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May Week End Certified Scrum Master Workshop
May 03, 2014 to May 04, 2014
Irvine Ca
Contact: Scott Dunn | Link to Event
The course is taught interactively. No death by PowerPoint. Students will learn hands-on via teams, a half day Scrum simulation, discussions, numerous exercises and fun. Results: 99% of my students pass the exam, and class feedback has been more than 9.5.
Experience. Are you a fulltime employee who is or will be a ScrumMaster? Check the LinkedIn experience of the other trainers and see what you find. I have 3 years experience as a fulltime ScrumMaster, and another 3 coaching at the best agile coaching organizations in the nation, Rally and BigVisible. Uniquely qualified in Southern California.
Get what you pay for - the instructor. I'm local. If you need help, or have a question, I'll respond. Heck, I might even see you at the local user groups. :-)
This course is taught interactively. Rather than PowerPoint, students will learn via teams, discussion, interaction and exercises. Class feedback has been more than 9.5 on a scale of 1 to 10. "Inspiring," wrote one student.
This short video reveals some of how and why my workshops stand out from traditional Scrum classes.
From an agile coach: "When my ScrumMaster told me he wanted to take a CSM class, from what I know about you and your classes, I thought you were likely to focus on servant leadership more than other trainers, so I sent him your way. He came by my desk this morning ecstatic about his experience and the impression you left on him! Sounds like the slide-less format is being well received. I'm happy to hear you're experimenting with alternative teaching styles and holding classes that push the boundaries of a typical CSM experience! Really great work you're doing."
As a bonus, we'll wrap up the class with a real life multi-sprint Scrum project, applying what you've learning through building and programming robotics using the the brand new Lego Mindstorm EV3. You can get an idea about how cool this is in this video from LEGO.
"Just wanted to say thanks again for running this 2 day class. I've learned a great deal from you and you are one heck of an instructor. I will definitely recommend you to some of my colleagues for the CSM course. Anyhow, I just took the exam and passed it!! :-)
This two-day ScrumMaster certification course provides everything you need to get started with Scrum . The largest and fastest-growing Agile project management methodology, Scrum is a simple framework that has a small set of interrelated practices and rules, is not overly prescriptive and enables more effective teams almost immediately.
This course shares industry-tested practices for evolving Product Backlogs, planning your Releases and Sprints, tracking and reporting progress, and developing continuous improvement cycles. Participants will learn how to effectively plan and run daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and more.
Upon completion of the course and a post-course online evaluation, participants are registered as Certified ScrumMasters (CSMs). Registration includes a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, (www.scrumalliance.org) where valuable ScrumMaster material and information are available.
Besides Scrum education, this course has a bigger purpose of changing the world, and connecting and inspiring others to do the same. 10% of class proceeds will be donated to a charity highlighted during the class.
Lunch, snacks, coffee and drinks are provided both days.
For private certified, agile introduction, or team building classes for 5 or more participants, please contact me.
"Great course to take me from very basic Scrum knowledge to confidence that I can implement on my own."
This course is 15 Category 3 PDU's and 15 Scrum Education Units towards the Certified Scrum Professional credential.
Cancellation Policy - Reschedule to another of my classes anytime, or cancel anytime up to 7 days before class for 100% refund. Less than 7 days is 75% refund to cover hard costs. For minimum learning experience, the course must run with a minimum five registrants. If less than five are registered, the class my be cancelled three to seven day in advance, and attendees will be offered seats in the next classes in the area or a full refund.


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Batman looks like he's got one thing on his mind; finding Bane in the middle of this chaos.
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What's Bane doing to Gotham. Open war rages in the streets.
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Huge numbers of Gotham Police take on huge numbers of Bane's rioters/mercenaries.
The Dark Knight Rises is looking like an epic.
-You can just see Matthew Modine leading the charge, running through and crowd and taking shelter behind the rear tumbler. Actors are too delicate for riot scenes.
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Batwing on the roof of the building on set from New York City (USA)
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Anne Hathaway on set from New York City (USA)
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Set photos from The Dark Knight Rises shoot in New York.
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Nolan and co will also be filming at the City Hall of Newark.
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Looks like they're filming it circle and land on a rooftop. Can't wait to see this beast on the big screen.
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has revealed some details on the filming of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Here's some of what they reported:
"From Aug. 10 to 21, streets will close, parking will be restricted and sidewalks will be blocked at various places throughout the Golden Triangle. Explosions and gunfire will erupt. High-speed chases will occur."
"It will snow."
The production sent a letter out to local property owners saying:
"Our scenes include daytime exterior dialogue with precision driving and special effects. Our special effects include but are not limited to gunfire, sparks, squib hits, smoke, debris, air mortars and controlled pyrotechnic blasts."
Here's the schedule:
Aug. 10 on Oliver Avenue, "we will be covering Oliver Ave. and Smithfield St. with snow." Cherry Way on Aug. 12; Smithfield Street on Aug. 13 and 14; Smithfield, Third Avenue, Wood Street and Fourth Avenue on Aug. 17 and 18; and Strawberry Way, Seventh Avenue and William Penn Place on Aug. 20. The last traffic restriction is scheduled to be lifted at 10 p.m. Aug. 21.
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The Dark Knight Rises will film at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Faculty law required this information to be revealed….click READ MORE if you don't mind spoilers…
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sadly this also happens in windows 8
i read in microsoft forum (i think) that a guy said that in order to make the font load first or something like that you have to create a text document with an asian name on your desktop such as:
just create this file in your desktop and asian fonts will load always. i have never seen this problem again since i did this.
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asexual-metalhead said: Are you going to upload the photos from our Bioshock Infinite photoshoots on Friday and Sunday at AAC?
Yup! First they'll be uploaded to our Facebook and Flickr, and then I'll queue a bunch of the stuff. AAC is one of the big events I make sure to upload onto Tumblr.


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Where you can buy Monica Warhol's Fine Art
Monica Wahrol is the latest cover girl for the August 2014 edition of Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
Rapper Flo Rida is no stranger to high-end lifestyle, including Gold Bugatti's, world travel, million dollar music videos, fame, fine dining, and a cartel of celebrity friends. Fine art is no exception to Flo Rida. As he adds to his personal art collection! Famed Rapper, reportedly commissioned two Brand New contemporary WARHOL paintings, "Andy Warhol relative" Monica Warhol created the paintings, as part of her ongoing series of "contemporary Superstars" in what Ms Warhol calls " the New Warhol format. "
Monica Warhol and her daughters Sophia, Matilda and Camilla spent a recent afternoon taking in the amazing and cutting edge fashion and art collections at Church Boutique in West Hollywood. Monica also met up with music legend and multiple Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz and discussed family, style, kids and having Monica paint his portrait.
About Monica Warhol
My name is Monica Warhol and I am an artist. I love making things that encourage thought or even better questions, because then, you got more than just a visual. I do commissioned portraits, as well as paintings of small to large scale proportions. I can paint anything, and have a style of my own. I think when things are big they are so much more exciting. I love abstract art. Abstract art is wonderful, because people don't try to make it out.


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'Looper' Review
"Time travel has not yet been invented, but thirty years from now it will have been."
Our lives are tapestries woven together out of strands of choice. But who sews the strands together: us or a higher power?
Beneath the sci-fi gadgetry and special effects, this is what time travel movies are all about: the nature of free will. Consider the elegantly constructed sentence above. "Time travel has not yet been invented" — suggesting an open future shaped by men — "but thirty years from now it will have been" — not "will be," suggesting a future already carved in stone by an unseen but omnipotent hand.
The complexity of that sentence, uttered several times throughout the brilliant new time travel movie 'Looper' reflects the complexity of the film, which is as thorough and as thrilling an exploration of the philosophical issues around time travel as has ever been put to screen. It's also an incredibly suspenseful sci-fi noir. In other words: it's pretty damn good.
Kansas, 2047. Time travel has not yet been invented; but thirty years later, it will have been. And in that future-future, organized crime will have seized on time travel as an illegal but highly effective way to destroy the evidence of their activities, by kidnapping, binding, and blindfolding their enemies and sending them back thirty years into the past, where special assassins known as "loopers" wait to shotgun blast them into infinity. The job pays well, but those who take it also pay dearly for it; because time travel is so illegal, all loopers are eventually required to kill their future selves in order to preserve the mob's power. This act is called "closing one's loop."
That is the task that has fallen to Joe, played as a young man by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and as an older one by Bruce Willis. In the movie's present, Young Joe is a looper and drug addict carefully stashing away half of all his earnings for the opportunity to get out of the murder business and enjoy the fruits of his labors. Willis' Old Joe is the man who's already done all of that: closed his loop and moved to Asia, where he wasted away his fortune, then began killing anew to feed his habit. Eventually his past catches up to him — a figure of speech made literal here — and he's sent back to relive his death, this time on the receiving end of a shotgun. But with the foresight of having lived through the event once before — and with a reason I won't discuss for wanting to change something in the past — Old Joe manages to alter the circumstances of his arrival just enough to confuse Young Joe and give himself the opportunity to escape. But failing to close a loop comes with consequences, which means the mob is after both Joes now.
The battle between the two Joes crackles with tension, and Gordon-Levitt and Willis have several incredible scenes together; one, a mano-a-mano act-off set in a diner, recalls the heavyweight battle between Pacino and De Niro in 'Heat.' There are other more overt movie references in 'Looper' too — 'The Terminator,' most obviously, Scanners' to a smaller degree, and even 'Field of Dreams' with its iconic connection between time travelers and corn fields. But 'Looper' is a great deal more than a pastiche, and even with its homages to previous movies, it feels like something new and different. Futuristic, even.
The man bringing all the pieces together is writer/director Rian Johnson, who previously made the high school noir "Brick" and the con man movie 'The Brothers Bloom.' Those movies favored style over substance; 'Looper' finds room for both. It's beautiful and taut and thought-provoking and romantic and sad. It is the product of a man who has clearly put a great deal of thought into his work: visually, thematically, and metaphorically (watch for the use of cigarettes and smoke as brilliant, multilayered motifs). Johnson covers all the bases and delivers a movie that works on many levels. If you want a good old fashioned sci-fi yarn, you'll get it. If you want Bruce Willis acting like a badass, you'll get it. If you want to puzzle over the mysteries of the universe, you'll get it. If you want a doomed love story, you'll get two for the price of one.
The opening of 'Looper' is a bit heavy on infodump exposition, but that's a small price to pay for a movie that quickly blossoms into one of the most morally and philosophically ambiguous time travel tales ever told on screen. There is a lot more that could be said about it, but most of it should be saved for the future, when we can discuss the plot twists and themes in spoilery detail. 'Looper' hasn't opened in theaters yet; but twenty-two days from now, it will have. We'll talk more then.'Looper' opens in theaters on September 28th.
Matt Singer is a Webby award winning writer and podcaster. He currently runs the Criticwire blog on Indiewire and co-hosts the Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit podcast. His criticism has appeared in the pages of The Village Voice and Time Out New York and on 'Ebert Presents at the Movies.' He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, dog, and a prop sword from the movie 'Gymkata.'


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I know Julia is with me in making this j-day all about Judy. Judy is facing a life-altering challenge with courage, strength and her trademark humor. Next week will be a particularly hard one - please be sure to let Judy know you're with her.
I haven't faced such a challenge in my life, and simply can't say what it must be like. I'm glad Judy has found friends online who do share her experience and are able to support her.
Sadly, a lot of my family and friends, online and in real life, are, like Judy, struggling with serious disease. To Judy, and to all of them, I wish healing.
Because someone thirsty enough
to trust Old Testament wisdom
followed the deepening greens
and found a spring, silver
in the shadow of blue ridges,
I can kneel beneath
this spill of willow
limbs a century later
and drink water
risen from roots
to enter the evening
through a spout, the way
Cherokee stories say the first
people were born,
washing into the world
of such trees whose bark,
like the water I cup
to my parched mouth,
tastes leafy and sweet
and has the power,
the old ones say, to heal.
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Kim Kardashian is telling friends ... she is so "distraught" over the divorce and torrent of publicity that followed, she's bailing on her Australian appearances and returning to the US of A.
Kim is moaning to friends, The Melbourne Cup appearance -- a Thoroughbred horse race -- is the first time she's ever missed work, but she says she just can't handle it.
And, we're told she's saying, "I need to take care of me now, and I can't work for awhile." It's unclear if Kim means that she's put the brakes on her reality show, or whether she'll be selective as to what she does and doesn't do.
Neither she nor her fame whore pimpmama expected the backlash from the divorce and the reality of the number of people who hate them. That's what has her upset, possible loss of more money and fame. They underestimated the public and the tide has turned. Kris Jenner has sold her family to the devil and now it's time to pay.
Boohoo cry me a river you self centered Bi$$h, everyone is tired of your BS and your family's BS, Your mom is more worried about your brand than you, because your all selfish people. And really who wants to read about your mom book from her life 20 years ago. hope that is a flop as well.
this woman is so selfish. she has everything and still aint happy. the world doesnt revolve around her fake lumpy plastic body. and when reggie was with her she had just became famous and looked 10x better. the reason she aint with him is cause its all about her and he saw that at the superbowl when she was out there talking about her show. all men want to know is what ray j got on that sex tape. do us all a favor and disappear. the whole family besides bruce needs counseling. and i hope E takes a hit for this and no one watches her upcoming show. poor kris. i hope he puts her on blast.
Is there anything left to say other than you're at 14:59 on the clock my dear?
Who cares? Kim can disappear forever and no one will miss the crybaby.
The proper etiquette,for a defunct marriage, is to return the gifts to the "givers"(think how much they were out for this joke)not to make"a donation" so YOU (KK) get a huge tax write off(it is almost tax time).Her maniac mother is a financial wiz.A genuinely "distraught" person would go into seclusion ,to recover.DON'T buy any magazines with her on the cover,seriously.CON ARTISTS,the whole family.
What's really sad here is that the sanctity of marriage has been flushed for the sole purpose of ratings and money. Nice example to set for the kids. Does anyone in Hollywood get married for love? Divorce is the easy way out rather than to compromise and make it work. I have been married 35 years and still going strong.
My friend who lives in Brisbane Australia told me that they are all going crazy over the Kardashian products that are in thier shops now. Now I realise Aussies love themselves but they are sparing some of that love for the Kardashian handbags etc. Don't know if this is true but I was told Australia is going Kardashian nuts to buy their things.
yeah i think that Kim K is just so over rated she should just stick to making porno's....that is what she is good at not getting married we all know that is not one of her things that she can do and keep.....Reggie Bush????? yeah take notes Kim K.....stick with things you know....
Kim fame whore, was on Aussie TV today, selling her ugly handbags!! She was selling her brand, with her fugly sister!!!
Spare me...I guess she has heard the press how heartless it looks she annouced her divorce and just hopped a plane to work. Please. I wish we would just stop seeing this trashy clan- why are they famous???? That's right- Kim was a hanger-on to socialites and leaked a sex tap with Ray-J and Kris Jenner had to latch onto men with money both times. It's all about money grubbing to them. Please stop giving them publicity so they go away- no one cares about them!
Can't turn a Hoe into a Housewife!
Give it a rest, TMZ.


text: All AndroidPIT Articles from Toni Leidy This feed includes the latest articles and forum posts from Toni Leidy at www.androidpit.com. urn:androidpit:user:4e3410ca6ae5596d2e1d701d0fce79a1 2013-02-17T22:21:20Z Toni Leidy via AndroidPIT 2013-02-17T22:21:20Z en RE: Android screen completely black Toni Leidy urn:androidpit:forum:post:92c3394cd76fb9cf91723110953e18a6 2013-02-17T22:21:20Z 2013-02-17T22:21:20Z I also had been looking for solutions to a similar problem - my son's android tablet (cheap one) would show the Welcome screen and then "Android" for a bit and then would go black. I had no idea that the brightness had been turned all the way down (not sure why it should allow that anyway - all the way where you can't see settings). Anyway, I used the idea of the LED light and saw that it actually was on. The problem was I didn't know where to press to find the settings - and couldn't see it clear enough with my flashlight to find them. We happened to have an identical unit for my daughter, so I just used hers to get to brightness by pressing the same general area on the dark one - and it worked! (Also helps to put volume up so you can hear if you're actually pressing anything.) Well, the screen came on - it was just a brightness problem. I was just about to give up - so thanks so very, very much. My son is so happy! Also, I had pressed the reset so many times, and held down the power & volume and all these other ideas - so I was suprised to see that we didn't lose any of our apps. Toni Leidy 2013-02-17T22:21:20Z


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Purinergic receptors expressed in human skeletal muscle fibres
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Purinergic receptors are present in most tissues and thought to be involved in various signalling pathways, including neural signalling, cell metabolism and local regulation of the microcirculation in skeletal muscles. The present study aims to determine the distribution and intracellular content of purinergic receptors in skeletal muscle fibres in patients with type 2 diabetes and age-matched controls. Muscle biopsies from vastus lateralis were obtained from six type 2 diabetic patients and seven age-matched controls. Purinergic receptors were analysed using light and confocal microscopy in immunolabelled transverse sections of muscle biopsies. The receptors P2Y4, P2Y11 and likely P2X1 were present intracellularly or in the plasma membrane of muscle fibres and were thus selected for further detailed morphological analysis. P2X1 receptors were expressed in intracellular vesicles and sarcolemma. P2Y4 receptors were present in sarcolemma. P2Y11 receptors were abundantly and diffusely expressed intracellularly and were more explicitly expressed in type I than in type II fibres, whereas P2X1 and P2Y4 showed no fibre-type specificity. Both diabetic patients and healthy controls showed similar distribution of receptors. The current study demonstrates that purinergic receptors are located intracellularly in human skeletal muscle fibres. The similar cellular localization of receptors in healthy and diabetic subjects suggests that diabetes is not associated with an altered distribution of purinergic receptors in skeletal muscle fibres. We speculate that the intracellular localization of purinergic receptors may reflect a role in regulation of muscle metabolism; further studies are nevertheless needed to determine the function of the purinergic system in skeletal muscle cells.
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- Yu J, Sheung N, Soliman EM, Spirli C, Dranoff JA (2009) Transcriptional regulation of IL-6 in bile duct epithelia by extracellular ATP. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 296:G563–G571 CrossRef
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- Lugo-Garcia L, Nadal B, Gomis R, Petit P, Gross R, Lajoix AD (2008) Human pancreatic islets express the purinergic P2Y11 and P2Y12 receptors. Horm Metab Res 40:827–830 CrossRef
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- Gulbransen BD, Sharkey KA (2009) Purinergic neuron-to-glia signaling in the enteric nervous system. Gastroenterology 136:1349–1358 CrossRef
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- 2012-06-01
- 10.1007/s11302-011-9279-y
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- 1573-9538
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- Springer Netherlands
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- P2X receptors
- Type 2 diabetes
- Muscle metabolism
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- T. Ploug (2)
- L. T. Bune (1)
- J. B. Rosenmeier (3)
- P. Thaning (1)
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- 1. Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Section 7652, Tagensvej 29, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
- 2. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sunderland have completed a season-long loan deal for Inter Milan's attacking midfielder Ricky Alvarez
Italy striker Mario Balotelli has completed his transfer to Liverpool from Milan for a fee of around £16million
Inter Milan are hoping to complete the signing of English winger Tom Ince by the end of this weekRead the full story
Tom Ince is relishing the prospect of following in his father's footsteps and playing for Inter Milan next seasonRead the full story
Inter Milan coach Walter Mazzarri has confirmed he will remain in charge of the Nerazzurri next season.
Mazzarri has led the club to a fifth-place finish in Serie A and qualification for the Europa League in his first year with the San Siro outfit.
Inter Milan have thanked Walter Samuel, Esteban Cambiasso and Diego Milito for their services as the Argentinian trio prepare to leave.Read the full story
Zanetti played in more games than any Argentinean and ranks fourth all-time (with only 3 keepers ahead of him) according to the man himself.
Zanetti's footballing career almost didn't happen. He easily could have been a bricklayer/construction worker in Buenos Aires.
Perhaps playing over a 1000 games was easy for a man who used to carry bricks for his father as a child. That's where the work ethic began.
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Inter Milan have been fined 50,000 euros and given a partial stadium ban as punishment for racist chants directed at AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli during Sunday's city derby.
Balotelli, who once played for Inter, was the target of a section of Nerazzurri supporters during the game the Rossoneri hosted and won 1-0.
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Fantasy Source Spin: There was no real interest in Hillenbrand in the offseason, though perhaps that would have changed if he was open to accepting a minor league deal. It was still surpising that no team threw $1 million at him, considering he's not all that different from the player who just received a $6.5 million guarantee the previous winter.
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Fantasy Source Spin: "Something will come up," he said. "I've got about 10 years to go." Hillenbrand will likely get a major league deal this winter, but it's not going to be for the usual $5 million-$6 million.
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Launch Your Child into Adulthood
- Tuesday, April 11, 2006
You've always known the moment would come. But when one of your kids is ready to graduate from high school, it's easy to feel caught off guard. Adulthood is looming on the horizon, and you've got to prepare your child – and yourself – for when he or she leaves home.
Here's how you can launch your child into adulthood:
Understand that grief is natural. Whether your child's next step will be college, a job, or the military, sending him or her off can be one of the hardest tasks you ever tackle, because you'll naturally miss him or her and have to adjust to profound changes in your life. And letting go of your "baby" again when he or she gets married can bring fresh pain. Go easy on yourself, be honest about your feelings, and pray about them.
Remember that good parents work themselves out of their jobs. Think back to the moment when you celebrated your child's new life at a dedication or baptism. Just as you pledged to cooperate with God's plans for your child's life then, realize that you need to do so now. Recognize that the main goal of your parenting has been to raise kids who are able to live faithful and productive lives on their own one day. Rejoice that you're close to achieving that goal!
Let God's promises bring you hope. Read God's many promises in the Bible, and trust in His unfailing love, unlimited power, and constant presence with you.
Recall God's faithfulness from the past. Remember other significant times in your child's life when you've had to let go to allow him or her to experience greater maturity – such as starting school, getting a driver's license, beginning to date, or going on a mission trip. As you think about how God helped you successfully navigate that earlier release point, take heart that He will help you let go again. Thank God for what He has already done, and look forward to His future blessings with a trusting heart.
Don't burden your child with too much emotion. Accept the intense mix of feelings you may be experiencing now – sorrow, joy, grief, celebration, fear, hope, and more. Feel free to express them fully in prayer and when talking with your spouse or close friends. But be careful not to overwhelm your child who's leaving home with your emotions; doing so can make him or her feel guilty and start to avoid you.
Don't try to hide your true feelings from your child, but temper your negative emotions with a positive attitude. Think through specific situations you expect to face in the near future (like helping your child pack for moving out), anticipate how they'll likely make you feel, and imagine appropriate responses to prepare yourself ahead of time. Make sure your child knows that, no matter how challenging this season is for you, you're cheering for him or her to succeed.
Don't burden your child with the wrong dreams. Ask God to help you let go of your own personal agenda for your child's life and accept – and embrace – His dreams for your child. For example, if you'd long hoped that your child would grow up to become a doctor but he's more interested in music than medicine, don't try to manipulate him into fulfilling your desires. Adjust your expectations to reality. Realize that God has given your child a special and unique blend of talents, gifts, abilities, and potential. Cooperate with God to accomplish His best purposes for your child's life.
Make the best of your child's last days at home. Have fun with your child who's preparing to leave home. Ask your child to choose a few activities that he or she would enjoy doing with you; then enjoy them together. Confront all your regrets about what you wish you'd done differently while raising your child, and give those regrets over to God by confessing them in prayer. Then accept God's forgiveness and ask Him to help you forgive yourself and your child for anything that's harmed your relationship in the past. Move into the future with no regrets.
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The No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers welcome the Milwaukee Panthers to the Kohl Center on Wednesday night, Dec. 11.
Wisconsin has been impressive this season and look to keep their record undefeated as they face the Panthers who are a surprising 9-2. Not to mention, in-state games always have an extra sense of urgency attached to them.
Milwaukee was picked to finish near the bottom of the Horizon League but have far out-performed that prognostication on the year thus far. The Panthers are riding a five game winning streak and have more wins than every other team in the Horizon. They shouldn't be taken lightly despite the Badgers' dominance at the Kohl Center in the Bo Ryan era.
This game is the first of three final non-conference matchups before the Badgers kick off Big Ten play on Jan. 2, the day after the Wisconsin football team plays in the Capital One Bowl.
It's an exciting time for the Badgers as they have climbed into the AP top 5 for the first time since 2007. And it's deserved; they have multiple players out-performing their preseason expectations.
I anticipated sophomore Sam Dekker to step up and play at the star-level he is, but Frank Kaminsky is playing like an All-American while freshmen Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig have both impressed coming off the bench.
The Badgers have all five starters averaging double-digit points-per-game and as impressive as that is the Panthers have four starters averaging over 12 points-per-game and receive more balanced scoring from their bench.
Of course the Panthers haven't faced a daunting schedule like the Badgers but still their scoring ability, at 76.9 points-per-game, cannot be ignored.
The Badgers are averaging 73.2 points-per-game but are employing their trademark brand of stingy defense to go with their consistent scoring.
To win this game and move on to 11-0 the Badgers must slowdown 6'8" sophomore forward Matt Tiby who is averaging 14.7 points-per-game. He has also scored at least 20 points three times on the season.
Watch for a combination of Kaminsky, Dekker and Hayes to slow down Tiby. But he is not the only scoring threat. Senior guard Jordan Aaron is a threat to have a big game as he dropped 33 points against the UMKC Kangaroos three games ago. Undoubtedly, one of the Badgers' starting guards will draw the assignment to slow down Aaron and if they can it will go a long way to continuing on the Badgers' perfect season.
I'm anticipating more scoring from the Badgers' bench in this contest. I'm looking at Hayes, Koenig, and Duje Dukan to all score at least six points against the Panthers. Do not be surprised to see cameo appearances by Evan Anderson, Zach Bohannon and Vitto Brown either, as the Badgers seek win number 11.
It was a good week last week for the Badgers and Bo Ryan. Last Wednesday against Virginia, Ryan picked up his 300th victory and on Saturday the Badgers went on to defeat in-state rival Marquette.
You can see Bo Ryan go for win 302 and the Badgers go for their 11th consecutive win on the season at the Kohl Center Wednesday. Dec. 11 at 7:00 PM CT.
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CONCORD, N.C. - If you're a sprint or road racer heading to Daytona Beach, Fla., this December 27-30 for WKA's Daytona KartWeek and you have not yet pre-entered, now is a great time to do it.
Pre-entry prices for the Margay Sprint Championships and Road Race Championships will increase next week. The early-level pricing will be in effect through this Sunday, November 24. Beginning Monday, the second-level pricing will take effect through the end of pre-registration December 13.
For the Sprint Championships, prices will raise $10 a class and $5 for Saturday practice. For Road Race, prices will raise $15 per class and $15 for Saturday practice.
Go to worldkarting.com/downloads/eb-2014/daytona_mc.pdf to download the Margay Sprint Championships entry form.
Go to worldkarting.com/downloads/eb-2014/daytona_rr.pdf to download the Road Race Championships entry form.
Mail completed pre-entry forms to WKA at 6051 Victory Lane; Concord, NC 28027. Fax to 704-455-1609 or scan to Keith Shampine at email@example.com .
WKA will honor the early-level pricing for entry forms received via U.S. Mail on Monday, Nov. 25.
Direct questions to the WKA Office at 704-455-1606.
CONCORD, N.C. - A Super Tech Update document has been posted to WorldKarting.com, which includes all rule updates from January 2013 to October 1.
The updates included in this Super Tech Update will be published in the 2014 WKA Technical Manual. The new manual is mailing to WKA master members this week. Once shipment is received at the WKA Office, 2014 manuals will be shipped to non-members who have pre-purchased the book.
Go to worldkarting.com/downloads/techupdates.pdf to view and print the Super Tech Update.
Included in the Super Tech Update are important rule items for the 2014 RLV Gold Cup, VEGA Road Racing and Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series class structure. Of course, the Road Race and Man Cup series open in just a little over one month with the Road Race Championships and Margay Sprint Championships at Daytona International Speedway.
The class that has junior sprint racers abuzz is the new Parilla Junior division for drivers age 12 to 15. Based off pre-entries already received, Parilla Junior - open to IAME Leopard and X30 power plants - appears it will be a premier division at this December 27-30 Margay Sprint Championships at Daytona.
Parilla Junior class rules are published in this Super Tech Update.
Also published are rule updates for the new Kid Kart and Senior Piston Port division, which replaces Komet Pro and Yamaha Senior and includes both the Yamaha KT100 and KPV as legal engines.
Road Racing class structure updates include the Clone and Yamaha Sprint categories.
The 4-cycle sprint Gold Cup's new 2014 class structure is included, as well.
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Blazing Saddles
A hip young black man becomes sheriff of an ungrateful frontier town.
In July of 1974, Mel Brooks sat in the screening room at Warner Bros anxiously watching the assembled executives who were about to view his recently completed Western spoof, Blazing Saddles. He was desperately in need of a hit. His debut movie, The Producers, had been a minor success despite being decried by some critics as "too Jewish" and "over manic", but his follow-up, The Twelve Chairs, had been an unmitigated flop.
Ninety or so minutes of glacial silence later, after the blank-faced bigwigs had exited the screening room, Brooks reasoned that he was in big trouble. The critical response on the film's release was hardly more encouraging. "What I found amazing was that, in one of our better theatres, a civilised-looking audience laughed loudest and longest at a scene in which a bunch of cowboys sit around a campfire eating beans," declared a horrified John Simon. "One after another, they raise their backsides a bit and break wind, each a bit louder than his predecessor. If this is what makes audiences happiest, all future for the cinema is gone with the wind." (All fart gags in Simonís view being equal, but some apparently more equal than others).
Of course, it was exactly what delighted audiences. Brooks' wholehearted embracing of rank vulgarity, together with his innovative quickfire sketch structure, titillated crowds more used to sophisticated Hollywood humour and, with its sheer quantity of gags, left them breathless; if one zinger misfired, there was sure to be another mere seconds away.
But there's more to Saddles than an object lesson in the comedic possibilities of intestinal gas. As the more perceptive critic Kenneth Tynan, himself no stranger to the expert employment of vulgarity, remarked, Blazing Saddles is "low comedy in which the custard pies are disguised hand-grenades".
Uniquely for a spoof, and certainly unique in Mel Brook's oeuvre, it has a darkly angry heart. It is a film about real bigotry, a phony West and the unreliability of movies as repositories for a shared history. "The official movie portrait of the West is simply a lie. I figured my career was finished anyway, so I wrote berserk, heartfelt stuff about white corruption and racism and Bible-thumping bigotry."
It's hardly surprising that, as a Jew, Brooks felt the Western to be an alienating genre. In an industry with a high percentage of Jewish people, from screenwriters to execs to studio owners, the Western was unique in allowing no place for the wit or sensibility that had helped define the industry, let alone for Jewish characters. Equally it grievously misrepresented the role of black people in the culture of the Old West, with the 9,000 black ranchworkers, cattle-hands and cowboys thoroughly invisible in the classics of the genre.
It was hardly surprising, then, that, from the film's very first joke, Brooks lays his cards on the table. A bunch of redneck gangmasters demand that the black workers engage in "a good old nigger worksong"; the assembled grafters respond with an incongruously sophisticated rendition of Cole Porter's classic, I Get No Kick From Champagne, while the potato heads wind up singing Camptown Races. It's a nifty and very funny reversal, but Brooks can't help following it up with a gag in which our black hero winds up neck-deep in sinking sand.
It's this scattershot juxtaposition of heartfelt, angry satire with dumbass slapstick, all seasoned with a fair measure of vulgarity, that gives Blazing Saddles a tone unique to film - a tone shared by the most successful comedy magazine of the times. It is, quite literally, political correctness gone Mad.
But if the bulk of the characters are bigoted or dumb or both, the movie is given its much-needed humanity by Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little as The Waco Kid and Sheriff Bart respectively. Wilder's career never flourished again as it did under Brooks' direction, and Little delivers an irresistible laid-back charm as a man who has to cope with little old ladies shouting, "Up yours, nigger!" at him.
Towards the end of the movie, Brooks' disciplined indiscipline runs out of control. But he manages to pull it back together and flick a final defiant "V" at the phoniness of the Western genre when, in the final shot of our heroes riding into the sunset, they suddenly dismount and climb into a limousine.
Everything about the romantic Western is a lie, it seems, including the happy ending. As Brooks said, he just wanted to "use every Western cliché in the book and perhaps, if we were lucky, kill some of them in the process". For him, it seemed to be personal, and perhaps it's for that reason he would never make anything as funny again.
Blazing Saddles
Released: 19 July 2004
›› Scene-specific audio commentary from director/ co-writer Mel Brooks.
›› Additional scenes.
›› Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn featurette.
›› Back In The Saddle cast and crew reunion documentary.
›› Black Bart: the 1975 TV pilot inspired by the movie, starring Lou Gossett Jr..
Stands next to Young Frankenstein as Brooks' best movie, and, of course, boasts the god of all fart gags.
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A comedy classic. Absolutely brilliant! Gene Wilder's not on the screen all that much in this one, but when he is, he's electric. Some of my favorite quotes from any movie ever come from this one. Harvey Korman's performance as Hedley Lamarr is nothing short of spectacular. Easily 5 stars. ... More
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This is one of the first movies I remember seeing where I really laughed - the kind of laughter that's reserved for comedic genius. Ever since then, it has remained in my memory as one of my favourite comedies of all time; my favourite being Airplane! which probably wouldn't exist without a predecessor like this! Seeing how Brooks used so many clichés in this masterpiece I feel it appropriate to sum up thus: Often copied, never bettered. ... More
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Blazing Saddles is quite obviously a work of real guts, anger, frustration and a love for both art and the notion of having everyone in the room looking at you in utter disbelief and humourous asonishement. It intergrates some of the most profound racial messages in a globally inclusive way and is literally littered with some of the finest gags in cinematic history. Gene Wilder is fucking scorching alight in his role as The Waco Kid. I believe that he was replacement for a balls-to-the-wal... More
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This is the first Mel Brooks directed flick I have seen, and I have to say it was pure comedic brillance. The comic timing of the characters, the self-relisation of it being a movie and the tomfoolishness of the character invites the audience to share the fun that the film obviously was to produce. The basic plot is that a black sheriff in a White Racist Wild West America has to stand up to the evil White Man Mayor's plots of destroying a town so he can put a rail road through it. This cre... More
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Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. — Theodore Dreiser
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. — Gandhi
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Things do not change; we change. — Henry David Thoreau
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Ukraine crowds want Yanukovich out despite political deal
The Ukraine political situation, from the view of a protester at the front of the stage in Kiev:
After another open coffin was held aloft by the crowd, a protester wearing battle-fatigues leapt up to the microphone and triggered roars of approval as he declared: "By tomorrow we want him (Viktor Yanukovich) out!"
Referring to the three opposition leaders, including boxer-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko, who were standing behind him, the man said: "My comrade was shot and our leaders shake the hand of a murderer. It's a disgrace."
"We have given you politicians a chance to become ministers in the future, even the president, but you don't want to fulfil our one demand - that this criminal leave office."
"We, simple people, are telling the politicians behind our back, that there is no way Yanukovich will be president for the whole year. He has to be gone by 10 a.m. tomorrow."
"If it is not announced by 10 tomorrow that Yanukovich is gone, we're going to attack with weapons," he said.
Worth noting as well that Yulia Tymoshenko, who formerly led the country and is now in prison, is expected to be freed soon. Read up on her over this way.


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Look, this just isn't working here. We both know that things are off. We work so well apart, but put us together and you've got a problem. I mean, why are we so great individually and yet as a couple, we are a mess. I know, I know, maybe next time things will work out, but right now I need some space.
No, I'm not breaking up with you- I'm taking a break from the ever-so fickle and feisty tart. These are not my forte, to say the least. When I saw that Mary from Starting from Scratch picked the French Lemon Cream Tart for this weeks Tuesday's With Dorie pick, I could feel the apprehension rising. I made my first tart, an Apple Tart from the same book, last year and the results were less than stellar.
Delicate and tempermental, no matter how many hours you spend slaving on them, these flaky bastards can stab you in the back, leaving you high and dry. Handle them too much and they get tough, or handle them not enough and you get a rather flaky crust. Throw in a little performance anxiety, and you know you got a problem. Give me cookies, cakes, bread- those are easier to master. But these tarts can be French whores sometimes (pardon my French)!
I spent all day Sunday, reading the instructions as carefully as possible, prepping my ingredients, I even went out to buy a new tart pan and you know what? I am still not impressed my tart-making skills. My initial plan was to place raspberries on top of the crust and then layer the cream on top, but my frozen raspberries didn't thaw properly so I made the executive decision to use hem as a garnish. While fresh is the best, these raspberries added some needed color to this dish, and well as a more tartish bite to the sweet dessert.
I couldn't tell you what was off. Individually, the components of this tart were stellar. In fact, they blew me away. The luscious lemon cream tasted sweet and smooth with a slight sour aftertaste that went down quite nicely. The buttery crust was a little crunchier than normal, probably because I handled it too much, but it tasted fine by itself nonetheless.
But slab these two together and you are left wondering, what is wrong here?! I still can't put my finger on it. The cream might not have been cooked to the highest recommended temperature (180 Fahrenheit) therefore making it a little runnier than normal, but I swear I cooked it to around 170 so I don't know what was up with the texture.
My mom, who isn't in to heavy, rich chocolate desserts, loved this tart. She exclaimed that she could've eaten the entire batch of cream on her own. Left to her own devices, I don't doubt her and who knows, she just might do that since there was still a little cream left over.
Overall, the dish was ok. Not stellar, not blow your pants off fantastic- just alright. I hate it when they turn out alright. That's the inner perfectionist in me talking though. After this baking experiment, one thing is for sure: I need to practice my tart making skills. No way I'm letting this bitch of a dish keep me down. Pretty soon, you'll see us together again. But for now, I might need some space.
last minute note: After spending a day on my kitchen table, I have succumbed to this tart's allure. It is devastatingly addicting. The cream practically screams "DEVOUR ME" and the crust has softened a little bit, just to my liking. Either I am delirious from studying or bored shitless as I watch "The Hills" but this tart is now officially a favorite. And it only took a couple of slices and licks here and there to win me over.
French Lemon Tart
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1 cup sugar
Finely grated zest of 3 lemons
4 large eggs
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (from 4-5 lemons)
2 sticks plus 5 tablespoons (10-1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoon-size pieces, at room temperature
1 9-inch tart shell made with Sweet Tart Dough (see below), fully baked and cooled
Getting Ready:
Have an instant-read thermometer, a strainer and a blender (first choice) or food processor at hand. Bring a few inches of water to a simmer in a saucepan.
Put the sugar and zest in a large heatproof bowl that can be set over the pan of simmering water. Off the heat, rub the sugar and zest together between your fingers until the sugar is moist, grainy and very aromatic. Whisk in the eggs, followed by the lemon juice.
Set the bowl over the pan, and start stirring with the whisk as soon as the mixture feels tepid to the touch. Cook the lemon cream until it reaches 180 degrees F. As you whisk-you must whisk constantly to keep the eggs from scrambling-you'll see that the cream will start out light and foamy, then the bubbles will get bigger, and then, as it gets closer to 180 degrees F, it will start to thicken and the whisk will leave tracks. Heads up at this point-the tracks mean the cream is almost ready. Don't stop whisking or checking the temperature, and have patience-depending on how much heat you're giving the cream, getting to temp can take as long as 10 minutes.
As soon as it reaches 180 degrees F, remove the cream from the heat and strain it into the container of the blender (or food processor); discard the zest. Let the cream stand, stirring occasionally, until it cools to 140 degrees F, about 10 minutes.
Turn the blender to high (or turn on the processor) and, with the machine going, add the butter about 5 pieces at a time. Scrape down the sides of the container as needed as you incorporate the butter. Once the butter is in, keep the machine going-to get the perfect light, airy texture of lemon-cream dreams, you must continue to blend the cream for another 3 minutes. If your machine protests and gets a bit too hot, work in 1-minute intervals, giving the machine a little rest between beats.
Pour the cream into a container, press a piece of plastic wrap against the surface to create an airtight seal and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. (The cream will keep in the fridge for 4 days and, or tightly sealed, in the freezer for up to 2 months; thaw it overnight in the refrigerator.)
When you are ready to assemble the tart, just whisk the cream to loosen it and spoon it into the tart shell. Serve the tart, or refrigerate until needed. While you can make the lemon cream ahead, once the tart is constructed, it's best to eat it the day it is made.
Sweet Tart Dough
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick plus 1 tablespoon (9 tablespoons; 4 1/2 ounces) very cold (or frozen) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 large egg yolk lightly beaten
Put the flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to combine. Scatter the pieces of butter over the dry ingredients and pulse until the butter is coarsely cut in-you should have pieces the size of oatmeal flakes and some the size of peas. Stir the yolk, just to break it up, and add it a little at a time, pulsing after each addition. When the egg is in, process in long pulses-about 10 seconds each-until the dough, which will look granular soon after the egg is added, forms clumps and curds. Just before you reach this stage, the sound of the machine working the dough will change-heads up. Turn the dough out onto a work surface and, very lightly and sparingly, knead the dough just to incorporate any dry ingredients that might have escaped mixing.
To roll or press the dough into the pan: Butter a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom.
If you want to roll the dough, chill it for about 2 hours before rolling (unless you've used frozen butter and the dough comes out of the processor firm and cold, in which case you can roll it immediately). I find it easiest to roll this dough out between two sheets of plastic film – make sure to peel away the film frequently, so it doesn't get rolled into the dough.
If you want to use the press-in method, you can work with the dough as soon as it's processed. Just press the dough evenly over the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Don't be too heavy-handed – press the crust in so that the edges of the pieces cling to one another, but don't press so hard that the crust loses its crumbly texture.
Freeze the crust for at least 30 minutes, preferably longer, before baking.
To fully bake the crust: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 375°F.
Butter the shiny side of a piece of aluminum foil and fit the foil, buttered side down, tightly against the crust. (Since you froze the crust, you can bake it without weights.) Put the tart pan on a baking sheet and bake the crust for 25 minutes. Carefully remove the foil. If the crust has puffed, press it down gently with the back of a spoon. Bake the crust for another 8 minutes or so, or until it is firm and golden brown, brown being the important word: a pale crust doesn't have a lot of flavor. Transfer the pan to a rack and cool the crust to room temperature. This makes enough for one 9-inch crust.


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Meet a Madison Green Cab Company
A next-gen business helps Madison go green
Amanda Schmidt is no stranger to the transportation business. Her great-grandfather, Norbert, founded Badger Cab along with twelve others in the 1940s, and remained somewhat active until he sold his share in the '70s. She grew up in the Schmidt's Auto family.
In 2009, the family began talking about the future of transportation and technology in Madison, and an eco-friendly business concept soon took shape.
Armed with a marketing degree from Edgewood College, Amanda, 24, dove into the idea of a green cab company. She and her aunt, Jodie, wrote the business plan; Amanda designed the logo and went to school on the operating tools the business would need to cater to today's brand of consumer, starting with—what else?—a Prius. Last June, Green Cab of Madison received its license of operation. Since the first hybrid rolled onto the streets, Amanda has been a hands-on presence, heavily involved in day-to-day operations in addition to her other duties as marketing manager.
While the company's fleet of hybrid vehicles is the most visibly green tool of the trade, other modern, customer-friendly choices set Green Cab apart from the competition. Schmidt and her partners chose iPads instead of two-way radios, and exclusive GPS software takes the guessing game out of the fare—it's tabulated and delivered to customers before they use the service, guaranteed. And bike racks are available at no additional cost.
The goal, says Schmidt, was to reach an untapped, niche market of leaner, greener users in greater Madison, while offering low rates. So far, so good. Green Cab has more than doubled its original fleet of ten. And new this spring, customers have the choice of direct or shared rides, and they can scan QR codes on the sides of all cabs to upload company info to their smart phones.
• Marketing manager, Green Cab
• Madison native
• Degree in marketing, Edgewood College
• Volunteer, Bikes for Tikes
The Breakdown
Congratulations to Centro Hispano and the UW–Madison School of Education for a successful 1st Annual Latino Youth Summit. Eighty-plus Madison middle school students participated in a three-day program that focused on high school and pursuing higher education. Events like these are crucial in preparing the next generation of leaders in our community.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church commemorates its 100th anniversary this month. In celebration and in planning for the future, the church has launched a capital campaign to build the Community Life Center that will grow its important and effective outreach efforts.
In 1991, Betty Franklin-Hammonds, Betty Banks and Gaddi Ben Dan saw a need for a strong voice for people of color. So they launched The Madison Times. Twenty years later, under the leadership of Ray Allen, the newspaper is still vital, and still going strong.
Derrell Connor hosts "Outreach" on NewsTalk 1310 WIBA, pens a column for Channel 3000 and freelances for Madison Magazine.
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America Pauses To Remember 9/11
People around the world are remembering the events of that day
The field where the plane crashed is blocked by a 10-foot-tall chain-link fence covered with American flags, firefighter helmets and drawings by children.
Congress To Gather On Capitol Steps
Members of Congress will mark the anniversary with another bipartisan gathering on the steps of the Capitol building.
Five years ago, dozens of lawmakers gathered there and sang "God Bless America" to show that the government was intact and unified. Lawmakers will put aside their differences over national security to do that again this evening.
Attendance might be a little lower than it was five years ago. Many lawmakers are back home campaigning for reelection and attending local events marking the anniversary.
Many lawmakers think the hijackers of United Flight 93 intended to crash the jet into the Capitol or the White House. The plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania when the passengers fought back.
Washington Remembers Those Lost
The nation's capital is remembering those it lost on Sept. 11.
Thousands of people walked from the National Mall to the Pentagon on the eve of the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Sunday's Freedom Walk, sponsored by the Defense Department, was one of more than 120 walks organized in cities in all 50 states.
The walk was led by students and faculty at three local elementary schools who lost classmates and teachers on Sept. 11. The six were on their way to a field trip on American Airlines Flight 77 when it smashed into the side of the Pentagon.
At the Pentagon, 184 beams of light were illuminated in the courtyard to honor each victim who perished when a hijacked jetliner struck the building. They will stay lit until Monday night.
U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Remember
U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan have taken time to remember Sept. 11.
Afghanistan's Taliban regime had given safe haven to attack-mastermind Osama bin Laden and was toppled by U.S. troops weeks later.
At the main U.S. base in Kabul Monday, soldiers unveiled a plaque commemorating the Sept. 11 victims and laid a wreath in front of it.
Among those speaking at the memorial service was a soldier who was in the Pentagon when a hijacked plane crashed into it on that day five years ago. Staff Sgt. Alicia Watkins said what stays with her is the resilience of the American people despite the horrors of the day.
The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said there has been progress since the invasion. Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry acknowledges the recent upsurge in violence but said he doesn't think it will hamper reconstruction.
Eikenberry said U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan until "the Afghan people tell us our job is done."
Ceremonies Worldwide
Bells tolled in Rome's city hall square. And bouquets of white roses and yellow carnations were stacked in a memorial garden in London where the names of 67 Britons killed in the New York attacks are inscribed.
The world is remembering Sept. 11 with bowed heads -- and some simmering resentment toward the United States.
Leaders attending a 38-nation Asia-Europe summit in Finland stood in silence in a circle for a solemn tribute.
But Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is merging her remembrance and call for "international cooperation" with veiled criticism of U.S. military action and counter-terror tactics. She said, "The ends cannot justify the means."
And New Zealand's prime minister said the world is "not more secure since 9/11." Helen Clark is calling for outreach to moderate Islamic states and leaders to foster greater understanding.
Previous Stories:
- September 10, 2006: Remembering 9/11: Are We Safer?
- September 10, 2006: 9/11 Tributes Begin
- September 9, 2006: 9/11 Victims Demand Ashes Be Found, Returned
- September 3, 2006: Study: Terrorism Prosecutions Fall Back To Pre-9/11 Levels
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these are some sketches done from last night's livestream!
oh crap, I did it wrong, didn't I? Drat. I'll just escort myself out of the fandom…
(Edit: Sorry! I actually do really like Normaler OTL It's not a mean-spirited picture. Now I really will just kick myself out of the fandom.)
Nooooo no no no don't kick yourself out I'll drag you back in with hooks and chains!
I adore this; I really, REALLY do. It's so freaking cute and the hand puppet, now that I see it as being the Lorax, is so CUTE.
So get back in here.
bububu babies
The second one was suggested by the lovely Fan <3333 oshfefjre done in the livestream!
Oh my gooooooooosh these are so beautiful!! God the bottom one; parenting isn't always easy after all! Ha ha!
Too precious for this world and the fact she has yellow bunnies on her one piece is illegally cute.
"Stand up tall and straight and proud…"
I drew daddy Onceler and Helen for Widdlez~ hehehe
a dad?
hey so this is a new tag…drumroleplease….. THE DADDY ONCELER TAG :)
just once-ler spending time with Helen, which doesn't end too well.
some post-it note doodles from work XD I like to think in the second one Norma has just mentioned something about Helen going to daycare and subsequently spending less time with daddy
here have another silly thing
babies ;u;
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A quick pic inspired by thesassylorax's AU Lorax fic: Family Tree. :) I just love the fanon theory that Ted's mom is Oncie's daughter. ^o^
I just think Once-ler has a vendetta against bellbottoms. XD
I love it I love you I adore you oh my god do you have Skype I need to sing praises in person rather than in a reblog AGHGHHGG!!!
Lineart for cheer-up pics for Sassy. Will be colored later, but now I need to go work on my dad's animation.
She wanted some newborn Helen with her Daddy.
Ahh… I only asked for one little doodle and you did two, and you'll colour them? You are too good Ash, you really, really are. I love these so much I even got tears in my eyes; just the way he's holding her and looking at her as if she's the most precious thing in the world. Look how tiny she is aaagghh. My heart…


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Time: 7 p.m. MST
Tonight will be a busy night of basketball viewing for Phoenix Suns' fans. At 7 p.m. MST, the Suns will play their final home game of the year. They take on the Houston Rockets for what feels like the 50th time in the last month. But before tip off at the US Airways Center, a game with far more impact on the Suns' future will be played. At 5:00 pm MST, the Jazz and Timberwolves will face off in Minneapolis. The Jazz need a win to stay in the hunt for the eighth and final playoff spot. The Suns need the Jazz to take care of business to keep alive their hopes of getting the Lakers' first-round pick.
Los Angeles beat San Antonio last night without the injured Kobe Bryant to go a game and a half up on the Jazz. Regardless of how Utah fares in its next two games (at Minnesota and at Memphis), the Lakers can clinch a playoff spot with a win on Wednesday at home against the Rockets. Both the Jazz and the Lakers will be facing opponents with something still to play for on Wednesday. Memphis can still get home court advantage in the first round if they end up with a better record than the Clippers. And Houston is battling Golden State for the sixth seed though the Rockets own the tiebreaker.
For the second year in a row, the Jazz hold the Suns' fate in their hands. Last season, it was a Utah win over Phoenix which kept the Suns out of the playoffs. This year, the Suns need two Jazz victories to secure a second lottery pick.
Though the Suns' record has plummeted and the Jazz's has stayed the same, the case can be made that Phoenix is better off having bottomed out instead of chugging along on the treadmill of mediocrity. Of course, that is only true if this is indeed the bottom for the Suns and the franchise uses their reward for bottoming out (draft picks) to start the slow climb back toward contention.
The Suns' last meaningful home win was against the Rockets on March 9. I'm discounting the victory against the Lakers nine days later because LA was without Kobe and Gasol in that game, and the Suns had already gotten their Nash-revenge when they came back from a 10-point deficit to beat the Lakers on January 30. Looking back, it's hard to explain how the Suns beat the Rockets that night considering James Harden scored 38 points and the Rockets as a team hit 19 shots from beyond the arc. The Suns have lost plenty of games this season where an opposing player dropped 30-plus points on them or a team sank double-digit threes. But the win over the Rockets was a different. Goran Dragic put the team on his back and scored 13 in the final quarter to seal the win. That game was the start of an impressive close to the season for Goran who is the Suns' best and possibly only inspiration for optimism from this lackluster season.
Quietly and unbeknownst to the rest of the league, Dragic has raised his assist and scoring numbers every month since December. Since averaging 12.5 ppg and 6.2 apg at the end of 2012, Goran has raised his output to 16.8 ppg and 8.7 apg in the month of April. In the interests of full disclosure, part of this rise is due to a 10% increase in minutes played this month. But it's very encouraging that Dragic has the stamina and will to play more minutes and carry more of the scoring load at the tail end of the season.
The Dragon had never played a full 82-game schedule as a starting point guard before this year. It's understandable that he may have gotten physically and emotionally exhausted midway through the season. But there is no doubt he is hitting his stride right now, and while his improved play may not be translating into wins for the Suns, he is proving that the contract he signed in the offseason was money well spent. If he can produce at this level next year, he may could be rated among the top point guards in the league.
Dragic gets to the cup as well as any point guard in the NBA save Russell Westbrook and a healthy Tony Parker. He can score and more importantly, he can create his own shot. Since March 1, he is second in the NBA in assists behind Chris Paul. And he's doing all this with a very limited supporting cast. It would take a colossal set of front office follies for the Suns not to improve at all this offseason. I'm not ruling out that possibility, but nonetheless it is unlikely. With better talent surrounding him next year, Dragic could be poised for a serious breakout.
As he gets set to face his former team, all of the Suns' hope for the future rests on his shoulders. Lately, it seems as though he's right at home carrying that kind of load.
In last season's final home game, the fans chanted, "We Want Nash" hoping for one last chance to savor the past. This year, there will be no chant. This season hasn't had anything worth reliving with two games left. Fans instead will watch the game and silently hope that this offseason brings a brighter future to the Valley of the Sun.
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Bruins recall Anton Khudobin from Providence
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The Bruins announced Monday that they have recalled goaltender Anton Khudobin from Providence. Khudobin will likely be the Bruins' backup goaltender when the playoffs begin if Tuukka Rask is not ready to return from his abdomen strain/groin strain.
Khudobin has a 21-19-3 record in Providence this season with a 2.61 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage. He suffered a wrist injury in early March, but returned on March 23. He has a 2-2 record since returning.
Current backup Marty Turco, who has made three appearances for the team, is ineligible for postseason play because he was signed after the trade deadline.
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