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Sean and Michael McQuilken in a strong electric field just prior to lightning.
It is hard to imagine anybody failing to be impressed by the beauty--as well as the danger-brought about by a thunderstorm. Spectacular though they may be, such storms are not rare. In fact, they are common throughout the world and occur about 40,000 times each day. Although their frequency varies greatly from place to place, virtually every location on Earth is vulnerable to thunder and lightning from time to time.
Lightning can create inconveniences--such as blowing out all the electrical appliances in a house. It can also do considerable damage, such as starting forest fires. And, of course, it can kill: during an average year, about 200 people are killed by lightning in the United States and Canada. But considering that the population of these two countries approaches 300 million people, it is easy to see that your chances of being struck are extremely remote.
Yet people do get hit by lightning. Consider the experience of the McQuilken family on their trip to Sequoia National Park, California, in August 1975. As the sky began to darken, Sean, Michael, and their sister Mary noticed their hair standing on end. Recognizing the apparent comedy of the situation, the boys posed for the photograph shown in Figure 11-1. Hail followed almost immediately. Then lightning struck--literally--and Sean was knocked unconscious. Michael quickly administered artificial respiration, which probably saved Sean's life. Another victim was less fortunate, however. The lightning had apparently forked off, with another branch hitting two nearby people, one of whom was killed.
But the effects of lightning and thunder are eclipsed by an even greater menace--tornadoes. We will now examine how, where, and why violent weather occurs, and we'll look at the situations that cause some storms to be weak and others to become destructive and deadly.


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Get coastal, new country style tips as senior design editor Cameron MacNeil tours the charming cottage that he decorated for Karen Kain, artistic director of The National Ballet of Canada, and her actor husband, Ross Petty. See how he incorporated Karen's antique dining chairs, reclaimed wood finds, and a basic white Ikea kitchen to create a serene and comfortable space that reflects Karen and Ross's casual aesthetic.
See more photos of this home in our July 2011 issue.
Design, Michael Hatch Designs, Toronto (416) 927- 8707 or visit Michaelhatchdesigns.com; contractor, Alycon Construction, Caledon, Ont. (519) 940-4455 or visit Alycon.com. Living room: The Modern Fan Company ceiling fan, Artemide, Toronto (416) 628-6718, Montreal (514) 788-3788 or visit Artemide.ca for retailers across Canada; rocking chairs, Crate & Barrel, Calgary (403) 278-7020, Mississauga, Ont. (905) 949-1545, Toronto (416) 657-4100, 1-888-657-4108 or visit Crateandbarrel.ca; sofa, armchair, ottoman, console table, rug, coffee table, Elte, Toronto (416) 785-7885, 1-888-276-3583 or visit Elte.com; throw pillow fabric, Designer Fabrics, Toronto (416) 531-2810 or visit Designerfabrics.ca; sewing, Blinds, Drapes & Bedding, Toronto (416) 604-1412 or visit Blindsdrapesbedding.ca; floor lamps, Robert Abbey, High Point, N.C. (828) 322-3480 or visit Robertabbey.com; artwork, vase (on table), Cynthia Findlay Antiques, Toronto (416) 260-9057 or visit Cynthiafindlay.com; windows, Pella, visit Pella.com for locations across Canada; lamp, Pottery Barn, visit Potterybarn.ca; pottery, Elte, as above; artwork, Art Interiors, visit Artinteriors.ca; wall colour throughout, Cloud White (CC-40), Benjamin Moore. Kitchen: Island, Kimberley Jackson, Toronto (416) 690-8787 or visit Kimberleyjackson.com; cabinets, counter, sink, Ikea, Vancouver (604) 273-2051, Coquitlam, B.C. (604) 636-1000, Calgary (403) 273-4338, Edmonton (780) 433-6000, Burlington, Ont. (905) 681-IKEA, Toronto (416) 222-IKEA, (416) 646-IKEA, Vaughan, Ont. (905) 695-5075, Ottawa (613) 829-4530, Montreal (514) 738-2167, Boucherville, Que. (450) 449-6755, 1-866-866- IKEA or visit Ikea.ca; refrigerator, Samsung, visit Samsung.ca; pendant, Robert Abbey, as above; flooring, Silverwood Flooring, Toronto (416) 923-8181 or visit Silverwoodflooring.com. Dining area: Pendants, rug, Elte, as above; table, Muti & Co., call 1-800-705-2611 or visit Emuti.com; vase, Cynthia Findlay Antiques, as above; pillow and cushion fabric, Designer Fabrics, as above; sewing, Blinds, Drapes & Bedding, as above; mirror, Hardware Interiors, Toronto (416) 462-3099 or visit Hardwareinteriors.com. Principal bedroom: Duvet cover, DwellStudio, visit Dwellstudio.com; bolster fabric, Designer Fabrics, as above; headboard fabrication, Plush n' Plump Upholstery, Toronto (647) 895-7522 or visit Plushnplump.com; bookcases, Ikea, as above; maps, Angus & Company, Toronto (416) 537-4104 or visit Angusandcompany.com; baskets, Pottery Barn, as above.

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Doc Love: Asking Too Much
Doc Love:
Are You Making Her Lose Interest?
You shouldn't be seeing anyone four times a week. Twice a week is plenty - otherwise, you're not much of a Challenge.
reader's questionHey Doc,
I've been in a relationship with Anastasia for over three years. We began dating during my senior year and her junior year of college. I started grad school the next year. We were both busy at the time but lived relatively close by and were able to see each other three to four times a week. She then got a job, and we were able to stay on a steady schedule of dating during both the week and weekends. We were 1.5 years into the relationship and saying "I love you" to each other at this point.
When she started law school and I completed my last year of grad school, we had an hour's distance between us. We always talked and saw each other weekly. Now I've finished grad school and have moved closer to Anastasia. She's still busy with law school, but we see each other twice a week.
different priorities I understand that law school schedules are tough, but we are at a point where we have seemingly gone backwards. I want to see Anastasia more often, but she doesn't know what she can promise in terms of giving me more of her time. She is also experiencing health problems due to the burden of law school, so it often takes her more time to do homework, which shrinks her available free time even more and further complicates the situation.
Anastasia has two-plus years of law school left, and after that bar exams and a job. I don't know if I see a point in the future where I'm going to be moved up on her scale of priorities. We've had many heated discussions about this, but things have not changed. I love Anastasia, but in the long run I think I want more from her than she can give me. What would you coach me to do?
Savarin - who feels marginalized
doc love's responseHi Savarin,
First of all, you saw this girl way too much at the beginning of your relationship. You shouldn't be seeing anyone four times a week. Twice a week is plenty — otherwise, you're not much of a Challenge. And you never should have said "I love you" to Anastasia. You never say "I love you" to a babe, no matter how desperate you are.
What strikes me in your letter is that not once have you mentioned Anastasia's Interest Level in you, and her Interest Level in you is the most important factor in the relationship. This leads me to believe that what you have here may be a one-sided relationship — you're interested in Anastasia, and she's not so interested in you.
Read on to find out what Doc Love and "The System" have to say about Savarin's situation...


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David Glasser has created a map based search tool called The EDU Map to help you "locate your future". It takes the database of schools found from the U.S. Department of Education website and mashes it up with Google Maps in a simple and useful mashup to help you find *any* accredited school in the US. It's actually quite surprising how many schools there are in a given city. For primary schools try this mashup. [Found via ProgrammableWeb]
Google My Maps Mashup: DC Taxi Zones:
Google Maps Mashup of US Tornado Paths - Just in time for the 2007 tornado season the University of Michigan AOSS department is offering a new website for exploring tornado paths. The paths of all tornadoes from 1950-2005 (so far) can be viewed. When you click on one of the tornado icons you will see a place to add information and you can "Fly the Path", which throws you into Google Earth for a 3D tour of the tornado's path showing nearby schools.
Mashup for weekend trips around major cities:
71Miles.com is a new domestic travel site that uses Google Maps to help you plan weekend trips. I'm really liking the use of the "Expand Map/Shrink Map" creating a really nice, seamless integration of Google Maps into the design of the main page. Google Maps is also used throughout the site for every destination that's covered. For now the site has launched for only Northern California but soon it will include Washington DC, New York and more, along with some "interesting uses of KML" apparently on the way as well.
More US-based Mashups:
- Yahoo! Personals + American Singles + JDate + Craigslist... + Google Maps... = DatesNearby.net
- 911 Truth Movement Map - Maps 911 "truth groups" from across the US.
- The Tour Map - Concert Tour Maps, Music Videos and Biographies. Current tours: Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Keith Urban, Rod Stewart and The Police.
- One Trick Towns in the USA - From http://www.mibazaar.com/
- Indeed.com adds GeoRSS location data to rss feeds - Indeed is a jobs search site that searches job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
- HotJobs + (Other major jobs websites) + Google Maps = JobSearchMaps.com
- Harley Davidson Dealers + Google Maps = HogShop.com


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Jorge Lorenzo's disappointing performance at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans has been the cause of some debate. The factory Yamaha man finished a lowly seventh, his worst finish (other than DNFs) since his rookie season in 2008, and finishing off the podium for the first time since Indianapolis in 2011. To say this was an uncharacteristic performance from Lorenzo is something of an understatement.
So what went wrong? Immediately after the race, Lorenzo made it clear that he believed the problem was with his rear tire. He had had no grip whatsoever, and been unable to get any drive from his rear tire.
He told the press afterwards that the only logical explanation he could think of for his problems was a defective rear tire. Lorenzo had been fast in the morning warm up, though it was a little drier then, and the set up used was very similar to then. In 2012, Lorenzo had won at Le Mans by a huge margin, so he could not understand why he was struggling so badly in France.
Bridgestone naturally denied there had been a problem with Lorenzo's tire. After the race Bridgestone officials told the press that they had examined the tire together with Yamaha engineers and found nothing wrong with it.
In their customary post-race press release, Bridgestone's Motorsport Tyre Development Manager Shinji Aoki reiterated this stance. "As is always the case in these situations, his engineer thoroughly examined Jorge's race tyres which were found to be in good working condition," he is quoted in the press release as saying.
"In addition, I examined the tyre myself and personally discussed the matter with the Yamaha engineers and we all agreed that Jorge's lack of rear grip was not attributable to his tyre."
What do we know ourselves? Though nobody is saying anything other than official statements, there are still some clues we can piece together from the data available. The key fact is visible from the race footage, available to those with a MotoGP.com video pass on the official MotoGP website.


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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
–Isaac Asimov
The most important skill a blogger can have is an ability to write. Sounds obvious I know, but the best way you can improve your blog is to improve your writing. If you think about your favorite blogs they are likely written well and have a unique voice guiding them. Here's a simple exercise you can use to improve your own writing and help take your blog to the next level.
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Gear Review
Slay Everything... Almost
I've been riding this snowboard for the better part of this winter season, putting about 20 to 30 days on it. It has seen action in Baker-Snoqualmie, the Tetons, and all over the 'Ice Coast'. The verdict? It will handle just about anything you can expect it to. It is definitely not a jib board (but sometimes I can't resist), so try to avoid bonking rocks and steel posts because the tip and the tail are thin, soft, and light. Where it absolutely excels: SPEED, carves/turns, drops, jumps, steeps, powder (decent flotation; I am 155# and ride the 157cm), etc. It's rock solid and returns a smooth, damp ride that just makes you want to go faster, jump further, rip harder. If you love technical terrain, airs, freeriding, etc., you'll probably love this board.
Notes about the board: base loves wax, it's pretty light, mid-wide, mid-stiff.
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Fox Soccer Plus launched Monday, March 1, 2010 to lucky subscribers of DirecTV, DISH Network and Verizon FiOS. For the rest of us, it's an anxious wait until the powers that be decide that there's a spot on the programming … Continue reading
On Friday night, Fox released a press release stating that Fox Soccer Plus would be available on Time Warner Cable beginning March 1. EPL Talk broke the news on Twitter. Time Warner Cable customers got excited. Except that Time Warner … Continue reading
After a less than impressive performance by the Spanish Armada in European competition, these teams return to their domestic responsibilities in order to regain their confidence. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao traveled to Wolfsburg and Anderlecht, respectively, and became punching bags … Continue reading
Fox Soccer Plus, the new 24/7 soccer network from Fox Soccer Channel, will launch on DirecTV and Verizon FiOS on March 1, 2010. In phone calls and e-mails with DirecTV and FiOS representatives with several EPL Talk readers, DirecTV and … Continue reading
The first quarter of 2010 has been the most traumatic ever for Premier League fans in the United States with several key changes that significantly impact the quantity and quality of matches on television. Setanta US will close its doors … Continue reading
The obvious surprising result of the previous round was Atlético Madrid's 2-1 victory over Barcelona to hand the Catalunyan champions their first loss in La Liga this season. If analyzed deeper, however, Barça's defeat at the hands of Los Colchoneros … Continue reading
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A string of layoffs at the Penn State Cooperative Extension office have had officials revamping the program.
"We went through a series of layoffs, so with those layoffs that requires some changes," said Don Tanner, an official from the Penn State Cooperative Extension office who on Tuesday attended an Elk County Board of Commissioners meeting. "Among those changes includes Elk County, and several individuals were let go-- we let go of 20-plus field staff in September and more reductions will be coming shortly."
St. Marys City Council unanimously approved two ordinances regarding downtown parking and speed limit changes during their worksession held Monday evening.
Under Ordinance No. 266, speed limits will be reduced from the existing 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour from Railroad Street downtown and up S. St. Marys Street to Vine Road.
Also part of the ordinance is a speed limit decrease from 40 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour from Vine Road to the entrance of St. Marys Area High School. From the high school to Fox Township, the speed limit increases to 40 miles per hour.
With the United States Postal Service looking to downsize its operations in an attempt to close a nearly $9 billion deficit, residents of Dagus Mines are being faced with the possibility of having their local post office shuttered. In a public forum at the Fox Township Senior Center on Monday night, residents met with representatives from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to discuss the future of the town's mail service.
Community and Economic Development Coordinator Tina Gradizzi received approval from St. Marys City Council to submit a modification of the city's 2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) budget in order to cover demolition costs for the former Mullaney Shoe store, located at 43 N. St. Marys Street.
The modification includes requesting $80,000 to fund demolition and clearance costs for the project.
KERSEY - It was another nail-biting outing for the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders varsity soccer team Monday afternoon as ECC tied the unbeaten Curwensville Lady Tide 2-2 in a game played at Angela Huey Field.
┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā The game was the fourth overtime contest this season for the Lady Crusaders. ECC is 1-1-2 in the extra time games.
┬Ā┬Ā┬Ā Sister pairs were the story during the match. Elk Catholic scored first with 30:33 left to play in the first half. Senior Abbi Petrosky got the goal while her sister, freshman Erin Petrosky, had the assist.
Pearl A. Nashadka, 74, of 424 Water Street Extension, Johnsonburg, and formerly of Mefferts Run Road, Wilcox, died Friday evening, Sept. 30, 2011 at Elk Regional Health Center in St. Marys following a short illness.
She was born Feb. 5, 1937 in Ridgway, daughter of the late William and Harriett Wolfe Girts.
She married Walter A. Nashadka on Dec. 21, 1957, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 8, 1997.
She resided in Wilcox most of her life, but lived briefly in Buffalo, N.Y. and Johnsonburg.
John J. Caskey, 69, of 23 Gar'¼üeld St., Byrnedale, died on Friday, September 30, 2011 at Elk Regional Health Center in St. Marys following a lengthy illness.
He was born August 20, 1942 in St. Marys, a son of the late Joseph G. and Alice Wickett Caskey.
On September 25, 1966 in Queen of the World Church, he married Ruth Ann Young Caskey, who survives.
The Elk County Catholic Crusaders picked up a 34-0 Homecoming victory over the Johnsonburg Rams on Friday evening in a game played at Dutch Country Stadium in St. Marys.
"It was a good team effort and a good Homecoming win," said ECC coach Travis Skrzypek. "This was a trap game. We had a nice game last week coming into this one. It was hard keeping their (the team's) focus a little bit."
WEST SUNBURY - The Moniteau Warriors handed the St. Marys Area Flying Dutchmen their first loss of the season last night by a 39-15 score in a KSAC game played at Moniteau.
The Warriors are now 5-0 on the season, while St. Marys slipped to 4-1.
It was the big plays that gave the Warriors three of their touchdowns, as Dustin Geagan scored on 45- and 89-yard runs and Ethan Pry scored on a 40-yard play.
ŌĆ£I give Moniteau credit. We got outplayed. Moniteau has a nice football team, very physical,ŌĆØ said St. Marys coach Joe Schlimm.
The members of the Elk County Catholic High School Crusader Marching Band are sporting a new look this season as they showcase their new uniforms during their halftime performances at football games and during competitions.
As part of this year's halftime show, the band is channeling the spirit of Elvis Presley, performing a familiar medley of melodies: "Burning Love/C.C. Rider," "Hound Dog/Jailhouse Rock/Love Me Tender" and "Can't Help Falling In Love."


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New Resources for Families and Professionals
New Resources Available on the Clerc Center Info to Go Website
Frequently Asked Questions: ASL/English Bilingual Programming and Early Childhood Education
ASL/English Bilingual Programming and Early Childhood Education presents and responds to commonly asked questions from families and teachers about bilingualism in the early education years. Questions include, for example, what the components of an ASL/English early childhood education program are, how both ASL and English are incorporated into an individualized bilingual language plan, how spoken English development is addressed, and other related issues.
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Your Child Has a Cochlear Implant: Why Include Sign Language?
Each child with a cochlear implant is unique, and there does not appear to be a single approach that is the one right approach to develop language and communication for all children with cochlear implants. For this reason, the Clerc Center's Cochlear Implant Education Center is focusing on examining a variety of ideas and strategies for children with cochlear implants that value and develop spoken language while also valuing and developing sign language and Deaf identity.


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I'm taking an idea from another forum.
Let's try to keep things civil.
I'm taking an idea from another forum.
Let's try to keep things civil.
While there are many useful idiots doing the devils work (showing their close relationship to the lower parts of their evolutionary chain), God's work can everywhere be seen.
Larry in VA...James Kopp, A real Hero and martyr.
Is this to be discussed, or just answered poll-style above? (I registered my answer already there.)
I'd expressed the second most certain attitude, only because I'll accept the limitations of human imagination and understanding, and therefore have some humility as to how certain I can be of anything.
Meaning, mainly, that I wouldn't be surprised to find that God is considerably different from the conception I've received and refined over decades, and perhaps far less a personal God, and more a Deist's notion of a rule maker, not a day to day ref.
But I believe He is all that-- rule maker and day to day ref, trainer, coach, and friend, as well as Creator.
A medium sized fish [...]
Of course it's meant to be discussed.
My beliefs are pretty similar to yours.
Fellas in category 1 dont beleev in 2,859.00 ovem.
Fellas in category 2 dont beleev in 2,859.25 ovem.
Fellas in category 3 dont beleev in 2,859.50 ovem.
Fellas in category 4 dont beleev in 2,859.75 ovem.
Fellas in category 5 dont beleev in 2,860.00 ovem.
I am in category 5. How similar iz that.
So why didn't you answer?
This same topic has ran on AZB for over a month with well over 1,000 posts ... and has done so with a high level of intellectual discssion from all sides without jumping into the gutter of personal attacks, other than the brief appearance of Secaucus Fats, and I had honestly hoped this forum could approach that level of civility and intellectual discourse.
That it has not disappoints me greatly.
The presence of the polling function at the beginning might get people to think the poll is the thing, not the discussion. And the poll got all the 5 we now only have as regulars to answer, apparently. It's not as if we have 20 regulars as a base of responses and then responders to the responses.
A medium sized fish [...]
You can't kill me I'm immortal
I'm not afraid to die my soul will travel on


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California artist Alex Wer spends up to six hours on his stunning carvings which include characters from blockbuster movies Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings and Spiderman. The 44-year-old mortgage broker, known as The Pumpkin Geek, sells his pumpkins on his website thepumpkingeek.com. He uses artificial pumpkins so that they last forever. Photos: Alex Wer. Text: The Associated Press.
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San Antonio non-profit helps children with mental health problems
Jewish Family Service provides out-patient treatment
Children ages three to 17 who have mental health problems are brought to Jewish Family Service, one of many local non-profits that provide treatment on an out-patient basis to anyone in the community needing help.
"Often the children are victims of abuse or have been in a home where there has been domestic violence, and that's very traumatizing for them," said Michael Malinas, the agency's clinical director.
Malinas said thanks to federal funding, United Way and Methodist Healthcare Ministries, Jewish Family Service offers affordable outpatient counseling and psychiatric services for its young patients.
"Fortunately we're here and so are many other organizations that serve this population," said Malinas.
However, he said it is estimated 80,000 children in Bexar County do not get the mental health treatment they need because of the stigma attached and the cost of care.
"This is a reality. It is a sad reality," Malinas said. "Something that is a product of a lot of poverty or a lot of violence in homes and in neighborhoods."
Cesar Rivera, a Jewish Family Service counselor, said he also is seeing a lack of parenting skills among young couples.
"That reflects on the children and the children's behavior," said Rivera.
Rivera also said older parents make the mistake of "treating kids as friends, not kids." He said as a consequence, there are problems setting boundaries or limits.
In return, Rivera said their children often disobey or disrespect their parents.
Malinas said behavioral problems can become worse in time without proper treatment.
"Add in substance abuse and criminal behavior," Malinas said. "That's what I urge parents, seek treatment early."
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CINCINNATI, Ohio ? Despite Xavier?s two last second chances and a 23-point effort by All-American candidate Tara Boothe, the Musketeers fell to visiting No. 22 Maryland, 74-72. XU drops to 1-3 on the young season, while Maryland improves to 5-1.
With Xavier down two, 72-68, with 1:04 remaining in regulation, senior Adeola Olanrewaju converted on a putback to draw XU to within two points. After Terrapin forward Crystal Langhorne put in a layup on the other end, Olanrewaju answered by hitting a pair of free throws with 24-seconds left.
XU put the clamps on and held Maryland on the other end to keep the deficit at two points. However, Boothe?s last second jumper under defensive pressure could not find the bottom of the net.
In the first half, the Musketeers continued their trend of grabbing early leads when Boothe drained the first of her two 3-pointers at the 17:50 mark. Maryland would take a 12-10 lead on a Langhorne putback 3:30 later and sprinted out to a 10-0 run to seize an 18-10 lead at the 13:10 mark.
XU would answer though and responded with back-to-back 3-pointers to draw within two points, 18-16, with 11:20 left on the strength of a Suntana Granderson long ball. Granderson would cap off another XU run later in the half with a 3-pointer at the 1:40 mark to give XU a 33-32 lead. The two sides would go back and forth for the remainder of the stanza as the lead changed hands five times in the last 1:20. Maryland guard Shay Doron would end the half by hitting a 3-pointer to give the Terrapins a 39-37 edge heading into the half.
Three Musketeers reached double digits on the afternoon. Boothe?s game-high 23 points led the Musketeers, while also grabbing five boards, two steals and ended the contest 9-10 from the charity stripe. Granderson bucketed 18 points, going 8-15 from the field. Olanrewaju had 13 points to go along with eight boards.
Four Maryland players notched double digits as Kalika France shot 10-16 from the field and totaled 21 points to lead the way for the Terrapins.
Xavier is back in action on Monday, December 6 when the team travels to Fort Wayne, Ind. to take on IPFW. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.


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Roderick A. Suthers
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1960
M.A., Harvard University, 1962
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1965
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Email address: suthers(at)indiana.edu
Research Interests
Dr. Suthers studies neural and physiological bases of acoustic behavior, particularly the neuroethology of vocal communication in birds and of echolocation in bats. Using songbirds, he is investigating the motor control and lateralization of song production, and the development of appropriate motor patterns during song acquisition and vocal learning. These studies utilize a technique that permits simultaneous monitoring of sound generation by each side of the intact syrinx and the motor action of the syrinx itself.
Representative Publications
Hartley, R.S. & Suthers, R.A. (1989). Airflow and pressure during canary song: direct evidence for minibreaths. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 165, 15-26.
Suthers, R.A. (1988). The production of echolocation signals by bats and birds. In P. Nachtigal & P. Moore (eds.) Animal Sonar: Processes and Performance. Plenum Press, pp. 23-45.
Suthers, R.A. (1990) Contributions to birdsong from the left and right sides of the intact syrinx. Nature, 347, 473-477.
Suthers, R.A. (1994). Variable asymmetry and resonances in the avian vocal tract: A structural basis for individually distinct vocalizations. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 175, 457-466.
Goller, F. & Suthers, R. A. (1995). Implications for lateralization of bird song from unilateral gating of bilateral motor patterns. Nature, 373, 63-66.


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This family was probably one of the sweetest families I have ever photographed. And these kiddos were not only uber adorable, they were also so well behaved and listed to my directions like they take family pictures weekly. Ahhh, a photographer's dream!!
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Nov. 17, 2010
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The Cal State Northridge women's basketball team (0-1) lost 108-74 to Pepperdine Wednesday night in its 2010-11 season opener. Sophomore Violet Alama led four Matadors in double-figures, scoring a career-high 20 points in the defeat.
In the debut of CSUN head coach Jason Flowers, the Matadors shot 44.4 percent from the field, but turned the ball over 26 times. Those miscues translated into 33 points for the Waves. Conversely, Pepperdine turned the ball over 17 times, resulting in 17 points for CSUN.
The game was a close affair early. Pepperdine held a 25-21 lead with 9:45 left in the first half. From that point, the Waves went on a 16-3 run and eventually led 52-38 at halftime. The deficit ballooned to as many as 35 late in the game before the final buzzer sounded.
Alama finished 8-of-13 from the field, setting a new career high in field goals. She added five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a career-high four steals in 29 minutes of action.
Fellow sophomore Amanda Thomson poured in 15 points for CSUN, draining a career-high four 3-pointers during the game. She also posted three rebounds and three assists for the Matadors.
Jasmine Erving added 11 points for Northridge on 5-of-10 shooting in the game. She had five rebounds and a block. Bridgette Conejo was the fourth Matador to reach double-figures, scoring 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting. Conejo had a team-high seven rebounds, four assists and zero turnovers in 24 minutes of action.
Janelle Nomura also added a gritty performance for CSUN. Coming off the bench, she scored nine points and dished out a game-high seven assists in 35 minutes of action. Analee Viena-Lota also had nine points and finished with seven rebounds and two dimes as well.
Pepperdine shot 46.4 percent from the field (39-of-84), but connected at a 48 percent rate (12-of-25) from 3-point range. Robie Mayberry led six Waves in double-figures with a game-high 22 points. Pepperdine also held a 53-34 advantage on the glass and pulled down 22 offensive rebounds to the Matadors' eight.
CSUN returns to the court Friday as part of the Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic on the campus of the University of Hawai'i. The Matadors will face the Rainbow Wahine on Friday, Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. (HT) / 7 p.m. (PT). Northridge will also face Oregon State and Eastern Michigan at the tournament.
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Trained primarily as a queuing theorist, I was drawn to health care because it is riddled with delays. Almost all of us have waited for days or weeks to get an appointment with a physician or schedule a procedure, and upon arrival we wait some more until being seen. In hospitals, it is not unusual to find patients waiting for beds in hallways, and delays for surgery or diagnostic tests are common.
Causes of Poor Performance
Why are there so many examples of poor performance in an industry with per capita expenditures of about $5,000 a year? Consider the biggest source of care and expenditures: hospitals. Until recently, hospitals were paid on a fee-for-service basis, prices were controlled by the states and there was little or no competition. Since most care is paid for by insurance, customers exert little or no pressure on costs. Quality ratings are based primarily on the status of affiliated physicians, creating a culture that is physician-oriented rather than patient-oriented. Though hospitals are beginning to focus more on efficiency, service and quality, they are still often managed using intuition and rules of thumb rather than service standards, data and decision-support systems.
Emergency Department Overcrowding
A lot of the problems prevalent in hospital care show up in emergency departments (EDs). A survey of EDs in the United States in 2002 found that more than 90 percent of directors cited overcrowding as a problem, with almost 40 percent reporting overcrowding on a daily basis. When EDs experience significant overcrowding, they often go on diversion, redirecting ambulances to other EDs. A nationwide survey of hospitals in 2002 found that nearly 13 percent of urban hospitals were on diversion more than 20 percent of the time. However troubling on the surface, these reports are even more ominous given the current environment of terrorist threats. So what can be done to improve this situation?
Emergency department directors report that patients back up primarily because no inpatient beds are available. Yet, there has been a widely held perception in the health care community that there are too many hospital beds. This belief is primarily due to the discrepancy between what has historically been considered the optimal hospital occupancy figure of 85 percent and the actual average occupancy rate for nonprofit hospitals, which recently has been about 66 percent. Largely because of this perception, the number of hospital beds has decreased almost 25 percent in the last 20 years.
Inappropriate Measures and Dangerous Delays
My research has shown that determining bed capacity based on occupancy levels can result in very long waiting times for beds. This is of particular concern for intensive care units (ICUs), which are used for the most critically ill patients.
Using data from 1997 on all ICU units in New York State, I found that the average occupancy level was 75 percent, which might indicate to some that there was an excess of beds in these units. But given the critical condition of a patient who needs an ICU bed, there should be enough beds to insure that the probability of having one available when it is needed is very high. Based on this criterion, my findings indicated that between 74 percent and 95 percent of hospitals in New York State did not have enough ICU beds.
This apparent shortage was consistent with national reports that the longest ED delays are for patients waiting for a critical care bed. Yet there was a 20 percent decrease in ICU capacity between 1995 and 2001!.
Financial Pressures and Misconceptions
Why have hospitals cut beds, particularly ICU beds, thereby subjecting patients whose needs are urgent to potentially dangerous delays? There are many likely reasons. Since most hospitals don't collect or analyze data on patients' delays, they may be unaware that the policy of high bed use results in long delays for beds. Nursing shortages and prospective payment systems that create disincentives to treat certain patients also may play a role. But probably the biggest reason is that hospital managers are under unrelenting financial pressure and believe that this means they must operate clinical units, particularly expensive ones like ICUs, at high occupancy levels.
Ironically, this approach could be costing the hospital money. How? I have found that hospitals with an insufficient number of beds in one type of unit (e.g., ICU and cardiology) may have more beds than needed in another unit. This misallocation often results in patients being placed in the "wrong" bed temporarily and then transferred, frequently resulting in a longer hospital stay. And each additional day costs the hospital money since most "payers," including Medicare and many insurers, base compensation on a fixed, diagnosis-based fee schedule regardless of the length of stay. Also, backups in the ED ultimately lead to ambulance diversions, resulting in loss of potential patients and their associated revenues.
Is There a Doctor in the House?
The most critical component of ED delay may be the initial wait to be seen by a physician. Yet in many hospitals, patients spend hours waiting before they see a doctor, and many leave without being seen (LWBS). Studies have shown that LWBS patients are indeed sick, and one study estimated that 46 percent of LWBS patients require immediate medical attention.
Though these delays may be due to understaffing, my research demonstrates that another important factor is the staffing pattern. ED arrivals are very unpredictable, and the volume changes dramatically over the course of the day and the week. Hospital managers, while aware of the variability, usually don't collect and analyze demand patterns and instead allocate staff based on general perceptions and intuition. As a result, they don't do a good job of matching staffing levels to arrivals.
The value of basing staffing on data and decision-support tools was demonstrated in a study I conducted in collaboration with the directors of a New York City hospital ED. Using a queuing model I developed, we were able to reduce delays and decrease the number of LWBS patients by almost 20 percent without adding any physicians. This result was even more impressive given that the arrival volume had increased by 7.3 percent over the study period.
Patients at Risk
No one likes to wait, but do delays endanger patients? To explore this issue, my colleagues and I examined the connection between ambulance diversions and mortality from myocardial infarction (heart attack) in New York City.
We collected data on all ambulance diversions and all deaths from myocardial infarction in New York City for 1999 and 2000. During the study period, on average three hospitals a day citywide were on critical adult diversion status, with each diverting ambulance admissions for approximately five hours. The number and length of diversions were significantly greater in the winter, during the week and in the evening hours. Even worse, hospitals tended to be on diversion at the same times, resulting in increased ambulance travel times for patients and increased unavailability to pick up new patients.
We found that high levels of diversion can be deadly. Using multinomial regressions, our analysis showed that on days when more than 20 percent of a borough's total ED hours were spent on diversion, fatalities from myocardial infarction increased 46 percent boroughwide; and when at least 25 percent of a borough's hospitals were on diversion simultaneously, these deaths increased 16.5 percent.
My research in emergency responsiveness leads me to believe that most hospitals and communities are not well equipped to handle everyday emergencies. Yet hospitals must also handle demand surges resulting from natural occurrences, such as HIV/AIDS, SARS and flu, and, in our current environment, from terrorist attacks.
Though hospital administrators and policymakers are becoming increasingly aware of the need for significant changes in the ways that hospitals are managed and financed, the threats raised by terrorism require us to rethink fundamentally how capacity decisions are made and resources are managed. Incentives and education are necessary to bring hospital management into the 21st century and to develop coordinated care across hospitals and other health care facilities to more effectively deal with patient demand, whether it be the everyday or the extraordinary.


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Following an indifferent start to the season, Blues have now gained plenty of momentum with the weekend's 4-1 Championship victory over Sheffield Wednesday followed by a 3-1 Capital One Cup success over holders Swansea.
Jesse Lingard, unavailable against the Swans due to the terms of his loan from Manchester United, provided a breath of fresh air as he became the first player in over 60 years to mark his Blues debut with a hat-trick as he netted all four goals against the Owls.
Centre-back Burn and midfielder Adeyemi then netted their maiden goals for Lee Clark's side to help down Swansea - Matt Green chipping in with the other - and the pair both believe everything is finally coming together for the Midlands club.
Speaking after the cup success, Burn said: "We've played really well all season, taking away the Burnley game (a 3-0 defeat), but now we're starting to get results you can see the confidence is starting to build around the team and lads are more confident on the ball.
"Different players are starting to score, Matt Green has got a few goals now and he looked an absolutely great player here. So it's nice we're playing with confidence and that always helps.
"Jesse came in and did really well on Saturday and showed the lads that we could take our chances and we're going to get results, and we've done it again."
Adeyemi added: "I think prior to these two results we were still confident because our level of performances have been reasonably good.
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The travelling party consists of the club's under-18 side and the trip includes coaching at PSV Eindhoven, a number of friendly games and a tournament.
After jetting to the Continent tomorrow, the young Black Cats will take on NAC Breda on Sunday (August 5) and Roda JC on August 8.
Saturday 11th August will see the youngsters handed a real test in tournament action with 2x 20-minute games scheduled against Wisla Krakow, VVV Venlo and KRC Genk.
The following day they will face Feyenoord and the Chile national team in a similar format, with a potential final taking place the same day.
Craig Liddle will lead the party along with head of coaching Elliott Dickman, who is expecting the trip to be a valuable addition to the youngsters' pre-season plans.
"This trip is a great chance for both our first- and second-years to get two weeks' good training under their belts," Dickman said.
"It's a good chance for them to bond, too, and play some games against difficult opposition.
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Spring Island [4] is a community located in 3,000 acres of maritime forest along the coast of South Carolina. This new community is home to luxury estates and a gated community surrounding an Arnold Palmer golf course. This beautiful community is located about halfway in between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, and it is only a short distance from Hilton Head. Though contemporary luxury gated communities are not known to be designed in a sustainable fashion, Spring Island has taken an approach to preserve nature and design for a minimal impact [5] on the land.
BRZ Architecture is one of the multiple architectural firms to be used at Spring Island and their Bird Patch Guest Cottage home is a great example of the Lowcountry design standards this gated community has enacted. It is sophisticated in its interiors and detailing and does not lean towards the tendency for sustainability to mean putting solar panels on the roof. Reclaimed wood throughout the interiors, water usage management, energy usage management, construction waste reduction, and recycled or green materials helped to push the home into LEED Platinum [6] consideration. Landscape designers also designed to the home to collect large amounts of roof runoff for irrigation of the native plants.
BRZ Architecture provided a great deal of construction quality review to ensure that Bird Patch Guest Cottage became a great example of a sustainably designed luxury home for Spring Island. Sustainable design can look like any aesthetic of architecture with today's advances in technology. Next time you are looking for a well-designed home in a certain architectural style [7], make sure you don't forget to add sustainability to the list of design requirements.
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I confess I haven't listened to all 80 minutes of this interview with Nancy Pelosi. But my CONTENTIONS colleague Abe Greenwald tells me that, in addition to crediting Iranian munificence for the growing stability in Iraq, the Speaker made the following statement:
The undermining of our military strength is just staggering. We don't have one combat-ready unit in the United States to go to protect our interests wherever they are threatened, or those of our friends .
I suppose this is further confirmation of the old chestnut about what goes around comes around: Back in 2000, conservatives were lambasting the Clinton administration for declining readiness levels (see, for instance, this Heritage paper) and promising "help is on the way." Now it's the turns of liberals. In both cases the attacks are partially fair, partially not.
The issue is that a unit's combat readiness declines immediately after rotating out of a war zone. At that point, lots of soldiers and officers leave and lots of new ones come in. Worn-out equipment is repaired or discarded; new equipment arrives slowly. Gradually, the unit fills up and trains up in preparation for another deployment. Often it will not reach the highest level of combat readiness until just before the deployment. Because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, most active-duty army and marine units are either deployed, preparing for deployment, or recovering from deployment. That doesn't leave a lot of units sitting around at high levels of readiness in CONUS–the military abbreviation for Continental United States. But the units we are sending into combat are the most experienced and best-prepared we have ever sent to fight any war.
Traditionally the 82nd Airborne Division maintained one home-based brigade at the highest state of readiness at all times-ready to deploy anywhere in the world within 72 hours. Last year all four of the 82nd brigade's deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, handing off the "ready brigade" mission to the 101st Air Assault Division, which has lots of its units deployed too. Three of the 82nd's brigades have now returned home to Fort Bragg and the division is supposed to re-assume the "readiness" function next year.
It would be nice to have more units standing by at a higher level of readiness, but that hardly means the U.S. is defenseless. In addition to our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have substantial numbers of ground forces deployed in Okinawa, South Korea, and Germany that in a pinch could be used to deal with another crisis. More importantly, we have lots of air and naval assets that are not engaged in the fight today. Pelosi did not refer specifically to army units; she said "combat-ready units." By that standard, there are lots of air force squadrons and naval task forces that qualify. And they would in fact be our first line of defense against a crisis in, say, the Korean Peninsula, the Taiwan strait, or Iran.
Anyway, just what is Pelosi's point? Is she saying that she supports a large increase in the size of the active duty force? John McCain has called for increasing the overall size of our ground forces (army and marines) from today's projected level of 750,000 to 900,000. Is Pelosi willing to support legislation along those lines? Or is she instead suggesting that, rather than substantially increase our forces, we downsize their missions? I suspect it's the latter, and that her preferred option is to pull units out of Iraq, thereby losing the most significant war we've fought since Vietnam, in order to keep units in readiness for another contingency that may or may not materialize. But, if Vietnam teaches anything, it is that nothing is guaranteed to harm long-term readiness more than losing a war.


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Quiltmania. She had already seen issue no. 83 of Quiltmania. Guess what! There was my quilt. You can't begin to believe the amount of time that passes from the date you complete your quilt to the date it is published. I feel as if I have sent one of my children off to boarding school and they finally have come home all grown up. Actually I had forgotten all about them having the quilt. Reminds me of when we forgot Travis at the baseball field.That is another story, he made it home safe and so will my quilt. Anyhow I was surprised and delighted!
By the way Quiltmania magazine is available at quilt stores.
During the Memorial day weekend, I was perusing through the stack of books from Market. One of my new favs is Red White and Something Blue from That Patchwork Place. Those are 3 of my favorite colors along with brown, aqua, grey and on and on and on.
McCall's had published. The entire book is a collection of quilts from past issues. So if you missed it then now is your chance.
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So today the column heading on MWK decide to not scroll - something I've never noticed before - and they are drivng me bonkers!
Is this new?
And the shout isn't working for me - maybe...I looked at it on another browser and I may have posted the same thing three times - but when I refreshed the page the shouts disappeared - so I don't know.
Or it could be someting at w*rk causing it.....wouldn't be the first time.
Will have to test from home with the different brosers...
I just blame it on the advance guard of the Terminator machines.
My column headers never follow down the page. Remember that bonkers is sometimes a truly fun place to be. I personally try to spend as much time as possible there myself.
And of course - now they show up! An hour later!


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Rumors about a possible Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities forced US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to comment on the reports, but not in the most reassuring way, saying that Israel has not yet made their decision on an attack.
"I don't believe they've made a decision as to whether or not they will go in and attack," he told reporters.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said recently that time was running out – a view also echoed by Israel's ambassador to the US.
But Mr Panetta said the US believed there was still room to talk to Iran.
This is a case of the sides playing bad cop/"I don't know what that guy's going to do, he's crazy" cop. This keeps the pressure and uncertainty on in Iran, while Panetta and confreres work behind the scenes to stop a strike before the election. I really think that's the main concern. And they're not all that interested in doing it in public. So Panetta having to come out and downplay comments from Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren represent an escalation of this effort.
Panetta added that sanctions, which grew stronger this summer with an EU embargo on Iranian oil, are "beginning to have an additional impact." This, by the way, should not be described in benign terms. Sanctions "having an additional impact" means that more children are going hungry in Iran. They mean that more people have to sell all their worldly possessions for food. They equal suffering and hardship, weighed down not on those who are generating a nuclear program – which nobody in the US intelligence community has confirmed is a weapons program – but ordinary Iranians. And yet because the language has been filtered, new sanctions get signed into law seemingly every day.
Meanwhile, the sanctions supposed to be targeted at Iran are hitting the opposition forces in Syria:
The economic sanctions imposed by the Obama administration have forced many Western companies, including technology firms, to sever relationships with Syria and Iran. The measures have helped to isolate those governments internationally.
But many of the same measures also have blocked access to online services and software — including e-mail, blogging platforms and security tools that prevent user activity from being traced — that could be helpful to opposition movements, experts say.
"We are fighting on two sides: the side of the regime and the side of the sanctions," said Dlshad Othman, a Syrian activist who works with opposition groups across the region.
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PASADENA, CA - After nearly 10 years of consultations with community members to fund and plan the 28,000-square-foot central library in Monrovia, CA, construction is scheduled to begin next month. The facility will be set in Library Park, which has served as the iconic center of the small city's downtown since the original ivy-covered Carnegie Library was built there in the early 1900s.
The low-slung library, as richly and integrally landscaped as the original, lays in a transverse line across the block-long park, with a central skylit circulation hall flanked, respectively, by a children's wing and an adult wing. The design literally embraces Library Park's greatest treasures - two nearly century-old trees that preside over the landscape. Tiered with planters, trellises, and spreading low roof forms, the new library will be very much a piece of the park-scape.
The citizens of Monrovia passed a $16 million bond to build the new library.
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"The money raised by the levy reflects the pride in this community of having its library in the heart of downtown," says David Goodale, AIA. "So, it's fitting that the new library will have a large community meeting room that can be used for public events and gatherings whether the library proper is open or closed."
The library, when complete, will also include a public computer and technology area, a literacy center, and an audio-visual center. A regionally renowned children's program will now have generous computer areas, story nooks, and a performance area that will hold 125 children.
"One of the design objectives was to provide dedicated spaces that each of elementary school children, middle-schoolers, and teens could, separately, symbolically call their own," notes Goodale.
The architecture, finishes, and furniture will be rich in wood finishes and will feature intense linear pattern-work derived from the surrounding landscape in a contemporary design strategy that finds roots in Craftsman traditions. Environmentally conscious features of the new library that will support a LEED rating include the use of highly renewable flooring materials including natural cork and recyclable carpet. Extensive daylighting of the interior footprint will be enhanced by a long central clerestory that will run the full length of the library.
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There are new key trends that I see emerging in education enabled by advancing technology: namely decentralization and gamification. By understanding these trends, it is much easier to imagine why we won't need teachers or why we can free up today's teachers to be mentors and coaches.
Software can free teachers to have more human relationships by giving them the time to be guidance counselors and friends to young kids instead of being lecturers who talk at them. This last possibility is very important—in addition to learning, schools enable critical social development for children through teacher student relationships and interacting with other children—classrooms of peers and teachers provide much more than math lessons. And by freeing up teachers' time, technology can lead to increased social development rather than less as many assume.
Still, nearly all the attempts at technology in education have mostly failed so far, but I doubt they will continue to fail. I believe the failures have been failures of tactics rather than failures of strategy. In other words, just because some social networking sites like Friendster and Myspace failed does not mean that all social networking sites (like Facebook) will fail!
Let's start with decentralization, which involves not only making content available online but also producing content that is interactive and mobile. It's encouraging to me that we are starting to seriously experiment with content that is different than linear translations of books to online. With the new platforms, we have the ability to rapidly run experiments with new styles, techniques and resources (like social learning) which will lead to a new understanding of education.
At a very simple level, organizations like Khan Academy are making up for students who have bad teachers by starting with good lectures on every topic. And it seems to be working; hundreds of thousands of students are already accessing these videos, making up for what is lacking (likely from their "average teacher" – on the other hand good teachers, the top 20%, like great doctors, will always be in demand, and though each of us can tell stories about an awesome teacher, anecdotal counterexamples to my assertions are not "statistical proof" of the general quality of teachers). Meanwhile organizations like my wife's CK12.org are making the basic content for high school education free and continuously improving (because they are open source).


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Eat, Pray, Love One Woman s Search for EverythingBy: Elizabeth Gilbert (author)eBook
It s 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She s in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they re trying for a baby - and she doesn t want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. So she travels to Rome, where she learns Italian from handsome, brown-eyed identical twins and gains twenty-five pounds, an ashram in India, where she finds that enlightenment entails getting up in the middle of the night to scrub the temple floor, and Bali where a toothless medicine man of indeterminate age offers her a new path to peace: simply sit still and smile. And slowly happiness begins to creep up on her.
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After the devastating fire in Sherrard, parents may be wondering how to help their kids cope. News eight sat down with a child psychologist to get some advice for parents. It's a fire that has shocked the Sherrard community.
"We're all in shock about it and there's going to be a lot of people who know that family and so there's going to be an awful lot of people who are touched directly by that," says psychologist Dr. Richard Hutchinson.
Dr. Hutchinson from the Child and Family Psychology Center in Moline says there are several ways to help a child cope, starting with just talking about it.
"Parents would need to encourage them to talk about it. Parents should actually bring it up," says Hutchinson.
He says it's not what a child says, but also what they do and parents should watch for a change in behavior, "bed wetting, really young kids tend to go in circles when they're confused and anxious or worried about things, changes in play, change in appetite, sleeping habits, all those types of things."
Other kids may express their feelings through art, by writing and drawing. The most important thing is for parents to reassure their kids that they are in a safe place.
"We have to help them to deal with that to know this is a very rare occurrence kind of thing and it is safe to be asleep," says Hutchinson.
Also letting them know that grieving is okay, "We really do need to talk about it. Not hush it up and allow all of us to grieve about it and to get over the shock of this occurring," says Hutchinson.
Dr. Hutchinson also added that parents should make sure to keep their kids' daily routines as normal as possible that way it offers a sense of security.


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We've all been there. You finally find the perfect fragrance for you, and the race is on to see just how long you can get that scent to linger throughout the day. However, getting a fragrance to last is not about applying more – unless you want to see folks head for the hills when you enter a room! There is a way to smell good all day, and it's all in the layering technique that works best for you.
Fragrance layering is simply the process of using more than one product in the scent that you choose. For example, you could start your day with a refreshing shower gel in the fragrance of your choice, followed by an application of scented moisturizer. A bit of talcum powder in the problem areas like the bra and bikini line can be added next, and you can finish up with a spritz or two of your eau de toilette. With a whiff of your favorite fragrance throughout your beauty routine in the morning, you greatly enhance your chances that your scent will hang around all day long.
Since fragrance layering has become a popular way to enhance your favorite scent in recent years, manufacturers of these products have jumped on the bandwagon to provide plenty of options to consumers in their lines of scented products. No matter what type of fragrance you prefer, you will probably be able to find a plethora of products to add to your beauty supply stash. Look specifically for colognes and eau de toilettes that will include a line of gels, moisturizers and powders to make your fragrance layering efforts easy and fun.
Another option in fragrance layering is to add a drop or two of your favorite essential oil to the products that you currently use. Keep in mind that most beauty supplies, from shampoos and conditioners to soaps and lotions will come with their own fragrance. To avoid a clash of fragrances, you can add a bit of essential oil to those products to keep uniformity with your scented choices. This will alleviate the problem of confusion of too many fragrances and ensure that your favorite scent will last even longer. Just make sure that the essential oil you select is one that you truly enjoy, and works well with your body chemistry.
Fragrance layering is the perfect way to give yourself a pampering from head to toe, and ensure that you will smell wonderful all day long. The next time that you are on the hunt for a new fragrance, make sure that it is one that includes a variety of products in the line to offer you the longest lasting scent of all.