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Blogpreneur Hosted by Holly Homer Announces Melissa Taylor, writer of Pinterest Savvy: How I Got 1+ Million Followers, as Guest for March 18 Live Broadcast
Blogpreneur is a weekly 1 hour live broadcast interviewing women who are successful online entrepreneurs. It is hosted by Holly Homer and airs on G+ and YouTube each Monday at 9 pm CDT.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 17, 2013
Each Monday evening, Holly Homer chats with women who have succeeded at creating businesses online on a live web show called Blogpreneur.
The show format starts with the story of the guest's success – the highs and lows of making it in an online business. The last half hour is dedicated to concrete things that the guest has learned and shares to give the viewers tips and tricks they can take back to their online endeavors.
Blogpreneur airs every Monday evening at 9 pm CDT on G+ and Holly Homer's YouTube channel.
This week's guest is Melissa Taylor, entrepreneurial writer and Pinterest expert. She is the author of two books, Pinterest Savvy: How I Got 1 Million+ Followers and Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader. She is also an award-winning blogger at Imagination Soup.
Melissa Taylor writes about Pinterest, education, learning, children´s literature, technology, and advocacy for publications online and in print, including Imagination Soup, Parenting.com, ALEX Toys, USA Today Health, The Writer, Scholastic Parent and Child, Working Mother.com, Babble.com, Colorado Parent Magazine, Denver Magazine and others. In 2010, she won the coveted Colorado delegate spot for Parenting Magazine´s Education and Learning Mom Congress.
In January 2012, Entrepreneur magazine featured Taylor as the "´Trep of the Month."
With a Master´s Degree in Global Education, Melissa has expertise in early childhood and elementary education with a focus on writing, literacy, and play.
Previous Blogpreneur guests include Amy Locurto of Living Locurto and I Heart Faces, Shauna Callaghan of See My Designs by Shauna, and Amy Lynn Andrews of Blogging with Amy and Amy Lynn Andrews dot com.
Holly Homer is the founder and owner of Business 2 Blogger. Business 2 Blogger is a way for businesses of all sizes to find bloggers who want to work with them. Founded on the idea that cold-emailing massive blogger lists is ineffective and time consuming, B2B is a job board where 9000+ bloggers apply to the opportunities that they believe are a good fit for their blog.
Holly is also a blogger herself at Kids Activities Blog, Spoonful, June Cleaver Nirvana and a local site in DFW. She is Dallas.
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Science News Archive - April 04, 2011
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The WWU summer program, College Quest, brings high school students to the university campus for a full college experience. Bellingham, WA (PRWEB) April 3, 2011 Western Washington University opens its campus to youth and the community every summer for a variety of enrichment programs.
Global packaging machinery expert, Sepha Ltd, has developed the world's first tool-less, vision-based leak detection machine for blister-packs.
Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc., introduces the new Model 335 temperature controller. Designed with the user in mind, the Model 335 offers many user-configurable features and advanced functions that until now, have been reserved for more expensive, high-end temperature controllers.
Agreement will focus on matching groundbreaking diagnostic and therapeutic technologies New York, NY (PRWEB) April 3, 2011 Sarasota, Fla.-based, Rapid Pathogen Screening (RPS®) – a leading developer and manufacturer of rapid cost-effective point-of-care diagnostic tests – announced its partnership with Korean biopharmaceutical pioneer, Celltrion, Inc., (KDQ:068270) at a New York City press conference today.
Higher virologic response rates achieved at 4 weeks (RVR)* and maintained through 12 weeks of treatment (cEVR)** across all genotypes studied Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) April 2, 2011 – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced results from the Phase IIb EMERGE clinical trial, in which treatment with the investigational compound PEG-Interferon lambda and ribavirin achieved higher rates of rapid virologic response (RVR) in genotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and complete early virologic response (cEVR) in genotypes 1 and 4 than the standard regimen of PEG-Interferon alfa and ribavirin in treatment-naïve patients chronically infected with hepatitis C (HCV).
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Vremsoft, a world leader in cloud based, distributed industrial integration announced today the release of version 2 of its Vremsoft product.
Healthy Happy Kidz is an online resource where families with children managing diabetes can come and share ideas on recipes, snacks and day-to-day survival tips on living – and eating – with diabetes. Sterling, VA (PRWEB) April 2, 2011 A new website, Healthy Happy Kidz, offers a place where parents with children who are managing diabetes can go and share recipes, snack ideas and other food recommendations. With the number of diabetes cases poised to explode over the next few decades, the dietary needs of children managing diabetes is a growing concern.
Early upset detection, load monitoring, trucked in waste treatability analysis, diurnal and seasonal tracking, and resource optimization all from one rugged portable oxygen demand monitor.
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- To express in too many words: sometimes used reflexively.
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Skipped 2011 as 2010 annoyed me too much with all those well-known issues it had; I did expect the non-plus-ultra in terms of realism (which AFAIR were promised when it came out). Really miss having a decent F1 game though, so was going to take the plunge regardless of any 7/10 scores. But the above comments make me reconsider...
I'm also worried that the demo's Monza track has more consistent AI behaviour compared to others (remember Catalunya in F1 2010 anyone?) so thought despite the more arcadey handling (I don't have a wheel so would suit me a lot better tbh) this game will provide a much better 'racing' experience at least. This for me was the worst deal-breaker of 2010 and reason why I traded it in pretty quickly.


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First lettuce harvest
Thursday, 22 Apr 10 Cloudy 23°C / 74°F
The buttercrunch lettuce has been doing well, I was leaving it alone thinking it should start forming lose heads. I finally couldn't stand is anymore and started cutting off some of the outer leaves.
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Lactuca sativa var. capitata
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First lettuce harvest
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I think that is probably good to do in order to encourage more growth? but remember, im a newbie too…heh heh!!! take advice seriously if it comes from cmagnus and flowerweaver though…man, those two gals have taught me so much i feel like i should send them a check in the mail!
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I know it's good for the looseleaf lettuces but I had left this bibb type lettuce alone for quite a while thinking it would form a lose head. SInce I'm doing square foot gardening I will need the space in a few weeks for something else and I didn't want to harvest 8 whole plants at one time so I finally started chopping away on the outer leaves.
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(Manaus, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Praia do Forte, Pantanal, Foz do Iguaçu)
Brazil is a grandiose country, and to truly do it justice, one needs time. This Grand Tour touches on all of the must see highlights, from deep in the Amazon jungle to high atop Corcovado Mountain.
Visit the cities of Rio and Salvador, and the natural wonders found near Manaus, in the Pantanal, and at Iguassu Falls. Tour the ruins of Brazil's first Portuguese building and visit a sea turtle conservation project in Praia de Forte. Stroll pastel streetscapes, fish for piranhas, and dine in an iconic Rio restaurant chosen by Saveur magazine as one of the top 100 in the world.
Enjoy a personalized vacation that best suits your needs, developed by one of our experienced destination experts. Relax during your trip with our 24/7 support and expert local guidance. Please note flights are not included, but our air experts are standing by to assist.
Upon your arrival you will be met by a local representative who will help you locate your vehicle.
A valid passport is required for all American or Canadian citizens, including children, intending to visit Brazil. It is recommended that your passport be valid for at least six months beyond the date of your expected departure from the country. There have been cases where citizens were refused entry for not having the six-month validity. In addition, all Americans & Canadians are required to have a valid Brazilian Visa prior to their arrival in Brazil, and the visa must be used within 90 days of issuance. Otherwise, they will be refused entry into the country.
Arrival in Manaus. Pick-up at 1:30 pm and transfer to the Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge.
Check-in and welcome drink after which guests will be shown to their rooms. Dinner and an evening tour by canoe for some Alligator spotting.
Breakfast followed by a nature hike. Lunch will be served afterwards. After a short rest, visit the home of local Amazonian residents or "natives", followed by a canoe tour with opportunity to do some fishing. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Start your morning with breakfest. Afterwards will be a visit to the Monkey Forrest. Lunch will be served afterwards. You will proceed on a cruise trip to discover local flora and fauna in the beautiful rainforest. Dinner. Overnight spent at the Lodge.
Breakfast, followed by check-out at 8:00 am.
Enjoy a shared transfer from the Amazon EcoPark Lodge to Manaus.
Flight is required, currently not included in the quote.
Meet your personal driver and guide for an airport transfer in Rio de Janeiro.
Enjoy a full day private excursion with your own vehicle, professional driver and English-speaking guide to visit Corcovado and Sugarloaf. After being picked up from your hotel, the morning starts with a panoramic tour of the Rio beaches, including Copacabana and Ipanema, and the famous Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon as you head to the Cosme Velho district. Board the traditional cog-wheel train and enjoy the ride through the Tijuca rainforest up to the 125 foot-tall (38 meter) iconic Christ Redeemer Statue. The impressive statue hosts one of the best views of the city.Continue your tour to downtown Rio where you'll pass by the infamous Sambadrome, the exhibition area for the renowned Samba schools during Carnival. Continue through the city to see the Metropolitan Cathedral, made famous for its unusual pyramid shape, the traditional Cinelandia Square where you'll find various historic buildings such as the Municipal Theater, the National Library and the National Museum of Fine Arts.Enjoy lunch (included) at Confeitaria Colombo (except Sundays). Founded in 1894, the restaurant is living portrait of the Belle Époque era of Rio's Downtown Business Center. Nominated one of the 100 best options of world gastronomy by "Saveur" Magazine, the food will not disappoint. After lunch head towards the Urca neighborhood, to visit one of Rio's most iconic symbols, Sugar Loaf Mountain. Traveling on a cable car, you'll first stop on Urca Hill at 700 feet (215 meters) above sea level to capture panoramic views of the city, Guanabara Bay, the Rio-Niteroi Bridge and Corcovado Mountain. Ascend on a second cable car to reach the Sugar Loaf summit for breathtaking views of Copacabana Beach, the Santa Cruz Fortress and the beaches of Niteroi. At the end of the tour you will be dropped off at your hotel.
Note: Sites visited may change depending on current traffic conditions, weather, street closures or other factors that may arise.
Enjoy a private airport transfer with private vehicle and driver.
Enjoy a half day private city tour of Salvador in the company of an English speaking Guide, with your own vehicle and driver. Discover the essential sights of the city tracing the development of the city from its simple beginnings to the what is now the third largest city in Brazil. After your hotel pick up, you will be taken to the mouth of the immense bay and then via elegant tree-lined avenues and bustling city streets to the Pelourinho, a Unesco Heritage site and the largest complex of colonial architecture in South America. After leaving the vehicle at the Muncipal Square, by the towering Lacerda Elevator, with great views of the bay stretching out to the lower city, enjoy a stroll with your Guide through the narrow, bustling streets lined with buildings in pastel shades of an age gone by, soaking in the sights and sounds of this vibrant city. Enjoy a visit of the church of São Francisco with its exuberant gold-leafed Baroque interior and the Pelourinho square, the heart of the old town. Sample some of the local dishes at a great spot for lunch (included) before continuing oto the lower part of the city. This area offers another perspective of the sprawling city, taking you to the quiet waters of the Itapagipe Peninsula where life moves at a slower pace than the bustling upper city. Fishermen fish from dugout canoes, locals collect shellfish at low tide, schooners lie at anchor, all protected by the famous Bonfim church, one of the most important churches of pilgrimage in Brazil and deeply syncretised with the Candomblé (visit). The tour continues on to the Monserrat district with its panoramic view of the city and on to the Mercado Modelo, a thriving market for local artefacts and souvenirs. This is also where you can test your bargaining talents! (Please note: Church of Bonfim is closed on Mondays). At day's end, you will be dropped back to your hotel.
Enjoy a private vehicle transfer from Airport/Hotel to Praia do Forte with a professional driver/guide. The duration of the transfer is about an hour.
Visit the town of Praia do Forte with a private guide that will show you around some of the wonderful attractions of this historic beach town on foot. Visit the majestic ruins of Casa da Torre de Garcia D´Ávila, one of the most important historic monuments of Brazilian heritage as it is considered the first great Portuguese building in Brazil. Among other attractions, visit the TAMAR project headquarters. TAMAR (stands for Sea turtles in Portuguese) is one the most successful marine conservation projects which has done an incredible job of preserving Praia do Forte as one of the main spawning areas of Sea Turtles in Brazil.
Enjoy a private vehicle trip to Salvador with professional driver and English speaking guide.
Upon arrival you will be transferred to the Pousada Rio Mutum, passing through the small village of Mimoso, where Candido Rondon was born. Once you arrive at the Pousada enjoy a welcome drink and get ready for a delicious dinner at the lodge. After dinner the facilities of the Pousada as well as the programs for the next days will be presented.
After breakfast enjoy an ecological hiking tour through the wilderness of the Pantanal, visiting some settlements of the native "caboclos" with their palm thatched huts. The native's hospitality will provide you with an great impression of their lives together with a very stimulating drink of genuine "guarana". Lunch at the lodge. After lunch, enjoy a horseback ride through typical Pantanal landscapes. Reception at a Fazenda which is situated at lake Sia Mariana, awaiting the sunset here. From here, you will return back to the lodge by boat. On the way back there is an opportunity to do some Piranha fishing.
After breakfast, enjoy a boat ride until you reach a "corixo", where a walking trail will begin. This trail will go to the Chacororé Bay that expands for more than 15 km. Lunch is served at the lodge, and in the afternoon a ride by vehicle or boat will take you to the Mutum River for a photographic safari of a practically unexplored area of the river, with a boat ride to observe as much of the Pantanal life as possible.
After breakfast return to the Cuiaba Airport.
Enjoy a shared transfer to the Cuiaba airport.
Enjoy a private airport transfer with private vehicle and professional driver.
On this tour, one may get to the marvelous Brazilian falls, by walking through the wooden footbridges elevated over the river. Take photographs of the breathtaking panoramic views from the observation deck. A 40 min walk to admire the series of astonishing cascades up to the foot of "Floriano Fall". At the end of the path, an elevator brings visitors up. Crossing the Tancredo Neves bridge in the Iguaçú River, we get into the Argentinean National Park - a very nice ride through exuberant tropical flora. Guests are encouraged to get close to the falls, up to the famous Devil's Throat, the most impressive of the water falls, surrounded by deep jungle and different rare species of tropical birds and animals. A fantastic scenery decorated with rainbows appearing here and there, from the reflection of the numerous falls and the sparkling spray of their water show. Inside the Park, visitors may choose among several paths leading to exciting sights between the different falls, to admire them from above or from below.
The Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge is situated in the Amazon Rainforest along the Tarumã River. The lodge is not just a place to stay, but a place to experience the most enthralling side of Brazil. The lodge has 64 comfortable apartments that are divided into 20 wooden bungalows and one concrete bungalow. There are several fresh water streams, jungle trails with diverse vegetation, including virgin forests, natural savannas, and creeks for canoeing. This allows guests to have the opportunity to view different bird species, giant tress, exotic orchids, medicinal plants and so much more.
Designed for those who demand the best, the Windsor Miramar Hotel combines elegance, good taste and elegance in every detail. Located opposite the Copacabana beach and steps from Ipanema, here you will receive exclusive service with a magnificent panoramic view of Rio's beachfront. The distinctive décor designed by the architect Paola Ribeiro, mixes classic and contemporary influences, and full leisure facilities and special services, such as accommodation for pets. Meet the Miramar and live an amazing experience!
Villa Bahia is a hotel like no other in Salvador da Bahia: two magnificent mansions with colonial charm, a journey through verdant courtyards, the pleasure of first-class gastronomy. Nestled in the heart of Pelourinho, the historic quarter of the UNESCO World Heritage listed city; the Villa is comprised of two adjoining 17th and 18th century colonial homes, remnants of the Portuguese era. Overlooking the colorful facades of the district, the 17 rooms have been carefully renovated to preserve their original spirit. The result is enticing: an authentic colonial atmosphere, enhanced by two garden courtyards, a refreshing plunge pool and a panoramic terrace, have combined authenticity and charm – it's up to you to enjoy the good life that is offered here!
In Brazil, to the north of Salvador, Bahia, there is an idyllic place for lovers of Brazil eco tourism, which is both beautiful and luxurious. The Tivoli Ecoresort Praia do Forte is a 5-star Bahia hotel where simple architecture is in harmony with the stunning scenery and the biodiversity of the surrounding area. Enjoy the extensive range of well-being treatments at the Thalasso SPA and relax among the colourful gardens and natural pools in Vila Praia do Forte. The rooms are truly inspiring! The simplicity of the natural shades used in the modern and welcoming design promise a dream like stay in a scenario which is perfect for all those seeking to combine relaxation with comfort and nature. With a sea facing balcony, your holiday will be exclusive and unforgettable.
The Pousada do Rio Mutum - Pantanal Lodge is located in the municipal district of Barão de Melgaço, one of the most beautiful regions of Mato Grosso´s Pantanal. The Pousada do Rio Mutum has been constructed according to international standards taking into account in particular the demands of modern eco-tourism and the interests of sport-fishing. It is situated between the lakes Sia Mariana and Chacorore within one of the most beautiful regions of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso. The cottages overlook a wooded park area. In this ecological paradise the sound of the birds at dawn, the enchantment of the waters, the blue sky and alligators enjoying the sun will give guests a unique and unforgettable experience.
Wish Golf Resort Convention is located in Foz do Iguaçu, in the extreme west of Paraná. The hotel is surrounded by magnificent lush gardens and is within a close proximity of world famous Iguaçu Falls. The hotel boasts highly trained staff intertwined with the impressive, luxurious infrastructure worthy of International standards. Wish Golf Resort Convention Foz do Iguaçu has 225 hectares of green area with an incredible, well-maintained golf course for you to practice your swing. This family-friendly hotel features a plethora of recreational service including a kids club, swimming pools, whirlpools, fitness center, tree climbing, tennis courts and perfectly manicured gardens.
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8 days to go, let's act
With a scant eight session days to go, Congress has much it can do. Let's hope it acts, as there's been too many bills pending for too long.
My interest, of course, is business and the economy because these underpin everything else and, hence, are what I consider the most important for the government, all branches, to focus on to give Filipinos a decent life. Filipinos can only have a decent life if they aren't poor. They can only be not poor by having an income. Jobs, either in a small personal business or working for someone, are the only way to provide that income. So an 8-day focus on job- and income-creating bills is what Congress should do.
What then should take precedence? The first is the easiest to pass: a law to create a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Both chambers of Congress have passed it on third and final reading so it only needs the bicameral committee to reconcile the conflicting provisions and send it to the plenary for ratification. But the problem is the President. He's not in favor of it. Why, I cannot possibly understand. It's a most unusual reversal of positions, where Congress wants something but the President doesn't.
Information technology (IT) will dictate human lifestyles, drive industries and shape societies in the 21st century. Opportunities for growth and development abound for an economy that is IT-ready and has implemented the policies, systems, and environment to attain that success. That needs a superbody that can boldly oversee the orchestration of efforts, by both the state and private entities, to attain the vision in a sector as critical as IT.
Already it's been one of the most successful sectors of our economy in the past decade, with revenues growing at an annual average of an incredible 37 percent. The sector currently employs more than 600,000 people from a little over 100,000 workers in 2004, none a decade before that. Outsourcing alone increased its importance to the economy dramatically from just 1.4 percent of GDP ($1.3 billion) in 2004 to almost 5 percent ($10.9 billion) in 2011. By 2016, it is targeted to reach $25 billion, or nearly 8 percent of GDP. It is now the country's third largest source of dollars, after electronics and OFWs. But as local value added in electronics is only around 30 percent, it would be the second largest after OFWs.
It is larger than tourism and mining, and it has created more higher-paying jobs than agriculture and retailing. These sectors have departments looking after their interests. IT does not.
Yet IT is ever more dominating the world. There's no simple On/Off switch anymore, you need a menu just to set the alarm clock to wake up to this incredible, new world. The Philippines can be a leader in it. The people have the proven skills, early success has been attained, but the complexity and competition will lead to eventual failure if the full attention that a Cabinet-level, adequately funded and supported department can provide isn't there. The Department of Science and Technology is doing a good job keeping it all together, but the future is bigger than the DOST can handle. It has other, also important, things to do.
There's a secondary reason to do so that's close to the President's heart: eliminating corruption and providing better government services to his bosses. A DICT can do that. Computerization of government services is inevitable, and happening. But there is need for a master plan of coordination and integration, of commonality of systems and processes. A DICT is needed to do that.
I agree that we have too many departments and agencies, but this one is so, so important that it should be an exception. Mr. President, this is where the future for the Philippines lies. Take it there. Sign the DICT bill into law. Congress, send it to him. A department needs to be created.
There are a number of other bills that should go through before the end of the 15th Congress (or before the start of the campaign period), but with little time, priority must be given to just a few. Let me expound on three: the antitrust bill, the Anti-Money Laundering Act amendment (third round of amendment which proposes to increase the number of predicate crimes and institutions covered by Amla), and the antismuggling bill.
Anyone conducting an honest business, or wanting to, wants fair competition. Ever since the Marcos days (and maybe before; I wasn't here) favorites have been given advantage. Personal influence, not competence, has won jobs or sold products, has even captured markets. It has distorted the marketplace in many areas. Worse, it has deterred business; you won't enter a market where someone has unfair advantage. Filipinos don't get jobs. We need an antitrust law to more rapidly expand the economy.
Then there's the Anti-Money Laundering Law. Simple enough: If we don't amend it, we get downgraded to the "dark gray" list. Then try and move your money around. Try and exist in this highly globalized world. Much of Philippine business with the world will grind to a halt.
As for smuggling, we'd all love to get our products cheaper, grab a bargain. But what sort of society will that create? One where there are no Filipino businesses because they can't fairly compete, where government has even less funds to build schools and roads and hospitals, and pay decent salaries because proper taxes and duties aren't paid. And then there's the moral issue: It's dishonest. Here's a bill the Church should come out in massive support for. Let's stop the cheats.
Four bills, eight days. It's not asking too much, it can be done. Let's do it.
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Am I the only one who thinks Dick Jauron looks like Freddie Mercury?
Perhaps that's not the most incisive comment you'll hear all week, but dang if it isn't spooky. There he is, giving the evil eye to some poor offensive lineman, and all I keep thinking is that he's going to bust out that half-microphone, take a knee, and start singing, "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"
(See that? You can trust me: it all comes back to fantasy.)
What did we learn in Week 1? Primarily, I believe we learned that all the blabbering we "experts" do for six months in advance of your fantasy drafts is so much hot air. Three TD receptions for Arizona; a bunch of them have to be either Anquan Boldin or Larry Fitzgerald, right? Wrong. Rams/Broncos game is going to be a barn-burning offensive display, right? Wrong. Steve Smith is the receiver you most want on your team, right?
Let's take a look at the highlights from a truly vexing first week of games:
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Good wood: making the most of forest resources – FORBIOPLAST project
The timber industry currently wastes huge amounts of precious wood by shavings and sawdust that could otherwise be put to use. European researchers, with the support of EU funding, are finding new ways to ensure every little bit counts.
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The 2015-16 school year SMOB application is now available. It is important to note the first deadline for schools to nominate a candidate is November 24th. All regional advisors and MASC personnel encourage as many schools in your areas to at least nominate a candidate. Then, if you would follow up by encouraging the candidate to file all the appropriate paperwork by November 24th we should have a good number of candidates to interview. Thank you for your help in fulfilling this very important role of MASC in the selection process of the next Student Member of the State Board of Education.
The Maryland State Department of Education has changed their emails. In the SMOB packet, you will find the older email for Mr. Ledebur listed. Please note and send applications to his new email firstname.lastname@example.com
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S*T*A*R Astronomy Society
About Us
S*T*A*R Astronomy Club has evolved from it's early formation to bring together amateur astonomers with a wide variety of interests including; visual observing, imaging and telescope making. Our primary mission is public outreach and bringing the wonders of the night skies to the attention of both young and old alike. We welcome new members and you don't need a telescope to join !!
We meet the first Thursday of every month, from September through June at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ. Our meetings start at 8 PM, although we encourage first time attendees to come at 7:30 PM, so that we can meet them prior to the start of the meeting. We've enjoyed speakers from the amateur ranks, as well as distinguished scientists, like Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Wilson (co-discoverer of the Cosmic Microwave Background -CMB). We're happy to help arrange a Star Party for your school or group. We also meet monthly for observing at nearby Dorbrook Park..
The Society for Telescopy, Astronomy and Radio (S*T*A*R) was formed in 1957, as part of the citizen-science movement. The first meetings were held on the property of Ft. Monmouth in Eatontown, NJ, then the US Army's Communication Command. The initial mission of the group was to collect observations on man-made satellites, so that accurate orbits could be calculated.


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All aboard, Bruins fans!
The 2014 Boston Bruins Harbor Cruise will set sail Wednesday, July 23, to benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Bike Team.
For just $30 per ticket, B's fans can board the M/V Provincetown II cruise ship, which leaves the World Trade Center pier (200 Seaport Blvd., Boston) at 6 p.m. Once on board, fans will rock out with local band Digger Dawg and have the chance to interact with Bruins alumni, including Bob Sweeney, the executive director of the Boston Bruins Foundation.
The event is 21 and over, and a valid identification is required before boarding. All net proceeds will benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation Bike team riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge. The Boston Bruins Foundation team will follow the two-day, 190-mile route that runs from Sturbridge to Provincetown.
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Iam8bit's desire to evolve from its video game roots into additional entertainment categories necessitated a re-examination of its 6-year-old identity. Well aware of the grassroots popularity and equity of the original mark, we designed a new and flexible identity that would allow iam8bit to shift and change, in service of their creative needs or latest collaboration. The primary mark is a synergy of sharp angles and rounded edges, gaining an approachable-but-cutting-edge ethos, and allowing it to play well with a variety of "swappable" eights that the team plans to use for different projects. The primary eight is housed in a "shield" shape that both captures the pixelated feel of the original iam8bit logo, and also ties the new mark together.
Our client-partners iam8bit needed new collateral to announce the rebranding we did for them, with business cards and digital stationary that matched the verve, creativity, and style iam8bit is known for. The business cards are funky and stylish at the same time, with heavy emphasis on beautiful and unique print production techniques. The cards are made up of two different types of paperboth coated and uncoated paper stocksand are sandwiched together for a super-thick final product. These contrasting paper sides, bright magenta inks, and matte white foil stamping make the cards conversation starters, or stoppersdepending on how you look at it.
Since 2005, our client and long-time-partner iam8bit has been curating a gallery art show based on classic '80s videogames, filled with iconic and original paintings, illustrations, sculpture, and performance pieces. To commemorate the fifth show, we partnered with iam8bit to co-publish a book collecting the best of the artwork from those shows, titled SUPER iam8bit: More Art Inspired By Classic Video Games of the '80s. Hexanine designed the entire book, helped curate the final selections of artwork, and co-published the volume under our new imprint, Plastic Highway. The book is filled with bold, quirky visions of classic videogame characters from the dawn of gaming. Moody and clever interpretations of Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Mario and many others grace the pages of this amazing book.
For the 25th Game Developers Conference (GDC), show organizers wanted a set of giveaways for attendees—something that conference-goers could collect, trade, and interact with upon registering for the weekend. Partnering with iam8bit, we designed a set of four posters filled with references from classic and modern video games. Attendees were challenged to identify each of the game items (without a cheat sheet), a kind of visual scavenger hunt winding through 40 years of video game history. The design and illustration had to transcend the styles and fads that accompanied decades of video game iconography, from Atari to Xbox 360, and we had a great time mining the treasure troves of gaming for 80 unique items that completed the set of posters.
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Nile Rodgers Gets The Best Birthday Card Ever
Nile Rodgers is a well-liked guy. As the leader of Chic, he's responsible for some of the biggest hit singles ever, including "Le Freak" and "Good Times." And as a producer, he's helmed records by Madonna, David Bowie, David Lee Roth and Mick Jagger. So, it's no surprise that he has a lot of famous friends, many of whom sent him video or voicemail messages to celebrate his 60th birthday.
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Winners of the twentieth annual Grammy Awards for 1977 are announced this week, and the Southern California music scene is well represented. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Eagles[/lastfm] win for Best Record of the Year; "Hotel California" and […]
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Jackie, Oh No
The Kennedy apparat swings into action again.
Oct 3, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 03 • By ANDREW FERGUSON
In the normal course of the apparat's work, elevating the Kennedys requires the denigration of the Eisenhowers, the 1950s, and the supposed dullness of the country that the Kennedys rescued us from—"our country of suburbs and Ozzie and Harriet, poodle skirts and one kind of cheese," as Diane Sawyer oddly put it, while the screen showed a golden brick of Velveeta. Jackie by contrast wore clothes by designers who would have gone into a dead faint at the sight of a poodle skirt. When the Kennedys moved in, added the court historian Michael Beschloss, "we had a White House that looked like a bad convention hotel." The Kennedys brought French cuisine to the White House, Diane Sawyer added. "No more Eisenhower cheese sauce and cole slaw. . . . In our middle-class nation, it wasn't easy for us to fathom this first lady." Jackie herself is heard complaining about the marks that Ike's golf shoes left in the flooring. Dwight Eisenhower, lumbering ox.
On the tapes Mrs. Kennedy makes a few snippy comments about Mamie Eisenhower, but not only about Mamie, and here's where the defensiveness proved necessary. While on the screen those sumptuous Kennedy images swim by, you can hear the protective tone in the voices of the apparat.
"She helped America come of age," Beschloss said.
"She finds her voice," Diane Sawyer continued. "And she arguably changes history, global history, for America in the way she deals with foreign leaders because she's a very effective [advocate] of a very different kind of politics. And she gets it done."
Thank heavens for that word "arguably," for without it Diane Sawyer's statement would be thought self-evidently absurd by—well, by anyone who knows anything about anything. This is extravagant even according to the standards of the apparat. But overstatement is necessary because the Jackie that Schlesinger spoke to back in 1964, and that we hear on the tapes, is not at all someone concerned with changing global history or introducing a new kind of politics.
The tapes make clear that Mrs. Kennedy's politics were of the old kind. She boasts that she gets all of her political opinions from her husband. "Why wouldn't I?" she asks. He was the professional politician, not her. "His opinions were the best." She's annoyed at women who assert themselves in the world of politics, like Madame Nhu in South Vietnam or Clare Boothe Luce closer to home. "Why are these women like her and Clare Luce, who both obviously are attractive to men, why are they—why do they have this queer thing for power?" And then, whispering to Schlesinger, she answers her own question: "I wouldn't be surprised if they were lesbians."
She says she never bothered her husband with questions about world affairs, except for one occasion when she inquired about Vietnam and got an annoyed dismissal: "Don't remind me of that all over again." At one point during the White House years she asked to receive intelligence reports but found they made her "bored" and depressed. "I stopped reading all those briefings and things, because I didn't want to have to worry about anything." Other public figures she assesses in entirely personal terms, more according to their effect on her husband's public fortunes than anything else.
"I suppose women are terribly emotional," she says, "and you never want to speak to anyone again who said something mean against your husband."
Her disdain for Martin Luther King has been widely broadcast in the last few weeks. She calls him "really a tricky person." After she was told about the infamous FBI tapes recording an orgy arranged for (and perhaps by) King in a Washington hotel, she remarked, "I just can't see a picture of Martin Luther King without thinking, you know, that man's terrible." (She adds that when Jack heard about the tape, he said only, "Oh, well." "He would never judge anyone in any sort of way," she says. Certainly not in that way.) In a footnote to Mrs. Kennedy's remark, Beschloss, who edited the transcripts for the book, writes: "The FBI tape to which Mrs. Kennedy refers was of King and his colleagues relaxing at the Willard Hotel"—a comical euphemism, but a good example of how the apparat cushions the unpleasant facts of history.
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Ocean Princess Cruise Review by holeinone: Disappointed Sailor
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A very disappointing cruise with limited facilities for a cruise of this length and so many sea days. Brilliant fellow passengers and dining table company was excellent. Cabin steward and dining room staff were excellent. Very good library and internet room but theatre disappointing and quality of entertainment poor although some of individual artists very good.
Very small pool and noisy at lunchtime when loud live music was played which resulted in many passengers going to their cabin balcony.Shop choice and stock very limited and all reflective of a small ship which whilst it has advantages has to be weighed against many other downsides.
Suspicion of Senior management problems on the ship with a sub standard Cruise Director and a Captain whilst very communative over attentive to young attractive female passengers.
As always on cruise ships Tours are becoming exhorbitant from a price point of you and there is a feelling of being "ripped off".
The ship More acquired a severe spread of Norovirus after only a week into the cruise and still the management of the ship did not attend to what were clearly adverse hygiene issues and only started to place hand washers out and clean the hand rails some three weeks after the illness started.
The fact the ship was only 3/4 full for the first part of the cruise was and had to be discouted heavily for the latter part to attract additional passengers was interesting?
In future we will revert to larger ships with better entertainment. Less
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PARIS (AFP) - Francois Hollande on Tuesday installed a former banker and ally as economy minister in an emergency reshuffle seen as the "last chance" to haul France out of the biggest crisis of his presidency.
In a clear break with the left flank of his ruling Socialists, Mr Hollande caught everyone off guard with the appointment of Mr Emmanuel Macron, a 36-year-old ex-Rothschild banker and architect of the president's economic policy.
The top members of the government remained unchanged, but three rebel ministers who had publicly attacked Mr Hollande's economic policy were not in the line-up as the president sought to quell dissenting voices in his team and cement the country's move towards a more pro-business outlook.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls defended the choice of Macron and his Rothschild past, likely to be the target of sniping from the left. "So what?" he retorted when asked on French television about Macron's banking background. "Can one not be an entrepreneur in this country? One can't be a banker?"
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Little Rock Police responded to an armed robbery at a Burger King on Cantrell Road.
According to Cassandra Davis, with the Little Rock Police Department, two men robbed the restaurant Dec. 10 around 5:40 a.m. and were able to leave the establishment with $2,343 from the safe.
Davis said the suspects were men between 25 and 30 years old; however, a detailed description of the suspects has not been released at this time.
Responding officers said an employee of the store told them she thoughtone suspect looked very familiar and seemed to know right where he was going in the store; the second suspect seemed extremely nervous. She also told police the first suspect was carrying unknown caliber revolver and a black and red two-way radio.
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With the six-year bull market in stocks getting old, people are starting to wonder how they should prepare for a possible bear market.
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Date Reviewed: September 27, 2009
Strengths: Durability, Reliability, decent parts for the price. decent climber, and can take it back down most trails.
Weaknesses: shifting gets messed up every once in a while, but nothing a tune up won't take care of. front fork is a bit stiff.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Jax Long Beach
Bike Setup: Stock
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2009
Strengths: Bike has good controal, great frame, i love the setup so basicly everything
Weaknesses: one thing, it misshifts every so often, but right now it is extreamly wet so there is alot of mud, any bike would misshift.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: petels and peddles
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: N/A
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2009
Strengths: Strong, nice frame.
Good geometry.
Comes with good components for the price.
Pretty good drivetrain.
Weaknesses: Incomfortable seat.
Stock fork. (some InSync on '03 series)
Hard to find an ideal seat/handlebar setup.
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For me the only negative thing is, that in almost three years I still haven't been able to find the perfect riding position yet. But it's only my personal problem. Anyway it is a good bike, which I recommend for everybody.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: A guy
Similar Products Used: '06 Univega Alpina HT-Sky (now)
Bike Setup: Stock, with '03 Marzocchi EXR fork, Trinity stem, Zoggie handlebar.
Date Reviewed: February 25, 2009
Strengths: It's pretty good bike, i bought it for XC riding, but I ride him like DH sometimes like urban bike. I am satisfied from this product
Weaknesses: the fork is the main weakness on this bike, it has short travel(80mm) and it's low quality. You can change it with Rock Shox Tora. I think it would be superb bike for begginers.
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $450.00
Purchased At: 08.05.2007
Similar Products Used: Trek 4500
Bike Setup: easy
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2007
Strengths: Great frame, Very reliable.
Weaknesses: The gears have been messed up since I got it, but it's a Minor problem.
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Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Joe's bike shop
Similar Products Used: MT Peak Rally MTB
Bike Setup: Computer (Speedometer), Watter bottle holder.
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2007
Strengths: Price, functionality, quality, frame, handlebars
Weaknesses: saddle, shifters, pedals, stock fork
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $399.00
Purchased At: Liberty Bikes
Similar Products Used: Trek 4500
Bike Setup: 2004 Trek 4300 stock except Marzocchi 2007 MX Pro
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2006
Strengths: Great Frame! Great handlebars and headset! Wheels are decent, but back one could be replaced after a while.
Weaknesses: After a while the gears are kinda wacky, chain slaps the frame all the time. recently (three years after buying it) the forks no longer allow me to adjust them, i have had problems with the forks bottoming out.
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Price Paid: $340.00
Purchased At: Bike Barn
Bike Setup: Stock besides some lights i put on there, and a ghetto-rigged lizard skin i made from tape and cloth.
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2006
Strengths: Very fun to ride, light and responsive. Excellent value.
Weaknesses: It's a beginner bike with a somewhat stiff saddle that I think the majority of its intended market won't care for. The next model down at the shop had a much softer and slightly wider seat.
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I knew buying a new bike nowadays that things had advanced but I was blown away by how fun this thing is. Very nimble on the peddles, crisp shifting. It just goes where you point it. The extra gears (my fisher had 21) seemed gimmicky, but on long, gradual climbs with my Fisher there were always times when I wanted a gear in between, and this partially solves that problem.
Funny, just like over ten years ago, I got the exact same description for the Trek 4300 from the sales guy, "a simple around-town bike that can occasionally be used for some trail riding, but nothing serious." And I see a lot of these reviewers are saying the same thing. Well, people, let me tell you something, this bike is LIGHT YEARS ahead of that old Fisher.
Knowing what low-end mountain bikes were like over ten years ago, ignore those people saying stuff like "you can't do single track", or whatever. A comparable bike to the Trek 4300 back in '94 would have cost well over a thousand bucks and people were definately banging their bikes up hard on all terrain at that price point back then. The technology has trickled down for us to enjoy - this bike will take just about any beating a beginner can throw at it.
People that think you need to drop $1500 on bike "to ride single-track..." well, they don't know how to ride single-track or their confidence comes from their wallets and not from their riding skill. People have been riding single track just fine well before suspension was the norm or affordable.
Bottom line, don't fall for the myth coming from the credit card commandos. I think an entry level rider could get two or three hard years out of this thing before really needing to upgrade. But on the flipside, if you don't get serious it's still an excellent value. If your ego needs an upgrade and you absolutely must impress the clif bar crowd, then fine, drop another 500 bucks on something else.
My only negative about this bike is the seat. At its price point, the 4300 should come equipped with a slightly wider, softer seat. The moment I mentioned this to the salesguy he launched into this offer to swap the seat for credit on another, as if he was very well-practiced at this talk with customers and saw some potential commision dollars a-coming.
I adjusted the angle of the seat and it took about a week to get used to with daily riding, problem solved. However, for those truly casual riders who just pull the bike out once or twice a month, this is definately not the seat for you. You'll be paying for it for a couple days or more after every ride. Not fun.
Other than the seat, a very solid package and a superb value for entry level riders.
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Price Paid: $345.00
Purchased At: Missing Link, Berkeley
Similar Products Used: Fisher
Date Reviewed: April 1, 2006
Strengths: Strong frame, smooth ride, off-road capabilities, nice components, and overall looks. This bike looks awesome!!!
Weaknesses: Stiff seat. I had to tamper with the brakes after taking it out of my car and putting the wheel on.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: Eddy's Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: GT Timberline
Bike Setup: 100% Stock
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2006
Strengths: Light frame
High reliability
Versatile bike
Excellent price
Weaknesses: Stock pedals don't grip well, saddle can definitely be uncomfortable. I have also had trouble with derailleurs (over time -- no immediate problems). Brakes don't grip well in wet weather
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Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: Corvallis Cyclery
Similar Products Used: Giant, Gary Fisher
Bike Setup: 21" frame. BMX pedals, better fenders, better pad brakes.
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2005
Strengths: It has a sturdy reliable frame. And really good pad brakes(just like disc brakes)!
Weaknesses: Fork
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Spin Cycle
Bike Setup: Nysnc fork(80mm) Shimano V brakes and gears
Date Reviewed: October 28, 2005
Strengths: Solid Frame to build on
Weaknesses: Shocks pop at times, front derailer gets jammed at critical times and I have to gear back down
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $350.00
Purchased At: Cookeville Bicycles
Similar Products Used: Haro V2
Bike Setup: 2005 stock
Date Reviewed: October 11, 2005
Strengths: I have the 05 model and the frame is the best part of the bike, looks and strength.
Weaknesses: Pedals came loose fast, the fork makes a clicking sound, the gears dont change that smooth and the wheels seem to be slightly buckled.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $300.00
Similar Products Used: notin similar.
Bike Setup: stock
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2005
Strengths: Most of the stock parts are top of the line for the price.
Weaknesses: The stock pedals could have been better. I actually put a good set of BMX pedals on them.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $320.00
Purchased At: Brands Bike Shop
Bike Setup: Stock, right out of the shop.
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2005
Strengths: The frame nis strong and very light ( Alpha SL type 2005)
Color: Orange metalic/ Charcoil) Very good for any further upgrades like Deore, and stuff like that...
Weaknesses: Mayby the saddle, but that is a personel thing also on a 600 dollar bike.....
Bottom Line:
A'm verry happy with it and looking forward to ride across,
Holland's most ATB routes. ( sorry if some words may contain any spelling errors, i'm Dutch you know......)
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: budget Bikes (klos tweewielers)
Similar Products Used: Old ATB's, not worth mention it....
Bike Setup: Stock bike, just mounted some Bontranger "bull Horns" on the crowbar steer.
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Sky Walker couldn't tell his mother if he loved her. Or why he liked "The Price is Right."
But Getrude Steuernagel was devoted to her son, nonetheless, even when their world shrank as Walker's severe autism seemingly cut them off from many aspects of a normal life.
Now, Walker, 18, is sitting in a jail cell, accused of beating his mother to death, while her friends and family members struggle to understand why -- an answer that may never come.
"There really weren't any clues in the house," Molly Merryman, a friend and Kent State University associate professor, told ABCNews.com. "I think it's always something we'll wonder about and never know."
Steuernagel, a political science professor who had penned opinion pieces on her son's autism for the university's Daily Kent Stater, was found severely beaten in their Kent, Ohio, home Jan. 29 after university employees called police when she failed to show up for work.
Portage County Sheriff's Office Major Dennis Missimi said Steuernagel, 60, was found on the kitchen floor. Walker was in his room.
"They approached him. There was a slight scuffle that ensued when he was taken into custody," Missimi said of Walker's arrest.
Errol Can, an attorney in Kent who has been hired to represent Walker, said he had no comment on his client's case.
Rushed to the hospital, Steuernagel died Friday without regaining consciousness.
Summit County Medical Examiner Investigator Gary Guenther told ABCNews.com that the office was still waiting for medical records and tests on tissue samples before ruling on Steuernagel's cause of death. But Monday's autopsy revealed "multiple bruising" on her head and chest as well as brain trauma.
Initially charged with attempted murder along with assault on a police officer, Missimi said he expects Walker's charge to be upgraded to murder. The police officer he allegedly assaulted was kicked in the face and has returned to work.
By Steuernagel's own writings, life with Walker was not an easy one. She mused about becoming more and more isolated as her son got older and friends began to shy away from sending invitations to weddings and parties.
And they seemed not to understand her life, nor she theirs.
"I had no patience with good and decent colleagues who told me how busy they were," she wrote in a March 2008 opinion piece for the Stater. "Busy? Try spending an evening sitting in a closet with your back to the door trying to hold it shut while your child kicks it in."
Merryman said that Steuernagel -- known to everyone as "Trudy" -- wasn't interested in candy-coating the reality of living with a severely autistic child. And her life was not an unhappy one.
Merryman said Steuernagel and Walker would eat dinners together and socialize at Merryman's farm where Walker would delight in taking walks and sneaking her Weimaraner forkfuls of pasta.
"He was never much on communicating, but we would have a lot of fun together," she said.
Steuernagel wrote that she began to look for joy in their lives no matter how small or inconsequential it may have seemed to the outside world -- vanilla ice cream, a TV game show or even the few minutes of peace she got while Walker put on his shoes.


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IT TOOK roughly five years for the Philippine Volcanoes to work their way up to the top flight of Asian rugby. They're not about to relinquish the spot just like that.
"It's quite surreal because it happened so quickly," skipper Michael Letts said on the eve of the Volcanoes' Asian 5 Nations top division duel with Hong Kong at Rizal Memorial Stadium. "And now that we're here, we want to stay competitive. We can't just take this for granted."
Shut out in their debut against Japan in Fukouka two weeks ago, the Volcanoes are under pressure to gain precious points against Hong Kong.
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The horrendous explosions in the Sankat Mochan temple, the cantonment railway station, and a crowded coach of the Shiv Ganga Express in Varanasi are the most reprehensible happenings in recent times. Such incidents deserve to be condemned by all. All the political parties should support the Government in fighting the deadly monster of terrorism.
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Our politicians, irrespective of their ideology and vote bank considerations, should come forward to help the Government maintain peace and harmony. In particular they, and the media, should desist from freely airing their imaginary perceptions, which can aggravate the situation.
V.S. Ganeshan,
Terror attacks have almost become a daily occurrence. When terrorists do not respect human lives, there is no reason why the Government should respect their lives. It should deal with them mercilessly.
S. Anand Balaji,
The attack is an attempt to create fissures in our ever-resilient secular society. Such dastardly attempts should be dealt with firmly. No irresponsible comment should be made from any quarter, however exalted it might be, hinting at danger to any community. Such comments are what the perpetrators of terror are looking for.
Kasim Sait,
The blasts deserve to be condemned in the strongest possible terms. What is more disgusting is the sight of every political party trying to get mileage out of such tragedies. We need to have a national resolve to end terrorism. For this, we should rise above our political and religious ideologies.
Jalees A.K. Tareen,
The BJP and the VHP called for a bandh within hours of the incident. Such moves at gaining political mileage are deplorable. Another aspect that struck me was the irresponsibility of some television news channels. An eyewitness was shown commenting on the police inaction, poor administration, etc.
While it is the duty of the media to expose such inadequacies, the timing was horribly inappropriate. The interview was barely a few hours after the incident, when the situation was explosive.
Balaji Viswanath,
Vellore, T.N.
First it was Akshardham, then Ayodhya, and now it is the Sankat Mochan temple. The perpetrators should understand that nothing is achieved by targeting the common masses. Attacks on places of worship belonging to a particular religion only lead to hatred and intolerance.
N. Divakar,
The attack in one of the most sacred shrines of Hindus is highly deplorable. The terrorists chose Tuesday obviously because they knew the Sankat Mochan temple would be crowded. The fact that even temples are not spared shows no place is safe for the common man.
Prabha Muthukrishnan,
This is not the time for parties to exploit the situation by indulging in a blame game. The electronic media in particular should avoid pitting politicians against one another. Politicians make statements to suit their interests, which mislead the people.
V. Hariharan,
Terrorists struck busy marketplaces in Delhi before Diwali and have targeted Varanasi just before Holi. The Government seems to be incapable of controlling attacks against innocent people.
G. Anjani Kumari,
The Holi-eve blasts, like the pre-Diwali Delhi bombings, are aimed at fomenting trouble at a time when two big democracies of the world are drawing closer. The terror outfits are registering their presence by killing innocent people. We have to be more vigilant and not lose our bearings.
Raghubir Singh,
Only last week, mobs ran amuck in Lucknow. What was billed as an anti-Bush rally turned into communal riots. With Holi just days away, do not serial bombings in Varanasi suggest that Uttar Pradesh is rapidly sinking into the quagmire of communal turmoil?
J. Akshobhya,
India is slowly but surely being polarised between the majority and minority. The UPA Government and some of the State Governments are indulging in minorityism that will prove extremely harmful in the long run.
S.R. Sreejith,
Varanasi is to Hindus what Mecca is to Muslims. Mark Twain said of the city: "Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together!" Is it a coincidence that the blasts occurred after the signing of the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal?
N. Nagaraja Rao,
The frequency with which terror attacks take place shows terrorism has been underestimated by our leaders. They seem to think it is enough to issue statements whenever an attack takes place.
A.J. Rangarajan,
Once again, we hear the oft-repeated statement "we are doing what we can" from our officers and Ministers. May we, the common people, know what they have been doing through years of blasts in Kashmir, Mumbai, Akshardham, Parliament and Delhi? Terrorists seem omnipresent and life in any part of India is precariously insecure.
Aditya Raj,
Varanasi, U.P.
Leaders first issued the all-too-familiar statements such as "culprits will not be spared," "stern action will be taken," and "terrorism will be put down with an iron hand." Then came the announcement of ex gratia to the families of the dead and injured. They can now forget about the people until the next attack.
P.K. Rami Reddy,
The security apparatus and intelligence community have been relentlessly working hard. Yet we are unable to prevent terror attacks from time to time. Pre-emptive strikes on terror outfits seem to be the only option left. And citizens should not take security for granted.
Sambi Reddy Endreddy,
Guntur, A.P.


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Emily Miller: Obama policies killing the American dream
Five years of President Obama's policies have resulted in the first generation in our nation's history that does not know whether it can do better than its parents. Obama may have killed the American dream.
Obama wants Americans to ignore the reality of the endless economic malaise. "The United States is better positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth," he said in his State of the Union address.
To handle any lingering doubt in citizens' minds, he tried to pin the blame on the rich instead of his policies.
"Corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better," he said. "But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled."
The president frequently uses class-warfare tactics to try to distract voters. The facts are that gross domestic product barely ekes up each quarter by low, single digits, while the labor-force participation rate is down to the lowest level in 35 years.
This means that the hope-and-change agenda enacted by Obama since 2009 has resulted in a stunted economy and fewer people than ever in the workforce.
"People won't do as well in the future as they would have as result of the policies of this president," Rea S. Hederman Jr., director of the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation, said in an interview.
There is a direct correlation between years of work experience and salary, so even being one or two years out of work will have lifelong consequences.
The president said in his speech that the United States now has "the lowest unemployment rate in over five years." He neglected to explain that the rate has gone down recently only because people have decided to give up looking. Some go back to school, others retire, but many have gone on disability or the government dole.
That's why Obama asked Congress again to reinstate the long-term unemployment insurance that finally expired at the end of 2013. He knows that people just stop knocking on employers' doors and sending out resumes after years of rejection. He then swoops in and offers handouts that further disincentivize people.
It is truly sad that the number of families dependent on the government for food stamps has skyrocketed almost 70 percent during this presidency. These are no longer the most vulnerable in our society. The so-called safety net has widened as fewer of us can find good jobs.
Just a few years ago, children and the elderly made up most of the food-stamp recipients. Now an analysis by The Associated Press shows that working-age people are now the majority of those dependent on the government for their meals.
A dependent, despondent, unemployed or underemployed American has become almost normal.
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