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Awesome Toy Picks is where we get to check out some of the coolest toys sold today. Aquaman is becoming more and more popular due to the way Geoff Johns has been writing him since his return in Brightest Day. Unfortunately, these figures might not help with his new and improved tougher appearance.
Mattel has recently released a line of Retro-Action figures. They are pretty close to the old MEGO dolls from the 70s. I saw these and due to their combination of cheesiness and coolness, I had to get them. And you can't really get one without the other. That's right, today we're going to take a look at Aquaman and Black Manta.== TEASER ==
These guys have plastic heads and cloth outfits. Their hands and boots are also plastic. Actually, Aquaman isn't wearing any boots. He's sort of just wearing...stockings. But take a look at him. He has the belt, the fins on his calves AND he has a plastic trident.
Black Manta does look a bit cooler. He has his red eyes (instead of yellow ones seen long ago) as well as a plastic backpack that plugs into the top of his head.
What's even cooler about these figures (or dolls) is their joints and posability. I was surprised at how easily they stood on their own, especially considering Aquaman isn't wearing shoes. Their joints are pretty loose but not in a way where they flop around.
I'll admit I got these two 'on sale' at EntertainmentEarth.com but it was worth the price. And look, they can even play together nicely.
I also had this old set of DC Pocket Heroes with these two. This is the only set I got and I picked it up when "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a hit on the radio. You know because of that line, "Hold it now and watch the hoodwink, as I make you stop think, you'll think you're looking at Aquaman."
Apparently Black Manta didn't approve of his likeness with these. They originally were released in 2002. I got mine off ebay but still haven't been able to bring myself to actually opening it. Not sure if there's really a reason.
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Predictors of well child care adherence over time in a cohort of urban Medicaid-eligible infants
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1 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
3 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
4 Division of Primary Care Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook & Stony Brook Long Island Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, USA
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BMC Pediatrics 2011, 11:36 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-11-36Published: 15 May 2011
Changes in well child care (WCC) adherence over time have not previously been examined. Our objective is to describe adherence rates to WCC over time in a low-income urban population of infants 0-24 months of age, and to identify predictors of WCC adherence in this population.
This is a secondary analysis of a cohort of Medicaid-eligible children followed from birth to 2 years between 2005 and 2008 with structured telephone surveys to assess maternal well-being, social support, and household and demographic information. For the 260 children attending 4 urban pediatric practices, WCC adherence was assessed based on visit data abstracted from electronic medical records. A random-intercept mixed effects logit model clustered on subject was used.
92% of the mothers were African-American, 27% had not finished high school, 87% were single, and 43% earned < $500/month; mean age was 23. WCC adherence decreased from 88% at 6 months to 47% (12 mo), 44% (18 mo), and 67% (24 mo). The difference across time periods was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Married (OR 1.71, p = 0.02) and primiparous (OR 1.89, p < 0.001) mothers had significantly greater odds of adherence, along with women who reported having been adherent to prenatal care visits (OR 1.49, p = 0.03) and those with the lowest household income (OR 1.40, p = 0.03).
Maternal education efforts should emphasize the importance of establishing WCC, especially for mothers of more than one child. Further studies using larger, more broadly defined populations are needed to confirm our findings that efforts to increase WCC adherence should be intensified after 6 months of age, particularly for children at higher risk.

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Photos/video: Seafair Parade of Ships/Flight off West SeattleJuly 30, 2014 at 1:05 pm | In Seen at sea, West Seattle news | 14 Comments
(UPDATED Wednesday evening with more photos plus clip from the aircraft "parade")
(Updated video: 1:35 pm)
1:05 PM: We're on Duwamish Head, where the Seafair Parade of Ships – led by the USS Essex, an amphibious-assault ship you might mistake for an aircraft carrier, is about to come into view after passing Alki. The ships will sail past here on their way to the downtown waterfront, which also will get a series of flyovers. Here again (from last night's preview) is what you're looking at/for, on the sea and in the sky – see the PDF here, or embedded below via Scribd:
Updates and photos to come!
(USS Essex, courtesy of Greg)
1:42 PM: Behind the USS Essex came the USS Chancellorsville, USS Howard, Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, and now, from Canada, HMCS Brandon.
(USS Chancellorsville, from Lynn Hall)
(USS Howard with fireboat Leschi, from Mark McAndrews)
(USCGC Mellon, courtesy of Greg)
(Chancellorsville and Howard, by Gary Jones)
1:54 PM: While the Parade of Ships has passed West Seattle – and the Essex is Magnolia-bound – the Parade of Flight is under way, with aircraft passing the downtown waterfront, fairly low, flying north and then turning west (added: video of two of them, passing over the entire ship parade):
2:15 PM: Show's about over.
The Essex is docking over at Smith Cove. Info on tours over the next four days (all the Parade of Ships visitors) is in the brochure embedded above, if you're interested in. We're headed back to HQ to add photos and video to this.
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Must be what I just saw, 4-5 low flying military style helicopters going over Shorewood into the Roxbury area?
Comment by Sally — 1:31 pm July 30, 2014 #
Cool to see. But can I complain that they are waking up my infant? I've never cursed helicopters so hard.
Comment by AK199 — 1:35 pm July 30, 2014 #
Just spotted what appeared to be 4 army helicopters two w/ dual propellers and two w/ heavy artillery weapons fly really low over Highland Park.
Comment by savage justice — 1:39 pm July 30, 2014 #
Yes, the helicopters were the Parade of Flight part of the Parade of Ships. Over now. They circled back in a direction that looked indeed like it might have been past east West Seattle. _ TR
Yet another cool event in the middle of a work week day. :/
Comment by cj — 4:02 pm July 30, 2014 #
Was also interesting to watch that two of the fires in Eastern WA seemed to flare up during the parade. Significant smoke from the one farther south, but the one "straight out" I-90 made an interesting mushroom cloud that exploded upward until sheered by the winds. I have several pictures I need to get off my cameras.
Comment by Ray — 5:27 pm July 30, 2014 #
Ray, I saw the plume of smoke, and my friend and I wondered if it was fire. I had a fun afternoon taking the Argosy "Greet the Fleet" Lunch Cruise w/ a friend and her mother in law. So we were out in the middle of all that. At one point the Leschi fireboat came along side us, looked like we could reach out and touch it – spectacular that close up. A fun afternoon, indeed :)
Sir or Ma'am with the infant,
We apologize for the inconvenience, but your baby now can recognize the sound of freedom.
Semper Fidelis,
Your friendly neighborhood 'heavy artillery' helicopter pilot
Comment by Anonymous Military Helicopter Pilot — 5:48 pm July 30, 2014 #
OK, that made me laugh.
You could have also thrown in "the sound of the aeronautical heartbeat that powers Puget Sound".
Comment by Ray — 7:02 pm July 30, 2014 #
ain't gonna study war no more. signed, peacenik
To those who commented on the noise by the jets and the helicopters, welcome to the life of one who lives in Pierce County near McChord. It is indeed the sound of freedom, and actually you get used to it after a while. Have a great day.
Comment by Christine Davies — 3:22 pm July 31, 2014 #
I saw the 2 Chinook-type and 2 enormous CH-53′s do a turn over Westwood Village…complete with .50 caliber barrels sticking out of the gunner's door. If I didn't know they were here for Seafair I would have sought cover. Definitely the sights and sounds of freedom.
Comment by Bradley — 6:28 pm July 31, 2014 #
Bowdown to the sights and sounds of military hardware and death. The illusion of freedom is strong.
Comment by Bob — 7:00 pm July 31, 2014 #
@Bob: without that hardware (and the brave men and women operating it), you'd be typing your anti-American comments in another language…and getting arrested shortly thereafter.
Comment by Bradley — 3:35 pm August 1, 2014 #
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Bed bugs cannot be seen with the naked eye – FALSE. Adult bed bugs are the size of an apple seed.
Any bug found on a bed is a bed bug – FALSE. Get the bug identified.
Bed bugs are ONLY found on the bed – FALSE. They like any small dark space near where people sleep or rest.
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Sleeping with the lights on will keep bed bugs away – FALSE.
Bed bugs burrow into or cling to your skin – FALSE.
You can get HIV / HBV from a bed bug – FALSE. BED BUGS DO NOT SPREAD DISEASE!
Bed Bugs are the same as Scabies or Lice - FALSE.
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I can get rid of them by myself — FALSE. You may get rid of some, but to solve the problem, hire a pest control company.
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Virus disables Wireless, USB, Device manager and prevents from restarting, turning off and getting into standby.
Original Title: Can't get rid of this f****** virus. It disables Wireless, USB, Device manager and prevents from restarting, turning off and getting into standby.
at first I thought it was the virus goingonearth.com, but it simply keeps coming back and disabling my wireless drivers, it also disables the Device manager functionality, it prevents me from restarting, turning off, or getting the computer in standby mode. It prevents me from using the USB.
It's so annoying, I don't know what to do, I've used every single option I could:
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Now I'm trying to install the security update KB2686509, and I can't, I'm getting this error in the log file:
4.844: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf0f4
4.844: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance.
I suspect it has something to do with this malware problem.
This is my text from support forum, they told me to come here in answers community and ask:
I had this problem before on windows 7, moved to XP, and still have the same problem.
I used XP during 3 days without any problem, now it`s back again!
After 5 - 10 minutes I lose my wireless connection, look in the device manager, see no wireless hardware anymore, not even an exclamation point, it`s like it isn`t connected to computer, and windows will show something in the task bar saying `usb device not recognized`. Right now you must be thinking I have a hardware issue, right? No. Even if I use a USB wireless adapter, I`ll have the same problem. And there is more > I can`t restart my computer when that happens, Windows will just stay in that window saying that the settings are being saved.
My wireless will work only when I restart my pc. Reinstalling the drivers won`t help.
Last time I ran a virus scan, found nothing.
This is the last report I got from Combofix after running it in safemode:
And this is the quarantined files report:
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Shabtis were popular for nearly 1800 years and could be obtained from artisans who specialised in funerary equipment. The statuettes were made from various materials, including stone, wood, metal, and (like these shabtis) faience – a glazed non-clay ceramic material.
Mummiform shabti
Egyptian faience
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 1926
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Posted on: August 13, 2009 11:34 am
Punishments, Part 3
Donte Stallworth might be my favorite punching bag. Well, he deserves it. Today, Roger Goddell suspended Stallworth for the entire season. This presents and interesitng quesiton in the legal sense. In 2008, Stallworth signed a five year contract. How does the suspension affect the years of the contract? When he comes back, he will have presumably, three years remaining on the contract. But should he? In the law, there is a concept of tolling, where a statute of limitations to initiate legal action may be extended if certain conditions persist. Should Stallworth's contract be tolled? Stallworth would probably prefer it, given that it ensures his employment and payment, and the contract was pretty high given his production. Further, he will have diminished eanring potential at the end of his contract, as he will be older and have fewer productive years. The Browns may not want it tolled, given the fact he is a public relations nightmare. I am not aware of policies in professional sports with respect to tolling contracts based on suspensions, but if it has not been considered, it would be interesting to see if the players union attempts to initiate a tolling proposal.
Category: NFL
Posted on: July 3, 2009 12:45 pm
Following Up On Punishments
Is there something in the NFL gatorade? There is word coming down that Michael Vick will be suspended for the season. The man served hard time, owes millions, and is seeking to repair relationships with the advocacy groups who were most appalled by his actions. But, at the same time, there is a lack of clarity on Donte Stallworth, a man who got drunk, high, and killed a man. There is similar ambiguity on Plaxico Burress, a man who shot himself in the leg because like a moron, he brough a gun to a night club. Roger Goddell has set a strong standard since his elevation. Donte Stallworth might need to consider his NFL career at an end. He should be lucky to be free at the moment. Plaxico Burress deserves a 12 game suspension. His stupidity only hurt himself. Michael Vick should be allowed to use his talent and celebrity to pay his creditors, and support the Humane Society. Garnish his salary to the point where he would be taking home about 15 dollars an hour, or something equivalent to the construction job he would have had. Let the man who served his pennance provide for restitution in the only way he knows how. And until Stallworth announces a deal with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, starts doing some PSAs, or otherwise shows real contrition, do not allow him the privilege of playing in the National Football League.
Category: NFL
Posted on: June 13, 2009 1:13 pm
Just Punishments
The system of punishments in professional sports is flawed. Especially in baseball, where an appeal stays the punishment, and pitchers who are suspended may not even miss a start because they might be able to be shifted in the rotation. I believe that all sports should adopt a more just punishment policy. Specifically, the player who commits the penalty should, if possible, be suspended for a future game against the team where the suspended player committed the infraction. If Brad Penny throws a ball at Alex Rodriguez and misses a game against the Seattle Mariners, no one cares. He should be forced to miss a game against the Yankees. Now, at certain times, this punishment is not possible, such as later in the season when teams do not play each other again. In some situations, those punishments could be assessed in the playoffs.
This system would be an enhanced deterrent against misconduct. It would mean that players would need to keep their heads in more competitive games, and even more so at the end of the season. But players should not shrug off suspensions because in effect, players still have some control over when they serve. It would be as if a parent grounded their child on a Thursday, and the child appealed the punishment until Tuesday, choosing to stay home Tuesday and Wednesday nights. What kind of punishment is that?
Category: General
Posted on: January 8, 2009 1:04 pm
Utah's BCS Argument is more than B.S.
The Attorney General of Utah makes a strong point in his claim for an antitrust violation. The University of Utah is a public school, making it an entity of the state of Utah. The attorney general is the lawyer for the state, so there is an indirect representation. Importantly, the state is responsible for funding the university. The University, if it had won the national championship, would be awarded roughly 17.5 million (the estimated payout from the current BCS Championship Game). The attorney general needs to make the claim that the NCAA has colluded with the six BCS conferences to functionally make it impossible for a non-BCS school to be eligible for the Championship game. Unfortunately for Utah, the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl and Fiesta Bowl do not mandate that a BCS conference school play in the game. This, to some degree, makes the BCS open and not a situation of collusion. The attorney general could make the argument that it is not reasonably practical that a non-BCS school makes it to the championship. In fact, no BCS Championship Game has ever featured a non-BCS school, and the WAC and the MWC are the only conferences to have teams in the BCS aside from Notre Dame. It isn't the best case because there isn't clear exclusivity, but the historial trends can lend a point that there has been some collusion. The only issue will be whether or not the BCS draws it out, and says that basically, Utah's position is a function of their placment in the rankings and their strength of schedule, placing the onus on Utah to convince more sportswriters of their worth and play tougher opponents. If the BCS is successful in such an argument, there would obviously be no collusion.
Posted on: December 18, 2008 11:21 am
Ultimate Game of Horse
It is well known how much a basketball fan President elect Brack Obama is. His brother in law coaches Oregon State, he used to play, he still gets much of his physical fitness and stress relief from playing, and he had some public fun with the North Carolina Tar Heels during the campaign. Recently, it was made public knowledge that two of his appointees, General Jim Jones and Arne Duncan, also played college ball, with Jones playing for the Georgetown Hoyas and Duncan for the Harvard Crimson. What is not truly public knowledge is the affection Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has for the game. Roberts is a fixture at Hoyas games at the Verizon Center, and is rumored to play frequently at "The Highest Court In The Land," the basketball court on the third floor of the Supreme Court building. What a game it could be to see Jones, Obama, Roberts and Duncan playing a little 2 on 2 or a game of horse. Imagine all the legal and policy decisions which could be discussed with such a brain trust. Craig Robinson has said in Time Magazine that he hopes Obama builds a court at the White House so he could shoot hoops there. Maybe he would settle for the Supreme Court, if his shot doesn't get blocked by the Chief Justice.
Category: NCAAB
Posted on: November 28, 2008 1:08 pm
Stephon Marbury
This could become an incredibly juicy legal situation. Stephon Marbury has been suspended by the Knicks for refusing the play. This suspension will likely continue until Marbury agrees to play. With game checks around 200K per game, that's a lot of green. The crucial issue here is that Marbury has been completely ostracized by the staff (D'Antoni) and by his teammates (Quentin Richardson). He seems to have two options. He sticks it out and keeps up his attitude, which will mean he wont get paid. He would likely lose any grievance. The Knicks could show that the contract doesn't guarantee him status as a starter and they are not infringing upon his ability to play. Is he being denied access to practice time, trainers, coaches, etc? It doesn't look like it, and just because the coach doesn't like talking to you and doesn't pay attention to you doesn't mean they aren't available, technically. Stephon's other option is to play the garbage minutes and third string role D'Antoni has designed for him. This would be a crushing blow to a guy who has a gigantic ego. But he would get his money. It is a stand-off in actuality, and D'Antoni and Walsh are currently winning.
The truly sexy part of all this is, what if Marbury decides to play and tanks the game. Say he stands around, doesn't play defense, throw up ridiculous shots, etc. Could the Knicks make an argument for tortious interference with a business relationship or contract? Possibly. This would involve an indepth examination of Marbury's contract and what it calls for him to do. If he causes the Knicks to lose games, and other players lose potential performance based bonsues, Marbury could be sued by his own teammates. This would be hard to prove of course, but it would be incredibly interesting to watch. Starbury might be well advised to accept a buyout rather than test the suspension in front of the league office. It looks like Donnie Walsh may have outsmarted him on this one.
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Posted on: October 25, 2008 3:38 pm
Change We Can Believe In
Joe Gibbs is a saint in Washington D.C. He is king. If he ran for mayor, he'd win in about 30 seconds. He brought so much pride to this town not only for winning three championships, but winning one with a black quarterback. In a city that's about 70% black, that's big time. He left us this past year for varying reasons, to be replaced by a guy none of us had ever heard of. But Jim Zorn is quietly easing us into the next generation of coaching greatness. He is the genuine article, inspiring million dollar athletes with cheers like hip hip horay! With this guy, running this team, we are moving on and having a new generation to admire. With Zorn, we should include current coach of the year Bruce Boudreau of the Washington Capitals, and perhaps the quartet of young athletes who lead this town in Alexander Ovechkin, Gilbert Arenas, Clinton Portis and Ryan Zimmerman. D.C. youth should look up to these men, all of whom have success and some of whom have interesting and oversized personalities. In a time where we may be moving politically towards a new generation in American politics, hopefully in D.C., we can appreciate and value the change in our athletes and sports leadership.
Category: NFL
Posted on: October 5, 2008 4:51 pm
Who is really guilty of fraud?
This week's events with Lane Kiffin and Al Davis are very interesting from a legal perspective. Davis is attempting not to pay Kiffin on account of alleged fraud. The rumor is that the substance of fraud is that Kiffin flirted with a college job in the offseason. Davis will have a difficult time in proving fraud. He would have to show that there were misleading statements and Kiffin acted on them. Considering how vocal Davis has been in criticizing Kiffin, he would have trouble making his case. He has barred Kiffin from defensive meetings, and didn't give him control over his coaching staff. This was promised to him when he joined the team. He could make a claim that Davis acted fraudulently to him. Davis will likely settle out of court and pay Kiffin most of what is due without it being publically known. Unless Kiffin was attempting to tank the Raiders from the start of this season, Davis will have trouble making the claim. This would be strange, considering that Kiffin, known to be an offensive guru, improved the Raiders offense statistically significantly during his brief tenure.
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UFC Heavyweight Daniel Cormier has no interest in cutting a drastic amount of weight to make 205 lbs in a short time, but as he slowly reduces in weight, he plans to take heavyweight fights. It's pretty clear that Cormier and current heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will never fight, and if he is going to be champion for a while it only makes sense for him to drop to light heavyweight. In fact, after his last fight, it sounded as if Cormier was already on his way to making the changes to make 205, but right now he is eying a possible fight with Roy Nelson.
He told Bleacher Report:
"I always thought if I were to go down I would need a lot of time to do it. I think that still applies, but I would like to still fight. At the end of the day I can't cut massive amounts of weight. That's well documented from my problems in the Olympic games. But I can diet, and when I'm dieting I can still fight. Can I fight at 205? No. Because it's too much weight to cut in a short period of time. But could I fight a heavyweight fight and just be a little lighter? I think so."
"They're not beating Cain. They're not good enough. I'm telling you right now I think they're great, I think Junior Dos Santos is great. I think Junior Dos Santos has the best chance of beating Cain, but the rest they're not beating him. They're not good enough. It's about as honest as I can be with you""they're not good enough to beat him."
"I think any fight that involves someone on that higher rank makes sense. Any of the higher ranked guys make sense. Also a guy that's coming off a win. It's very important if you look at the UFC matchmaking that's how it goes. Two guys coming off wins make fights. I think any fight with a guy that's ranked high and advances my career makes sense. I just want to fight big fights."
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Getting It Right
By Christina Hammitt
All my life I never felt good enough. I didn't have the right hair, the right weight, the right clothes, the right timing. It was always an uphill battle—one I never seemed to master.
There were always hills, but those damn hills at Kensington Metro Park mocked me. I'll never forget my coach saying, "We'll know who has put in the work and who hasn't."
Round one: Not even half way up our first hill. I knew I was one of those people. I was late, had forgotten my helmet and didn't dress appropriately. I never made it a third of the way up the hill. Sitting in the parking lot I cried.
Round two: I had practiced. I was on time. I had my helmet. I was dressed for the weather. I had done it right, but I was wrong. This time my failure was in front of other team members. Again, I left the park in tears.
Round three: My coach and I vs. the big hill. I started to go up. Then, I just stopped. I couldn't do it. I'd go and stop. Go again. Stop again. Coach yelled, "Run the rest of the way with your bike." Again and again, I'd start, stop and run. I was getting up the hill, but I wasn't doing it right. Frustration became my friend.
Round four: I knew failure lurked at those hills. I had accepted it. Before our bikes hit the road, a fellow teammate told me, "Those hills are hard for everyone." One pedal stroke, then another. It was going alright. I made it up the hills. Five loops. Five miles of loops. Every hill, every time.
Was I finally getting this right?
Ever since that day I tasted sweet victory everything else went sour. The thought of quitting haunted me. I justified every reason, but it was the last one which occurred the Wednesday before race day that anchored my aspirations. I was in pain, my head pounding. My body was fighting me. Besides, I just wasn't ready. I didn't have the body nor accounted for all the bricks. I didn't have a calculated nutrition plan. I didn't have a tri bike. Even my new tri suit ripped.
Looking around the expo, I thought, "What am I doing here?" I kept waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder and ask me to leave because I didn't belong. But no one did. In fact no one laughed at me. There were smiles and hugs and well wishes. Some checked my bike and even re-taped my handlebars without question. My uncle had even flown in from New Jersey and downstairs in the hotel lobby were teammates, friends and the best little 9-year-old making signs.
My ear plastered on a heating pad, I said a prayer. I thanked God for this moment and prayed for the strength to be a man of iron.
At 5 a.m., I survived the beach run-in. Then, the first wave hit. Lake Michigan was kicking my ass. Everything I had done right went wrong. I lost focus and form. I was sighting like a blind man. But, I just kept putting on arm in front of the other.
On the bike, the song sang a bit of a different tune. Slow and steady I just kept putting on foot down on the pedal at a time.
It was the run where everything went downhill. My legs wouldn't move. I felt like I was a brick verses doing one.
"Just 10 miles to go, just 8 miles to go," a voice said in my head. It was that 70.3 sticker speaking. And as silly as it sounds I wanted that sticker to be mine.
Starting the second loop, my attitude changed and thoughts of the sticker seemed stifled.
Just when I was on fumes physically, mentally and emotionally, I saw a fellow teammate running toward me. He didn't laugh. He didn't tell me I was a failure. The pain up my back was unlike no other, my feet were on fire and I felt like a gigantic gross blob but I wasn't alone.
Coming into the chute, I was no longer the girl who wasn't good enough. The impossible became probable, and I had never experienced such pride. It wasn't about my hair, my weight, my clothes, my skills. This was about being as strong as iron.
To be honest, the entire experience is still all a blur, but I remember that moment standing there guzzling down my water, seeing the people there at the line. I just knew I had done something right. Perhaps it wasn't perfect training or the perfect performance but I had found a place where I am accepted for who I am. I am valued for all the possibilities I have the potential in making possible.
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As he was unloaded from an ambulance, Alvarenga again to answer questions shouted from the crowd. How do you feel? 'Happy to have arrived'
Jose Salvador Alvarenga, who says he drifted in an open boat across the Pacific for more than a year, said he was 'doing very well' before starting home from the Marshall Islands
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The Salvadoran man who says he spent more than a year drifting across the Pacific Ocean before finally making landfall in the Marshall Islands last week made a brief public appearance Thursday looking much weaker than he did earlier in the week.
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The native Indians were living here seasonally as early as 4,000 BC. Evidence of early settlement remains today in the form of a 3,400 year old "Indian shell ring" in Hilton Head Island's Sea Pines Forest Preserve.
Written history began 500 years ago with the discovery of the area by Spanish Captain Pedro de Salaza in 1514. Thus, Beaufort County was the site of the second landing on the North American continent by Europeans, in 1514. The first landing - Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine - was only a year earlier.
The seaport of Beaufort is located at the head of one of the largest natural harbors on the Atlantic coast, which explains the early interest of the Spanish and French explorers that followed. When they sailed up the sound in the 1520s, they found a land inhabited by many small tribes of Native Americans, the largest of which were the Cherokees and the Catawbas.
French explorers visited this area long before the English arrived. In 1562, Captain Jean Ribaut and his Frenchmen entered the sound which he named Port Royal. They settled near the present town of Port Royal. As they were Huguenots, this was the first Protestant settlement in the United States.
When Ribaut returned to France for reinforcements the soldiers who were left behind revolted, built themselves a ship, and sailed for France the next year. This was the first ship built in America to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
After the French fled, Spaniards from Florida built Fort San Felipe on Parris Island in 1566 and made the new settlement there, known as Santa Elena, the capital of La Florida Province. In 1576, under attack from Native Americans, Santa Elena was abandoned, but the fort was rebuilt the next year. Archeologists have positively determined the location to be on the Parris Island golf course.
In 1587, England's Elizabeth I sent Sir Francis Drake to drive the Spanish from "La Florida." The Spanish decided to concentrate their forces in St. Augustine, and withdrew from Santa Elena.
Hilton Head Island is named for the English sea captain William Hilton, Jr. who was hired by a syndicate of Barbadian planters. He sighted the high bluffs of the island in August of 1663, while exploring the Port Royal Sound, and named it for himself, "Hilton Head," referring to the headlands visible as they sailed the uncharted waters. Within a few years, the English had established the first permanent European settlement of South Carolina at Albemarle Point, near present-day Charleston, on the Ashley River in 1670. The proprietors' first settlers included many Barbadians, and South Carolina came to resemble more closely the plantation economy of the West Indies than did the other mainland colonies.
The Scots arrived in the area in 1686. The first trade was with the Indians for deer skins, a valuable commodity back in England, but indigo became the first cash crop. The climate and soil on the Sea Islands were favorable for its growth, and England was a great market for indigo.
Indian attacks, sponsored by the Spanish, continued to harrass the settlers in the area. The Yamassee Indians were particularly fierce. Settlement of Savannah and the colony of Georgia was encouraged so as to set up a buffer from the Indians - in particular the area around Beaufort where indigo was thriving. Indians last significantly threatened the colony's existence in the Yamassee War of 1715-1716.
Settlers from the British Isles, France, and other parts of Europe built plantations throughout the coastal lowcountry. Beaufort, the second oldest town in South Carolina, was founded in 1711. Both Beaufort County and its county seat of Beaufort were named for Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714), one of the later Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
African slaves were brought into the colony in large numbers to provide labor for the plantations, and by 1720 they formed the majority of the population. The ports of Georgetown, Charleston, and Beaufort became important centers of commerce and culture. In the years before the Civil War, rice, indigo, and sea island cotton plantations brought great wealth to the entire lowcountry region.
Parris Island, (Santa Elena) was bought in 1715 by Alexander Parris, Public Treasurer of South Carolina.
In 1717, for acts of bravery in quelling the rioting Yamassee Indians, Colonel John Barnwell was granted a thousand acres on the northwest corner of Hilton Head Island by the Lord Proprietors. He became the first white settler. By 1766, approximately twenty-five families lived on Hilton Head Island.
Along with six other districts, the overarching Beaufort District was formed in 1768 from the parishes of Prince William, St. Luke, St. Helena, and St. Peter.
Thomas Hayward, Jr., a local rice plantation owner, signed the Declaration of Independence.
As talk of Revolution escalated in the colonies, Hilton Head Island sided with the colonists. Daufuskie Island, just one mile south, was occupied by the Tories and was a British stronghold. During the American Revolution, the British frequently raided Hilton Head Island and burned plantations and captured slaves who were later sold in the West Indies. The raids continued even after Lord Cornwallis surrendered in 1781 at Yorktown.
South Carolina lost more men, and gave more money to the Revolutionary cause than any other colony. More Revolutionary War battles and skirmishes were fought in South Carolina than any other colony.
England had provided the market for indigo, this vanished after the Revolution. The settlers turned to cotton. In 1790, Hilton Head Island was the first island to grow cotton. Sea island cotton became the finest cotton available in the world.
Many of the sea island plantation owners built their summer homes on the banks of the Beaufort River to catch the cool prevailing breezes. Beaufort was referred to as the "Newport of the South." The majority of the houses on the outlying plantations, though large, were not pillared mansions.
During the War of 1812, the British again invaded Hilton Head Island and burned most of the houses located near navigable waters.
Both Beaufort County and its county seat of Beaufort were named for Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714), one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. The district was formed in 1769 from the parishes of Prince William, St. Luke, St. Helena, and St. Peter. It remained relatively unchanged in size until 1878, when a large portion was removed to form Hampton County.
French explorers visited this area long before the English arrived. They established a fort in 1562, as did the Spanish in 1566; neither of these settlements survived, however. Beaufort, the second oldest town in South Carolina, was founded in 1710. In the years before the Civil War, rice and sea island cotton plantations brought great wealth to the region. Federal troops occupied Beaufort in December 1861, and the first school in the South for freed slaves was established during the Civil War at what is now Penn Center on St. Helena Island.
The United States Marine Corps began training recruits at Parris Island in 1915, and later in the twentieth century Hilton Head Island and neighboring sea islands have become popular resort and retirement destinations. Some famous residents of Beaufort County are naturalists Alexander Garden (ca. 1730-1791) and Stephen Elliott (1771-1830); Robert Smalls (1839-1915), a former slave who became a United States Congressman; boxer Joe Frazier; and writer Pat Conroy.
In the South Carolina lowcountry, Beaufort District was formed in 1768 as one of seven original judicial districts. In 1785, Beaufort District was divided into four counties: Granville, Hilton, Lincoln, and Shrewsbury. These counties never became functional, and in 1798 these counties were abolished. Taking virtually its present boundaries, Beaufort District (county) was established in 1800. In 1868, Beaufort District was designated Beaufort County. Its county seat, the town of Beaufort, is on US-21, about forty miles northwest of Savannah, GA and 110 miles south of Columbia. Since the Civil War, the Marines have used Beaufort County's Parris Island as a training base. Beaufort County is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the South Carolina counties of Jasper and Colleton, and the Georgia county of Chatham.
Beaufort County was organized in 1768, has an area of 702 square miles, and a population of 22,269 in 1920, estimated at 22,431 in 1925. The railroad mileage of the county is 52 and it has one accredited high school.
The growing season numbers 290 clays. The southernmost county of the state, the winter climate is mild and fresh sea breezes moderate the summer's heat.
The town of Beaufort, with 2,831 inhabitants, is the county seat, and other towns with their populations are Bluffton, 480 ; Hardeeville 413; Port Royal, 333 ; and Yemassee, 323.
Before the Confederate War, Beaufort County, named for Henry, Duke of Beaufort, one of the Lords Proprietors, was the summer home of the planters who cultivated rice and cotton on the nearby plantations. It was proud that it had not a single white person of proper age who could not read and write. They were skillful farmers and raised "Carolina rice," the finest rice raised anywhere and "sea-island cotton" of wonderfully long and silky staple. So fine was the staple of this cotton that it was always packed by hand in bags, never baled or compressed, and the French silk mills bought most of it before the crop was planted.
But all that is changed now. For years following 1865 the lands remained idle and many was the fine plantation that sold for $1.00 an acre. Pioneer planters of vegetables or truck began planting for sale in the local market; later shipments were made to distant markets and now the development has been so great that special arrangements are made each year by the railroads to handle the heavy shipments to northern markets. "Beaufort Lettuce" has an established reputation and often sells in the same market at a higher price than the California shipments. Potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, cabbages, peas, and other vegetables come, in season, away from the rich fields of Beaufort by the carload - at times by trainloads.
Following the Confederate War, it was discovered that the fossil bones and other fossil remains, known as phosphate rock, were valuable as fertilizers. And Beaufort County flourished. But the exhaustion of the deposits, combined with the discovery of more accessible supplies in Algiers and Florida, made the industry unprofitable. The day when the phosphate dredges, washers, and tugs dashed up and down St. Helena and Port Royal harbors is past; but the fertile lands supply a new industry and the mountains of barrels and crates are now as much a cause for remark as were the great phosphate "works" and the foreign ships.
Beaufort County early caught the idea of good roads. The old "shell road" from Beaufort to Port Royal was one of the first hard surface roads in the state, and the gravel-clay road from Yemassee into Beaufort is now one of the state's best roads. Winding through old rice fields and under live oak groves and through palmetto lanes, this road is picturesque as well as practicable.
The sightseeing visitor may see the historic houses of Beaufort - many of them built before the Revolutionary War - and old St. Helena Church, spared in both the Revolution and the Confederate War, which was not the good fortune of Sheldon Church, burned in both wars. Good roads leach to the fertile truck farms on the Broad River, and in late winter one may drive for miles through continuous vegetable gardens. There are famous groves of live oaks festooned with grey moss, such as Tomalty and Old Fort. The last is the site of the old "Spanish Fort," which is not an old Spanish fort at all but was built in colonial days as a protection against the Spaniards. The Spanish raids from St. Augustine were not pleasant experiences for the early Beaufort settlers.
On several points on Beaufort Island there have been excavated buildings of some prehistoric race who lived on the Carolina coast before the race of Indians whom the first Europeans found, and there are still mounds to be excavated.
On Parris Island the United States has a large and important camp for the Marine Corps. A large part of the island has been acquired by the government and if the casual visitor to the adjoining island hears what he thinks is thunder on a clear day he has only to remember that thousands of marines sometimes indulge in target practice.
Of new territory to explore there is an abundance. The county is now completing a long and costly bridge from Beaufort to Ladies' Island and access is thus gained to St. Helena Island as well - the island that protested it wished no turbulent characters when it believed Napoleon was to be sent there, and the island of which the poet Grayson wrote so gracefully.
Across the Combahee River there has been completed a fine steel bridge at the famous old Combahee Ferry. On the eastern side the road is an old causeway and the bridge is too high to enable travellers to drink the waters of the Combahee - one of the purest rivers of the world - as the planters in former days would do when crossing in the great flat boat, and drink a toast (with or without) to "God's country." On this road, the trip by motor to Charleston takes but two hours. And as the new bridge to Savannah has long been open to travel, visitors from that interesting city may visit Beaufort and remember the days when Oglethorpe was beginning the Savannah settlement and the well-established Beaufort town sent a welcoming gift of "rum and rice."
Halfway between Beaufort and Savannah was fought the battle of Honey Hill. The Federal fleet sent an army by boats to cut the Charleston and Savannah railroad. The Confederates stopped them at Honey Hill after a bloody battle.
Immediately above, published in "South Carolina: A Handbook," prepared by The Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Industries and Clemson College, Columbia, South Carolina, 1927. Copyright not claimed.
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Each girl's story is recreated in film, using various artistic styles—animation, documentary, and reenactments. The girls star in their own stories and are paired with narrators, including the likes of Alicia Keys, Salma Hayek, and Meryl Streep.
The film uses the personal narratives and mind-blowing statistics to show audiences why education plays such a vital role in a young woman's life.
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The book is about the non-technical skills required for the software architects in order to be successful in their role. Most of the content have been divided in to short paragraphs focussed on small sub topics which made the book an enjoyable read. And I liked the summary which briefs the content covered at the end of the each chapter with highlighted facts.
Author has done a really good job by introducing the nature of conflicts and possible results of those where architects may be exposed to when interacting with different levels/types of people (i.e.: Team members, Managers, Executives, Customers etc..) in the real world. It explains how to deal with those situations or how to avoid them in the first place if at all possible. And in some cases author's own experince in the topics explicitly stated as well.
The graphics/images/diagrams are used sparingly (i.e.: couple of them for each chapter) and wisely to give the big picture of each context. Nice to see the quotes from the industry leaders/innovators added to each chapter.
There were atleast couple of topics discussed which I personnaly dealt with in my short career so they were kind of playbacks for me while reading.
Also the topic about the "Passion" really impressed me as It really played a big part to my success so far in my career and I've had similar experience to what's explained in the book.
I beleive this is a must have book not just for software architects but anyone who is a high tech profile.
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"12 Essential Skills for Software Architects" covers the soft skills technical people need to advance. Parts of it are slanted towards soft skills that are specific to tech leads/architects. Other parts would fit in any soft skills book but the title gets technical folks to read it. Even for these parts, it helps that they were written by an architect as the language/writing style is easy to relate to.
The audience is architects and technical leads who want to be architects. I think it applies to any senior member of the team though. Or even someone who wants to understand what it is like to be an architect.
I could really relate to the "stateless" points as context switching is so prevalent. He has a good philosophy that architects are not managers but are part of the management team. And he explains how politics works without making it all bad. The problem is certain practices of politics not the idea itself. In fact, he quotes a definition where politics is about making decisions with a group. Nothing inherently distasteful here!
I can tell this is a book I will refer to again and again.
ps - I also like that page three has a reference to FIRST robotics - with respect to gracious behavior. (gracious professionalism in the FIRST world.)
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