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First. Again, ANd she is pretty good looking. Got her number? Lattman would have had it.
Anon - Who's the female who won't identify himself? "Undercover Brother" Barack will white you clean and have fun doing it.
Could you kick McCain's ass too? That stint in the Hanoi Hilton left him unable to lift his arms high enough to comb his hair.
maybe we should just do away with this whole election things and just make a tough guy like you president.
Hey Mom- I got featured in the Wall Street Journal but the only comments I inspired were knuckleheads who wanted to pummel each other.
"And we should also mention that your dad is Perkins Coie's David Burman, a well-known Seattle litigator.
Right. He put me in touch with Bob after law school."
nice to see (again) that having an influential pop gets you things in life.
Why isn't Obama using a Chicago firm (e.g., Kirkland, Sidley, Mayer Brown, Winston, Jenner, etc.)?
Another nepotism junkie. Yawn.
People, please. She went to U of C and landed a job at Latham D.C. She's clearly extremely bright and capable, so I wouldn't read too much into her father's networking assistance.
Not sure about McCain. He might not be able to lift his arms, but I bet he fights dirty, so I'd be more worried about kicks to the balls and/or kneecaps.
But seriously, is it too much to ask for a president who doesn't have noodle-arms and the elephant-eared face of a kid begging to get his lunch money taken??
She's engaged. And, she's brilliant, admitted nepotism aside.
If she's really "brilliant," why is she a lawyer?? I never understood how any lawyer could be described as "brilliant." Not one of the truly brilliant people I knew from college (HYP) went to law school. Truly brilliant people aspire to the arts or sciences, not a well-paying service industry.
On the topic of campaign counsel (but the other one) ...
So McCain sends out yesterday — characterizing his lawyer Bennett as an "objective observer" and a "Democrat lawyer." (not to mention calling Sean Hannity an "objective observer"):
Dear McCain Supporter,
Well, here we go. We could expect attacks were coming; as soon as John McCain appeared to be locking up the Republican nomination, the liberal establishment and their allies at the New York Times have gone on the attack…
Objective observers are viewing this article exactly as they should - as a sleazy smear attack from a liberal newspaper against the conservative Republican frontrunner. ….. Washington attorney Bob Bennett, who was the Democrat counsel during the Keating investigation, said, "This is a real hit job."
"Ah, I can't believe I said that. It's not going to make my parents happy!"
And there we have the motivation for everything Kendall's done in her entire life. It's not so much nepotism as it is puppetry.
What I want to know is, who does Laser Haas support for the dems?
3:13--If they were truly "brilliant," why were they friends with you??
3:13, depends on what you consider "brilliant." I consider most arts and sciences people to be dumb, but most lawyers I know are brilliant. How 'bout them apples?
She's engaged folks. And she is brilliant. And funny. And a good person and a good friend, to boot.
Does it matter that her father put her in touch with Bob? Probably - she got to meet him, which of course gives you an advantage over the other people that Bob doesn't get to meet.
But does it mean that Bob Bauer, one of the most influential lawyers in the Dem Party, HAD to choose her? He could have, after all, picked any of the myriad other attorneys whom he worked with while running the Kerry campaign. Or he could have picked another, equally capable attorney from within his own firm. The fact is, he picked her because he thought she would be the best person to work with him.
And Typically Pathetic -- I think the equally plausible interpretation of her comment is that her parents might want her to some day live in her home town, where they live. I'm guessing that perhaps your parents don't feel that way about you?
3:13 - that's just illogical on so many levels. Isn't your "argument" nothing more than the subjective refrain that you don't define "briliant" to include people going to law school?
And if that's your argument, then I take it you concede that none of the Supreme Court justices and other legal thinkers, (who I should note are acknowledged by people in your "brilliant" fields as being great minds) like Richard Posner, Cass Sunstein, Larry Lessig, Lawrence Tribe, etc. etc. are brilliant?
4:14, no, none of those people is brilliant. I'm sorry your standards are so low. I'm also sorry you can't even spell one of your supposed intellectual heroes' first names correctly (likely a good indication of how often you've actually read his work).
Those guys may be smart. Perhaps even exceedingly so. But to put them in the same category as Beethoven or Einstein (the kinds of people I reserve for such extreme terms like "brilliant")? Again, sorry.
446 - again, all you are arguing for is a narrow reading of "brilliant." I don't think this is what anyone is ascribing when they call her "brilliant." Just insert your own word for "really smart, really competent, really hardworking" then in place of brilliant. I don't think there's any argument here, other than the one you are manufacturing.
And I'm not sure I called them intellectual heroes of mine, I think I simply noted that the legal field accords them great respect (as do other fields of study).
On an aside, does this mean that you knew tons of people from NYP that are Beethoven-esque? Sounds awfully generous to "reserve" your "extreme terms" for all those HYP types.
jesus, reading a bunch of anal lawyers debate over what the word "brilliant" means is worse than going to the dentist. No wonder most lawyers are annoying and have a nerd complex.
Connections are huge. No doubt. But I'm sure this chick is super smart and likable too. You can tell she is genuine by her interview. I'm sure there are more "brilliant" lawyers out there, probably thousands. But what a lot of nerds in the legal community don't understand is that personality is important when you have 100 resumes that all say the same thing. I can't believe how many socially inept and downright dorky most lawyers are, even litigators who need more personality than transactional peeps. maybe it's because they debate for hours on the word "brilliant." get a life people.
Sincerely, 4th year associate.
6:08 - totally agree with you! Who the hell cares if someone uses "brilliant" or not? She probably is awesome.
"[...]worse than going to the dentist" -- HA! Your other points are right, too.
All you haters are just upset you don't have her job. So stop your whining and get back to reviewing documents in the sub-basement of some shady law firm.
How come my law school didn't have any hot young female law students like her for me to go out with? And her daddy's connections wouldn't have bothered me none! Dammit, now I'm way too old for her, anyway. That's life kicking me in the ass again.
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Ashby Jones is cool. More articles by Ashby would be neat. Here's hoping.
Just glad to see the new blog didn't take the weekend off again.
Re: Nepotism, I'd bet my savings that she wouldn't have the job, but for the daddy connection.. "first among equals".
PS - it's pretty silly to have one of these websites, but here's another picture of her. cute puppy too..
have the pleasure of knowing her and trust me, everything she has accomplished has been entirely on her own merit. once you meet her, it is obvious that her intellect, grace, and poise override any 'connections' she might have. ms. burman is the real deal.
wow, brainpower, connections, good looks- she is going somewhere in law and politics, bank on it.
I was a classmate of Kendall's and she is, in my view, exactly the kind of person that the Obama campaign would want to have in that job. She's smart, nice, and even-tempered, and I don't know anyone who has anything other than nice things to say about her.
ABOUT the father's connections, here. BE REAL--of course it helped. In many ways. Its hard to get an interview at one of the big law firms without a personal connection...and a strong one at that. Sure she's brilliant...but so are LOTS of young lawyers with stellar resumes. But SHE grew up in a household that taught her how to interact and deal with high-ego lawyer types. Plus she had early training /osmosis on legal issues, vocab, and as I say, all those social cues. Now I grew up in a working class family and we didn't socialize with ANY lawyers, to say the least. Lets at least be honest about the advantages Ms Burman has had. Her advantages are MORE than nepotism. She has been able to USE all her advantages to the max, but that doesn't mean she EARNED her success all on her own merit. Hopefully in her life she will work to help open opportunities to others who are less fortunate than she has been!!!!!
11:21: sorry to break it to you, but it actually IS NOT hard to get an interview at a big firm without a personal connection when you're coming from a top 10 school. University of Chicago is well within the top ten, although we can debate its exact placement. As a U C 2L who just finished the interviewing process this fall, I can tell you that I had the opportunity to interview with as many top firm as I wanted to (20-35, if I was so inclined). Wachtell would have been a stretch for me (and I didn't interview there), but Latham wasn't; I received a callback and an offer from L&W. If you make it into a top ten school, you no longer need connections to land an impressive big firm job. I'm sure they'd be useful down the road, though...
Senator Clinton's behavior these past days is not only showing the classic signs of frustration but also that of multiple personality disorder. How can she be so sweet and mellow to Senator Obama during the Texas debate on Thursday then turns around on Friday cursing. Today just to show you that her campaign is now hanging on to a razor blade, they are distributing a picture of the Senator trying to scare the public as if he is a muslim. I have pictires of Bill Clinton in complete Arab clothings given to them during their visits to these countries. this is just the same old George Bush scared Americans politics that they are resulting to. Who wants such a person to lead America with such a divisive mentality?
Another child of privilege doing nothing important. She's lipstick on the outside counsel's pig...
can you spell high ranking justice department official?
An '04 grad as a "high ranking justice department official"? Sorry but that strikes me as both a little nuts and a little scary -- regardless of how smart or kind or whatever she may be. There is something to be said for real life experience. And since it would appear she went straight through college to law school to Latham (where, lets be honest, we can almost guarantee she didn't get too much hands on experience), she hardly seems qualified for a "high ranking" position. Some position sure, but I would hope Obama has a little more sense than to put someone into ANY "high ranking" position who doesn't have any real world experience.
What a snippy remark! Actually I graduated from a top 10 law school--U Penn--and I interviewed and was hired by a major white shoe NYC law firm and put in some hard years there--not much fun but the pay was spectacular. And I did it without personal connections so I must be really brilliant! Anyway, a HIGH percentage of my classmates at law school had family connections to major law firms esp in Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia law firms knew who was who. And not just in Philly--I have noticed repeatedly that the firms AND the major corporations are happy to employ the sons and daughters of federal judges, politicians, and bureaucrats. Believe me, they get special treatment. Oh, and hiring partners tend to like to hire young men who remind them of themselves and young women who are especially attractive. If you don't know that, keep your eyes and ears open--the children are not going to advertise their non-academic advantages and connections, so you may not know it unless you ask. Good luck with your career--getting the job is not that hard--knowing how to keep it and get the good assignments and "inspiring confidence" in the partners--thats what they don't teach you in law school. It helps to learn that at home rather than on the job!
I am a current 2L, and while working in Chicago over the winter break I spent a few nights volunteering at Obama's Headquarters...
Kendall dedicated herself to the position of in-house attorney, going beyond the insane hours most people work on a campaign. She was always upbeat, positive, and from what I saw worked really well with her interns... She is great at her job, obviously worked hard to get there, but more importantly she is one of the few people in politics I'd want to hangout with in a non-work setting... Coming from someone who lives in D.C, thats saying something.
I think some of you are missing the bigger picture here - last time I checked, Obama and his staff have done a fantastic job.
So, she's doing something right!
Another fantastic and inspirational speech by Obama. Thanks to an almost one hour free air time by the media. So I guess now you know the dilemma faced by many muslims...I condemed but yet I cannot disowned my muslim brother.
How many of you whites feeling guilty after Obama's speech? Also, main problem of Americans is not race...its how they judge people by their words rather than by their actions. So if your are a real sucker for inspirational words...vote Obama. But if you want action....I am sure you will know what a woman who has been cheated by her husband can do. She will give you fire for the next 4 to 8 years...which is what America really needs.
Time to leave the past behind. Ironically Obama goes to a church and listens to a pastor from the past who will start up old wounds every know and then. I dun really know how anyone can look towards a new future from there. Obama must denounce what his community stands for in order to move towards the future. He cannot have it both ways...or else nothing really changes.
Religion & race are big issues today. It did not help America when Christian conservatives voted Bush in...and its going to be the same with Obama who uses religion & black slavery to reign in votes....can we pick a President without this baggage for once...?
And yes America "The Ball is in your court" as spoken by another Black Pastor to tell Americans to come out and denounce racism. Actually, he meant come out and vote Obama. As to why Obama is not quiting his church...the new sorry excuse from Obama, his supporters and many black pastors is that he will not run away from the problem because to solve the problem you must face it to try and change it. Well, Obama had 20 years to do so and he did nothing. Instead, he only decided to do something now because he had been caught with his pants down.
So, any of you who was formerly a supporter of OSAMA BIN LADIN, please go back to your fellowship and try to change OSAMA & GANG...let me know what comes out of it.
It's moronic to think her father's connections didn't get her that job. NO fourth year associate at any firm anywhere is going to be made what amounts to General Counsel of the Obama campaign. She's barely senior enough to be qualified for run-of-the-mill in-house jobs. Good for her though, as a graduate of a better law school than UC and with a couple years at a higher regarded firm than Latham under my belt, I'm in no position to get that job. Of course, my father's a state worker.
Kendall Burman is a first amendment hating thug.
Burman has been sending threat letters for Obama to television stations, lately. Basically, she threatens their FCC licenses if the NRA wins. In one shot, this young lady stomped on the First and Second Amendments! Impressive effort.
BTW, when I saw the sleazy letter she sent (here: http://www.thebitchgirls.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/obama.pdf ), I went and gave $500 to the NRA. And if she finds herself in an Obama Adminsitration, there will be plenty of freedom loving lawyers there to stop her.
Another lawyer here who knows Kendall and her Dad. Kendall is smart, was on law review at Chicago in a great class that produced several superstars, including at least two Supreme Court Clerks, including one of CJ Robert's clerks, clearly has the credentials and she is a wonderful person
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I want to plot social network visualization, but cannot do much programming. Does anyone know a piece of software that can do network visualisations and does not require coding (or at least little coding)?
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And what about Gephi, The Open Graph Viz Platform.
If you wouldn't mind some programming you might use GraphViz.
I would strongly recommend Gephi for this. You can import data (nodes and edges) directly from a database(MySQL, SQLServer, PostgreSQL, SQLite, TeraData) using simple SQL queries. Or you could import data from a CSV file.
It also has great set of algorithms to analyze your graph. Gephi is built in a modular fashion and is open source. They have also released a Gephi toolkit which is a library that can be used in any Java application, if you were to develop your on visualization software.
Also sigma.js which is a Javascript library is highly recommended for visualizing graphs. Sigma.js is inspired from and can work along with Gephi toolkit.
A collection of data visualization tools can be found at http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
I would definitely give networkx / python a try. it supports different visualization api's such as GraphViz, PyDot amongst others. But if you use Flash give Flare a try.
For those who want to choose for themselves, you have this site that give you an exhaustive list of software dedicated to graphs and networks, and a way that lets you choose the one best suited to your needs.
Pour ceux qui veulent choisir par eux même, vous avez un site qui vous donnent une liste exhaustive de logiciels consacrés aux graphes et réseaux, et un moyen qui vous permet de choisir celui qui est le plus approprié à vos besoins (cf adresse ci-dessus)
NodeXL, the free and open add-in for Excel that supports network overview, discovery and exploration. The code and application can be found at http://www.codeplex.com/nodexl.
NodeXL allows for the import of network data in the form of edge lists, matricies, graphML, UCINet, and Pajek files along with CSV and other workbooks.
NodeXL allows non-programmers to quickly generate useful network statistics and metrics and create visualizations of network graphs. Filtering and display attributes can be used to highlight important structures in the network.
NodeXL supports the exploration of social media with import features that pull data from personal email indexes on the desktop, twitter, flickr, and soon, facebook.
Recent features added to NodeXL include faster metrics calculation, larger data sets, new layouts, scales, axes, and legends.
I haven't tried it myself, but perhaps it's worth a look at Omnigator; I was looking for something similar a while back and "topic maps" is a good phrase to google, as it sounds much like what you are looking for.
The TouchGraph Link Browser lets you create an interactive graph and place it on the web.
You will need java 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 to edit your graphs. To see your graphs on the web you can use java 6.
For my part I use the free software called 'viSANT'. http://visant.bu.edu/ This software initially dedicated to biology, can be used to represent any network. The nodes and edges can have multiple forms and colors. Their name shown or not. The nodes can be grouped into complexes or groups on selected criteria. Moreover, these complexes or groups can be folded, providing better visibility of the graph. These groups and these complexes can in turn be encapsulated and Metagroup métacomplexes and thus more. Of course, all these operations are reversible. There are many other features that you will find using this software. And finally, its use is very simple and intuitive.
Pour ma part j'utilise le logiciel gratuit nommé 'visant'. Ce logiciel d'abord dédié à la biologie, peut être utilisé pour représenter n'importe quel réseau. Les noeuds et les arêtes peuvent avoir de multiples formes et couleurs. Leur nom représentés ou pas. Les noeuds peuvent être regroupés en complexes ou groupes sur des critères choisis. De plus, ces complexes ou groupes peuvent être contractés, procurant une meilleur visibilité du graphe. Ces groupes et ces complexes peuvent à leur tour être encapsulés en métagroupes et métacomplexes et ainsi des suite.Bien entendu, toutes ces opérations sont réversibles. Il y a de nombreuses autres fonctionalités que vous découvrirez en utilisant ce logiciel. Et enfin, le meilleur, son utilisation est très simple et très intuitive.
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Netvizz, a Facebook application, creates a .gdf file describing either your personal network or the groups you are a member of, and let you import it into GUESS and Gephi. Find a Tutorial here.
This is the idea behind Network Workbench:
They have combined lots of state of the art graph visualizations into one piece of software with a user interface. You shouldn't need to do any programming other than perhaps to get your data in one of the formats that the tool can read. You should be able to zoom in and out and have the interactivity you want. It's a tool for researchers to do network analysis.
Microsoft's GLEE (now known as MSAGL - Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout, trust MS to take a snappy name and make it dull) is effective and, if you're .NET it's easily used.
If you want it to be interactive, and want to include it into a webpage, you could consider using the flot jquery plugin.
There's a good open source flash-based chart: http://teethgrinder.co.uk/open-flash-chart-2/. All the charting is handled in the flash file, and you have the option of using javascript or parameters on an HTML
If you change the data via javascript, you should be able to implement a zoom; though I expect you'll need to write javascript to do that.
Actually, I've used NovaMind before & even though the way they go about discribing / labeling things is different, most of the concepts are the same.
Cytoweb looks promising: http://cytoscapeweb.cytoscape.org/
Can interact with javascript & ajax, but is flash, not html5.
I would strongly recommend JUNG Framework.

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They're called "bucket lists," those places that we pen onto our calendars as places we want to visit. Some are annual events, others are places we want to see at least once in our life.
Karen and I like places that will provide a glimpse of nature we seldom see, and in this case waterfowl we are able to capture photos of as they become airborne or show up in great numbers.
If you have never heard them take flight or seen them with the sun filtering through their wings, you are missing something special. Perhaps it is because they are simply tourists here, passing through on their way to their breeding grounds. It's kind of ironic that Middle Creek came into being to attract Canada geese, an amazing species of waterfowl that has become so commonplace that they often don't get a passing glance from those who visit here.
Located along the border of Lebanon and Lancaster counties, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area is a prime destination for wildlife and folks who care about wildlife and wild places. It was built for waterfowl, at a time when Canada geese were at less-than-desirable numbers in the Commonwealth, particularly in the East.
Today, visitors look primarily at snow geese and tundra swans. Timing this trip is extremely important because of the snow's arrival time, which most often occurs during February and into March. A look at last year's peak migration shows the following — snow geese: 55,000 on Feb. 28, 2013; Tundra swans: 3,300 on Feb. 12, 2013 and Canada geese: 4,200 on Jan. 7, 2013.
One will quickly note that February was a premier month for arrivals. However, viewing and photographing is hindered because what is known as the "lower loop," which doesn't open until March 1.
The PGC has issues updates on its website. On Feb. 10, they reposted 5,000 snow geese, 1,000 tundra swans and several thousand Canada geese.
According to the PGC, "This is the first report of the season because there hasn't been much to report so far. We're having a real winter for a change, and the ice and snow are keeping the birds elsewhere.
"Numbers of Canada and snow geese have fluctuated along with the amount of ice cover, but these tundra swans have surprisingly been here all winter. Given the conditions I'm surprised that there's this many birds here but don't expect more until we get a substantial thaw." The website always helps us plan our trips there, trying to arrive when the highest number of snows were present.
According to Jim Binder, Middle Creek's manager, "Numbers of snow geese were down last year as compared to what we've been seeing in the recent past. Remember, too, though, that the number of these birds we see here are generally not indicative of how the population is trending, they are simply a reflection of how many birds spent time here in any year."
"Every year is a little different, the amount of ice and snow present and the timing of the spring thaw drives the numbers we may get here. It is obvious though that the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania has been holding more snow geese over the past few years; we may have seen a shift in their habits.
"The birds' departure in the spring has been earlier the past two years, as it was in the past as well. Whereas we used to figure that we would peak from mid-February to mid-March, the last two years most of the birds had moved on by early March."
With the cold harsh winter we have had, and the lakes frozen, it leads one to wonder what this year will bring. Nature, as we have learned, does not make promises and is not controlled by humans. With the fields covered with snow and ice, one has to wonder how snows would gather food, even with all the habitat that is available at Middle Creek.
According to the PGC, "There are many variables that determine the arrival of migrating waterfowl. The most significant is icing. When the ice on the main impoundment thaws to create areas of open water, the birds begin to arrive.
"Snow cover on the surrounding agricultural fields also influences the arrival of waterfowl because it can limit access to the waste grains these birds depend on for food. Therefore, areas of open water and limited or no snow cover on adjacent fields strongly influence Middle Creek's drawing and holding power for migrants."
"During extreme winters with a late thaw, however, there's always a chance waterfowl will fly over Middle Creek, or stop only briefly. Timing is critical for migration and nesting."
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Snow geese are our primary target, although the place is crawling with photo opportunities, from ducks to Tundra Swans. We are always amazed at the number of people visiting the area, especially on weekends, and we highly recommend a week day excursion, if possible.
There are few things in nature that can excite me like being in the midst of thousands of snow geese. Hearing their music and the thunderous sounds of them taking flight will astound nearly anyone.
Middle Creek is located near Kleinfeltersville. The Visitors Center is approximately two miles down Hopeland Road, on your right. Once there, you can pick up a tour map and enjoy the day.
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Nest just bought Dropcam.
Back in January, we had a healthy discussion after Google acquired Nest. Some of us were horrified by the idea ("now Google has direct access into our home!"), and some of us were excited by it ("maybe Nest will support open standards and foster a new home automation platform!"). See more here: http://www.engadget.com/discuss/google-buys-nest-noooooo-cry-people-everywhere-1ncv/
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Fast Baked Fish Recipe
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We always have a good supply of fresh fish, so I make this dish often. It's moist, tender and flavorful.—Judie Anglen, Riverton, Wyoming
- 1-1/4 pounds fish fillets
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- Pepper to taste
- Paprika, optional
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- Place fish in a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with seasoned salt, pepper and paprika if desired. Drizzle with butter.
- Cover and bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Yield: 4 servings.
Editor's Note: Orange roughy, haddock, trout or walleye may be used in this recipe.
Originally published as Fast Baked Fish in Quick Cooking September/October 1998, p7
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Talk:South African doctors strike: Department of Health salary adjustment table, 2009
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The Plumber & Electricans hourly rate are misleading. This may be a charge out rate in an extremely affluent case. Generally. plumbers and electricians employed full time would earn in the same R56/hr bracket - give or take 20%.
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For the first time since 2008 the Del Valle High School boys soccer team is headed to the state championship match.
Arturo Piñon's goal with 4:25 left in the match gave the Conquistadores a 1-0 victory over Pharr Valley View on Thursday in the Class 4A state soccer tournament semifinals at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown, Texas.
Del Valle (24-6) advances to meet Waco University (32-0) at noon Saturday for the state Class 4A title. University defeated Mesquite Poteet 3-2 in Thursday's other semifinal.
"What a feeling it is to win this match," Piñon said. "We never gave up. I had a chance to score and took advantage. We believe in each other so much right now and that's a huge plus for us. This win was a total team effort."
The Conquistadores, who are making their fifth appearance in the state tournament, won titles in 2005 and 2008.
"It was a good win for us against a really good team," Conquistadores coach Bruce Reichman said. "Valley View put a lot of pressure on us and took us out of what we wanted to do for a while. But, we kept battling and kept fighting."
Piñon's goal, which got past goalkeeper Javier Olvera, came from about 15 yards out after the ball bounced off a Valley View defender. It was all Del Valle would need.
"Arturo is great at finishing and he got a good look and put it into the back of the net,"Reichman said.
Del Valle nearly scored early on in the second half, with 17:21 remaining, when Axel Aguayo had a penalty kick. But, his shot was wide left and the score remained tied at 0-0.
Valley View (22-3) pressured the Conquistadores on offense in the first 20 minutes of the second half. The Tigers had a handful of shots, but one hit the cross bar and Del Valle goalkeeper Diego Garcia came up with three key stops to shut down Valley View.
"Diego stepped up big for us," Reichman said. "He was up to the challenge and he showed a lot of senior leadership for us."
The first half was evenly played as both teams had chances to score. Del Valle had four shots on goal, while Valley View had two. But, Garcia and Olvera both played well in goal to keep the match scoreless at halftime, and to keep the Tigers from scoring at all.
"Valley View is a tough team and it wasn't an easy victory by any means," said Garcia, who has 11 shutouts on the season. "Our defense was good and we were able to make a lot of good plays when we needed to. In the playoffs, we seem to make the plays when we need to."
Del Valle is a perfect 2-for-2 in the state finals and Reichman is confident his team can make it three.
"Playing in El Paso and playing in our region prepares us for moments like the state tournament championship match," Reichman said. "This team keeps on winning and doing the things it needs to win a state title. We're excited about being back for a shot to win it all."
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BMW Manufacturing Co.'s criminal background check policy disproportionately excluded blacks from working at the company's South Carolina plant, a federal lawsuit alleges, but BMW says it has complied with the law.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Spartanburg, that BMW's policy has had a disparate impact on black employees and applicants, depriving them of employment opportunities with BMW and its suppliers of logistics services.
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(A) Other than appeals which proceed on the board's small claims docket, discovery may be permitted by deposition upon oral examination or written questions; written interrogatories; production of documents or tangible things or permission to enter upon land or other property; and requests for admissions. The "Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure" shall be followed for discovery purposes to the extent they are not inconsistent with other board rules. Discovery shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1) Discovery should be commenced by all parties promptly after the filing of a notice of appeal and should be completed within the applicable case management schedule established in rules 5717-1-06 and 5717-1-07 of the Administrative Code, such deadlines also serving as the last day for a party to seek involvement of the board in discovery matters. Upon motion and for good cause, the board may establish other specific times for completion of discovery or consideration of discovery motions.
(2) The board expects all counsel to provide for orderly, mutual discovery, freely exchanging discoverable information and documents. Counsel shall make all reasonable efforts to resolve discovery disputes by extra-judicial means, without intervention by the board. To the extent counsel may not resolve such disputes, then they may seek intervention of the board to supervise discovery.
(3) Answers, objections or other responses to discovery requests shall be served within twenty-eight days after service of such requests unless the board orders or the parties agree to a different period of time. Depositions, interrogatories, and admissions shall not be filed with the board, unless the party intends to offer such discovery documents as evidence in a hearing. Responses to discovery requests shall be timely supplemented.
(4) Any motion concerning discovery shall include only those specific portions of the discovery documents necessary for resolution of the motion and include counsel's statement describing all extra-judicial efforts undertaken to effect discovery.
(5) An expert may not be permitted to testify if he or she has not been timely identified prior to hearing consistent with the applicable case management schedule established in rules 5717-1-06 and 5717-1-07 of the Administrative Code. The parties may mutually agree to the exchange of any written reports of expert witnesses to be relied upon by them. Additionally, an expert's report or portions thereof may be excluded from evidence if the report was not made available in a timely fashion to complete a mutually agreed exchange of reports. In all events, the identity of the expert and the written valuation reports shall be disclosed to all parties as soon as known, but no later than the applicable deadlines established in rules 5717-1-06 and 5717-1-07 of the Administrative Code, except as otherwise ordered .
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A Miami-Dade County firefighter under investigation by his department for a controversial posting he reportedly made on his personal Facebook page about the Trayvon Martin case has been demoted, Local 10 has learned.
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Meltpond2000 Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Brightness TemperaturesEntry ID: NSIDC-0208
Abstract: The Meltpond2000 project was the first in a series of Arctic and Antarctic aircraft campaigns to validate sea ice algorithms developed for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), primarily to quantify errors in AMSR-E sea ice products resulting from the presence of melt ponds. The AMSR-E validation effort addresses data quality through comprehensive ... calibration and validation programs. These programs characterize and document the accuracy and precision of AMSR-E observations and their derived products. Data were collected from five flights over Baffin Bay and the Canadian Archipelago from 26 June 2000 to 6 July 2000. All measurements fall within 68.967 deg N - 76.422 deg N, 63.197 deg W - 105.022 deg W. Spatial resolution varies from 0.13 km to 3.6 km, depending on the sensor. Data are provided as MATLAB files, requiring MATLAB version 5.3 or greater. These data and MATLAB programs to generate brightness temperature (TB) maps are available via FTP.
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Dataset Originator/Creator: Klein, M., A. J. Gasiewski, D. J. Cavalieri, and T. Markus.
Dataset Title: Meltpond2000 Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Brightness Temperatures
Dataset Release Date: 2004-02-13
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC DAAC: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Version: 1Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0208
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Start Date: 2000-06-26Stop Date: 2000-07-06
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Quality Data in the TB maps are not compensated for incident angle variations caused either by aicraft roll and pitch or, in the case of the SLFMR, by the cross-track scanning mode. Although the PSR scans at fixed angles, aircraft pitch and roll variations influence the incident angle by as much as +/- 3 deg in angle, or roughly +/- 7 K for vertical and +/- 4 K for horizontal polarization over water. All channels worked well providing approximately 0.5 K to 1 K root-mean-square (RMS) noise for 20 ms integration. One exception was the 89 GHz vertical channel, which was not calibrated due to spurious noise (Klein et al. 2001). The 89 GHz noise is presumed to be from iron epoxy debris on the sensor.
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Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 647 MB
Distribution Format: MATLAB
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Email: marian.klein at noaa.gov
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Cavalieri, D.J. 2000. EOS Aqua AMSR-E sea ice validation program: Meltpond2000 flight report. NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM 2000-209972. Greenbelt, MD, USA: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Ivanoff, A. 'Meltpond2000.' Sea Ice Remote Sensing. 23 May 2003. http://polynya.gsfc.nasa.gov/seaice_mp2000.html. Accessed January 2004. Klein, M., A.J. Gasiewski, K. Schuler, D. Cavalieri, T. Markus, ... and A. Yevgrafov. 2001. Sea ice brightness imagery observed during the Meltpond 2002 experiment. In Scanning the present and resolving the future, Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. Vol. VI, p. 2853-2855. Klein, M., and A.J. Gasiewski. 2002. Meltpond 2000 PSR processing - final report. Boulder, CO, USA: NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory. Klein, M., and A.J. Gasiewski. 2000. CAMEX3 polarimetric scanning radiometer MATLAB mapping software description. Boulder, CO, USA: NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory. Markus, T., D. J. Cavalieri, and A. Ivanoff. 2002. The potential of using Landsat 7 data for the classification of sea ice surface conditions during summer. Annals of Glaciology 34: 415-419. Markus, T., D. J. Cavalieri, M. A. Tschudi, and A. Ivanoff. 2003. Comparison of aerial video and Landsat 7 data over ponded sea ice. Remote Sensing of the Environment 86: 458-469.
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Book your room at Romantik Hotel Fürstenhof
Double RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Single Room, 1 Single BedMax Occupancy: 1 guest
Get an overview of this hotelRomantic hotel with 2 restaurants and free breakfast
Located in the heart of Landshut, this romantic hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of St. Martin's Church, Trausnitz Castle, and Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg. St. Kastulus Cathedral and Church of St. Peter and Paul are also within 20 mi (32 km).
Hotel Features
Along with 2 restaurants, this smoke-free hotel has a sauna and coffee/tea in the lobby. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, dry cleaning, and express check-in.
Room Amenities
All 22 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find minibars, room service, and premium bedding.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 344 square feet (32 square meters) include a meeting room. This Art Deco hotel also offers a sauna, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Romantik Hotel Fürstenhof is a smoke-free property.
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Conference space size (feet) - 344
- Conference space size (meters) - 32
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of restaurants - 2
- One meeting room
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 22
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 1906
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Parking (limited spaces)
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- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Bathtub or shower
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
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- Flat-panel TV
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Minibar
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
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A complimentary breakfast is served between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Fuerstenzimmer - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Open select days.
Herzogstueberl - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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text: Del Oro's girls soccer team entered this week clinging to the Sierra Foothill League lead by the slimmest of margins. The Lady Eagles put their league lead on the line last night in a key SFL match, when the they played host against visiting Rocklin. While game results were too late for press deadline, the Del Oro girls still have plenty of expected tough action coming up when they venture to Grass Valley Friday to meet Nevada Union, and then play at Granite Bay next Wednesday, April 25. Thanks to a hard fought 2-0 win over Roseville and a 0-0 tie against Woodcreek in a bizarre match that was halted at halftime due to unplayable weather conditions, the Del Oro girls found themselves at the top of a tight SFL race. Going into Wednesday's action, Del Oro, 2-0-3 and with nine points, led Woodcreek's 2-1-2 slate with eight points. Following closely were Roseville and Granite Bay, each 2-2-1 and with seven points, and Rocklin at 1-0-3 with six points. In last week's win over Roseville, Del Oro and the Tigers battled to a 0-0 tie through the first half before the Lady Eagles broke through for the win on second half goals from Jessica Hinskin and Lauren Gollnick. Del Oro goalkeeper Taylor Cirksena was credited with a pair of saves in the Lady Eagles' defensive-minded winning effort. The match with Woodcreek started off being played in cloudy and cold weather before the skies opened up late in the first half with rain and hail that made playing conditions unbearable, if not unsafe. "The field was unplayable," said Del Oro assistant coach Matt Scammacca, who filled in for head coach Ron Benjamin. "There's so much hail on the field you can't see the lines. We're using a white soccer ball. Nobody had any other balls we could use. I mean if it was snowing during the game we could possibly play and use an orange ball or yellow ball. The main thing is if the field was like this before the game, we wouldn't have played." Coaches from both sides deliberated with the referees at the beginning of halftime and tried to find a solution, but the standing water changed the game. Passes stopped well short of their targets and girls crashed into each other, unable to plant their feet to make turns.


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DCP Midstream Partners increased its distribution for the sixth consecutive quarter, hiking its payout by a penny to $0.66 per unit. Even better, the firm generated $0.98 in distributable cash flow (DCF) per unit, up 18.5 percent from year-ago levels and enough to cover the distribution by 1.29 times. Moody's rewarded the MLP for its strong performance, granting the firm an investment-grade credit rating.
At the recent NAPTP conference, management disclosed that organic growth projects servicing the Eagle Ford Shale and the expansion of the Discovery gathering system are "on plan," which bodes well for future distribution growth.
The stock price has tumbled in recent weeks, reflecting weakness in the broader market and rising concerns about the decline in NGL prices, a product of elevated propane inventories and feedstock substitution. Most management teams at the NAPTP conference expect NGL prices to recover in the back half of the year, as petrochemical capacity that's closed for routine maintenance comes back onstream. A colder winter would also help to alleviate the propane glut.
The unit price of DCP Midstream Partners could pull back even further, especially if commodity prices remain weak and concerns about the EU sovereign-debt crisis intensify. Nevertheless, I remain bullish on the MLP's long-term growth prospects and exposure to robust drilling activity in the Eagle Ford Shale. DCP Midstream Partners has also hedged about 60 percent of its exposure to NGL prices, a move that should cushion the blow if conditions deteriorate further in the near term. Investors should consider easing into this position, as more downside could be in store. For more MLP picks, check out my free MLPs report.
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Comparison of Limb Size of Transverse Coloplasty Pouch
This study is currently recruiting participants. (see Contacts and Locations)
Verified February 2014 by Kantonsspital Liestal
Kantonsspital Liestal
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Christoph A. Maurer, MD, Kantonsspital Liestal
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First received: February 18, 2010
Last updated: February 5, 2014
Last verified: February 2014
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Detailed Description:
The aim of the study is the comparison of pouch function with two different sizes of limb of transverse coloplasty pouch after rectal resection and total mesorectal excision.
Colon Cancer
Procedure: Transverse coloplasty pouch (Long limb)
Procedure: Transverse coloplasty pouch (Short limb)
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Subject)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Prospective Randomised Study for Comparison of the Size of Limb of Transverse Coloplasty Pouch After Low Rectal Resection With Total Mesorectal Excision
Further study details as provided by Kantonsspital Liestal:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Pouch function 4 month after closure of protective ileostomy. [ Time Frame: 4 month ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Pouch function 2 and 12 month respectively after closure of protective ileostomy. [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Transverse coloplasty pouch (Short limb)
The short limb is the standard technique of transverse coloplasty pouch.
Procedure: Transverse coloplasty pouch (Short limb)
Transverse coloplasty pouch with short limb
Experimental: Transverse coloplasty pouch (Long limb)
The long limb relates to straight coloanal anastomosis.
Procedure: Transverse coloplasty pouch (Long limb)
Transverse coloplasty pouch with long limb
Detailed Description:
No detailed description necessary, see brief summary.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- all patients in need of rectal resection due to benign or malign disease
- >=18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- anamnestic rectal resection
- life expectancy of less than 2 years
- pregnancy
- <18 years
- missing informed consent
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01071824
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|Study First Received:
|February 18, 2010
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|February 5, 2014
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|Switzerland: Ethikkommission
Keywords provided by Kantonsspital Liestal:
transverse coloplasty pouch
rectal resection
mesorectal excision
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Microsoft offers OEM Preinstallation Kit for Skype on Win 7
updated 11:24 am EDT, Wed May 30, 2012
Microsoft gives OEM partners option to preload SKype onto new Windows 7 PCs
Microsoft is allowing some of its OEM PC maker and system builder partners to download the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) that will preload Skype on new Windows 7 PCs. Included in the kit is Skype 5.8 for Windows code, which is slightly older than the currently available Skype 5.9 for anyone to access. The kit makes it easy to silently pre-install the software for OEMs, who need to be registered with Microsoft before accessing such OPKs, ZDNet reported.
The guides for the installation are available in English, German, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. Windows 7 PCs shipping to China may not get the Skype OPK.
Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion in the fall of 2011, with the plan to integrate the video and VoIP communications service into its products, including Office and Xbox.


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Sunshine to hail to... funnel cloud?
Whoever penned the phrase, "Don't like the weather? Just wait 20 minutes" was probably experiencing a day just like today in Seattle, where we've gone from blazing sunshine to raging hail storm with even a little lightning and perhaps a brief funnel cloud.
Here is a time lapse video of the entire day Monday through 3 p.m., taken from atop the University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Building. You can see how our cold, unstable air mass had the clouds bubbling through the day, followed by what we called the "Cone of Sunshine" where it was mostly clear over the city, but raining just to the north and south of the city limits. (See satellite image of that here.)
Finally, a big cell moved through bringing hail and lightning:
But right at the end of the video, we noticed something that sure looks like a funnel cloud.
Here is a still shot of what it looked like:
And here is the video again -- just the last 30 minutes. The funnel comes right at the end and it's quick -- at 2:55 on the time stamp and the video ends at 3:00. I think it's a funnel cloud because you can see the rotation in the clouds and that distinguishes it against what we call "scud" which is just low hanging cloud gunk that frequently gets mistaken for funnel clouds.
This is likely a "cold core" funnel cloud. They're like a tornado's little brother in that they look like tornado/funnel clouds, but aren't nearly as destructive. These are spawned from non-severe storms and can occur when you get a tightly wrapped rush of rising air that can appear as a funnel.
Cold-core funnels rarely reach the ground, and if they do, are very weak and rarely cause any destruction.
They are actually, well, I don't want to say "common" but they aren't that rare either around here, especially on days like today when you have cold, unstable air around, and Convergence Zones are typical culprits.
Speaking of cold, unstable air, hail was also on the docket for today. Here is some video taken from a KOMO employee in South Seattle:
And here is video from KOMO Photographer Eric Jensen that shows a Seattle press conference deluged by the big storm, and other hail video from the city:
We'll see these random showers through the end of the day, then we'll clear out for the rest of the week.
How can you tell it's a funnel cloud?
If I had seen that photo at the top by itself, I would be skeptical that it was indeed a funnel cloud -- it's the animation that's the key in that it shows some rotation.
Many times, low hanging "ragged" clouds are mistaken for funnel clouds because at first glance it can appear as one. But the way to know for sure is to watch for rotation.
About two hours after the funnel cloud was noticed, some more ominous clouds moved over Seattle. But these were harmless. I took a video with my cell phone camera off our balcony to illustrate how they might look like funnel clouds, but aren't:


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The hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into the political campaigns this year is criminal as we have millions of children going to bed hungry every night.
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I'm gonna go ahead and say I love our drinking habits but anytime we roundhouse a 750 of Schnapps on the way to a non competitive bowling league we might have problems
No one parties "Full Karen". She once broke a couple up at the bar, ate the girl out in the bathroom and took the guy home.
As soon as the clock wound down to zero, she declared "HALF-TIME HEAD" and pulled down my pants. After the swallow, she said "BEER CHASER," got me a new one, and asked if she could make me a sandwich. Pretty sure she's lobbying hard for a ring.
This guy on Hoarders just said "we're all about 4 or 5 decisions away from shitting in a bucket". True dat
You told the entire smokers deck that you were blowing .08 now and anyone else willing later
She walks around topless and loves making sandwiches. That's how a one-night stand turned intoa relationship
He was wearing an Affliction shirt, a Monster hat, and he asked me for anal within 5 minutes of meeting me. Like 3 strikes and you're out, bro.
it's just not right when you're boyfriend has a nicer ass than you do.
Guys always stop talking to me right around the point that if they bought me food a couple times I would probably have sex with them.
She brought over her portable harddrive and we dueled with porn. This relationship is too beautiful to last.
Next time I think buying tan-thru bikinis is a good idea, remind me of that time I passed out in one and burned the epic shit out of my pussy.
I Pavlov-trained him by smacking him in the nuts anytime I caught him looking at another girl in public. To this day, he's afraid to break eye contact with me in a restaurant if a tall busty blonde walks in.
Dude, for twins they have shockingly different blowjob styles.
The bad news is I fucked my exes girlfriend. The good news is I100% understand why he left me
Hi this is the guy from the cell phone store. Your Dad just upgraded your phone as a surprise. I didn't tell him about your topless pics on your phone. I transfered them to new phone. Nice rack!
We were high as balls fucking in the back seat when we saw the blue lights. He's like, "I got this" and walked over butt ass naked and goes, "Sorry dude, we're just banging" and the cop apologized for disturbing us and drove off.
What we have is to special to throw away over a woman who spreads her butt cheeks on a pool table for me...
I offered to lick your vagina while wearing a suit... Pretty sure chivalry is well alive.
I mean it's like...I'm sorry I slept with your boyfriend but is it my fault that he failed to mention you when I was giving him head in the Dave and Busters bathroom?
Just because I don't want to be her booty call doesn't mean I wanna stop getting tit pics. I'm a sucker for double D's
I caved man... I fucked her so vigorously, desperately trying to correct her wonky eye. My determination was relentless.
if masturbating while stoned isn't called "weed whacking" then i just don't know how to live my life anymore
TACOBELL COOL RANCH TACOS MARCH 7TH. I think realistically that will be more like valentines day for us. Bc nothing says romance like tacobell.
I love our relationship. We just get drunk, show each other our tits, demonstrate sexual positions and make pasta. Then you go to bed and I sit around with your mom and cry about how proud of you we are.
Just think of your bundle of joy thats on its way. And how hes gunna rip your vagina apart
I went through his pics. Will you go with me to get tested?
The cleaning lady even cleaned my bong. I'm scared to open my sex toy drawer and see if and how she organized it
I went limp when I heard her mom fart from her parents bedroom. It lasted longer than my hard on.
He walked away from the girl that just blew him to hook up with another girl, and when she got pissed he just turned around and screamed, "SHE IS LIKE 10X HOTTER THAN YOU!" Then she went on an angry dick sucking rampage. There were 4 victims.
Just had a threesome. Girlfriend wasn't a part of it. Broke up with her by sending her a picture of it. Hell is going to be awesome
While he was going down his phone rang and he answered saying I'll call you later I'm eating.
This is a mass text. First one to reply gets head.
Before anyone claims this, this chick is in my boyfriend's phone as "Worst BJ EVER!"
i have rugburns grass stains and some road rash. im an all terrain slut
I knew it was gonna be weird when she opened the condom with scissors
Zombie crawl summary: 5 of 6 friends successfully laid. friend 6 too drunk to care and making out with a whale (not a costume)
im calling her cock vulture from now on
she fell through a window trying to flash someone
Well at one point he got ahold of my archery gear.. And I. Shit. You. Not. Sarah took an arrow to the knee.
Sorry girl, my dick is like a rollercoaster. You only get a picture after you ride
I just want to let you know that when you try and lie about the "solid 10" you brought home last night, I've got a picture of her and about 10 reasons you should have left her at the bar starting with those martin scorsese eyebrows.
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Welcome once again to Eerdmans All Over, a Friday roundup of all the Eerdmans-related news, reviews, interviews, and other interesting online content we can find in a given week.
New this week:
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News from Eerdmans . . .
- Our newest in-house book trailer — for Michelle Markel and Amanda Hall's picture book biography The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau — went up this week on YouTube.
. . . and elsewhere.
- Author Jack Levison (Filled with the Spirit) reflected on "A Snake-handler's Lethal Embrace of Religious Ecstasy" for the Huff Post Religion blog.
- Hunter Baker reviewed D. G. Hart's From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American Conservatism for The University Bookman.
- Author Douglas Laycock (Religious Liberty, Volume 1 and Volume 2) joined other distinguished scholars and commentators in contributing to Commonweal's conversation on "The Bishops and Religious Liberty."
- Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood's I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery was named a Parents' Choice Silver Honor winner in poetry.
- Gene Edward Veith responded to Thomas E. Bergler's (The Juvenilization of American Christianity) "brilliant cover story" for Christianity Today on Cranach: The Blog of Veith.
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ireland included Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, and Doug Chayka's Four Feet, Two Sandals on the recommended reading list for its upcoming do 1 thing: Read a Book initiative.
- The Calvin Spark alumni magazine featured James C. VanderKam's The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible in its Summer 2012 issue.
- April DeConick reviewed Anthony Le Donne's Historical Jesus: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It? on her Forbidden Gospels blog, calling it "a must-read book, whether you are persuaded or not."
- Kent Eilers began in earnest his Theology Forum discussion series on The Juvenilization of American Christianity.
- Author Richard J. Mouw (Talking with Mormons and many others) wrote on atonement theology and "Getting to the Crux of Calvary" for Christianity Today.
- Washington Parent magazine reviewed Frances Watts and Judy Watson's Heroes of the Year, calling it "rollickingly paced and rich with humor and hijinks."
- Matthew Sims reviewed D. A. Carson's book The Intolerance of Tolerance on his Grace for Sinners blog, concluding emphatically, "The Intolerance of Tolerance is a must read for all Christians. And all means all."
- Randy McRoberts raved about Thomas E. Bergler's Christianity Today cover story on The Juvenilization of American Christianity on his Bible Study Geek blog.
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Wildlife sanctuary opens to the public
Only a year ago, Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary was in survival mode.
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN
WIMAUMA — Elmira dances when she sees Deb and Sally walk up. The large bear jumps off her wooden perch, throws herself against the fence, and then jumps back up on her perch making little noises. She is so happy and excited to see them that she can barely contain herself. Elmira's joy is in the people she loves, and in the people who love her.
Only a year ago, Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary was in survival mode. The staff was focused entirely on the day-to-day needs of feeding the animals in their care and in maintaining the property. They wanted to do things right, they wanted to do right by the animals, and they worked hard to never let the unending stress of financial pressure impact the quality of their care.
Fast forward to this year with the all-volunteer staff succeeding on all accounts. The grounds are immaculately kept, the cages are set up and maintained, and they have been given the blessing of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open the facility for public tours. The financial pressure remains, but volunteers, local businesses and a community organization have stepped in to help. All of that has made a difference for the property and the staff, who use money from their own pockets to keep things running, and mostly for the animals. It has made a difference for Elmira the bear.
We live in a strange new world filled with information to the point of overload. Images of virtually anything on earth are available simply by typing a few words into Google. It is a world in which it is easy to forget that something like standing in front of a live tiger is an amazing, awe-inspiring experience. But stop and think for a moment or two to take in the coloring of the fur, the light in the eyes, the spots and stripes, the whiskers, the enormous paws, and the fangs (oh yes, don't forget the fangs). Take all of that in while letting the overload of the 24-hour news cycle fade away. Make no mistake; standing in front of a live tiger IS an amazing experience.
Now thanks to the dedication of the staff, thanks to the Community Foundation of Greater Sun City Center, thanks to the benefits hosted by the Copper Penny Restaurant, and thanks to local Walmart stores for providing leftover meat, you can stand in front of a live tiger by making the short drive to the sanctuary located near Wimauma. But don't come with the wrong expectations. The animals are not exhibits; the sanctuary is not a theme park. For 47 exotic animals, it is their home — their forever home. Instead, come to see them and marvel at their spirits and in their beauty. Come to learn about them. Come to help them.
"It's not set up to look pretty," said Elmira's Volunteer Coordinator Deb Kaprive. "It's not set up to showcase the animals. More often than not, they will be napping in the afternoon when people come. But it is important that we can invite the public to come here. It's one thing to say that this is our mission to save these animals, it's another thing to be able to show people how and what we are doing."
The USDA has very strict guidelines on how things need to be done, including everything from labeling buckets, cleaning the cages, and ensuring the safety of the public. You won't be allowed inside the cages to pet a tiger or a lion, but you can revel in their spirits and in their majesty. You can see them, as they will be able to see you. You can decide if you want to help them.
"Everybody that is on this property is a volunteer," Kaprive continued. "It's a difficult thing; we have to screen the applicants. Some people just want to come to pet a leopard and that's not going to happen. Some people think it's all going to be fun and games, like a petting zoo. It's dirty work and it's hard work, but the dirtiest and the hardest chores are the best and the most rewarding because that's where the animals deal with you. They will see you coming and they will greet you. No one gets paid, but when you see an animal chuffing and rubbing up against the fence when they see you, then you know they just want to see you, well there's your bonus."
Some people may visit and think, "I can't stand to see these animals in cages." The animals at Elmira's, however, were born in captivity and cannot be released into the wild. As one volunteer put it, they would die horrific deaths if returned to the wild. They were taught to depend upon people. It is all they know. And here in their forever home, they will feel the love of those who care for them. They will nap contentedly with full bellies while visitors pass by in the afternoon sunshine. They will spend their lives knowing they are cared for and are safe.
"I hope people come here and see what we are really about, that our mission is to provide and care for these animals for [the rest of] their lives," Kaprive said. "I know there are animal lovers out there that want to be part of it. It's very simple to be part of it. It's easy to be a volunteer even if you don't want to clean cages. You could throw a [benefit] party and be a volunteer, having a cocktail party saying that instead of bringing wine or flowers, bring $10 for the animals — even if you had 10 people bringing $10, you'd have a good time and $100 is a lot of money to us."
The sanctuary also offers memberships for as little as $25 per year.
"We call it the 'bear' minimum membership," Kaprive said. "But any amount helps us. It helps us to pay for the food and pay for the rent. Donations go directly to the care and feeding of the animals. There are no paid employees."
On the tour, you may hear about the bobcat that suffered a head injury and lost sight in one eye. Unable to fend for herself, she found her sanctuary at Elmira's. However, you might not see her. She is terrified of people, and she is still adjusting to her new home. There are others like her. Here, the needs of the animals come first. While the animal's needs are being met, the sanctuary's dreams remain outstanding. When enough money or another grant comes their way, they hope to complete a large, fenced play area for the big cats. The cages were built with back doors to give the cats some freedom to roam. Money and some hard work are all that stand in the way of making it a reality.
The ears of the large white tiger were flat; her eyes were peeking over the galvanized tub filled with water. The bath was a relief from the afternoon heat and in her mind, she was invisible to the approaching strangers. But when she saw volunteer Sally Haase walk up, she leapt out of the tub and began to rub her cheeks against the chain link fence of her cage. Her joy was palpable and infectious. Like Elmira the bear, Shadow the tiger loves her home. She loves Sally the volunteer. It is all she knows and all she has. She is happy.
Public tours of Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary, located at 13910 Seminole Trail in Wimauma, are held on the first and third Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for those 17 and under, and children under three admitted at no charge. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. All of the money collected goes directly to the care and feeding of the animals.
Donations are accepted and memberships are available by visiting www.elmiraswildlife.org, by calling 813-634-4115 (leave a message, the volunteers are usually out tending to the animals), or by mail sent to:
Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc.
PO Box 63
Wimauma, FL 33598
All members will receive a quarterly newsletter filled with updates about the animals and events and projects at the sanctuary.
Volunteer opportunities run the gamut from working with the animals directly, to office work, to assisting in providing 24/7 coverage of the front gate (someone is on the property at all times to ensure the protection of the animals).
A "Wish List" containing items ranging from watermelons (Elmira loves them) to dog food and Jolly Balls (very hard balls for the cats to play with) is available on their website.
On August 21, Elmira's will hold an onsite public grand opening celebration entitled Thai One On For The Tigers, that will include an authentic Thai dinner, live music and a tour of the sanctuary. For information, visit their website. I will look forward to seeing you there.
Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary July 2, 2011 - Images by Mitch Traphagen


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Retailers rang up soft April sales gains that slipped below
forecasts Thursday as cold and wet weather dampened spring
Sales at stores open at least a year rose 3% vs. a year ago,
says Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics.
Analysts forecast a 3.5% gain. Only 50% of retailers beat
views, which is below the long-term average of 57%.
"Clearly, the weather was suboptimal for retailers and was a
major drag on sales as was economic softness in the first half of
the month," said Perkins. "More on the fringe were concerns about
sequestration spending cuts and how they were going to impact
He says the results looked to be particulary weak, given
retailers had an extra selling day because of the Easter holiday
shift and easy one-year comparisons.
Still, April sales showed a sequential improvement to March,
when same-store sales rose 1.4% from a year earlier.
Improvement From March
"April's showing suggests that consumers are hanging in there
spending at a modest clip, but they do not have a lot of
discretionary dollars at their disposal," said Perkins. "There is
more of a 'buy-now, wear-now' purchase-to-need mentality amongst
many consumers. As a result, persistently cool temperatures
pushed back spring apparel purchases into May if they are made at
Perkins says that there was no negative guidance in Thursday's
reports for retailers' upcoming first-quarter results, which is
Budget-minded shoppers continued their quest for value in
April. Off-price retail operators TJX Cos. (
) andRoss Stores (
) led the pack. TJX saw an 8% pop in same-store sales vs. a year
ago, sailing past estimates for a 6.8% gain. Ross posted a 7%
rise in comps vs. a year earlier, handily besting views for a
5.8% gain.
"Those were very good numbers at the high end of each of their
plans," said Perkins. "Given the lousy weather conditions, it was
an excellent month for both."
TJX, which operates T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores,
saw a double-digit increase in its HomeGoods comps amid brisk
home furnishings sales, says Perkins.
"Both in April and the first quarter, our consolidated comp
sales increases were achieved over strong growth last year," said
TJX CEO Carol Meyrowitz in a statement. "Customer traffic drove
comp increases at all divisions as consumers responded to our
extremely fresh selections of branded spring apparel."
Ross CEO Michael Balmuth was also upbeat about the month. "We
are pleased with the above-plan sales and margin gains we
achieved for both April and the first quarter, especially
considering our very strong prior year comparisons," he said in a
statement. "These results were driven by our ongoing ability to
deliver compelling bargains to today's value-focused
Ross raised its first-quarter earnings guidance to $1.06 to
$1.07 per share vs. its initial guidance of $1.00 to $1.04 per
Apparel giantGap (
) was also a big winner in April. It reported a 7% pop in
same-store sales vs. a year earlier, topping views for a 5.6%
Perkins says weak drugstore sales and lower-than expected
comps forCostco Wholesale (
) and Victoria's Secret parentL Brands (
) were the main reasons retailers' April comps were weak.
Costco posted a 4% comp gain vs. a year ago, below views for a
4.9% increase. The giant discounter, which has gas stations at
its stores, was hurt by lower gas prices and a stronger dollar.
Still, its core comp number, excluding those factors, was a hefty
6% rise vs. a year ago.
L Brands saw a 2% gain in April comps, well below estimates
for a 4.8% increase. Perkins says the company's comps were in
line with its plan. But analysts' estimates were higher than the
company's plan.
The specialty apparel group, which includes Ross Stores and
TJX, was the strongest performer with comps up 6.4% vs. a year
earlier. Teen clothing chains also had a good month with a 5.7%
increase in comps.
Action sports retailerZumiez (ZUMZ) saw a 4.6% gain in April
same-store sales vs. a year ago, even as it faced tough
comparisons with a 10.1% pop in May 2012 comps.
Michael Niemira, chief economist at the International Council
of Shopping Centers, also calculates April same-store sales rose
3% vs. a year earlier.
"The tone was decent as well," he adds. "It wasn't a great
performance by any means, but it is the best showing since
Some improvement in the underlying economy, including lower
gas prices, an improving job market, higher home prices and a
strong stock market helped retailers in April, he says.
More Spending
The "confluence"of all these factors, he adds, sets the
framework for a little more spending as we move ahead.
He expects May same-store sales to rise between 2% to 3% vs. a
year earlier as pent-up demand "triggers" more seasonal
Still, he says there are enough "cross currents" out there
that prevent him from saying there will be a major strengthening
or weakening in the pace of same-store sales growth.
Perkins says the climate for retailers should improve as we
progress into the summer, barring any major meltdowns in Europe
or elsewhere.
"The jobs picture looks to be improving, the Federal Reserve
is poised to continue its accommodative policies to help lower
unemployment, housing is slowly improving, and the stock market
is close to record highs," he said. "All of these factors should
boost spending over the coming months."
On the financial front, analysts expect first-quarter retail
profits to rise 6.9% vs. a year earlier, says Perkins. That
estimate, he says, is down from 8.1% on April 1, and 13% on Jan
1. Retail first-quarter profits grew 12.3% last year.
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View from Lycabettus
It's been three months since we came back to Athens as our house in Assini does not have any central heating and just the fireplace was not enough to keep the house warm during the winter.
We miss Assini and now that the weather is getting warmer, we've decided to go back next week and hopefully stay there until next winter.
During our stay we would often go for walks in the city and had the chance to see Athens as tourists.
It's almost impossible to go to the centre of Athens by car, unless you pay for private parking space, which costs a lot. However, if you are staying somewhere in the centre of Athens, most of the antiquities can be visited on foot.
On one of those beautiful Greek, spring mornings, we took the bus and then the "metro" and headed towards Monastiraki Suare.
Monastiraki Square
You can see the metro station on the right and just opposite is the Mosque, a relic of the Turkish occupation, built in 1759. Now, it houses the Museum of Ceramics, an annex of the Museum of Greek Folk Art.
Monastiraki, which means "little Monastery" was the site of one of the largest monasteries in Athens. The Monastery was demolished during archaeological excavations in the 19th century.
Getting out of the station, if you look opposite, on your left you can see the church of Pantanassa, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which was built during the 17th century on the site of an older church built around the 10th century. The church was restored during 2007.
Right next to the Mosque is the archaeological site of Hadrian's Library.
The building followed a typical Roman Forum architectural style, having only one entrance with a propylon of Corinthian order, a high surrounding wall with protruding niches (oikoi, exedrae) at its long sides, an inner courtyard surrounded by columns and a decorative oblong pool in the middle. The library was on the eastern side where rolls of papyrus "books" were kept. Adjoining halls were used as reading rooms, and the corners served as lecture halls. Source: Wikipedia
From the station we headed to the right and turning right again we walked down Adrianou street, where the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora is.
Entering the Agora you can see and the Stoa of Attalos and the Acropolis in the background.
Quoting from Wikipedia: The stoa is identified as a gift to the city of Athens for the education that Attalos received there. A dedicatory inscription on the architrave is engraved as built by Attalos II, ruler of Pergamon from 159 BC to 138 BC.
The stoa was in frequent use until it was destroyed by the Heruli in 267. The ruins became part of a fortification wall, which made it easily seen in modern times.
In the 1950s, the Stoa of Attalos was fully reconstructed and made into the Ancient Agora Museum.
The two storey building was shut during the past 30 years and only opened last summer for the public. The characteristic feature of the museum is that the exhibits are all closely connected with the Athenian Democracy, as the Agora was the focus of the city's public life.
In the picture above you can see some of the artifacts displayed such as clay boots, cooking utensils, statues, jewellrybut of course there are many more for you to see there.
The Temple of Hepaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is one of the best preserved ancient temples in Greece. It is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill.
From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of St. George Akamates.
On the other side of Monastiraki station, if you turn to the right is Avyssinias Square where you will find the flea market of Monastiraki, also known as Yioussourum.
The streets around Monastiraki are full of tavernas, restaurants, caffeterias, souvenir shops etc.
There is more to write about our strolls in Athens but this will have to wait after Greek Orthodox Easter.
Other relevant posts:
Mount Hymettus, a paradise so close to Athens
Varvakeios: Athens Central Market
A visit to the First Cemetery of Athens
Other Places
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5 Comments on Monastiraki Part One: neighbourhoods of Athens, on the foothills of The Acropolis
Thanks for the lovely virtual visit of Athens' Monastiraki quarter. I loved it!
Rosa xxx
de superbes photos merci pour le partage
bonne soirée
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wow! Lovely! I have always wanted to visit Greece. Your post is tempting me even more. who knows, maybe one day.
Love the pictures Ivy…they remind me the time that we were in Athens…
Have a lovely week
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Love this post,Ivy! Thanks for sharing those beautiful pictures!Would love to visit one day!
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