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It has shamefully been ages since I last even looked at my blog let alone written on it. So this makes me think I must be feeling pretty uninspired at the moment! I think there's a number of reasons for this:
1) I guess I haven't done much recently to write about that relates to the title of my blog. And that's also interesting. So this makes me think…
2) the title limits the content of this blog enormously! Sometimes I just want to share general things or basically something's that's not new! And so!
3) I think a name change is necessary. Not sure what yet, so difficult because I don't want my blog to be limited again by my title so it needs to be something general. But to make it broad and catchy? Difficult. And while I'm rebranding the name…
4) I think I need a fresher theme. My blog is a bit dark, slow, and hard to navigate. I need something clean looking, straightforward and pleasing to the eye. I have a feeling I've already found it so now it's just to implement everything and transfer my old posts over.
5) not so related, but I'm basically without a laptop at the moment! My mum's pretty much stolen mine and it was running slow anyway (so sick of laptops just giving up exactly a year after they've been bought! It's like they know). Need to invest in one to make everything easier perhaps. A materialistic barrier that requires saving up, shite.
6) this is all well and done but the vital part of this blog is not the theme or the ease of writing a post. It's the actual words I write. The content, the photos, the links etc. I've got a few things ready that I'll share, hopefully the new blog won't take long to get up and running! (Depending a fair bit on my boyfriend so don't blame me if it does!)
Speak soon!
This is a post purely for the excitement that I'm going to Dublin in a few weeks! I've always wanted to go there as it's where my auntie is from and I've heard Dublin is amazing. All the christmas lights will be up and we got a good quality cheapish hotel. Can't wait! If anyone's been have you got any suggestions of stuff to do and places to go. Only there for two full days really.
Plus me and my old uni friends may be going to Birmingham in January, any good places to go out at night etc?
I finally did what I've wanted to do for ages and joined the gym! I started running last April but it was so relative to the weather that I couldn't be bothered, started getting bored of the same runs etc as well.
So me and my boss started to get curious about joining The Gym (it's actually just called that). £15.99 a month, no contract, free classes, really big airy space with good equipment and we got in there with a no joining fee promotion! It's so good and I now I go twice a week and when I can at weekends. There's one in most cities so if you're thinking this sounds good then click here. You get your own pin and it's open 24/7 as well.
So far we've also tried Legs Bums and Tums class which nearly killed me off and made any sort of action horrendous, but at least I could feel it! And aerobics which was a bit more fun and a bit less taxing. I thought all gyms were way overpriced and trapped you in a stupid contract but it's always good when there's a gym that's a bit different and really good inside. Hopefully I'll start seeing a difference soon. Doubt I'm going to be posting a selfie anytime soon though…
It feels good to get exercise though and do something after work so I don't just go straight home. Although I feel tired today it overall gives me more energy and makes me think of what I'm eating more! Although I doubt I'll ever give up having a slightly bad diet. Ha!
I've recently tried out a lip balm that my friend is working on at the moment. So far we're on version 2.0 and I'm enjoying testing them! They come in 3 different flavours at the moment: chocolate orange, peppermint (yum) and my favourite nutmeg. They are made with essential oils, shea butter and the most important ingredient, beeswax! It is rumoured the Queen uses beeswax based lip balms, so if it's good enough for her, it's certainly good enough for me. Soft, hydrating and ridiculously long lasting but not sticky in the slightest! So good for such a reasonable price. Watch out for more info when these are ready to go out cause they're worth it!
One of the coolest things I've tried in a while for Mum's wedding is eyelash extensions. Understandably becoming popular they are single eyelashes that are glued to your individual lashes by someone with a bloody sturdy hand and last 6 weeks. 6 WEEKS. It took half an hour to put them on and I have to say the urge to open my eyes made it pretty uncomfortable and my eyes streamed afterwards but they looked insane. And no mascara, haven't worn it for 4 weeks so far it's an absolute joy. Would get it on special occasions again without a doubt.
Also in this photo I had my eyebrows shaped and tinted for the first time. No eye pencil. Also so worth it.
Thanks to Mud Honey from the Stamford area for my eyelashes :). At £30 it's reasonable compared to other people and mobile so she fits around you.
Okay so the title of this post sounds really dodgy and the fact that it grabbed your attention may be the reason I chose it but I promise you it's not a sexual innuendo :) I'm talking about my long battle to find a primer that actually keeps your base makeup on which has finally ended and I came out victorious! Who else other than Benefit to come to the rescue?! They've done it again and persuaded me to spend £24.50 on what I now know was worth every penny. Actually, two primers were purchased because the representative with flawless skin explained that she actually used both.
These are the Benefit Porefessional and Stay Flawless stick. Two fabulous products in their own rights but together they create perfection. The former is a light, soft, half liquid half solid cream applied after moisturiser or even used as a make up topper. It creates the most matte base ever but without drying your face out at all so make up just glides on. As the name suggests, it covers pores and dark areas that all of us seek to get especially when we're showing signs of tiredness. I've used it before and I'll use it many more times in the future because I am a huge fan of the matte look. Although luckily I don't suffer from oily skin, it suits every complexion out there. Yum. And your face feels like a baby's afterwards. AND you don't need to use much so lasts ages.
The Stay Flawless primer is more like a stick – very moisturising, it has a more dense feel to it and there is no need to rub it in (its so tempting to rub it in). You rub it directly onto your face and immediately apply foundation over it. You can definitely feel this one more but only for a limited period of time, after about 20 minutes it feels normal. Yet for around 8 hours it does exactly what it says it'll do: you look in the mirror, expect to look worn out, pale and quite frankly shit, but become very pleasantly surprised when you still look even, covered and your BLUSHER IS STILL ON. It is the best feeling when a product actually works! I was amazed. My face let alone my blusher and concealer never stay on for longer than 2 hours and I'm left to whack more make up on my face. But this was awesome, I didn't have to think about it at all. If your coverage doesn't stay on too well like mine, buy this product. I think it makes your face feel nice aswell, almost calming effect, and it really does what it says. OK, it says it lasts for 15 hours which is a bit of a stretch but its not magic. Well worth the (lots of) money. My love affair with Benefit I feel is going to be a long one.
So if you're seeking for a good primer, I'd recommend go quite frankly. But stay flawless has won my vote for its lasting power. Kudos to the Benefit founders!
SO overdue, but I wanted to write about a very very happy occasion on my blog. My mum got married to her partner of 13 years on 29th August 2013 at the George hotel in Stamford with close family and a couple of friends and it was pretty much perfect.
She is loving being called Mrs Franklin!
She looked beautiful, everyone was happy, that's all I need to say really. I won't go on and onnn about it.
Plus we have extended our tiny family to Mick's 4 children, grandchildren, aunties, uncles, etc etc.
They weren't engaged long, a few months. What's the wait for! Had beautiful flowers and hair done. Here are a few photos.
Pictures courtesy of Chris Rogers (my sister's boyfriend)
Again, I've let things get really bad because I haven't done anything about the fact that I'm not as happy as I could be. If you recall, I wrote a post a few months ago about the fact that I need to be more proactive and be myself. I haven't done it as I have consequently now lost the person I love because of it. Even though I said I'd do something for myself and for the people around me. So things can get better.
I could give many reasons and maybe use them as excuses on why I haven't done it. It may be that I have periods of depression and I'm not proactive as a person. I don't have any passions. But the fact is I haven't really tried anything new. Hugely ironic given the blog name! And embarrassing as well.
I now have the funds to try new stuff, I have the capability, I have every weekend off and every weekday. I have a few likes that I haven't really put into exercise. I've been told over and over and over what to do to try and make myself happy. I know deep down that they're right. And yet I have no burning desire or energy to do it. I come home after work and all I want to do is pretty much nothing. I hate admitting this. I don't want to be that person. I don't object to chilling out sometimes when you feel tired and not doing a hell of a lot. But when that's your life, that in itself becomes depressing.
The first thing I need to focus on is the lack of energy I have. Even when writing this I feel tired and I've done hardly anything this weekend (although it has been emotional). Energy foods, more exercise. Worth a shot. I'll write more as I go on and see how I do including the bad times.
This gallery doesn't need much introduction. First time ever at a zoo and it was pretty epic. Beautiful day and went to the botanical gardens afterwards.
Me and Joe went to a selection of different museums in the space of 72 ish hours in Amsterdam. Some informational, some artistic. Some grown up, some… not. You can't miss Amsterdam's infatuation with erotica though! I got a little taster in the Erotic Museum. We went on the last tour of the night and climbed up 4 sets of stairs to reach 5 levels of pure crazy photographs, ornaments, videos and life-size mostly naked statues. There were even sketches of Yoko Ono giving herself one that John Lennon had drawn himself. It was lovely! Was a right laugh after a few drinks and essential on a visit to Amsterdam.
Van Gogh
The Van Gogh museum was a little more sophisticated. And so interesting. There were about 6 levels that separated the periods of his life into the different stages of his journey. It taught us who he learned techniques and inspiration from, where he developed and why he chose the paintings he did.
My favourite technique is during his earlier life with the huge strokes and thick oil paint. The texture (as you can see from one of the photos) is amazing! There were also pocket books full of sketches including one of the famous 'Sunflowers' drawing (also see picture). One of my favourite eras was him painting the peasantry and their value of life. The paintings are so good. But it was awesome seeing two versions of the 'Sunflowers'. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the better, more famous one, but it was so good! You could literally see why it was so well known.
Furthermore, the museum offered a bit more than just the paintings themselves (as if that wasn't enough!). They provided computered microscopes that could examine a tiny fragment of one of Van Gogh's paintings. You could see sand or dust particles if he had sat on the beach painting, or slight pencil marks, and moreover you could see the amount of paint that he used. So cool!
I learnt a lot and I appreciated the art probably more than I ever have done in a gallery. And it was all part of the city card so we didn't have to pay a penny on arrival. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Stedelijk Museum
Just down the road from the museum of Van Gogh we decided to venture into the Stedelijk Museum – a modern art gallery. To be honest I didn't have high hopes but it was free so why not? But actually, again, it was not just an array of paintings that meant absolutely nothing to anyone apart from the painter. I mean, of course that was included, it always is in a modern art gallery, but there was looads of other stuff like novelty bits from the decades in the 20th century. It was nice to see an old apple mac just how I remember them. Joe especially liked the 60′s hifi system, wasn't the most attractive colour though!
The best thing was probably a model of an American bar in the 1930s I think it was. An artist had recreated a tiny bar complete with the noise of overcrowded drunk punters from a speaker, dirty but good quality liquors behind the bar and an old school juke box. However he had filled everyone's faces with a clock, signifying time travel or in fact the lack of it. Recreating an old part of American culture was easy when it was like that. It was so cool.
Also in the gallery above, there is a picture of me and Buddha! A clever set up that makes it look like I am in the TV screen with Buddha. That was probably the best modern art gallery I've been to as it had the most variety of stuff that actually made sense.
Gassan Diamond Factory
I can't speak long about this because somehow we missed the damn tour in English! But it was free admission for us and we did get to see literally how a diamond is cut (workers were on display behind their worktops so we could watch). We also saw old tools that jewellers would have worked with years ago and the sort of workshops that jewellery is made. But the best bit? Obviously the finish products. Being a massive fan of diamonds in particular (I blame my mum solely), there was absolutely beautiful stuff on display alongside their colossal price tags. There was especially one sapphire and diamond ring that me and mum would love! One day maybe..
At the end there was loads of stuff on sale to buy but it was slightly out of mine and Joe's price ranges (!). However, we did receive an exciting free gift of… chocolates. Me and Joe thought it might be slightly more exciting but cannot complain! It was interesting enough.
WELL, apologies for being so absent but I'm returning with a bang…
This post and the two above are all to do with my recent trip to the fabulous Amsterdam! The capital of Holland, the personification of chilled out and filled with beautiful architecture, people and food. It is notorious for its quirky coffee shops selling 'special' products (as one coffee shop put it exactly), and is one of the reasons so many people flock to this destination. But there is so much more to it! Famous museums, an epic zoo, diamond factories, cuisines, ice bars, architecture, canals, the amazingly quaint cafes and bars (WHY can't Britain be a little more like it!) and the people. I have to say I absolutely love it and I'd move there quite happily tomorrow. So chilled out, we had awesome weather, everyone cycles which is just cool and it's so pretty! Here are a few general snaps of the architecture and various things me and the boyf did:
Our hotel was also top notch – DoubleTree by Hilton a few hundred metres away from the station. Air conditioning, deserted balcony and a free warm cookie!
We ate a mean steak in the evening and ventured out to the Red Light District afterwards (you have to do it don't you). It was fascinating! Just these chicks in your face beckoning your other half to her door.. awesome. Enjoyed a drink in a pub nearby and I did just about alright in a game of pool. Followed by the Erotic Museum – well worth the 7 euros each… doodles by John Lennon of Yoki Ono…enjoying herself, explicit cartoon videos and many photos and ornaments just to laugh at.
We then moved on to the De Hortus Botanicus gardens: butterfly house, huge palm trees and a stupidly humid rain-forest section. Not that I'd expect it to be cold. Made for good photos!
Diamond factory next after a lovely lunch near Plantage Middenlaan! This is all before the afternoon. We visited Gassan diamond factory as it was free with our card. Beautiful jewellery.
In the evening we booked ourselves an experience in the ice bar – 2 free drinks in a -10 degrees bar. It sounds cool.. it wasn't. Superficial, touristy and the tour leader was way too bossy. Not again especially for nearly $20! We had a good time before that though having dinner in Spuis (Love that square) and just down the road visiting our favourite coffee shop Tweede Kamer. Met a Canadian and a Liverpudlian – people are so friendly there it's unreal! Had to go through the Red Light District again, couldn't resist.
For the rest of the afternoon we wandered around markets, said bye to Tweede Kamer, bought a bigger than big pancake and sat next to the river after we discovered the NEMO centre was shut. We also regrettably missed out on a free canal trip, but it just means that we'll have to go back. What a shame…
I loved nearly every minute of what Amsterdam had to offer (the ice bar was the exception) and I know it'll be a recurring destination to visit. Possibly less touristy stuff and more cultural chilling out next time. Can't wait!
So the last time I needed help buying a piece if makeup, you guys completely influenced my decision and it worked really well. Now that I trust you, can anyone recommend a good foundation? Continue reading
My step brother and his team completed the Rat Race last Saturday afternoon; the longest assault course in Britain. It's 20 miles long, full of ice baths, obstacles and mud, yet he and his team did it in a fabulous 5 hours! We caught them at the end and they didn't even look too bad! He was raising money for Prostate Cancer UK and he did everyone proud And just to add, the monkey bars in the course hold the record for being the longest in the country. Gruelling. Kudos to the guys in mankinis though! Continue reading
It's official! I am doing the Race For Life this summer, specifically the 9th July in the evening in Peterborough. I am doing it with three other girls from Paperchase to raise money for Cancer Research UK. It's a 3 mile race, and in my current fitness state, it would probably take me all evening to complete. So I'm starting to go running a bit, helping me to get more toned for summer too. Cancer has, very very sadly, hugely affected my family this past year. It's seriously the least I can do. Click here to get to our fundraising page. I'm glad to be doing something like this!
That's right, I've been hoping that I would be able to write this post for a good few weeks! I'm really pleased that I've been accepted into a full-time secretarial/admin position at a local solicitor's and I'm starting next week! I had the interview a while ago now, so thought that'd be the end of it. But a phone call came just at the right time in my life to ask if I was still interested. I am sad to be leaving Paperchase in Peterborough, everyone there is so lovely and I will keep in touch. It's taught me a lot! But I need something new to develop my skills, plus it means I can look forward to the notorious Friday feeling. I am grateful for the new start and hope I can do well for the company and become a credit. It's just what I needed! Here's to the beginning of better things to come. :)


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Overview Net_SMPP is a basic implementation of the SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer) protocol. This protocol is used in the wireless industry for exchanging SMS messages. This only implements portions of the base protocol, and does not include a client or server. It's not intended to be directly used by end-users, but by package developers writing SMPP ESMEs or SMSCs. I have written a client, Net_SMPP_Client, which i have proposed as well. I have also written a SMPP driver for Net_SMS, which I have sent to the package maintainers for inclusion. People wishing to send SMS messages via SMPP should use one of those packages to do so. Features
Package Structure Net_SMPP This is the main class, and what developers will interact with to get instances of the individual command classes. It's used statically. Net_SMPP_PDU This class handles parsing and generation of the PDU header, functions and data which operate on the header portion of the PDU, and other functions common to this data. Net_SMPP_Command This class extends Net_SMPP_PDU, and contains higher-level PDU functions and data. It contains constants for PDU parameters which are shared among multiple PDUs; for example, the data_coding parameter is present in both the submit_sm and data_sm PDUs. It also handles generation and parsing of the headers needed for optional parameters. Net_SMPP_Command_* These classes contain the parameter definitions and PDU-specific data for a single PDU. These classes also contain variables for each parameter which may be set in the PDU. Net_SMPP_Vendor This class contains code for loading and working with vendor extensions to the SMPP protocol. Specific vendor implementations must extend this class. Net_SMPP_Vendor_* These classes contain the vendor-specific data necessary for a vendor extension to work. Net_SMPP_Vendor_*_Command_* These classes extend the Net_SMPP_Command_* classes, and have additional vendor parameters or vendor changes from the plain SMPP PDUs. For example, Net_SMPP_Vendor_mBlox_Command_submit_sm contains the mBlox PSMS extensions to the submit_sm SMPP command. There are quite a few files in this package, so I'm only extracting the most important. Please look at the PEAR package to get a better idea of what's included. Issues Because Net_SMPP is written to conform to the SMPP v3.4 specification, there is one place where it doesn't fully adhere to PEAR CS for url=http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.naming.php]Naming Conventions. SMPP commands are specified with underscores in the specification, and the classes and filenames follow this standard. For example, the "submit_sm" command is in the Net_SMPP_Command_submit_sm class, which is in Net/SMPP/Command/submit_sm.php. I believe this is acceptable; other packages, such as PHP_Compat, do this same thing for the same reasons. Other people disagree. There was a long thread on pear-dev about this, with no resolution reached. If you feel that this is a problem, please make your vote conditional, and note that this is the reason in your vote comment. |
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TUCSON - More heat, little rain on tap today.
According to News 4 Meteorologist Jeff Beamish, the best chance of isolated storms this afternoon and evening will be in Graham and Greenlee County. A repeat performance of yesterday's severe weather outbreak is not anticipated.
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Law & Order: Season 3 DVD
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- Number of Discs: 3
- Run Time: 1045 Minutes
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- Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
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- DVD Release Date: May 24, 2005
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In the hugely popular third season, Emmy-Award nominee Jerry Orbach joins New York's toughest team of prosecutors and investigators: Richard Brooks, Dann Florek, Steven Hill, Michael Moriarty, Chris Noth and Paul Sorvino. In the complex process of determining guilt and innocence, lives often hang in the balance: Law & Order: The Third Year is on the case.
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Exclusive bonus features include a tribute to the distinguished and acclaimed actor Jerry Orbach, plus never-before-seen deleted scenes.


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15 octobre 2012
Although employees believe their companies are protected from sophisticated hacker attacks, small business owners are not taking the proper security measures, placing confidential information at risk.
A security firm recently partnered with the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NSCA) to conduct their annual survey and educate professionals about the importance of data protection. Based on the results of 1,015 small to mid-sized businesses polled, 77 percent of American company owners believe their organizations are safe from hackers, viruses and data breaches, and 73 percent of professionals say that web security is crucial to their institutions' success. However, 83 percent do not have a formal cybersecurity plan in place.
As more organizations rely on the internet to run efficiently and store information, employers have trouble establishing policies, handling breaches and providing security management, according to the report.
"A data breach or hacking incident can really harm SMBs and unfortunately lead to a lack of trust from consumers, partners and suppliers," said Michael Kaiser, the executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance. "Small businesses must make plans to protect their businesses from cyber threats and help employees stay safe online."
Experts agree that in the event of a cyberattack, a plan can ensure data protection. Owners should test plans frequently, install security software and update operating systems to prevent unauthorized users from accessing information. Backing up data - whether in the cloud or on an offsite location - can also help a business quickly start up if they are affected by a natural disaster, power outage or external attack.
Employees should be educated on security guidelines and the latest threats to avoid mishaps. Strong passwords that contain at least eight characters, and a combination of letters, numbers and symbols are recommended to keep information safe.
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Belgium 2012
"If ever a city could claim split personality, it's Brussels. French versus Flemish, historic versus hip, bizarre versus boring. Full of contrasts, contradictions and intrigue, this is a multicultural equation that goes much deeper than just red tape and Eurocrats. An historic heirloom is closer to the mark. And in an age where so much is already discovered, Belgium's capital seduces as one of Western Europe's unknowns" ...some of the pics also includes Brugge...all pics taken either with Pentax K1000 or LOMO LCA and developed by me...I hope you like them...
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nice doubles!
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- Class action to follow? Longtime Overlawyered favorite Gloria Allred now representing one of the Tiger Tootsies [The Observer]
- Alabama lawyer moves to postpone trial so he can see Crimson Tide take on Texas [Yahoo "Rivals"]
- "Thomas the Tank Engine attacked for 'conservative political ideology'" [Telegraph; Canadian academic calls for tighter controls on children's broadcasting]
- Government manages to lose money at bookie racket: "NYC's Off-Track-Betting Seeks Bankruptcy Protection" [Bloomberg]
- "Rapist ex-lawmaker claims copyright on his name, threatens legal action" [Boing Boing, Volokh, Randazza/Citizen Media Law]
- Graubard Miller $42 million contingency fee "now in referee's hands" [NYLJ; earlier Oct. 5, etc.]
- It'll destroy our image of him: opponents say "alleged Ponzi schemer and disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein filed frivolous lawsuits" [DBR]
- New Hampshire disciplinary panel finds prominent injury attorney broke ethics rules in handling client who talked of firing him from multi-million-dollar case [Keene Sentinel]
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- 1 12.18.09 at 1:21 am
I guess Klaudt hasn't heard of the Streisand Effect.
- 2 12.18.09 at 10:29 am
Thomas the Tank Engine is BAD?????
What is the color of the sky on that professor's world, I'd like to know.
- 3 12.18.09 at 10:42 am
Thomas and his friends are portrayed as little children who get into trouble and then find redemption. Its not a class warfare vignette. Its little morality plays that children can relate to. BTW, my little ones outgrew Thomas pretty quickly, preferring Veggie Tales or Bob the Builder and the ever popular Bugs Bunny.
- 4 12.18.09 at 11:38 am
My kids preferred Road Runner. Sometimes violence is the answer.
- 5 12.19.09 at 1:59 am
Except the violence in the road runner cartoons always backfires.
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Download the 2014-15 Point Park University Athletics Medical Packet: DOWNLOAD (PDF)
Note: The 2014-15 Medical Packet that must be completed by all Point Park student-athletes every year. All student-athletes must complete these form to compete in the 2014-15 school year. This packet was mailed to Fall Sports athletes in the summer of 2014. Please print the Medical Packet PDF and return it by mail to the address below by July 15, 2014:
Mail To: Point Park University, Department of Athletics, 201 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
The Point Park athletic department employs certified athletic trainers who are affiliated with UPMC Sports Medicine, which has the largest staff of certified athletic trainers in the Pittsburgh area.
UPMC Sports Medicine is the athletic training provider of Point Park Univ. athletics, which is one of the eight Pittsburgh-area schools to be affiliated with UPMC Sports Medicine. To learn more about UPMC Sports Medicine, visit this link: http://www.upmc.com/Services/sportsmedicine/Pages/default.aspx
UPMC Sports Medicine's certified athletic trainers Kristin Baker and Adam Brown are stationed in the Point Park athletic department, and they work with the Pioneers' athletes on a daily basis. Point Park's athletic trainers staff every home event and nearly every practice session.
Point Park's team physician is Dr. Tanya J. Hagan, MD. She advises Baker and Birchok in matters that require the expertise of a physician, and Dr. Hagan is also affiliated with UPMC Sports Medicine.
In addition to athletic trainers and physicians, every Point Park athlete has access to UPMC Sports Medicine's team of experts. UPMC Sports Medicine offers an extensive list of programs and services that allow athletes to reach peak performance.
Those services include access to nutritionists and sport psychologists in addition to services related to sport-specific assessment and enhancement, injury prevention, rehabilitation and concussion management. UPMC Sports Medicine's ImPACT concussion management center is stationed in Pittsburgh.
As part of the partnership with UPMC Sports Medicine, Point Park athletes have access to important technologies like X-Rays and MRIs at various UPMC facilities.
Point Park athletic trainers conduct preseason physicals at the UPMC Sports Performance Complex South Side, which serves as a training facility for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Facts about UPMC Sports Medicine
The staff at UPMC Sports Medicine is responsible for providing athletic training services for eight universities and nearly 50 high schools in the Pittsburgh area. UPMC Sports Medicine has offered a complete range of athletic training services to western Pennsylvania for more than 20 years. It focuses not only on rehabilitation, but on injury prevention and performance development of athletes.
Athletic trainer biographies
Kristin Baker, ATC
Kristin Baker is in her seventh year as an athletic trainer at Point Park and 22nd year overall as a certified athletic trainer. After graduating from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1991 with a degree in athletic training, she became a certified athletic trainer in 1992. During her career, Baker's experience includes service with Med Central Health Systems, Baldwin-Wallace College and Mansfield Senior High School.
Adam Brown, ATC
Adam Brown is in his second year as an athletic trainer at Point Park. Full bio coming soon!
Information for Visiting Teams
Teams that visit Point Park for athletic events will receive the following athletic-training services
- Certified athletic trainer on site
- Taping and stretching available prior start of game
- Ice will be available
- AED will be on site
- Water and cups will be provided
- Emergency response systems will be in place including access to EMS personnel and/or hospitals
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It is said that life is a long journey that takes us down many winding roads. Yet the most important steps come at an early age. At the Delhi public school, helping young people set out on the right path - and ensuring that the path is smooth - is not a job but a commitment. This trust involves teachers, students, and parents working together to chart a successful and happy course through life.
Over 120 schools spread throughout the country and abroad, The Delhi public School offers a diversity of learning environments. From dedicated teachers using the latest in computer technology and teaching aids to unique extracurricular programs, Delhi Public Schools foster academic and personal growth.
We strive to put every one of our students at the head of the class, no matter how special their needs. Here, the mission of the entire organization is not merely to educate, it is to prepare young people for the challenges that lie ahead as they embark on their journey of lifelong learning.
Hyderabad being the IT capital has made new inroads in the field of education and technology. The very presence of high profile educational and research institutions like IIIT, CCMB, CGG, Etc have set the ground for a equally world class school to cater to all sections of society in Hyderabad.
The school is not a commercial enterprise as many would think. DPS had embarked upon a very noble idea of providing free education to the under privileged students after the school hours. Innovative programs such as the environment awareness programs are conducted regularly to imbibe in the children a sense of duty regarding the environmental issues. These and many such initiatives speak volumes about the ideology behind the Delhi Public school society.
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I hate that!!!!!!!!! We put the gate down at the store, and are obviously cleaning and closing everything - people come up. Are we too late?? ummmmmm, yes.
Or people that come before we open, when the gate is down, and ask if we're open yet. ummmm. no, not yet - please be patient.


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I have tons of Baby Clothes(Twin Girls), most of them worn only a couple of times.
I gave away a lot of Unisex clothes to my family. Now I am left with all the Girlie stuff. Any ideas how I can make some cash out of it? I sure could use the cash for updating the kids room furniture. |
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Try a consignment shop in your area. |
Consignment shops are terrific. My DD had most of her clothes bought from and sold back to the same shop and her entire baby / toddler wardrobe cost next to nothing. If there are no consignment shops in your area, there's always ebay, but that can be a lot of work for not much return unless the clothes have designer labels. If you decide donate the clothes, just make sure you can get a record of the donation with a dollar value on it for a tax write-off. |
A consignment shop if you need the money (who doesn't) but definitely donate anything else. I bundled up old baby clothes in bags and sold them for $2 each at a garage sale. Don't bother keeping anything. My kids are now 19 and 20 and have no interest in looking at their old stuff. I kept babyspoons and hand-knit sweaters, nobody even bothers to look at them. Photos in a book are at least neat and compact. |
If it is designer labe then i've heard ebay will work well. My wife does a couple consignement sales/yr. The ones were you have to tag everything you owne then work a shift and they still take about 30% of the proceeds. I joke w/ her all the time that she would make more money if she got a part time job at McDonalds. So unless you are considering working for less than minimum wage, I would suggest donating it and takinging the tax deduction. Mabye donate it to a local woman's shelter or something. It might make more of a difference than dropping it off at the local good will. |
i brought baby items, including my maternity clothes and a crib, to a local group that helps unwed mothers, called "Borthright". They were very pleased and I got a receipt for taxes. |
Do you have a local Craigslist? |
I also have twins, boys. I have a TON of baby clothes I plan to try to sell on ebay or craigslist. |
- Posted by socks12345 (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 21:06
As for e-bay, why couldn't you sell the clothes in lots. 10 dresses for 10.99 or whatever. To try to sell kids' clothing one by one would not be cost effective. |
- Posted by luann_in_pa (My Page) on Mon, May 23, 11 at 21:51
I bet the OP already got rid of those clothes... this thread is almost THREE YEARS old..... |
I got rid of my baby clothes years and yeaes ago. My youngest is now 21. As I said above, there are many charities that will be happy to accept clothing. The one I used is called "Birthright". They help pregnant girls to carry and deliver their children safely. |
- Posted by des_arc_ya_ya (My Page) on Tue, May 24, 11 at 11:12
Run you an ad in the local paper. I bet there's a mom of twin girls out there who would be thrilled to death to gt a bargain on cute clothes for her girls! |
- Posted by marie-ndcal (My Page) on Fri, Jun 3, 11 at 21:32
Here, the Domestic Violence takes all the baby/children clothes they can get. |
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Grand Canyon Photo Expedition
Photos and text by Ian Lyons
Ian Lyons was a member of the May 2002 Grand Canyon Workshop Expedition. This page contains some of his selected photographs from that trip.
Cloud Patterns, Red Canyon |
Elves Chasm |
Colorado River from below the Malgosa Crest |
Morning Light |
Redwall Cavern |
Mile 20, North Canyon |
In May 2002 I was privileged to participate in a photographic expedition organized by Michael Reichmann and CC Lockwood. The workshop involved rafting the length of the Colorado River between Lees Ferry and Pearce Ferry, approximately 270 miles downstream. The expedition lasted an all too short 8 days, and during this period I shot 32 rolls of Fuji Provia F100 transparency film.
Given the lack of any facility to recharge batteries I decided not to bring my Canon EOS D30 digital camera instead opting for the Canon EOS 1V and its immediate predecessor the EOS1N. Lenses ranged from a Sigma 14mm super wide angle through to a Canon 100-400 IS zoom. I donºt think there was any lens that didnºt get used although my recently acquired Canon 24mm Tilt Shift saw more than its fair share of use.
The photographic opportunities presented by the Grand Canyon are infinite and the images presented here are only a small sample. I hope have you enjoyed viewing them as much as I enjoyed my time capturing them.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who took part in this adventure and trust that they enjoyed our time together as much as I did.
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This tiny cocktail lounge in the Fairfax District is owned by impresario Andy Fiscella and producer Beau Flynn (What's Your Number?). Mirrors hang on the scarlet-red walls, and black leather booths lit by candles are frequently reserved in advance. Nightly DJs spin old-school hip-hop and 90's hits. The Kitchen at the Dime—a special themed night held on Sundays and Mondays—has a rotating menu of heavier fare, ranging from fried hot dogs topped with mac and cheese to Parmesan meatball tacos. There are also desserts like chocolate cookie-dough lollipops. Occasional celebrity sightings have included Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.
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2012 white voters stayed home, re-elected Obama
Now that all the data is in, the fundamental reason for Mitt Romney's defeat is apparent, if largely unreported. It is not just that blacks, Latinos and single women showed up in record numbers at the polls. It's that whites didn't.
The final numbers suggest that 91.6 million votes were cast by whites — 7 million less than the 98.6 million cast in 2008! Meanwhile, 16.6 million blacks voted, 300,000 more than in 2008 and 11 million Latinos voted, 1.7 million more votes than were cast by Hispanics in 2008.
We lost because whites stayed home. Particularly among the elderly, the voter turnout was disappointing with seniors casting only 16 percent of the vote, much less than had been anticipated. (Seniors were the only age group that President Obama lost by a significant margin — 15 points).
Why didn't whites vote and why didn't we all spot it sooner?
Impact of Sandy: There was no good national polling after Sandy struck. Gallup, for example, suspended its polling. At the last minute, it put together a national sample — with lots of disclaimers about the dangers of inaccuracies due to the difficulty of sampling storm-hit areas — and it showed a slight Romney lead.
Romney was, in fact, leading before Sandy. His chances blew away in the storm with the famous bi-partisan photo of Governor Chris Christie with Obama. And there was no way to measure the impact of Sandy since there could not logistically be any polling. Why was I wrong? I'm a pollster, not a meteorologist!
But the real question is why the support for Romney among whites was so shallow that the winds of Sandy blew it away. The answer lays in the fundamental strategic mistake the Romney campaign and the super PACs made in June and July — of not answering Obama's Bain Capital attacks.
These withering attacks undermined Romney's standing among white voters and led directly to their diminished turnout.
The Romney campaign and the super PACs were so wedded to their attack ads that they failed to realize that Bain posed a mortal threat to the credibility of their candidate. Many other consultants joined me in pleading in vain for a reply to the Bain attacks, but none was forthcoming.
There is a very good story to be told about Bain, and it was masterfully captured in an ad produced by Romney media guru Stuart Stevens. Unfortunately, it aired for only a limited time and there was no follow-up. Had that very ad been run more, Romney would, in my opinion, have been elected president.
The Republican consultants are so enamored with negative ads that they do not appreciate the impact of rebuttal media. It has the capacity to wipe away negative ads and trigger a backlash against the candidate who airs them.
But the doctrine of always attack — reminiscent of the French and British generals in World War I — does not permit rebuttals, only new negatives.
And we paid the price.
[Dick Morris, former political consultant and pollster, writes a nationally syndicated political column and provides commentary for Fox News.] COPYRIGHT 2012 DICK MORRIS AND EILEEN MCGANN; DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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Really, dude......you are pitiful. Fake News Network stops at nothing do they?
Dick Morris and Newsmax set up the Super PAC for America for which FOX allows Morris to trumpet and fund raise for in his segments on FOX news and for which Newsmax pays Morris as a columnist to write articles to solicit donations to the Super PAC for America to fight for one cause or another. The Super PAC uses the donations to solicit new donations and they paid Newsmax $1.7 million dollars to fund raise. Newsmax then pays most of that money back to Dick Morris to use his mailing list. But Dick Morris doesn't manage his list because he's subcontracted that to... wait for it... Newsmax Media. In fact, payments to Newsmax Media's were 46% of the Super PAC for America's net contributions from the public for the 2012 election cycle.
Now this is a really sweet deal if you are either Newsmax or Dick Morris. They're essentially slurping half of the donations to the Super PAC for America right off the top in fees that they pay to each other and they also get the maintained Morris/Newsmax email list that they rent to the Republican candidates for about $30,000 a solicitation. Check Dick Morris' website for current prices.
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Like what he writes or not,he is a Nationally Syndicated Columnist and I don't think that happens if one is a certified Doofus, do you? Regardless, he's putting an opinion out front for all to see and just what are you doing?
Like what he writes or not,he is a Nationally Syndicated Columnist and I don't think that happens if one is a certified Doofus, do you? Regardless, he's putting an opinion out front for all to see and just what are you doing?
My opinion is that he is a doofus, plenty of those on tv and radio, both lib and conserv...they get paid to be doofuses and way too many Americans believe it all.
He's a sleaze personally and his political predictions have been completely laughable and terribly wrong.
Not sure that being nationally syndicated means anything more than a corporation out there thinks they can make some money off of his columns. The widest circulated syndicated columnist is Cal Thomas, basically a political neanderthal from the Stone Age. Hey, whatever sells I guess.
...John Stewart on the Comedy Channel; the Rush Limbaugh of the Liberals! You'd think now that Bush is gone he'd go away, but then again Limbaugh is surviving after that Clinton clown!
...listening to National Proletariat Radio & the Communist News Network too much! Dehumanizing people are a tactic they use to silence dissenters; next come the activist judges to eliminate 'negative' speech against the gov't...
The election is over. The GOP lost. The South also lost the Civil War.
Why, oh why, can't those who were defeated accept reality? Whining, moaning and complaining will not change or improve your situation and serves only to advertise juvenile, persistant and pitiful excuses for failure.
What can you expect from a party that is sore even when they do win?


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Tie kick drawers - do you have them, and what do you store in them? Cookie sheets? Are they worth the effort? |
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- Posted by catbuilder (My Page) on Wed, Jul 17, 13 at 23:43
Cookie sheets, baking pans, platters, skewers, towels, cake decorating supplies, muffin tins, placemats, tablecloths, candles, napkins (cloth and paper), etc. Totally worth it in a small kitchen. Make sure you use side mounted slides instead of undermounted, to get as much depth as you can. And not just full extension, but over travel. |
- Posted by Weedpuller1954 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 18, 13 at 0:56
Our new cabinets were installed last month, and we have 3 toe kick drawers. Our KD and installer both tried to talk us out of them. But in a small kitchen like ours, definitely worth the effort and extra cost! I give a hearty second to everything that catbuilder posted above!! |
Ok, I'm convinced! Thanks for pointing out the over travel. |
I love mine. I store serving platters and baking pans in mine. My kiddos think they are super secret hiding places, too. First place I better check when they next lose something LOL! |
Weed puller, I'd be interested in hearing how much the extra cost was. Would you mind sharing? |
Do they get dusty or dust bunnies inside? Or (shiver) bugs? |
- Posted by Weedpuller1954 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 19, 13 at 1:37
Mrs Pete: My toekick drawers were priced separately on my invoice and were $185 each. My cabinets are Thomasville, and a 2 drawer, 27" wide base cabinet was $705 plus the 185 for the toekick. The installer told us there was a fee for installing the toekick drawers, but that fee was not itemized, so I don't know how much extra it was. bpathome: The toekick drawers are enclosed, just like the rest of the cabinet. They are just recessed about 4". There was less dust from the construction/install in our toekick drawers than in the standard drawers. And I haven't noticed any dog hair in mine at all.....and the dog hair is EVERYWHERE else! |
weedpuller1954: are you pleased with your thomasville cabs? |
I have some questions on toe-kick drawers: 1. What type of face to people use? Slab, or a complementi to the cabinet/drawer-fronts above? (I would presume slab is the most usual.) 2. Why type of pulls do people recommend? A top pull (that would be invisible when the drawer is closed, or a pull or knob to match the cabinets/drawers above? 3. Anybody do build or install these themself? It seems pretty straightforward, especially before the cabinet itself is installed, but does anybody know of a good link with details for this (how to measure for clearances, etc.)? Thanks, Andy. |
- Posted by BlackChamois (My Page) on Fri, Jul 19, 13 at 16:06
Good topic. My question is, "do they scratch the floors?" I have wood floors in my kitchen and I would be concerned about this. Thanks! |
- Posted by sstrazisar (My Page) on Fri, Jul 19, 13 at 18:48
Also wondering about the floor scratch factor! |
Hmmm . . . That price doesn't sound too bad to get another small drawer. Thanks. |
- Posted by Weedpuller1954 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 20, 13 at 1:01
ardcp: I am very happy with my Thomasville cabinets. We upgraded to all plywood, and chose a solid wood door style. The construction, finish, hardware are all just what we expected. We have had some concerns related to the installation, but that was a contractor the KD hired. BlackChamois and sstrazisar: If the drawers/cabinets are installed properly, they will skim 1/8"+ above the floor. Keep in mind that if at some point in the future you want to install a new floor, you will need to either give up your toekick drawers, or tear out all the old flooring. Another layer of flooring will not fit under the drawer. Also, you can't open the drawers if a rug is in front of them. Neitsdelf: The fronts of my drawers is a separate piece of the toekick molding, which was attached to the drawer front when the molding was installed. My drawers came with a standard cup style pull, but we chose to use pulls that match all the others....not that it matters, as you can't see the pulls unless the drawers are open. |
- Posted by andreak100 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 20, 13 at 15:32
We are putting two in - one will hold my collapsible step stool and a few other shallow items (serving platter, etc.) The other is going to hold instruction manuals for appliances and receipts. Appreciate the tip about going with the over-travel glides...that makes a lot of sense and something I wouldn't have necessarily thought about until after they were in and my "full-extension" were still a few inches under the toe-kick area. |
Thanks, everyone! I like the look of taller toe kicks, where the cabinets almost seem like they are floating. Very modern! Especially with a stainless steel plinth (my kitchen is very contemporary). Since my cabinets are IKEA boxes which don't come with an integral toe kick, I'm contemplating lifting them up just a little bit, which also would lend more space for toe kick drawers. But I am concerned about height, as the countertop will be 2 1/4" (concrete) above the top of the cabinets. We are tall and I'm not concerned about resale, but still. What is too high? And has anyone here done this? |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://houzz.com/photos/80230
I should add that I might use Wilsonart's brushed stainless looking laminate, not normal stainless steel, for the drawer fronts, with a discrete pull on the top of the drawer. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://samples.wilsonart.com/c-8-decorative-metals.aspx
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Yes! The Shorty Rocket is almost complete! What's that? Hoooot! It's a one of a kind rocket propelled sea turtle catapult. Well, it could catapult any Lolo. It's just that Shorty is the only one that actually wants to be launched into the Aqua Moon. A most audacious little turtle, indeed. Believe it or not, I (Lyles) have been testing the energy levels in the Carrot Soup Stream and it's off the charts. Hoooot! It may be the fuel I've been looking for. Now I know how those blue bunnies can hop over the Schluffy State building.
Yowzers! A nonsensical morning indeed! Where do I start? Well, I misplaced my Minimizers today! That's the name of the special goggles I invented to reduce the size ot all images. You see, Bonzo Owls have magna-vison. Everything is magnified 7 times the size of an acutal object. A little gootzie house flie came buzzing by and it looked like a terodactyl from the Jurassic period! Or was it the Cretaceous period? Hoooot! Well, I flapped my wings and knocked over my terrarium of Loopty Lizards. I thought I had a kitchen full of Velciraptors! Yowzers! It was bedlam, I tell ya…
North of the Schluffy Sea, over looking a forest of Bonzo Trees, you'll hear the pitch perfect hoots of one bifocaled, a cappella singing Lolo. It's Lyle the Owl, the "eyes" of the bunch. He's a bit anxious due to his binocular -like vision which creates the illusion that everything is magnified five times its size. So naturally, he tends to flip out when he sees a life size bowling ball or a pastrami on rye the size of a tool shed. He's a thinker and spends time sketching blue prints of inventions in his modern Bonzo tree one bedroom. He doesn't even have to pay utilities, sap is included.
When he's not watching his favorite show "This Owl House" or decorating his flat with contemporary nests from Egg One Imports, he's at the bowling lanes with his best pal Shorty or singing a soft Hoot-apella to squash the "can't sleeps." With Hoot-apella covers of songs like "Hoot can it be now? "by Hens at Work and the like, the "can't sleeps" don't stand a chance.
A creature of the night, Lyle is never afraid of the dark. His night vision will help anyone fend off the can't sleeps. When his friend Shelly, who's no fan of the dark, gets a case of the "can't sleeps" he flies over and assures her that her piano isn't a giant tarantula.
If you listen closely, ear to the ground , you can hear the roar of the Loopty Burrow Coaster and the howl of one hyper active Lolo. It's Iggy! He lives below in the Loopz, a community of rabbit holes, known as Zonk Holes. Zonk Holes, burrowed under ground, are the ultimate sleeping chamber. The 'can't sleeps" surely can't penetrate it.
Iggy fuels up at the Carrot Soup Stream. So when Iggy explodes into his day, he has no shortage of energy. Whether it's chewing grass flavored licorice 220 times a minute or playing percussion with his feet in the thunderous musical "Thump", Iggy is in overdrive. Even the floor of his apartment is a tread mill. He's the most gregarious of the Loloz and loves the spotlight. So of course Iggy's dream is to be an actor, as he currently stars in "Hare Spray."
Iggy, like most bunnies, has a great memory so has no trouble memorizing lines and facts. He loves camaraderie, so he's the one that gets all the Loloz together for bowling night or to support Lyle in his hooting or helping Chloe train for the Lolympics.
But even Iggy winds down when the Lolo sun sets. He spends the day warding off the "can't sleeps" by using every ounce of energy. The more active he is, the stronger his force field and his defense against the pesky "can't sleeps."
Out on the Schluffy Seas, past the Bonzo Beaches, lives a laid back Lolo who's all about tasting the waves . Shorty the sea turtle. He's fearless and moves at his own pace or no pace, unless he's crushing the waves while shell surfing. Shorty is totally in touch with nature and can conjure the sounds of any natural environment from the under belly of his shell. Whether it's the placid waters of Loloz Springs or the chirping of the Bonzo birds, he has the sounds to shut out the "can't sleeps." His shell acts as a pretty fab underwater studio apartment too. He's not afraid of the dark by any means. But he still keeps his lava night- light on just in case.
Shorty is the mellowest of the bunch and perceived as a bit spacey in nature. But he's just highly imaginative and retreats to his shell to gets lost in the verses of his Haiku writing. He's inspired by his heroes the "Senior High Haiku Half Shellers," who clobber their enemies with 17 syllable poems about nature and the seasons. Shorty was most likely born a Cancer. His favorite book is "To Whom the Shell Tolls" by Tortoise Shellingway.
Shorty is adventurous. With the help of Lyles, they're currently designing his shell for space travel, so they can blast him via rocket-propelled sling shot to the Lolo moon. Shorty is convinced he can surf on the moon and when he has an idea, he sticks to it.
Shorty, in a …well, turtle shell , has a big heart and will do anything for his Lolo friends. If you've got the "can't sleeps," Shorty will help transport you to a tranquil place in your imagination. With a serenely aural experience, he'll run the "can't sleeps" out of your bedroom.


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Jordan Crawford | 11/14/2013, 9:46 a.m.
NORFOLK Good things come in threes so Norfolk State University's (NSU) saga of leadership, financial, and student body woes may actually be over.
Gov. Bob McDonnell on Thursday appointed three new members to the school's governing board, along with two special advisers who he said would help NSU overcome its challenges.
Among the appointees is the former president of Tidewater Community College (TCC), Deborah DiCroce, who helped turn that school into a model institution.
"To me this says that the governor is not messing around," said Del. Lionell Spruill Sr., a Chesapeake Democrat and NSU alumnus. "This brings a lot of credibility to that board."
DiCroce spent 14 years at TCC and is credited with a major expansion there, not just in its student population but also in its physical footprint, financial resources, academic programs and its role in Hampton Roads.
Before TCC, she was president of Piedmont Community College in Charlottesville for nine years.
The appointments are the latest move by the state to try to turn around the struggling university. With about 6,700 students, NSU has the worst graduation rate among Virginia's four-year public colleges. Earlier this year, its two-year nursing program was barred from accepting students because too few have passed a national licensing exam upon graduation. And the university is under review by its regional accrediting agency for a host of additional problems, including failure to finish financial audits on time.
In August, NSU's board voted to fire the university's then-president, Tony Atwater, saying he had not done enough to address the school's problems. In September, the board hired Eddie Moore Jr., who helped revive a struggling Virginia State University in the 1990s.
Besides DiCroce, who left TCC in 2012 to head the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, the new board members are Michael D. Rochelle of Manassas, a retired Army lieutenant general who heads a consulting and executive coaching firm; and Bryan Cuffee of Virginia Beach, vice president of Gold Key/PHR Hotels and Resorts. Both are NSU alumni.
They replace Julien Patterson, who resigned for personal reasons in October; W. Wayne Perry Jr., who was charged with federal health care fraud just last week; and Henry Light, who left in September after he and at least one other board member were asked by the governor's office to step aside.
Former rector Ed Hamm Jr. also was asked to go but remains on the board.
In a brief interview, DiCroce, who lives in Chesapeake, said she was "delighted" about joining the board.
"I've had a long respect for NSU" and its "distinctive, critical place in our higher-education landscape," she said.
The two advisers named Thursday are former Virginia Secretary of Education Jim Dyke and Ervin Jordan, an NSU alumnus and professor at the University of Virginia. McDonnell said in a news release that they would help the board and NSU administrators with "strategic implementation," academic improvements and getting through the investigation by the school's accrediting body.
"I have no doubt the university can overcome its current challenges and become a leader again in placing graduates in competitive, in-demand careers," McDonnell said.


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I have quite a few types, but my favorite one is the Cora louise. |
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I think the fade from purple to white looks pretty cool along with the yellow pollen in the middle. It looks similar to the rockii tree peonies which I don't think I have yet, but I have so many tree peony seedlings that already have distinctive looking leaves so it might also be in my collection already. Misaka looks pretty good, and I might get it if I find a good deal on it, but I have enough of an itoh peony collection so that it's not really necessary. One thing about itoh peonies is that they propagate really easily as I managed to get literally a bud to turn into a little plant with a bit of rooting powder of course, but it worked. If you are buying one, you really don't need a big plant or many of them as they grow pretty fast as well. |
I have Garden Treasure, Kopper Kettle and Cora Louise. My favourite bloom is Cora Louise, but I am partial to the rockii look. (It is too young to say much about the plant habit.) Kopper Kettle has a good plant habit and is floriferous, but I find the colour just a bit muddy. Yes, it does have all those shades, but the overall effect is a bit of a orangey-brown, at least for my taste. Here is a photo of Kopper Kettle. |
I have 3 bartz, 1 high noon , 1 pink (first impression I think its called) , 1 garden treasure (I gifted to my dad and quite frankly for a yellow ...wimpy wimpy wimpy, The Kop Kettle I do have and will agree its a toss up between Bart and kop. The barts bloom late like most itos and barelr last 2 Days if lucky. The itohs are great BC of their cross resilience making them almost perfect health wise. None of them smell so don't believe the hype and if the do its probably whatever is planted next to it. If you want to make a beautiful statement that will turn lots of heads, get your hands on a fern leaf peony as red as you can find. itohs need that decade break or 2 just like and trend in life. Good luck! |
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I have many bulbs of the belladonna lily planted under a tree in the back yard. Recently I found out that the Gulf Coast is a little south for these and would like to trade them for crinums or amaryllis bulbs of blooming size. Is anyone interested? email@example.com |
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Why do we try so hard to be stars, just to dodge
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From the Telegraph.co.uk: Farmer Who Killed 83,000 Rats Awarded Prize
A Bangladeshi farmer who killed 83,000 rats has been awarded a prize by his Government.
Mokhairul Islam, 40, won a first prize of a colour television for killing some 83,450 rats in the past nine months in Gazipur district near the South Asian country's capital, Dhaka. He collected their tails for proof.
"I am so happy to get this honour," he said after receiving a 14-inch television and a certificate amid cheers at an official ceremony packed with 500 farmers and officials. "I had no idea that the government gives prizes for this."
"This is an exciting moment. I will continue to kill them," he vowed.
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Seven People Your Church Trusts More than You
As reported by Christianity Today, a new Gallup poll lists the seven people Americans trust more than their pastor. Metrics focused on perceived "honesty and ethical standards" of various professions. Roles ranking higher than clergy included medical practitioners (nurses, pharmacists, MDs, and dentists), engineers, police officers, and college teachers.
At the bottom of the list, car salesmen narrowly beat members of congress for the dubious honor of "least honest" among those polled. See the numbers.
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Why you should prepare for an emergency
I know what some of you are thinking, "It Can't Happen To Me." and you may be right. Then again I'm pretty sure some of the residents of New Orleans said that in 2005, resident's of Southern Florida probably said that in 1992, I know for a fact that some resident's of Bastrop, TX said that in 2011, (I actually heard someone say that statement, not one week before their home was burned by the wild fire that displaced many people and destroyed more homes, and more sq. miles than I can truly fathom). So when you think that it can't happen to you, you might be right. Then again, there is always a chance some kind of disaster can leave you without water or power, leaving the roads closed so you can't get to the grocery store, and even if you could, the trucks that supply that store may not be able to get through. So let's look at some of the most likely things that can happen to leave you without these particular amenities.
Odds are it's going to be weather related. A big thunderstorm comes through and knocks out power in the summer or maybe some freak winter storm knocks the power out and freezes your pipes leaving you without water and without power. How do you handle it? What can you do?
Honestly, there is no way to truly prevent these things from happening. You can't control the weather. You can however, keep enough supplies to last you and your family through the clean up process and so that you're relatively comfortable. You should prepare.
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Sahana Software Foundation Interns
The Sahana Software Foundation supports a number of free software Disaster Management Projects that are used by organizations throughout the world such as the Red Cross and United Nations to support disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. We're running our Software Development Internship program again this year from November to March and this time we're also looking to for interns to work on UI/UX design. These are a virtual internships and are open to applicants from any country. If you want to put your coding or design skills to use to build solutions which help people affected by disasters then this is your chance! Please share this among your own networks.
Software Developer Internships
- These internships will suit someone with some skills in coding web applications and who is interested in gaining more experience. Software Developer interns will support the Sahana Eden project (Python) or Sahana Vesuvius project (PHP) by working on tasks such as supporting deployments, fixing bugs, writing automated tests, porting and refactoring code and their own projects.
Design Internships
- These internships will suit someone with a background in user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design. Design interns will evaluate the usability of the Sahana software and develop designs to improving the user experience of the software. Ideally this intern will also have experience in HTML, JS & CSS.
Interns will work with a mentor from the Sahana community and be expected to work an average of 4 hours each week throughout the internship. At the end of the internship the intern will receive US$ 500. If you are interested in either of these internships please fill out this application. Preference will be given to applicants who have made prior contributions to Sahana Eden or Sahana Vesuvius – so have a go at fixing a bug before you apply! Applications for both internships will end 13th October 2013.
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DORS provides programs and services that will help you go to work in a job that matches your interest & abilities.
STEP 1 –How do I get to DORS?
• Parents, teachers, transition counselors, nurses or guardians can refer you to DORS. They can use our online referral or contact the DORS office in your community
• If you have an IEP, the school staff should tell you and your family about DORS, and ask if you would like a referral. If you say yes, they will provide DORS with some basic information about you. A DORS counselor will contact you for an appointment.
• If you do not have an IEP, a school counselor, nurse, or other staff member can refer you to DORS. You may refer yourself.
• The best time to do this is early in the last two years of high school.
STEP 2—What happens when I meet with my DORS counselor?
• The DORS counselor will tell you how to apply and then see if you are eligible for services. • DORS will send for reports from your school, doctors and others who know about your disability to help understand your strengths, interests and abilities.
• If he/she needs more, the counselor will arrange special assessments. These assessments will also help you decide on a job goal and what services you may need to reach your goal.
STEP 3—What is Eligibility? Why do I have to qualify? • The law says that students with disabilities are entitled to services to help them learn.
• However, when you apply for DORS services, the law says that DORS must find that you have a significant disability and that it keeps you from working in order to be eligible for services.
• If you are eligible for services, the counselor will work with the school, you and your family to begin to plan for employment.
• Funding for rehabilitation services is limited. This means that DORS serves individuals with the most significant disabilities first. Even if eligible, students with less significant disabilities may not receive services, or go on a waiting list for services.
STEP 4 –So, I'm eligible. How do I know what services I will get? • You, your DORS counselor, school personnel and parents will develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) that lists the steps needed to reach your employment goal. They will consider your interests, needs, abilities and circumstances.
• The IPE also states who pays for services and when you can expect to have enough skills to work.
• The team will write the IPE before you exit from the school system.
STEP 5 –I'm ready for my services. How do I get started? • While you are in school, you will probably take part in some services such as work-readiness training, summer employment, testing to learn more about your abilities, leadership programs and more.
• After graduation, your DORS counselor will continue to provide the services you need to find the job that you said you wanted in your IPE.
• During this time, the DORS counselor will stay in touch regularly.
• You and your DORS counselor will review the plan at least once per year. You can make changes if needed.
• Rehabilitation programs can last from several months to several years, depending on the services needed.
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I am the organizer of the "treasure valley organic homebrew challenge" a little homebrew contest that we throw here in Boise, ID. One of the cool things about our contest aside from it being all organic, is that the winning recipe is brewed by a (well, two actually) local brewery and sold to the public. One of the requirements of the GABF-PROAM (the beers ultimate destination) is that it has to be commercially available before GABF registration. So, out of the deal we realized that we need tap handle labels and bottle labels to get this stuff out on the shelf here in town. I volunteered to be the artist and the deadline is not too far off. I thought that I would put my preliminary designs out for comment. Tell me what you think, also there will be a back label will all of the pregnancy and machinery warnings and maybe some beer nerd stuff as well. Thanks for any input. -ander
Neat, but it hurts my eyes. mostly just trying to read the Birkenstock. But nothing says organic/hippy like BirkenstocK! Maybe it wouldn't be so bad when actauly label sized. *edit* just opened it in gimp and it's not bad at all on the eyes when viewed smaller. PLus it won't be as bright on bottles. * I Like
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I like! Its seems so Trader Joe's!
I think the concept is cool (kinda hippy which is what your looking for), but I agree the color is a bit offensive. I would back off of the hop background brightness a bit.
I think the harsh color is a result of the image file being in RGB mode. It won't print like that and once it's converted to CMYK the colors will be muted
Nice label! I love the loud colors and the birkenstock. Here's my 2 cents on how you can make tiny changes so the label really stands out: 1. Make the Birkenstock BIGGER. This is the focal point of the label. It doesn't need to stay within the red part of the label. 2. Make the text "birkenstock" bolder. With the loud and very constrasting colors, it can easily get lost in the background. 3. The relationship between the Birkenstock and the "organic pale ale" text is a bit awkward. I'd switch them up like above so it works better. 4. Possibly add a black outline on the top and bottom of the red space of the label to help it stand out and it helps with image repetition (since all the text has outlines). 5. Text alignment, position. I'd shrink the "birkenstock" text a bit so there's a an equal border around it and so it's not slammed up right to the edge of the background. 6. Also, have the "k" in birkenstock lined up with right edge of the "organic pale ale" text, and the "b" in birkenstock lined up with the outer edge of the heel of the birkenstock image. Also, have equal red space above and below the "organic pale ale" text. 7. You may want to bring the dot of the "i" in organic closer to the text, it's kind of hanging way out in the middle of nowhere. 8. Last, maybe frame the image with a border (white border is shown, but another color may work better). Cheers,
I think that to go with the whole "organic" and "berkenstock" feel, the colors should stay around the nutrial earthy colors, instead of the irradiated greens and reds of the current label. imho.
I like, I like Because the brewery that is brewing the initial bottle release bottles by hand (and labels by hand) the brewmaster gave me the nix on the back label, hard to line up and 2X the work. He wants to put all of the info on one label. Here is where it is at now. as far as this "I think that to go with the whole "organic" and "berkenstock" feel, the colors should stay around the nutrial earthy colors, instead of the irradiated greens and reds of the current label. imho." I agree to a point but I don't know if a muted brown/olive green label is the best way to go. Look at Fishtail's organic labels, they seem to jump off of the shelf and into my shopping basket. Dechutes went muted on their green lakes organic and I don't think their label is all that great.Also, even though the birkenstock is pushing the hippy organic relationship (the winning brewer chose the name) I feel that organics and organic advocacy needs to take a step away from those stereotypes. The entire movement isn't about dancing like a wet noodle and smoking hash, it is about water quality, and many other environmental effects that commercial farming has on the land. Not just hippies and health nut are into organics, look at the master Papazian himself. Sorry for the rant -ander


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Join us on the first thursday of the month to enjoy an two classic cycling films. Book online and get a beer and pizza for just £10.
7pm, Thursday 5 December
It is with regret that we have had to cancel this evening's Film Night at the last minute. Building works on the Wapping Wharf site have cut the Deli's electricity and we do not forsee a repair for this evening. Apologies from the team! Look out for a rerun in the near future...
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The Levi Effect
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Has anyone bought leather furniture by Futura? Looking at a sofa which is described as semi-aniline with split sides and outbacks. At $1000, I understand that this is not a top of the line sofa; however, will it hold up for two adults? The tag says that rubber webbing is used in the construction. What is this and will it hold up well? Thanks in advance for any help/advice. |
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First, I dont think they are giving you a accurate description of the leather. Spit hides are the weakest kind of leather and Im sure your not getting top grain semi-aniline leather anywhere on this sofa. So the issue with the rubber webbing is a secondary problem. |
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