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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post740538490894827118..comments2015-07-11T10:07:26.301-05:00Comments on Nolichucky Roots: Blogging Heaven - Carnivals, Calendars and Awards, Oh my!Susan Clarkhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-20167701618453992412010-12-22T14:23:57.930-06:002010-12-22T14:23:57.930-06:00Thank you so much for the Ancestor Approved Award!...Thank you so much for the Ancestor Approved Award! It is an inspiration--to read more, write more and participate more in this great community!D. Kay Stricklandhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-64132885294837206282010-12-08T10:14:47.217-06:002010-12-08T10:14:47.217-06:00Susan, If you'd like the minty snowmen recipe ...Susan,
If you'd like the minty snowmen recipe drop me an email at cindysoffice at aol.com and I'll scan & email it to you. The kids found these in a magazine or book years ago and they have a lot of fun making them.

Congrats on your awards!Cindyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-14630974884315491412010-12-07T09:04:08.335-06:002010-12-07T09:04:08.335-06:00It's so great to hear you found real treasure!...It's so great to hear you found real treasure! And thank you for reminding me to check out the COG (I've been away for a week).Brendahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-58401414523295862162010-12-07T08:30:57.807-06:002010-12-07T08:30:57.807-06:00Susan! CONGRATULATIONS on your THREE awards! Than...Susan!

CONGRATULATIONS on your THREE awards! Thank you for sharing yours with me. It's my first.

You always offer support, especially when I blog about 'difficult' topics.

Thank you!Yvonnehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-6480707773676486772010-12-06T19:33:50.060-06:002010-12-06T19:33:50.060-06:00Thank you for your kind words, Susan. And you tru...Thank you for your kind words, Susan. And you truly deserved the double award, because Nolichucky Roots is a great blog, and I "ain't just whistlin' Dixie." Your list of things that surprised/humbled you expresses so well why family research can be a life-changing (or worldview-changing) experience - something I have a hard time explaining to people who are not "into" family research or genealogy. And you are so right about this COG. I've read a number of the posts, and whatever I can't read in the next couple of weeks I'm saving for my days off around Christmas. What a great time of year this is in genealogy blogging! Well-deserved congratulations to you!Greta Koehlhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-66211224846518884972010-12-06T19:06:32.097-06:002010-12-06T19:06:32.097-06:00Congrats to you! I knew my judgment was sound, an...Congrats to you! I knew my judgment was sound, and the dual award just proves it.

I love your list. Love it.

Back to Sally...don't know if you have already read it, but if you are interested in a bird's eye view of midwifery in the "olden days," allow me to recommend Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's book, "A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812." (Yes, I know it's a mouthful, but it is an outstanding book.)

And while I am recommending reading material - I mean after all, you have nothing but time on your hands, no?

These are both compilations of women's diaries in the mid 19th century in the US...

"Pioneer Women - Voices from the Kansas Frontier," by Joanna L Stratton

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"Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey," by Lilliam Schlissel.dee-burrishttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-4518517473797834142010-12-06T18:59:49.147-06:002010-12-06T18:59:49.147-06:00What a knack you have of tying several bits of blo...What a knack you have of tying several bits of blog news into one nice interesting blog. Jasia's Carnival of Genealogy posts, the Advent Calendar posts and the Ancestor Approved Awards presented to some bloggers I'm not familiar with, yet. You were kind to mention me in the same breath with Greta and Carol, both of whom I admire, learn from and just as important, like. You fit in that category as well. Congratulations on receiving two Ancestor Approved Awards, you deserve them.Barbara Poolehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-25889172085267391072010-12-06T18:24:53.258-06:002010-12-06T18:24:53.258-06:00Susan, Congratulations on receiving the Ancestor ...Susan,

Congratulations on receiving the Ancestor Approved award, and thank you so much for passing the award on to me. I appreciate it. This is a wonderful post, and I hope my award acceptance post does yours and my ancestors justice!Cynthia Shenettehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-81413604447197700622010-12-06T17:22:08.344-06:002010-12-06T17:22:08.344-06:00Thank you for the Ancestor Approved award. Now I ...Thank you for the Ancestor Approved award. Now I am trying to figure out what I am supposed to do? Am I to tell 10 things I have learned about my family?????? Sorry, I'm in my own little corner of the internet - or at least I was.

Loved your post - the links should keep me busy reading for quite a while. The problem is that I keep finding great blogs to add to my Google Reader.Margelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-11189082884164826672010-12-06T16:37:24.609-06:002010-12-06T16:37:24.609-06:00First, this is ONE FABULOUS POST! NOOO, not cau...First, this is ONE FABULOUS POST!

NOOO, not cause you gave me a shout out, but because it names fabulous post, bloggers, excitement, fame, fortune, oh, you know, all the really good stuff! LOL

I am not sure how I am gonna find time to read all the COG entries either, oh, whine whine, whahhoooo!!!

I love your list of 10 surprises, etc. Great stuff there.

Blog on!!Carolhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274336739835087347.post-1279030065310657682010-12-06T16:32:37.361-06:002010-12-06T16:32:37.361-06:00I love the ten things you learned and thank you so...I love the ten things you learned and thank you so much for making me one of the 10 you gave the award to.Kristinhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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On our quest for fellow Maine foodies, and those keen on Maine shrimp, we delight in finding Cornucopasetic! A January post of theirs called Pandalus Pandemonium sounds just what's in order at my house for the weekend. Pizza has traditionally been a weekend food, perfect with the kids at home and enjoyed with a movie or two on a Saturday night. Combine two favorites, pizza and Maine shrimp, and I think we have the makings of a very tasty dinner. I'm thinking this will pair nicely with the movie "Forrest Gump".
In a recent post, I explored my culinary experiments with readers in my blog post Maine Shrimp-ly Delicious. I cannot stress enough how short a season Maine shrimp has, and how delicious they are, and how important it is to get out there and support our state's fishing economy during these tough times! The price is right, the product is fresh, and the time is now.
I'll be sure to jot down some notes and provide my variation of this recipe (if my version of shrimp pizza is a success, and one for your recipe books)! In the meantime, go out and get some shrimp of your own, do some cooking, and let us know of your favorite shrimp recipes you recommend our readers try.
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Interior Design Games| By | Category: Samples and Demo Models
Do you love decorating rooms, homes, gardens, and virtual worlds ? Do you dream yourself as an Interior Designer ?
Fulfill your dreams by role with playing our Interior Design Games.
Many years ago when we first started developing Interior Design Software all of our products where based on traditional 2D floor plan style programs.
The software we created allowed our users to create 2D line drawings of the footprint of a house as though you where looking from the top down inside like a dolls house both in black and white and in color like the image below.
Screenshot showing a traditional 2D top down view of Interior Design Software.
A few years later thanks to the extraordinary improvements in low cost computer gaming hardware we where able to develop interior design software based on 3D games technology.
This meant that rather than simply creating static 2D floor plan images we where able to create 3D design environments in which you could actually get in a walk around just like a 3D game !
Almost immediately we started to see a segment of our customers that where interested in our software not as an Professional Interior Design Tool but for the entertainment value in itself. These customers weren't planning a house to live in they where designing houses using our software just for fun, this group of customers where not expected but looking back at where the games technology came from it should not have been much of a surprise that people would be interested as a Room Decor Game.
To support this group of local customers we started to build some unusual features into our software that truly make the experience "game like"
The most significant of these was a joy stick controller interface. Basically you can set up any Windows compatible PC joystick controller with our 3D Interior Design Games and use it to control your movement in and around your 3D world.
You can activate these settings under the window > preferences > input options
There are settings to program the various elements like buttons and joysticks and a damping function to adjust the sensitivity of the controller.
Screen shot showing the games controller dialogue box. The settings fields are populated when a controller is plugged into the PC with the software running.
Watch this video showing how to access and set up the games controllers options.
Our traditional 2D floor plan software is totally free for customers to download and use, we provide a fully licensed copy, serial number and instruction manual.
If you would like to purchase a copy of our 3D Interior Design Game we are currently giving a copy away for free with very license upgrade of the 2D Software sold.
The total price of both the 2D Software and the 3D Game is just $17 !
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Topic: Best own goal-A reverse scorpion kick in HK
Nigerian defender Festus Baise served up a quite spectacular strike past his goalkeeper during Sun Hei SC's 3-2 defeat at the hands of Citizen AA in the Hong Kong first division on Friday.
This is just plain crazy!! What an own goal!!
Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lAWAbvZX54


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Dixie Stampede Delivers On Promise of Being 'Most Fun Place to Eat!'
Branson, MO and Pigeon Forge, TN. It is also a standing testament to the fact that legends can dream. Dolly Parton, the legend, owner, creator and dreamer of the Dixie Stampede, has spoken often about her dream-come-true. "I wanted to recreate the family fun of my childhood, when we'd gather for a friendly competition then enjoy a more-than-filling meal," said Parton. As anyone who has been there can tell you, her dream has been realized. The 35,000 square foot arena has seen 25 years of laughs and awe-struck crowds, and with 1,100 seats, the place continues to fill up with its many fans in Branson, MO as well as Pigeon Forge, TN.
Dixie Stampede Dining
Known for its "Fabulous Four-Course Feast," Dixie Stampede offers excellent meals served by costumed Civil-War era soldiers. The Food Channel website explains the grandeur of the meal in numbers: "In peak season, the Dixie Stampede stages up to 5 shows daily. That's 4,400 one-pound rotisserie chickens, 1,000 pounds of pork tenderloin, hundreds of pounds of fresh cut potatoes, ripe corn and ten gallons of soup each day." In a year, that's 60 tons of pork, 60 tons of potatoes and 200 tons of rotisserie chicken. "If that sounds like a lot," states The Food Channel, "it is—but it's all quite good. And just when you're thinking 'man, my fingers are really greasy,' along comes our server, Union soldier Aaron with a warm wet nap…" No one leaves Dixie Stampede hungry.
Reserve Early!
This dinner show sells out often and early, therefore we highly recommend that you reserve early! Purchase tickets to Branson's Dixie Stampede or Pigeon Forge's Dixie Stampede online or toll-free at 1-800-987-9852. There are packages available that include lodging as well. Whether you plan on a day trip or a week long vacation, Vacations Made Easy is here to help make it easy.


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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
301 gallery
The Gallery 301 (Oak and Third) will be celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with unveiling of a special installation Friday, Nov. 2. Artists Nate Chavez and mEugene Mathes, with Tracy Klas, Lisa Peterson and Kelly Phipps contributing, have created a shrine and alter with new works of art celebrating the dead.
Unveiling at 7 p.m., candles provided by The Gallery for those wishing to remember a loved one. Costumes welcome; face painting, light snacks available. Come meet the artists for this cross-cultural event; all welcome.
Hood River County Library District
Leave a note of remembrance for a dead loved one at an altar at the Hood River Library, then come to a fiesta at the Parkdale Library Nov. 1, from 5-6:30 p.m.
Dia de los Muertos is a very old Mexican tradition in which people take time to remember family and friends who have died. Today, it is traditionally celebrated on Nov. 1, the day after All Hallow's Eve (Halloween).
In recognition of this tradition, Kim Lindemyer has set up an altar in Library Lane at the Hood River Library. Anyone can leave a note remembering a loved one who has passed. The altar will be up through Nov. 1. All are welcome to help celebrate and remember the dead at a fiesta at Parkdale.
These programs are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Library District at 541-386-2535.


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Clocking In
You have clocked in to MySA.com's business news blog about San Antonio and South Texas businesses and business people.
Yearly Archive for 2007
PricewaterhouseCoopers expanding
Could one of the remaining Big Four accounting firms be planning to re-open a San Antonio office? PricewaterhouseCoopers has hired a second consultant in San Antonio. Last month, Mike McNabb hopped from Hitachi Consulting where he was a partner to PwC. Since 2002, managing director David Worley is the only PwC employee who has lived […] [Read More]
MDI on the "FAS" track
San Antonio-based MDI Security Systems will close this week on its purchase of FAS Construction Management Inc. San Antonio-based FAS is a construction risk-management company. MDI plans to expand the scope of FAS' risk-management services to include safety and security assessment, design, management and consulting. FAS shareholders will get 5 million shares of MDI stock […] [Read More]
"Who's Who" of S.A. Blacks on way
Sistas in Business founder Laura Thompson has another gig. Thompson, an advertising and marketing executive at Laura Thompson Agency, plans to publish "Who's Who in Black San Antonio" in April 2008. She's collecting nominations for the following categories: * Living Legends who have impacted the San Antonio community in business, education, research, public life, charitable […] [Read More]
New vice president at SA Economic Development Foundation
Sanchez There's a new face at the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation. Sarah Sanchez is its new vice president, primarily responsible for marketing San Antonio to manufacturing and international businesses looking to relocate to the Alamo City, Mario Hernandez, the foundation's president, said in a news release. "The EDF is an organization that I have […] [Read More]
Microlenders prepare to honor small borrowers
Four San Antonio-based microlenders will recognize small business owners who have excelled after borrowing small amounts to start and expand their businesses at a breakfast on Oct. 23. For the 14th year, the Small Business & Micro-Lenders Breakfast will honor borrowers from ACCIÓN Texas, Community Development Loan Fund, South Texas Business Fund, and the YWCA […] [Read More]
'Casting with Stephenson
Stephenson Out there in the Clocking In nation there has to be someone who is dying to hear an interview with Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of San Antonio's telecommunication juggernaut. Well, we are more than happy to help you slake your Stephenson thirst. AT&T will broadcast an interview with Stephenson on Oct. […] [Read More]
Norwegian contract renewal
Clear Channel Outdoor renewed its contract with Gardemoen, the airport serving Oslo, Norway. Clear Channel Norway has had the advertising contract at the airport since 2003. The renewal goes into effect Jan. 1, 2008 and will include the installation of digital signage. — Sean M. Wood [Read More]
The 12th Man of Web hosting
Texas A&M's football Coach Dennis Franchione has been mired in this whole VIP newsletter thing. I have to hand it to my compadres up on the fourth floor for breaking this story wide open. However, it was an old buddy at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram who broke down the revenue and expenses of the now […] [Read More]
Monday morning "newserbacking"
<a href="Meena Thiruvengadam goes way outside her comfort zone and talks about the NFL. You gotta see it to believe it. But then Barry Davis comes back with some Madonna talk. It was just a chance to use some Material Girl video. — Sean M. Wood [Read More]
Money management firm adds senior advisor
Cagle Thomas P. Cagle Jr., formerly a portfolio manager at the U.S. Trust Co. in Houston, has been hired as a senior investment advisor at San Antonio-based South Texas Money Management, Ltd. Cagle is a Houston native with more than 14 years of experience in the financial industry, including stints as a financial advisor with […] [Read More]
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Money Smart
Common sense investing with Richard Leader
Monthly Archive for January, 2014
Submerging Markets
Chaotic conditions in emerging markets are nothing new. Sometimes emerging markets are even referred to as "submerging" markets. Every so often, emerging markets influence developed economies and markets. For example, in the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the Standard & Poor 500 index sold off about 8% before rebounding. Last week's selloff could also be […] [Read More]
Buy High, Sell Higher
Despite a flattish market so far this year, many stocks continue to hit new high prices. There were 455 new yearly highs last week on the New York Stock Exchange and 409 new highs on NASDAQ. A fair number of these yearly highs are also all-time highs. The fact that so many stocks have done […] [Read More]
Old Economy, New Economy
This economic cycle is mature but expansions seldom die just of old age. Instead, recessions are usually sparked by an exogenous event or a policy mistake by the Federal Reserve. With little likelihood that the Fed will raise interest rates before 2015, this expansion should continue for a while. Even when the Fed does eventually […] [Read More]
Corporate share repurchases were a startling factor behind higher stock prices last year. Never before have corporations had such a voracious appetite to retire their own shares. There was $128.2 billion in share buyback activity in the third quarter of 2013 alone, a six-year high according to the Wall Street Journal. That's a 32% jump […] [Read More]


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Delaware County Sheriff's deputies say a woman was found dead in a car along Bevelheimer Road near the Licking county line today. Deputies say the license plate of the car matches the number of a woman reported missing from Pataskala Tuesday afternoon and that she was last seen in New Albany. No other details were released.Wo


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Aestheticism, Antique, Craigslist, Furniture, Interior design, Kijiji, Kijiji Montreal, meubles, Montreal, Vintage, vintage furniture, Westmount
Seems to be a seller in Westmount clearing house, who has a fair number of basement goodies up for sale on Craigslist – have a look!
Antique Settee
Pretty wood framed settee or loveseat, with neutral linen upholstery.
Westmount. $225. DEAL (negotiate if it needs reupholstering)
Wood + Wicker Side Table
Interesting oval tray style two-tier side table, in carved wood plus wicker.
Westmount. $100. DEAL
Aesthetic Screen
I was originally going to peg this as a fireplace screen, but if that's the arm of the settee in the pic's background, this Aesthetic Movement style folding screen is huge! Probably originally had fabric in the empty panels.
Westmount. BEST OFFER
Three Wood Chairs
I'm guessing this is the same seller? Three great looking bistro style chairs: the paint splatters should remove with a bit of elbow grease or strategic fine sanding.
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Blood groups were not identified until 1901, and in the century since then medical science has not looked back. In the years that immediately followed, hospitals relied on donors to give blood "on the hoof" -- tubes connected donor and recipient, and the blood flowed directly from the former to the latter.
The Blood Center
Here, even more testing is done.
Storage and Distribution
Preparing blood for those who need it.
Fortunately, today's donors and recipients do not face such inconveniences. Technological innovation, medical understanding, and organizational acumen have improved storage, testing, and distribution immeasurably. The blood bag, for example, was designed such that blood goes straight from the donor's bloodstream into the bag, and then from the bag to the recipient's bloodstream, without coming into contact with air and its potential contaminants. (The blood bag was also designed, more than a half-century ago, to survive a 2,000-foot fall.)
At the blood center -- "blood bank" a slight misnomer, since "withdrawals" do not require previous "deposits" -- blood is thoroughly tested, and then distributed. Since the development of an accurate test for the HIV virus, the blood supply has never been safer.
A doctor describes the rigorous testing of donated blood.
Connection Speed:
Prior to the 20th century, blood banks did not exist. The only blood storage facility was the human body.
Blood centers can store blood for up to 42 days. Frozen blood can be stored for years.
Continue to Phase 5:
The Transfusion
Photos: Woman donating blood (center left) and drawing of an arm readied for transfusion (center right), courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.
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Originally designed by architect Erik Lallerstedt (1865-1955), Nybrogatan 57 is a newly renovated building by Oscar Properties, , a design and architecture firm in Stockholm. Built in 1936, this structure possessed initial characteristics of Art Nouveau followed by romantic nationalism. Today, functionalism is the root of these Swedish luxury apartment homes. These residences will have hotel-like amenities attached to them including room service, weekly housekeeping and each unit will feature a private wine cellar.
The building's smooth plastered facade is rather austere in a dark putty hue and displays a simple, oversized "57" numeric. Two basic industrial doors–one solid, one framed in large square windows, are located on the street-level entrance. Once inside, though, the tone changes dramatically, with plentiful daylight streaming in the contemporary spaces of these stunning interiors, while soothing colour palettes play in perfect harmony to the minimalistic furnishings.
Floorplans are flowing and varied, but all are efficient with spacious, shared living rooms and kitchens designed for practicality as well as entertainment. Pale-grey wood flooring is expansive across these contemporary interiors, with kitchens offering focal-points like substantial marble islands and coordinating backsplashes. Clean-lined cabinetry houses state-of-the-art appliances and is a beautiful complement to surrounding similar tones. Windows off the main living areas are abundant and open up to light blue, wood-decked balconies which have all been restored.
Bedrooms are inviting and generous with some floorplans boasting an appealing walk-in closet situated between the sleeping area and bathroom. Each apartment's baths are well-appointed with polished stainless and stark white fixtures, as well as unique, functional lighting. All feature open showers with a single glass panel partition, while some include a deep soaking tub adjacent to it.
Typical Scandinavian furnishings throughout the model apartment interiors perfectly reflect the contemporary culture of this beautifully redesigned building. Nybrogatan 57 is undoubtedly a sought-after address which is now open for occupancy and will likely sell out as various other Oscar Properties have.


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Art is a matter of infinite variation and the knowledge of a few tried-and-true essentials. As instructors, Scott Burdick and Susan Lyon bridge these two in their video art tutorials by focusing on sound technical practice in the larger context of what contemporary artist face working today--and the tools that are at our disposal in order to meet those challenges.
For more information visit the artists' website or their online store. Enjoy!
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Stetson University hosts French Film Festival
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The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Stetson University, with support from the College of Arts and Sciences and the French American Cultural Exchange, is proud to announce the lineup for the first annual French Film Festival. The Festival will be held from Wednesday, March 20, through Wednesday, April 10, with the opening screening held at the historic Athens Theatre in Downtown DeLand and subsequent screenings around the Stetson campus.
The Festival will open with a very special screening of the Academy Award-winning film The Artist (2011) at the Athens Theatre, which itself opened in 1922 with vaudeville performances and a movie projection.
Fittingly, Michel Hazanavicius's mostly silent film is a loving homage to vaudeville and silent-era Hollywood.
The film opens in 1927, when preening matinee idol George Valentin is still the top draw at Kinograph Studios. George acts as a mentor to Peppy Miller, a chorus girl with big ambitions. The Artist tracks both Peppy's ascent and George's decline as he refuses to acknowledge the "talkies" as more than a passing fad. The film won 5 Academy Awards in 2012 including "Best Picture".
Other highlights of the festival include a screening of Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) which takes viewers inside the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the south of France to see some the 30,000 year-old cave paintings thought of as the first human works of art. Screening on April 4 at the Rinker Environmental Learning Center on Stetson campus, complimentary vintage 3D glasses will be provided.
On Holocaust Remembrance day, Monday, April 10, the festival will continue with the gripping documentary As a young girl of 13 (2011) in which French-Jewish woman Simone Lagrange tells the story of her family's roundup and deportation to Auschwitz in 1942 and her survival against all odds. Her testimony helped bring Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice some forty years later.
Post-screening discussions will be facilitated by Stetson faculty along with each screening, providing audience members with a chance to learn about the film and engage in meaningful dialogue.
Tickets for the general public to attend individual screenings are $7.50 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $3 for children.
Tickets for The Artist screening are available at the Athens Theatre and online at www.athensdeland.com. Sponsorship opportunities and group rates are available and donations to the Festival are always appreciated. Please visit contact festival organizer, Robert Watson at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Festival website at www.stetson.edu/artsci/languages/frenchfilmfestival.php for more information.
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Nov. 28, 2011: Brazilian freestyler Joao de Lucca talks about swimming at the University of Louisville.
De Lucca was impressive at the recent Tennessee Invite, and he talks about the upcoming meet in which he will attempt to qualify for the Olympics, what he's looking to do at the NCAAs and how Louisville is helping him achieve his goals.
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People from different faiths will join together this Sunday to promote helping the environment.
Pastor Kristin Foster of Messiah Lutheran Church in Mt. Iron stopped by Good Morning Northland Tuesday to talk about the church's Fire and Rain event going on this Sunday at 5 p.m.
Pastor Foster is part of a group called Congregations Caring for the Earth. Foster said that the idea for this Fire and Rain event came after the massive June floods. She also said that she wanted to have a common worship to show that all faiths have this one thing in common, the environment.
The Fire and Rain event begins at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Mt. Iron. Besides the special inter-faith worship, a free community meal featuring locally grown food will be served.
For more information on Congregations Caring for the Earth, like them on Facebook.


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1 pound
turkey breast cutlets
1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1 tablespoon
canola oil
1 medium
onion, diced
3 cloves
garlic, minced
1/3 cup
Marsala wine
1 (10.75 ounce) can
Campbell's® Healthy Request® Condensed Golden Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup
1/2 (16 ounce) package
fettuccine, cooked and drained
1 tablespoon
chopped fresh parsley
I was looking for something to do with some leftover pork chops when I came across this recipe. I skipped steps 1 and 2, but followed the rest of the steps as directed. When the sauce was done, I added the cooked pork chop medallions and heated them through. The dish was a huge hit with my family and I will definitely use it again.
Easy and yummy!
4 Ratings
I wanted to like this recipe so much, but it fell flat. I think the best way I can describe it, is that this is a "school cafeteria" version of a marsala. I loved the idea of using turkey breast cutlets, and will probably use them again, but this just wasn't what I was looking for. Trust me, take the time a make an actual marsala sauce, it will be worth it in theend. While this wasn't horrible, I definitely wont make again.
Excellent flavour I served it with brown rice and wild rice.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Turkey Marsala from Campbell's
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 549
Calories from Fat: 136
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My husband is going to London for a business trip ( November 4th - 9th) and I'm tagging along.
We have the 7th and 8th available ( Our flight leaves from Heathrow the morning of the 9th)
We are planning on taking the Euro Star train to DLP on the 7th and relaxing at one of the resort hotels and then visiting the park on the 8th.
Then, we would take the last train back to London and head straight to the airport.
I realize this sounds a little.. Rushed.
but, we simply can't spend more time @ DLP - our flights are booked and paid for.
We've both been to France before so I'm not worried about any cultural differences / understanding the transportation system but I do have some questions:
Is it possible to book a one night stay @ a Disney hotel?
( I didn't see the option available on the site so I emailed them)
How Do I get our luggage sent straight to our hotel ?
most importantly...
What park should we visit?
We've been to DL & Dworld more times that I can remember so we'd like to see things that are only available @ DLP.
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Dads learn to break cycle of violence
Strong Fathers is a program that helps men who have a history of domestic violence learn to become better fathers.
Katie Bauman, director of the Strong Fathers program at the Center for Child and Family Health in Durham, said the program approaches each man as an individual. In classes over 20 weeks, the men learn how to improve their parenting skills, learn about the negative impact of domestic violence on children, increase empathy toward children, and reduce coercive and abusive behavior toward their children's mother.
Bauman talked about the program during the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham's monthly roundtable Thursday at Shepherds House United Methodist Church. Started after a 2008 audit that revealed a need for services for fathers and for domestic violence, there have been 10 completed groups in Winston-Salem and six in Durham. Durham is about to see the completion of its seventh group. Strong Fathers isn't the only program for domestic violence offenders, but it takes a different than traditional programs, Bauman said. Instead, Strong Father acknowledges that: "You're here, you're human, you have your own history. … How can we help you be the best model, the best influence, the best parent you can be?" she said.
Strong Fathers doesn't point fingers or shame, Bauman said.
"The population we serve, for the most part, are fathers who want to be involved, but don't have models," said Samuel Clayborn, who facilitates the groups. "I disagree with the idea that a man is king of the castle. You're setting them up there," he said. That kind of thinking feeds into ego, he said, and discourages men from things like crying. "I'm for equality. Everyone has a voice at the table." The program tries to bring it back, and to understand that "hurt people hurt people," he said.
Deanna Manley said they try to stop that cycle, and also look at how men are socialized as far as what it means to be a man and a father.
Manley, who works at the Durham Crisis Response Center and with Strong Fathers, was hesitant at first to become involved with offenders.
"We think about women as victims…But male children will model that behavior, and female children become victims," she said. Manley also pointed out that one in six boys are sexually assaulted or molested.
Bauman said the only fathers they exclude from the program, most of whom are referred from the Department of Social Services, are those who are suspected of sexually abusing children.
"We take men who are interested in being good fathers and violence has become a pattern because that's how they grew up," she said.
During the 20 sessions, fathers talk about their own childhoods and learn about early childhood development. They also talk about discussing with their children how the violence has impacted the children. And they learn parenting skills like praise, and how to be a role model. The program also encourages fathers to get out of toxic relationships and learn how to co-parent.
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Hey guys and gals (that's right, we now have some female readers, so going forward we shall implement a policy of equal opportunity sexism :). Thanks to all of you who have encouraged me to keep writing these (especially Jed – you are a scholar and a gentleman) and if you do enjoy them please add me to your social network of choice – I appreciate any and all feedback and am interested in what it is that all of you people do…
Well the day more or less started off as I expected, "Hot, damn hot!"
Heat warnings in the northeast, and excessive heat warnings in Death Valley, where ironically I had been last month attending a wedding in Las Vegas and en route to visit a mine in Parker, Arizona I dropped by the Hoover Dam to check it out…
I also took this picture of these girls, which I have no recollection of whatsoever…
Anyway, starting out the day, I can't help but notice that our neighbors from New Brunswick appear to have a weak hand, having dropped their tie significantly really late on peak the previous night and that they were importing heavily early in the morning, with no significant change in load from previous days. Smelling blood in the streets, I knew exactly how to start off the summer
New England also appeared on shaky ground – Vermont Yankee (nuke) was definately struggling:
As confirmed by our good friends @ SNL:
"But to complicate matters, some of the hottest areas also are looking at faltering baseload nuclear supply. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, PPL Corp. cut its Susquehanna 1 in Pennsylvania to 30%, while Entergy Corp. cut its Vermont Yankee reactor to 36% capacity. In the Midwest, Xcel Energy Inc. cut its Prairie Island 1 in Minnesota to 44% power. All three reactors were at full capacity Monday."
New England brought on an oil unit:
So did New York:
So clearly I could expect @ least oil prices – the thing that concerned me the most was it appeared Hydro Quebec had lost their Massena tie going into NYISO:
how could this be planned? I expected disaster, and got it:
these prices remind me of my initial post AND that I expected this to happen as per my most recent post
The next two hours I spent:
1 – graciously accepting compliments and praise from all those around the office in regards to my exceedingly brilliant forecast of what was going to happen in the electricity markets today
2 – giving a few accountants a glove-less face wash
3 – inviting everyone walking by to come see how much money we were making and muse aloud about how I should get paid significantly more
4 – taking this picture of this boat sailing by our office
Then New York seemed to settle down significantly, Long Island aside, and I took a look and it appeared the Massena tie was back in service:
You can see the effect this rapid tie movement has on LMP prices:
This chain of events is evident in the NYISO system view:
a – skyrocketing NYCity load
b – tomorrow is going to be even worse
c – Hydro Quebec loses tie
d – Hydro Quebec gloriously regains tie and
e – cause prices to plummet
f – uck tomorrow is going to be a complete fiasco
Talk about a heatwave(4 the dudes) | heatwave(4 the ladies :))
For those of you who are metrically challenged:
Ontario (IESO) may or may not have set a new record high – I took the following screen shot @ a reading of 27025mws but it then changed before I could grab it, but apparently my "record high" #'s are different from what some of the research companies are saying (prolly differences between base/system/net/gross/sans industrials):
another 'yikes' for you guys…base loaded nuke Vermont Yankee "very unsteady"
Which gloriously results in about a 12 hour stretch of oil prices (during which I completely dominated):
thanks to load coming in well over forecast :
and with 2morrow coming in much higher:
you can tell the folks @ ISO-NE are worried about 2morrow as they pulled the pumped storage units off at 8pm and let the oil prices @ $180-200/mw run til 11pm:
That's all for now ladies and gents – I'd love to hear from anyone who enjoyed this or add me to your social network of choice as I find it very interesting what all of you actually do…
…oh yeah…remember…live the dream!
PS – vacay for a week…try to keep the lights on would you?


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I'm James Hague, a recovering programmer who has been designing video games since the 1980s. This is Why You Spent All that Time Learning to Program and Organizational Skills Beat Algorithmic Wizardry are good places to start.
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Timidity Does Not Convince
The only arguments that hold water, in terms of programming language suitability, are bold, finished projects. Not a mini-Emacs written in Haskell. Not a Sudoku solver in Prolog. Not a rewrite of some 1970s video game using Functional Reactive Programming. They need to be large and daring projects, where the finished product is impressive in its own right, and then when you discover it was written in language X, there's a wave of disbelief and then a new reverence for a toolset you had previously dismissed.
And now, two of my favorite bold projects:
Wings 3D
Wings started as an attempt to clone Nendo, a 3D modeller designed around simplicity and ease of use. Nendo development and support had dried-up, and enthusiasm for Nendo fueled Wings 3D development. So now there's a full-featured, mature 3D modeller, with a great focus on usability, and it's written entirely in Erlang. Without a doubt it's the antithesis of what Erlang was designed for, with the entire program running as a single process and intensive use of floating point math. But it clearly works, and shows that there are benefits to using Erlang even outside of its niche of concurrency-oriented programming.
SunDog: Frozen Legacy
SunDog was an elaborate game for the Apple II. A 1MHz 6502 and 48K of memory look more like a platform for simple arcade games, not the space trading and exploration extravaganza that was SunDog. And though assembly language was the norm for circa-1984 commercial games, the authors--Bruce Webster and Wayne Holder--chose to implement the majority of the game in p-code interpreted Pascal. I found a justification in an old email from Bruce:
Wayne and I had some long discussions about what to use to write SunDog (which actually started out being another game). We considered assembly, FORTH, and Pascal; BASIC was far too slow and clumsy for what we wanted to do. We ended up ruling out FORTH for issues of maintenance (ours and lack of a commercial vendor).
I pushed for--and we decided on--Apple Pascal for a few different reasons, including the language itself; the compactness of the p-code; and the automatic (but configurable) memory management of the p-System, which could swap "units" (read: modules) in and out. Pascal made the large project easier, not harder, though it was a struggle to keep the game within 48KB.
And that's how it should be: choose the language that lets you implement your vision.


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RICHMOND, Va. – The University of New Hampshire/James Madison football game at Cowell Stadium (Nov. 9, 12:30 p.m.) will be one of five CAA football games broadcast nationally on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) in 2013, the league announced Thursday.
UNH's home matchup against JMU represents the Wildcats' inaugural appearance on NBC Sports Network, the 24/7 cable platform for NBC Sports that is available in nearly 80 million homes. NBC Sports is also live streaming NBC Sports Network's live-event coverage to digital, mobile and tablet users via its NBC Sports Live Extra platform. All NBCSN games will be live streamed via TV Everywhere, the media industry's effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.
CAA football will begin its second year of a five-year broadcast agreement with the NBC Sports Network this fall.
In addition to the five games scheduled on NBCSN, 13 CAA Football games will be offered on select NBC Sports Regional Networks. Telecast networks and times for those 13 additional contests will be announced at a later date. For more information, visit caafootball.com.
UNH, the 2012 CAA football co-champion, opens the season at Central Michigan of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) on Saturday, Sept. 7. Opening kickoff at Kelly/Shorts Stadium is scheduled for 3 p.m. on ESPN3.
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Located on Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant, Creative Spark Center for the Arts has been the Lowcountrys premiere arts center for more than 20 years. The faculty of locally renowned artists provide high quality instruction with individualized attention for each student, all in a fun, safe and creative environment. Upcoming classes include:
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The first stop for anyone applying for college financial aid can be daunting. That's true even after a much talked-about effort to simplify the form, available online at www.fafsa.gov. "It is simpler," said Twiana Collier, coordinator of student financial aid for the Aldine Independent School District. "It's still tricky." That's especially true for students who […] [Read More]
Choosing between college and food
More students than ever are enrolling in college, evidence that Americans believe a college education is important for future success. But fewer than half of those who start college earn a degree within six years. For community college students, the problem is even worse — only about 20 percent earn an associates degree or certificate […] [Read More]
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In the old days, prospective students had to fight the crowds at a local college fair to talk with university admission officers. They even made personal visits. OK, they still do. But for a growing number of students and parents, the first stop is online. CollegeWeekLive starts Wednesday on computer screens everywhere. It continues through […] [Read More]
Smiley loses a school, gains an atrium
Texas Southern University pulled broadcaster Tavis Smiley's name from its school of communications last week after more than a year of negotiations ended without another check in the mail. But the Smiley name wasn't absent from academia for long. Indiana University announced this week it will name the atrium of its School of Public and […] [Read More]
Three for Prop. 4
Leaders of Texas' three Tier One schools say they'd welcome more competition. The presidents of Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University have released a letter touting Proposition 4 on next month's ballot. (Early voting started this week.) They don't come right out and tell people to vote for the […] [Read More]
Head vs. heart at A&M
Call it "the Bob Gates phenomenon." That's how Jason Cook, Texas A&M University's vice president for marketing and communications, summed up some of the most eye-catching findings from a survey to determine what qualities the school's next president should have. The survey, completed online by more than 11,400 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and "friends" […] [Read More]
The horror of college tuition
Forget slasher movies. Parents consider college tuition the real horror show. But a free workshop next week may help with the scare factor. For starters, the Sallie Mae Fund will offer a $500 scholarship to a high school junior or senior who attends its "Saving, Planning and Paying for College" next Monday night. That's not […] [Read More]


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Campaign to Stop the Cull
Latest News: The killing of badgers in Gloucestershire and Somerset has ended for a second year. We believe this cull is wrong and cruel with some badgers killed in the 2013 pilots taking longer than five minutes to die. There is a real threat that this cull could be rolled out far more widely meaning that even more badgers could suffer. Join us in calling on the new Environment Secretary, Liz Truss MP, to step in and call off the culls.
Why the badger cull will fail...
The pilot badger culls initially began in Somerset and Gloucestershire in August 2013 as part of government measures to try and control the spread of bovine TB (bTB) - they ended in failure. The pilot culls failed to meet their 'targets' and there have been an embarrassing and costly catalogue of errors from start to finish. Despite this, the culls could soon roll out across the country.
Scientific consensus doesn't support a cull of badgers. More than 30 of the top animal disease experts describe the cull as a 'costly distraction' that risks making the problem of tuberculosis in cattle worse and that will cost far more than it saves.
As culling can't be selective many perfectly healthy badgers will be slaughtered as 'collateral damage'. In fact, as many as six out of seven badgers killed could be bTB free.
We believe that vaccination, increased levels of testing and improved biosecurity are more effective ways of dealing with bTB in the long term.
Download our report Backing badgers - Why the cull will fail (PDF 974 KB) for more information about the flawed scientific arguments used to justify the cull.
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Email the Environment Secretary, Liz Truss MP and urge her to do the right thing and call off the culls once and for all.


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URI Convocation Center plans to be unveiled on Alumni
Weekend, June 5
KINGSTON, R.I. -- May 27, 1999 -- Alumni and friends attending the University
of Rhode Island's Alumni Weekend will get a glimpse of what the new Convocation
Center will look like as URI officially unveils the floor plans and architectural
renderings of the new facility.
The plans will be presented following the Alumni Breakfast and Annual
Meeting, which takes place Saturday, June 5 from 8:30 - 11 a.m. in the Ram's
Den at the Memorial Union on URI's Kingston Campus. Led by Robert M. Beagle,
vice president for University Advancement, as master of ceremonies and Alan
Wasserman '75, URI Alumni Association President, the event includes a talk
by keynote speaker John Geddes '74, deputy managing editor at The New
York Times, remarks from President Robert L. Carothers, and the presentation
of Distinguished Alumni Awards.
At 11 a.m. Larry Bacher, program manager from Gilbane Building Co., and
Kathy Mallon, URI director of strategic planning and executive assistant
to the president, will present the renderings and provide an update on the
Convocation Center project.
The largest building project ever at URI, the Convocation Center will
host basketball games and other athletic contests, in addition to major
University celebrations, such as commencement and convocation ceremonies,
alumni programs, concerts, and major cultural events. The Center will seat
about 8,000, and in a given year, is expected to host 30 men's and women's
basketball games and about 50 other events.
Financing for the $43.6 million Convocation Center project will include
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million in revenue bonds. There will also be a separate ice skating facility
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URI long ago outgrew its largest venue, Keaney Gymnasium, which was completed
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The airing of the ABC7 NEWS story by Cheryl Jennings on June 22nd inspired many supportive comments for the Phoenix Project of Marin work and services:
"Go Felecia! You are amazing!"
"Hi Felecia, I actually posted the video to our website early this morning! Congratulations!"
"That was very nice! Thanks for sending that Felicia because I missed it on Monday night! Very nice and makes Marin City look good again, like when I was little growing up there!"
"Felecia, CONGRATULATIONS!!! I saw the story on Tuesday evening and it was terrific. It always amazes me how truly beautiful Marin City is. The leafy greenness and expanse of manicured lawns belies the hardship of too many of its young residents; thankfully the Phoenix Project is bringing new life and positive change."
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Showers Wind Down Tonight, More TomorrowAugust 11th, 2014 at 6:36 pm by Ken Brewer under Weather
THIS EVENING: There will be a few pockets of rain showers, so keep the umbrella with you. There will be fewer showers as the evening goes on. Temps will stay in the 70s.
OVERNIGHT: Most places will be quiet, but there could be a few areas of rain showers. Lows will still drop into the mid 60s.
TUESDAY: One more day of unsettled weather, colder air will move in along with hit and miss thundershowers. Highs tomorrow will only reach the low to mid 70s!
8-DAY FORECAST: One more day in the 70s Wednesday, then warmer air returns for the weekend.


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Category: Artist Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:41 Written by Ruff Ryder Hits: 10960
Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage names DMX and Dark Man X, is an American rapper and actor. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album ...And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". He has acted in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave, and Last Hour. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX.[1] DMX released a mixtape The Weigh In as a prelude/promotion towards his album Undisputed (2012). DMX has sold over 30 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling hip-hop artists of all time.
DMX began his music career in the 1980s as a beatboxer. In 1991, Gabriel Grevenstuk from The Source magazine praised DMX in his "Unsigned Hype" column that highlighted unsigned hip-hop artists. His stage name was tribute to an instrument he used in the 1980s, the Oberheim DMX drum machine and later was interpreted as "Dark Man X".[2]
A year later, Columbia Records signed DMX to their subsidiary label Ruffhouse, who released his debut single "Born Loser". The single did not get much airplay.[citation needed] The label eventually agreed to release DMX from their contract. He released his second single, "Make a Move" in 1994, and made a guest appearance on LL Cool J's single "4, 3, 2, 1" in 1997. Additional guest spots on Mase singles "24 Hours to Live" and "Take What's Yours", and The LOX's single "Money, Power & Respect" created a strong buzz.[2] DMX also made a cameo appearance in the Sum 41 music video for "Makes No Difference". At WrestleMania XXVII, during a promo package for professional wrestler John Cena, DMX gave a special sermon, which reflects his ministry beliefs and the church-like entrance of Cena.[3]
1996–98: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot and Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
In February 1998, DMX released his debut major-label single, "Get at Me Dog", on Def Jam Recordings. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA. His first major-label album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, which included the single "Ruff Ryders Anthem", was released in May 1998. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in the U.S and sold over five million copies.
Later that year in December, DMX released his second album, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, where it remained for three consecutive weeks. Within one week of the album's release, 670,000 units were shipped.[citation needed] It was eventually certified Platinum four times. As a result, DMX was the second rapper in history (following Tupac Shakur) to have released two albums in the same year, which both debuted at number one on Billboard 200.[2]
1999–2000: ...And Then There Was X
DMX released his third and best-selling album ...And Then There Was X, on December 21, 1999. It was his third album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Its most popular single, "Party Up", became his first Top Ten hit on the R&B charts. Singles "What's My Name?" and "What These Bitches Want" were also popular.[citation needed] The album was certified Platinum six times.[2]
2001–02: The Great Depression
After improving his legal situation,[citation needed] DMX returned to the studio to complete his fourth album, The Great Depression. Released October 23, 2001, it was his fourth album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, featuring the singles "Who We Be", "We Right Here", and "Shorty Was The Bomb". Despite the album's triple Platinum certification, its commercial and critical success was lower than his previous album.[2]
2003: Grand Champ
His fifth album, "Grand Champ", once again debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 charts, placing DMX as the only musical artist in history to release five consecutive albums (his entire album catalog at the time) that debuted at number one. Singles include "Where Tha Hood At" and "Get it on the Floor". After its release, he informed the public that he planned to retire, and that Grand Champ would be his final album.[4]
2005–08: Year of the Dog...Again and The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter
DMX signed to Columbia Records in January 2006. He recorded his next album, Year of the Dog...Again, while switching record labels, which caused numerous delays.[5] It was finally released on August 1, 2006, and lost the number one Billboard spot by only one-hundred sales.[citation needed] He released two more singles, "Lord Give Me A Sign" and "We In Here"
On June 12, 2008, DMX released a compilation of his greatest hits, The Definition of X: The Pick of the Litter.[2] Def Jam released another compilation album, The Best of DMX, in 2011.[6][7] which features hit singles including "Where the Hood At?" and "X Gon' Give It to Ya".
2011–12: Undisputed
On October 11, 2011 DMX performed at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards. He stated that he has been working "nonstop, every day" on the new album, and plans to release it before December of 2012.[8] During a performance at New York's Santos Party House on December 25, 2011, DMX stated that the new album will be entitled Undisputed and would be released on March 26, 2012. This was later confirmed by DMX (via his official Twitter account, DMX (rapper) on Twitter), where he also confirmed that its first single is scheduled for release in January 2012. A video for a new track entitled "Last Hope" was released via Internet on September 24, 2011. This was later release on his 'Weight In EP'. Undisputed was to be released August 28, 2012.
Seven Arts Entertainment Inc. recently purchased David Michery's music assets, which included some of DMX's music. DMX's had announced that Undisputed will be released on March 27, 2012.[9] However it was later revealed that DMX did not plan to release the album on that date, and that date was one forced upon him by the record label. The release date for the album was set for June 26, 2012. However, DMX announced in Detroit, MI. on June 9, 2012, that due to the record label that is supposed to release the album, the date will be pushed back again.[10] It was then scheduled for release August 28, 2012. Later, an official press release from the label pushed back the date to September 11, 2012. Meanwhile, DMX performed at the 2012 13th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos at Cave In Rock, IL taking place on August 8th-August 12th. He will also be making appearances at the 2012 Rock The Bells Festival Series at San Bernardino August 18th-19th, and Holmdel, New Jersey September 1st-2nd. The album was finnaly released on September 11, 2012 and featured production from; Swizz Beats and J.R. Rotem along with a guest appearance from Machine Gun Kelly.


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Matt Moore dominates Yankees in first MLB start
Sep 22, 2011, 10:59 PM EDT
Rays left-hander Matt Moore took the mound Thursday night at Yankee Stadium for the first start of his major league career. And it went about as well as any prospect evaluator could have imagined.
The 22-year-old southpaw fanned 11 batters over five scoreless innings, yielding only four hits and issuing just one walk as the Rays grabbed a crucial 15-8 victory to move a half-game closer to the Red Sox in the American League Wild Card standings.
According to ESPN's StatsInfo, Moore is the first pitcher in major league history to tally 11 strikeouts in five innings or less against the Yankees. Rookie or non-rookie. He threw 59 of his 84 pitches for strikes, displaying high-90s fastball velocity and great command over his curveball and changeup.
Moore was promoted to the big leagues 10 days ago after registering a 1.92 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 210/46 K/BB ratio across 155 innings between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham. He has ace-like upside.
- dailyrev - Sep 22, 2011 at 11:05 PM
An AL Strasburg. Maybe next year the kid will be able to get a few people to attend a baseball game in FL. That would be headline-worthy.
- carlosologist - Sep 22, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Yankee fan over here. Absolutely enjoyed watching Moore pitch. Really easy delivery that produced that high cheese. Obviously had no trouble racking up the strikeouts. I'm really going to enjoy watching him for the next 5-6 years in TB.
- itsmekirill - Sep 22, 2011 at 11:36 PM
He pitched very well but saying that he dominated the "Yankees" is a bit of a stretch given the lineup today.
- pisano - Sep 22, 2011 at 11:46 PM
Exactly, he dominated mostly minor league call ups sprinkled with some regulars, but that being said this kid has a big future. Great form and good command, good luck to him.
- bigharold - Sep 23, 2011 at 12:18 AM
"Exactly, he dominated mostly minor league call ups …"
Absolutely. I went to the game tonight with tickets that should have gotten me into the Jeter 3000 hit game but it was rained out. So after $400+ in tickets I end up in the game the day after clinching and then I spend $75 in gas tolls and parking and $80 in food, … not mention about $100 in beer, (thanks Pat for being the designated driver), and I get not the A team, .. or even the A- team, .. I get the Butch Cassidy; "who are those guys" line up.
Well at least they won the AL Easty and are likely to get home field advantage. But frankly, I want the Yankees to smack the RS around this weekend regardless of what they've accomplished so far.
- purnellmeagrejr - Sep 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM
bigharold "$100 in beer" and to top it off a case of whine.
- uberfatty - Sep 23, 2011 at 10:45 AM
bigharold, you left off the #firstworldproblems at the end of your post.
- ahp1 - Sep 22, 2011 at 11:45 PM
Moore dominated the Yankees all right: half of the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
- Ick McWang - Sep 23, 2011 at 12:02 AM
Good, now the kid got his feet wet and can give us one more start, against the Red Sox. That will be the crucial one, against a full opposing lineup at playoff intensity.
- jimbo1949 - Sep 23, 2011 at 12:38 AM
Which Yankee or Oriole pitcher are you talking about?
- btwicey - Sep 23, 2011 at 2:36 AM
They may have been no bodies but they still have 2 arms and legs and had no idea what that high 90's thing was coming at them. This kid has the easiest action to produce power I've ever seen. How, i mean how on earth under any circumstances was this guy a 12th round pick??!!
- wlschneider09 - Sep 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Lack of control basically.
- basiltharat - Sep 23, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Actually an eighth-round pick, but still a good question. From what I've read, Moore basically was a raw kid with a fastball around 90, no reliable secondary pitch ("needs to add polish" to curve and change, according to BA scouting report at the time) and shaky control; on top of that, the caliber of competition in New Mexico wasn't the highest. Seems crazy in retrospect that he fell that far, but I suspect there are a few dozen guys with similar profiles in every draft.
- marinersnate - Sep 23, 2011 at 3:50 AM
Well, that was intelligent. Please post more often.
- pisano - Sep 23, 2011 at 9:16 AM
marinersnate….. Be careful what you wish for, I have a feeling this guy could get even worse than he already is.
- dapperdan50 - Sep 23, 2011 at 7:33 AM
"According to ESPN's StatsInfo, Moore is the first pitcher in major league history to tally 11 strikeouts in five innings or less against the Yankees. Rookie or non-rookie."
I'm having a problem believing this. Maybe the stat should be first pitcher, rookie or non-rookie, IN HIS FIRST GAME against the Yankees. Or something. I just have a tough time believing that no pitcher ever, under any circumstances, has ever struck out 11 Yankees in 5 or fewer IP.
- protectthishouse54 - Sep 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Every couple of months the Rays call up some new 22 year old stud. Unbelievable. What a well run organization and scouting department.
- foreverchipper10 - Sep 23, 2011 at 11:42 AM
All this talk about how he didn't really have a good start because the Yanks weren't playing all of their regulars. Regardless, the kid made his first start at Yankee Stadium and fanned 11 in 5 innings. That seems to be 11 of the 15 outs which is insane. I don't care who he pitched against.
- btwicey - Sep 23, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Good point
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Educational Resources: Connecting the Dots Annual Conference
The 10th annual U-M Work/Life Connecting the Dots Conference will be held on Friday, October 16, 2015 from 8:15-4 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel, 3200 Boardwalk, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
9th Annual Work/Life Connecting the Dots Conference for U-M Staff
Friday, October 10, 2014
8:15-9:00 a.m. - Registration/Morning Snack/Resource Tables Open
9:00-10:15 a.m. - Opening Session/Introduction and Welcome/Keynote address
Changing Your Life On Purpose
Dr. Vic Strecher - Professor, U-M School of Public Health
Dr. Strecher will talk about enhancing your life while finding your purpose. He weaves scientific health research with personal experience to find self-discovery and renewal. He will show us how self-directed, positive change is possible and how we all can achieve work/life balance while improving our physical and mental health.
10:15-10:30 a.m. - Break/Morning Snack/Resource Tables Open
10:30-11:45 a.m. - Block 1 Sessions
1. Linking Your Core Values to Life Purpose
Dr. Vic Strecher - Professor, U-M School of Public Health
In this breakout session following his keynote address, Dr. Strecher will take a deeper dive into finding your purpose, helping you look at your core values and aligning your purpose with the way you live your life each day. This session will explore self-transcendence – focusing on something bigger than yourself, resulting in personal growth.
2. Your Career Recipe – Making the Best Use of Your Pantry
Ron Sober - Learning Specialist, U-M Human Resource Development (HRD)
Become energized to whip up a fresh batch of the future you! Learn how to pursue new directions by rediscovering skills you have used in the past and may have forgotten about. Pulling items from your career pantry may just be what you need to energize your career.
3. An Eye Towards Retirement
Doreen M. Murasky, L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W. - Senior Manager of Student Programs, U-M Center for the Education of Women (CEW)
The decision to retire can lead to excitement and relief or fear and dread. Many focus on their financial plans, but fail to consider other significant aspects of post-retirement life. Actively planning your post-work life helps make the transition to retirement a positive and joyful one. This session draws on Doreen's popular Retirement Success Workshop series. Go beyond financial planning and come learn how to plan for a fulfilling retirement.
4. Parenting (and Grandparenting) Through the Challenges of Life
Anupama Agrawal, L.M.S.W. - Social Work Supervising Faculty, University Center for the Child and Family at the Mary A. Rackham Institute (U-M)
All parents/grandparents are concerned about the well-being of the children as they face challenges, which may include separation/divorce, loss, and family changes or conflicts. This workshop will deliver practical advice to help adults understand children's needs during difficult transitions, in a collaborative and caring environment.
5. Mindfulness-Based Meditations
Mariko A. Foulk, L.M.S.W., A.C.S.W. - Clinical Social Worker, UMHS Social Work/Geriatrics Center
This session will start with a brief introduction of what mindfulness is and how it can be beneficial to your health and well-being. Then, a variety of Guided Meditations (e.g., Breath, Body, Sounds, Movement, Loving-Kindness) will be practiced as time permits, followed by discussion.
12:00-1:00 p.m. - Lunch/Resource Tables Open
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Joan Curran, B.S., M.A. - Lead Training Specialist, UMHS Service Excellence
We all adapt to change in our lives – we must. But we are not always adept at handling the subsequent transition – that emotional, psychological phase that follows a change. During those times we may feel low-energy, unproductive, disconnected or adrift. In this workshop, we will explore why we feel that way and how best to cope with and plan for transitions, referencing the well-known framework suggested by author William Bridges, Ph.D.
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Wendy Shepherd - Jollyologist, ALFAB Services
It's not easy being a grown-up – too many responsibilities, too little time, not enough fun. Whether it is work, your personal life, or the world at large, it is sometimes hard to find the bright side. This class will help you see that a good dose of humor therapy will help you put life events in perspective! We'll focus on the power of positive psychology and the importance of laughter and humor.
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Susan E. Watts, A.C.S.W. - Director of Social Work Training; and JoAnne Shipman and Melissa Q. Meyer - Therapists/Post-M.S.W. Clinical Fellows, Psychological Clinic at the Mary A. Rackham Institute (U-M)
This session will offer practical ideas about what is helpful for caregivers to sustain them for the long haul. Participants will have opportunities to talk about the content in smaller groups, and how it relates to them.
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Kathryn Greiner, A.F.C.® (Accredited Financial Counselor) - Director of Credit Education, University of Michigan Credit Union (UMCU)
Do you sometimes feel like no matter how much you earn there's never enough? If you dread the thought of setting up a budget, take heart. Come to this light-hearted session to see where your money's going and make a plan for spending, bill paying and saving. Get tips on how to cut spending and still enjoy life! 10. Essential Tai Chi
Karla Groesbeck - Tai Chi Instructor, Good EnerChi Studio and MHealthy
Tai Chi is a great way to relax and have fun. It is an engaging body/mind activity, rich in substance and healthy humor. It is also a peaceful, flowing, low impact exercise ideal for calming, centering, stress relief, balance and toning. Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in a series of simple movements (optional), as well as come away with a deeper understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of this intriguing and beneficial art/exercise.
2:15-2:30 p.m. - Break/Afternoon Snack
2:30-3:45 p.m. - Block 3 Sessions
11. Strategies for Creating Winning and High-Performance Teams
Tonya Bailey, M.P.A. - U-M Flint
Do you lead a team? Are you part of a team? Do you want strategies to help create an effective team? In this interactive workshop, participants will discuss the role that they can play as a leader in guiding group dynamics.
12. Forgive to Live: The Benefits of Forgiveness and Gratitude for Well-Being
John Sonnega, Ph.D. - Program Director, MHealthy Thrive!
People who report greater levels of forgiveness and gratitude tend to have lower stress. Forgiveness and gratitude bring benefits such as better sleep and more happiness, particularly to the forgiver. In this session, we will explore these positive dimensions, and suggest practices and strategies to foster them in our lives. Participants will be encouraged to foster stress relief by embracing forgiveness and cultivating gratitude.
13. Can't We All Get Along … At Work?
Ramona Ward, S.P.H.R. - Human Resources Director, UMHS Human Resources
Obtain strategies to facilitate positive work relationships with supervisors and co-workers, identify different personality styles, and learn how to maintain your professional reputation in challenging work situations. Also, learn how to assess career options when deciding whether to stay or develop exit strategies to a new career opportunity, and learn about resources for assistance.
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Terrence G. Quinn, Esq. - Attorney, TGQ Law Firm
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Katherine Briggs Goldberg, M.S., R.D.; Elizabeth Burt, R.N. (ret.); and Sheree Thibault - Nutrition/Health Educators and Culinary Specialists, MHealthy Nutrition
Learn great tips and techniques for making quick, nutritious, and delicious meals with fresh ingredients. We will show you our favorite time-saving kitchen tools that are inexpensive, fun, and easy to use. A demonstration of basic cooking methods and recipes will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to make your own variations of these tasty homemade dishes, that you and your family will love!


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Psychotic episodes.
Delirious thoughts.
These are some of the symptoms local emergency room physicians have encountered in recent weeks as a batch of synthetic marijuana laced with something users have never before seen made its way to town.
"We've had several bouts where it led to pretty severe adverse reactions," said Dr. Christian Bridgwater, an emergency room physician and Samaritan medical director for Parkview Regional Medical Center.
In nearly all of these cases, as far as police can tell, the users were not trying the drug for the first time.
Instead, these were people with long-term experience with the drug but had never encountered the sensations that sent them to the emergency room.
At the crux of those unknown reactions is the unpredictable nature of the chemicals used to make synthetic marijuana, or spice, as it's commonly referred.
"It creates different issues, and the body reacts to it differently," said Capt. Kevin Hunter, supervisor of the vice and narcotics division for the Fort Wayne Police Department.
He said the department has a sample of what investigators believe is the spice responsible for recent hospitalizations.
Unfortunately, given the murky nature of the production of the drug, it could be some time before a lab identifies what the new compound is that caused people to react so severely.
The arrival of this latest batch of spice, which is either much more potent or has something new in it, adds Fort Wayne to the list of cities where an influx of an altered narcotic drug caused havoc among users.
Unlike heroin and other harder drugs, as far as Hunter is concerned, there is no such thing as a batch of spice that should be considered safe to use, even by those with plenty of experience.
Spice stands out in that unlike other drugs, its long-term consequences can't yet be known. It's the unknown that worries Bridgwater.
"We just don't know what the long-term effects of that will be," he said.
Those long-term effects are exacerbated only when a new compound is added to the mix.
"All it takes is one bad trip to cause significant harm," Bridgwater said.
Hunter knows full well of other instances across the state or nation where there's been adverse reactions to a new shipment of an illegal drug, but nothing similar comes to mind locally until these recent cases.
Police have not said specifically how many cases are associated with the new spice batch in the area, only to say several people have been hospitalized.
When spice first arrived on the market, it was openly sold in gas stations and head shops throughout Indiana.
As it drew the attention of law enforcement and legislators, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Indiana General Assembly worked to classify the drug as illegal.
Citing specific compounds often used to make the drug, Indiana passed a law three years ago that made it illegal to sell or possess the drug. Penalties were similar to marijuana offenses.
As manufacturers changed the ingredients to skirt the law, a more stringent piece of legislation was passed in 2012.
The state also has a general synthetic or look-alike drug law on the books that can encompass many spice offenses.
In May 2012, the Fort Wayne City Council adopted an ordinance that allowed stores that sold spice to be treated as drug houses when it comes to enforcement of the law or investigating possible illegal activity.
Intended to mimic the effects of marijuana, spice can often instead have unintended consequences.
"Personally, I don't see much of a difference between some of the harder drugs like heroin and cocaine. It's a bad, bad drug," Hunter said.
Emergency room staff sometimes must take extreme measures to deal with someone in the midst of a psychotic episode. Those remedies for a bad reaction to this new spice compound underscore the dangers.
Bridgwater said the hospital has to use anti-psychotic medication, including the powerful tranquilizer class of benzodiazepines to get some people under control.
There is no standard approach, since each person reacts differently, but if someone is having a serious and psychotic reaction, the chances are the patient will get a dose of those medications.
Others who arrived at local emergency rooms because of less severe reactions will likely be put in a safe place for observation until the drug's effects subside.
"Sometimes you're lucky if you just get off with a bad high," Bridgwater said, adding that there were several deaths locally last year attributed to reactions to spice.
The narcotics officers and patrol officers have seen firsthand how those having a bad reaction to spice can act before they get medical treatment.
Two recent police reports highlight the reactions encountered by medical personnel and law enforcement.
On Monday, police and medics went to a home in the 1700 block of Short Street on a report that a 16-year-old girl and her mother were sitting catatonic in the living room.
According to the report, neither would speak to nor acknowledge the officer.
As medics began to evaluate one of the women, she began to thrash about and speak gibberish.
Police at the scene found what appeared to be spice, and one of the people at the home said someone offered them spice earlier in the day.
The report said one of the two was transported to a hospital but did not specify if it was the daughter or mother.
In another case July 30, police were called to help a man who was out of breath and then another caller said the man was lying down in the front yard of a home on Bowser Avenue.
When officers found the man, he told them he was shot, but he clearly had no injuries.
As they talked with him further and medics arrived to treat him, his eyes would roll back in his head and he would stop talking during conversation.
He eventually said he smoked a mix of marijuana and spice earlier that day, and police said he also smelled of alcohol.


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Finally, the ocean-atmosphere-ice interaction, particularly the ice or snow surface energy balance (including surface albedo and ocean-ice, ice-cloud, and snow-cloud feedbacks), must be addressed through detailed process studies to improve parameterizations of these processes in climate models.
As explained in sections above, it is also essential to monitor changes in land surface characteristics, including surface vegetation. These changes alter not only the distribution of surface reservoirs and the surface-atmosphere exchange of radiatively active gases but also albedo and even surface stress and evapotranspiration efficiency —and the last two both influence the hydrological cycle. This serves as an external forcing to the planet that cannot be predicted and must be introduced into the models as they occur to properly maintain the models' surface forcing conditions.
Long-term monitoring of near-surface aerosol distributions also is needed. These distributions may induce stationary changes in the surface radiation balance, which may lead to large-scale circulation moderation through stable gradient perturbations.
Precipitation is the key hydrological variable. For most studies of dec-cen variability and its effects, global fields of precipitation over timescaies of 10 to 100 years are essential. We have no such global instrumental records currently. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission is an important first step, but global data are needed. To relate precipitation to global boundary conditions, SST, vegetative ground cover and soil moisture, and sea and land ice and snow must be simultaneously measured. Nearly every theory of anthropogenic warming finds an increased rate of the hydrological cycle and possible alteration of atmospheric distributions of moisture and of the frequency, intensity, and distribution of rainfall (including severe rainfall events). Thus, monitoring of the surface distribution of precipitation and evaporation must begin. This monitoring includes that over the oceans, where changes in the precipitation minus evaporation balance alter the surface salinity budget, which in high latitudes has been implicated in altering the thermohaline circulation (and driving internal oscillations on dec-cen timescaies in ocean models).


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Sure, the Indianapolis Colts are on a bye, but that won't stop me from celebrating my favorite second-year cheerleader Lindsey Fingerle up there, because she, like so many of the NFL's delightful ladies, deserves to be celebrated. So everyone take a moment to celebrate. *pauses, falls asleep, farts* Splendid, now on to business.
4:05 PM ET on CBS – Miami Dolphins (1-2) at Arizona Cardinals (0-3)
Wait, what? The Cardinals are 3-0? Get the f*ck out of here. You're pulling my leg. The team that Pete Prisco Tweeted and wrote was going to win the NFC West after their Hall of Fame Weekend loss to the New Orleans Saints? Those Arizona Cardinals? Listen folks, I don't want to live in a world in which Pete Prisco is right.
4:05 PM ET on CBS – Cincinnati Bengals (2-1) at Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2)
I would like 30 points from AJ Green today, please and thank you.
4:05 PM ET on CBS – Oakland Raiders (1-2) at Denver Broncos (1-2)
Ape told me that he was going to a wedding today, but I'm on to him. He's actually starting at DB for the Raiders.
4:25 PM ET on FOX – Washington Redskins (1-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-2)
I like to imagine that when the Skins put Roy Helu on the IR, somewhere Ryan Torain smiled and began packing a bag. He put on his favorite suit and grabbed his favorite stuffed animal, and then he sat on the front porch, waiting for Mike Shanahan to come pick him up. Poor guy's still sitting there.
4:25 PM ET on FOX – Green Bay Packers (1-2) at New Orleans Saints (0-3)
I could make a case for starting anyone on either of these teams in fantasy today. Even guys on the IR, because I'm pretty sure they'll even score.
And that's it, that's all we get for the late afternoon games, presumably because Roger Goodell sets more games at 1 PM than 4 PM because he hates church-going NFL fans. Pray to God? PRAY TO ROGER! That might not be true, but I thought I'd throw it out there in case anyone needs a reason to hate him this week.
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