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I decorated for Christmas early since our cruise began on December 4, and I'd have no time once we returned two weeks later to get ready for the holiday. Upon boarding our Holland America ship in San Diego I felt a sense of disappointment that it was not decorated for Christmas. Imagine my surprise upon stepping from my stateroom on our sixth day at sea (December 10) to discover a fairyland of Christmas
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Even in the emptiness,
I can see a hand is working.
Even tho an intense loneliness
Hi everyone! Spring has arrived. The Garden Club's daffodils are popping up, and will be blooming soon (our thanks to that group of hard workers). They say most of the beds going east of town were washed out with the flood, and they have to start over. Send your donation to this group (P.O. Box 49) to help with their expenses. Volunteers to rebuild the stonewalls of the beds are needed. Contact: Lyonsvolunteers.org
Lots of Volunteers are needed for this Saturday at 9 a.m. The Lyons Volunteers will be focusing on park clean-up. We have work to do in Meadow Park, Bohn Park and a LOT of work to do on the St. Vrain Trail between the Black Bear Hole and the
Spring is here, and Spring Break. The weather is good, the crocuses (or is it croci?) are blooming, and the town is recovering. All seem to be doing fairly well.
Tuesday was April Fools' Day, but this is certainly no joke. We say farewell to Mayor Julie, and Trustees Kirk Udovich and Sandy Banta who are retiring from the Town Board. They are invaluable, and will certainly be
By Dr. Sara Hart
It's 2014, and unless you live in Oregon, Washington or Vermont, your insurance-based healthcare is not going to keep you well.
As much as I cringe at the analogy of our bodies being like cars, people inevitably think of themselves that way all the time. The squeaky wheel gets ignored until it's a screaming or debilitating pain.
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Debris has been removed, repairs are being made, piles of dirt are being moved, tickets are being sold, and the lineups are set. Things are slowing getting back to "normal" for the hardworking crew over at the Planet. Let the festival season begin!
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This time of year I often hear the phrase, "I just want to get outside to workout. The gym is a winter activity for me." I cannot tell you how much I love to run in the warm spring sun; however, there is another important factor to remember.
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Asked if the drywall is still toxic, Gao responds, "Yes, we believe that." According to Liao, most workers suspect there's something inherently wrong with the gypsum mined in Shandong Province.
Another worker, who declined to give his name, says the drywall is regularly exported from Knauf around China, Asia, and Europe. Trucks loaded with the stuff were clearly motoring in and out of the gate all day.
It's unclear if any of the tainted drywall is still reaching U.S. shores. The amount of drywall being imported has dropped significantly now that building permits for new homes have dropped by 25 percent. Border Protection is now inspecting drywall on the way in, but it's also uncertain whether it can detect the problems.
A free-for-all scientific scavenger hunt has begun to pin down exactly what is wrong with Chinese drywall — and more important, who's to blame for it. Even amid all the confusion, a few things are clear: Something is definitely wrong with the plasterboard, and at least some builders and suppliers in Florida knew about it and kept right on using it anyway.
The center of the investigation into the bad drywall has been the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent federal agency charged with looking out for consumers. Beginning last January, the agency began hunting down answers.
A federal team came to Florida in March and visited four houses. In June, officials representing the Chinese government accompanied them on tours of houses. In August, the team traveled to China to visit Knauf's factory and the massive LuNeng mine in Shandong Province that supplied the gypsum. Finally, in November, the commission wrapped up an in-depth study of 51 houses around Florida. It found a "strong association" between imported drywall and high levels of dangerous hydrogen sulfide and metal corrosion. But the group said it still doesn't have enough information to say what kind of effect these emissions might have on long-term health — or to say how it should be fixed. The limited results from all of that effort have been beyond frustrating for homeowners with Chinese drywall.
In the meantime, plenty of experts have jumped in with their pet theories on what's causing the problems.
Spiderman Mulholland, an oddly named "senior forensic investigator" from Gainesville, says he and his team traveled thousands of miles around Florida in '09 inspecting homes and testing drywall samples. After hundreds of thousands spent on lab work and seven months of 15-hour days at affected homes, Mulholland says his group has made progress."We were able to produce fecal coli in the drywall," he says.
That's right: fecal bacteria. According to Mulholland's research, untreated water could have been mixed with gypsum to make the drywall. When the boards were left to fester in the South Florida heat, the sulfur-producing fecal bacteria may have began running amok.
"One theory is that they didn't properly heat the board," Mulholland says. "If that's right, this is a substantial health problem."
It's a compelling theory. But it's one that Mulholland and others warn is just one among many.
Others say the Chinese mixed their gypsum with "fly ash" — the noxious industrial byproducts scraped off the insides of smokestacks. That view was bolstered by an Environmental Protection Agency study that found higher levels of sulfur and strontium.
An L.A. Times investigation, meanwhile, found that Chinese companies often substituted real gypsum with "phosphogypsum" — a radioactive waste that factories left in smoldering piles around Beijing.
The commission has speculated that the LuNeng mine might have naturally contained unusual levels of sulfur.
Until they can agree on the problem, no one wants to say who's to blame.
In the meantime, only the lawyers have taken action. After complaints intensified and media attention ramped up, dozens of lawsuits began flooding into courts in Florida, Virginia, and Louisiana — the three states most affected by the drywall. Owners sued the builders, the importers, the manufacturers, and the distributors. Lennar Corp., the largest Florida builder, filed its own suit in January 2009 against all the others in the supply chain.
Earlier last year, the courts consolidated all of the homeowners' complaints into several class-action lawsuits, which now are on the docket in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Still, none of the finger-pointing so far has done much to narrow down who is at fault for the mess.
"This is the single biggest catastrophe ever to hit the U.S. housing market," says Jordan Chaikin, a Bonita Springs-based lawyer representing hundreds of victims. "To me, it all points straight at these manufacturers."
The class-action lawsuit lists more than 20 Chinese manufacturers and exporters. New Times contacted a number of those located in Beijing and Tianjin, and all declined requests for interviews.
But the workers' admissions at Knauf's facility in China seem to reflect the general Chinese disdain for American complaints. Although the Chinese industrial committee (called the AQSIQ) has cooperated with the federal inquiry, little progress has come on the international front. And the official Chinese media has largely dismissed the problems.
"According to insiders, the global trade imbalance might be the cause of the 'toxic drywall' issue," the Yidaba, a business publication, wrote in October. "It's hard to argue that the 'toxic drywall' issue does not have anything to do with the selfish calculations of the business circles of the countries in which the drywall issue has occurred."

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Answered by
the Fatwa Department Research Committee - chaired by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-Turayrî
Publicizing one's repentance is not a condition of repentance, regardless of whether the sin was committed openly or in secret. In the case where a person committed the sin secretly, he should definitely not publicize his repentance, since that would be exposing to others a sin that Allah had concealed. Ibn `Umar relates that he heard the Prophet (peace be upon him ) speak about the private reckoning of deeds in the Hereafter, saying:
You will come close to Allah until you are concealed by Him. Then He will ask you: "Did you do this and that?" And you will reply: "Yes." Then He will ask you: "Did you do this and that?" You will reply: "Yes." He will make you declare all of your misdeeds, then He will tell you: "I have concealed (your misdeeds) in the world, and I will forgive you now." [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (2441) and Sahîh Muslim (2768)]
If the person had sinned publicly, it is his choice as to whether he wishes to make his repentance public. If he thinks it will benefit others – or be a source of guidance for them, then he may do so. However, he is under no obligation to publicize his penance. And Allah knows best.
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Wikipedia is viewed as an online "authority" when it comes to a lot of keywords, and if you are a search marketer (in-house or consultant) you should figure into your equation that they are your competition. For natural search or search engine optimization, more often than not Wikipedia.com is going to come up within the top 10 of the search listings.
I do not make that claim lightly, and not merely from my own experience, there's been a study done by Jure Cuhalev. Jure research Wikipedia's ability to have 1000 random Wikipedia articles rank within the top 10 listings of Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Yahoo. (Hat tip to Steve Rubel for leading me to this)
According to this study, Wikipedia appears in the top 10 of rankings in Google the most. MSN seems to be the least affected by it (however, in light of their recent tweaks this could change). The study did not take Ask.com into account, but I would believe that they are probably even less affected by "The Wikipedia Factor" than Google, Yahoo and MSN because they do not take link popularity as a heavy influencer with their algorithm.
I don't have many qualms with the search engines and how they figure relevancy and authority. However, as a search marketer, I find how much authority Google and Yahoo! give Wikipedia somewhat frustrating. Here's why - it's not a true encyclopedia, it's not a dictionary, it's certainly not a text book, it's a community contributed wiki that has pages that are highly optimized with on-page tagging chalk full of unsubstantiated content.
I link to Wikipedia plenty, because most of the time, the information I see is correct, but that's from my own perception. Those pages could be completely full of inaccuracies and totally false content, and the search engines still perceive that source as "the authority". Within the last few days, Wikipedia has been found to be plagiarizing content from other sources. Daniel Brandt, one of Wikipedia's most vocal critics had been dismissed a merely a whiner, but this time, he's got the proof to back up his claims and the traditional media is taking notice.
The Wikipedia Factor for now won't be going away, and as an organic search optimizer you have to factor that into your strategies and make your clients (internal or external) aware of it and how it will affect your ability to rank within the search engines. I just wish the search engines would view a true encyclopedia (heck they even have a blog!) with more authority than a community contributed wiki.
I leave you with one last parting thought - what happens when Wikipedia figures out a way to monetize itself?


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Kylie Minogue was around town today… shopping at Colette and walking Sheba… the dog she shared with Olivier Martinez before their unfortunate break-up. Could this mean she is still shagging the YSL hunk? Lets hope so: why let a good French lover go? I mean, did you even watch him in Unfaithful?!
Regardless, Kylie's success in both career and life are unquestionable these days: she has just been selected as the first female recipient of the Music Industry Trust Award– a highly prestigious honor recognizing her contribution to the British music industry.
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of her first single "Loco-Motion," Kylie is throwing down over a million euros for a huge bash in London this summer which will include close friends, celebrities and musicians. She is shopping for venues this month, and the date is set for early August.
It looks like a busy summer for the pint-sized diva, who releases a new album in December… to be followed by a world tour in 2008. Can we say… workaholic?


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quote:Aside from him formally being with the New York Giants,
quote:They're going to stick with David Wilson. Scott may get the start, but I'm willing to bet Wilson gets more touches against Denver. He's the most talented back on the team and he's still young. It would be dumb to hit the panic button and dismiss him right now.
quote:I'm surprised they picked him over Willis McGahee.
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Software Downloads for "Ke Emulator"
- vNES - Nitendo Emulator for J2ME
- License: Demo
If you do not yet have a smart phone, and you feel like you are missing out on a great deal of apps because of it, the vNES (Virtual NES) for j2me is great. It is an emulator (it emulates a video game console, allowing you to play games from that console on a device other than the console) for the Nintendo entertainment system (or NES) that will allow you to play NES games on any phone which has java (j2me) installed, which is pretty much any phone within the last five or six years.
As a NES emulator, it will allow you to play any game that was released on the NES over its entire lifespan, including iconic games such as the original Legend of Zelda game, or indeed any other title that has ever been released for the NES.
- Platform: Symbian
- Publisher: VampNet
- Date: 01-01-2005
- Size: 71 KB
- vNES - Nitendo Emulator for Symbian
- License: Demo
Do you own a symbian phone, and regret it because of the number of apps which are on Android and the iPhone? I also fall into this category, after I bought a symbian device and then saw the number of emulators being released on the android market, which anyone into the classic era of gaming will know is depressing. The vNES emulator for symbian is a great fix to this problem, an emulator of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
As a NES emulator, it will allow you to play any game that was released on the NES over its entire lifespan, including iconic games such as the original Mario Bros game, or indeed any other title that has ever been released for the NES.
- Platform: Symbian
- Publisher: VampNet
- Date: 01-01-2005
- Size: 71 KB
- WinWAP Smartphone Browser Emulator
- License: Freeware
Win Wap is a freeware smart phone emulator, with the intended purpose of being installed on a desktop, to emulate "smart phone" browsers on a desktop computer, and allow you to see what your website (or indeed, any website or web page) will look like on a mobile browser. The one key down side is that this software is very old, dating to 2005, so Win Wap's definition of smart phone is very different to today's, however the software does work great for emulating the browsers found on many common phones, which are not considered "smart" by today's definitions.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Winwap Technologies Oy
- Date: 11-02-2005
- Size: 1113 KB
- COM Port Data Emulator
- License: Freeware
If you are a software developer or a hardware engineer, you may often face situations when you need information about the ability of communication ports on a typical end-user system to handle large flows of data. If looking for a reliable COM port testing and analysis tool, look no further than COM Port Data Emulator! This compact tool was created for emulating a COM or Ethernet device, generating a stream of adjustable intensity, wrapping it into data packets (RS232, TCP/IP or UDP) and sending to a specific serial (COM) port.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: AGG Software
- Date: 16-01-2008
- Size: 1439 KB
- Original CD Emulator
- License: Shareware
Original CD Emulator - Dump data and emulate CD to hard drive and network Original CD Emulator is a CD utility thats help you to dump your CD data to hardisk/network images and emulate CD from hardisk/network.Here are some key features of "Original CD Emulator":Support Audio CD, Data CD, Game CD and DVD.Reads directly from a hard disk or network image.Allows up to 21 virtual CD-ROMs.Running faster than from physical media.Converts from CD/DVD to ISO imageSupports images created by CD-RW programs.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: ztekware.com
- Date: 30-10-2009
- Size: 3317 KB
- Original CD Emulator Network Edition
- License: Shareware
Original CD Emulator will help you rip CDs to hard disk or to network images, and to create a Virtual CD on your computer The Original CD Emulator helps you rip CDs to hard disk or to network images, and to create a Virtual CD on your computer to access those images. It works like a real CD-ROM: You can run programs, play games, or listen to music from your Virtual CD-ROM. Because it is launched from your hard disk, it's fast! So forget your CDs - thanks to this CD copying software, it's all on your hard disk.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: ztekware.com
- Date: 18-6-2009
- Size: 3809 KB
- R4 3DS Emulator
- License: Freeware
R4 3DS Emulator can be used for testing how DS games will work on a R4 3DS Flash Card. It can also be used for playing games on PC if you do not have a Nintendo 3DS consoles. R4 3DS Emulator also known as Nintendo 3DS R4 Flash Card emulator is based on the freeware NDS emulator NoGBA. It mimics the operation of a R4 3DS Flash Card such as R4i 3DS, AceKard 3, SuperCard DSTWO and CycloDS iEvolution on N3DS. Same as current first generation R4 3DS backup tools this emu supports only DS-MODE on Nintendo 3DS.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: R4 3DS Flash Card Ltd.
- Date: 16-08-2012
- Size: 5632 KB
- Microphone Pass-through Emulator
- License: Shareware
Microphone Pass-through Emulator is designed for the newer sound cards that the direct playback from microphone to speaker is disabled, such as Realtek HD sound cards. This means you cannot hear what you speak to your mic from your speaker. This playback feature is a very important or must-have for some applications like Karaoke software or sound mixing programs. Without this feature, you have to spend a lot of money and time to setup a big system with an extra mixer. This program pass the input from microphone through your speakers directly in background to emulate playback features.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Majiastic Computer
- Date: 04-05-2012
- Size: 481 KB
- Opera Mobile Emulator
- License: Freeware
Making sure that your site looks great and works exactly as it should in mobile browsers can often be a tedious process. Previously, if you wanted to test and debug your mobile-friendly sites in Opera Mobile, you either needed a physical phone or some form of virtual machine emulating the whole mobile operating system. With Opera Mobile, we hope to provide you with the simplest solution: a small, native application that's easy to install on your desktop machine, which runs exactly the same code as its mobile phone version - so you can be assured that what you're seeing on your test environment closely relates to the experience your end users will get.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Opera Software
- Date: 19-10-2012
- Size: 11571 KB
- Cok Free Mouse Emulator
- License: Freeware
Cok Free Mouse Emulator is software which simulates mouse operation with keyboard. You can click numeric keypad 1, 2, 3 to emulate mouse left click, middle click and right click, click numeric keypad 4, 5, 6, 8 to emulate mouse move toward left, down, right and up. It wildly used for the people whose mouse is broken or who is inconvenient to use mouse because various reasons. Features of this mouse emulator software: 1, Miniature software which only uses little memory. Mouse emulator is very small software and it can minimize to tray icon.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Cok Free Software
- Date: 11-01-2013
- Size: 301 KB
- Ripple Emulator
- License: Shareware
Ripple Emulator comes in handy to all developers who want to test their BlackBerry OS or Tablet OS WebWorks apps.
Furthermore, this software supports both BlackBerry 10 applications, as well as those that rely on a previous version of the platform.
- Platform: Windows, 7, 7x64
- Publisher: Research In Motion Limited
- Date:
- WP8 Emulator Skin Switcher
- License: Shareware
WP8 Emulator Skin Switcher includes a generous selection of phone skins that you can use in Windows Phone 8 development projects.
There are seventeen different skeens bundled inside this package. Usage is simple: start the skin switcher, choose a skin and restart the emulator to load it into the emulato.
- Platform: Windows, 864-bit
- Publisher: Geert van der Cruijsen
- Date:
- Emulator/Simulator Debugger Customizing Kit PDSDK COM Kit
- License: Shareware
Emulator/Simulator Debugger Customizing Kit PDSDK COM Kit may be used to create customized windows for the M3T-PDxx and M3T-PDxxSIM debuggers, and can be linked with other applications.
The M3T-PDxx and M3T-PDxxSIM debuggers that support the PDSDK COM kit have a special interface, known as COM, which can be invoked from an external application. The M3T-PDxx and M3T-PDxxSIM functions are called through this interface.
Get Emulator/Simulator Debugger Customizing Kit PDSDK COM Kit and give it a go to see what it's all about!
In order to access the downloads you have to create an account on this page.
- Platform: Windows, Vista, 7
- Publisher: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Date:
- BN Emulator
- License: Shareware
BN Emulator is a TTF character that will allow you to change the regular appearance of your written documents. All you have to do is install the font onto your PC then use it when writing your texts to see how it will give them a new aspect.
To install it, you can simply right-click the file and click Install. Alternately, you can install a font by dragging it into the Fonts folder you will find in the Control Panel page.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Ben Nathan
- Date:
- Emulator for PSS 5000
- License: Shareware
Emulator for PSS 5000 provides users with a professional point-of-sale solution for petrol stations such as PS 5000 forecourt controller.
The application can connect to almost any device and is able to communicate with other computers from the same network using the TCP / IP protocol.
With its intuitive interface, Emulator for PSS 5000 enables you to configure forecourts with up to 20 fueling points.
- Platform: Windows, Vista, 7, 832-bit, 864-bit
- Publisher: Toni Stojev
- Date:
- Rifidi Emulator
- License: Freeware
As its name implies, Rifidi Emulator enables you to create a virtual reader that uses the RFID technology.
Rifidi Emulator can generate tag reads and helps you configure the properties of reader devices. It can be used for developing applications and creating RFID prototypes.
- Platform: Windows, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 832-bit
- Publisher: Transcends, LLC
- Date:
- LabVIEW Apple II Emulator
- License: Freeware
LabVIEW Apple II Emulator is a specially developed, unique and accessible tool that manages to emulate an Apple II unit.
LabVIEW Apple II Emulator is a handy tool that's been written in LabVIEW.
LabVIEW was created as a system design application. LabVIEW offers scientists and engineers with tools that can help them create and deploy measurement and control systems through unprecedented hardware integration.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Steve Chandler
- Date:
- Tradeware 5250 Emulator
- License: Shareware
Tradeware 5250 Emulator is built as an accessible, easy-to-use and simple tool that was developed as an emulator for TN5250.
Tradeware 5250 Emulator allows you to easily manage connections and logging options.
Tradeware 5250 Emulator is written in the Java programming language and can be run on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Tradeware
- Date:
- 2D Bar Code Key Emulator
- License: Shareware
2D Bar Code Key Emulator is a handy tool that was designed in order to provide you with a simple means of simulating linear barcodes.
The two-dimensional barcodes will enable you to get a basic representation of product data by using various geometric patterns.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Panasonic
- Date:
- 1D Bar Code Key Emulator
- License: Shareware
1D Bar Code Key Emulator is a handy tool that was designed in order to provide you with a simple means of simulating linear barcodes.
The 1D barcodes will enable you to get a basic representation of product data by having variable width and parallel line spacing.
- Platform: Windows
- Publisher: Panasonic
- Date:


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I've spent too much time determining who would be on my basketball dream team, but haven't given enough thought to who are my top picks for commencement speakers. Thankfully, TakePart has done the hard work and announced it's Commencement Speaker Dream Team. Coming in at #4 is AnnaLappé!
"Anna Lappé, renowned author and founding principal of The Small Planet Institute, is a
terrific role model for graduates who are looking to get involved in the
food movement. Anna is committed to finding sustainable,
climate-friendly solutions to our industrial food system, particularly
in her latest book Diet
for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What
You Can Do about It."
And it won't be a commencement speech, but those of you in the vicinity of the Twin Cities have an opportunity to hear Anna, as well as her renowned mother Francis Moore Lappé, speak in Minneapolis on June 16. Billed as "From Small Planet to Hot Planet" and moderated by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy President Jim Harkness, the event features a discussion between the Lappés on the challenges of transforming the food system and the opportunities for collaboration.
Join us for this exciting opportunity!


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One Glowing Life is dedicated to maximizing the potential of women and girls to make a profound difference in the world by supporting them to create glowing lives of purpose, dreams, passion, and service. We work with women and moms to create their most radiant lives in alignment with their hearts and dreams. We help those who want to do something bigger for the world to turn their dreams and visions into tangible projects that inspire, enlighten, and empower.
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Founded in 1858, the YWCA is one of the world's oldest and most respected organizations dedicated to improving the lives of women, girls, and people of color.
The YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
Athena's Warehouse is an unpaid, all-volunteer 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to educating, inspiring, and empowering underprivileged teen girls in Atlanta, Georgia, with an emphasis on positive female role models.
Athena's Warehouse equips girls with the tools and resources to become smart, confident, and independent young women, focusing on key teen issues such as positive body image, teen pregnancy prevention, safety in relationships, media literacy, and career preparation.
Girls' Respect Groups is a unique after-school program for pre-teen girls, led by specially trained high school girls.
It's a community of Girls Helping Girls, a place where teenage girls can share their life experiences and lend a helping hand to younger girls during the difficult middle school years.
The Women's Intersport Network for Kansas City (WIN for KC), was established in 1994 with the mission to empower girls and women through advocating and promoting the lifetime value of sports and fitness, while providing opportunities for leadership development.
WIN is a volunteer, membership-driven organization that operates as a program under the umbrella of the Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundation.
Leading Ladies of Legacy is a non-profit leadership development organization for girls.
Leading Ladies of Legacy produces young women who have strong academic backgrounds, understand and build resilience, fight and overcome poverty, exude self-worth and confidence, give back to the community and display leadership.
Girls' Globe is a network of passionate people and organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls.
The mission of Girls' Globe is to raise awareness and educate others about global issues concerning the rights, health, and empowerment of women and girls.
Girls Outdoor Leadership Development (GOLD) inspires courage and leadership in girls and women through the integrated exploration of the arts and the natural environment.
Through the YMCA's GOLD programs, girls discover and nurture their true selves, learn about community and the environment, develop responsibility, and gain the skills to confidently articulate and pursue their individual goals and aspirations.
Hope for Hearts invests in a life of girls. The organization is dedicated to funding St. Elizabeth Girl's Academy (SEGA) in Uganda, East Africa.
The academy is an orphanage and school that rescues street children from birth to 21 years. On average, 200 girls a year receive a hand-up, not a handout.
Girls Leadership Education and Advancement Mission (GLEAM) empowers girls and women through mentorship and education with the intention to serve. Based in the South Pacific, GLEAM is a non-profit organisation that raises money to fund scholarships for girls who need financial assistance to complete school.
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society (PPES) improves the lives of girls in rural India.
It uplifts and empowers girls from the poorest sections of society by providing free education and vocational training, and thus creates a new generation of self-reliant and educated girls who will break the cycle of poverty in the region.
Girls on the Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
Girls on the Run is a transformational learning program for 8 to 13 year-old girls. We teach life skills through dynamic, conversation-based lessons and running games.
Girls Learn International®, Inc. gives American girls a voice in the movement for universal girls' education.
Girls Learn International®, Inc. (GLI) pairs American middle and high school-based chapters with international partner schools in countries where girls have traditionally been denied access to education.


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Tuesday, June 7th 2011
Review: Heat Stroke, Rachel Caine.
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Publication Date: June 23, 2008
Received From: Bought
Pages: 288
The Wardens Association continues to protect the human race from extermination by climatic extremes. That is, when they're not turning on their own…
Joanne's survived one challenge – technically – but now she's got a whole new set of problems. After being accused of murder and chased around the country – and killed – by a team charged with hunting down rogue Wardens, Joanne's human life is over. Reborn into Djinnhood, she has to master her enhanced powers whilst trying to avoid being 'claimed' by a human. With the help of a hot supernatural lover, things are looking bright – until they go wrong. There's trouble brewing, and it's not confined to River City…or to the Wardens. No, this trouble could kill every Djinn on the planet – and unleash a storm that could send humanity to join them.
Armed with her keen fashion sense, Manolo Blahniks and a really fast car, Joanne prepares to do battle with the enemy.
Just one problem…it may be herself.
Heat Stroke is the second instalment of Rachel Caine's Weather Warden series. I would definitely recommend reading this series in book order, beginning with the first instalment Ill Wind. This will save from experiencing any confusion when reading Heat Stroke as the storyline does flow continuously from book to book.
The protagonist Joanne, once a powerful and passionate Weather Warden, is faced with the challenge of adjusting to her new life as a Djinn. Following the events of the previous book, Joanne's old life is now over and there's a lot to learn about her new one. Luckily for her, David, her love interest and reason for her survival and transformation, is on hand to help her grow accustomed to her altered state. As he's a Djinn too, he appears to be the perfect man for the job. However, David's act of saving Joanne is not without terrible consequences.
Alike to the first book, Heat Stroke is fast paced and full of action. However, I felt it took a bit longer for this action to start in this instalment in comparison to the first. On the other hand, when it did arise, the plot consisted of a lot of twists and turns which help to ensure I kept reading. One of the best things about the story lines in this series so far is that they're never predictable.
In this instalment readers can expect to achieve a greater understanding of the Djinn which were introduced to us in the first book. I found the concept of the Djinn and their history captivating and I was certainly pleased to learn more about them. As well as the revisiting of great characters from the first book, we're introduced to some equally great new ones. For instance, there's Jonathan, the Djinn God, who's powerful but also pretty cool. There's also Patrick, the once-human Djinn, who provides some laughs with his pervy Santa Claus persona.
Arguably, the only downside to Heat Stroke is that although it's a book of 389 pages, it consists of only two chapters. This could give the impression that it's a lengthy read but the plot is ongoing so it's understandable that it hasn't been broken up into smaller parts. Don't let the length of the two chapters put you off as there's sufficient exciting action which gives the book the potential to be read in one sitting alone.
Overall, I am pleased with the Weather Warden series so far. Caine's art of blending together fantasy with an urban setting results in a believable, unique take on the supernatural. Not only are the plots interesting and fresh, but her take on the magical is new and enthralling. I believe this series has the potential to grow stronger with each instalment. Heat Stroke will provide you with a great read and will captivate you throughout. The ending includes a big twist I didn't see coming and has left me eager to continue to the next book in the series, Chill Factor.


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Embrocation stockist of the week: On Your Left Cycles in Louisville, Kentucky. A little shop that oozes style and technical competence. These guys are gearing up big time for CX World Championships next year and they are highly worth a drop-in when you inevitably find yourself in Louisville for the big event next winter.
Unbelievable sports news: Pro footballer Fabrice Muamba suffered cardiac arrest on the football pitch during a game a few weeks back. Amazingly scary stuff. Props to the English broadcasters for not zooming in on the medical drama, but instead focusing on the reactions of the fans and painting a true portrait of the tense nature of that moment. More emotional even was Muamba's return a few weeks later to the same stadium.
Fat, Canadian news now: The mayor of Toronto has started cracking down on cyclists in his fair city. By cracking down we mean a couple things: 1) systematically removing existing or denying future cycling infrastructure in the city and 2) launching a war of words against cyclists. It's the sort of backwards thinking we unaccustomed to hearing from our neighbors to the north and raises an interesting series of arguments. The "roads are for buses, trucks and cars" argument does not hold much water, especially from a big city mayor, whose main responsibility should be to make his city run more efficiently. Roads are REALLY for conveying people and goods from point A to point B. Try driving in any major metropolitan area during rush-hour. Chances are you'll mainly see individual drivers in cars (look at slide number 11) and SUV's, slogging nought but their own bodies through heavy traffic, from work to home.
Alright, off of our high horse.Can you see me now?
Maybe it's those silly chainrings he uses, but Wiggins continues to dominate.No, the hair is not to be overlooked, as we've said before; but will we be seeing more World Tour riders on Osymetric rings soon? Likely.
On the domestic racing scene, some friends of ours have been making good on their collective long-speculated potential, and winning big boy races down south.A good portion of the team is from New England, and we've watched these kids grow up. Except Myerson, he's watched us grow up. For both reasons, we're TMK fans, and we're super happy to see them winning, and winning clean. Good work, lads.
Last, but not least... we just received a new shipment of Embrocation Whole Bean Coffee in one pound, sealed cans. For the next week, when you buy a can of coffee, you can also get an Embrocation Travel Mug for 50% off. It's a good way to get some tasty caffeine delivered to the system quickly and stylishly.
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty opted to himself announce the introduction of regulations that extend the powers of pharmacists.
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TORONTO – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty opted to himself announce the introduction of regulations that extend the powers of pharmacists.
He could have left that duty to Minister of Health and Long Term Care Deb Matthews, whose department had the responsibility for framing the regulations for pharmacy practice and will administer them. But, clearly, the premier felt his personal participation would serve to emphasize his government's understanding of the value that community pharmacy brings to the health care system.
The venue he chose for the announcement, the Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy building on the University of Toronto campus, served to underline the provincial government's appreciation of the profession's status.
The new regulations authorize pharmacists to perform five functions that until now have been the preserve of physicians:
• The adoption and renewal of prescriptions in defined situations. • The administration of specific substances to a patient for demonstration purposes. • The prescription of drugs for smoking cessation. • Piercing of the skin to support a patient's self-care and monitoring of a chronic disease (cited as an example of the use of this power was a pharmacist demonstrating how to properly use a blood glucose monitor); • Giving flu shots to patients over five years old.
Perhaps not surprisingly, with the announcement being made on the eve of the flu season, the power to administer flu shots, beginning October 22, attracted the most attention, all of it positive, from the media. This particular activity is also the only one that the government has confirmed it will remunerate.
Pharmacists who have completed flu vaccination training will be entitled to deliver the shots and receive the $7.50 fee for so doing established under the Ontario Universal Influenza Immunization Program.
Although the other new services are not to be remunerated under the province's drug plan, pharmacists may elect to charge patients for them. So far none of the major chains has indicated whether it will adopt this course.
"This is a critical first step in enabling pharmacists to deliver efficient, effective care for the patients we serve," said Billy Cheung, chair of the board of the Ontario Pharmacists' Association (OPA).
Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores chair Sandra Aylward commented, "Through expanding the scope of pharmacy practice to include delivering flu shots, prescription renewals and smoking cessation therapies, the government is helping patients access the vital care they need at a location that is close to where they live and work. This is good news for Ontario families and pharmacies alike."
In a release supporting the government's introduction of the new powers for pharmacists, Shoppers Drug Mart noted that over 600 SDM pharmacists across the province had already completed their flu vaccination training and flu clinics are being offered in more than 460 stores to help Ontarians prepare for cold and flu season this year.
"Preparation is crucial to avoid getting the flu," said Dr. Dorian Low, SDM's executive vice president of pharmacy and health care. "The provincial government's decision to expand the scope of practice for pharmacists and include them in the flu vaccination system is an important step in helping make flu vaccinations more accessible for Ontarians."
Frank Scorpiniti, chief executive officer of Rexall Pharma Plus, issued a statement applauding the Ontario government's announcement, noting that it will expand the role of pharmacists to provide more options for Ontarians' health care needs.
"We are very pleased with today's announcement," he said. "It will result in greater and more convenient access to flu shots across the province. On behalf of the over 700 Rexall Pharma Plus pharmacists located in communities all across Ontario, we support the Ontario government in its efforts to expand access to essential health care services and increase immunization rates across the province, which results in healthier communities and lower overall health care costs."
Scorpiniti said Rexall Pharma Plus had invested in training and infrastructure to ensure the company was ready to make it easier to receive the flu shots.
Physicians appeared to be on board with the new regulations. Dr. Doug Weir, president of the Ontario Medical Association, said his organization, representing 25,000 physicians, "will be working closely with pharmacists and others who choose to extend their scope of practice."
David Darby, OPA's CEO, remarked that there are many more ways pharmacists can contribute to improve patient outcomes. "OPA is currently engaging in research to identify the significance and value of the impact pharmacists can have on the care provided to seniors and those with chronic conditions."


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North of Boston, the January thaw has come and now seems to be going, and I can think of no one better to usher it out than Aldo Leopold, who followed the tracks of a skunk that'd awakened during a January thaw many years ago.
The skunk track leads on, showing no interest in possible food, and no concern over the rompings or retributions of his neighbors. I wonder what he has on his mind; what got him out of bed? Can one impute romantic motives to this corpulent fellow, dragging his ample beltline through the slush? Finally the track ends in a pile of driftwood, and does not emerge. I hear the tinkle of dripping water among the logs, and I fancy the skunk hears it too. I turn homeward, still wondering.
—Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac.


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Statement of Wonderfulness
In Celebration of
Katie Neiert
Coordinator, Pre-College Programs
This person's warm, welcoming personality has become the face of OSU to thousands of students. As a Precollege Program Coordinator, Katie Neiert works tirelessly and helps with virtually every event, program, and project in the Precollege Programs Office. Her dedication has created a dramatic increase in prospective students coming to see what college is all about.
One colleague said "Katie is like the batter in a baseball game; she has to take what is thrown at her, which could be anything. She hits it out of the park even when teachers and bus drivers and room bookings all cancel or change times impacting dozens of presenters on campus; Katie quickly re-coordinates the day's agenda creating a real rounded and whole experience for all involved."
Katie coordinates and supports numerous programs and events including: the Campus Field Trip Program, the Volunteer with Kids Program, the OSU GEAR UP Natural Resource Camps, the Discovering the Scientist Within Event, the PeaceJam Event, and the Si Se Puede events. Katie has also served on the Youth Safety Workgroup and helped to generate the policy guidelines for OSU youth programs.
One notable accomplishment comes from Katie's leadership of the Campus Field Trip Program. This year the program will host a record high of 5,000 middle school and elementary school students. This is a 50% increase in the number of Campus Field Trip participants when compared to last year! This tremendous growth was due to Katie's exceptional dedication to student service. A good portion of the increase in students coming for the Campus Field Trip Program are students coming from underrepresented populations that Katie works hard to reach out to.
Katie also helps organize the OSU GEAR UP Natural Resources Camp which will host 88 students, a 100% increase over last summer's camp
Words colleagues use to describe Katie are dedicated, inspiring, and determined.
Katie has made a big impact on the OSU students and the precollege students she works with. She gives them a chance to learn leadership skills and helps them build their confidence. Katie goes out of her way to make sure students have a good experience and she genuinely cares for them.
Katie teaches precollege students the importance of learning as a goal for higher education. She also helps OSU faculty, staff, and students translate their research, skills, and passion into learning opportunities for precollege students.
One colleague said, "She really gets it, what she is doing, why she is doing it, and why it is important". Katie, today we thank you for your hard work and for your contribution to OSU. You are an all star on this team and your RBI stats are off the charts!
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NAUGATUCK – The Tug Valley High School basketball team began the road to the state tournament on Tuesday night with a 75-48 Class A sectional tourney victory over Sherman in a game played at the Panthers' home gym.
Boone County ASA Softball is closing in the deadline for sign ups.The last date to submit paperwork is Friday, March 6th. There are several ways to submit the forms.
SETH — Tyler Stewart poured in 24 points as the Sherman Tide rolled past visiting Van Bulldogs in the Class A Region 3 Section 1 tournament Saturday night, 79-63, in a packed house between Boone County rivals at Sherman High...
WILLIAMSON – The Lady Tigers of Chapmanville Regional High School were upset in the semifinals of the Class AA sectional played at the Williamson Fieldhouse on Wednesday night by the Scott Lady Skyhawks 43-30.
Class AAARegion 1, Section 1(All games at 7 p.m.)Wednesday: No. 4 Brooke at No. 1 Parkersburg South; No. 3 Parkersburgat No. 2 Wheeling Park
Will Hensley #2 gets ready to shoot a free throw during the Sherman Tide junior varsity game Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, against the Man Hillbillies at Seth. Hensley made both shots and Sherman went on to win the game, 68-63.
FRANKFORT, Ky. – There is a saying in fishing that goes "the best time to go fishing is when you can."
CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Regional High School girls' basketball team rallied to beat rival Scott on Thursday night at Chapmanville's Danny Godby Gymnasium as the Lady Tigers won over the Lady Hawks 68-57.
Tanner Dillon, a 16-year-old Chapmanville High School student from Boone County, trapped a 37 pound bobcat near Rock Creek. Bobcat hunters and trappers and otter trappers should obtain a plastic Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...
SETH — A steal by Corey Smith with a perfect pass to Braden Harrah for a layup clinched a win for the Sherman Tide varsity boys' basketball team Tuesday night, Feb. 10, 2015, at Seth.


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Mary Ruth Cain, 69, Plainville, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born Sept. 17, 1943, in Hays to Richard and Esther (Dougherty) Wise.
She married Glen Cain on June 21, 1986, in Plainville.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; two sons, Scott Thompson, Plainville, and Michael Thompson, Russell; two daughters, Lori Bailey, Houston, and Bethany Durling, Vineland, N.J.; two sisters, Jane Simpson, Berthoud, Colo., and Barbara McLauglin, Stockton; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and four step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Thompson.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Church of the Nazarene, Plainville; inurnment in Shiloh Cemetery, rural Rooks County.
There will be no visitation.
Memorials are suggested to Church of the Nazarene, Plainville, in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 320 S.W. Second St., Plainville, KS 67663.
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Government insists on US-backed plot against Venezuela * National Assembly president Nicolás Maduro and parliamentarian
Cilia Flores, both members of ruling party MVR, on December
13th filed new evidence of a plan intended to "isolate" and
"destabilize" Venezuela, and directly accused a US congresswoman
of involvement in said plot. * Brownfield spoke ironically about "the number of plots and conspiracies I am managing at this current time. I think they are about 23 or 24." * The official repeated that Washington has no involvement, interest or activity whatsoever aimed at overthrowing the Venezuelan government. * For his part, Luis Posada Carrilles' attorney Joaquín Chaffardet labeled as show and reckless charges against him by a group of pro-government deputies about a presumed plot to "isolate and destabilize" Venezuela. * Chaffardet refused "any link with such activities. No military action is necessary, because I particularly do not trust in the army and do not want a military government." * "Nicolás Maduro (the chair of the National Assembly) or even the President of the Republic are not men enough to intimidate me." * A special committee of the National Assembly as of January
5th is to delve into an alleged plot to destabilize Venezuela
following December 4th parliament election, as reported on
December 13th by a group of pro-government parliamentarians,
including the chair of the legislature, Nicolás Maduro. * Pro-Chávez parliamentarian Darío Vivas ensured
that the plot included funding opposition parties for them
to withdraw from December 4th polls. According to Vivas, US
ambassador William Brownfield "cannot do anything he wants
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Chris and Rihanna are dating again, and fans are split about their VERY public relationship. HollywoodLife.com editor-in-chief Bonnie Fuller and managing editor William Earl totally disagree about whether this couple is meant to be. What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers?
Chris Brown and Rihanna are more public than ever, following their first high-profile date at his Qubeey launch party on October 20 in Beverly Hills. But considering the intense love triangle with Karrueche Tran that plagued their relationship for so long, it seems like there will be a lot of drama ahead for this reunited couple!
Chris, 23, and Rihanna, 24, seem to be in love again, but editor-in-chief Bonnie Fuller and managing editor William Earl totally disagree about it being a relationship with a happy ending.
Whatever the case, we hope this couple is able to live in peace in their new relationship!
Rihanna recently spoke with Oprah Winfrey about the aftermath of Chris' 2009 assault:
"It was a weird, confusing space to be in. Because as angry as I was, as angry and hurt and betrayed, I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help and who's going to help him? Nobody's going to say he needs help. Everybody's going to say he's a monster without looking at the source, and I was more concerned about him."
Do YOU think it's great that Chris and Rihanna are reconciled, HollywoodLifers — or is it a horrible idea?
– Bonnie Fuller & William Earl
More Chris Brown & Rihanna:
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Posted at 7:32 PM on February 1, 2013
Luv most of your comments. The media needs to stay out of these Chris Brown and Rihanna's lives and let them live it how they see its. Its their lives and if its wrong, then its their mistake. Thats all there is to it! All one can do is hope things turn out better for them the second time around!
septimus kaikai
Posted at 7:35 AM on January 14, 2013
septimus kaikai
Posted at 7:30 AM on January 14, 2013
Posted at 4:14 PM on December 10, 2012
I dont own any of your music nor Chris Browns music. I am 50 ears old with grown Children in there 30;s. What caught my eyes about you was that you talk to Joyce Myers. When I was in my early teen I wanted the bad boys and the coolest type and if I had it to do it all over again I would of ranned from them. I raised two kids without a father he smoked and dranked himself to death. He ranned around with other woman. And everytime he left I always wondered was he cheating You are young beatiful and talanted. Please asked God to take those feeling away for Mr wrong. You dong want gray hair or to be sick of worrying about anyone. Lots and lots of man would have you in a heartbeat and would treat you right. If chris met his Ex in Paris he is the wrong person for you. you can't follow him all the time. You walking away from him is like you won. Lose all feelings and ou would be glad you did.The other girl have a fake smile and she do not look happy. How can she be when he was cheating on her. You know and I know she just need the money. Move on to someone that could love you and the family that you want.
Posted at 11:44 AM on October 26, 2012
Avila Fénty
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Posted at 8:11 PM on October 23, 2012
when will people really look at Chris as a changed and growned uo guy??? Common guys these two people loves eachother why can't you let them be? Let me tell u something there is nothing greater than true love…so people pls let it be beautiful for these two they are young and need to enjoy life. It Rihanna has forgiven him why won't the world do the same?
Posted at 6:47 PM on October 23, 2012
disgust with haters
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Posted at 2:46 PM on October 23, 2012
I mean, it's been what? 3 years since everything has happened? And they STILL love each other? That's true love. Yes, Chris doesn't have a great past but if your still stuck in the past, how are you going to view the future? No it wasn't right what he did. But everyone deserves a second chance. And no one really knows if he changed because we're not apart of there personal lives. I think Rihanna and Chris were bound to get back together. Obviously. Let them be.
Posted at 1:30 PM on October 23, 2012
I think you are nuts. The guy even tho he's biased is on point. He has not broken off anything. And Chris had nine women before Karrueche. Stop the dumb spin. She's an adult and she broke up a relationship. Why does she deserve to happier than Karrueche because she's the star? Stop!
Martha tangeni nghipandulwa
Posted at 12:32 PM on October 23, 2012
Music Lover
Posted at 11:41 AM on October 23, 2012
So far Rihanna has not been able to help him in any way. He likes the status quo. He gets to date two beautiful women which is the only quality a women need possess to satisfy him. It doesn't have to end in disaster, but there will be no happy endings for this trio. Chris and Rihanna will break up and him and Karrueche will be a couple again.
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A little over 8 months ago I launched a project where together we raised the $8,000 I needed to Kickstart my 2-year voyage around the world.
When the project closed, my boat, BOBBIE, was hauled from the water to a shipyard where friends and I labored for weeks to ready her for her great adventure. . . .
In January, she was christened, packed with provisions and then shoved out onto the wild blue road...
This round of funding is 100% dedicated to acquiring some essential safety gear: an offshore liferaft, a satellite phone and minutes, a medical kit, and a small assortment of storm sails and drogue for heaving-to in heavy weather.
These pieces of gear are so expensive the thought of raising money to cover the costs had previously seemed incredibly daunting until a few weeks ago when a terrific company called BrightBuilt Barn stepped in and offered to lend a hand. BrightBuilt Barn is willing to put up $5,000 if we can successfully meet my goal on here....so $5,000 on Kickstarter will actually yield $10,000 in safety gear!
There's a bit of time pressure on this campaign as I only have until mid-April to raise the money in order for me to receive the gear before I head offshore for French Polynesia.
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Eric Gelinas talks about rejoining Albany after playing most of the season with New Jersey.
"The Playoffs Can Be A Crazy Thing"
A brand new season is upon us and the Devils are staring down a first round series against the IceCaps.
Devils Can Make Move Saturday
The playoff spot has been secured, but there is still regular-season hockey to be played. The Devils put the finishing touches on their 76-game schedule Saturday.
Practice: Mike Sislo (Apr. 18, 2014)
Mike Sislo discusses making the playoffs and returning to Albany's lineup.
Practice: Rick Kowalsky (Apr. 18, 2014)
Head Coach Rick Kowalsky spoke with reporters regarding finishing the regular season and planning for the playoffs.
Practice: Tim Sestito (Apr. 15, 2014)
Tim Sestito talks about returning from New Jersey in time for a playoff push.
Practice: Rod Pelley (Apr. 10, 2014)
From a leadership standpoint, Rod Pelley spoke Thursday after practice about the team's mentality heading into this weekend's home games.
Practice: Rick Kowalsky (Apr. 10, 2014)
Head Coach Rick Kowalsky spoke with the media after Thursday's practice.
Practice: Darcy Zajac (Apr. 9, 2014)
Darcy Zajac discusses last weekend's performance and looks ahead to the team's three-in-three home weekend.
Practice: Rick Kowalsky (Apr. 9, 2014)
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The Bard said, "The course of true love never did run smooth." And Jess once told Russell that "hang over eggs" would either stop him from throwing up the rest of the day, or make him throw up everything very speedily, calling it "high-risk, high-reward." But I digress. The important thing from you to take away from this New Girl update is this: Dermot Mulroney's Russell is coming back. What could this mean for Jess and Nick??
Mulroney plays Jess' ex, a hot older fella, named Russell. His return to the Fox comedy would seem rather ill timed to those of us really rooting for the Jess and Nick relationship to take wing and soar. His return episode is called "First Date" and it happens this April.
When we last saw Russell, who you will recall is the father of one of Jess' students, it was during a season one's episode called "Tomatoes". Jess put an end to their relationship because she wanted more heat. So, what will bring the pair back together? Is it casual or something more? E!online had the teasing news.
In case you are living under a rock, I need to tell you to go and catch up on New Girl episodes because Jess and Jake Johnson's Nick finally shared a kiss. And the "Relationshippers" rejoiced!
All new episodes of New Girl return on Tuesday, March 12 only on Fox. We're in the middle of season 2 and so far this season Nick has tried writing a zombie novel, dated a gorgeous stripper acted by Olivia Munn, introduced us all to his ex-con pop acted by Denis Farina, competed with Schmidt for the affections of a chick with a sadness fetish, and tried really hard to impress the bar's owner acted by Odette Annable.
Do you think Nick and Jess will ever become a real couple?
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mainframes have done for years, he'll say.
"A mainframe is a cloud," contends Jon Toigo, CEO of Toigo Partners International, a data management consultancy in Dunedin, Fla.
If you, like Toigo, define a cloud as a resource that can be dynamically provisioned and made available within a company with security and good management controls, "then all of that exists already in a mainframe," he says.
Of course, Toigo's isn't the only definition of what constitutes a cloud. Most experts say that a key attribute of the cloud is that the dynamic provisioning is self-service — that is, at the user's demand.
But the controlled environment of the mainframe, which is the basis for much of its security, traditionally requires an administrator to provision computing power for specific tasks. That's why the mainframe has a reputation as old technology that operates under an outdated IT paradigm of command and control.
It's also one of the reasons why most cloud computing today runs on x86-based distributed architectures, not mainframes. Other reasons: Mainframe hardware is expensive, licensing and software costs tend to be high, and there is a shortage of mainframe skills.
Nevertheless, mainframe vendors contend that many companies want to use their big iron for cloud computing. In a CA Technologies-sponsored survey of 200 U.S. mainframe executives last fall, 73% of the respondents said that their mainframes were a part of their future cloud plans.
And IBM has been promoting mainframes as cloud platforms for several years. The company's introduction last year of the zEnterprise, which gives organizations the option of combining mainframe and distributed computing platforms under an umbrella of common management, is a key part of IBM's strategy to make mainframes a part of the cloud, say analysts.
The company set the stage 10 years ago when it gave all of its mainframes, starting with zSeries S/390, the ability to run Linux. While mainframes had been virtualizing since the introduction of the VM operating system 30 years earlier, once IBM added Linux, you could run virtual x86 servers on a mainframe.
Over the past several years, some organizations have done just that, consolidating and virtualizing x86 servers using Linux on the mainframe. Once you start doing that, you have the basis for a private cloud.
"You have this incredibly scalable server that'svery strong in transaction management," says JudithHurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz & Associ-ates, an IT consultancy in Needham, Mass. "Here'sthis platform that has scalability and partitioningbuilt in at its core."Plus, the mainframe's strongest assets — reliabil-ity, availability, manageability and security — arethe very characteristics that companies are mostconcerned about as they consider rolling out majorbusiness applications in the cloud, she says.
But that lack of support for self-provisioning is glaring."The mainframe is very well controlled in most organi-zations, often to the point where it's locked in a roomand people can't access it," says Julie Craig, an analystat Enterprise Management Associates. "[Mainframevendors] are going to have to do some developing toallow the self-service features of the cloud."Reed Mullen, IBM's System z cloud comput-ing leader, says that the lack of self-provisioning iscultural, not technological. Companies could enableself-provisioning in mainframes either by usingIBM's Tivoli Service Automation Manager or throughcustom development, he says.
And yet he acknowledges that such implementations would still depend on the I T department — users wouldn't have full self-service autonomy. Specifically, mainframe systems with self-provisioning options would require a user to submit a request by email, and IT would have to approve the request before the resources were provisioned, Mullen explains. This reflects the "old habits" of the mainframe world, he says. But he also notes that any kind of cloud implementation, including those on distributed systems, would include an approval process.
"I know the perception is that the user doesn't haveto bother anybody in I T — that I just have to pointand click to get my service," Mullen says. But in everycloud scenario, he adds, there's some kind of approvalprocess — a way to prioritize the requests — eventhough that process may not "require human eyes."As for the licensing costs, Mullen says that IBM'scurrent generation, System z, has a little-used "on-off" feature, whereby mainframe administrators canturn a processor core on for a limited time, payingshort-term day rates for IBM software rather thanbuying an expensive annual license based on thenumber of processor cores. "We are looking at takingadvantage of this infrastructure to make it even moresuitable for a cloud environment where there is a lotof unpredictable usage," says Mullen.
But it's hard to find an organization that's using a mainframe in a self-provisioned cloud computing system. Some analysts say the talk of the mainframe as cloud is just hype. The technology may indeed exist, but the question is whether companies are
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By MARTIN GEORGE
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Firefighters have been stood down after being called to reports of an elderly lady trapped in a car after it went into a ditch near the A47 in Swaffham this afternoon.
One crew from Swaffham was called to the scene, near the junction of the A47 and the A1122 Dereham Road west of the town, at 3.04pm but ended their involvement 10 minutes later after making the scene safe.
Police said the lady had been released from the red Honda Jazz "pretty quickly" after the accident, and there were no reports of any injuries.
Police remain on the scene while the car is recovered.
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not sure of reasoning for this crash, but may well be time for licence review on elderly drivers.
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So the Project for Excellence in Journalism has released its annual State of the News Media report. This year's version, like its successors, is full of fascinating, telling, and occasionally surprising data about the news industry. It is also notable for being exceptionally melancholy, both in content and in tone. ("This is the sixth edition of our annual report on the State of the News Media in the United States," PEJ notes in the report's introduction. "It is also the bleakest.")
PEJ published its inaugural effort at cataloging and trending the news industry back in 2004. In the ensuing five years, much—much—has changed…and yet, in other senses, much remains the same. In the spirit of Katia's State of the Union quiz, see if you can identify which bits of analysis come from the 2004 report, and which from the 2009. An answer key is below.
1. America's newspapers got smaller in just about every way.
2. Overall, the magazine industry is healthy, but its landscape is very different than it was even 10 years ago, let alone 20.
3. Newspapers in any given town usually remain the institution, at least as measured by number of reporters and editors and in our content analysis, with the greatest newsgathering capacity, the widest range of coverage, and largest number of stories each day. Newspapers, in other words, are still the biggest watchdog in town.
4. Refugees of the mainstream press helped launch or staff a number of independent new ventures online.
5. The ethnic press, a growing sector the last few years, saw its audience numbers become more complicated. The circulation for most of the African American papers declined. For Spanish-language dailies, results were mixed, while Spanish television stations gained.
6. In local television, a deteriorating market for advertising had analysts scrambling to revise their estimates downward as the year wore on. Most concluded that the final revenue numbers were as much as 7% lower than the year before and that profit margins had probably been cut in half.
7. Coverage in the general interest news weeklies (Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report) is edging into lighter areas such as pop culture, health and service. To survive, they are becoming less specialized experts in anything and more a lighter version on every topic.
8. Only two platforms clearly grew: the Internet, where the gains seemed more structural, and cable, where they were more event-specific.
9. In online content, citizen news sites that do original reporting gained some steam…especially in areas where traditional coverage has vanished. But, according to a study of citizen sites in 46 markets, they remain far from a substitute for legacy media. Their range of topics is narrower, the sourcing somewhat thinner and the content often not updated even once a day. They also trail legacy news sites in the various methods for distributing their content.
10. The data also suggest a clear trend in the changing nature of how Americans now learn about the world around them. People are relying more heavily — both during peak moments and in general — on platforms that can deliver news when audiences want it rather than at appointed times, a sign of a growing "on demand" news culture. People increasingly want the news they want when they want it.
11. Although some people report getting news online at the expense of getting it from magazines and newspapers, the majority of online news consumers say they spend as much time with print as they did before.
12. The Internet is the medium having the most success attracting young people to news, something that the older media were having trouble with before the Internet even existed.
13. Only the newsrooms of the three major cable channels were on a pace to increase their investment in newsgathering, at an average of 7%.
14. With 40 million active users of the mobile Web, advertisers spent $1.3 billion to reach them in [year], up 59% from a year earlier. News organizations are scrambling to establish beachheads in this new land, but old questions of revenue persist. Will the tiny banner ads pay enough to finance the effort?
15. The top 50 news websites saw traffic for the year grow 27%, according to PEJ's analysis of comScore data, while all news and information sites grew 7%. The top four news sites —Yahoo, MSNBC.com, CNN.com and AOL—saw unique visitors grow 22% to 23.6 million visitors a month.


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STAMFORD, Conn., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cenveo, Inc. (NYSE: CVO, "Cenveo" or the "Company") announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cenveo Corporation, has amended (the "Amendment") its offer to purchase for cash (the "Offer") its outstanding 7 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2013 (the "7 7/8% Notes"), which Offer was previously announced on February 29, 2012 and amended on March 12, 2012. The Amendment (i) amends the offer to purchase the 7 7/8% Notes to reduce the amount of 7 7/8% Notes subject to the Offer to an amount of up to $45 million aggregate principal amount of 7 7/8% Notes, subject to proration procedures as set forth in Supplement No. 2 ("Supplement No. 2") to the Offer to Purchase, dated March 21, 2012, at a total consideration of 100.25% of outstanding principal thereof plus any accrued and unpaid interest for 7 7/8% Notes accepted by the Company, validly tendered and not withdrawn by the extended total consideration payment deadline as set forth below, (ii) extends the deadline for payment of the total consideration with respect to the offer to purchase 7 7/8% Notes, as well as the deadline for withdrawal rights for the 7 7/8% Notes, to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 23, 2012, (iii) extends the expiration date with respect to the offer to purchase 7 7/8% Notes to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 3, 2012, and (iv) rescinds the solicitation of consents to amend the indenture governing the 7 7/8% Notes. The Amendment does not in any way change the terms related to the 8 3/8% senior subordinated notes due 2014 (the "8 3/8% Notes") or the 10 1/2% senior unsecured notes due 2016 (the "10 1/2% Notes" and together with the 7 7/8% Notes and the 8 3/8% Notes, the "Securities"), including the consent payment deadline and expiration date applicable to the 8 3/8% Notes and the 10 1/2% Notes.
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Refusing to confirm whether the Bill to carve out separate Telangana state will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament, beginning this week, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Sunday said the Bill will come "very soon" before Parliament.
"Meetings (of GoM) have almost been completed to carve out separate state of Telangana. After taking opinion from the Union Law department, it will come before the Group of Ministers (GoM) and after that only it will be kept before the Cabinet," Mr. Shinde said, while responding to a query on whether the Bill on Telangana will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament.
After Cabinet clears the draft Bill, it will go to the President for obtaining his permission, he said.
"Thereon, it will be sent to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for taking another opinion. I have said that very soon we will bring this Bill (before Parliament)," he said.
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When DeWitt was eventually outed as an atheist, he found himself shunned by much of DeRidder's highly religious community, losing his job, much of his family and nearly everything he'd known.
He has since become a leader and well-known speaker in America's fast growing Secular movement. Hope after Faith tells the story of his life passage from a pastor with a deep Christian faith to a committed and considered atheism driven by Humanism, a profound moral dimension, and the happiness and self-confidence obtained by living free of supernaturalism.
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Awesome! I was wondering how all of those unique "T's" came together.
Nah, the guy is just handing in his prosthetic
jackhammer for its yearly maintenance service.
Another take at evolving what's working about it now... Keeping it monoweight, but trading angles for curves.
And for funsies, here's a more horizontally oriented version of the above that would probably work better in all the diverse places and sizes it would need to appear, as the long tails might not be entirely practical.
This also gets one step closer toward a 'gg' ligature.
For some reason a squarish looks seems appropriate for digg. Maybe I am just too used to seeing the existing logotype.
Did someone say d_i ligature?
(Okay, a d_i_g_g ligature may be over the top.)
@Mark: I really digg your last version with the ¡/Ludo piece!
Here's my attempt at highlighting the community nature of the site of whether the user generated content is pushed up or down to be displayed on the front page.
@kimsd I like the up/down concept. It's got real potential.
Back to Cocon, with a twist.
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
I really like MattBurns's solution.
I am in agreement with p01ak - nice work Matt.
@Jared Benson thanks!
Here's a slightly more refined version; added the curve to the i and softened the edges.
The thumbs up idea has some merit to it. The specific implementation you have there could use some cleanup, but the thought is cool
I really like where you're going with that.
i guess guys you need to digg in more, i barely see any digging going on,
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First post! Just thought i'd take a shot at it :]
Later I realized there might be a wrong e lecture, so...
digging makes me think of mazes & dungeons
How about just fill the gaps?
@Tomi - try merging /i/s dot and the line to its right.
I like that Tomi from Suomi. And I like Nina's too. And oprion's is sweet.
I'm enjoying the geometric exercise
I don't know how to add it to the post but here's an idea I had based from the current Thumbs up hand concept and the human aspect also. http://twitpic.com/x4lf1
@kosal I'm diggin that idea
@logomotive Nice improvement, but not sure if the person looks too MySpacey though
Well, if someone wants this logo, I have it ready to go.
I really like Jeo324's concepts some nice letterforms going on there
@ChrisL Goudy would be jealous if he saw double g! (Actually I am to, it is really nice and friendly :)
@Tomi from Suomi Yes! I like that!
and I like your curves @jeo324. you've got some type drawing skills. The bottom of the i is brilliant.
This is an revised version of my previous one:
and a more experimental one:
I like the squarish one, bit the g need bigger ears.
Bruno Bruno, the squarish one is good but I feel the curved one is more personable I like that it seems friendly and approachable which is what digg is or should be at least
better rusty version of the 1st one:
i could imagine that the "cuts" change ftom time to time
Ooh Oli the one with the eyes is cool!
(Just that first guy looks a bit unhappy… ;-) )
fbrccn, that axiometric logo works: a rectangle turs into a box :·)


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A hostile environment in the federal courts
It seems like only yesterday that conservatives were complaining about the "judicial activism" of liberal jurists. But when it comes to ideologically driven decisions, disregard of legislative intent, and creative reading of the Constitution, it would be hard to match the current crop of right-wing federal judges. Most of these were elevated to the bench by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. As detailed in Hostile Environment, a recent report by the Alliance for Justice, Community Rights Counsel, and Natural Resources Defense Council, these judicial Samsons are seeking to pull down the legal pillars that support much of our environmental law, replacing them with "states rights" and "property rights."
The hostility of many judges to environmental laws is quite overt. Last May, for example, District Court Judge Edward Lodge, a darling of the "wise-use" movement, overturned a proposed ban on roadbuilding in 58 million acres of national forest, citing insufficient public inputdespite 600 public hearings and more than 1.6 million public comments. And in a dissenting opinion in National Association of Home Builders v. Babbitt, D.C. Circuit Judge David Sentelle ridiculed the Endangered Species Act for "prevent[ing] counties and their citizens from building hospitals or from driving to those hospitals by routes in which the bugs smashed upon their windshields might turn out to include the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly." (In the case before him, the ESA did no such thing.) Another federal judge forbade New Yorks Bedford High School from celebrating Earth Day, asserting that "[t]he worship of the Earth is a recognized religion."
A key goal of anti-environmental judges is trying to expand the takings clause of the Constitution. All this narrow provision requires is for the government to compensate landowners when it seizes their private propertyfor example, when a house is condemned to build a railroad. Anti-environmental judicial activists are reinterpreting the clause, claiming it requires compensation for government regulation of private property. In 1992, Justice Antonin Scalia led a Supreme Court majority in ruling for a would-be South Carolina beachfront developer who argued that his property had been "taken" by regulations that limited building in sensitive tidal areas. And in Tulare Lake Basin v. The United States, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled in favor of farmers who asserted that federal protections for salmon and delta smelt resulted in a "physical seizure" of the federally subsidized water that the farmers claim as a property right. "The federal government is certainly free to preserve fish," the court held. "It must simply pay for the water to do so."
Also being reinterpreted is the Constitutions commerce clause, which gives Congress the power to regulate matters that affect interstate business. Since pollution from one state can harm the economic welfare of another, and animals that provide tourism and hunting income migrate from state to state, this clause provides federal authority for many environmental laws. But the commerce clauses traditional protection of migratory birds couldnt stop the Supreme Court from ruling last year that Cook County, Illinois, could dump its trash on the birds wetland home. And in a dissent in a case challenging federal protection for red wolves in North Carolina and Tennessee, Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig rejected the idea that the presence of wolves might encourage tourism (amply demonstrated in Montana and elsewhere), and urged that the wolf protection be struck down.
Luttigs dissent might not be so alarming were he not on the short list of possible Bush appointments to the Supreme Court. Already Bush has surrounded himself with members of the right-wing Federalist Society (including Attorney General John Ashcroft, Solicitor General Theodore Olson, and Interior Secretary Gale Norton), and declared his favorite justices to be Clarence Thomas and Scalia, the foremost anti-environmental judicial activists on the high court. With one more like-minded justice, the court would have a solid anti-environmental majority that could set back environmental law by half a century.
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