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Corn was once a straightforward crop, but the US industry has seen big changes in recent years. Ethanol and GMOs are both relatively new to the scene, and they are both hot-button issues. Since 1980, the use of corn has increased significantly as a result of renewable energy legislation. Not only are we using more corn, but we are using different strains of corn. In 2013, genetically engineered corn accounted for 90% of the planted crop showing a steep increase from just 25% in 2000. A series of graphs were produced by Flapjack Media to detangle the data. The full graphic is available here. [Read more...]
Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review
It's hard to believe that 2012 is almost over and what an amazing year it has been. Google has created an amazing re-cap highlighting the most memorable and the most "Googled" events of the year. It's pretty uplifting to see that inspirational and incredible things, such as historical space leaps, Olympian athletes, people uniting to make a change, and a young boy with cerebral palsy walking to his parents for the first time, beat out the Kardashians. Unfortunately Honey Boo Boo still made the cut…Enjoy the video nonetheless! [Read more...]
The Curious Case of the Hue Shifting Movie Poster
Since its inception over 100 years ago, a curious and clear shift has been striking the movie industry, or more exactly, the industry of the movie poster. Over the last century we have seen the posters advertising each years films, both large and small, take a decided shift in hue towards two specific colors. We might not know this without the interesting and comprehensively compiled color charts created by Vijay Pandurangan, but thanks to his inquisitive and diligent work, we can now easily see which colors have steadily gained prominence in the movie posters of today compared with those created at the beginning of popular film. There are easily two winners: orange and blue. [Read more...]
100 Years Graphed: Technology Adoption is Speeding Up
The last 112 years have been an avalanche of new discoveries, new advances in our understanding of how the world works and how to harness the energies around us to useful means. How far have we advanced? At the dawn of the 20th century less than 10% of households owned a stove, had access to a telephone or even electricity… and the automobile that dominates society today? It was hardly on the charts. [Read more...]
Animalistic Hairstyles Of The Future
Check out these animalistic hairstyles constructed by the talented Nagi Noda. Although this talented artist may not be with us anymore, passing away at the young age of 35, her work still plays a valuable roll in our culture. Noda had her own sense of style that caught on and influenced everything from the fashion world to the entertainment industry. She worked on projects with Coca-Cola, designed hairstyles for popular films, and teamed up with Jack White from The White Stripes in a promotional video. In 2004, after not quite portraying the slim image that society expected from her, she directed the viral short "being appraised as an ex-fat girl" in which she took on the image of a poodle aerobics coach. [Read more...]
Horsemaning: The Original Planking?
I thought people were losing their heads when it came to the photographic craze that is Planking, but what about this original photo meme from the past? Horsemanning, also known as 'fake beheading' is a technique reportedly popular in the 1920′s as the image above illustrates. Now the fad is seeing a resurgence as people across the internet share their own Horsemanning headshots. Find more (and contribute your own) on Facebook. [Read more...]
Fashionable Illustrations With a Retro Flair
Ever dreamed of looking like a stylish cowboy or beatnik? These clever illustrations will have you square-dancing or spitting poetry in no time. With a strong Mid-Century influence, artist Toby Neighbors tells stories through his detailed and entertaining illustrations, often putting an emphasis on style trends and pop culture. His work has been featured at the Hive Gallery in Los Angeles, the Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, the Owl & Lion in Edinburgh and recently at the Compound Gallery in Portland. See more of his work at hepcatink.com
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How Graphics are Changing the Way We View Information
When was the last time you saw a graph get a standing ovation? The people at BBC Newsnight sat down for a conversation with David McCandless, author of both the book (and eponymous blog), Information is Beautiful, as well as Neville Brody (previously of "The Face", and founder of the renown Research Studios) Here they discuss the history of sharing statistical information and as well as emergent methods by which information is designed and explained. We've come a long way since the simple pie chart.
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INFLUENCERS: A Mini Documentary to Inspire
INFLUENCERS is a short and inspiring web-based documentary about those people who influence society and culture, creating trends that become contagious. Centering around creative people in New York fashion, design, advertising and entertainment, the film attempts to answer the question: What makes a person influential?
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A small complex of thunderstorm activity continues to slide southeast early this morning (5am) into portions of central OK. A severe thunderstorm watch is underway for areas of central and south-central OK until 9am due to this forward moving MCS. The top side of this complex will move across portions of Northern OK including the Tulsa metro before falling apart at mid-morning, but the upper air pattern will also bring another round or two of thunderstorm activity over the area soon. The activity that moves across the Tulsa metro this morning will not be severe and mainly showers with a few rumbles of thunder. The severe weather threat will remain for the afternoon into Wednesday and may transition to a heavy rainfall threat pre-dawn Thursday with a slowly sagging frontal boundary moving over the already saturated grounds near I-40.
The northwest flow pattern aloft is very typical for late May and early June. This pattern may continue through the middle of the month before a mid-level ridge of high pressure builds across the southern plains and the polar jet begins its annual migration northward. Some of the long range model guidance indicates this scenario may unfold around the 15th or so.
Beforehand, we're in the running for more storms, some of which may be strong to severe. Short range guides and observational data support another cluster of storms to approach the area by either late evening or pre-dawn Wednesday. A surface cold front will finally get a shove southward during this time and will be entering the northern third of the state Wednesday morning to midday and become another focus for thunderstorm development Wednesday afternoon and evening into Thursday morning. The upper air dynamics will allow a few strong to severe storms during this time period and all modes of severe weather can't be ruled out. The higher likelihood for severe will remain with hail, high winds, and eventually heavy rainfall. The tornado threat should not be high, but it will not be zero either.
The temps today could move into the mid 80s across northern OK despite the clouds and gusty southeast winds in the 10 to 20 mph range. After this front slides across the area, we'll see improving weather conditions Thursday afternoon and evening with Friday looking super great. GFS data supports another fast approaching upper wave nearing Saturday which will increase the chance for more storms late Saturday into pre-dawn Sunday. As the upper level wave nears the area, surface pressures will drop across the Rockies and develop a surface area of low pressure eventually across NW OK. As southeast winds return Saturday, a quasi-warm front will move to the northern third of the state Saturday night into Sunday morning with a complex of storms likely to develop near or north of this warm front. It's too early to pinpoint the pre-dawn Sunday storm environment, but we'll keep you posted on a daily basis.
The official high in Tulsa yesterday was 81 recorded at 4:50pm.
The normal daily average high is 84 and the low is 65.
Our records include a high of 102 from 1911 and a low of 49 recorded on this date in 1919.
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If you're not getting enough sleep, you could be putting your health at risk. Researchers say people who get less than six hours of sleep a night are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack than those who sleep between six and eight hours. They are 70-percent more likely to have congestive heart failure. That's concerning because almost one in three Americans aren't getting enough sleep. Experts say sleeping too much isn't healthy either. People who sleep more than eight hours a night have a greater risk of developing coronary artery disease.
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"That thing breeds pretty good," said Randy Miller with Charleston County Mosquito Control talking about the center of an old, dead tree stump.
It's holding water and mosquito larva. Because mosquitoes lay their eggs in water, the mosquito control unit can easily find and destroy them.
"We are working just about around the clock, evenings, nights and weekends to minimize the amount of mosquitoes that are out there," said Edwin Harne, at taxonomist with Charleston County.
The mosquito control unit targets areas that have standing water.
"What exactly are you looking for, " I said.
"Mosquito larvae, " says Miller as he shows me a sample. "These would be the larvae and what my crew does is they go out and treat for the larvae. It's a lot easier to get them in the larva stage."
In West Ashley, the mosquito control unit is treating for fresh water mosquitoes. But, in areas in Mount Pleasant and near beaches, their job gets tougher.
"Some times we will go out there and we will find balls of mosquito larvae," said Miller. "We've got to be aware of snakes, bees, wasps, spiders and snakes. Any type of things you would see out in the wild we run into."
Edwin Harne said staying proactive is the key to keeping mosquitoes under control and preventing them from spreading diseases like West Nile virus, Dog-Heartworm or Malaria.
"There are several other diseases that we just don't see because we have mosquito control and a public health system here in South Carolina," Miller said.
You can help fight mosquitoes by keeping the grass cut around your home and emptying and rinsing out things like tires, or flower pots that are likely to let water collect in them. Authorities also ask that you contact them if you think you have a mosquito problem in your area at (843) 202-7886.
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The BeachToday
Enjoy a taste of Summer at the Centre MKs Middleton Hall. A sandy beach along with rides and seaside snacks and much more.
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It's Friday, which means this week's Best of Comments are here! AG Peeps, y'all CRAY.
Channel your inner Chuck Norris, even if it's blonde, and get your Crumpled on!
Polygon Apocalypse
Some people see advanced economic modeling, others Spiderman, still others just teh panik attax. This is your brain on the Polygon Apocalypse!
Sherlock Holmes Escape
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A group of Central Illinois residents are coming together to invest in local start-up companies.
At the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, new companies are being nurtured.
The Central Illinois Angels group is looking for local ideas, innovations, and companies needing financial backing and mentoring.
Former CAT CEO Glen Barton is a member.
Barton tells news 25: "A company that has an idea, wants to go to market with it. Needs financial resources to get there. Many of those start out with funds of their own and funds from family and friends. But, they get to a point where they need some outside support as well".
By partnering with each other, the Central Illinois Angels investors would help not only new companies but each other through shared expertise.
Member Chuck Weaver says the Central Illinois Angels have been meeting for some six months and says the group is open to many kinds of businesses.
He says, "This is a group of very serious investors in local companies. The term 'angel" sometimes to like it's all about helping that young company...but this group is very serious that it's got to be a profitable company that we're going to work with".
Chuck Weaver says some of the start-up companies the Central Illinois Angels invest in could take up residence in the Peoria Next Center.


text: Okay, since it's the off season, and I'm trying to bump up my thread posting numbers, here's an opportunity for you racers (current/retired/semi-retired, etc) to tell us about your palmares. Personally, I'm retired from racing and, truth be told, I won way more primes than I did actual races. The coolest of which was a loaf of homemade bread made by some little old ladies at a criterium in New England somewhere (southern Mass., I think). Well, what have you got?


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(01/31/14) - It's an effort to get more money to Saginaw County to help the
areas most vulnerable.
Friday, volunteers are helping to count the homeless. The information collected will help secure federal dollars.
The volunteers come from several agencies. They teamed up to conduct the count at seven different locations across the county.
One of the set up locations is the East Side Soup Kitchen. Not everyone having lunch there is homeless, but volunteers were checking to see who was in need.
Results from the count help Saginaw County secure about $1.7 million annually. That money is used to help people find shelter, jobs and other necessitates.
"Things they need to get back up on their feet," said Jeremy Reinert, of the United Way of Saginaw County.
The United Way says based on count numbers collected over the past few years, it appears homelessness is on the decline in Saginaw County.
"Sometimes I feel bad seeing the people in the situation that they are in, but I'm for the funding that comes in that's available to help them out," said Liz Troublefield, volunteer.
Genesee County is also conducting its homeless count this week to secure funding for much needed resources for people in that area.
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text: Mike Parisi, the Rule 5 pick from the Cardinals is in a tough position. He's had a good spring but not great. He has a 4.05 ERA in 6.2 IP and 2 HR's given up. He also has four strike outs compared to one walk. I don't think he's good enough to make the rotation but I think he deserves a spot on this team. While you don't want a David Patton situation to occur, Parisi has some good stuff and I think with some work with Rothschild, he could be a good bull pen arm to have. Given the shortage of arms, Parisi is a RHP who has some experience (albeit he was far from lights out in 2008) in the majors. What say you?


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What Does John 17 Teach Us about How Jesus Viewed Prayer?
What Did Jesus Mean When He Said We Should Hate Our Family (Luke 14:26)?
Can I Really "Do All Things Through Christ who Strengthens Me"?
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that flu season has started a few weeks earlier this year.
Officials say the flu season usually begins in January, but doctors have already seen an outbreak in several southern states including Texas and Alabama.
Experts say it's hard to predict how bad this flu season will be but, in years past when the flu arrived early more people became contagious and got sick.
Since people travel from state to state, more cases are expected to hit Pennsylvania in the near future.
Dr. John Goldman of PinnacleHealth says getting a flu shot now will provide some protection almost immediately and immunity within two weeks.
Goldman says the shot will give someone cover for the rest of the flu season that can last into the spring.
He says the virus can spread easily through hand-to-hand contact and its important for people to wash their hands often during the day.
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Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
This book scores a 9/10 because of the suspense, action, and romance. The author is a bit repetitive but redeems herself with a good storyline.
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COLONIE, N.Y. - The Colonie Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Gulf Mart on Central Avenue Monday night.
Police say just after 11 p.m. two male suspects wearing black ski masks entered the Mega Mart Gulf Gas Station and demanded money from the clerk. One subject was armed with what appeared to be a shotgun.
The suspects were given less than $100 cash from the register, and fled the area on foot. They were last seen headed southbound on Lincoln Avenue.
The suspects were both described as black males, late teens/early 20's, 6' tall, thin-medium build. One suspect was wearing a light-colored grey hooded sweatshirt and khaki-colored baggy pants, the other was wearing a black jacket over a light-colored grey hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, and brown shoes.
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---- — Jamie Lynn Myer, 66, Logansport, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in her home surrounded by her family, following a brief battle with cancer.
Born March 19, 1947, in Logansport, she was the daughter of the late Frank Callipo and the late Phyllis Brandt Callipo Whitcomb. On May 29, 1971, she was married to Karl E. Myer, who survives.
Lynn attended St. Joseph's Elementary School. She was a 1965 graduate of Logansport High School.
From 1984 until her retirement in 2008, Lynn was employed with Arone Hardware.
Lynn was a lifetime member of All Saints Catholic Church. She had been a member of the Senior Citizens Advisory Board. She belonged to Altrusa and the Professional Women in Business club. Lynn served on the Logansport Plan Commission and was listed in "Who's Who in American Women."
Surviving with her husband are two sons, Clark Myer and his wife Jane of Logansport, and Drew Myer of Milwaukee, Wis.; and one daughter, Kathleen DeFord and her husband Brian, of North Carolina. Her children were her greatest success in life and their children — Lynn's grandchildren, Alexandra Myer, Catherine Myer and Maximillian DeFord — were her absolute joy! Also surviving are two sisters, Teddie Stuber-Kennedy and her husband Vince of Lafayette, and Frankie Rogers and her husband John of Logansport.
A celebration of Lynn's life will be at 7 p.m. Friday in Fisher Funeral Chapel. Interment, at a later date, will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport.
Friends and family may call from 4 p.m. until the time of the service in the chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to All Saints Catholic School.
You may share memories in her online guestbook and view her video tribute at www.fisherfuneralchapel.com.


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Saima Ali, University of Southampton (UK)
I am currently a research fellow in the Primary Medical Care group at the University of Southampton. My interests include psychological aspects of chronic conditions in primary care, particularly common mental disorders and diabetes. The majority of my education and work experience was spent in the city of Leicester in the UK which allowed me to witness, first-hand, a number of inequalities which exist in terms of the prevalence, management of, and outcomes of depression and common non communicable conditions in different ethnic groups. I feel Health Psychology has a vital role to play within multidisciplinary teams involved with interventions aimed at both the prevention of chronic conditions in primary care (e.g. behavioural interventions in 'high risk' groups) as well as the management of conditions (e.g. changing patient and health care professional behaviour). My PhD involved a mixed method programme of work to examine ethnic differences in the prevalence, recognition and clinical impact of depression in people with and without type 2 diabetes. As a TUTOR-PHC trainee I hope to build on this work in order to develop psychological services within primary care to reduce disparities in depression and diabetes care.
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Laval Universite (Quebec)
After completing her doctoral studies in visual anthropology at Manchester University and at the Granada Center for Visual Anthropology in England, Alexandrine undertook two post-doctoral projects at Montreal University (2008-2010) and then Laval and York Universities (2010-2011). Her second postdoctoral project aimed at establishing theoretical and practical bases to develop an ethnography of image production. She recently produced a documentary film titled Golden Scars (2010:61 min.) funded in part by the National Film Board of Canada. Alexandrine's TUTOR-PHC Project is titled "Perception of home based care: The experience of elderly women living under the poverty line". A qualitative visual method, photovoice, will be used to better understand women's experiences receiving care at home
Susan Champion Sommerfeldt, University of Alberta
I am currently a PhD student at the University of Alberta and a faculty lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing. My teaching areas have been in research methodologies, interprofessional team development, community health nursing, and foundational nursing courses using context-based learning approaches. My MN explored interdisciplinary approaches to children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and my doctoral work continues the theme of interprofessional healthcare. My TUTOR topic will extend this interest through exploring the relational work of effective patient care teams using arts-informed methods, specifically applied theatre. Currently, I'm involved in research that has developed and implemented three interprofessional clinical learning units in acute care, rehabilitation, and long-term care sites, as well as other student focused interprofessional education initiatives and projects. Past research includes a study of Canadian Aboriginal youth HIV testing and care, and a project investigating the integration of midwifery services into the Alberta health care system. My life revolves around my family in all their busyness and my own interests in music, baking, and travelling.
Julie Easley, University of New Brunswick
Julie Easley is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program at the University of New Brunswick. Her background is in medical anthropology and she is now combining a social science and nursing approach for her doctoral program. Throughout her studies, Julie has also been working as a research assistant for the past 8 years at the Dalhousie University Family Medicine Teaching Unit located at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, NB. Her TUTOR-PHC project is an extension of her current doctoral study which examines the disclosure patterns of young adult cancer survivors and the impact these disclosure decisions have had on their social interactions and environments, both personally and professionally. Julie's goal is to finish analyzing the data collected for her doctoral research and to use the findings to help develop a proposal for post-doctoral studies focusing specifically on the experiences and attitudes of young adult cancer survivors in relation to provider-patient communication within the primary care setting, from diagnosis to follow-up care.
Mary Forhan, McMaster University
Mary is a certified occupational therapist (OT) with 20 years of clinical experience. Mary has specifically worked in acute medicine, acute psychiatry, eating disorders and in the area of obesity management. Mary was one of the first occupational therapists in Canada to describe the role of OT in the area of obesity management. Mary earned a PhD in Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University in 2010 where she studied the impact of severe obesity on the participation in the occupations of everyday living. Mary is currently working on projects exploring the impact of a bariatric suite on a medical unit on the safety and satisfaction of patients and their care providers; and the impact of workshops about obesity on the beliefs and attitudes of health professionals. Mary is an assistant clinical professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University and is currently the program coordinator for the Master of Health Management Program working collaboratively with the DeGroote School of Business. Mary has also worked as a project coordinator for the first Canadian Summit on Weight Bias and Discrimination with the Canadian Obesity Network. Mary will be exploring factors that contribute to treatment adherence for patients with obesity in primary care for her TUTOR-PHC project.
Sheila Garland, University of Calgary (Alberta)
My research has thus far focused on the evaluation of psychosocial interventions with the potential to improve physical and psychological outcomes for cancer patients and their families. Specifically, I have investigated the impact of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for reducing sleep disturbances. I also compared the MBSR intervention to a creative arts program for facilitating spirituality and post-traumatic growth. My Masters research looked at how a psychosocial retreat called "Tapestry" could impact the quality of life, distress, marital satisfaction and existential concerns of palliative cancer patients and their partners. For my doctoral research I am conducting a randomized trial comparing the effect of MBSR to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for the treatment of insomnia in individuals with cancer. I currently hold a research fellowship from the Psychosocial Oncology Research Training (PORT) initiative at McGill University and a strategic training fellowship from the Transdisciplinary Understanding & Training on Research-Primary Health Care initiative.
Laura Housden , University of British Columbia
Laura Housden is a family practice nurse practitioner and doctoral student at the UBC School of Nursing. She was one of two students who were awarded a Junior Graduate Studentship Award (JGS) for "Health Services Research" through the Michael Smith competition for the student trainee competition and is also an Advanced Practice Nursing Chair student. Laura will complete this work for her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Sabrina Wong who is an associate professor and faculty at the School of Nursing and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at UBC. Her doctoral work is entitled: "An Innovative Approach to Patient care, Examining the Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care Group Medical Visits." The overall purpose of this study is to examine the role of NPs in providing primary care group medical visits and determine if group medical visits with nurse practitioners are associated with positive patient outcomes.
Liz Muggah, University of Ottawa
Liz is a family physician, currently working in Ottawa. She recently completed a Masters of Public Health at Harvard and has just started as a clinical research fellow at the University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. She has worked as a primary care physician and researcher in Canada, the United States and Switzerland, focusing on the care of vulnerable populations. Her TUTOR research question is "What is the optimal number of patients a family doctor should care for?".
Alisa Naiman, University of Toronto
Alisa is a family physician providing comprehensive primary care in Toronto. In addition to her family practice, Alisa is a second year PhD student in the Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Prior to medical school, she completed a Masters of Health Science in Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. Her previous research interest has focused on second hand smoke. Previous work has focused on the impact of antismoking legislation on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and exploring the relationship between anti-smoking legislation and self-reported second hand exposure. Her current research interest involves investigating the relationship between various primary delivery models and financial incentives as a mechanism to improve health outcomes. When not working, Alisa enjoys playing soccer and cycling and spending time with family and friends.
Wendy V. Norman, University of British Columbia (B.C.)
Dr. Wendy V. Norman is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia. She graduated from Queen's University at Kingston in 1985, is an active clinical teacher at UBC and leads the BC Contraception & Abortion Research Team (CART). Her research interests include abortion demographics, contraception health policy and health services delivery and family planning population health. Dr. Norman completed a CIHR Strategic Research Training Fellowship in Transdisciplinary Primary Care Research (2012), the UBC Clinician Scholar Program (2011), a Masters of Health Science (UBC 2004), a diploma in Tropical Medicine and International Health (Liverpool 1994), a residency in GP-anaesthesiology (UBC 1988) and currently leads the Canadian Contraception Access Research Team\Groupe de recherche sur l'accessibilité à la contraception (CART/GRAC).
Michelle Skop-Dror, Wilfrid Laurier University (Ontario)
As a registered social worker, I have clinical experience working with individuals, families, and groups in both hospital and community settings in the field of mental health. I am currently a second year PhD student in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfred Laurier University in Kitchener, Ontario. The idea for my dissertation research emerged through clinical practice coordinating health care services for female clients who had a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, a chronic illness. My plan for the TUTOR project involves exploring the ways in which narrative theory can be utilized to understand the illness experiences of women with fibromyalgia, as well as the perspectives of primary health care providers who work with this population. I am also interested in researching the efficacy of providing narrative therapy to women with fibromyalgia within primary health care settings. My hobbies include spending time with family and friends, writing and painting, biking and yoga, cooking and travelling.
Carmen Thompson, University of Calgary (Alberta)
I am in my first year of the PhD program in Applied Psychology at the University of Calgary. Prior to this I completed Bachelors Degrees in Fine Art and Psychology and a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. I have been involved in research studies on the following topics: the prevention of eating disorders, group medical visits for diabetes, the provision of health services for individuals living in poverty, ethical and economic considerations in the licensing and adoption of surgical devices into clinical practice, and group prenatal care for women with low income. Through my doctoral research I hope to gain a deeper understanding of factors influencing access to pre and postnatal care for women living in poverty, to highlight issues for consideration in the design of these services, and to evaluate the effects of integrated pre and postnatal programming on maternal and infant health and social outcomes.
Chris Wong, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Dr Chris Wong is a New Zealand born Chinese medical graduate of Otago University, New Zealand (NZ). He has a Diploma of Obstetrics and Musculoskeletal medicine and a Certificate in Clinical Education. From his beginnings as the son of a grocer in Wellington (NZ), he now resides in Auckland, having been working in a group general practice for the last 22 years. Chris has had a passion for teaching medical students from his practice for over 10 years and was delighted to be appointed as a part-time senior lecturer with the Department of General Practice, University of Auckland in 2009. Chris has been instrumental in implementing "GPOPS" (General Practice office patient simulations), a new teaching method for year four medical students in 2010. Chris looks forward to using the TUTOR-PHC program to help foster some research skills and improve his ability as a clinical teacher, which he enjoys the most. Chris does vasectomies and his interests include, tennis, contract bridge and alto saxophone. He shares his love of dancing salsa and ceroc with his wife Janet with whom he has three growing up children aged 18 to 22 years.
Natalia Yavich, McGill University (Quebec/Argentine)
Natalia is as a PhD Candidate in Social Sciences at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She completed an International Program for Development Evaluation Training Diploma at Carleton University as well as received a Masters in Public Health and a BA in Anthropological Sciences. In addition to her studies, she is also a researcher at the Instituto de la Salud Juan Lazarte and is a professor of the Master in Management of Health Systems and Services at the Univerisidad Nacional de Rosario. She is a principal researcher and co-researcher in research projects on primary health care analysis and evaluation, health governance, and food security with the support of the International Development Research Centre, United Nations, Pan-American Health Organization, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Ministerio de Salud de la Nación, Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. She has worked as a consultant of international and academic organizations such as International Development Research Centre, Centre for Research on Health Economics, Social and Health Care Management, and Università Carlo Cattaneo. Natalia's primary research interest is in PHC evaluation and the use of research for decision making. The title of her TUTOR-PHC project, which will be part of her post-doctoral studies at McGill University, is "PHC Evaluation in Latin America: perspectives, achievements and challenges."


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Brookwood held its annual talent show earlier this month. Sponsored by the school's literary magazine Pegasus, the show is their only scheduled fundraiser for the year.
The winners won by popular vote, with members of the audience attaching a sticker beside their favorite performance in the program. The programs were gathered and counted, and the winners are announced are the end.
First place: Dancers Tyler Harp, Greg Myers, Tyler Fleming and Joel Myers.
Second place: "Snaps & Claps". Katie Reid, Ryan Eichwald, Reed Champion, Daniel Kim, Gabriella Schuett, Lauren Sigler, and Courtney Sharp.
Third place: Parker Greenway, Peyton Fite, Gabe Elenteny, Danny Hawkins and hristian Gochnauer.
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With Memorial Day being celebrated Monday, the Walker County Memorial Day Veterans Service is scheduled for 10 a.m. today. The service will take place at the flag pole outside the Walker County Courthouse.
Walker County Commission Chairman Bruce Hamrick, an organizer of the event, said the service will be approximately 30 minutes in length.
"It will be a short service, but it's something that I think we need to do," he said. "These men and women gave their lives for us, and that is something that needs to be remembered."
The Knights of Columbus from St. Cecilia's Catholic Church in Jasper will hold their fourth annual Memorial Day ceremony at Walker Memory Gardens Monday at 10 a.m. in the veteran section of the cemetery.
David Hester, an organizer of the event, said the ceremony will include a special honoring of Lucian Boyer, a World War II veteran from Walker County who died earlier this year.
"Mr. Boyer served in five major battles under Gen. George Patton," Hester said. "He and his two brothers served at the same time. It is a 'Saving Private Ryan' kind of story. He served his country well, and we are happy to honor him and his family."
Hester said the keynote speaker for the ceremony will be Steve Griffin, a veteran who currently works in Tuscaloosa serving other veterans.
"He is a great guy that spends a lot of time helping get supplies for veterans who are in need," Hester said. "I'm sure his speech will be very inspiring."
The Sumiton Area Veterans Board will also host a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the Sumiton Community Center. The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. and a reception will follow inside the facility.
Bill Fowler, a member of the Sumiton City Council, said the Walker County Honor Guard will lay a wreath at the Sumiton Veterans Monument and perform a 21-gun salute.
"This is our first year to do this," Fowler said. "We want to invite everyone from the community out to celebrate and honor the men and women who died so we can be free."


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Causative verbs express an action which is caused to happen. In other words, when I have something done for me I cause it to happen. In other words, I do not actually do anything, but ask someone else to do it for me. This is the sense of causative verbs. Intermediate to advanced level English learners should study the causative verb as an alternative to the passive voice.
Causative Verbs
Jack had his house painted.
This sentence is similar in meaning to: Someone painted Jack's house. OR Jack's house was painted by someone. Causative verbs express the idea of someone causing something to take place. Causative verbs can be similar in meaning to passive verbs.
My hair was cut. (passive)
I had my hair cut. (causative)
Both 'make' and 'have' can be used as causative verbs.
'Make' as a causative verb expresses the idea that the person requires another person to do something.
Construction Chart
Subject + Make + Person + Base Form of Verb
Peter made her do her homework.
The teacher made the students stay after class.
'Have' as a causative verb expresses the idea that the person wants something to be done for them. This causative verb is often used when speaking about various services. There are two forms of the causative verb 'have'.
Construction Chart: Use 1
Subject + Have + Person + Base Form of Verb
They had John arrive early.
She had her children cook dinner for her.
Construction Chart: Use 2
Subject + Have + Object + Past Participle
I had my hair cut last Saturday.
She had the car washed at the weekend.
Note: This form is similar in meaning to the passive.
'Get' is used as a causative verb in a similar way as 'have' is used with the participle. This expresses the idea that the person wants something to be done for them. The causative verb is often used in a more idiomatic manner than 'have'.
Construction Chart
Subject + Get + Person + Past Participle
They got their house painted last week.
Tom got his car washed yesterday.


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Mon 25 Jul 2005
The Obsession with Guns, Germs, and SteelPosted by Judd under Anthropology
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Ozma over at Savage Minds has posted a fantastic take on Jard Diamond's irritatingly popular book Guns, Germs, and Steel. If you're wondering, the book has been thrust recently back into the spotlight because of a multi-part PBS special.
Ozma basically nails most of the scholarly reasons to question GG&S. I don't need to cover that here. I think the popular fascination with the GG&S story is much more interesting. The book feeds into that popular yearning for grand explanations, even when the explanation doesn't quite hold together. Like most creation myths, Diamond's argument is part fact, part fiction, and part leap of faith.
The really curious part is that the popular conception seems to have worked its way back into academia as well. For lots of folks GG&S has become a defining text in cultural anthropology – one of those books that folks who aren't in the discipline expect you to have read if you are, and your colleagues talk about as a way to open up the sticky paths of common knowledge (and name dropping). As I moved away from communities of anthropologists and started working with groups of sociologists, economists, computer scientists (etc., etc…) last year I ran into far more people who said 'Oh, have you read Diamond's book? Isn't it awesome!' As more and more said it, though, I started to wonder how many had actually read it, and how many just knew they ought to say they had. Hell, I (like Ozma) haven't even been able to get all the way through it despite trying several times. (There's some discussion of this phenomenon in the comments for the above linked post.)
Ultimately I think Jared Diamond is a bit like Gilderoy Lockhart (for all you Harry Potter fans): we're all so wrapped up with his charm and celebrity that it doesn't quite seem appropriate to start questioning his substance.
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So I'm no anthropologist – I'm an engineer – and I did make my way through the whole of the book some time back. Some of it I found very tough, some of it I found quite engaging. I certainly might mention it if anything near the topic came up just because it's more or less all I have read on the subject. In my naive undergraduate engineer way at the time I was probably taken in by most of it. I still talk about the East/West, North/South continent axes sometimes.
Perhaps I enjoyed the fiction, perhaps somewhere all I needed was a 'Warning: Contains a healthy dose of author leap of faith' But I can definitely say that, when studying the inside of machines, companies and software it was certainly refreshing to take such a step into the bigger picture – even if it may be much myth.


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Before any one gets too suicidal about today's rumors, think about this:
Eagles fan will ever forget Brett Favre floating the football skyward and right to a waiting Brian Dawkins on his first pass of overtime at the Linc in 2003.
No Giants fan will forget Corey Webster picking off Favres first pass of overtime in the 2007 NFC Championship Game at Lambeau Field.
And no Saints an will ever forget Favres final pass of the 2009 season on Championship Sunday.
Favre is one of the best pure passers in NFL history, but his legacy has been tarnished by his penchant for unthinkable end-of-game interceptions in the postseason.
Favres ridiculous pass in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter in the Vikings NFC Championship Game loss to the Saints Sunday, this one picked off by Tracy Porter, is only the latest piece of evidence that Favres playoff performance this decade is among the worst by a quarterback in NFL history.
Favre has now lost seven of his last 11 postseason games, and hes thrown 19 interceptions in those seven losses nearly three per game. You can make a case that his late-game playoff interceptions have cost his team two and perhaps three trips to the Super Bowl since 2003.
A Hall of Famer? Definitely. A dreadful postseason quarterback this decade? No doubt. Lets take a look inside the ol gunslingers playoff numbers:
Favre has been the losing quarterback in three of the NFLs last six postseason overtime games, and hes thrown a devastating interception on his final pass attempt in all three games. There have only been four overtime conference championship games in history, and Favre has lost two of them one for the Packers, one for the Vikings.
Only 19 quarterbacks during the past decade have had more than one playoff game with multiple interceptions. Favre has had five. Hes 0-5 in those games.
In his career, Favre has had nine multiple-interception playoff games. He is 1-8 in those games. Only Dan Marino (10) has more in NFL history.
Favre has been laughably bad in his six playoff losses this decade. Hes got a 58.6 passer rating in those games, with nearly twice as many interceptions (17) as touchdown passes (nine).
Favres .400 postseason winning percentage this decade (4-6) ranks him 22nd out of the 27 quarterbacks who started at least five postseason games between 2000 and 2009. Heres the top five and the bottom five:
Top 5
.800 Ben Roethlisberger (8-2)
.778 Tom Brady (14-4)
.625 Jake Delhomme (5-3)
.600 Kurt Warner (6-4)
.571 Rich Gannon (4-3)
.571 Eli Manning (4-3)
Bottom 5
.333 Jeff Garcia (2-4)
.333 Chad Pennington (2-4)
.333 Steve McNair (2-4)
.400 Brett Favre (4-6)
.400 Michael Vick (2-3)
Since 1960, some 44 quarterbacks have started at least seven postseason games in any particular decade. Favres 4-6 record from 2000-2009 is second-worst of those 44 single-decade performances, ahead of only Billy Kilmers 2-5 record with the Redskins in the 1970s.
Here are the best and worst QB postseason decades:
Top 5
.900 Bart Starr (9-1), 1960-69
.833 Len Dawson (5-1), 1960-69
.800 Ben Roethlisberger (8-2), 2000-09
.800 Jim Plunkett (8-2), 1980-89
.778 Tom Brady (14-4), 2000-09
.778 Terry Bradshaw (14-4), 1970-79
Bottom 5
.429 Neil ODonnell (3-4), 1990-99
.429 David Krieg (3-4), 1980-89
.429 Bernie Kosar (3-4), 1980-89
.417 Dan Marino (5-7), 1990-99
.400 Brett Favre (4-6), 2000-09
.286 Billy Kilmer (2-5), 1970-79
It wasnt a playoff game, but Favres final pass in his one year as a Jet was picked off by Andre Goodman of the Dolphins at the Miami 25-yard-line with the Jets down seven after blowing a third-quarter lead.
Favre threw three interceptions in that game. But that didnt cost the Jets a playoff spot. Favre had already done that by going 1-4 in the Jets last five games, in which he had two TDs and nine INTs.


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By Cade Fowler - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) – It's the time of year when many property owners burn off land or debris.
You need to remember those fires can get out of control quickly.
In the last few weeks firefighters have been called to numerous trash fires that got out of control and threatened homes.
In one case, an unattended brush fire destroyed an Albany mobile home.
Forest rangers urge you to get a permit if you plan to burn. If you don't, you could get hit with a big fine.
"If we have to respond to your fire and you don't have a permit, we would apply suppression charges for that," said Tom Lambert with the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Lambert says those fines could range from several hundred dollars or even thousands of dollars depending on the extent of the fire.
The Forestry Commission's hotline you can call to get a burn permit has been flooded with calls lately.
Officials urge people to go online and apply for the free permit at GATrees.org
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This edition of "Your Possible Future Pirates" shows how the boxscore doesn't always tell the story. Chase D'Arnaud went 0-for-4 with a walk and Alex Presley went 2-for-5. But, in each case some of the plate appearances where they didn't get on base might show you something more interesting than on the ones where they did.
All of D'Arnaud's plate appearances are first, and then all of Presley's.
April 13, 2011 Louisville vs. Indianapolis
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AKA: Roofs from Hell, The Separate Reality of Moab. Like the rest of Gilje's routes, this one ain't no gimme. Four distinct 5.11 cruxes: thin face, thin corner, overhanging jugs and a big roof-crack to finish makes for a multi-pitch Wingate route as action packed as any other in the desert.
Far right side of the ice cream parlor. Look at the skyline and locate the imposing horizontal roof crack, then extrapolate downward to find the start of the route. The first pitch begins from a small ledge and is the only bolt protected line in the vicinity. Descent is via rappel from an anchor to the right of the top-out.
Lots of quickdraws for pitches 1, 2, and 4. The third pitch takes tiny nuts and a double set of cams from tiny to off-fingers. The final roof crack takes a double set from #.75 camalot to #3 camalot.


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UPDATE: Check out our 2012 Guide to Planning for St. Patrick's Day.
Thanks to a much-needed revamp a few years ago, the St Patrick's Festival now extends to a whole week of events marking the feast day of Ireland's patron saint. Many of these events are happening around the capital – so if you're in Dublin this St Patrick's week, be sure to check out some of the events below in IrishJaunt's thematic rundown of what to do to celebrate the holiday.
Family Fun
Where else to start but with the St Patrick's Day Parade itself? Beginning as usual from Parnell Square at 12pm on Wednesday 17 March. Expect a giant mix of marching bands, dancers, singers and plenty of colourful floats. This year's theme is 'Extraordinary World'. If you can't make it there you can watch the live stream online.
Head to City Hall on Dame Street on Saturday 13 March to sign up for the St Patrick's Festival Treasure Hunt, a free event with lots of spot prizes to be won. Teams of up to four people including at least one adult are allowed – pre-register online to beat the queues on the day.
Merrion Square turns into a one-day funpark on Sunday 14 March from 12pm-6pm for the Big Day Out. Street theatre and music plus a giant playground are on offer.
Because one funfair is just never enough, there's three City At Play funfairs on offer this year. Carnival playgrounds on Merrion Square and Wolf Tone Square on the evening of Friday 12 March and all day Saturday 13 – Wednesday 17 March, plus a third funfair on St Patrick's Day at Custom House Quay.
The annual contemporary celebration of traditional Irish dance, the St Patrick's Festival Céilí, comes to St Stephen's Green on Tuesday 16 March between 4pm and 7pm. All with dancing shoes welcome! Donal Lunny is leading A Celebration of Irish Voices, a unique gathering of Irish trad music luminaries, at the National Concert Hall on St Patrick's Day at 8pm. Tickets from €18 available online. Celtic pop group Kila are playing at The Olympia Theatre on the same night.
This year sees a new event on the fringes of the official festival, the St Patrick's Salsa Festival. This two-day event at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Dublin 8 will see 25 top instructors give 40 hours of lessons and shows in the famous dance. More details online.
Also outside the festival proper is 'An Evening of Music and Song with Eleanor Shanley', a great chance to see some live music in an Irish church. Sandford Parish Church in Ranelagh on Dublin's southside on Monday 15 March at 8pm. Tickets €15.
'Bananas on the Breadboard: Stories from the Markets Area, Dublin' is a 50-minute documentary telling the story of the fruit and vegetable market, fish market, and Smithfield markets around the capital. Screenings at the Light House Cinema on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 March at 2pm, Wednesday 17 March at 4pm. Tickets €6, online booking available.
Meanwhile, the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar is screening another Irish movie, 1971's 'Flight of the Doves' on Sunday 14 March at 11am. Family tickets €15 online. There's also a special free preview screening of upcoming Irish comedy movie 'Zonad' at Cineworld on Parnell Street on Saturday 13 March at 4pm.
If comedy is your thing, head down to the Laughter Lounge on Eden Quay on Friday and Saturday night for Comedy@ The Festival. The Father Ted Show will be reliving the best moments of the famous TV comedy (which now has its own annual festival, by the way) on Friday 12 March and Saturday 13 March at 8.30pm, tickets €25 from firstname.lastname@example.com.
Outside the festival, Michael Harding will be performing his own play 'The Tinker's Curse' at the Bewley's Café Theatre from 15 March – 3 April. Show at 1.10pm, and your €15 ticket will also get you a light lunch. Bookable online.
Walking Tours
The Irish Architecture Foundation is giving a free Architectural Walking Tour of Dublin on Sunday 14 March at 12.30pm. Starting at the gates of Trinity College, the 90-minute tour includes many historical and contemporary sights of Dublin. Booking required at email@example.com.
To walk 'In the Footsteps of St Patrick', take this walking tour from the Dublin Tourism Centre on Suffolk Street on Tuesday 16 March at 12 noon. The 90-minute tour promises to take in many of central Dublin's historical sights as well as relate the story of the life of Ireland's patron saint. Tickets €8 or €7 if you book ahead online.
A number of places and spaces in Temple Bar will be transformed into a visual art trail for the duration of the St Patrick's Festival. Have a look around the district for the specially commissioned pieces of the 'Shop If You Can, Look If You Want' outdoor exhibition from Friday 12 March – Wednesday 17 March.
Outside of the festival, you can also take the chance to see Irish realist painter David Dunne's latest exhibition, 'Icons'. It's at The Bad Art Gallery on Francis Street from 4-25 March.
Irish language
There's a whole host of events as Gaeilge (in Gaelic) planned for Gaelspraoi, the annual celebration of the Irish language. On Friday 12 March 11am-4pm there's a game show for teenagers at Filmbase in Temple Bar. At the Hugh Lane Dublin City Gallery there's a tour and workshop by artist Sinéad Ní Mhaoinigh for teenagers on Friday 12 March 10.30am-12.30pm and for adults on Saturday 13 March from 3-4.30pm.
There's a special Tóraíocht Taisce, or treasure hunt, leaving from City Hall on Dame Street from 10am-1pm on Saturday 13 March. There's a puppet show for kids at the Axis Centre in Ballymun on Monday 15 March, 10-11.30am and 12.30-2pm. Tuesday 16 March sees the Cabaret Craiceáilte at the Odeon on Harcourt Street, 9.30pm – 2.30am, €10. An Irish language hillwalk is being held on St Patrick's Day, departing from Lower Fitzwilliam Street at 10.30am.
The Marie Keating Foundation for breast cancer is staging an 80-metre Stiletto Heel Dash before the St Patrick's Day parade at 11.30am on O'Connell Street. Register online for €25 per person or keep up with the tall trotters on Twitter @highheelrun.
While not part of the festival itself, there's also the St Patrick's 5k Festival Road Race & Family Run, departing from the Mansion House on Dawson Street at 12pm on Sunday 14 March.
The Ark children's cultural centre in Temple Bar is holding a young people's forum on Monday 15 March at 2pm entitled 'Young Voices: Irish Youth in a Borderless World'. Meanwhile for grown-ups, there's an open talk on the significance of Ireland and the Irish to the world entitled 'Voices: An Evening of Big Ideas'. Guest speakers at the event at Tripod on Harcourt Street on Tuesday 16 March at 6.30pm include broadcasters, journalists, authors and politicians. Seats can be reserved at email@example.com.
Outside of the festival itself, there's also a poety reading at The Observatory on Sir John Rogerson's Quay by Máighréad Medbh & Paula Meehan on Thursday 16 March at 7pm.
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News: Waka Flocka Flame Gives Gunman A Pass, "I Ain't Worried About You"
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010 2:10PM
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is no longer focusing on the gunman who nearly took his life during a shooting last month.
From Flocka's perspective, his profile within rap has only grown since the near-death attack.
"I ain't worried about you. I appreciate you too," Flame addressed the gunman, looking directly into MTV News' camera. "You got me sacked up real big. I got a stupid house off you, cars off you. I appreciate you, man. That's on them folks. Let them folks do they job. It is what it is. Y'all done said enough. I did enough. What, I'mma keep flippin' the story? I don't know, bruh. Let them live their life, I'mma live my life. That's right there [behind me]. They sitting right there. They probably not even sitting this close. I'm giving them too much. I ain't even worried about them. That's so behind me right now." (MTV)
Flocka recently said the hitman was too nervous to kill him.
"I really can't breathe that good but I'll break it all down right now," Waka said in an interview. "All I know is somebody was sent to kill me but he was so scared he let me get out the car -- he hit me in my arm -- trust me, he could have did his job. That's the word out to him and his people. And I'm straight though, I just broke one of my ribs -- I'll be out there. Shout-out to everybody that's been hating on me..." (Hot 107)
Associate DJ Holiday previously discussed the shooting and Flocka's injuries.
"He's actually responding better," Holiday revealed. "He got shot in the arm and the other one hit him in the shoulder and it moved around and hit him [near his] lung...so he has a hard time breathing and moving. The bullet is lodged on the right side of his chest up under his arm -- and that's where the most trauma was. He's a tough dude [and] he make jokes about it." (XXL Mag)
The attack reportedly took place at an Atlanta gas station.
Gucci Mane understudy and author behind the smash hit "O Let's Do It," Waka Flocka, was reportedly injured in a shooting earlier today. While stopping at a gas station off Old National Highway in Atlanta, Flocka was approached by unknown men at gunpoint and was told to hand over his chain. After refusing to give up his jewelry, the suspects fired shots in the direction of Waka Flocka hitting him twice. More details to come. UPDATE: Label confirmed exclusively to KarenCivil.com these accounts are true. (Karen Civil)
Check out Waka Flocka Flame speaking on the shooting down below:


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Clover Dinner Rolls
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Clover Dinner Rolls
Thanks for hosting! I posted a recipe for white bean soup with zucchini and black olives and a profile for elderberries, an immune boosting food
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Hi Emily,
Thanks for the link up invite! Those rolls look fantastic!!
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Those rolls look so delicious. I am partial to the cloverleaf style roll because I like to eat bread by tearing it into small pieces.
Thanks for featuring my Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes!
Wow…thanks for inviting me to link up! I took a tour of your blog and am now your newest follower. I will definitely be trying out a bunch of these recipes!
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Your Rolls looks YUMMY!!
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Your photo must be making me hungry as I can almost smell them now too!
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How to Avoid Midnight Medication Mistakes
By Barbara Bronson Gray, RN, MN
You may have heard that veteran NBC News correspondent Tom Brokaw was hospitalized recently after he reported feeling lightheaded following a TV appearance.
Afterward, Brokaw tweeted, "All is well. Early a.m. I mistakenly took a half dose of Ambien and made less sense than usual."
And that's what you've got to be careful not to do.
Any time you get up in the wee hours of the morning to treat a problem, whether it be a headache, fever, sleeplessness, a stomach ache, nausea -- whatever -- you've got to adhere to a hard and fast rule: Turn on enough light to be sure you know what you're taking and make sure you're awake enough to be ingesting the right medication and the right dose.
Taking medication in the middle of the night has several risks.
It's dark, and most people don't switch on the lights because they don't want to wake up "too much" or awaken the rest of the family. Even if you're sleepless, you're usually very tired and probably not alert. You also may be unaware of the time. It's easy to look at a clock and think it says "12:00" when it's really "2:00." That means that you could take a drug before it's time for another dose. Or, with sleeplessness, you might go for the long-acting version of a medication when the short-acting one would be preferred.
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Ohio Oil & Gas Association Responds to Gov. Kasich's Tax News Conference
Though Ohio's oil and gas producers continue to have concerns about Gov. Kasich's proposal to increase the severance tax, we want to thank the governor for shedding light on a very important, but rarely discussed, aspect of increasing the severance tax — the impact on Ohio's farmers, many of whom are landowners with royalty interests in oil and gas wells.


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Business of Law
Law Firms Shop for Deep Office Space Discounts, Possible Shark Tank, in Buyer's Market
Posted May 10, 2010 5:46 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Two well-known law firms are reportedly shopping for bargain office space in a buyer's market:
In New York City, Proskauer Rose is expected to ink a deal this week for about 40 percent of an office tower being developed at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue, reports the New York Times. Sweeteners include the display of the Proskauer name on the building exterior and what amounts to a subsidy of tens of millions from Morgan Stanley, the law firm's current landlord, to vacate Proskauer's present 12 floors of office space in the bank's world headquarters at 1585 Broadway.
Proskauer also will reportedly pay about $75 a square foot for its new offices, some 30 percent less than the developer had hoped to get in 2008.
In Maine, the state's biggest law firm, Pierce Atwood, is seeking a tax break of nearly $3 million on behalf of the owner of a needs-work waterfront Portland building as it looks to move in 2011 from its offices of some 30 years, reports the Press Herald.
Although the firm wouldn't benefit directly from the tax break, it would benefit indirectly from more favorable, unspecified lease terms, according to the article.
Not to be outdone, Thacker Martinsek recently subleased 4,320 square feet of excess office space from the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority at a bargain price in Ohio, reports the Plain Dealer.
For the first six months of the four-year deal, the law firm pays the government nothing, the newspaper says. Thereafter, it gets the offices at $12 a square foot--a $9 discount from the rate the port authority pays. The law firm's rent goes up another 25 cents per square foot each of the next three years, as the port authority's rent goes up 50 cents per square foot.
A shark tank is reportedly on the drawing board for the public area of the planned Proskauer office building and it appears that one could be featured in Pierce Atwood's new space, too, which is zoned for marine use.
A tip of the hat to Above the Law and Mainebiz.
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2008-2009 - April 1, 2009
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Full Members Meeting
April 1, 2009
Wells Conference Center 3:15
Present: Daniel Belknap, Douglas Bousfield, Rodney Bushway, Joe Carr, Fei Chai, Steve Cohn, Ted Coladarci, Bob Dana, Catherine Elliott, Janet Fairman, James Fastook, Jacques Ferland, Amy Fried, Todd Gabe, Per Garder, Gail Garthwait, John Gregory, Michael Grillo, William Halteman, Sue Hunter, Blake James, Robert Kennedy, Kirsten Jacobson, Mel Johnson, Scott Johnson, Deborah Killam, Michael Kinnison (for A. Alyokhin, Chris Campbell), Irv Kornfield, Karl Kreutz, Judy Kuhns-Hastings, Larry Latour, Stuart Marrs, Craig Mason, James McClymer, David Morrison, Lisa Neuman, Tina Passman, Linda Reid, Robert Rice, Dylan Riley, Joyce Rumery, Evelyn Silver, Kathryn Slott, Touradj Solouki, Patrick Spinney, Claire Strickland, Shihfen Tu, James Warhola, Stephanie Welcomer, Mark Wells, Nate Wildes, Vivian Wu, Huiji Xue.
Absent: Sandy Berkowitz, Carla Billitteri, Thomas Brann, William Congleton, Raphael DiLuzio, Cynthia Erdley, Susan Erich, Sue Estler, Saundra Gardner, Duane Hanselman, Cary Jenson, Ngo Vinh Long, Harlan Onsrud, Howard Patterson, Justin Poland.
Meeting called to order, President-elect Judy Kuhns Hastings presiding, in President Dianne Hoff's absence.
A moment of silence was held for Randy Alford.
Minutes approved, February 25th meeting.
New Business:
Motion to Support ADVANCE Grant brought forward by the Environment Committee – approved unanimously.
Motion to Accept the 15 Step Process brought forward by the Program Creation, Review & Reorganization Committee – carried unanimously.
Motion to change the reporting schedule for Incomplete grades and to establish a clear and simple reporting form brought forward by the Academic Affairs Committee – passed, 1 abstention.
The Extension of Incomplete Form will be worked on by the Academic Affairs Committee and brought back to the Senate in the May meeting.
Committee Reports:
BOT – Bob Rice – The next BOT meeting will be the second week of May. A lot of work has been done on the task force sub-groups. The As Is Analysis will look at funding over the last 40 years. The task force groups are also looking at programs that have low grad rates. Math was the lowest in 1998, it is now Parks & Recreation. Mr. Flannigan says that the missions of the campuses are critical and the groups will judge the mission against the current situation with each campus.
Academic Affairs – Dr. Dan Belknap – the committee will meet to discuss some Student Records concerns.
Constitution & By-Laws – Dr. Judy Kuhns Hastings – There are a few changes left to be made – the changes will be presented and discussed at the April 29 meeting.
Finance and Institutional Planning – Dr. Sue Estler & Dr. William Halteman – the committee meets regularly with Janet Waldron; updates are posted on her website.
Library Advisory Committee – Dr. Harlan Onsrud – no report
Service & Outreach Committee – Dr. Michael Grillo – no report
Committee on Committees – Dr.Shihfen Tu – 3 members are needed for the SPIA director search, Provost Susan Hunter will send a charge to the Senate; a volunteer has been found for the vacancy on SLOA & I.
PCRRC – Dr. James Warhola – under new business.
Ad Hoc Committee on Shared Governance – Dr. Dianne Hoff & Dr. Bob Rice – Official signing soon!
University Environment Committee – Dr. Stephanie Welcomer – the Child Study Center is in jeopardy of being closed. There is/will be a campus building efficiency analysis.
Gen Ed Ad Hoc Committee – Dr. Tina Passman – will meet in May.
Research & Scholarship – Dr. Touradj Solouki – There will be report at the end of the year – to stimulate research, there will be a group of successful, grantees to mentor proposal completion – there may be a small incentive.
Liaisons – to the Senate – Committees of the Administration – Irv Kornfield reported on the Infotech Advisory Council. There is a move to close the Computer Connection, based a very cursory visit by a consultant hired by the System, even though it is operating in the black. Please get any positive comments about the Computer Connection, including how it has supported research and scholarship, to Gail Garthwaite by Friday.
Meeting adjourned 5:00 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Tina Passman


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Northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Volusia County were closed for several hours as agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated a fatal shooting involving Port Orange police officers.
Police say a fleeing suspect who was driving recklessly, lost control of his car and crashed off the right shoulder of the interstate. The crash happened around 11:30 Wednesday morning, approximately one mile north of the Dunlawton Avenue overpass.
As Port Orange officers were moving in towards the suspect's car, they said the man in the car brandished a gun. Several officers shot at and struck the suspect, later identified as Luke Daniel Castello, 22, of Daytona Beach.
Castello died at the scene. None of the officers involved, nor any other persons other than the suspect were injured.
Investigators said Castello was also positively identified as the lone suspect involved in a Daytona Beach armed robbery which occurred earlier in the morning. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
Names of the six Port Orange officers involved in the confrontation are being withheld pending authorization of their release by FDLE. Those officers have all been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
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Educators Are Not Giving Up On State's High Dropout RateBy Paul Boger | Published 19 Dec 2013 08:29am |
Nearly 14 percent of Mississippi students dropped out of school last year, making the state's dropout rate almost twice the national average. MPB's Paul Boger reports educators and community leaders are looking at ways they can fix the problem.
School administrators met with state and local officials, yesterday, to discuss ways to increase the state's high graduation rates.
Kimberly Smith-Russ is with the Miss. Black Alliance for Educational Options, and one of the participants at MPB's annual Dropout Prevention Summit "Stop the Drop."
"I think what we were able to do here was kind of shed the light on some of the things, bring out some of the facts and start a dialogue on some of the things that can be done to move this state from where we are to where we aspire to be." said Smith-Russ.
In a report released by the Department of Education earlier this year, nearly 14 percent of Mississippi's students dropped out of school last year. That's twice the national average of seven percent.
Donna Porter is a former educator from Picayune, she believes teachers need to do more to connect with students.
"I think it's the role of all educators to not just deliver instruction and focus on testing, but to work hard to make sure that every classroom is a safe haven where the students feel connected to the teacher." said Porter. "You will do things for a teacher if you feel connected to her."
Robert Langford is with Operation Shoestring -- a community outreach program in Jackson. He says whatever educators decide to do, they have to be strong.
"Make a decision to do it." said Langford. "Make it a priority and have the will and the courage to do that. I think what that really looks like goes back to the expression 'everybody wants progress, but nobody wants change."
While the state continues to have problems with its large dropout rate, the graduation rates in Mississippi have been steadily improving.
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More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey are an intriguing mix of classic and contemporary titles. Over on NPR's pop culture blog, Monkey See, you can find one fan's thoughts on how the list shaped up, get our experts' take, and have the chance to share your own.
A quick word about what's here, and what's not: Our panel of experts reviewed hundreds of the most popular nominations and tossed out those that didn't fit the survey's criteria (after — we assure you — much passionate, thoughtful, gleefully nerdy discussion). You'll notice there are no young adult or horror books on this list, but sit tight, dear reader, we're saving those genres for summers yet to come.
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The City of Spokane held a meeting with neighbors who live near High Drive Street to discuss the changes that are coming in the Spring of 2014.
The project includes new paving, sidewalks, bike lanes, water main replacement, and systems to manage storm water on side and reduce overflows to the River from the combined sewer overflow in the area.
"In developing the design, it became apparent that there are two clearly defined segments to this project," said Julie Happy, Communications Director Engineering Service Department said, "Segment one is along the bluff from 29th to Manito Boulevard. Segment two is from Manito Boulevard to Hatch."
One of the biggest concerns to neighbors in the area had to do with landscaping. The City says every attempt to preserve existing landscaping where possible will be made to make that happen.
The City will repair any sprinkler systems that are disturbed during the construction process.
One of the other big issues from citizens was the need to provide bike lanes. There was an overwhelming response and consensus to put bike lanes on each side of the Street.
Another big issue was sidewalks. As with parking, the sidewalk topic had responses all over the board.
"They ranged from no sidewalks to yes on both sides to not in front of my house," Happy said. "Understand and listening, the conclusion is sidewalks on one side."
Due to the size of the project, the final design will be finished by mid February will construction beginning in early Spring 2014.
Julie Happy also said that she along with the City of Spokane "are very pleased and excited about this project and all of the positive feedback we've received. "
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If you work in the underground construction market and are looking for the newest and best technologies to help you be more productive on the job, then look no further.
American Augers has introduced an excavator-mounted exit-side wrench for use with any brand of mid-size horizontal directional drilling (HDD) equipment that uses five-inch diameter drill pipe.
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The power supply for Virginia's densely populated Middle Peninsula Area, on the Chesapeake Bay, is currently adequate but somewhat fragile; a single 115 kV line extends southward from the Harmony Village Substation of Dominion Virginia Power (DVP). The non-redundant power supply was at risk for long interruptions and local demand threatened to outstrip supply.
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HDD Rigs from TT Technologies, Toro, Vermeer, Ditch Witch, Barbco, American Augers and Universal HDD.
American Augers has announced the appointment of Richard Levings to the position of director of product management. Levings will represent not only American Augers products but the newly acquired Trencor line.
American Augers has introduced a new mid-sized horizontal directional drill, the model DD-155T.
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Darius Miles and Travis Outlaw to Suns for
James Jones, Marcus Banks and Jalen Rose, (Real GM ID 3650535).
We get ride of Darius Miles (and his contract) who would do great in a uptempo offense and there is rumors of the Suns having their eye on Outlaw. Suns great rid of Banks who is their 3rd best PG and 2 other players who aren't playing that much.
Portland gets rid of Miles and while I like Outlaw he might be gone this summer. In Jones we get a 3 point scorer and Bank could be something good and Jalen Rose for cap relief.
Suns get ride of some salary cap that isn't doing anything, Banks, Rose, and with a owner who is willing to sell Sergio for money this might be the deciding factor. Most of Miles' contract this year is payed for because he is injured and he has one less year than Banks. In the long run the Sun would probably save money.
However, I don't know much about the Suns and whether this would be good idea for them. Also, the Suns probable wouldn't pull off this trade unless they started losing. But, otherwise I think it is a win, win.
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Monopoly on violence
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A monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force (also commonly but controversially known, in abbreviated form, as a monopoly on violence; from the German: Gewaltmonopol des Staates, "Violence-Monopoly of the State") is the conception of the state as first expounded by sociologist Max Weber in his essay Politics as a Vocation (1919). Weber claims that the state is any "human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory";[1] thus, "the modern state is a compulsory association which organizes domination."[2] In other words, Weber describes the state as any organization that succeeds in holding the exclusive right to use, threaten to use, or authorize others to use direct physical violence against members of its territorial domain.
Weber defines the state as a community successfully claiming authority on legitimate use of physical force over a given territory; territory was also deemed by Weber to be a prerequisite feature of a state. Such a monopoly, according to Weber, must occur via a process of legitimation.
According to Raymond Aron, international relations are characterized by the absence of the legitimate use of force in the relationship between states.[3]
Max Weber's theory[edit]
Max Weber wrote in Politics as a Vocation that a necessary condition of statehood is the retention of such a monopoly. His expanded definition was that something is "a 'state' if and insofar as its administrative staff successfully upholds a claim on the 'monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force' (German: das Monopol legitimen physischen Zwanges) in the enforcement of its order."[4] [5] M. Weber's concept has been put in a theoretical model to show that the two-fold concept (the use of force by the state and its monopolization) is beneficial from a social welfare point of view. However, the positive welfare effects depend on the state to be sufficiently benevolent and not turn against its citizens.[6]
According to Weber, the state is the source of legitimate physical force. The police and the military are its main instruments, but this does not mean that only public force can be used: private force (as in private security) can be used too, as long as it has legitimacy derived from the state.
Weber applied several caveats to this basic principle:
- Weber intended his statement as an observation, stating that it has not always been the case that the connection between the state and the use of physical force has been so close. He uses the examples of feudalism, where private warfare was permitted under certain conditions, and of Church courts, which had sole jurisdiction over some types of offenses, especially heresy (from the religion in question) and sexual offenses (thus the nickname "bawdy courts"). Regardless, the state is wherever this "right" or perceived legitimacy to authorize violence has been centralized.
- The state delegates or permits the actual application of physical coercion to certain groups or individuals; however, this does not mean that it must be the state alone actually carrying out all the violence. Weber's theory is not taken to mean that only the government uses physical coercion, but that the individuals and organizations that can legitimize coercion or adjudicate on its legitimacy are precisely those authorized to do so by the state. So, for example, the law might permit individuals to use physical force in defense of self or property, but in this case, as in the example of private security above, the ability to use force has been granted by the state, and only by the state. This is why the term "monopoly" is used.
See also[edit]
- ^ Daniel Warner (1991). An ethic of responsibility in international relations. Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9781555872663. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology.". Oxford University Press. 1946.
- ^ Raymond Aron. Paix et guerre entre les nations, Paris 1962; English: Peace and War, 1966. New edition 2003.
- ^ Parsons, Talcott (1964). The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization. Simon and Schuster. p. 154. ISBN 0684836408.
- ^ Weber, Max. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (1921). p. 29
- ^ K. Grechenig, M. Kolmar, The State's Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 2014, vol. 170 (1), 5-23.


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AACC fall registration
Registration for the fall session classes offered by Anne Arundel Community College begins Monday, Aug. 1, at the seven senior activity centers operated by the Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities. Classes begin the week of Oct. 3.
For a class schedule, visit the senior center you wish to attend or go to aacounty.com/aging and click on a center for its list of courses. Tuition is waived for those 60 and older, but there is an administrative fee of $80. This one-time fee covers all courses taken for the semester. Seniors 55-59 must pay the $80 administrative fee plus $40 per course. A tuition waiver form must be certified by the Social Security Administration to exempt permanently disabled seniors from paying the $40 fee per course, but they will still be responsible for the $80 administrative fee. Some classes may have an additional fee for supplies or textbooks.
For more information, call the center of choice at: Annapolis 410-222-1818; Arnold 410-222-1922; Brooklyn Park 410-222-6847; O'Malley 410-222-6227; Pasadena 410-222-0030; Pascal 410-222-6680; South County 410-222-1927.
Senior Olympics
Registration is under way for the 2011 Maryland Senior Olympics being held Aug. 13-Nov. 6 at various locations statewide. The games have 21 sports with more than 100 events; they include volleyball, basketball, track and field events, bowling, table tennis, archery, horseshoes, racquetball, badminton, billiards, lawn bowling, softball, tennis and swimming.
Cost to participate in one event is $20, and $5 for each additional one. Registration deadline is 30 days prior to your first event's start date.
To register and get more information, call 240-777-8080 or go to mdseniorolympics.org.
Nutrition program
A limited number of Farmers' Market Coupons are available from the Department of Aging and Disabilities in Annapolis. Anyone 60 and older who is a county resident and meets the income guidelines is eligible. One person may earn up to $1,679 per month and a two-person family can earn up to $2,268.
Coupons can be picked up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday at 2666 Riva Road, Suite 400, in Annapolis. Photo ID required. Information: 410-222-4257.
Baseball tryouts
The AACC Pioneers baseball team will hold tryouts at 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, Aug. 15-Sept. 3, at the Skip Brown Baseball Field on the Arnold campus, 101 College Parkway. Prospective student-athletes must complete a student-athlete information and pre-participation physical exam form and the accidental injury waiver/physician's clearance form before trying out. Forms are available at aacc.edu/athletics/baseball.cfm. Completed forms should be returned to Misty Sax in Jenkins Gymnasium.
Information: Coach Dave Fletcher, 410-960-6016 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
•The Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre presents a musical theater workshop for teens from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Aug. 1-5, at 143 Compromise St. Workshop will give students a chance to work on drama and vocal skills, monologues, cold readings, audition techniques and various styles of dance. Students will gain a better understanding of the art of musical theater through theater games, scene work, movement, improvisation and imagination. Workshop culminates in a Broadway-style musical revue with performances at 8 p.m. on Aug. 9-10. Students must have completed 7th grade. For registration and more information, call Sharon Cimaglia at 410-266-6872 or email her at email@example.com
•The Edward Stewart Memorial Scholarship Fund presents a benefit dance workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 19-20 at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St. in Annapolis. Workshop is for dance students between the ages of 13 and 18.. Ballet and variation classes will be taught by Dima Malikov and Ninel Cherevko from M&C Dance. Modern classes will be taught by Jaime Lawton Vitollo. Classes in Pilates, jazz, anatomy, music and audition techniques are also available. Classes for both days included in $150 cost. To register and for more information, call 443-534-6441 or go to eddiestewart.org.
Call for artists
Benfield Gallery, 485 Jumpers Hole Road in Severna Park, invites artists 18 and older to enter its fall juried exhibition. Selected artwork will be on display at the gallery Sept. 17 through Oct. 15. Kelly Richard, manager of the gallery, will judge the exhibition. Information: $10-544-2299 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.