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ROCKWALL – A female inmate at the Rockwall County jail hung herself Wednesday morning.
According to sources who asked their names not be used, the female had been on suicide watch under a doctor's referral but seemed to be getting better and had recently been taken off suicide watch. They said she hung herself with some sort of telephone cord.
Calls to the Jail Commander, Captain Bob Guzik, have not yet been returned, but a male who answered the phone at the jail Wednesday afternoon said information was not yet being given out to the media about the incident.
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Experience > Nature > Dams > Kolar Dam
Kolar Dam
Kolar Dam, a major masonry dam, is located about 35 km away from Bhopal, near Lawakhari village in Sehore District. Constructed across the Kolar River, a tributary of Narmada on the right bank, the dam is about 45 m high. The maximum storage capacity is 270 M cm. The dam serves the irrigation purpose of Bhopal city and the surrounding areas.
The nearest airport is Bhopal Airport. Sehore Railway Station is the closest to Lawalhari village.


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eBook | The CSP Journey to Customer Service Health: Four Principles for Customer Care Transformation
Customer care leaders at many communications service providers (CSPs) have their hands full with strategic "Customer Experience" transformations. These initiatives take time and touch many aspects of the CSP infrastructure, organization and customer processes. In this ebook, Pegasystems' Russell Palmer proposes four key principles that can make the journey to customer service health easier and more effective. Download Today!
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Wi-Fi: Ensuring Quality of Experience
Network Selection Intelligence - For When Best Effort Isn't Good Enough. Mobile operators are now looking towards Wi-Fi to help to meet consumers' insatiable demand for data with lower cost networks. However ensuring customer quality of experience on Wi-Fi and developing strategies to best monetize Wi-Fi has proven challenging for many operators. Learn more!
Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
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How to Become a Legally Ordained Minister in Hawaii:With the American Fellowship Church the process of becoming an ordained minister / wedding officiant in Hawaii is very simple, just read below and follow the instructions.**UPDATE 8/1/2012 -It has come to our attention that Hawaii has changed the procedure for registering as a minister in order to solemnize marriage. It appears that you may (once ordained) register via the Hawaii Health Department website for a $10 fee. Unless you have had your authorization to solemnize suspended in the past go ahead and proceed as described below.
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4. To qualify for ordination with the American Fellowship Church in the state of Hawaii you must agree to the Certification, and our Code of Ethics.
5. After you have recieved your Minister License from the American Fellowship Church follow the instructions here to register in the State of Hawaii to perform weddings:
Click here for the Hawaii State Department of Health Minister Online Registration
Once on the Hawaii Dept. of Health Website from the above link:
5-a. Click "Religious"
5-b. Then Choose (either or Both) We suggest Both: Marriage & Civil Union.
Then answer the questions truthfully and honestly. Once finished click "Continue"
5-c. On the next Page, you will be asked for the Church Information, for official purposes please use the headquarters address in California:
American Fellowship Church
225 Crossroads Blvd. #345
Carmel, California 93923
(The Hawaii Dept. of health website uses an auto-fill feature on their website scroll to CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA in the City field)
Click Continue
5-d. Review your information on the next page carefully look for any errors, if all the information appears correct then enter your name at the bottom of the page (in lieu of physically signing your signature)
On the next page you will be asked for your credit card billing information and $10 to process your Hawaii state minister registration to solemnize marriage.
While training is not required in order to become ordained with the American Fellowship Church, we do urge our members to learn more about being an ordained minister, therefore we offer a number of online courses that are self paced and written in plain English. If you are interested in training please see "Online Minister Training"
*The information provided on this page is for guidance only it is NOT legal advice.
We currently have many ordained ministers in the state of Hawaii.
It is critically important that you verify all information with your local marriage license office / county clerk before conducting a wedding ceremony. It is your responsibility to operate within the bounds of the law.


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United Kingdom & Ireland > Products & Services > Manufacturing and Industry > Marine Solutions > Applications / Processes
Through spending time with customers and testing in our laboratories, 3M have created a number of bespoke marine processes designed to suggest the products needed to meet your requirements. From gel coat repair to cleaning and restoration, and from masking to bonding and sealing, these processes are intended to be suitable whether applied to a 150 foot super yacht or a small sail boat.
A range of masking products to suit marine applications
Selecting the correct ahdesive or sealant can be difficult because of the wide ranges of materials used in boat construction - 3M's application information aims to simplify this for easy product selection
Compounds, polishes and waxes to create a deep gloss finish
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The Design & Construction department provides construction support for planning and design coordination, project construction oversight, space management, and actual construction.
After we receive your request to start a project, Design & Construction will initiate the planning, feasibility studies, budgeting and estimating based on the scope provided by the UAMS department. This initial work will determine if a project is feasible to proceed with development of construction documents. We have an interior designer that works with our customers and design professionals to ensure that all UAMS standards are met and design themes are maintained.
Once your project is designed and ready for construction, your project manager will oversee the construction phase meeting regularly with you, the contractors, and design consultant to keep the project on schedule, within scope, and within budget. As a team, we oversee every aspect of a construction project here at UAMS, the NW Arkansas campus, and other satellite properties. In doing so, we will ensures that UAMS is getting quality work and the best value for all renovation and new construction work.
Through the links on the left you can access some additional features:
• The form to initiate a project (CER Construction Estimate Request) will be sent for you from this link. You should receive a confirmation call and then a planner will be assigned to your project. Within 2 weeks you should be contacted by your planner to get started with the initial planning stages of your project.
• Check out the project status link where you can see the latest update regarding any on-going active design or construction project. The status of the projects will be updated every Monday and you should contact the planner or project manager if questions arise between updates or at any time you need clarification.
• The GCC (Guide to Consultants and Contractors) defines the standards expected when working at UAMS.
• A link to the UAMS expansion web page showing many of the exciting major additions and renovations recently completed or currently underway on the campus.
• We welcome your feedback because it is vital to our ability to meet or exceed your expectations. Please use the link to our contact information.
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Lawsuit claims Purina sickens, kills dogs
A pet owner claims thousands of dogs became sick or died after eating Purina's Beneful dry food, including his own three dogs. -
- For show dogs, complex monikers are the name of the game
- Expect tiny tuxes but no real puppy love at doggy weddings
- Ten lives? A cat in Florida comes back from the dead (w/video)
- Dog uncovers bag of puppies in Bay Area park (w/video)
- Seattle dog takes solo bus ride to dog park (w/video)
- World Dog Awards honor star pets (w/video)
- Petco pulls all Chinese-made treat after pets get sick
- New York bans pet tattoos, piercings (w/video)
- Cat books: Purrfect holiday gifts for feline fans
- Is the county going to the dogs?


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How to use Sony Vegas to do Green Screen and Chroma Key Editing
1) Import the footage with the green screen and place it on Track 1 in your timeline sequence.
2) Import the video or image you wish to replace the green with and place it on Track 2 on the timeline.
3) Use the Chroma Keyer as an effect on Track 1. You can do this two ways:
-Find Chroma Keyer in the Video FX tab and drag it into Track 1
-Click the Event FX button on the clip itself and select Sony Chroma Keyer
4) Above the preview video turn on "Split Screen View" and set it to FX bypassed. This will give you clip you want to chroma key on the left side of the video preview and the new image on the right.
5) Click on the Event FX button on Track 1 to open up the Chroma Keyer settings. Under the color select the little eyedropper and use it to select the green color in the left side of the video preview. This will make that color transparent in Track 1 allowing whatever your image or video is to show through.
Save your project.
7) Render your project.
8) Save your project again.
And that's it! It is that simple to edit green screen footage with the chroma key tools in Sony Vegas.
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Between chasing the always elusive butterflys, drawing circles in the dirt and the sound of laughter, the young and enthusiastic players in the Pleasureville T-Ball League finished their season last Thursday evening. The players, age 4-7, played each Thursday at Pleasureville's baseball field.
Katelyn Stine (above) swings with all her might, while Owen Suter (left) throws the ball back to the pitcher with a smile after tagging first base.
By Tommie Kendall
Sports editor
Shortly after winning his 100th game on the diamond, Jon Kasten decided to step down from his coaching position for Henry County's softball team.
Kasten will back away from the program after leading the Ladycats to a 17-14 season, the 31st District title and a third straight appearance in the 8th Region tournament, where the squad lost to Shelby County (8-5) in opening-round action.
The Nationals erased four earlier losses to the Renegades with two surprising wins at New Castles field Monday night to claim the championship in the Henry County Youth Baseball Leagues 11- and 12-year-old division.
The Renegades beat the Nationals to win the title last summer, then followed with a perfect season that included four more wins over the Nationals two in the regular season, one in the annual Spring Fling Tournament and one in post-season action that dropped the Nationals to the losers bracket.
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For the first time since the turn of the century, Henry County High School will get its chance to shine against some of the smaller schools across the state in the All "A" Classic, which includes tournaments held annually in most of Kentucky's high school sports.
Under near-perfect weather, Eminence's Stillwater Lake hosted Kentucky's first water ski competition of the season Saturday with a smaller turnout than normal.
Just 18 skiers competed in the slalom-only event, which was down more than 20 percent from previous years. But there were still plenty of solid performances for the first competition of the season.
While Henry County's baseball team was close to becoming the first in school history to make the KHSAA State Baseball Tournament, former coach Mike Thibodeaux was enjoying his own success more than 800 miles away.
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After two seasons on the sideline for the young and inexperienced Eminence softball team, Dewayne Douglas has decided to step down from his position as the head coach. Douglas, who coached the team for six years during the 1990s before making his return in 2007, officially resigned shortly after the final game in mid-May.
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Japanese Samurai classic film
LOVE AND HONOR (a.k.a. Bushi No Ichibun) is the third chambara period film by Yoji Yamada. After the two award-winning samurai films by this acclaimed director, the expectations for his third and last samurai film is extremely high. Thankfully, Yamada once again delivers; "Love and Honor" has won numerous film awards, cementing the director's status as one of the best chambara directors of the modern age. "Twilight Samurai", "Hidden Blade" and "Love and Honor" have different storylines and characters, they all share the same ideals of the samurai code: Honor, Duty and Loyalty. Also, the three films have an ace in their sleeves; Family and Responsibility.
Synopsis derived from the region-3 DVD back cover:
It is only a short time after Shinnojo Mimura (Takuya Kimura) is appointed to the post of food taster that he goes blind after a shellfish that brings on food poisoning is a accidentally put into a lunch for the Lord of the Clan.
Until this time Shinnojo, as a lower-ranked samurai has lived a thrifty but happy life with his wife Kayo (Rei Dan). However, the fact is that Shinnojo is unable to work in the castle any longer. Kayo is told to approach the domain's Head clerk, Toya Shimada (Mitsugoro Bando), and ask him to use his good offices in having Shinnojo's stipend maintained. In return, he has demanded her body. Out of anger and despair, Shinnojo divorces her. Eventually Shinnojo learns the truth. Shimada merely took his pleasure with Kayo; not one word did he say about how Shinnojo was to be treated to the Lord. Shinnojo cannot stand it a moment longer. He challenges Shimado to a duel.
Once again, this film explores the reality of corrupt authority figures in feudal Japan. At first impression, I thought; "Blind Samurai? Is this a Zatoichi rip-off?!" But no, the film sidesteps that impression and the director has put together an involving tale of human inner strength and heroism. Not just from Mimura's character, but also from Kayo's character. While the first two films are partly a tale of love forbidden by social status, Yamada now explores the relationship of a petty samurai with his devoted wife. This is a welcome approach, as it is a very admirable effort that also delves into the loyalty and devotion of the Japanese wife during feudal times. After all, I remember the old adage; "Behind every great man is a great woman". People may argue that Kayo's character was indeed confused, that the steps she took were totally unnecessary. However, I believe the director wanted to express the desperation of those wives during that period. Believe me, women during those days were extremely devoted to their husband. I am happy to say that besides focusing on the samurai ideals, it also focuses on the strength of the Japanese woman. The film leans toward the character study of the lead characters as well as a period study of feudal Japan.
The film's proceedings and cinematography are similar to its two predecessors. The film is beautiful to watch and the way it is structured and paced is remarkable. True, the film may get a bit predictable in the middle but it is to the director's and the cast's credit that viewers will not even lose a tiny bit of interest. There is one swordfight in the film so this third chambara film may disappoint those looking for highly fast-paced swordplay. Some people may also argue that even a skilled samurai without his sight would be helpless against another swordsman, but the way the duel was choreographed and executed was very convincing. It is very realistic and follows the style in swordplay in the previous two chapters.
Aside from Yamada's excellent direction, the cast gives an excellent performance. Takuya Kimura has definitely matured in his acting abilities. It is difficult to play a handicapped role, let alone one who is a blind swordsman. Kimura thoroughly expresses the suppressed anger and frustration in the sequences. His performance in the duel was very convincing that I felt his fear and determination when he clashed with his opponent. The duel may be short but it had so much emotional impact that I was immersed in the footage. Rie Dan truly fit the character of the disadvantaged wife. As with the two lead female characters in "Twilight Samurai" and "Hidden Blade", she had the warm charisma that surely represents the simple devoted wife during the Edo Period. Yoji Yamada seems to always find the right performers for the right role.
Yoji Yamada has once again proven that he isn't a "one-hit wonder". I hope that this will not be the last chambara film he directs. While all three films have the common denominators (samurai ideals) that link them together, there are subtle details in all three of his samurai films whose messages cannot be ignored. "Twilight Samurai" expresses humility and family, "Hidden Blade" expresses commitment and choices, "Love and Honor" effectively expresses devotion and forgiveness; all because of the power of LOVE. Yoji Yamada's samurai trilogy is truly FANTASTIC!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! [4 ½ +Stars]
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Mary Roach | |
Mary Roach at TED Talks in 2009, photograph by Bill Holsinger-Robinson. | |
Born | Etna, New Hampshire | March 20, 1959
Occupation | Author (non-fiction) |
Nationality | American |
Genres | Popular science |
www.maryroach.net |
Mary Roach | |
Mary Roach at TED Talks in 2009, photograph by Bill Holsinger-Robinson. | |
Born | Etna, New Hampshire | March 20, 1959
Occupation | Author (non-fiction) |
Nationality | American |
Genres | Popular science |
www.maryroach.net |
Mary Roach is an American author, specializing in popular science. She currently resides in Oakland, California. To date, she has published four books: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005) (published in some markets as Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife), Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008) and Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (2010).
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Roach was raised in Etna, New Hampshire. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan University in 1981. After college, Roach moved to San Francisco, California, and spent a few years working as a freelance copy editor. She worked as a columnist, and also worked in public relations for a brief time. Her writing career began while working part-time at the San Francisco Zoological Society, producing press releases on topics such as elephant wart surgery. On her days off from the SFZS, she wrote freelance articles for the San Francisco Chronicle's Sunday Magazine.[1]
From 1996 to 2005 Roach was part of The Grotto, a San Francisco based project and community of working writers and filmmakers. It was in this community, that Roach would get the push she needed to break into book writing.[2] While being interviewed by Alex C. Telander, of BookBanter, Roach answers the question of how she got started on her first book:
A few of us every year [from The Grotto] would make predictions for other people, where they'll be in a year. So someone made the prediction that, 'Mary will have a book contract.' I forgot about it and when October came around I thought, I have three months to pull together a book proposal and have a book contract. This is what literally lit the fire under my butt.[3]
In 1986, she sold a humor piece about the IRS to the San Francisco Chronicle. That piece led to a number of humorous first-person essays and feature articles for such publications as Vogue, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, Discover Magazine, National Geographic, Outside Magazine, and Wired. She has also written several articles for Salon.com, she wrote reviews for tech gadgets at Inc.com, and has also had an article published in the Journal of Clinical Anatomy.[4][5] Roach also had monthly columns in Reader's Digest ("My Planet") and Sports Illustrated for Women, ("The Slightly Wider World of Sports").[6]
Besides being a best selling author, Roach is involved in many other projects on the side. Roach reviews books for The New York times and was the guest editor of the Best American Science and Nature Writing's 2011 edition. She also serves as a member of the Mars Institute's Advisory Board and was recently asked to join the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.[7]
Mary Roach was born in Hanover, New Hampshire. Later her family would move to Etna, New Hampshire, where Roach attended Hanover High School.[8]
Roach has an office in downtown Oakland and lives in the Glenview neighborhood of Oakland with her husband Ed Rachles, who is an illustrator and graphic designer.[9] Roach also has two step-daughters.
While it is clear that Roach has a wide variety of somewhat unusual interests, her interest is not limited to observation alone. While researching material for her book, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Roach came across Dr. Jing Deng, a University College London Medical School senior lecturer in medical physics. Dr. Deng was experimenting with 4-D ultrasound imaging and was in need of test subjects to engage in intercourse while wearing the ultrasound equipment so that real-time images could be captured.[10] Roach and her husband Ed were the first willing participants in this study. When asked how she was able to convince her husband to participate, Roach said, "He's crazy supportive. It was much harder for him, it was nothing for me. I was just a receptacle. I was just taking notes." [11]
While Roach has often been quoted saying that she doesn't have much free time between writing books, something she is very fond of is backpacking and travel, the latter is something she has been able to do a great deal of while doing research for her articles and books; to that end, Roach has been able to visit all seven continents twice.[12] Roach has been to Antarctica a few times as part of the National Science Foundation's Polar Program; her Antarctic trip in 1997 was taken to write an article for Discover Magazine on meteorite hunting, with meteorite hunter Ralph Harvey.[13][14]
Year | Title | Publisher |
2003 | Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | W. W. Norton & Company |
2005 | Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife | W. W. Norton & Company |
2008 | Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex | W. W. Norton & Company |
2010 | Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void | W. W. Norton & Company |
2010 | The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 (editor) | Mariner Books |
2013 | Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal | W. W. Norton & Company |
In 1995, Roach's article "How to Win at Germ Warfare"[15] was a National Magazine Award Finalist. In the article, Roach conducts an interview with microbiologist Chuck Gerba of the University of Arizona who describes a scientific study where bacteria and virus particles become aerosolized upon flushing a toilet: "Upon flushing, as many as 28,000 virus particles and 660,000 bacteria [are] jettisoned from the bowl."[15]
In 1996, her article on earthquake-proof bamboo houses, "The Bamboo Solution",[16] took the American Engineering Societies' Engineering Journalism Award, in the general interest magazine category. In this article the reader learns from Jules Janssen, a civil engineer, that bamboo is "stronger than wood, brick, and concrete...A short, straight column of bamboo with a top surface area of 10 square centimeters could support an 11,000-pound elephant."[16]
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers was a New York Times Bestseller, a 2003 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, and one of Entertainment Weekly's Best Books of 2003. Stiff also won the Amazon.com Editor's Choice award in 2003, was voted as a Borders Original Voices book, and was the winner of the Elle Reader's Prize.[17] The book has been translated into 17 languages, including Hungarian (Hullamerev) and Lithuanian (Negyveilai).[6] Stiff was also selected for Washington State University's Common Reading Program in 2008-09.[18]
Roach's column "My Planet" (Reader's Digest) was runner-up in the humor category of the 2005 National Press Club awards.[1][6] Roach's second book, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, was the recipient of the Elle Reader's Prize in October 2005. Spook was also listed as a New York Times Notable Books pick in 2005, as well as a New York Times Bestseller. In 2008, Roach's book, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, was chosen as the New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, it was in The Boston Globe's Top 5 Science Books, and was also listed as a bestseller in several other publications.[19]
In 2011, Roach's book, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, was chosen as the book of the year for the 7th annual One City One Book: San Francisco Reads literary event program.[20] Packing for Mars was also 6th on the New York Times Best Seller list.[21]
In 2012, Roach was the recipient of the Harvard Secular Society's Rushdie Award,[22] their award for outstanding lifetime achievement in cultural humanism. The same year, she received a Special Citation in Scientific inquiry from Maximum Fun.org.
While some people might assume from the subject matter of Roach's books that she may be obsessed with death – dead bodies in Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and life after death in Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife – the common theme throughout all 4 of her books is actually the human body. Roach tells us, "My books are all [about the human body], Spook is a little bit of departure because it's more about the soul rather than the flesh and blood body, but most of my books are about human bodies in unusual circumstances."[23] When asked by Peter Sagal, of NPR, specifically how she picks her topics, she said, "Well, its got to have a little science, it's got to have a little history, a little humor - and something gross." [24]
It has been said, that while Roach does not possess a science degree, she is able to take complex ideas and turn them into something that the average reader can understand; while at the same time, taking the reader with her every step of the way, from learning about the material to getting to know the interesting people who study it.[25] According to Roach, "Make no mistake, good science writing is medicine. It is a cure for ignorance and fallacy. Good science writing peels away the blindness, generates wonder, and brings the open palm to the forehead: 'Oh! Now I get it!'"[26] The following quote from the introduction in her book Spook, shows us a bit of Roach's skepticism about the world around her, "Flawed as it is, science remains the most solid god I've got. And so I've decided to turn to it, to see what it had to say on the topic of life after death. Because I know what religion says, and it perplexes me. It doesn't deliver a single, coherent, scientifically sensible or provable scenario… Science seemed the better bet."
Date | Source | Title | Notes |
2005 | Colbert Report | Roach on Spook | Stephen Colbert and Roach contact a spirit |
2008 | Authors@Google | Roach on Bonk | |
2008 | Los Angeles Public Library | ForaTV | In Conversation with Beth Lapides |
2009 | TED Talks | 10 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm | Roach shares what she learned writing Bonk |
August 2010 | The Daily Show | Roach on Packing for Mars | Jon Stewart and Roach discuss space shuttle toilets |
August 2010 | Commonwealth Club of California | Roach on Packing for Mars | "Journey Through Outer Space Without Leaving Earth" |
November 2011 | San Francisco Public Library | Roach in Conversation with Adam Savage | One City One Book author event, interviewed by Adam Savage |
Date | Source | Subject | Notes |
2003 | All Things Considered | Roach on Stiff | NPR's Robert Siegel Interviews Roach on her first book |
2010 | Skepticality | On Packing for Mars and Science | Roach on Skepticality podcast, the official podcast of Skeptic Magazine |
2011 | The Morning News (online magazine) | On Packing for Mars | Interviewed by Robert Birnbaum on PFM and other topics |
2011 | Star Talk Radio | "Spooky Science" | Interviewed by Neil deGrasse Tyson w/guests Phil Plait and Joe Nickell |
2012 | QUITit | General Interview | Roach is interviewed by Brian Thompson at Maximum Fun's Maxfuncon |
Various | Radiolab | Various Interviews | Three different podcast interviews w/Roach |
Dates | Publications | Notes |
1997-2001 | Salon | Various topics |
2000-2001 | Inc. Magazine | On tech gadgets |
2010 | Boing Boing | Various topics |
2001-2012 | Outside Magazine | Various topics |
Various | Byliner | Comprehensive Article List |


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whenever my husband asks for sex, he first requests it verbally one way or another "are we having sex tonite?" "am i getting lucky tonite?" etc. this has always been a turnoff for me as all i need is for him to reach for me or touch me and i'll know he wants sex.
i've finally told him this and he says it's only common courtesy to ask for sex like it's a favor to me. which even seems more of a turnoff. who wants a common courtesy request for sex? i told him if he has to ask, the answer is no from now on.
part of this might come from my repressed sexual state and i told him this, too. but fixing my repressed sexual state seems a lot harder to do than for him to merely stop asking verbally for sex.
does anybody else have this problem? thanks, i'm new.
My husband doesn't ask for sex like that. He comes up and start "messing around". Which I find a total turn off. I'm not a toy. I don't light up, no flashing lights, whistles don't go off and nothing twirls. I don't like to be approached this way at all. We have been married for 14 years and it hurts that in all this time he still doesn't get that.
We have had numerous talks about it and to me until he finally gets in this play ground is closed.
Good luck...your not alone in this. I think sex for guys is just different than it is for us.
Every couple has signals. Its difficult for these guys to change the ones they feel comfortable with. I don't think they sit around and discuss this with each other and their magazines sure don't have tips for them. About the only information they get is from us, and we don't want to hand out step by step instructions. I have heard that the guys who are really smooth have more than one girlfriend plus a wife. Thats a big price to pay for expertise.
Personally, I'm happy my husband is interested in me. These days they seem to have a lot of other choices.
Interesting that one woman finds the verbal asking for sex a turnoff and would prefer a physical embrace approach while another finds the physical approach a turnoff. Then thereÂs my wife who finds both approaches a turnoff  Is it any wonder why so many men seek sexual gratification outside their marriages!
I've deliberately tried to educate my husband by using his own tactics on him, with pretty decent results.
The direct "Do you want to have sex now?" when he's busy doing something else got me the exact same reaction it gets him -- Blank stare followed by the "Uh, well, uh -- I'm kinda in the middle of something." Or sometimes a blank stare, then a curious look, then the "Oh, uh, OK - Can you maybe give me a couple of minutes and maybe a little encouragement to get into the mood?" And the awkward beginning usually doesn't make for the most unforgettable experience.
The "grab 'em and go for it!" approach almost got me a black eye! (He swears it was pure instinct.) My instincts aren't that quick, but the instinctive response is the same...
I've told him straight out that if I'm asleep, exhausted, or in the middle of something important, it's not gonna happen right now. But if not, the way to get what he wants is to invite me to sit down and relax and talk with him for a few minutes. Then to gradually get to the same place and re-establish that connection. *Then* to hint at his ulterior motives... He's not quite subtle enough to pull it off completely, but it's a big improvement and will usually work.
Wow..........tommyw!!! You have to be kidding. It is just the difference between women. All women are different. Sorry that your wife isn't interested in sex. I really am. My husband isn't too interested in me these days either, but I don't agree with cheating (although I do understand how/why it happens). It is all about communication--on both sides--honest communication. All too often people just don't care about the other persons' needs---on any level.
I think that often if you "plan" to have sex, both of you I mean!, then the anticipation can build up and usually the outcome is better. Lets face it, we all have busy lives with jobs, and children, its really tricky to BOTH be in the right frame of mind, at the same time.
So making a "date" is one way to muddle through.
OP I agree with all you say. Perhaps you can work out how you want to be treated and just say that to your hubbie. Say what you want, rather than what you don't want.
Cheating is the worst possible thing and I offer no sympathy. Don't even think about it! If you have to be with someone, have the courtesty to divorce *first*
As for intercourse time, maybe both of you can set aside a Saturday and perhaps even the time and stick to the schedule so no one has to ask or make it an unwelcome supprise. You reserve the right to refuse, mating is a privilage, not a right.
sam8th: for a long time I wasn't too excited with how my DH would ask for sex--he'd often just start "manhandling" me (no it wasn't gentle and sweet, it was rough) or he'd say we should "go do it" or whatever, things that didn't really get me going IYKWIM. It was like a complete reverse of how he was when we were dating. BUT, now, with a "terrible twos" and both of us working full time, we really have to schedule sex to make it work.
I like that b/c I can anticipate it. I can send him flirty texts or emails, I can think about it and look forward to it.
He resisted it at first, it isn't a perfect solution (he feels like I'm penciling him into my schedule even though he realizes it's a more realistic approach) but it works great for me! Anyway, I guess I just wanted you to know you're not the only one getting insensitive sex requests. I think the best thing is to try to talk about it and work out a compromise. Unfortunately that's the hardest thing.
I think I'm along the same as the other women whose husband's grope them. My husband does this,I dont really mind though. I would mind someone asking me before every single time. I knew a guy who used to do that with kissing...used to drive me nuts. I'd be like,"You dont have to ask every single time! Just do it!" It really does take away from the passion to have someone ask your permission.
TommyW, you obviously don't read, or you may think to educate yourself on what women need. Not just wam bam, we are feeling individuals, with emotional needs, men are chemically and psychologically different.
I agree with the other women, it is absolutely no reason to cheat. If that's what you're doing, then you don't deserve a wife either.
I gave my husband John Gray's Book of Days, he never touched it. I even read it to him, he was uninterested. If that's as much effort as men put into trying to learn what their wives really need, they don't deserve the pleasures of her body.
Try taking an active role, talk to her, try to understand what her emotional needs are. You have to reach her mentally before you can even think of reaching her physically.
Until you're willing to do your "home work," and put some effort forth, don't complain.
Just want to clarify my previous post: I do like to be touched, don't get me wrong, but I don't like when I'm washing dishes and DH comes up behind me and squeezes something really hard. I want him to start gently and work his way up. Sure we'll have sex if there's time, all I'm saying is that making "arrangements" means we both work to free up our schedule so we can have the time. It's frustrating when I've made time and he wants to play video games, or he's made time but I'm buried in chores. He's also not usually into setting the mood (sometimes he'll light candles). He thinks I should just be ready to go as fast as he is. I've tried to talk w/him about that particular issue and he claims that I'm just putting up barriers on purpose. Men and women are different, and both partners need to make that realization and find a compromise that works for both.
Let's see with a 4 year old, a 2 year old that doesn't want to sleep in a bed and a 2 month old that I am breastfeeding not a lot goes on around here. We try and schedule time but just then someone wakes up crying, poopy or hungry usually all three at once.:)
But I am one that likes to be asked but just come and get me works too.
plasticgarden has it just right. it's the asking of permission. it really does take away the passion part of things. to be asked everytime is such a turn off.
we do have a scheduled nite, but he will still ask one way or another that nite. are we having sex? are you ready for me? he is sometimes joking when he asks that way, but it still bugs me. it's still asking.
i have to admit that i've always been shy about sex and it's not easy for me to say sure, we're having sex or you betcha we are gonna do it or i'm SO ready for you or whatever.
after 46 years of being this way, i'm not going to change, i don't think. he wants sex more than i do, if he wants it, he has to stop asking for it if i've told him to stop asking.
he disagrees and thinks asking is a courtesy thing. sheesh. we've been together 20 years. i could use courtesy in so many other areas besides sex, believe me.
i have a good man. we are just disagreeing on this. thanks!
I was reading about the gift giving angst in another thread... realize this relates similarly. It's kind of a symptom, you know? If you love one another and communicate reasonably well, an occasional miscalculation is not going to make or break the relationship. My DH has occasionally made mistakes in gift-picking-- and he's hit some home runs too. But I cringe at the thought at standing over him tapping my foot waiting for The Perfect Thing. On the original subject, he's good to me in general-- affectionate and considerate-- so the door is pretty much open most of the time, and I am not that choosy about how he knocks on it :) I *would* be very dismayed if I clearly communicated that I dislike a certain approach and he persisted in it. On the other hand, I would view it as my job to tactfully guide him towards what I liked better. For the most part we are a match and I don't find things that hard. I know a lot of people swear that Marriage is Work. 20 years in, he's still the sweetest and easiest part of my life-- I know it's not over till the fat lady sings, but so far, it has been a blessing. Literally a blessing, because not particularly deserved-- my relationships skills are good but not brilliant, I do not deserve this any more than the next person. It has just worked out-- knock wood, please God.
"Anyone's spouse get it right?
And if so, what do they do?"
For me,two things he Always does right.When I'am sad or blue about something (which can be often especially before THAT time of the month) He is very comforting and consoling.Hugs me to him,rubs my back and shoulders.Tells me it will be ok,and how much he loves me...That is always getting it right because it makes us both feel better.
Two,is,we laugh a lot and chase each other around the house.After some harmless goofing around,one thing can lead to another...
My husband has never been a "wine and dine" kinda guy with flowers and romance.But his approach does make me feel loved and wanted,which is what really counts I think.
A doctor once said to me, sex is just another way of showing love. I didn't think fast enough to tell him, it's not the only way. I don't like being pawed during the day, especially when I am up to my elbows in dishwater. I want a few hugs and kiss without it being sexual, affection I think it's called. If I get that, I am more receptive to being pawed in bed. LOL
We don't have that issue because it's EVERY morning, except when he gets up at 4:30 to play golf. He has hinted that it would be nice if I woke up at 4 to accomodate him, but I have done my patriotic duty the rest of the week, and I wouldn't wake up at 4am for Tom Sellick or even Elvis' ghost!
Do you have kids Scarlett? I found the perfect analogy for too-early or middle-of-the-night sex. It's like feeding a young baby -- a wonderful special bonding time that means the world to you. That is, when it's not the middle of the night, and when you have the time to enjoy it without interruptions. Since DH is a devoted father who used to take half of the nighttime awakenings, he was able to relate and didn't get his feelings hurt.
I am in the exact same positon here. MY husband ALWAYS in one way or another more than once a day ASKS for permission to have sex and it drives me NUTS! It completely turns me off. If he would just come up to me and touch me and show me some affection, I would KNOW he wants to have sex and he would get it. But when he asks it turns me off and I finally told him (like You) from now on when you ask it is going to be NO, and he still does it. I just can't get him to see my point of view. Woman unlike men can read their minds, and know that fondaling and kissing and such means they want to have sex, and will read into that. They don't have to come right out and be so Blunt and ask for it. Be a MAN about it and TURN YOUR WOMAN ON, and you'll go alot farther!!!
I think most men are not taught by anyone who knows how to have sex and how to approach a woman. I also think most men learn to have sex by watching porn. If you men are taking cues from male oriented pornography you must stop it immediately. That is not what women want.
My husband is a groper at times and it's OK. He can be loving and gentle also, so there is a balance. I can't complain !!
This must be a guy thing in general b/c my DH also does these things. Either he asks me when we are grocery shopping, "Are we going to have sex tonight?" Or he comes up to me while I'm cleaning, doing dishes, etc. and tries to grab things. These are both HUGE turn offs to me. First of all, I think when he asks first thing in the morning it takes all of the spontaneity out of it. And, when I'm trying to do something, please don't grab my butt, that's just irritating!
I have a pretty low sex drive anyway & one little thing can make me not want anything to do w/ sex. I wish he would just learn, like Sweeby said, to sit me down, talk to me... Just be calm about it & more than likely, it's gonna get him what he wants! However, if I asked my DH if he "wanted to do it" while he was in the middle of something, I would not get the same response as Sweeby does. My DH would drop everything & be in the bedroom naked before I could blink an eye! Either that or maybe faint from shock... LOL
I also despise the fact that my DH can't seem to do something nice w/o expecting anything in return. I feel like I do this a lot, but he doesn't realize it. I wish I could get one good back or foot rub w/o having to have sex afterwards or having to listen to him boo-hoo b/c I don't want to have sex afterwards.
Sorry, I'm done complaining now... :)
"However, if I asked my DH if he "wanted to do it" while he was in the middle of something, I would not get the same response as Sweeby does. My DH would drop everything & be in the bedroom naked before I could blink an eye!"
You may find that changes a bit with age. DH used to always be ready, but now that he's in his mid-50's, his batteries also need to be charged before use.
"....we need to say what we want and how we like to be treated. This leads to satisfaction all around."
Due respect, but men have been doing this throughout recorded history. There is no parallel recording of it having led to any particular increase in "satisfaction all around." If you think it will in your case, by all means go ahead and good luck with that. However, I think your degree of oversimplification is vast.
I have been one of these husbands. I am a young husband 24, and we have been married for 2 years. We have a 1 1/2 yr old and she breast fed till just this week.
I am a romantic, I try to play as well, and I also plain old ask. I always give her leg rubs, and back rubs, I talk to her, whisper sweet things to her, buy her things, I always tell her she is beautiful and pretty. I find her attractive most when she has been working hard around the house all day. I know she may not feel that way and has had a stressful day, but MAN I WANT HER THEN! (I've been working on this part)
I personally have not figured out the magic way. We have issues because of the "Sex thing". But, that is mainly on my part. I honestly was never a "SEX" guy until we married. And, the baby really threw me for a loop.
I have no idea how to initiate intimacy right. But, I am still TRYING to learn and work things out. I am not cheating on my wife, even though it is the honest truth I have thought about it.
I am just trying to figure out how to balance my sexual desire and her needs.
How do I help calm myself?
LOL, Uh-Oh...
Opposite here, maybe because I'm 43 and feel I'm hittin my prime & DH is 11 yr.s older but I'm the one who is
"Hey, you wanna play?" or flat out, "Are we going to have sex tonight or what!?"
I've always had the higher sex drive and get frustrated because he's either too tired or soemone is always here and we can't..
Yea romance is nice, but a girls got needs!
"I find her attractive most when she has been working hard around the house all day.
I know she may not feel that way and has had a stressful day, but MAN I WANT HER THEN!"
You know, don't you, that that's a recipe for disaster?
Why do you suppose watching her do housework is such a turn-on for you?
Seriously, a young mother is chronically exhausted, and the combination of exhaustion, housework and young children is more effective than cold showers for killing the libido.
But do you think you might be willing to try a variation on the 'housework seduction'?
Instead of watching your wife work in the house, invite HER to relax on the sofa while YOU do the housework. After an hour or so of this, confide to her that watching her do housework is very arousing to you, and that you hope watching YOU work around the house will do the same for her. When she gets done laughing, you might be pleasantly surprised.
For a longer-term solution, if you can afford it, I'd suggest bringing in a housecleaner / baby-sitter for an afternoon every week or two so your wife can relax and the two of you can have a 'date night'.
Exactly what I thought..."watching" her do the housework..why don't you pitch in and help...gee. And don't just do it once, help everyday !
If she feels you are supportive and that you want to help her...she will be in a happier place, and who knows where that will lead to.
Ditto mc_hudd, verbatim. Every last word of it. Are you my alterego?
Most of these issues are just plain lack of intimacy. For him, he lacks physically and will reconnect through sex. For her, she MUST reconnect emotionally before sex can happen, or the disconnection gets worse. No one is manipulating, just being who they are. Even if it feels that way. :)
Hey...it is not easy to "ask for sex." I have tried to be romantic...and then got shot down. It is a lot of effort to be shot down. So...then do I just ask...not romantic enough. I have heard the housework part...but then does that mean that he does housework and sex happens?
It would be nice if my wife brought it up once in a while. The normal response to a comment like that is bringing sex up with a guy is easy...they always want sex. It is not nearly as easy for a guy to ask a women and not feel completely corny.
Good communication is important. It is not easy to get it right...it is really tough to figure out the best way to go about it.
Sweeby...it is great that you took the time to educate your husband. I am sure he appreciates it...it makes his life easier knowing what to expect..and how you want him to approach the issue. I know I would appreciate my wife letting me know what she expects. Trying to guess is nearly impossible.
For me it's usually I take my ambien and I swear to GOD as I am nodding off to lala land gues who's feeling frisky? It never fails.
So I have added "I'm taking my ambien now, are we gonna play or what?"
Guess that really sets the tone doesn't it? However we are so rarely home alone I think we need to strike while the umm iron is hot.
I know, I am SUCH a romantic -TeeHee..poor DH.
"Trying to guess is nearly impossible. "
Agreed -- So ask her!
We have a child with special needs, so going out is harder for us than for most. But we do have regular 'date nights' at home where we feed the kids early, put them to bed, then have a special dinner and watch a movie - just the two of us. Those times are really special, not so much for the sex, but for the closeness and connection we are able to maintain just by setting aside that special time. After the movie (Sorry guys - it needs to be a light-hearted romantic comedy; Shoot-em-ups don't inspire desire.) we always end up talking for hours. Talking about our family, our relationship, nothing in particular.
This would be the time to have a productive discussion with your wife about how beautiful she is and how you always want her - but that you know that it isn't always a good time. And how to communicate your interest to her in a way that doesn't annoy her - because then your feelings get hurt (which she doesn't want).
She may not be able to answer right away (unless she's been thinking about it!) -- So ask her to give it some thought, because your intimate romantic relationship (hint: those are good words to use with a woman) is so important to you and your marriage.
It'll probably take a while to get it right -- it did with us -- but the results are worth it!
Being able to communicate is the key. It makes it rough if you keep getting shot down. It is not easy for a guy to ask. Just think of asking for a first date. It takes a lot of guts to ask. That is why some guys are so bold with it...by the time they work up the nerve...they may seem bold. If you let your husband know the right steps, he should remember. Just be aware that if he uses those steps like instructions, and it does not work, he may consider them faulty and not try it again. If he starts down the path, let him know up front the desire/feelings/mood is not there immediately. It will let him know that you picked up on what was up (a good thing) but the situation is not right. He won't get to the end of the "instructions" and be left without the desired results.
"If that's as much effort as men put into trying to learn what their wives really need, they don't deserve the pleasures of her body."
This is an old thread but the above statement by someone above caught my eye.
This quote is the problem right here. I'm sure the "lady" who posted this is absolutely lovely even though she weighs about 400 pounds.
Women truly think they are God's ultimate creations. Ladies, I got to tell ya. Keep your damn fat bodies. I can get a helluva lot more pleasure with my 3 friends, me, myself and I.
I think a lack of emotional and sexual intimacy is a deal breaker. If my husband all the sudden decided he'd rather screw around with his guitar than screw around with me I'd have to question the state of the marriage.
I HAVE NEEDS. HAHAHAHA. Lifes to short to go unfufilled. Emotional neglect is even worse.
Oh, and if he won't lay me but he's laying some skeez on the internet every night (with the help of leftie or rightie)....later tater. Have fun in cyber space because I'm off to find a real man.
Luckily my husband feels the same way I do so we get along smashingly and we stay satisfied:)
I would swap in an instant my hubby doesn't want sex I would love him to ask or grope or anything as I am so sick of wanting him and getting nothing! All I can say is just be glad he wants you, regardless of how he conveys this. I am only in my early 30's and I am so lonely but married, I haven't had sex in so long I fantasize about having sex with my own husband!
I have told him endlessly how I feel but still nothing. I think there is a common problem in that we tell them something and it makes no difference! Xx


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Parliament in Wonderland
PUBLISHED: 03 Dec 2013 00:23:00 | UPDATED: 03 Dec 2013 08:50:37PUBLISHED: 03 Dec 2013 PRINT EDITION: 03 Dec 2013Education Minister Chris Pyne invoked Alice in Wonderland on Monday, waxing literary even as his sheer relief at catching Labor flat-footed with the sheer gall of a spectacular backflip on education was as clear as his Cheshire Cat-like grin. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Laura Tingle
Alice in Wonderland turns up about once a year in the Parliamentary Hansard. Given the rich veins of nightmarish nonsense within Lewis Carroll's story, you would expect it might feature even more frequently, given the leap from reality that events in the Parliament often represent.
It was Education Minister Chris Pyne who invoked Alice on Monday, waxing literary even as his sheer relief at catching Labor flat-footed with the sheer gall of a spectacular backflip on education was as clear as his Cheshire Cat-like grin.
"The Leader of the Opposition has turned up today with last week's questions pack," Pyne said of Bill Shorten.
"It's like he's turned up to the set of Mad Max to play a small role but instead it's really Alice in Wonderland and everyone has to run around with a clock saying 'I've run out of time'. "
Not exactly sure where you were going with that one Chris. But it is true question time on Monday – and the first censure motion against Prime Minister Tony Abbott – certainly saw events in the House of Representatives only get "curiouser and curiouser".
On the government side, there was the spectacle of the Coalition once again rewriting history.
Last week, the government charged that Labor had "ripped out" $1.2 billion from education (because $1.2 billion set aside for education funding deals with Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory was taken out of the budget when it was clear the deals would not be done).
We didn't hear much on Monday about how the Coalition was going to spread the remaining $2.6 billion around all jurisdictions, breaking deals done with a majority of states and school systems.
Instead, it was coming to the rescue with the $1.2 billion miraculously reappearing with the same elusive penchant for appearing and disappearing as Alice's Cheshire Cat.
In a time-honoured manoeuvre, the Prime Minister and Education Minister announced the change less than half an hour before question time was going to begin at 2pm, a strategy that left the opposition scrabbling to work out how to rewrite its strategy. The fact that the details of how the new "deals" would actually work had to be extracted from the PM and Mr Pyne piece by piece only made it harder for the opposition.
In the circumstances, it is hardly surprising that our very own Cheshire Cat (Mr Pyne) was enjoying Labor's tactical discomfort rather loudly.
And it is true that Bill Shorten and his colleagues did sound like they were reading the questions prepared before we had all got to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and everyone was forced to race around the table and change chairs. Sure, Labor tried to tack on bits to its questions about whether schools might lose out if states cut their funding. But the moment had somewhat passed.
Even Shorten's censure motion seemed a little distracted. He seemed almost relieved to stop to point out, in very gentlemanly fashion, to Speaker Bronwyn Bishop that a Coalition MP was trying to get the call to interrupt him. Having perhaps borrowed the caterpillar's hookah pipe, Pyne told the House, the Opposition Leader was shouting and bellowing at the despatch box "almost to insist the press gallery accepts that he had a great day, in spite of the fact at half-past-one today his house of cards came falling down around him, Madam Speaker".
Maybe we all need to smoke what Pyne is smoking, or hope we will soon wake from a bad dream.
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Well, the good news is my dog doesn't have kidney failure. That's what the vet suspected, but the blood test found her kidneys are fine. Here liver function is down a little, but the vet says that's to be expected in a dog her age (15).
Now, the thinking is she had a mini-stroke, which lead to a condition that essentially puts her off balance. So she's having trouble walking, and she's throwing up because she has motion sickness all the time. I can't for the life of me remember the name of this condition, but it's something dogs can recover from.
So now we're just trying to get her to eat, which she won't. I tried turkey, and peanut butter. My husband is swinging by Wegmans to get some baby food -- the vet recommended that. We'll see.
She does seem a little better with her balance this evening, so maybe she's improving? Here's hoping. Thanks to those who sent well wishes. Much appreciated!
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Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson visited Underbakke's Little Tykes Daycare in Rochester, Minn., today to highlight investments in early childhood education and progress in increasing the number of Parent Aware-rated programs.
Parent Aware is a rating system to help parents find high-quality child care and early education programs to prepare their children for kindergarten. Child care programs that volunteer to be rated may receive quality improvement grants and help from consultants who coach them through the improvements needed to increase quality.
"Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to be fully prepared for kindergarten than their more advantaged peers. Too many will never catch up," said Jesson, who read to children during her visit. "By investing in quality early education, and giving parents the information they need, more Minnesota children will get a great start in life."
More than 1,000 early education programs have joined since the state began expansion of Parent Aware in 2012. Parent Aware ratings are currently available to accredited child care, Head Start and school-based pre-kindergarten programs statewide, as well as licensed family child care programs and child care centers in 45 counties and on eight reservations. Parent Aware will expand to the remaining 42 counties and 3 reservations, reaching statewide, in 2015.
Erin Underbakke, who has operated Underbakke's Little Tykes Daycare for 13 years, said Parent Aware is an excellent resource for both parents and providers seeking high-quality care. She joined Parent Aware when it was expanded to Olmsted County in 2013.
"When I heard about Parent Aware, my first reaction was what an amazing resource for parents. I didn't think about what it would mean for me," said Underbakke, who received a four-star rating – the highest possible – in June. "The individual coaching, professional development guidance, and funding for quality improvement helped my program increase in quality and I feel we provide a very high standard of care, which can make a profound and lasting difference for children."
Investments by Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature are also increasing access to high-quality care. Beginning in March, the department will use part of a $19.4 million investment to incentivize providers to achieve high-quality Parent Aware ratings by paying higher Child Care Assistance Program rates to those with three- or four-star ratings. The budget invested another $40 million in scholarships, administered by the Minnesota Department of Education, to help 8,000 children from families with low incomes enroll in child care and early learning programs in Parent Aware.
Providers interested in joining Parent Aware can call 1-888-291-9811 or visit ParentAwareRatings.org.
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On the October 30th edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will visit with Minnesota West Bluejay Men's Basketball coach Justin Heckenliable and Minnesota West Lady Jay Women's Basketball coach Mike Fury as the Lady Jays and Bluejays open their season this Saturday and Sunday at the 2012 Sanford Worthington Hospital Basketball Classic.
Join KWOA Sports Announcer Jared Rademacher for all things sports sports with "Tri-State Sports Talk" on AM 730 KWOA. Tri-State Sports Talk can be heard on Wednesday afternoons starting at 12:30 p.m. on AM 730 KWOA. Jared will catch up with various guests from the local, regional, and national sports scene! Guests cover a wide range from high school athletes and coaches, area professional teams including the Sioux Falls Pheasants, Sioux Falls Storm and more! We'll also catch up with guests from the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings just to name a few.
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Playoff Talk with Area High School Football Coaches
On the October 23rd edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will catch up with a number of area high school football coaches as playoffs begin for Minnesota teams on Tuesday and Iowa teams on Wednesday.
SMSU Mustang Sports and Sioux Falls Stampede
On the October 16th edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will catch up with the latest happenings of Southwest Minnesota State University Sports with Athletic Communications Director Kelly Loft. Also the Sioux Falls Stampede's season is underway and we'll talk with Jim Olander about the Stampede's progress early in the season. Tri-State Sports Talk, starting at 1:00pm Tuesdays on AM 730 KWOA
MCAC Coordinator Justin Heckenliable
On the October 9th edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will talk with Minnesota College Athletic Conference Coordinator Justin Heckenliable about MCAC Fall Sports with Football and Volleyball playoffs right around the corner. Justin is also the Minnesota West Men's Basketball coach so we'll talk a little Bluejay basketball as well. Tri-State Sports Talk, 1:00pm Tuesday afternoons on AM 730 KWOA!!
More Football Coaches and SMSU's Kelly Loft
On the September 25th edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will visit with more of the area's High School Football Coaches. We will visit with Murray County Central football coach Chris Davis, Westbrook-Walnut Grove co-coach Leo Theisen and talk Sibley-Ocheyedan football coach Jordan Menning. Also we will wrap up the show talking Southwest Minnesota State University Athletics with SMSU Athletic Communications Director Kelly Loft. Tri-State Sports Talk, 1:00pm Tuesday afternoons on AM 730 KWOA!!
High School Football Coaches
On today's (9/18) Tri-State Sports Talk, we will catch up with a few of the area's high school football coaches. We will talk to Southwestern United co-head coach Jeff Drent, Adrian Dragon head football coach Randy Strand, Hills-Beaver Creek football with Rex Metzger and Edgerton/Ellsworth football with Andrew Fleischman. Tri-State Sports Talk at 1:00pm Tuesday on AM 730 KWOA!!
Chad Kraft and Randy Baker
On the September 11th edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will revisit our interview with Chad Kraft back from July. Chad is a native of Lakefield, MN who went on to become a 4-time All-American Wrestler for the University of Minnesota. Chad is being inducted into the Minnesota M Club, their Hall of Fame, on September 20th. We will also visit with his high school wrestling coach Randy Baker. Baker, who is the current head coach of the Jackson County Central Huskies, was Chad's head coach at Heron Lake-Okabena-Lakefield. Tri-State Sports Talk starts at 1:00pm on Tuesday on AM 730 KWOA!
Rosalile Hayenga-Hostikka
On the August 28th edition of Tri-State Sports Talk we will catch up with Worthington native and Minnesota West's Rosalie Hayenga-Hostikka as she is going to be inducted into Minnesota State University-Moorhead's Athletic Hall of Fame at the end of September. Tri-State Sports Talk starts at 1:00pm Tuesdays on AM 730 KWOA!
Fall Sports Preview
On the Tuesday, August 21st edition of Tri-State Sports Talk on AM 730 KWOA, we will catch up with a few of the Fall Sports Coaches in Worthington, as we will visit with Worthington Trojan Volleyball coach Melissa Schutz, Trojan Football Coach Brad Grimmius, Trojan Boys Soccer coach Smitty Eknitphong, and Minnesota West Football coach Jeff Linder. Thta's Tri-State Sports Talk, 1:00pm Tuesdays on AM 730 KWOA
SMSU's Kelly Loft and Scott Beatty with the SF Pheasants
On the 8/14 edition of Tri-State Sports Talk, we will visit with Southwest Minnesota State University Athletic Communications Director Kelly Loft as Fall Sports begin soon for Mustang athletes. We will also catch up with the latest with the Sioux Falls Pheasants and their play-by-play announcer Scott Beatty. If you have an idea for a guest you would like to hear on Tri-State Sports Talk, please email Jared Rademacher at email@example.com


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Yet there have been literally hundreds of Facebook posts, thousands of tweets, and dozens of stories in the media about what is going on. It took a week or two -- longer than it should have, yes, considering the horror of what has been perpetrated -- but in the end, this case has gotten more attention than any single case of girls abducted in armed conflict in recent memory, possibly ever. "We Were Sent to Kill You" Sitreps Detail Rwanda's Descent into Genocide 1994. Washington, DC, April 7, 2014 –The complete series of daily and weekly situation reports (sitreps) written by UN peacekeepers in Rwanda — published today by the National Security Archive for the first time in full — provides a detailed, on-the-ground perspective on the genocide in Rwanda that started twenty years ago today.
Today's posting is a collection of every single sitrep from the beginning of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) in October 1993 to the end of the genocide on July 18, 1994.[1] The documents tell a story of the broken Rwandan political system and a peacekeeping force that, because of a lack of support from UN headquarters in New York and from the members of the UN Security Council, was not equipped to handle the rising violence. China-based corporate web behind troubled Africa resource deals. For centuries, wave after wave of colonists and foreign investors have swept through Africa, looking for profits from the continent's abundant reserves of oil and prized minerals.
Many instead left records of corruption and broken promises of shared wealth with Africans. It is against this backdrop that an eager conglomerate has recently been drawing attention and generating headlines throughout Africa. MENA (the Middle-East & North Africa) Map Room: Hidden Waters. InFocus » What Does the Fall of Goma Mean for Central Africa? Israel Siphons off Africa's Nile. Egyptian and Sudanese policy failures have lead to a looming strategic threat to both countries' most important resources – the Nile.
Israel has now signed an agreement with the South Sudanese authorities over rights to the country's precious water source. There was an outcry in Egypt and Sudan over last week's signing of a cooperation agreement between Israel and South Sudan on water infrastructure and technology development. Warnings abounded that the pact between the government in Juba and Israeli Military Industries Ltd posed a threat to the water security of the two downstream countries and should be countered.
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Specifically, the cable states that Ugandan forces may not utilize U.S. intelligence to engage enemies without first consulting U.S. officials. Niger Delta: a quiet resistance. Women stand next to an oil wellhead that since 2004 has been regularly spilling crude oil near the community of Ikot Ada Udo in the Niger Delta.
Photo: Kadir van Lohuizen/Science for Human Rights The Niger Delta has been at the centre of Nigeria's post‑independence military project from the first coup in 1966 through to the present. To the outside world it remained a forgotten outpost, however, until the 1990s and the rise of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). 2nd explosion strikes near Nigeria church by Jos. LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Suspected Muslim extremists kidnapped about 100 girls Tuesday from a school in northeastern Nigeria, less than a day after militants bombed a bus station and killed 75 people in the capital - a surge of violence that raised new doubts about the military's ability to contain an Islamic uprising.
With an 11-month-old state of emergency in three northeastern states failing to bring relief, the attacks are increasing calls for President Goodluck Jonathan to rethink his strategy in confronting the biggest threat to the security of Africa's most populous nation. The attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist network have killed more than 1,500 people in this year alone, compared with an estimated 3,600 dead between 2010 and 2014. In the latest attack, gunmen killed a soldier and a police officer guarding a school in Chibok on the edge of the Sambisa Forest and abducted the teenage girls after midnight, according to authorities. Ethiopia charges six journalists with terrorism. New York, November 11, 2011--A judge in Ethiopia's federal high court charged six journalists with terrorism on Thursday under the country's antiterrorism law, bringing the number of journalists charged under the statute since June to 10, CPJ research found.
Twenty-four people, including imprisoned dissident blogger Eskinder Nega and five other journalists critical of the government who work online and in exile, were charged, according to the court charge sheet obtained by CPJ. Nega, a contributor to U.S. -based Ethiopian diaspora news websites; editors Mesfin Negash and Abiye Teklemariam of the U.S. -based Addis Neger Online; Abebe Gellaw of the U.S. France, Africa: Suitcases Filled with Cash Expose the Françafrique Connection. In the wake of the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal, a new furore is now rocking France and the upcoming 2012 French presidential campaign.
Robert Bourgi, a shady lawyer and advisor for "African affairs" has confessed [fr] to French media he acted for years as a go-between for French politicians and Francophone Africa heads of states, delivering approximatively $20 million in cash to former President Chirac, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin, and extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, to finance past election campaigns. Screen shot of Lawyer R. Bourgi on BFM TV "Not exactly breaking news" China-based corporate web behind troubled Africa resource deals. Special Coverage on Conflict Minerals. Jump to: Overview | Current Policy | Solutions | Campaigns & Programs Your mobile phone, your computer, your portable music player, and your gaming system all fuel fighting in eastern Congo.
Take Action Now » Overview Armed groups earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year by trading conflict minerals. The Price of Precious. The first child soldier pops out of the bush clutching an AK-47 assault rifle in one hand and a handful of fresh marijuana buds in the other.
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ZIMBABWE: Minister Trying to Create a "Paper Tiger" Human Rights Commission. HARARE, Oct 10, 2011 (IPS) - Zimbabwe's justice minister is frantically trying to fend off probes into allegations of human rights abuses perpetrated by President Robert Mugabe's regime since the country's independence in 1980. Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa, a member of the highest decision-making body of the ruling ZANU-PF party, the Politburo, is reportedly trying to weaken the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) so that it would not be able to investigate decades of governing party abuses. The commission was established in March 2010 but has been dormant due to the absence of an enabling act that clearly spells out its scope of work. In late 2010, Chinamasa introduced a bill that seeks to operationalise the commission, which is currently being debated in the lower house.


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"QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread." -> only in release-mode
I've got these two lines of code:
- this->twitter = new Twitter();
- twitter->getAccess();
getAccess authorizes the application via oAuth (makes a few http-requests)
When I execute it in debug-mode it works flawless, but in release-mode I get this error:
- (Parent is Twitter(0x11dc89b0), parent's thread is QThread(0xc3eabe8), current thread is QThread(0xf6872f8)
How can I fix this?
This is the getAccess()-function:
- void Twitter::getAccess() {
- oauthRequest->initRequest(KQOAuthRequest::TemporaryCredentials, QUrl("https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token"));
- oauthRequest->setConsumerKey("xxxx");
- oauthRequest->setConsumerSecretKey("xxxx");
- oauthManager->setHandleUserAuthorization(true);
- oauthManager->executeRequest(oauthRequest);
- }
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I'm using the oAuth-library kQOAuth [gitorious.org].
The class Twitter is basically the example-class from the kQOAuth-library (without the main-function).
There is basically no threading-model.
My main-function creates an instance of IcecastServer which has a member QTcpServer (which creates its own threads I assume).
IcecastServer also contains the member twitter.
My GUI is QML (Jens's desktop components) and connected to IcecastServer via the class QmlTcpMediator.
Even if I call twitter->getaccess() in the concstructor of IcecastServer (which is just an instance in the main-function) I get this error. So I guess it has something to do with the kQOAuth library I am using.
EDIT: For now I can't even execute my application in release-mode anymore. It just quit with a negative error-code after starting. starting debug in release-mode gives me this screen:
In the meantime my program still works perfectly in debug-mode.
I did. They are exactly the same.
Qt Creator offered me the option to "import existing build" for the release-configuration. I pressed it.
For some reasons the program works now in release-mode as well and doesn't crash anymore.
Although I'm a big friend of that Qt-magic could you explain what could have happened there?
First of all, which version of Qt are you using? Qt recently put QNetworkAccessManager in its own thread [labs.qt.nokia.com] so if you have a version of Qt from Git, this can be the source of the error. In that case, better file a bug to Qt.
But have you checked what IcecastServer is doing? Does it have threads?
kQOAuth does not create threads explicitly.
Hello Johan,
I'm using Qt version 4.7.3 (not from git)
IcecastServer is my own class. It has a QTcpServer-member but the relevant code gets executed in IcecastServer's constructor.
Since IcecastServer is instanced in the main-function I doubt it runs in its own thread.
debug and release build deploy to the same folder now (after hitting import existing build). It works this way for both configs. I'll have a deeper look in it soon but getting the tool out is 1st priority for me now.
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