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Top royal award for region's children's hospice
Volunteers at Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in Sheffield have been given a top Royal award for helping children with shortened life expectancies.
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is aimed at recognising the time, enthusiasm and care volunteers offer to the children they look after.
– Sarah Champion, Chief Executive of Bluebell Wood
"To receive this award is such an honour as it is the MBE for voluntary groups. We are very proud of our volunteers and extremely grateful to them all for their hard work and dedication. Without their efforts we wouldn't be able to support as many families as we do."
Many regularly give up their own time to improve the quality of life for patients.
The award was presented by the Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire David Moody at a ceremony in the hospice grounds.
The youngest volunteers are 6 year–old Joshua Smith, 14 year-old James Gibson and 15 year-old Katie Knight.


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Simply Stranded
I am currently sitting in Boulder, Colorado across a table from my best friend Betsy Noecker in a laundromat. Thankfully there is internet here so I'm finally able to sit down and do some blogging. It's been a long time so I feel as though I should explain myself.
I originally didn't post a few weeks ago to be fair to Clark. An email was sent out that alerted students to a change in housing, one that was extremely unexpected and therefore stressful and angering. Because I was so upset in general and it was taking up all extra space in my mind, I decided not to blog so as not to sway those of you who were looking at Clark simply because I was upset in the moment. With some distance and clarity from the moment, I am no longer angry. I'm not happy, but the situation has been explained and I am now accepting of its necessity.
Shortly thereafter came midterms, which resulted in me literally not sleeping and working around 30 hours in just under a week. This left no time for blogging, so I apologise for my absence. To those of you who read my blog and enjoy it, you did not deserve my unintentional hiatus. Thankfully I am back now and happy to say that I should be flying back to Clark U on Tuesday.
Of course, I realise none of you quite know why I am "stranded" in my beautiful home town. There was a 'blizzard' on Saturday which grounded 80 flights out of DIA and to Boston (if I recall correctly). I was called at 8am on Saturday and told to rebook my flight to Boston. Though I am happy to have a few more days in this beautiful place, my own personal love-affair with the mountains aside, it is stressing me out that I am missing 4 classes, 1 lab, and 2 quizzes in those two days.
College moves quickly. A few days can feel like a week in High School. So here I sit, in a laundromat, on some weak WiFi connection, with my best friend, blogging about being stranded in my favourite state and city in all of the USA. Thank you for your patience, and congratulations to all those in the class of 2017! Your hard work has been rewarded well! I hope that you enjoy your time at Clark University, and as always, my twitter feed, Facebook, and the comments section is open. Feel free to ask if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!
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For many people, taking a well-deserved vacation is one of life's simple pleasures. If you suffer from phobias, however, an upcoming trip may be fraught with anxiety rather than anticipation. Claustrophobia can be particularly difficult to manage while traveling, due to the often-confined spaces. Here are some tips to help you cope.
Claustrophobia Triggers
Flying – Air travel can be difficult if you have claustrophobia, but it has the advantage of being quick. If you will travel by air, there are several ways to make yourself more comfortable. Carefully choosing your seat is critical. It is also important to manage your diet and get enough sleep in the days leading up to your flight. Anti-anxiety medications may help, but self-medicating with alcohol can actually make the problem worse.
Driving – Many people with claustrophobia become uncomfortable on long road trips. Nonetheless, driving gives you the opportunity to stop and get out of the car when needed. Taking frequent stretch breaks, dividing long drives into shorter segments and carefully choosing your traveling companions can help you stay relaxed while on the road.
Train Travel – Although the Golden Age of the railroad is long gone in the United States, in many countries it is still a primary mode of transport. Even in the U.S., it is still possible to travel many routes by train. Train travel affords many luxuries that flights do not, including vastly increased leg room, large and comfortable seats and the ability to walk around at will. However, traveling by train takes a great deal of time and is not always the best choice.
Cruising – Many people with claustrophobia worry that they will feel confined by the small cabins on a ship. However, modern ships are virtual floating cities, filled with an endless array of both active and sedentary pursuits and a great deal of open space. Choosing a comfortable cabin and learning your way around the ship are keys to avoiding claustrophobia at sea.
Bus Travel – Many people rely on long-distance bus companies such as Greyhound for a low-cost alternative to flights or trains. However, buses can be quite challenging for those who suffer from phobias. Small seats, minimal leg room and the prospect of spending hours in close contact with strangers are among the challenges of bus travel. Traveling on less popular routes and at odd times can help you cope with a long-distance bus ride.
General Coping Strategies
Before embarking on a long trip, see your doctor or therapist. Even if you do not normally take medications for your claustrophobia, your doctor can prescribe a low dose anti-anxiety medication for you to take during the trip. Pay close attention to his instructions, as you may need to start taking the pills several days before you travel, avoid alcohol or follow other procedures.
Your therapist can teach you guided visualization and other relaxation techniques. These techniques can be used while in your seat, and can help you prevent a possible panic attack. Be sure to practice your new skills before your trip, as some exercises take several days to master.
If possible, travel with a supportive friend or relative. He or she can talk you down, help you work through a relaxation exercise or simply keep you distracted during the trip. Your companion can also manage details such as checking luggage, which you may be too nervous to feel comfortable handling.
Claustrophobia can impact travel in a variety of ways. With a bit of advance planning, however, there is no reason that your claustrophobia should prevent you from having the time of your life.Source:
American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th Ed.). Washington, DC: Author.


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We have seen a lot of action at Computex around the Snapdragon based android eeepc and all the shenanigans around it. I think however that this is an operation by netbook manufacturers to make Microsoft realize what we already know: that they should give Windows 7 starter away for free. Given the number of manufacturers preparing Android and Snapdragon Based devices Asus can't afford to miss the boat. I also think that the new Android smartbooks will not only be cheap, but that eventually they will be free and I'll explain why below.
Even if the first snapdragon powered Android smartbooks will be sold directly to consumers, I bet this won't be the way that most of the machines will be acquired by consumers. I am pretty sure that eventually the large majority of the smartbooks will be sold as 3G browsing devices and they will be heavily subsidized by mobile network operators. That is also why unlike netbooks they will stay cheap, be ARM based and probably run Android or Google ChromeOS.
Why? Let me explain.
Mobile operators have invested large amounts of money in 3G licenses and 3G networks, but until the arrival of the iPhone these networks were severely underutilized: there are not enough private customers. This meant that it was not possible for the networks to reduce their prices and to pay for the networks roll-out. Come the iPhone and now it is almost as if there is not enough mobile bandwidth, an almost ideal situation for the network operators. The iPhone however has lot of issues too: it is too expensive and the screen is too cramped for long surfing session. This means that the iPhone market is still too limited to fulfill the network operator's objective: everyone with a 3G plan.
Then enters the netbookwith it's fairly large screen and it's comfortable keyboard. This is a form factor that almost everyone is familiar with and that could be the perfect interface to a 3G networks except for a few things: the battery life is too short, there are security risks linked to the usage of Windows, they require a 3G modem add-on and finally they are too expensive to be given away for free with a contract. This did not stop AT&T from trying the model and selling subsidized netbooks, but the consumer still has to pay $200 for the machine, this is too much for the average user. (Update: Virgin Media will soon offer free netbooks with some plans)
The solution: smartbooks
The Android smartbooks based on Qualcomm ARM based snapdragon processors and the Android OS are the network operator's dream come true: the perfect 3G access device: the machine has a comfortable netbook form factor combined with a virus free operating system and day long battery life to ensure that the consumer actually uses those 3G bytes. Most important, these machines are cheaper than the current crop of netbooks: some underpowered mips based netbooks are already available for as low as $150. This means that it will eventually be possible for networks to give smartbooks away with 3G contracts.
Of course these don't run Windows, but is that a major problem for network operators? No, they have been selling smartphonesbased on Android for some time. Actually not running Windows is an advantage for the network operators: they are very afraid of viruses running on their networks and Windows has a spotty security record.
Is The lack of Windows on smartbooks a problem for the consumer? Maybe! Part of the success of netbooks is due to the fact that since they ran Windows some consumers have purchased them as replacement for a full size laptop. The smartbooks would probably fail to fill in that role, so it is very important that they are perceived as companion devices, enlarged PDAs or improved smartphones but NOT as a computer. As long as the consumers won't expect the devices to perform like laptops they will do fine. That is probably why Qualcomm is very insistent on the smartbook name: it's not a netbook, it's not at smartphone, it is a smartphone in a netbook form factor.
Could Microsoft derail the smartbooks plan?
I don't think so! The problem is that Microsoft does not have leverage on mobile network operators like it has leverage on computer manufacturers. The operators on the other hand have huge leverage on the device manufacturers: They are in reality their customers since they purchase the machines that will be sold or given away away to the final consumer. They can decide what they want to buy or not, and if they decide that they do not want to pay for Windows, they won't. Since no manufacturer would refuse an order of half a million devices from AT&T or Verizon the manufacturers will do what they are told.
To conclude I would say that in my opinion the smartbooks will be very successful, initially as ultra portable devices sold to enthusiast, but more importantly as a way for network operators to open their 3G networks to many more consumers than the iPhone or the netbooks could.
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Why Android smartbooks will eventually be free
We have seen a lot of action at Computex around the Snapdragon based android eeepc and all the shenanigans around it. I think however that this is an operation by netbook manufacturers to make Microsoft realize what we already know: that they should give Windows 7 starter away for free. Given the number of manufacturers preparing Android and Snapdragon Based devices Asus can't afford to miss the boat. I also think that the new Android smartbooks will not only be cheap, but that eventually they will be free and I'll explain why below.
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- Anonymous says:
I think you are 99% right in your analysis - but I think that smartbooks can replace Windows-based netbooks.
The reason: I believe that in the future you will get online with a relatively weak machine (such as a smartbook) but then access an extremely powerful server to do your work; this server could easily be a Windows machine with a custom environment for each user in a company -- complete with the Office suite and inherent access to the internal network.
I saw a demo of this -- logging into a server with 16 gigs of RAM to do basic computing. Even from a weak front-end terminal machine, applications !fly!
- June 4, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Anonymous says:
The problem with this theory is that mobile phone companies (especially in the US) have a tendency to lock down and cripple what you can do with your phone. I have trouble believing that they will leave their branded netbooks open enough to actually be useful.
- June 5, 2009 at 4:05 AM
- The Mad Hatter says:
Part of the success of Netbooks is due to the fact that since they ran Windows some consumers have purchased them as the replacement for a full sized laptop.
Pardon Erlik, but you must have been asleep for a good bit of the last couple of years. Netbooks were a success long before Microsoft even noticed that the form factor existed.
Netbooks were a success in spite of Microsoft, not because. Before Microsoft noticed the Netbook market, viruses weren't a problem, Netbooks ran faster, Netbooks didn't have a registry, and so on and so on.
Microsoft's entry into the Netbook OS market was the worst thing to happen to Netbooks.
Just wait. I predict that within 18 months, Microsoft will panic, and start trying to sell Windows CE for ARM based Netbooks. I'm not sure if there's a MIPS version of Windows CE, if there is, they'll offer it for MIPS as well. Microsoft may be trying to make everyone think that ARM and MIPS based Netbooks aren't real computers. Well, consumers aren't stupid. They know a computer when they see one, and a computer with a 6 hour battery life that sells for less than $200.00 is a dream come true.
I also bet that we will see 10", 12", and 14" screens on ARM and MIPS powered Netbooks within the year, as the vendors producing them try to take market share from the big Notebook OEMS.
You just watch. Microsoft may think that they've made a smart move, but since Windows XP doesn't run on ARM or MIPS, they've just shot themselves in the foot, because unlike Dell, Acer, Lenovo, etc. most of the makers of the ARM and MIPS based devices aren't current Windows licensees, and Microsoft has no hold on them.
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The Mahele Aina on Lanai
About Hawaiian Land Management and Land Tenure
In the centuries following initial Polynesian settlement of the Hawaiian Archipelago (earliest carbon dating on the larger islands ranges from ca. 175-300 A.D.), ancient Hawaiian land use and resource management evolved and adapted to the wealth, as well as the limitations of the natural resources found on each of the islands. By the 1500s, the okupuni (islands) were subdivided into land units of varying sizes. The largest division was the mokuoloko (district), of which two occur on Lanai, the "kona" (leeward) and the "koolau" (windward).
The Hawaiians further divided the mokuoloko into manageable units of land called ahupuaa, which the makaainana (people of the land) tended using what have become traditional Hawaiian practices (cf. Malo 1951:63-67).
An ahupuaa may be compared to a pie-shaped wedge of land that extended from the mountains or some other upland feature of geological significance (e.g., a valley, hill or crater) to the ocean fisheries fronting the land unit. The boundaries of the ahupuaa were physically marked by altars with images or representations of a pig placed upon them—thus the name, "ahu-puaa" or pig-altar—and internally defined by the cycles, patterns and uses of natural resources occurring within them (cf. Lyons, 1875; In The Islander).
The Hawaiians further divided the ahupuaa into smaller manageable land sections: the ili lele, parcels dedicated to using resources found in various environmental zones (such as salt making ponds on the shore and mala kalo or taro gardens in the uplands); kihapai, pauku, moo, and kuaiwi (open and wall-lined gardens plots); mala (dry land agricultural parcels); and koele (agricultural parcels worked by commoners for the chiefs). These smaller land use designations were devised by the ancient Hawaiians as a means of managing resources and fostering efficient work efforts; they were inhabited and/or managed by the makaainana (people of the land) and their extended families—the ohana.
As long as the makaainana offered sufficient tribute and observed kapu (restrictions), the common people who lived in a given ahupuaa had access to most of the resources from mountain slopes to the ocean. Such access rights were almost uniformly tied to residency on a particular land, and earned as a result of taking responsibility for stewardship of the natural environment and supplying the needs of one's ali'i (Chief) (cf. Malo 1951:63-67; Kamakau 1961:372-377).
An appointed konohiki (a lesser chief/landlord) had jurisdiction of the entire ahupuaa under the ancient Hawaiian system of land management, and he in turn answered to an alii ai ahupuaa (chief who controlled the ahupuaa resources). The alii ai ahupuaa answered to an alii ai moku (chief who claimed the abundance of the entire district). The ahupuaa resources not only supported the makaainana and ohana who lived on and worked the land, but also contributed to the support of the royal community of regional and/or island kingdoms. In communities with long-term royal residents, divisions of labor were strictly followed. This form of district "subdividing" was integral to Hawaiian life and the product of strictly adhered to resource management planning. The land provided the fruits and vegetables for the diet, while the ocean (near shore and deep sea fisheries) provided most of the protein.
The location and relatively small size of the island of Lanai, coupled with its limited water resources (and therefore a small population), resulted in it sitting in the shadow of Maui, both environmentally and politically. Lanai's chiefs were under the jurisdiction of Maui's high chiefs, and as Maui formalized its land management system, in which ahupua'a and smaller political, religious and subsistence divisions were established, the island of Lanai was also divided into ahupuaa. Traditional lore and knowledge relate that the island was divided into 13 ahupuaa. An anomaly occurred in the designation of the three of the ahupuaa however, in that those three cross the entire island of Lanai, running from the windward to the leeward coast. This more generous form of land subdivision may have been necessary due to the stressed nature of Lanai's environment. In any event, it ensured residents access to all resources—from coast to mountains—necessary to sustain viable populations, and to adapt to seasonal variations in weather, rainfall, and ocean conditions.
As recorded through historic surveys, the ahupuaa of Lanai, include the following named lands, beginning at the northwestern point and circling around the island running east: Kaa, Paomai, Mahana, Maunalei, Kalulu, Kaunolu, Palawai, Pawili, Kaohai, Kamao, Kealia Aupuni, Kealia Kapu and Kamoku. The total land area of Lanai equals 88,853.38 acres.
As a result of foreign pressures, the traditional system of land management and residency in the Hawaiian Islands was radically altered, and in 1848, a system of fee-simple property rights—patterned after western practices—was established in the Hawaiian Kingdom. This new land ownership system, known as the Mahele Aina (Land Division) was codified under the Kuleana Act of 1850. The links that attach to this page chronicle the history of the Mahele Aina on Lanai, and for the first time, provide readers with original source documentation of land tenure on the island. By following the links, readers will find detailed narratives of the land, people, subsistence practices, and features of the land, and also access each individual claim and award for land on Lanai.
This overview and detailed collection of records from the Mahele Aina on the Island of Lanai was compiled by Kepa and Onaona Maly (Kumu Pono Associates LLC).
E oluolu mai oukou – O ka mea maikai malama, o ka mea maikai ole kapae ia.


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Theatre Camp
July 20–July 31, 2009
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Monday through Friday
Saturday Showcase: August 1, 2009
Download Printable Brochure and Registration Form
For two weeks, this positive and fun training will provide education in theatre skills while raising the appreciation of the arts. We provide a platform to enable students to explore and express their God given creativity and imagination while encouraging them to delight in the theatre process and the end-product.
Students receive instruction from experienced, local, Christian theatrical artisans and former college actors. The Saturday recital showcases original pieces from the student groups.
Camp Director:
Professor Tamara McGinnis
This is determined by the student's entry grade in September 2009.
$150.00 by June 19, 2009
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(A $25 deposit is due with registration; balance due on first day of camp)
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Typical Seminars:
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Highlights Include:
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Free camp t-shirt
Showcase Recital, August 1
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First having to cancel day one, the two day SMorgy event in Halifax has been canceled in full now. Here is a statement from Kevin:
Dear Would-Be SMorgy Attendees,
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the canceling of this weekend's SMorgy event. The blame for this lies solely with me: first I had to kill Sunday for the TV thing that came out of nowhere, and now I've gotta cancel Saturday as well.
Saturday's cancellation is a bit of JERSEY GIRL coming back to haunt me: my daughter Harley entered … Read More »
Not only could Clerks III be on the horizon but, cumming soon, Clerks XXX! That's right! All you folks who've fantasied about Jay snooching Silent Bob's booch will get your wish…ummm kinda!
How about Jay and Silent Bertha:
The porn parody will star Allie Haze, Chastity Lynn, Kelly Devine, Mark Davis, Seth Gamble and Rick Garcia.
Judging from the pics over here we are going to assume that this will be a day that Dante WILL want to be there for!


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Tim Heidecker of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Good Job! performs an homage to 70's and 80's radio rock
SF Sketchfest presents Heidecker and Wood at Rickshaw StopRickshaw Stop (155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA) Map it $25
Always one to exploit an opportunity for laughs in ways that before him had yet been as hilariously realized, Tim Heidecker turns his comedic gaze on 70's soft rock with Heidecker & Wood. As one half of the brilliant Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Good Job!, Tim Heidecker has already proved he can write funny songs (see "We're turning your bedroom back into the computer room" if you need some hard evidence), and with Davin Wood at his side he can also crank out spot on homages to Hall & Oates and other radio friendly rock jams of yesteryear.


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|manmohan unleashes sibal
After cowering on the back foot for several months the Congress party decided to let loose Kapil Sibal. Sibal is an articulate, eloquent lawyer who is a master at marshalling half truths to obfuscate issues.
His contention is that the policy of first come first served is right, that auctions may have fetched more revenue for the government of India but would have pushed up prices to the consumer & that the congress always works for the aam aadmi. In fact, according to him the NDA which had first auctioned spectrum had themselves seen the futility of the scheme and got into revenue sharing agreements. He went on to say that Vajpayee & Shourie did the right thing despite objections from Narayanan, the then president of India & several others including the Shiv Sena
He does admit though that there are clearly irregularities in implementation & that the CBI was probing criminal culpability! In other words there is corruption & the government is culpable but the Manmohan Singh government has not been able to steal as much as 176 lakh crores & that because his esoteric calculations show that the fraud is by today's Congress standards minor, the opposition has no business making such a hullaballoo.
While the rebuttals have come from various sources, the PAC saying that it is they (the PAC) & not some interested party who have to examine the genuineness of the CAG accusations, the BJP asking why then was Raja sacked, the CAG sticking by their figures and saying no one other than the PAC or the Supreme Court has the right to question them, and the Supreme Court saying they will not take cognizance of this eloquent nonsense.
Let's look at Sibal's eloquence. Procedural & Criminal liability has been admitted. That 'First Come First Served (FCFS)' was not followed, that ineligible players have been given licenses & that the bandwidth-allocation process lacked transparency and was undertaken in an arbitrary, unfair and inequitable manner as stated by the CAG, is thus accepted. So, there is no doubt that Raja & his cohorts should be incarcerated for decades. Also, it is clear that these criminal deeds did not happen without the PMs Knowledge. Even if there is no evidence of his connivance he, as the boss must accept responsibility & quit. If he wishes to defend himself this clean economist must appear before a JPC. The poor guy is just a puppet so may be the puppeteer should also be dispensed with.
But, let us look at policy which Sibal claims is in line with the NDAs & correct. He says looking at Telecom licensing as a source of revenue is wrong, that the main driver of policy should be the spread of telecom accessibility. If that's so why not give away the spectrum free? Why do we want the 1650 crore license fee?
How does giving away spectrum at throw away prices to private companies help the common man? Private companies price for profit and the prices in India today are among the lowest in the world because the service providers have learnt to depend on volumes for growth & profit. They will obviously price based on their customer's willingness to pay unless the government is planning to insist on a cost plus pricing structure to provide bonuses to the corrupt bureaucrats that they nurture?
Praising Vajpayee & Shourie is a brilliant attempt at obfuscation – The NDA's errors are being white washed to white wash more heinous crimes. Spectrum was first auctioned at fairly high prices, but it was large companies with expert managements who bid & set prices which made put the service beyond the reach of most, so with abysmal revenues they felt it was a losing proposition and demanded waiver of most of the fee & suggested "revenue sharing". They were suffering from what is called the "winners curse." Shourie & Vajpayee decided to reverse the fees. This was a huge scam & obviously money was made. In fact when Vajpayee signed the waiver he was a caretaker PM, but those were the India Shining days & the Congress's opposition was muted? Did they get some of the loot?
NDA corruption does not in any way make the UPA less culpable. In fact in those days the telecom revolution had not yet happened and there were some who genuinely believed that the large license fee might prevent it from happening. In 2008 there could be no such justification. While there were about 4 million mobile services subscribers in 2001, the number had swelled to more than 300 million by 2008. With the 3G auction while the government earned an additional 68,000 crores the services are being rolled out at affordable prices.
Please Mr. Sibal, your defense is baseless & even your brilliant oratory won't give it any credibility.


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Broward Commissioners Pass Final Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
September 28, 2011
Kimberly Maroe, Public Information Manager
Broward County Board of County Commissioners
Broward County Commissioners have passed the fiscal year 2012 budget, keeping the property (millage) rate the same as this year. The total fiscal year 2012 budget of $3.2 billion decreases by $768.7 million from the current budget. The combined millage rate has been set at $5.553 per thousand of taxable value. The flat millage rate results in the County collecting approximately 2 percent less in property taxes or $20 million for a cumulative reduction of $257 million since fiscal year 2007.
The majority of taxpayers will experience either flat or reduced taxes on the Broward County portion of their tax bill. Taxpayers who will see a slight increase in their County taxes are those whose taxable values have increased and are homesteaded property subject to the state "recapture rule."
The fiscal year 2012 budget provides funding to reopen County parks full time, extend library hours and maintain public transportation and social services.
Other service enhancements include the midyear opening of the Young at Art Museum and Children's Library, whose operations will be primarily funded by Young at Art. In addition, the Northeast Transit Center will be opening in the fall. This center will provide seamless transfers between four Broward County Transit fixed routes and two municipal community bus routes and will serve as a drop-off location for commuters. There is also a full-year budget for the new Inspector General's Office, mandated by voters last year.
In addition to Broward County, property is taxed by municipalities, the Broward County School Board, hospital districts, water districts, etc. In fact, more than 80 taxing authorities exist in Broward County with the authority to impose a tax on your property.
For more information on the Broward County budget, visit
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The Olympus FE-310 is the entry level model for the Olympus digital cameras range. One factor that helps the FE-310 to stand out from the competition is the fact it has a longer than standard 5x optical zoom lens. This is an 8 megapixel camera and also has face detection technology for portrait shots. One of its strength is that it is a simple, easy to use model.
Main Features
LCD Screen:
2.5 inches
93.0 x 61.7 x 30.5 m
HD Movies:
Manual Controls:
Memory Cards:
Image Quality - See Sample Images Below
Outdoor Scenic Shots in Good Light
The Olympus FE-310 digital camera gets off to a good enough start. The extra zoom already comes in handy as for this shot I really am using more or less exactly half the zoom. This tends to be the area where lenses operate at their best. Focusing is good although it does slide towards the edges and into the corners.
Colours work quite well, but there is some purple fringing evident. This is where a thin purple line is added to the edges of light coloured objects. Sun glare is coped with reasonably well, but more detail is lost than I would like to see from a digital camera.
This is a good effort. Digital cameras can find sharp focus difficult when the zoom is not being used at all. The FE-310 produces a shot with roughly average focusing. Not bad when you think I am comparing this to some more expensive digital cameras. The colours come across well here too.
A familiar pattern is starting to appear. The centre of the shot scores well when it comes to sharpness, but as you move out towards the edges focusing levels fall away dramatically. This may not be a big issue for 6 x 4" prints, but this problem will become more noticeable as you make larger prints.
This is a relatively new test, but the result is quite revealing. Looking at the centre of the photo the focusing is sharp and it is easy to make out each individual brick with a larger print. As you move away from the centre focusing really drops off once more. Purple fringing also appears again.
The outdoor portrait is the best of my three portrait tests. I like the sharpness and the colours work well too, especially when you consider the photo was taken in the shade and you cannot adjust white balance to pep up the colours with this Olympus digital camera.
Moving inside where the light is not quite so good the FE-310 struggled with focusing. This is a shame as with the flash on the camera makes a fair effort of lighting the photo. There is also no red eye showing in my test shot. This doesn't mean the digital camera will never produce red eye, but it does suggest that not all pictures taken with the flash will encounter the problem.
Again the camera has a problem with focusing in less than perfect light. The two indoor portrait tests are a little disappointing as the lighting was better than you are likely to encounter in pubs, clubs and restaurants.
Macro, Colours and Noise
When you take into account the cost of the camera, the macro shot is impressive. My test shot is certainly very bright and sharpness levels are pleasing as well.
The colours produced by this and other Olympus digital cameras are not quite as strong as those produced by some other brands. You may think the photos could do with a colour boost or you may prefer the more natural look. This is a matter of personal taste.
At this level the loss of quality is not too bad. You will start to notice noise creeping in and the colours becoming blotchy in places. The FE-310 does not have ISO ratings available that match other digital cameras. Pushing it that bit further brings a similar result to the ISO 400 setting, but the problems of noise and colour distortion become more noticeable.
For an entry level digital camera the FE-310 does a number of things well. It does have a problem with loss of focusing quality as you move away towards the edges of a photo. You could also find a problem in lower light situations.
The Olympus FE-310 digital camera is on the large side for slipping into a pocket. It has a small raised area on the front to help you hold it steady when taking a shot. It is available in black and silver.
Shutter Lag Times
Single Shot
Five Shots
Single Shot With Flash
Five Shots With Flash
1.65 seconds
19.3 seconds
1.96 seconds
22.32 seconds
Ease of Use
There are not a great number of features you need to get to grips with. Insert batteries and a memory card and away you go.
Points I Like
Extra zoom on an entry level model - simple and easy to use
Where it Could Improve
Slow shutter response is a problem - lower light focusing - focusing towards the edge of a photo
If you are after an entry level digital camera with a bit of extra zoom then the Olympus FE-310 is a possibility. It takes bright photos, but there is a tendency to lose focusing in lower light and also at the edges of shots. Shutter lag is also an issue to keep in mind. The extra zoom is a big plus point.
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Top Rated Cameras in this Category
Canon Powershot A4000 IS Rating 84/100
You get quite a lot for your money with the Canon Powershot A4000 IS. If you only plan to make small sized prints or share your photos on the Internet you may not see a great deal of difference between the photos taken with this camera and those taken with other models available at around the same price. What you might notice is that the pictures have a touch more clarity. This is likely to become more evident if you make larger prints. To sum up, if you are looking for a handy compact camera, at a reasonable price, that can cope very well with most photo opportunities this camera is hard to beat.
Read Review: Canon Powershot A4000 IS Review
Panasonic DMC S5 Rating 84/100
If you are looking for a cheap pocket sized digital camera it is difficult to find one offering better picture quality than the Panasonic Lumix DMC S5. It is such a small camera and very easy to use. It is almost the ideal snapshot camera if you do not want to spend a great deal of money.
Read Review: Panasonic DMC S5 Review
Panasonic DMC S3 Rating 84/100
The Panasonic Lumix DMC S3 is an excellent value for money pocket camera. It is very hard to beat when compared alongside its direct rivals. Picture quality and features have an edge over many of its competitors while the rapid response times are also a big plus point. If you are looking for a cheaper compact digital camera then you can't go far wrong with the Lumix DMC S3.
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Newcastle's away record is really poor this season, and in our 16 league games on the road we have a total of just 8 points and one win, and we've lost a massive 10 away games.
Cheick Tiote – should be back on Thursday
So because we cannot seem to do anything away from home for whatever reason, our next two league games at home become very important, with Newcastle now only 3 points above the drop zone, after losing three of our last four league games, and our goal difference is 5 goals worse during that time.
But Alan Pardew has talked to the local papers today and said he will not re-evaluate the Europa League games because of our poor league results of late.
This is what the Newcastle manager said in the Newcastle Journal today:
"No, I don't think it was ever going to change," "Did I expect to win at Manchester City? I hoped we would, but I didn't expect to. We can't determine other results."
"We always knew it would be the remaining games in the Premier League which would be the important ones and that isn't going to change."
"The Benfica game has lifted the spirit in the club after the victory we had in the last round and we'll take that into Thursday." "I couldn't go full tilt on Saturday because I had too many players missing."
"We had square pegs in round holes." "Next Sunday we will have more players available to put round pegs in round holes and be able to produce a more balanced performance.
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The pressure is on Alan Pardew to stop the rot quickly, and extra pressure will have been put on him after Martin O'Neill was fired on Saturday night, after losing 1-0 at home to Manchester United.
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2) Eric Belanger -- won't be re-signed by Washington, but is reportedly seeking a multi-year deal at >$2.0M/year.
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1. Jeff Halpern (LAK)
Assets = Is a diligent worker. Plays a solid defensive game and excels on the penalty kill. Possesses solid leadership qualities and the ability to play both center and wing.
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Juan Carlos Parets, of New York, New York, was named in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) complaint alleging that he violated his suitability obligations, made material misstatements, and omitted material facts in connection with the sale of promissory notes issued by his firm's, New York, New York based Westrock Advisors, Inc., parent company, Westrock Group, Inc., which defaulted on the payments it owed to retail investors. FINRA alleges that Mr. Parets did not have a reasonable basis for recommending the promissory notes to any customer and did not take any meaningful steps to understand Westrock Group's financial condition prior to selling the notes, such as reviewing financial statements or other financial information. Mr. Parets allegedly recommended the notes to specific customers for whom the speculative investment was unsuitable. FINRA further alleges that Mr. Parets made misstatements and omissions concerning material facts, including the actual financial condition of the Westrock Group, his lack of understanding of the financial condition of Westrock Group, and the safety of the promissory note investments. In addition, the complaint alleges that Mr. Parets failed to conduct a reasonable investigation of Westrock Group to determine whether the securities being offered were suitable for recommendation to any customer. Moreover, the complaint alleges that Mr. Parets did not have reasonable grounds to believe that his recommendations to customers were suitable on the basis of the facts the customers disclosed as to the customers' other securities holdings and financial situation and needs. Furthermore, the complaint alleges that Mr. Parets sold unregistered promissory notes, as there was no registration statement in effect under the Securities Act of 1933 when the sales occurred. The alleged sales constituted an unregistered distribution of securities and did not qualify for an exemption from registration. In connection with the alleged sales, FINRA alleges that Parets sold the notes to unaccredited investors in spite of red flags indicating that this would constitute taking part in an illegal unregistered distribution.
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One of my Cain runs….I swear, I'm a luck SOAB. Even without the Lucky Foot I get very good items…one thing seems uniform with me though. I always got to hurt myself to get said items….in fact, the game encourages me a lot of the times….weirdos.
On this particular run, I got the dollar bill, won over 60 keys in the arcade, won 40 or so bombs, kept getting cards that gave me hearts, had a permanent force of flies protect me, and I was mentally retarded and high….it was great….
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I used to watch a lot of cookery shows.
Sophie Dahl's (now defunct) show was a dismal attempt to use the toothsome Ms Dahl to rip off the schtick of Nigella. Now Dahl might be eye candy but she can't make candy. Or Dal or pretty much anything. So first rule is to get someone who can cook. Nigella can actually cook but you'd be amazed how often this basic rule is ignored. The most appalling example was Tom Parker-Bowles. I remember him making an utter horlicks of roasting a chicken or something and boiling peas. Apparently he is food critic for Tattler or some such… Sometimes you have to pity the upper-classes. Anthony Worrell-Thompson falls into much the same category – now he probably can cook in a sort of chicken in a basket sort of manner but he's usually too pissed. I also have severe doubts about Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
The second rule is to have some charisma. Delia Smith can cook but she don't have it. She's so ponderous and school ma'am-ish. Rick Stein is borderline but seems a nice guy and had a cute dog and that counts. H also didn't violate the third rule.
The third rule is the most often violated. Don't be annoying. Now the thing is some are annoying from the start. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall springs to mind and some become annoying. I assume it is because wht is annoying is their "trademark" which grates after a while. Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey spring to mind. Oliver's cheerful mockneyism is unwatchable ("Take some of the old coriander" -cant the poor barrow-boy afford fresh ingredients?) and as for Ramsey – it's like watching Reservoir Dogs with food and keep your shirt on Gordon. It may once have been the torso of an Adonis but it's no more. The Hairy Bikers just piss me off. I can't tell you why exactly but… I think it's this… Remember Two Fat Ladies? That worked so some BBC-type thought, "Let's do the same with working class blokes from up North!" It's the shallowness of the commissioning more than anything. At the other extreme is Heston "Beaker" Blumenthal who prepares things that require a moderately sized university chemistry facility – sorry Heston me old china I can't do that because Tesco is fresh out of liquid nitrogen. Oh, and Ainsley Harriott – do I have to explain? The absolutely most annoying of them all though is Gary Rhodes. He looks like a stick-insect that has stolen fiddler Nigel Kennedy's barnet. There is something really weird about him and that catchphrase, "Now, build the dish"… that's like the phrase "theatre workshops". I'm with Alexei Sayle on them, "Anyone who uses the word workshop who isn't involved in light engineering is a twat".
Which brings me to rule four. Just because you're on telly and know bain-marie is doesn't mean we want you launching "crusades". Now there's a lot of them at it these days but the king of the meddlesome ratbags is Jamie "Turkey Twizzlers" Oliver.
There are chefs on TV that don't break the rules but off the top of my head I can't quite name them off the top of my head right now.


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Parise insists left hand is OK; Greene's back spasms "a fluke"
Devils captain Zach Parise insisted his left hand was OK after today's 1-0 loss to the Islanders, but he did not sound convincing.
Parise was hit in the hand with a Milan Jurcina shot 12:47 into the second period. He was in obvious pain on the bench while talking to medical trainer Rich Stinziano, but continued to take a regular shift for the remainder of the game.
"It's OK," Parise said. "I just took a puck into it. It hurt for a little while, but it's OK."
Parise said he had not had an X-ray on his hand yet. When I asked him if he needed one, he said, "I hope not."
Team orthopedist, Dr. Barry Fisher, was in the Devils' locker room after the game, presumably to look at Parise's hand.
"I think he's OK," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said of Parise. "They checked it out between periods, so I don't foresee any issues."
Parise played 22:14 for the game, including 7:17 in the third period, and had three shots on goal, tying him with Ilya Kovalchuk and David Clarkson for the team-high.
DeBoer said he didn't have "any idea" earlier today that there was a chance defenseman Andy Greene wouldn't be able to play becuase of back spasms.
"He showed up at the rink 100 percent" today, but his back "kind of stiffened up during his stretching routine, so it was a little bit of a fluke."


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It's nice to meet you
I feel I owe you an apology. I started this blog as an outlet, to express what I couldn't in my real life. I was engaged to be married, and she wasn't appreciative of my opinions on a number of issues. She is no longer part of my life, so I have been able to express myself freely. I will be using this blog more from now on, and I've been considering doing something bigger. I'll let you know how that goes, but it may be a few months.
David Parkinson – A Belfast Atheist
Con man came to Ireland
I was a bit late to catch this story. Faith Healer Jeff Garvin was in Belfast last month curing bad knees, ankles, hearing, etc. No amputees this time, maybe on his next visit he'll visit some well deserving war heroes who lost limbs fighting for freedom and peace. I'm sure there is some devout Christian soldier out their missing a leg or an arm. How about something smaller like an eye. Surely, s/he deserves to be healed by this God fella they worship. This doesn't happen. The lady who had her hearing aid removed is probably watching her TV as I type this, with the volume up full. The lady with knee problems will continue to have knee problems.
These well meaning people are being conned. Worse, they are being conned by a bad man because they were conned by well meaning good people (their parents and their family) when they were children.
I wonder if Jeff ever follows up on anyone he has healed (I use the term "healed" loosely, of course). I wonder if he ever tells them to check with their GP, just as a casual follow up to make sure he didn't miss anything.
I want to see Jeff walk into a hospital full of dying children. If he really has this gift, and wanted to help, I can't think of a better place for him to be. If he did that, and his abilities were real, I'd be tempted to convert. But that is never going to happen. Not because he doesn't care, but because he knows that he is a fraud.
Check out: Why Won't God Heal Amputees?
Calling atheists in Northern Ireland
Source: http://www.atheismuk.com/2012/02/23/atheism/calling-atheists-in-northern-ireland-2/
Calling atheists in Northern Ireland
February 23, 2012 by Mark Embleton
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Please get in touch or we'll miss the opportunity.
It was some months ago that we put out our original call for atheists living in Northern Ireland to contact us with a view to forming an active group there. We had quite a bit of interest and a few people tried to organize a local meeting to get the group started, but this has not materialized.
More recently, one of our Northern Ireland members, Tom Johnston, kindly volunteered to persevere with this and coordinate setting up the inaugural meeting, but the response has been disappointing. Here is a recent message from Tom:
"I am deterined to fight the religious hatred here in NI once and for all. I cannot and will not stand by and watch those I love being decieved by hatred. I will uphold the fact that there is no god and that people are not going to suffer in hell. I am a former teacher with the International Bible School, and I can fight the religious bigots, but I need your help. So come on Northern Ireland, let us stand together. Please please contact me and I'll do my best go get this group going, but I need your help!
You can contact Tom here.
Atheism UK was set up for active atheists who want to make a difference – it's time for action!
Irish comedian Dave Allen remembers his introduction to religion
Very funny stuff!
Why it would be wrong to legalise gay marriage, by the Archbishop of Canterbury
In the Daily Mail the Archbishop of Canterbury has again spoken out in opposition to human rights and human dignity. He states:
"The law has no right to legalise same-sex marriage, the Archbishop of Canterbury declared yesterday."
I don't know where he got that idea from. It's equivalent to someone arguing that doughnut makers don't have the right to make doughnuts. That's what they do, it's why they exist.
"Dr Rowan Williams said a new marriage law for gay couples would amount to forcing unwanted change on the rest of the nation."
So? I don't get his point here. In what way does this change anything for members of the public who prefer the opposite gender? There really aren't any secular reasons to support this bigotry. And that's all it is, bigotry.
"…it would go against the beliefs of most people."
If most people thought it was a good idea to keep slaves, is that justification to allow it to happen? As soon as I finished typing that I thought I had committed a logical fallacy, that the two were not equivalent, but it turns out to be more true than I first thought. In both cases, the focus is on denying rights and dignity to men and women.
"Dr Williams's predecessor in Lambeth Palace, Lord Carey, notably told the Mail last week that same-sex marriage laws would be 'one of the greatest political power grabs in history'."
This statement made me smile because many said the same thing when women were fighting for equal rights. It filled me with hope.
"The Archbishop said human rights law 'falls short of a legal charter to promote change in institutions'."
Nobody is telling him that CofE has to support or marry same-gender couples in their churches. That is a completely separate issue. They can marry, or refuse to marry, anyone they choose. That has always been the case, and will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.
He talks about assisted dying also, as if these two things are equivalent. I hope I don't have to tell you that they're not. Terry Pratchett did a great documentary about the subject which is well worth watching, Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die.
Italy plans to tax Vatican on commercial properties
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17072211?
Italy's Catholic Church faces an annual multi-million euro bill over government plans to strip it of its tax-exempt status.
Prime Minister Mario Monti has announced the Vatican must pay taxes on non-religious property, from which it previously enjoyed an exemption.
The annual cost could be up to 720m euros ($945m; £598m) according to municipal government bodies.
Italy's Catholic Church has 110,000 properties, worth about 9bn euros.
It includes shopping centres and a range of residential property.
In December, the government reintroduced a tax paid by anyone who owns land or property in Italy – which the Church does not pay.
But a growing wave of Italians are opposed to what they see as special privileges in the face of a tightening economy.
Following their government's latest austerity measure package, more than 130,000 people signed an online petition calling for the Church's tax exempt status to be revoked.
Since 2005, church-run groups and organisations have not been classed as official commercial bodies and have been exempt from paying property tax.
According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, tax authorities will calculate how much of a property is used purely for religious purposes and tax it proportionately.
This means a church would remain exempt but a chapel which operates an hostel would pay tax accordingly.
Earlier this week, new figures showed Italy has entered recession, after two consecutive quarters of growth between July and December 2011.
Message to American Atheists
Source: http://richarddawkins.net/articles/618232-message-to-american-atheists
I just felt like sharing this letter from Christopher Hitchens:
Dear fellow-unbelievers,
Nothing would have kept me from joining you except the loss of my voice (at least my speaking voice) which in turn is due to a long argument I am currently having with the specter of death. Nobody ever wins this argument, though there are some solid points to be made while the discussion goes on. I have found, as the enemy becomes more familiar, that all the special pleading for salvation, redemption and supernatural deliverance appears even more hollow and artificial to me than it did before. I hope to help defend and pass on the lessons of this for many years to come, but for now I have found my trust better placed in two things: the skill and principle of advanced medical science, and the comradeship of innumerable friends and family, all of them immune to the false consolations of religion. It is these forces among others which will speed the day when humanity emancipates itself from the mind-forged manacles of servility and superstitition. It is our innate solidarity, and not some despotism of the sky, which is the source of our morality and our sense of decency.
That essential sense of decency is outraged every day. Our theocratic enemy is in plain view. Protean in form, it extends from the overt menace of nuclear-armed mullahs to the insidious campaigns to have stultifying pseudo-science taught in American schools. But in the past few years, there have been heartening signs of a genuine and spontaneous resistance to this sinister nonsense: a resistance which repudiates the right of bullies and tyrants to make the absurd claim that they have god on their side. To have had a small part in this resistance has been the greatest honor of my lifetime: the pattern and original of all dictatorship is the surrender of reason to absolutism and the abandonment of critical, objective inquiry. The cheap name for this lethal delusion is religion, and we must learn new ways of combating it in the public sphere, just as we have learned to free ourselves of it in private.
Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abject forces who would set limits to investigation (and who stupidly claim that we already have all the truth we need). Perhaps above all, we affirm life over the cults of death and human sacrifice and are afraid, not of inevitable death, but rather of a human life that is cramped and distorted by the pathetic need to offer mindless adulation, or the dismal belief that the laws of nature respond to wailings and incantations.
As the heirs of a secular revolution, American atheists have a special responsibility to defend and uphold the Constitution that patrols the boundary between Church and State. This, too, is an honor and a privilege. Believe me when I say that I am present with you, even if not corporeally (and only metaphorically in spirit…) Resolve to build up Mr Jefferson's wall of separation. And don't keep the faith.
Christopher Hitchens
Infinite Torture for Questioning Infinite Love?
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Dear Benny, hi, how are ya? Love the hat by the way.
You may not have noticed but I've been absent for awhile,
I wanted to tell you why and how i've been finding my own style.
A new way of looking at the world beyond the errors of the past.
You see ive read all of your teachings and cant see how theyll last. Where angels feared to tread has now become the beaten track
but for every step that we took forward, the church took two steps back.
It took you four hundred years just to pardon galileo,
while the murderer of hypatia still enjoys his saintly halo.
It was these hypocrisies of the church, that drove me from the flock though I still clung to the ideas and kept some belief in stock
that Jesus really loved me and god was close at hand
and the day was fast approaching when we'd find the promised land.
When people could stand together and colour wouldn't mean a thing
but i slowly began to realise, thats not the message that god brings. He constantly plays favourites setting nations against each other tearing apart families, pitting brother against brother.
The jew and the gentile, the muslim and infidel,
the terrorist gaining heaven while their victims go to hell.
This god isn't worth my worship or the thanks that he demands,
and things have gotten so much better now the powers in our own hands. Life expectancy has tripled, smallpox has been made extinct.
Our eyes pierced the veil of heaven and what was hazy is now distinct. A cacophany of symphonies all composed in mathematics,
a ballet of matter and energy performing cosmic acrobatics.
Why didn't your book tell me I was born of a supernova.
Instead demanding belief in what an ancient madman told ya.
Houses can't catch leprosy, epilepsy's not possesion
and when it comes to sex what the fucks with your obsession
with what grown men and women do in the privacy of their own home.
Why do you care where they put it? You've got problems of your own.
You let suffer the little children while the paedophiles protected, the people wanted a shepard but its a wolf that was elected.
You spread disease and misery with every denial of tested science
so people remain upon their knees out of terror and compliance
so please excuse my harshness after breaking religions spell,
and if by chance your god is real, i'll save you a seat in hell.
The West Wing vs. The Bible
Such a good show!


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The Mommyologist has begun a startling new phenomenon in BlogLand—Bringing Mom Sexy Back. In her groundbreaking post on Monday, she broke up with her scale and kicked him to the curb (quite literally) in a one-of-a-kind vlog that will leave you empowered, inspired, and bent over with laughter. While I am not brave enough to hurtle my scale into a forest just yet, I am Bringing Mom Sexy Back with my Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred dvd.
Because my friend Ian over at The Daily Dose of Reality likes to say, "Pics or it never happened," I asked The Father Load to take some photos of my latest shredding experience. Please remember
the camera adds ten twenty thirty pounds to remove any small children or elderly people from the room before viewing the pictures below. Like The Mommyologist, I haven't really noticed changes on my scale; however, I am feeling stronger, healthier, and more empowered. Mom Sexy is in da house. And for those of you who like to make fun of my Jazzercise habit (you know who you are!), please note that these are my Jazzercise clothes. There are no legwarmers. More importantly, there is no leotard. And that is not a sweatband, it is a HEADBAND to keep my hair out of my face.


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(CBS) MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The strongest typhoon this year slammed into the Philippines on Friday, setting off landslides, knocking out power in several provinces and cutting communications in the country's central region of island provinces. Four people died.
Telephone lines appeared down as it was difficult to get through to the landfall site 405 miles southeast of Manila where Typhoon Haiyan -- one of the strongest typhoons ever -- slammed into the southern tip of Samar island before barreling on to Leyte Island.
Two people were electrocuted in storm-related accidents, one person was killed by a fallen tree and another was struck by lightning, official reports said.
Close to 720,000 people had been evacuated from towns and villages in the typhoon's path across the central Philippines, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. Among them were thousands of residents of Bohol who had been camped in tents and other makeshift shelters after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit the island province last month.


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1st Edition and Unlimited booster boxes have become impossible to find!
Continue Your Journey Into The Jhoto Region From The Pokemon Gold and Silver Game Boy games With A Ton Of All-New Pokemon!!
Contains 36 Packs per Box, 11 Cards per Pack.
Each Pack Contains:
- 1 Rare or Foil (roughly 1 in 3 chance of foil)
- 3 Uncommon Cards
- 5 Common Cards
- 2 Energy Cards
Key Cards: Shining Gyrados, Shining Magicarp, Raikou, Ho-oh


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Deron Williams was criticized a lot this season, whether for his poor performances or whether for his 'attitude' and body language. No one however can deny that he has been brilliant in February. He has been, without doubt, what we all expected of him when he got here.
First of all, here are his stats for February:
via nba.com
He's scoring 25.7ppg in February, second only to Russel Westbrook at the point guard position, in a situation where he's the first-option scorer (thus he does not have the best scorer in the NBA who gets all the attention). Despite having a poor start to the season, he's still the 9th best scorer in the NBA (4th best for February and 2nd best in the last 10 games)and he dishes out 3 more assists per game than Westbrook, who is the only better scoring point guard (Westbrook scores 1.4ppg more, 3 asts count at least 6 points more). He's scoring career best at 22.2ppg and almost 27ppg in the last 10 games and almost 30ppg in the last 5.
True, his assists are the worst in his career since his sophomore year, and the TOs are the worst as well. In no way these are excusable, but considering that the turnovers could mean less assists since he has really no one to pass to but Morrow and Humphries for an assist who could really catch the ball and score, these number should go down with Lopez coming back in. Imagine DWill playing with Howard. And by the way, Jeremy Lin is leading the league in TOs with 5.2 per game.
Deron Williams is an allstar and he's playing like one. In the last 10 games, he was one of the NBA's best players. Despite our record, the Nets have the 10th best backcourt in the NBA as far as efficiency rating in the last 10 games. If Deron Williams continues to play like this, with our without Howard, things are looking good.


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RG---Vazquez. This tells us all we need to know about Kuper and where he stands with his health. Kuper will either get cut or take a pay cut.
Slot WR---Wes Welker...what else is there to say. Better then Stockley, even though Stockley was never a problem last year. We pay 5M more for a the best slot guy in the NFL.
#2 CB or RCB---Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. I just hope he doesn't end up being anything like Porter. If he plays up to his abilities, like in Arizona, I don't think we will be able to afford him next year. If he ends up like Porter, it cost us 5M this year and nothing next year.
MLB---Stewart Bradley. He replaces Joe Mays, I would assume. I think 1.1M sounds better then 4M.
DT---Kevin Vickerson and Terrence Knighton...650 lbs of beef in the middle...WOW!!! Let the party start Baby!!!
Elvis, Elvis, Elvis...what to do about Elvis. We could resign Elvis, but at what cost. We could sign a cheaper option like Osi, Abraham, or Freeney. I think we should sign 1 of them. I think Freeney is Elways #1 option, but I'd like to see Osi play here. Of the last 3, 2 years for 4.5M each. This still cost us more then Elvis's pay cut.
Know to the Draft---1-28 Denver selects---Damontre Moore, DE, Texas A&M (6'5" 250). He played with Miller in his freshman year and had 5.5 sacks along with 6.5 TFL. There could be other options like Alex Okafor form Texas.
2-58 Denver selects---Phillip Thomas, CB, Fresno State (6'1" 208). Gives Moore a push and run for his money. I think he could beat him out. I wish I could see something different, but Moore needs to step it up. I a really high hopes for him when we drafted him and he has done nothing but let me down.
3-90 Denver selects---Marcus Lattimore, RB, South Carolina (5'11" 221). I know most of you will not like this pick, but I see Lattimore as a top 10 talent with the unfortunate to have his knees hit hard. I think he could be back this year to help out, or at worse, he has to sit out his year. I see him as a AP type runner.
4th round---Corey Lemonier, DE, Auburn (6'3" 255). This is an insurance for our 1st round pick.
5th round pick---Tharold Simon, CB, LSU (6'2" 202). This covers our pick up of DRC. Pushes Carter and Boldin. This is a tread going with taller CB that can cover taller WR.
7th round---Knile Davis, RB, Arkansas (5'11" 227). Surprise, surprise, I took another RB. Knile really surprised at the combine. He's a bug back with speed. I could see a slot WR like Moe from Mizzu. Both guys could help the team down the road.


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Its just been reported that Ernie has offered more than veteran minimum for John Lucas III, trying to outbid several other teams, including Boston, Minny, and Toronto. Of course, Miami is in the hunt. But if we somehow manage to get this guy, I'd be looking at Ernie in a much different light. Who doesn't remember the shellacking this kid put on the Wiz in D-Rose's absence? We can't forget his fallaway over LeBron, either. I know most fans want to see what Mack can do with a year under his belt, summer league, training camp, etc. But Lucas' instant offense/hustle only adds to our bench. If John ever goes down (God forbid), we can count on this guy.
What does BF think? I'm not saying we go Dan Snyder though


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Government disguises its errors
Everyone should be aware that when government makes a mistake, its members will do everything possible to disguise that fact.
For instance, it is easily provable that the current recession is a result of government policy to promote home ownership, borrowers being encouraged by low down-payment, low floating-interest FHA loans financed through low Federal Reserve interest rates.
When the Fed raised these rates from 1 percent to 5 percent, mortgage defaults started, home values declined and new home construction fell from a high of 2.1 million annually in 2006 to 700,000 by September 2008. Little wonder many banks, which lost billions in home loan assets, needed the September 2008 bailout.
In early 2009, Alan Greenspan, then chairman of the Federal Reserve, testified that, "I was surprised banks held so many mortgages," and, when asked why he had maintained a 1 percent Fed interest rate for so long his reply was, "Well, no one complained."
Yet, after twists by those most responsible, including politicians Dodd and Frank, this all comes out as a "financial crisis" from "reckless" banking. Even today, government is fining JPMorgan $13 billion for "deceptively" selling mortgaged backed securities from 2005 to 2007 when even Greenspan did not suspect the impending disaster.
Want to buy a JPMorgan mortgage back security? The average pre-tax return since 2003 is a solid 5.2 percent despite the losses from the mortgage debacle. So why the fine?
Why? To continue the government disguise of truth. To believe otherwise is to live on another planet.
Ron Gore
Covington, Ind.


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Here is an awesome trailer for our good friends at Team SpinBlades of their time at Final 3D Cup France 2012. Thanks to SpinBlades for sharing this trailer with us. Enjoy the vid footage everyone!
Final 3DCup France | 2012
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Raphaela is now four and a half, and it has been at least a few years since someone has made a snide or inappropriate comment about my status as a single mother by choice.
I think the Universe wanted to remind me today that I had done a brave thing, and to test my resolve at viewing myself and our non-traditional family as loving and normal, rather than a freak of nature in the Orthodox world.
A patient (with children, though seeming intolerant of the younger set in general) started telling me about the wonderful synagogue right down the road from my house, how this person (who shall remain nameless and genderless) has so many friends who pray there, and how it seems like such a welcoming community.
I then made a comment that in my own experience, the members of that synagogue are for the most part old fashioned and somewhat non-welcoming to those who defy the standard rules of the Orthodox Jewish community.
Patient: Why would you say that?
Me: Because when I have walked in there with my daughter, we have been largely ignored and once or twice verbally accosted.
Patient: Why would they do something like that?
Me: Apparently they have a problem with a Jewish single mother by choice.
Patient: Well why don't you just lie about the circumstances of her conception, so that you will be more acceptable to them, and to the larger Jewish community?
Me: (Chin flat on floor, brain screaming inside, taking a minute to breathe again) Why should I have to make up a story, to make myself more acceptable as a Jew or as a mother of an innocent child? Shouldn't they be the ones who reach out to me, and who open their mind to 21rst Century Judaism and the reality of Israel?
Patient: (Heavy Silence)
And THAT is why I need to eventually move to another neighborhood in Jerusalem, where many of my tolerant and accepting friends with children live. Men and women who are both married and raising their children together; and women who like me, chose to not miss the opportunity to experience pregnancy and bring a beautiful child into the world.
People who understand that a Mom is a Mom is a Mom.


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Action from the Ottawa Redblacks vs. Montreal Alouettes CFL game at Molson Stadium in Montreal, Friday Aug. 29, 2014.
Henry Burris in an Alouettes' uniform? It might have happened last winter, when the 39-year-old veteran quarterback was a free agent.
The talk, mostly of defiance with a healthy dose of bombast, started a week ago — some Alouettes players claiming Canadian Football League opponents are scared of them at this juncture. That teams, at the very least, respect Montreal.
There's the good Henry and the bad Henry, people like to say.
Larry Taylor has been bothered by a recurring knee issue recently and was going to miss his second game in the last three weeks Friday night, against Ottawa.
MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes hope they have finally found their starting quarterback in shaggy-haired Jonathan Crompton. But as promising as the 26-year-old looked in his first game last week in a 24-16 loss in Winnipeg, it is too early […]
The numbers are very uncharacteristic of Brandon Whitaker. In the Alouettes' last four games, the veteran tailback has averaged 2.6 yards, 5.3, 2.5 and 1.9. And yet, Whitaker is second in the Canadian Football League in rushing yards, with 431, although he has yet to crack the 100-yard barrier in a game.
The former Canadian Football League's director of officiating has asked the man who replaced him in the role for a clarification on three plays during last Friday's game between the Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Now that he has had time to sit back and reflect, quarterback Alex Brink is more composed and collected than Friday night. He has spoken to Alouettes head coach Tom Higgins about getting pulled following the first quarter against Winnipeg.
Alouettes receiver Chad Johnson's busy on Twitter. That's no secret – whether he's active or injured.
It's becoming an all too familiar pattern with the Alouettes. Another week and another close defeat. Too bad this wasn't gymnastics, where they actually award style points.
There's no quarterback controversy — at least not yet — with the Alouettes, although the carousel continues at the position.
It seemed like the game was right there for the Alouettes' taking. Sean Whyte had just kicked a field goal. There were barely more than four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the visitors actually had a lead, 16-14.
If you're a follower of Twitter, you've undoubtedly noticed the southern California mansion Jeff Garcia calls home's for sale – asking price a cool $7.75-million U.S.
WINNIPEG — We're still not certain whether Alex Brink can play quarterback — let's be frank about this matter. But then again, we're not certain the Alouettes can score offensive touchdowns in great multitudes either. What we're coming to understand about Brink, however, is he's smart and savvy. He understands who butters his bread. And so on Wednesday, the Als' final night in Regina, Brink organized a team dinner for the receivers and running-backs — and made sure he picked up the tab for the food, sans alcohol.
No longer can Nick Moore fly under the radar. And he undoubtedly has become cognizant of the fact.
REGINA — He seemingly has become the forgotten man in the forgotten season, gaining notoriety for a pre-game warmup fight earlier this season at British Columbia when, he maintained, he was acting in self-defence. That's not exactly the way Mike Edem drew up the scenario this winter, when he added 10 pounds of muscle to become bigger and faster, while not losing his flexibility. That's not the way any former first-round draft choice believes his career will evolve.
As he emerged from the dressing room Saturday night, a small bandage covering a minor laceration on his nose, it was hard not to empathize with S.J. Green. Another defeat and a cut on the nose for what? One reception for 15 yards. "It's getting old, I can tell you that," he said at the time. "The coaches are trying to get me the ball."
Under a hot sun and glorious clear blue sky, the Alouettes practised at Leibel Field in the southeastern part of Regina on Tuesday.
Part 1: On May 7, 2007, my life changed forever. That was the day Dr. Angela Genge of the Montreal Neurological Institute informed my wife Vicki and me that I had Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Two days after the fact, Alouettes head coach Tom Higgins is adamant his decision to kick a convert, rather than attempt a two-point play late in the fourth quarter — potentially tying the game — was the correct call.
Two weeks following his arrival in Montreal and now a full seven days into his new job as quarterbacks coach, the Jeff Garcia influence already is evident in the Alouettes' offence.
The Alouettes reached one of those proverbial forks in the road on Saturday — the kind of moment that can define a season, one that continues going terribly wrong.
Teams that have forgotten how to win find ways to lose.
A change in quarterbacks didn't alter the Alouettes' offensive woes, but Alex Brink might have displayed more potential in 30 minutes than Troy Smith has shown this season.
The mystery and uncertainty surrounding Troy Smith, and his potential future with the Alouettes, should continue to garner headlines and remain fresh in the minds of many for the next little while.
Jerome Messam said he always knew the telephone would ring. He just didn't know it would take so long. And the waiting, quite frankly, was starting to extract its mental anguish.
This is a league where there's a reward for failure — the potential of scoring a single point for a missed field goal. It's a league where two teams had similar nicknames, the Roughriders and Rough Riders; a league where one man can be allowed to own two teams; a league that has been known to draft dead guys. So, what's one more potential blemish?
It was a brief moment late in practice — three quarterbacks along with their coach, Jeff Garcia, attempting to throw a football into an empty garbage can, sitting deep in the end zone, a throw of perhaps 30 yards.
With all the focus on and attention being paid to the Alouettes' futile offence, the change in quarterbacks, the consultants coming in and the movement in the coaching ranks, here's something that might have been overlooked: Montreal's defence isn't particularly good, either, and hasn't held up its end of the bargain this season.
He arrived late to practice at Stade Hébert, a black protective brace covering his left hand and thumb. Under the circumstances, it's a wonder Troy Smith wasn't in a wheelchair for dramatic effect. The erstwhile Alouettes' starting quarterback has played his last game for a while, both Smith and the organization suggesting he's bothered by injuries to his thumb, ankle and knee — although he played the entire game against Edmonton last Friday, no mention of any injury made post-match.
He was a former quarterback in the National Football League. Turk Schonert has coached the position and was a former offensive co-ordinator with the Buffalo Bills.
MONTREAL — Well, now we know. It obviously has been Erik Campbell's fault all along. When things aren't going well, someone has to pay the price. With the Alouettes' offence continuing to flounder, the team on Monday fired receivers coach Campbell.
If this is how the Alouettes define progress, this team simply can't see the forest for the trees. And they're deluding themselves. It just goes to show how low the bar has been set.
Brandon Whitaker refused to talk because it was the day before the game and he's superstitious. Chad Johnson refused to talk as well, simply because, most days, he doesn't. Even Tom Higgins, who talked at length, appeared more disconsolate than at any point this season.