best player that he could be because he believed. Through being undrafted and cut, and then sitting on the bench in New York, Lin believed he would get his opportunity to show that he belonged in the NBA. He did get that opportunity and when it arrived, he was ready. Basketball never stopped for Lin, even when the circumstances were not what he had hoped.
While a 6-foot-3 point guard from Harvard isn't the prototypical NBA player, when you boil it down, what matters isn't who you are, but what you can do. Thanks to his hard work ethic and commitment to getting better, Lin has proven he can do the things necessary to be an NBA point guard. In the past two weeks, he's shown he can be the starting point guard for a New York Knicks team that was desperate for stability.
Since Lin has taken over the reins at the one spot, the Knicks have won seven straight games. Lin is averaging 24.4 points and 9 assists per game over those seven victories. He's getting his teammates -all of them involved and he's changed the spirit of the team. He's gone from last man on the bench to playing under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden and his transition has been a smooth one because he was ready. Whether you're playing under bright lights with the biggest stars in the game or in a dimly-lit gym by yourself, play for the right reasons, train as though you're training for your big break and when it comes, you'll be ready.
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Can't wait for the Nike hypetrain. All aboard.
I think he could be one of the main players wearing a certain shoe like Nash & Stoudermire or even Brandon Roy but not a big shoe contract like Bron or Kobe
I love to see a shoe line for Lin. I think the dude could Ball forreal, enough of the only couple games of the weeks shiet, Dude is Foreal.
@ jawrduhn…Stevie Franchise did well for years, it was just when he got traded to Orlando & away from his bromance with Cutino Mobley is when he started his decline…I think a more accurate comparison might be Ronald Flip Murray….
Congrads to Lin. He is taking it back to the basics! Reminds me of Tim Hardaway playing style and with Alittle bit of Scottie pippens clutchness!
@Cotton I like Lin and think he's a good player but Hardaway and Pippen. You can't be serious. If anything he's a poor man's Steve Nash.
Congrats to Lin though dude seems real humble turning down GQ covers and stuff, I wish him continued success.
Lin Is the Man. Yes he is still developing… but I like what I see. He is focused.
+How the hell are you gonna say no to NIKE. Good thing is you know he wont get screwed because he is a Harvard student. Hmmmm… Nike Better watch out. Lol
Man another line of pro shoes is a good thing is you ask me. Unless of coarse they look like the Kobes and Durants. I just hope they bring the swag back into shoes.


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