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Invaded: Ika Musume Finnishes First
Ika Musume's bellicose antics have inexplicably manifested themselves in her victorious invasion of an illustration contest for a popular Finnish cheese…
Ika Musume's bellicose antics have inexplicably manifested themselves in her victorious invasion of an illustration contest for a popular Finnish cheese…
Poor Ika Musume has found herself co-opted into helping a creepy child predator in his efforts to invade a tender young schoolgirl, prompting police to issue a warning.
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With fuss over the content of late night anime as vociferous as ever, anime fans have been pondering the question of whether there really are any late night anime titles which are safe for family viewing, and if so, what they are.
I watched Ghost in the Shell with my dad (the movie). He really liked it and asked if there was more. So we watched the series and other movies/ova's as well :)... More
My sister thought Yosuga was cute. Is this bad?... More
Anime fans have been busily compiling yet another list of their favourite flat-chested anime girls, and this time certain insidious influences from the depths of sea, space and outer realms have conspired to dominate the ranking with their determinedly uncurvaceous appeal.
Miku fans are rejoicing with the news that her BMW sped to victory yet again at the latest Super GT GT300, with second place taken up by Evangelion's car. Meanwhile, Ika Musume was not having a good day and only placed 17th…
Japanese are outraged that mere foreigners would dare to criticise their culture of eating live animals after seeing a video of a vivisected squid struggling for life on a plate, even if many of them appear to be of the opinion that it is the very acme of bad taste.
To me, it boils down to all humans eating any other species. Go read the 300+ chapters of GANTZ and if you think seeing human getting eaten is more cruel than this, then you're just... More
it's really gross , this is the firs time i see someone eating animal that still alive, not cooking is ok but alive ....... More
The cutest of squids Ika Musume will finally receive her Nendoroid form, by Phat Company in July 2012, coming with some food though otherwise making up for her surfeit of cuteness with a deficit in strange accessories.
None other than Shoko-tan herself has been busy cosplaying Madkoka and Ika Musume, much to the delight of both cephalopod invader fans and magical puella maniacs, to say nothing of Shoko-tan's own legion of admirers.
she looks creepy,but not cute...... More
this is a site that shows idols/models and other things, i don't really look into them really but i thought id just say what i wanted about the topic. and you call me a dumbass why?... More
Anime fans have been lamenting the wastefulness of anime which the mainstream might accept being broadcast at 3AM instead of at "golden time" in the early evening – and with their number one choice, they may have a point…
You don't have to like it, but that doesn't mean you should be a dick about it.... More
I agree for the most part, although it could be noted that not all of these air at 3 AM. Hanasaku Iroha aired at 10 PM, which in my opinion was fair enough considering the low... More
The only thing cuter than an Ika-chan is a Mini Ikachan, as the latest episode of Ika Musume irrefutably demonstrates..
my last liter of blood well spent... More
What 9,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000!?!? THERE'S NO WAY THAT... can... *nose bleed* *dies*... More
The most perverted female anime characters have been ranked, resulting in a rather well-deserved victory for a certain Mikoto-maniac…
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE KUROKO. She can have my sister!... More
I dunno Kiss x sis girls should be top of the list, in one ep of the oav, they are sitting on a body pillow rubbing their gentals on it then they start french kissing... More
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President's Convocation Address
Whitney W. Addington, MD, MACP
April 13, 2000
It Is All I Ever Hoped For
I congratulate and welcome the 771 Internists who tonight are inducted as new Fellows of the ACP-ASIM.
You represent the best of the medical profession: gifted, superbly and expensively educated, and trained in sophisticated disciplines and technologies. You have demonstrated exemplary ethical and moral principles in your care of patients and in your relationships with colleagues.
And you can write. I received the following from one of you:
"When I close the door and sit alone with my patient, it's all I ever hoped for. But all that goes on outside that door is so different from what I expected, so overwhelming. It is as if the world surrounding my examining room is on fire."
A powerful statement about the joy of being a physician and the threats and challenges confronting us.
It is my most fervent hope that each of you comes to know "the all I ever hoped for" that I have received as an internist from caring for patients, from teaching and from writing.
Let me give you an example. It has been my privilege for thirty years to care for patients with cystic fibrosis. I have seen them face numerous problems, complications, deterioration, successful and unsuccessful lung transplantation, and death. With every patient I have experienced the breadth of reasons for which you and I have pursued the practice of medicine: the intellectual challenge of sorting out symptoms and findings, the emotion of dealing with each patient's and their families' feelings toward each other and the illness; the utilization of modern science; and the grace and dignity of these patients in their final days. Caring for my patients made me a better doctor and a better human being. I've also had the pleasure of teaching others about this disease and of attempting to contribute to new knowledge. I know that all of you will have similar experiences during your careers.
That new Fellow of the College is also correct about the environment outside the examining room. There is a fire that threatens patients and physicians. To patients, it comes in the form of delays, of not being able to identify who is in charge, and confusing and expensive health insurance. To physicians it includes restrictions on our ability to properly care for patients, overwork and financial insecurity. Outside our examining rooms is on fire.
I am from Chicago and Chicagoans know about fires. On October 8, 1871, a fire began in Chicago that raged for days. Most of Chicago's buildings were wood and to make conditions worse, Chicago's infamous wind was howling. The City was destroyed.
Soon after the fire, a commission was formed by Chicago's civic leaders. Daniel Burnham, an architect, was asked to create a plan which enabled Chicago to develop its inspiring architecture, its much copied transportation system, and its beautiful lakefront parks. Burnham wrote at the beginning of his report:
"Make no little plans. Little plans have no magic to stir women's and men's blood and themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency." The Burnham plan revolutionized urban design and energized the Chicago community.
The fires consuming our health care environment -- the fires of the for-profit insurance companies will die off and a new, post-managed care era will begin. Who should write the "big, noble plan that with ever-growing insistency" that will lead to a high quality, compassionate and affordable health system for all Americans? Physicians. And what better group to lead this effort than Internists? And what better organization to lead than this learned society, this College.
I am convinced that the joy from practicing "all I ever hoped for" shall always be ours providing that our professionalism, and the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship is preserved. But to preserve it, we as individuals, and this College itself must change. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Tonight I will identify three issues which require change to ensure our leadership role in the reform of the healthcare system: postgraduate medical education, patient advocacy and physician renewal.
Postgraduate medical education must become a continuous career long process in which every educational effort is planned and evaluated on the basis of its ability to change physician performance. As a pulmonary physician, I despair over the large numbers of asthmatic patients who are not receiving optimal therapy because of inappropriate physician management. These deficiencies will only be corrected by fundamental changes in our educational strategies. Physician behavior must be assessed. Interactive strategies using Web-based technology and others one-on-one, need to be developed. New knowledge needs to be transferred in a manner that cause changes in the way physicians care for their patients. Guidelines are important, but only a part of this process. There have been some recent successes, the most notable in the care of patients at the end of their lives.
Still, the most neglected part of medical education is the measurement of the patient's outcome. Is this not what matters? Patients want to feel better, enjoy their families, work, fulfill their potential and live their lives as they choose. They want to get well. They do not want to be subjected to diagnostic tests or therapeutic interventions which we cannot demonstrate to them will be beneficial.
What we need are studies on medical education that in one continuous exercise links new science with physician performance and patient outcomes.
Two recent developments are on the right track: the College's exciting Clinical Theme initiative and the American Board of Internal Medicine's revitalized recertification, the new Program of Continuous Professional Development.
Linking postgraduate education to patient outcomes and health status will be enthusiastically accepted by patients. It will be enjoyable for physicians. It will serve well our commitment to professionalism and its mandate for continuous scholarship. And it will send packing the bean-counting "productivity" people.
The second area in which changes are required to assure our leadership position is patient advocacy. The College presently enjoys unrivaled credibility because of its enlightened health policy. Patients' rights and universal health insurance are only two examples from an impressive list.
I wish that all of you were with me at the National Press Club this last year when I presented a call for affordable, high quality health insurance for all Americans. With me were the Presidents of the seven major U.S. professional medical societies. Together we represented more than 600,000 physicians. It was an unprecedented moment. The house of medicine spoke with a single voice.
The College has initiated a series of publications entitled "No Health Insurance: It's Enough to Make You Sick!" They document the health consequences facing the 45 million Americans without health insurance. This national disgrace hurts and kills patients. It is unjust and it is un-American. Addressing the health effects of the medically uninsured represents our individual and collective sense of professionalism at its very best.
I need not remind you that the work is only beginning. But the issue of the medically uninsured is back on the national agenda.
Involving patients more in the College's campaign will be crucial. Patients already know about it because at some time most families have had a member medically uninsured. Patients know that the majority of Americans without health insurance are working people. They also know that the adverse health effects of being medically uninsured are visited most severely on America's most vulnerable populations, minorities and the poor.
The only, and most crucial, ingredient lacking for health system reform and universal health insurance is the political will to get it done. An educated public will make the right decisions. You, our new members, and this College need to educate and inform the public in many different ways about the consequences of lack of health insurance.
Elected lawmakers will not be able to resist the demands of a combination of physicians, other health professionals, church groups, civic organizations and, most importantly, the people.
de Tocqueville warned over 100 years ago that "America is great because America is good. When America is no longer good, it will no longer be great."
A third and my final area in which change and leadership is required, is in the care of ourselves, the professionals. Physicians take terrible care of themselves. And it starts early. A recipe for disaster is the following:
Take one bright, motivated, compulsive, curious, compassionate
human being
Add four years of medical school
Bake at high heat during residency training
Season liberally with managed care
And then serve burn out.
We need to "Get a life!"
The successful management of our professional and personal health requires that we have our own Internist, board certified, and a Fellow in this College – just like one of you – a doctor for adults, a doctor for adult physicians.
"Physician Heal thyself" is a terrible piece of advice, from no less than the Biblical physician Luke. Physicians are no better than regular patients on taking care of themselves.
Each of you out there look to your right and left and to the rows of brightly robed physicians on this stage, many of the most distinguished in the world. At least one out of every four of us in the course of our lifetime will experience a clinical depression. Will you recognize it in yourself? Guess again.
Remember Osler: "The Physician needs a clear head and a kind heart." Your generation is fitter and healthier than mine. Listen to your family, continue to exercise, pursue the arts; music in particular has helped me.
When symptoms of burnout, depression, substance or alcohol overuse appear, be in the care of your Internist. Superwoman or superman we are not.
I have had several wonderful internists care for me and I have had the pleasure to care for physicians. It is an honor, it is challenging and it is fun. Be at your best, physicians are masters of self-denial. Everyone needs an Internist just like one of you.
I am confident that if we individually and this College collectively make the required changes in medical education, patient advocacy and in our approaches to our own health, the joy of medicine will be ours in abundance.
The world will little note, nor long remember what I say here, but it will never forget what we begin to do here. It is for us to become dedicated to the unfinished work which those who have gone before us have so nobly advanced.
It is for us to be here dedicated to assure that your future in medicine is all you ever hoped for.
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Meet the Faculty
Jessica Young
"I love being in the classroom; I love teaching; I love challenging myself to improve how I teach as well as what I teach. [I love] helping students to explore and to be in that process and to figure things out without necessarily saying 'this is the answer'… I don't always know the answer, but we can bring the body in to discover those answers: 'Let's try it on and use the body as a resource to figure it out.'"
—Jessica Young, full-time faculty and Clinical Coordinator
Three years after graduating from the University of Iowa with a BFA in Dance, Jessica Young knew she was ready to make a life change and apply to graduate school—but she didn't know she wanted to become a dance/movement therapist. Young explored pursuing physical therapy or occupational therapy, then stumbled across dance/movement therapy (DMT). After extensively researching DMT and the different schools that offered it, she set her sights on Columbia College Chicago—moving from Bradford, Pennsylvania to Chicago before she was even accepted.
By the time Young graduated, she had fallen in love with DMT. She had also fallen for the city of Chicago; she jokes, "while my classmates were all going home, the thought of leaving never even crossed my mind. I felt very much at home." She has lived here ever since and now serves her Alma Mater as the Clinical Coordinator and full-time faculty of the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Department.
Young tends to view her work "through a Clinical Coordinator lens," bringing her valuable clinical experiences into the classroom. She has most frequently worked with adults with severe and chronic mental illness often dually diagnosed with substance abuse. This expertise was first cultivated at her first field placement site. When she arrived, the site had never had a dance/movement therapist on staff: "It was exciting and empowering to introduce [DMT] to clients there. I visually saw the effectiveness of it and so did the [organization's] administration" —something that inspired her and continues to inspire her today. There, she also encountered the first of many "supportive and strong" internship supervisors she has had, which she considers one of her major influences.
Young worked at this field placement site again after graduating. She spent four hours a day, five days a week, with a similar population group and continued integrating the organization's best practice and assessment tools (including Motivational Interviewing and the Harm Reduction model) with her own DMT interventions. She also made consistent efforts to apply Rudolf Laban's (1879-1958) taxonomy to her work, as she was concurrently attending Columbia College Chicago's Graduate Laban CMA program (GL-CMA).
After five years, Young left to become a full-time faculty member at Columbia College Chicago where she currently teaches Observation and Assessment of Movement (I & II), Internship (I & II), and Addictions Counseling. Some favorite parts of her job include seeing students at work, witnessing their growth in the context of internship, developing internship sites, visiting current internship sites, and speaking to the greater Chicago community about DMT.
Her up-to-date knowledge of the field allows her to give relevant and valuable advice to those considering or already in the field of DMT. She commonly encourages students to "Learn to trust the process instead of the product." This can be difficult for those who have been raised in a culture that values quick, positive results, but "Therapy is a process, and it is challenging…You are not going to see bold changes at the end of a week." Young describes a homeless client whom she spent three years with before the client considered moving into a homeless shelter.
She also prepares students to navigate organizational/corporate systems, which can be frustrating as students encounter bureaucracy, coworkers who dismiss DMT, or salaries that might not reflect the hard work that dance/movement therapists do. But Young takes comfort knowing that "We [dance/movement therapists] always have DMT for ourselves… and can use it to notice what's going on in our own bodies, regulate ourselves, and role model."
Young sees positive changes ahead for the field, as Western culture begins to acknowledge that the body can be used not merely for expression but for healing. She references the way in which popular culture has recently embraced dance and witnessed its positive effects on the human psyche. With this in mind, Young insists "there is job potential out there for dance/movement therapists." She emphasizes the wide range of choices for our graduates looking to start careers in the field, building on their own individual experiences and goals; "I think you might need to be creative in terms of what that looks like for you, but it's there."


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St Michael's Church Festival, Windhill, Bishops Stortford
May 18th, 19th, 20th, 2012
!! See photo's of the Festival at St Michael News Blog !!
Welcome to this Festival of Celebration at St Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford.
The present church building has stood on this site since the beginning of the 15th Century. Over the centuries it has witnessed the Town grow from a small hamlet to the size it is today. Through those years it has stood as a symbol of the abiding presence of God in this Town.
Today, it is home to a lively worshipping congregation and it the venue for expressing much of the Town's life. The purpose of our Festival is to celebrate the rich diversity of our Town and Church, and to give as many people as possible the chance to see and appreciate what is good about Bishop's Stortford
We hope you enjoy the Flower Festival and the many displays and events of the three days. You are of course more than welcome to attend the church service on Sunday, 20th at 10.00 am when our guest preacher will be the Dean of St Alban's Cathedral and our Songs of Praise on the same day at 6.00 pm
We hope and trust that the co-operation between Town and Church will continue for many years to come. We truly have a rich Inheritance on which to build.
If you would like to participate in any way, please call the Parish Office on 01279 654416
|Friday 18th May, 10am to 4pm
Festival of Flowers
with a "Celebrations" theme.
Exhibitions of creative arts and crafts
In the Church and Windhill Churches Centre
|Saturday 19th May, 10am to 4pm
Festival of Flowers and Exhibitions plus
Celebration Fete and Fun
in the Churchyard,
Windhill Churches Centre and on the Monastery Green.
Barbeque, Bar and Band
Bouncy Castle * Face painting * Art and Craft activities for children * Local enterprise stands * Cake, Plant and Book Stalls * Bric a Brac
Ploughman's Lunches and Refreshments
Bell Peal and Tours of the Belfry.
|Saturday 19th May, 1.30pm to 4pm
Country Dance displays by local schools
at 1.30 pm, 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm
on the Monastery Green
Organ and Piano music played during the afternoon in the church to include:
Suite Bergamasque - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sortie - Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869)
Toccata (from Symphony No. 5 in F) - Widor (1844-1937)
|Saturday 19th May, 7.30pm
'Music for Springtime'
A concert of popular music
Come and enjoy musical talent new to St Michael's.
Tickets £5 - including a glass of wine - available from the Parish Office and the Tourist Information Office.
|Sunday 20th May, 10am
Parish Communion
at which
The Very Reverend Dr Jeffrey John, Dean of St Alban's Cathedral, will preach
|Sunday 20th May, 12noon to 4pm
Festival of Flowers and Exhibitions
Refreshments in Windhill Churches Centre
|Sunday 20th May, 6pm
Festival closes with a
Songs of Praise Service.
The "Top Ten" hymns chosen by popular vote
Bishop's Stortford NADFAS Jane Cotton
Toby & Madi Marchand David & Mandy Hood
Beryl Jones Karen's Cakes
Alan & Brenda Dearman Cie Jewellers
Peter & Madge Paye John & Vivienne Emmett
Sue Timms Gill Dean
Gavin & Emer Mintern Frances Abraham
Ileana Cox Richard & Elspeth Lewin
David & Katharine Stanley Alan & Pat Matthews
Rosemary Thomson Peter & Margaret Blascos
St Michael's Choir St Michael's Bell Ringers
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The boy was hit just after 6:30, as he and a friend were crossing a street on their way to a McDonald's.
The semi-truck driver passed field sobriety tests, and was said to be very shaken up by the incident.
He's from Arkansas, and was driving with his 12-year-old grandson.
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Richard Dunne's Inside Track
Everything's in place for Sunday, just finished another tough session and we'll be heading off to Poznan tomorrow – can't wait to get there!
There's a great atmosphere over here but from just listening to friends and family there seems to be an even bigger one back home – I even heard the buntings are out! I remember Italia 90 like it was yesterday when the whole country was going mad and having street parties. It really does boost us as a team to see such great support from everyone so thanks to all of you. You're brilliant.
Will go out and do our best on Sunday but for those of you at home – enjoy Three on the Quay! I'd be there myself if I didn't have to play!
See you soon…hopefully not too soon oh and a tip for all you coming over here at the weekend bring a coat, it's freezing!


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PANO – Within the framework of the ongoing ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting – Plus Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief/ Military Medicine Exercise in Brunei, military leaders and representatives from 18 countries participating in the exercise visited and inspected the participating units.
The Vietnamese delegation joining this event included Lieutenant General Tran Quang Khue, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Vietnam People's Army, Major General Ha Ngoc Hoa, Deputy Head of Office of Command of the General Staff of Vietnam People's Army and Major General Vu Quoc Binh, Head of Military Department, Ministry of National Defence.
The leaders and representatives listened to briefings about the activities of the Multi-national Coordination Centre. This centre gives commands to forces involved in the exercise and is responsible for the planning and implementation of the exercise.
After that, the leaders visited level-2 hospitals located at Muara Naval Base. According to the scenario of the exercise, military medical forces have to provide first aid and surgeries for thousands of victims of a natural disaster.
The military leaders highly appreciated the cooperation capacity of the forces from different countries in the exercise.
On the same day, the Vietnamese delegation visited the US and Japanese naval ships participating in the exercise.
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One second can change a life. A Michiana family knows that all too well.
Robert and Judith Hillers were killed in a car accident August 18. "I was actually at work at the hospital waiting to deliver a baby," said Erin Hillers, Robert's daughter and Judith's step-daughter. "My sister called and told me the news and I just couldn't even believe it."
Robert and Judith were on U.S. 31 driving to Indianapolis to catch a flight for vacation. Judith's cousin was with them, planning to drive their car back.
"They never made it out of town. They were hit head on."
A car coming the other direction crossed the center line. The Hillers were killed instantly. Judi's cousin died shortly after at the hospital.
"What just keeps coming back to me is when the police officer came up to the door and told us and I keep re-living that," said daughter Johnna.
The Hillers' girls say the "what if's" plague them constantly.
"I should have called him and I think what did I say to them the last time I saw them," said daughter Beth. "Did I tell them I loved them?"
Recently, the family was presented with a gift: a portrait. It is a gift that brings them face-to-face with those they lost, a gift that reminds us that even strangers still care.
It started with a call from a group called "Face to Face" and an artist who knows their pain, Anne Jones.
"We've been doing portraits for people who've lost someone to a sudden, unexpected or tragic death," said Jones. "That's where my heart is."
Like the hearts of the Hillers family, Jones' heart still aches. In just 2 months time last year, Jones lost her sister to a brain tumor, her mother to cancer. Then, she lost her husband on what should have been one of the happiest days of their lives.
"He had passed away during the night and didn't wake up on my son's wedding day," said Jones.
As she started to come to terms with her own devastating loss, she created the non-profit group "Face to Face" to provide commemorative portraits. Families are nominated and Face To Face chooses recipients, like the Hillers.
"I really believe that God gives me a little glimpse into their pain and their grief so that I can understand what I'm drawing or doing for them and I put more of myself into it and make sure it really captures who they are," said Jones.
It's a several hour process, one that's emotionally draining. The Hillers say Jones captured their parents in their portrait.
"I was just pretty amazed that it looks like them. You know, my Dad looks like he is literally sitting right there," said Beth just after seeing the portrait for the first time.
"My first thought was 'Wow,' it really looks like they are here, you know, it was kind of hard and really, really nice at the same time," said Erin.
Anne says that kind of reaction is her hope. "That it will bring joy to them and not sorrow."
Robert and Judith Hillers left behind grandchildren, so this portrait will also be cherished by them. "I'm thankful that will always be a reminder to her," said Erin.
There are still frustrations ahead for the Hillers. They're still waiting on a final accident report or word from the prosecutor's office on possible charges. They say it has made settling the estate difficult.
But, the portrait is also a reminder to the Hillers Family that they are not alone.
"I can't even put it into words. It was just so nice," said Erin. "You know, we are really appreciative that people, who don't even know us, care."
"I think when I look at this painting, it's not just a picture of them. It's a picture of them made by someone who cares," said Erin.
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The Perfect Sunday!
Mason, Kourt and I at brunch after church one Sunday. The perfect Sunday with my family!
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chrisphoenix | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
If you are having dreams about your dad, then why not tell us about the dreams. I haven't dreamed about my dad in so long, I guess I don't need watching over. Unless you dad is watching you because he is scared for you. What do you dream?
shanice09 | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Lovely pics Kim,gorgeous fam xoxo
what kim is dreaming about is non of your buisness, the fact that kim is dreaming about her dad and that her dad is watching over her is very sweet and i dont find anything wrong with that. distance does not seperate the love between a father and daughter, her dad will always be watching over her because he is her angel. i dont think it is very nice that you are attacking kim on every picture she posts. there are many nice things to say about the pictures she has posted, be more positive then negative.
ba.hoops25 | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Hi Kim
Aww I love that you spend so much time with family . Both of you look stunning !:)
teodora.m | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Aww :') happy family
.:: ♥ ♥ Mara ♥ ♥ ::. | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Love this pic of you & Kourt you gals are beautiful!!! xo
sophie95 | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Aww you all look amazing:) Have a great day Kim xx
Very nice. :) I love your make up, Kim.
Dear kim,
Hi there. You are very family oriented. That is a really good quality. I love your makeup in these pics and those sunglasses. You would make a great mum seeing the way you are with mason. Xoxo
Farzeen, I just read your comment to me from yesterday's blog. You are so sweet. Thank you for your kind words. I do miss my condo a bit because we did have so many happy memories there, but I know we'll make new happy moments and memories in the new house. Just another chapeter in life. :)
mary-anne_ | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Farzeen, I hope you are having a great day today!!
BabyDoll Congrats on your new house!!That's awesome!
Kimmie, I love Sundays like this!Love ya!
Thanks, Mary-anne! Hope you're having a lovely week. :)
my uncle passed away today
ba.hoops25 | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
I'm so sorry for your uncles passing I pray that God be with you and your family through this rough time .
mary-anne_ | Posted on Jul 25th, 2012
O, Farzeen! I am so sorry!! I also pray God be with you and your family!
♥Farzeen♥ | Posted on Jul 25th, 2012
Thank you girls so much…your prayers will help. xx
Prince Jarvis | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Happy Tuesday Everyone. Kim, I also love how you are so family oriented and how you put them first. That is just one of the things I admire about you. There really is no better way to celebrate God's love for us than with loving your family first. Love your hair and maekup in these pictures. Can't wait until you start your own family one day. Love you much!!!!! xoxo
kim these pictures are so wonderful ! mason is really growing up fast. he is such a cutiepie ! he loves his aunt kiki <3 wishing you a wonderful day full of smiles and laughter XOXO
Kim you look stunning! You don't need makeup at all! I love you lots!
Hey all, I don't mean to take the focus away from Kim but I do have an interview today and If I could, I would like to request prayers in hoping that I get the job!! Thanks SO much!! I hope everyone is having a good day so far!
goooodluck and hope you get the job !!!!
Thank you! I hope so too! :-)
The interview will be at 1:00 pm Central time!! With God I feel EMPOWERED!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO! :-)
Interview update!! It went VERY well and I am SOOOO proud of myself!! I won't know the "end result" until we get closer to August 13th though, which is a bit of a bummer! anachristina, thank you so much for praying for me and anyone else who did!! I can't wait to hear back!!
adrianalovesherkids | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Im shocked to hear that u guys go to church….its very important to repent youre sins and look for Jesus….heaven and hell are real! And one day it will be judgement day….
How can you sit so smug and pass such judgement on kim and her family? Religion is a very personal thing between tht person and God and its for no one else to question or judge.
mary-anne_ | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
I agree with Farzeen!
I second that! :D
edcap | Posted on Jul 24th, 2012
Adrianalove: I agree, but you are coming across as some kind of snob. Shocked? We are all sinners. She is going to church which is more than the rest of the country is doing.
God has good things in store for people who forgive themselves AS WELL as Him for their sins…Kim I KNOW has forgiven herself MANY times…so no, I am NOT shocked…because I know her (and so does farzeen) more then you do.
We've known her *longer* not more…
coldham | Posted on Jul 27th, 2012
Kourtney looks beautiful! Kim stop injecting your face you are starting to look like Joan Rivers! your face looks ugly when you smile like you can barely move it and when you cry one eye moves more than the other. don't believe me watch the video of you crying when you where talking about divorcing kris humpries on the show.
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AkiMatti says: This was really a surprise game for me. I was never much into those topviewed games like Diablo, Baldur's Gate etc. My friend got a nice group deal and spoke me into it and was it ever worth it! The world of Planescape left me in awe in every aspect.
AkiMatti says: "What is this game doing in this gogmix?", you ask. Duke is surely some run'n'gun action but what really challenged my imagination was the multiplayer aspect. Tripbombs, pipebombs, shrinking rays and freezers really made it challenging and cunning!
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Today the programme is revealed for this summer's BBC Proms, and among the orchestras performing will be an unfamiliar name: the Qatar Philharmonic. Yet what it lacks in brand recognition, the QPO makes up for in its distinctive programming – equally intriguing for audiences in London and Doha, Qatar's capital.
For the Proms, the orchestra will offer a rare glimpse of contemporary Islamic composition, performing the Tehran-born Behzad Ranjbaran's Sunrise alongside Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. Back home, the situation is rather reversed: many Qataris have never heard of Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky.
The 101-member ensemble, drawn from more than 30 countries, took shape in 2007, when the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra's former managing director, Kurt Meister, was lured out of retirement to create "an orchestra of international standards, as quickly as possible". Meister had much experience recruiting orchestras, though mostly for summer festivals, where conductors and repertory were already set. Like most of the 2,400 subsequent applicants for a place in the ensemble, he had to look for Doha on a map.
Much has changed since then, not least of which has been the development of Doha's museum and university infrastructure, in support of Qatar's aim to become the region's cultural hub. The Philharmonic is funded by the Qatar Foundation, a semi-private, non-profit organisation run by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser (the wife of Qatar's former ruling emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani) that has spearheaded much of the country's development.
The orchestra was up and running within seven months, while its intended home – the 550-seat Opera House at the Katara Cultural Village – remained a construction site for another year. Although the orchestra first garnered international attention on tour with Lorin Maazel in 2009, its programming was a balance of European repertory with new Arabian works largely established by its founding music director and resident composer Marcel Khalife, a prominent Lebanese oud player. Of the 36 Arabian works currently in the QPO's repertory, many were composed specifically for the orchestra.
The pieces' composers – as well as the 14 Arab musicians in the orchestra and indeed nearly a third of its local audience – hail from Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, Arab countries where western music has been more deeply rooted than elsewhere in the region. More than half of the orchestra's audience comes from expatriate communities from Europe and North America. Native Qataris make up about 5 per cent.
"This orchestra intends to be a fully international ensemble," says its current music director, Han-Na Chang. "But all the things you take for granted in a professional orchestra, they still have to work on because the orchestra is so young, and because most of the musicians came here directly from conservatory, without professional experience."
Chang, a former cello prodigy who took up conducting around the time of the orchestra's founding, first led the group in two programmes in 2012. She was soon offered the top job. "What struck me was the difference between the first rehearsal and the performance," says Chang, now in residence for 15 weeks per season.
"Despite the cultural differences," says Chan, "we're mostly from the same generation, with similar aspirations. Those elements of orchestral sound – depth, direction, blend, precision – all came from working together as an ensemble. Already, the musicians were listening to each other, and the results were truly satisfying."
So too has the relationship been satisfying to Meister, who, after having two music directors in the past five years, sees Chang – who had previously founded the Absolute Classic Festival in Seoul – as the right choice to help develop the orchestra's core repertory. "Han-Na has already created a more distinctive sound," he says. "But she also has taste. She knows the difference between emotion and kitsch.
"Strauss's own grandson once told me, 'Grandpapa said if Ein Heldenleben is longer than 46 minutes, it's a disaster.' I checked Han-Na's Heldenleben last January; it was 45 minutes and 35 seconds."
As additional inquiries for touring have begun to surface, Chang's relationship with the orchestra has also attracted the interest of Naxos Records, which has approached the orchestra to develop a series devoted to contemporary Arabian compositions.
Still, most of the orchestra's efforts in bridging cultural gaps take place at home. In addition to initiating a chamber music series at Doha's I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art, the orchestra participated in Qatar's National Day last year in a performance synchronised with fireworks on the waterfront promenade. Members of the brass section are still greeted on the street by locals a year after their chamber performance in the local souk.
For her part, Chang's personal breaking through of cultural barriers came last month, when the visiting Vienna Boys Choir was joined by a children's choir from Al Jazeera Children's Channel. "One of the choirgirls came up to me afterward and said, 'I want to be a conductor when I grow up. You're my role model.' Wow. I mean, I never thought we would have this kind of impact here."
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Press Release Pittsburg State University:
Pittsburg State University officials announced today (Aug. 8) the school will defer the induction of Dina (Wathan) Blevins into its Athletics Hall of Fame per Blevins' request.
Blevins was selected along with six other individuals among the Class of 2013 for the PSU Athletics Hall of Fame in May. Dina and her husband, Nate, are expecting the birth of their first child at the same time as the Nov. 2 Hall of Fame Ceremonies.
A Blue Springs, Mo., native Blevins enjoyed a record-breaking career as an outside hitter on the Pitt State volleyball squad from 2000-03. She became the first Pitt State player to earn All-America honors as a senior in 2003 when she helped lead the Gorillas to their first NCAA post-season appearance. Blevins set eight PSU records, including career kills (1814), career service aces (158) and career digs (2326). Her career digs total still ranks second in NCAA Division II history.
"Dina contacted us earlier this week to ask about the possibility of deferring her induction by a year as she and Nate prepare for the birth of their first child," PSU Athletics Hall of Fame chair Dan Wilkes said. "Our athletic department staff, as well as the university administration, certainly is supportive of this alternative. Dina's health and the health of her child should be the paramount concern and focus. We'll look forward to honoring Dina as a member of the Class of 2014."
The remaining six members of the Class of 2013 — former football star Aaron McConnell (2000-03), cross country/track & field All-American Jeanette (Mott) Owens (1998-2002), track & field standout Vern Akins (1939-41), meritorious achievement honorees Frank Crespino and Chuck Shelton and former football coach Charles H. Morgan (1934-48) — will be enshrined into the PSU Athletics Hall of Fame in a special ceremony at 8:30 a.m. at the Overman Student Center on Nov. 2. The group also will be recognized at halftime of the Gorillas football game against Northwestern Oklahoma State University later that afternoon.


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The Toronto Raptors Schedule
On Sunday January 20th, they will stay in their hometown and be up against the LA Lakers with Kobe Bryant. The Raptors, however, know how to handle such big players, and their coach has explained in the past that they have developed great strategies for winning their new games this season.
Jan. 26th Cleveland Cavaliers
Jan. 28th Golden State Warriors
Jan. 30th Atlanta Hawks
They have games with tons of other teams throughout February, March, and up until April. They have games against teams like the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics. Their last two games were quite a fail because they lost against the Chicago Bulls on the 16th and the Philadelphia Sixers on the 18th losing by just 7 points, so it was quite devastating for most fans of the entire team. The guys on the team didn't take it too well either.
The Raptors are a very strong team who only need just a bit more encouragement at times. After beating out teams in their other games this season, they will take on the Lakers in such a big way. You will find the Raptors will play against the same teams over and over again, possibly even three times in a single season. This is common to do, and only the best players will be go on to the playoffs. Catch their next games on television, and let's all root for the Raptors.


text: For many of us, cell phones are a necessity. Of course, they come at a cost.New data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners says iPhone users pay the highest monthly bills.60% of iPhone users polled said they paid more than $100 dollars a month for service. 50% of Android users fell into that same category. Blackberry and Windows users paid less.The reason is mostly likely due to carriage fees that cell phone companies have to pay, not because customers used their phones more.For tonight's "Feedback at 5:00" we asked how much you generally pay a month in cell phone bills, or how much you have wracked up in extra charges.


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Secure Delivery provides a number of features to help with
the creation of manifests. To create a manifest, a vendor must first
create a self-signed certificate using CDSA. This certificate provides
essential information about the party that can be integrated into
all of the manifests that are created. After the self-signed certificates
are created, they must be signed by the Certificate Authority (CA).
OpenVMS is currently the CA for CDSA/Secure Delivery on OpenVMS.
The signed certificates returned from the CA can then be used to create
manifests. For information about how to use CDSA$GEN_CERTS.COM to
generate self-signed certificates and get them signed by the CA,
see Chapter 5.After the certificates are signed by the CA, they
should be placed in the CDSA_SYSDIR:[SIGN] directory on a special
system designated as the local signing system. At this point the
CA also has a copy of this certificate in case it ever needs to
be revoked. This certificate is now ready to be used to create manifests,
as described in the following sections.
The CDSA application CDSA$SIGN.EXE can be used to sign any
file, including but not limited to executable files. The signing
process combines three types of information into the manifest. Figure
3-1 illustrates these information types.
Figure 3-1 Information
Combined Into Manifest
The format used to describe both the manifest and the signer's
information is a series of Name:Value pairs (RFC 822).
Manifest Section example:
Manifest-Version: 2.0Name: executable: cdsa$incssm300_shr.exe SectionName: cdsa$incssm300_shrDigest-Algorithms: SHA-1SHA-1-Digest: sqHfj0uHdeNYZ5A062/78fZ6f3Q=CDSA_MODULE: CSSMCDSA _GUID: {d6b5e820-f376-11d3-9bea-0008c74fe165}
Signer Information Section example:
Signature-Version: 2.0CDSA_PVC_API: OFFName: executable: cdsa$incssm300_shr .exeSectionName: cdsa$incssm300_shrDigest-Algorithms: SHA-1SHA-1-Digest: kcwgKvohlRCnRXhghNUAcqT7lvY=
The PKCS#7 Signature block for this example is almost 4800
bytes of mostly binary data.
The command file CDSA$SD_SIGN.COM uses CDSA$SIGN.EXE. CDSA$SD_SIGN.COM
prompts for the file to sign, the signed certificate from the CA,
and a password. This password must match the password that was used
in the run files when creating the self-signed certificates.
The following is an example of calling CDSA$SD_SIGN.COM:
$ @CDSA_SYSDIR:[SIGN]CDSA$SD_SIGN.COMPlease enter the full name of the module to sign including directory: SYS$KITS:[KERBEROS]HP-AXPVMS-KERBEROS-V0200-6-1.PCSIPlease enter the name of your signed certificate, located in cdsa_sysdir:[sign]: intapps.cerPlease enter the password, it must match the password used to create self-signed certificates: ********Invoking cdsa$sign.exe. Please wait.Signed Manifest
Copy the manifest file to the same location as the file being
signed. At this point, both files should be considered an inseparable
pair. For example, if the original file is mastered onto a CD for
distribution, the manifest should also be placed in the same directory
on the CD. This allows the subsequent verification to take place,
since the verification process looks in the directory where the
original file being verified is located to find the manifest file.
In some instances, you might need to revoke one of your certificates.
If a certificate is compromised or is rendered invalid for any reason,
you can use CDSA$REVOKE.EXE to revoke the certificate.
Input to this application is the name of a file containing
a list of certificates (by name) to be revoked. The application
simply writes the certificates to the data file along with other
bookkeeping information so that the CA can interpret the file.
The resulting revocation file is saved in the CDSA_SYSDIR:[CRL]CDSA$REVOCATION_REQ.CRR
The following is an example of using CDSA$REVOKE.EXE:
$ REVOKE :== $SYS$SYSTEM:CDSA$REVOKE.EXE ! see SYS$MANAGER:CDSA$SYMBOLS.COM$ REVOKE CDSA_SYSDIR:[CRL]REVOKE_EX.DAT;12 Certificates written to cdsa$revocation_req.crr.CDSA_SYSDIR:[CRL]CDSA$REVOCATION_REQ.CRR successfully created.$
The CDSA$REVOCATION_REC.CRR file can then be sent to the CA,
where the data file is available to the CRL generation program.
The CRL generation program updates the directory tree, and the certificate
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Regional Leaders United in Opposition to JFCOM Closing
The announced closing of the Joint Forces Command with major facilities in Norfolk and Suffolk is now a well-publicized workforce and business blow to Hampton Roads, as well as a matter that could potentially have a great impact upon our national security as well as cooperative endeavors with our NATO allies.
From our well-attended meeting at VMASC Aug. 18 to review the JFCOM decision issued by Secretary Gates, one thing is clear - the area's leaders are completely engaged in trying to prevent the closing from happening.
Last week, Governor McDonnell held a press conference on the ODU campus to question the transparency of the decision making and lack of required Congressional involvement in the process.
Yesterday (Aug. 18), Congressmen Forbes, Scott, Wittman and Nye, along with a large delegation of other elected officials and leaders, began formulating a strategy to oppose the JFCOM closing. Representatives from the Governor's office, along with aides to Senators Warner and Webb, were also in attendance to express their concern and support.
For Old Dominion, JFCOM has been a longtime partner and friend. It has been an important catalyst for many of VMASC's successes and has been a driver in this region for business attraction and job creation. While we have worked at diversifying our modeling and simulation capabilities into fields such as healthcare, supply chain and logistics, transportation, advanced manufacturing, and education, it remains of critical importance to ODU, our region, the Commonwealth and our nation that the mission and capabilities of JFCOM remain in Hampton Roads.
Please know that John Sokolowski at VMASC, I and other university leaders will be working hard to support the efforts of our political and civic leaders to reverse the JFCOM decision.
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The consumption of Sugar and Polyunsaturated Seed Oils combine in our diet to create inflammation in every blood vessel wall and in every tissue in every organ of the body. The addition of refined carbohydrates including bread, rice and pasta only aggravates the damage process.
Fructose (50% of Sugar), Polyunsaturated Oils and Refined Carbohydrates look to be the major contributors to most of our modern conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, dementia, cancer and a raft of other conditions.
This is the problem for us all and our children – right now!
It just finally makes sense!
NoFructose aims to put a complex topic into basic ideas and practical advice. It is a sustainable concept. It is not a diet.
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If you eat by the Food Pyramid you will die by the Food Pyramid.
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This is the presentation that puts the evidence and the science together for everyone to understand in one talk.
It explains how our refined carbohydrates in the form of bread, rice and pasta are converted into Fructose. This is a massive load of Fructose that has not been previously recognised and accounts for the out of control rise in modern disease.
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MILWAUKEE (WKOW) -- Black Friday beer sold out in less than 2 hours.
To get in on the Black Friday action, Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee created Black Friday Imperial India Style Black Ale and even trademarked the name.
Brewery President Russ Klisch says there were 150 people lined up by 8 a.m., with one man claiming to have arrived just after bar time.
The brewery sold out of their 1,200 bottles in less than two hours.
Each bottle went for $10 and there was a three bottle maximum. The first 300 people also received a special glass, which Klisch said he already saw on eBay for $100.
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Dozens of firefighters battled the fire at the Hunter's Court apartment complex on Spring Valley Road in far north Dallas after 5 a.m. Monday.
It was a fast-moving blaze that started on the second floor, climbed into the attic and made its way into an adjacent floor space. Several walls of the burning building collapsed.
Thick smoke and tall flames forced residents to scramble to safety. But, officials said everyone was able to escape.
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Northumbria Police say they have received a good response from the public following last night's Crimewatch Whitley Bay rape appeal.
The rape took place at 3.45am on Sunday, October 16, in the rear lane of Esplanade Place, behind Zync Bar and a reconstruction was shown on Crimewatch last night.
– Det Insp Paul Race, Northumbria Police
We have had a good response so far to the Crimewatch appeal. We have received more than 40 calls which we are being followed up by detectives working on the investigation. We're continuing to appeal for anyone with information about the attack to contact the force's Rape Investigation Team on the 101-non emergency number or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Google Will Change the Phone Market
We all know what Googles original plan was for the Nexus One: sell unlocked phones directly to consumers, and do it at a low cost. Unfortunately the carriers thwarted that goal (as they always do). Then it seems Google took a break from that failed strategy to reaccess the landscape (the Nexus S days). Now we're to the Galaxy Nexus days, which didn't look any different than the Nexus S days, until a few days ago. I like the word days.
Google took most by surprise when they started selling the Galaxy Nexus direct, and for considerably cheaper than you can by it for from carriers, and now today, they are selling accessories. This is just the beginning. The rumors are that we'll see a Nexus tablet sold through the Google Play store, and other rumors are that we'll see multiple Nexus phones from various OEMs later this year. I'm willing to bet both of these rumors are true, as it all falls in line perfectly with the original goal of the Nexus series. I believe that this new tablet, and all these new phones (as well as accessories) will be sold exclusively through the Play store, and for much cheaper than they would otherwise cost. The Play store is a much bigger beast that we thought when the name Android Market was changed. Everyone thought it was just a poor name change, but it was something completely different. It was Google building an actual store. With real items. It's just that nobody knew it at the time.
We all assumed that the Nexus One Dream was lost, but I believe Google has spent the last two years planning a new approach to how they can circumvent the carriers, make the OEMs love them, and change the way the phone market works. And this is the year we'll see it come to fruition. Fruit. lol.
Clarification: Lots of people are saying that folks wont pay full price for a phone. Correct. But what Google has shown with the Galaxy Nexus is that they can sell a phone for cheaper than full price. This whole thing hinges on them selling phones cheap enough that people will still buy them ($300 to compete directly with Verizons prices).


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What is it really like to be a mathematician?
Alexandre Borovik wrote a really wonderful essay on this topic, as a comment and aid in the problem of developing the next generation of creative mathematicians in the UK, his adopted country. He takes a hard cold look at the realities, as indicated by this passage:
If you lke his style, you can read Alexandre Borovik's blog at http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~a...romathematics/.
Thank you!
I like to read about these things. I'm a big fan of biographies of mathematicians and/or scientists.
Yeah, sweet!
Watch this from his blog for a laugh: http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~a..._06.html#links
refreshing (or depressing) read, feel affinity no matter, thanks!
Thanks for that!
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I m trying to be a mathematician or i m already one ,i feel happy good with mathemtics regardless of career with math , it s my daily life , i feel good when i solve a problem .but it looks to some people i m sad i have a sad face ,am i going wrong spending time on math ,things that bring me my proper happiness ?do i have to move onto professional fields ? I have been trying to solve that question since long.it means if you choose math assume the rest
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Hello! If you're a follower of my work and happen to be situated in North America, you may be interested to learn that I will be hopefully visiting that part of the world during May, with a group of Australian cartoonists. We'll be showing ourselves off at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) and attending special events in Montreal and Seattle but only if we can gather the necessary funds. If all goes well I'll be visiting Portland, too.
If you will be or can be in any of those places, I'd love to meet you!
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An MBA is a terrific addition to your CV, but when it comes to finding someone to hire you, even a handful of advanced degrees won't do you much good if nobody knows you're out there.
Not too long ago the Internet was where you went to post your resume on a job site and maybe send out a few query emails a day. Today, like most other areas of life in the 21st century, job searching has gone social.
Online social networks are quickly becoming one of the most common mediums for finding work. Job hunters are piggybacking on the easy access to companies and other professionals that Facebook and Twitter provide to seek employment, while LinkedIn has arisen as the inevitable marriage between recreational socializing and all-business networking.
Millions of Americans are finding success through these avenues. Check out the following infographic for the incredible stats, plus a few tips for landing a job through the social mediaverse:


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BLAND COUNTY (WVVA) -- Veterans from different branches of service and various ages are in Bland County this weekend for the annual Wounded Warrior Turkey Hunt.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Law Enforcement Division is sponsoring the "3rd Annual Virginia Wounded Warriors Program Spring Turkey Hunt 2013" event. This year they are sponsoring 8 wounded veterans from Southwest Virginia that stepped up to the call of duty during our most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Each of these veterans is assigned an experienced hunter/guide and caller to assist them during this event. These guides are experienced hunters representing the "National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Bland and Grayson County Chapters of Virginia, members of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Law Enforcement Division, and local hunters.
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(CelebNMusic247-News) Kordell's Gay Rumors Resurface
Now that Kordell Stewart, who went by the nickname "Slash" during his playing days, filed for divorce on March 22 at the Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia, the 40-year-old NFL alum says the marriage is "irretrievably broken" and claims the two are currently separated.
It has also been reported that the former Pittsburg Steelers QB shouldn't have to pay Porsha a single cent in spousal support … claiming, "[She's] an able-bodied person, earning income and is capable of supporting herself."
Kordell also says there are no marital assets subject to division … which suggests there is a prenuptial agreement in play.
But with the split comes the rumors!
Here's the drop:
It was said back in the day that the former Pittsburg Steelers QB was allegedly gay.
If you remember, Plaxico Burress released a tell all book and in that book he revealed that those rumors got to Kordell, and affected his play on the field, the current Pittsburgh Steelers receiver says book, Giant: The Road To The Super Bowl.
Burress writes in Chapter 5:
"People were talking about [Kordell] being gay."
"The players heard that, but we never talked about it. I don't know if Kordell is gay or not. It was none of our business. If ever we would have talked about it, it would have made everybody uncomfortable. If some player was gay, I don't think he could come out while he was still playing. It would be real hard. It would mess a team up mentally and it wouldn't be good for that person."
Burress also said that the rumors caused Stewart to withdraw from teammates.
"He had to watch the people that he hung around with. Just hanging out with your friends, or your boys and your cousins, all those things come to the surface. I think he just insulated himself after a while."
Then another rumor said that Stewart "had been arrested in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park, a popular meeting place for gay men, for being observed preforming a sexual act with another man in public"
Soon after that, Kordell ended up holding a a team meeting during the time of the rumors, solely to dispel the idea of him being gay, in which he went into "graphic descriptions of heterosexual acts he enjoys."
Let's be real, when a man has to brag about loving sex with women he's hiding something and 7 out of 10 men who do just that are on the DL. Now we are NOT saying that this goes for Kordell, but from experience we've learned most men on the DL just can't admit they like sex with another man.
Kordell Stewart and Porsha Williams were married on May 21, 2011 — they have no children together. Stewart has a son from a previous relationship.
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LimeRa1n or SHAtter Jailbreaks Not Working on iPad 2(0)
Musclenerd has announced that as predicted the iPad 2 is not susceptible to Limera1n.
iPad2 bootrom version iBoot-838.3 means it was compiled March'10. Seems geohot guessed right: limera1n was already closed
Also, it looks like Apple has blocked SHAtter as well.
Early testing also seems to show at least one thing SHAtter depends on was gone by March 2010 too
SHAtter can't work at all with the "thing" I referred to gone
Cydia Has Been Blocked in the UK, Ireland, and China!(0)
Cydia has been blocked in the UK and Ireland by 3 and in China by China Unicom, according to tweets from developer Steve Troughton-Smith.
Wow, 3 Ireland (iPhone carrier) has blocked Cydia's servers from their network: http://go.ww.com/cydia/ /via @0xMW
@stroughtonsmith @0xMW #China unicom has been blocked #Cydia's server too
@stroughtonsmith 3 UK have blocked Cydia too. Not only pre-pay but pay monthly aswell.
This a pretty disturbing series of events and we'll keep you updated as more develops. Note that Cydia is being blocked over 3G. You will still be Read More
Geohot Untethered Jailbreak After 2.10.11 (Verizon iPhone 4 Release)(0)
Continuing the jailbreak theme today comes news that jailbreak supremo MuscleNerd has claimed that Geohot might release a new untethered jailbreak in the coming weeks. Read More
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BGR has confirmed with a source close to Apple that employee vacation requests between February 3rd and February 6th are blocked.
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[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
Did not rise early--they were all at
breakfast when I went in & sad down stairs
& talked to bro. Charles before I had read
-read after he left but did not enjoy
my reading--Never do unless I read early
=Must manage to awake earlier
in the morning--we are much afraid that
we will not be able to pay dear P[eachy]
that last tribute of respect.
I do not mourn for her either, how can
I when I know that she has gone where
there is no more sin, no more sorrow, to
dwell forever with her God. She has only
gone before,-soon, soon, we will all follow
& Oh, for the sake of our friends,-may
our last hours be a testimony & witness. that our
lives are now with Christ in God-
that we have reached that good country-
from which no traveller returneth...
tom asked me a few nights since=why we
didnt all stay in heaven when we were there=
I said My son we were never there. Oh, Yes, we were
when God Made us: Oh that I may have
the help of the Spirit & teach him
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A new book has hit the stands and it is perfect for teenagers. Heartbreak and Roses is a book that is composed of true stories teens have written about their lives. They are real stories of troubled love. There are ten stories in all and two comic strips. The stories range from date rape to abusive relationships to sex before marriage. The book is very helpful for teenagers considering intimate relationships. It is informative because the stories portray actual people in real-life situations. Janet Bode, the author of The Voices of Rape: Healing the Hurt and Beating the Odds: Stories of Unexpected Achievers and Stan Mack, a reporter/cartoonist whose comic strip is featured in The Village Voice, collaborated on this project by interviewing teens in the New York area.
At the end of the book there is also an address where you can write to Bode and Mack to have them review love stories that you have written. These stories will be reviewed for future books. I highly recommend that teenagers read Heartbreak and Roses
This piece has been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.


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Junior Lucia Kovarcikova captured the match clincher for the Utes.
March 31, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's tennis team (8-7, 2-5 Pac-12) netted a 6-1 upset over No. 59 Oregon (11-6, 1-5 Pac-12) Sunday at Coach Mike's Tennis Academy. The Utes swept all three doubles matches, while junior Lucia Kovarcikova captured the match clincher from the No. 5 singles position.
The Utes started out strong in doubles play, first capturing an 8-7(6) victory at the No. 2 spot when junior Elena Najera-Salas and sophomore Natasha Smith bested Julia Metzger and Pascale Neubert.
Junior Paige Miles and sophomore Tereza Bekerova then cinched the doubles point, topping Patricia Skowronski and Nicole Long at the top slot, 8-5. Juniors Sarah Pham and Callie Craig then dispatched Sofia Hager and Brooke Hughes at the No. 3 position, 8-5.
Going into singles play with a 1-0 advantage, No. 74 Bekerova then vanquished No. 102 Long at the No. 1 slot, 6-1 6-2, putting Utah up 2-0.
Miles then routed Rabea Stueckemann at the sixth spot, 6-4, 6-1, setting up Kovarcikova for the match clincher. Then, at the fifth slot, Kovarcikova bested Lana Buttner, 6-3, 6-3, making the score 4-0 in favor of the Utes.
Craig then posted Utah's fifth point with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at the No. 3 position over Metzger. The Ducks then saw their first point when Smith fell to Hager, 6-1, 7-5(9), at the No. 4 spot, making the score 5-1.
The Utes then earned its sixth point when Pham battled Skowronski to a tight, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, victory at the No. 2 position.
Utah 6, No. 59 Oregon 1 Doubles: 1. No. 33 Miles/Bekerova def. Skowronski/Long, 8-5 2. Najera-Salas/Smith def. Metzger/Neubert, 8-7(6) 3. Craig/Pham def. Hager/Hughes, 8-5 Order of Finish: 2,1,3
Singles: 1. No. 74 Tereza Bekerova (UU) def. No. 102 Nicole Long (OR), 6-1, 6-2 2. Sarah Pham (UU) def. Patricia Skowronski (OR), 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 3. Callie Craig (UU) def. Julia Metzger (OR), 6-4, 6-2 4. Sofia Hager (OR) def. Natasha Smith (UU), 1-6, 7-5(9) 5. Lucia Kovarcikova (UU) def. Lana Buttner (OR), 6-3, 6-3 6. Paige Miles (UU) def. Rabea Stueckemann, 6-4, 6-1 Order of Finish: 1,6,5,3,4,2


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The Bloomfield Weatherman foresees slightly higher temperatures on Saturday, but they will still linger below freezing.
Saturday will be partly cloudy and even though the sun will be out, the temperatures will stay around 30 F with a windchill in the teens, according to weather.com.
The evening will be clear with the low dropping to about 15 F with a windchill in the single digits.
The sun will rise at 7:12 a.m. and will set at 5:07 p.m.
The moon will be full on Saturday and is sure to light up the dark night since there will be few clouds. The moon will rise at 5:01 p.m. to accompany the sunset, and will later set at 6:29 a.m. on Sunday.


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Time Well Spent
My laptop crashes to the tile, a work-at-home mother's nightmare scenario. I turn from my cutting board to see the recipe-bearing screen lying face-down on the floor. The cord, left within my 15-month old daughter's reach, had proved too enticing.
I had to replace the trashed hard drive and rebuild the laptop (serious feat for tech-rookie me). Two days, four hundred dollars, and some lost data later, I was back up and running. But it was trying to re-connect the printer back that really brought me to my knees.
Hour after hour I did battle with my HP - installing, uninstalling, rebooting - to no avail. I seethed, raged, and re-doubled my efforts. The computer crash was expensive enough; I wasn't about to fund a new printer too! But each time, same error message: "connection attempt failed." I was irate.
Here's the thing: I loathe spending time doing things that bear no result. Loathe it. Built into my psyche is the belief that I should be able to make time work to achieve my goals. When I can't, I feel robbed and violated.
So I - not technology woes - I am the real problem.
"Beginning in the fourth century, the clock made us into time-keepers, then time-savers, then time-servers," wrote Neil Postman. "In the process, we've learned irreverence toward the sun and seasons, for in a world made up of seconds and minutes, the authority of nature is superseded." And the authority of God too.
With the clock we collude to wrongly view and misuse time. Its minutes tick by; we track, plan, fill them. Time is our commodity - we own it and choose how we'll use it. But it's a lie. God owns time, not us. He gives it to us as a trust for us to steward. So we get a say but not the say in its use.
There are two ways in which we - certainly I - most often dishonor God by wrongly interacting with time.
1. My time is my own, so leave me alone. If I want to spend free time relaxing, watching TV, playing video games, online? what's it to you, or to God? They aren't sins, and relaxing in our over-stressed culture is important.
We do live in an overscheduled and hurry-ridden world, and rest is important (and even commanded). But our society is also overly indulgent and makes every conceivable pleasure readily available for unmitigated wallowing.
If time is God's, then how we use it demands consideration. How would God view our spending hours in front of the TV or poking around on Facebook each night? Such uses of time may well land us the reproach received by the servant who buried his talent in the ground instead of investing it. The master called him "wicked" and "lazy" - two descriptors I hope to avoid when I meet God face to face one day.
2. My time is God's and matters a lot, so let's get ultra-productive. So much to do! I should get more involved in ministry, invest more in relationships, read more, serve more? How can I make the day serve these goals?
We are called to use the time we're given intentionally and well. But this approach causes us to become manic about our hours, striving to bend them to serve our efforts and schedules. The attempt to subjugate and control time leaves us stressed and proud. We cease to rest in Christ and look to ourselves instead of God to order and direct our days.
As seen in the printer episode, I often fall into this camp. When my time is wasted I feel wronged. I become greedy for the time I've lost.
But what do "wasted" and "lost" mean when the time's not mine anyway? Who knows what God may be doing in times that to me appear useless? Take Paul and his months in prison. Talk about an apparent time-waster. I'm fretting over a few miserable hours hunched over my printer while he's imprisoned unjustly for years. Couldn't God have used Paul more fruitfully elsewhere? Evidently not.
In the end, we edge God out in both scenarios. The self-indulgent person is too lazy and distracted to seek God diligently. And the overly busy person's hours are too full and her mindset too fragmented to seek God diligently. Whether we let time slip idly by or do a power-grab at it - either way, we aren't keeping God at the center.
The Psalmist writes: "But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ?You are my God.' My times are in your hands." (31: 14-15) God is trustworthy. As we intentionally and willingly return our times - our days, hours, minutes - to his hands, He will ensure that, from an eternal standpoint, they are perfectly spent.
The paradox comes in sermons we hear about stewardship of time (along with talents and treasure) as if time were the asset entrusted to us by God. However, time isn't the true asset entrusted to us. It's only a means to a greater good. The true asset entrusted to us as stewards is God's name. And our true purpose as stewards is to use those means (time, talents, and treasure) to point others to the God we serve.
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This so relevant in my life, it is not funny! God guided me to read this...
I am teaching 3 new classes which mean that I have to be steps ahead of my students. Figuring out how to takes hours. I am studying toward a degree as well, distance learing. Don't know if that is more flexible. Spending enough time on these important things alone is challenging, let alone spending enough time with my husband. I praise God that children are not yet part of this picture...
Will bookmark this page to serve as reminder to use time as good as I can, trusting God to guide me!!!
In response to Mr. Hurt's comment, I wonder if God's name is an "asset"? Might this be a materialistic approach to the relationship God offers us?
My understanding of God's name is that it represents God Himself. The greatest gift we are given is God Himself in Jesus Himself. The Holy Spirit of God draws us to be with God at all times, working or resting. I echo Mrs. Arico's reflection on time. Am I mindful of Emanuel-"God with me" -at all times?
When I am aware that my time is His, then there is no wasted time. I am with the One who "IS WHO HE IS". I carry that with me wherever I go, and can thereby steward and share the Light of Christ. Let us abide in Him, and make disciples of all nations, whether we are at work or at rest.
The Lord gave me a word last night at our bi monthly women's service about
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
The time is his. We want to control our time. He created the time and is the only one who can gives us the wisdom to manage it. We need to stop ... be still ... and know that He is God ... let's listen to his voice ... now!
Wow. I appreciate these fresh insights to the false thinking that my time is my own. Thank you.
In this season of lent, perhaps rather than focusing on fasting food, we should fast from our "time robbers," and fill that time with what God directs our time should be filled with.
I have been "wasting time" recovering from a car accident for three weeks. This article along with wise words from others has helped me to appreciate the opportunity to spend some quality time with God. I am trusting that I have this time at home now for a reason. Thanks for this "timely" article.
This is a constant battle sometimes I think more so for Christians than those who are not believers yet. We see the needs and desire to fill them or see that someone fills them. The real question is "do we trust God with our time?" God wants a relationship with us. Leading others or doing things should only come out of that relationship. It's very easy to get that out of balance. After all there is only one letter difference between good and God.
I remember reading somewhere that Dr. Billy Graham thought he should have won more souls to Christ. That was such a downer for me because if Dr. Graham is dissatisfied with his life, how can anyone else's life be considered "well lived"? In my role as Founder of a ministry that funds biblical resources and scholarships for women, I can really depress myself by dwelling on all the women I haven't helped yet as compared to the ones we have reached. So I think Dr Billy Graham should celebrate his life. And I think that when we offer God our daily lives as our form of worship and sacrifice, we need to kick off our shoes and bask in His delight. I think we need to take the time to hear Him say, "This is my beloved in whom I am well pleased." I think the temptation to do robs us from the delight to be God's daughter. Sometimes, God just wants to visit and enjoy the visit without feeling rushed!
We live in a day that for convenience and lack of patience, TIME is of the essence and that becomes a real hinderance when the Lord wants us to wait patiently for Him as He works out the issues in our life. Can you imagine how many blessings we have missed simply because we were to busy to wait for them? Lamentation 3:25