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Ogwriter …. I hope they use this as a comment of the week! I meant what YOU said, not what I said!
Ogwriter …. I hope they use this as a comment of the week! I agree with everything you said especially the deconstructing. We do some of this with the guys in treatment in that they take events in their life, deconstruct the event and look at attitude, behaviors, thoughts and feelings. We reconstruct the event with positive replacements. Many of the kids are able to see the very moment where their thinking went wrong. Then we delve a little further so as to identify how and where that thinking went wrong.
These guys "survive" the moment but have no idea what it is to "live" that moment in that many see life as no more then surviving it. Part of the "deconstruction" process is to allow these kids to "reconstruct" as "kids." So many of them lost their childhood or should I say, had a misrepresentation or idea as to what a "childhood" was to be. Obviously, these "kids" grow up to be men and without changing their views, what can we honestly expect from them.
I agree, this all cuts across all racial lines. There are dynamics in the white communities that many people don't even think about. Without exaggeration, 95% of the white kids we get on the unit are poly substance abusers, which means their drug use is far beyond marijuana and alcohol. Given that I have experienced the loss of 16 kids and counting, all inner city kids (10) were murdered where as all of the white kids from the "burbs" died of over doses (6).
Any way …. Sorry to have gone off on a tangent. Ogwriter, glad to see you again.
Anthony and Yolo…The truth is that this is a community wide and country wide problem in America that cuts across most racial lines–except perhaps for some Asian cultures in America: Therefore, this is not just a black male problem and it will take more than an awakening by black men to solve the problem.
It seems that the more a culture believes in the American Dream and the values that define the dream, the more likely it is that the men will have major psychological issues when dealing with chronic joblessness.
A man without a job in America is nothing, a black man without a job in America is less than nothing.
The socialization you speak of that tells young black boy's that manning up is the answer for everything, is a script that both men and women follow to the letter in the black community, yet often only black men get blamed, usually in the guise of a rapper or other iconic hyper masculine figure.
I mean when Beyonce, who is being marketed as a positive role model for girls and young women, is married to a "gangster" and pines in song about wanting a soldier- code language for "gangster' and this is not discussed and exposed as hypocritical, it hurts everyone. And black men get left holding the bag and most of the the pain.
Personally, I think the President and the First Lady should be ashamed of themselves for sending mixed signals about these issues to black youth through their relationship with Jay Z and Beyonce. The President, for the most part, seems unable or unwilling to even identify with the struggles of the unemployed male in America as evidenced by his nonsensical advise to black youth in Chicago and his policies. In America,the psychological realities of what all men face have been so thoroughly divorced from the analysis of what ails them- because they are only defined as privileged-that he is rendered is invisible.
For this to be solved black men and women together must deconstruct their flawed concepts of identity,then go through the process of depression that accompanies deconstruction of identity and build a new identity.
I didn't work or 2.5 years and it was beyond brutal. I wrote a book about it and now teach others how ot find work/recreate resumes and themselves. We must redefine manhood in this country. Read We Real Cool by bell hooks and let's use this as a blueprint for our possibilities.
Man, did this hit home. A reflection of the ups and downs I've had for the past 6 years since getting out of college and never finding steady footing in a long-term job. Bravo.
"The shame of not having money sent me down into a spiral of internal emotional abuse….'
Thank you for writing this…I think this helps me understand my karate sensei a lot better…..I believe the enormous stress he feels right now is related to impossible sales quotas his work demands and the upcoming twins his wife is expecting…and on top of that, his health worries….
In truth, he comes from a very privileged background, but I think, as your article alluded to, men must feel that they are running in the top three of life's foot race or else they are lumped in with all the poor losers in the end….He doesn't always talk about everything that bothers him but I can feel that he is getting hit from all directions….
He recently made an impossible text message request of me, of which I had no choice but to respond in silence….it seems that he wants to escape from all his worries in whatever way possible even if it is temporary….Excellent writing!
@ Peter …. been there, done that …..
There was a time not to long ago I struggled with my identity. I grew up in a time where my identity was definitely defined as to the position I held and the "things" I had attained through my career. I ended up having that which I "thought" was success as a man and I have to tell ya, I was wrong. The corner office, the expense account, company car and all the perks ended up meaning nothing in the big picture. I had definitely attained a life far above that of my dads. He was a blue-collar worker and worked his fingers to the bone. Only to enjoy maybe one year of retirement before he passed away. His image of being a man was to provide for his family and give them things he didn't have. He maybe had two suits where as I had 4 tuxedos and a closet full of suits. My mom washed his work clothes and the dry cleaners did mine.
I got to the point in life I really didn't know who the hell I was. I call it the Memorex syndrome in that I didn't know if I was real or simply playing a role that everyone expected of me. Although it was a modest house, we lived in an upper middle class area and all the "triggers" were in front of me saying I have to do more and have more. That was my role as a husband and dad … be everything to and for everyone. In the meantime, I honestly lost sight of who I was as a man, Tom B.
I read all these things about the new gender roles and how it's being scripted for men to take on these new roles but the truth is no one can say anyone fits one mold. Shortly after my heart attack and quintuple bypass, I did some real hard looking at myself and my life. I'm a workaholic and my working is not for the "things" anymore, it's for me. I feel good when I work and I feel like crap when I don't. My company has to force me to take time off. I make a lot less then I used to and I buy clothes that are on sale and have no qualms with going to a thrift store. Because of my medical issues, I can't do many of the things I used to so I simply adjusted.
Personally, I don't think it's as much the career or status a man has but more so that some of us and maybe many of us feel fulfilled by working. The new male is GREAT … It's GREAT that men are taking on new roles in the home but still, there are many of us that want and need to work.
I can tell ya, the stress I feel working with 38 adolescent males in a residential treatment center is FAR LESS then the stress I felt in the corporate world. A lot of people don't understand it and sometimes I'm not sure if I do but I do know that the position, the money and the perks don't add up if ya can't enjoy life. I'm now known as "Tom B" and not the VP, the guy in the corner office, the boss … I'm just Tom B and it feels great.
One of the kids at the center asked me if I was going to retire and my response was Hell no! So I'm gonna continue to work my 60 hour weeks and when I'm not working, enjoy my family and friends because that's who I am…. I'm Tom B
BTW Peter, if you ever want to email me and talk, let me know.
We've got to be honest here, this is not a result of the recession, It's been happening for many years. Helplessness and hopelessness is common with males these days. In minority communities it's become nothing less then a disease that has to change. Yeah, we really need an open discussion on how we can start to change things.
If you put a cricket in a jar without a lid, it will jump out. If you put a cricket in a jar with a lid, it'll jump and hit the lid. After a while, you can take the lid off and the cricket won't jump out. The sad reality is that these men and boys have lived with that proverbial lid for a long time and now the lid is off, they live within those boundaries that have been set for a very long time.
How do we change things?
Men are not valued as human beings but as human doings, particularly what we can do for women or society. There is no escape. Men, don't think for a moment this will ever change. Gain resources…..in any way you need to…..ANY way. 90% of those you end up homeless and on the street are male. If you fail to make money women WILL leave you and society WILL let you rot and die.
An excellent article.
I recommend Alexander Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" to anyone looking for an example of men carrying themselves with dignity in a situation like the one you describe (the musketeers are perpetually in search of new ways to supplement an unsteady income, are often poor and, as was common at the time, frequently accept monetary aid from their female lovers or patrons without the slightest bit of shame).
…ya done good chief…!
Thank you so much for this brilliant and powerful post.
As the mother of a beautiful, kind-hearted, generous and loving (yes, I confess I'm proud) boy, I see posts like these and my heart breaks for all the sons of other mothers who have suffered like this. This was powerful, Yolo. May you find the connections that you seek to make, and may they form into something stronger and more enduring than all of us.
Eden – Your message is so beautiful and loving – thank you!!
Thank you.
" I believe the recession is a ripe opportunity for us to re-imagine how we relate to each other economically."
Amen to this.
Yolo, my soul-brother…once again, you write it, tell it, analyze it so well….and for that I thank, salute and love you….speak on… 🙂
I made two shirts that read, "I am Poor." I thought I should wear them and see what people say. Boldly display what I have been encultured to be ashamed of.
"We have to acknowledge all that is within us that we can use to re-imagine the hustle; re-imagine the system…without waiting on the powers that be.
We have to dig deeper into our imaginations.
We have to realize that we have a lot together and little alone.
You see, I believe the recession is a ripe opportunity for us to re-imagine how we relate to each other economically.
Will we continue even in the face of this to be individuals; isolated and objective?
Will we continue to let our distrust of each other prevent us from economic connection?"
Yolo, Thank You.
I bet you have a good idea how many billions of men, old and young, white, brown and black, all over this planet feel exactly how you have described.
And to these eyes you have asked exactly the right questions.
So, let's talk about it. Right here. Right now. How I keep you as my brother? How do you keep me as your brother? Really, practically? How can we make our own shelter and our own food? In cities. How can we share what we have?
And if somebody else has already been writing about this, speak up. Share that.
A very honest piece…
Very nice article
This was an amazing piece. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
I stopped going to barber shops and now cut my own hair. I do kind of miss the trash talking but I also hated it. Keeping and ensuring the black man stayed down was how racist society kept the black family muzzled and suppressed, by keeping them poor. After generation upon generation upon generaiton of that frustration and humiliation, some (many) simply lost their will, and have created generations of black men in anger and despair, with hope only through sports, entertainment, or crime.
It's possible to escaepe the cycle but it's not easy if that's all you see. I have no sons but do my best to mentor and counsel black boys and young men, especially those without present fathers, or with fathers working 2 or 3 jobs. This economy has only made a bad situation worse but I tell young men to be proud, keep their heads up, and work to continuously improve themselves, never giving in or giving up.
Amen, Eric! We need to show the youth what is possible. I grew up in an impoverished household, my father was in prison for drug dealing, my step-father was an alcoholic… I learned the values of hard work from my coaches, some of which were also my teachers in school. We need the right men to look up to for values and positive examples.
But we also need to reinforce that positivity that these men had when the song came on the radio. It may never get better, but there are always glimmers of hope to keep us striving for it!
"Male socialization runs so deep through our veins; that for many the shame of not having money, the shame of not being able to provide; collapses upon every other facet of our lives."
This is so real. I was a product of "workforce reduction" & I can confirm everything that you've written, in fact I was aware but could not change the feeling of hopelessness and despair.
Ditto x 2. At the time my wife couldn't understand why it brought me down so much. After all, I have so much going for me in other areas of my life, how could I not be proud of myself and all I've accomplished? How could I not hold my head up high and keep ploughing away until I found that job? You know on an intellectual level that that is true, but deep down it's been so ingrained by society that if you're a man that doesn't have a job, none of the other stuff matters.


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The Care and Feeding of U.S. Senators
May 18, 2010
I was the only reporter who snuck into the Senate Spouses dinner in Washington last week and nobody swore me to secrecy so here goes ...
Tuesday, May 11, in the lofty, leafy glass arcade of the U.S. Botanic Garden near the Capitol, tea partier Scott Brown hobnobbed with prairie progressive Tom Harkin, affable Chuck Schumer put an arm around flinty Chuck Grassley, and cranky old Jim Bunning went around saying hi, even to Democrats. The Udalls were there, Mark of Colorado, Tom of New Mexico, looking like Eagle Scouts, as Udalls do. Here were obstructionist Republicans, smiling and gracious as small-town morticians, and their socialist death-panel colleagues being gracious right back: Dodd, Dorgan, Durbin. Some members seemed less embraceable than others: Roland Burris, the Rod Blagojevich appointee, was not Mr. Popularity, and one could detect a distinct coolness toward Saxby Chambliss, whose 2002 campaign defeating Max Cleland was more like first-degree assault than civics, but otherwise, people mingled freely.
Out in America, the U.S. Senate is regarded as a tiny medieval fiefdom of pompous gasbags, but in the Senate, there is genuine affection among colleagues. And why not? They spend a lot of time together. Johnny Isakson of Georgia palled around with Al Franken. There was friendship on both sides for Bob and Joyce Bennett of Utah. Senator Bennett has served three terms and, at 76, was hoping for a fourth, but a few days before, his state Republican committee denied him the endorsement, a big shock here, a sign of the anti-incumbency wave, and his fellow incumbents kept slipping over to him and patting him on the shoulder.
I walked past Sen. Carl Levin, sitting at a table, and got an aerial view of his incredible comb-over, which starts above his left ear and fans out across his bald pate -- you would not want to see this man in the shower room. Landra Reid, the wife of the majority leader, was there, her first public appearance since she got clobbered by a semi on the interstate in March and broke her neck. She looked exquisitely lovely, ethereal, an Aubrey Beardsley portrait in our midst. Senator LeMieux of Florida arrived with infant daughter in a carrier, and Vicki Kennedy knelt down to speak to her.
It is instructive to meet the wives of men you have thought ill of in the past. I sat between Kathy Gregg, who is genuinely charming and married to a stone-faced New Hampshire conservative, and Mrs. Chambliss, who is chipper and chatty and the spouse of You Know Who. And then there was Barbara Grassley, who is as warm and funny as her husband is not. Which is a spouse's job, especially in an election year -- to stand beside the gore-smeared warrior and bear mute witness to his humanity: "He and I have shared many pleasant meals together, and I have even had sex with this raspy-voiced, gimlet-eyed old weasel, and I plan to do that again in the near future."
And now the reader interrupts to inquire: "And in what capacity were you there, sir? As a busboy?"
No, dear reader, I was the pre-dinner speaker, which seems like an honor but turns out to be a sacrificial role. You get a Mighty Wurlitzer introduction by Leader Reid that makes it seem as if you died recently while rescuing small children from an onrushing locomotive and then you rise to tepid applause from men who've heard nothing but yak yak yak since early morn and you suddenly realize that 95 percent of the people in this room hope you will speak for three minutes or less. That's why they've put you on the program BEFORE dinner.
You've come armed with 20 minutes of wit and wisdom about Our Nation and Our People, like a man with an armload of zucchini, and your audience has been eating zucchini all week and would now like never to see another one.
And so you cut to the chase. Standing there before moon-faced Mitch McConnell and his lovely wife Elaine and the shining head of Mr. Bennett and the exquisite Landra, you say three funny things and press the ejector button and parachute gently to earth. One funny thing I said was: "The interesting thing about sitting next to a senator's wife at dinner is to realize that you've found someone who's been even angrier at him than you have." Even Senator Bunning threw back his head and laughed at that. So it must be true.
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Chelsea, 10 Decr, 1840—
Dear Sterling,
In a corner of your last Note, lies an interrogatory which I, punctual as I wished to be, did not answer. A most momentous interrogatory!
The Mr Richardson, who struggles vainly to vend his Book by some recommendation of mine, must be a certain David Lester Richardson, an Indian Scotch Soldier, now for the second time in Calcutta, who once, some ten years ago, as a Halfpay here made some efforts as an Editor and Critic; but not succeeding to his mind, went back to regions of the Sun again. There collecting his disjecta membra [scattered pieces] of Prose and Rhyme, he printed them on dim paper, and sent me a copy. I had never seen his face; but knew who he was; found him an affectionate, melancholy, smooth-spoken man, of decided elegance and ingenuity,—tormented seemingly not a little with many things; with the need of approbation from his fellow creatures, for one. I found him really cheerful-tragic reading; and told him so veraciously, with honest emphasis. He—unhappy man—printed my Letter, had it reprinted here, "on sweet compulsion"; and I—would write no more. He is now in his second edition, on finer paper; sends me two copies; one of which, if you will undertake to review it, you shall have straightway and my blessing to boot! The Newspaper puff, I have small doubt, is extracted from the same luckless Letter.1 This is the history of Richardson; I am not angry at him: let us pity the poor white man!2
We like your verses on Acre3 to a very considerable degree! My Wife declares them the best you ever made;—not having seen the Election; being still indeed in a kind of gentle huff about that!
Will you have Scott's Syllabus,4 to teach you farther how the world wags? Be a good boy; and say confidently, "Anch' io son pittor[e] [I also am a painter], and will prove to them all (the dogs) that it is a rhyme Pittor!"5
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On August 3 at the Star Theater in Portland, featuring the first screening of the 21-day ghost town tour filmed and documented in 2012, the Los Angeles-based western band, Spindrift, showcased a full-feature run of Spindrift: Ghost of the West. The showing was also part of the seventh annual 2014 Columbia Gorge Film Festival. But the evening was more than just a film debut, it was a double-feature, as the band followed with a signature 13-song set of boot-kickin', psychedelic western cinematic rock.
Bandleader Kirpatrick Thomas introduced the film prior to screening and announced the film had not been trimmed to the estimated 60-plus minute finished feature but the audience was being shown the full 88-minutes. The film was an artistic adventure that lassoed the scenic and history beauty of the Southwest. With dazzling, glowing sunsets, wind-blown dusty deserts, and many ghost town relics that have been left to rust and fade away into barren desert landscapes.
The film captured scenic landmarks documenting the history of the West – the general store, saloon, blacksmith, church, and graveyards that dot the arid desert regions. Parts of the film were set-perfect backdrops for Spindrift music videos, while others captured the silent beauty of the open plains, canyons and arroyos, and picturesque barren landscapes.
Not until Kirpatrick discussed the filming process in a question and answer session after the film were you sure that the reenactors that showed up during a concert in Tombstone were set extras or the real deal. Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday were in full outfits to lend authenticity to this tour stop.
It will be challenging to choose the images and scenes for the final cut, but Spindrift's music will certainly set the tone to the ghost town adventure and surrealistic view of the West, past and present.
Act II, Spindrift galloped into a rousing 50-minute set of their brand psychedelic western cinematic rock, starting the night with Red Reflection, from the film Dark Mountain. Playing from a darkened stage, old western movie clips, scenic desert panoramas, and edits from Spindrift: Ghost of the West were project on the band landing on a screen at the back of the stage, adding an ample dose of surrealism to the songs, most of which were from the film's soundtrack.
Alternating between vocal and instrumental tracks, Thomas was joined by bandmates Henry Evans on bass and baritone guitar, Parisian Thomas Bellier on guitar and vocals, and James Acton drums and autoharp. As they stoked the locomotive iron horse and charged their way into Hellbound, the band bolted into the rock-billy romp of Gunfighter. One of the musical highlights came next with the flamenco-infused The Matador and the Fuzz, providing visions of dancing senoritas with castanets. Even Thomas commented how much fun they have playing it.
After venturing into some additional instrumentals, including the Speak to the Wind and The New West, Spindrift returned to the Ghost of the West soundtrack featuring Navajo Trail, the Sons of the Pioneers' classic Cool Water, and the surrealistic vision Native American journey of Buffalo Dream.
Kirpatrick and company finished the evening in a flourish playing a rowdy western metalesque medley of The Ballad of Paladin, Ghost Riders in the Sky, and Indian Run. It was a fitting finish to the psycho-surrealistic, retrospective journey into the West, past and into the present.
Opening the evening was a presentation of Dark Mountain, and independent movie about the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona, which Spindrift also contributed the song Red Reflection to its soundtrack.
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This volume brings together contributions from academics, language teachers and practitioners from across Europe and beyond to discuss questions of autonomy and technology in the area of language learning and translation. The book focuses on English, French, Italian, Irish and Spanish language acquisition, but many of the essays also develop an interlinguistic perspective from a plurilingual point of view.
The book opens with key contributions from a number of leading scholars: Dr Daniel Cassany on critical literacies, Professor Henrik Gottlieb on translation into 'minor' languages, and Professor David Little on autonomy in language learning. These are followed by explorations of translation, technology, intercultural issues, autonomous learning and the European Language Portfolio. The volume represents an important contribution to the development of new plurilingual approaches to language teaching and learning.
Contents: Daniel Cassany: Foreign Language Reading from the Point of View of New Literacy Studies – Henrik Gottlieb: Translation into 'Minor' Languages: Invisibility vs. Anglification – David Little: Learner Autonomy, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the European Language Portfolio and Language Teaching at University – Emma García Sanz: El uso del diccionario en el aula de traducción – Elisa Ghia: Audiovisual Translation as Acquisitional Input: Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects – Cristina Oddone: Translation in Language Learning: Comparing and Contrasting Film Titles – Maria Pavesi: The Potentials of Audiovisual Dialogue for Second Language Acquisition – Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez: The Use of Translation towards Foreign Language Autonomous Learning – Verónica C. Trujillo-González: Principales Características y Dificultades traductológicas de un diccionario cultural – Emanuela Cotroneo: Da Facebook a Ning per imparare l'italiano: quando il social network fa didattica – Alessandra Giglio: 'Racconto L2.0': Esercitare la Produzione Scritta in Rete – Susanna Nocchi: Buongiorno, mi dica…or: Can a Virtual World Help Me Learn How to Deal with a Real Life Problem? – Florence Le Baron-Earle: Social Media and the Acquisition of Intercultural Communicative Competence: A Focus on Discussion Forums – Victor Bayda: Teagasc na Gaeilge i Stát-Ollscoil Mhoscó – Claudia Borghetti: Pursuing Intercultural and Communicative Goals in the Foreign Language Classroom: Clues from Selected Models of Intercultural Competence – Encarnación Atienza/M. Vicenta González Argüello: El portafolio de formación desde el punto de visa del formando – Patrick Farren: Autonomous Language Teaching: Pre-requisite to Autonomous Language Learning – Belinda McHale: An Foghlaimeoir Machnamhach: Fís Mhíréadúil nó Féidearthacht Mhór? – Linda Butler: Building Autonomy in Language Learning through Drama – Nataša Gajšt: Autonomous Business and Economics Terminology Acquisition in a Bilingual Context: A Glossary Based Approach – Elena González-Cascos Jiménez/Laura Filardo Llamas: Are They Children or Adults? The Lack of Impact of the Tenor Contextual Variable in EFL Classroom Materials – Jennifer Hatte: Technology, Tradition and Flexibility in the Teaching of Second Year ab initio French to Distance University Students in the Australian Context – Éamon Ó Cofaigh: Learning French through Irish: The Impact of Bilingualism on the Acquisition of French as an L3.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
Pilar Alderete-Díez is a university teacher in Spanish at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She is currently completing a PhD in language learning and classroom research with the University of Valladolid.
Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin lectures at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She is co-director of the MA in Advanced Language Skills and teaches Italian language and translation.
Labhaoise Ní Dhonnchadha is a Learning Technologist with specific responsibility for Modern Languages. She manages the multimedia language laboratories at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Dorothy Ní Uigín works in Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning. Vol. 12
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Kelly is currently working at the Wexner Medical Center as a physical therapist for Ohio State Sports Medicine. Kelly graduated from Heidelberg in 2008 with a bachelors degree in Athletic Training and a minor in Biology. After graduation she attended graduate school at The Ohio State University where she earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. While at Heidelberg she was a member of the women's soccer team as well as an officer in the Athletic Training Student Organization.
While in graduate school she had the opportunity to work with numerous sports in the Columbus area as an athletic trainer; including high school and recreational sports for all age levels. Her current clinical interest involves working with endurance athletes as part of the Endurance Medicine Team at Ohio State. This includes performing video running gait analysis and bike fittings, as well as community outreach programs, research and education. She also serves as the medical coordinator for Pelotonia, a cycling event benefiting cancer research at Ohio State. Kelly currently resides in Columbus and enjoys training for marathons and spending time with friends and family.


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|Volume 8 ,
Spring Quarter 2005
|We are Blogging!
|IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
|DiscoveryGate Demo
|New Chemical Biology Journals
|Web of Knowledge Update
- You Are What You Eat: Nutrition and Health Exhibit
- Dr. Michael Roizen Lecture
- Upcoming Training Sessions
By Andrea Twiss-Brooks
In order to provide you with more timely information regarding new journal and database resources, tools to help you stay current in your research field, available library training and workshops, and special programs and exhibits, the John Crerar Library has launched a weblog (more commonly known as a "blog"). The blog is called Crerar Library News, and can be accessed by anyone using a web browser at crerar.typepad.com.
Short articles (also known as postings) appear at frequent intervals (sometimes daily). The postings are intentionally kept brief, with a contact for more information. The blog also has useful permanent links in an area on the right hand side of the browser window. Other library news links include quick navigation to new books lists and the Electronic Resources Update (this newsletter). Previous blog postings can be browsed by category or by month in the archives.
Like any website, the blog can be bookmarked in your browser. The Crerar Library News is also equipped with an RSS feed. If you are using an RSS aggregator to read other news feeds, simply click on the link labeled "Syndicate this site (XML)" and follow the usual steps to add a feed. If you are not yet using RSS news feeds, you might want to check out one of the following links for an introduction to RSS feeds:
RSS Syndication Feeds and Why Do I Care?
All About RSS
If you are looking for a free, simple RSS aggregator, try Bloglines (this is the one I use) at www.bloglines.com. There are lots of other readers out there as well, many of them free.
For more information about the Crerar Library News blog or RSS,
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IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY By Brenda Rice
Full text of IEEE Computer Society periodicals and conference proceedings are now available to the University of Chicago community. This electronic resource includes 22 society periodicals (1988 to date) and 1,500+ conference publications (1995 to date).
You can access this digital library at:
Search: Use the search box at the top of the page to search contents of periodicals and proceedings.
Advanced Search: Click on "Advanced Search" to perform more complex or focused searches. The main advanced search permits keyword searching, which can be limited by field, date, and publications. This page also provides links (tabs at top of page) to other searching options, including author and proceedings.
Search results can be modified without returning to the searching page. They can also be sorted by relevance, date, or publication title and viewed in groups of 10, 20, 50, or 100 results per page. (Note: This Digital Library contains a huge amount of content, so searches should be as specific as possible.)Please Note: a number of the magazines and transactions listed are identified as "not subscribed." This is an error which we are working to correct. We do in fact have access - and when you search this database you are searching all of the publications despite the "not subscribed" indicator.
If you have any questions, please contact Brenda Rice (email@example.com; 2-8774).
Bob Zuzak and Chris Fleming of Elsevier MDL will be on campus to give a live demonstration of the next generation of chemical information searching using Discoverygate www.discoverygate.com
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Chemical biology, the application of chemistry to the study of molecular events in biological systems, is the focus of several new and forthcoming journals. These journals will publish papers at the interface of chemistry with drug design, the -omic sciences, and understanding complex biological processes at an atomic level. For more information, including editorial boards, instructions to authors, and free articles/sample issues, visit the journal web pages.
Nature Chemical Biology
ACS Chemical Biology
Molecular BioSystems
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Web of Knowledge has introduced a new tool, called Analyze Results, which allows users to refine their searches and "mine" the results for information such as:
- Publishing trends in a specific field
Remember that when you are searching the Web of Knowledge, you are searching only the journals which they index.
To use the Analyze Results tool first perform a search. When your results appear, click on the "Analyze" button. In the below example I searched for "jellyfish."
Next select a field for your analysis (I used "Institution
Name"). Also select how many records to analysis (note: it
will take longer for "all" to be processed), and select
how many records you want to appear on each page. Click
An analysis of my search results has shown that the majority of papers on "jellyfish" are produced by reseachers at, or affiliated with, the University of Basel.
You could further refine these results, for example, by author. Check mark the box for "Univ Basel" and click "View Records." Once the search results appear, click "Analyze." Select "Author" for the field you want to analyze.
Here are some other examples of ways you can analyze search results:
Who has published extensively on a topic?
View the citation trend of a topic
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If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Kern at
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Well, the Wings are loving Saturdays this December. Combined score of 15-3 in the two games on that night this month. They'll get another chance on December 31st against the St. Louis Blues.
Even with the early lead, the Kings refused to go away for the first half of the game or so, partially because Detroit kept letting up. LA scored twice to cut a three-goal lead down to two but the Wings responded both times, leading by three to end both the first and second periods.
The big story is the third and fourth liners getting goals. Drew Miller and Cory Emmerton had fantastic games and it's great to see them get on the scoresheet. With the big lead, they each had a chance to finish their hat tricks on a third-period power play but it wasn't to be.
Not to be overlooked, the Wings stars had some nice plays too. Henrik Zetterberg's goal was an unreal shot and Pavel Datsyuk's came off a string of three fantastic plays - Todd Bertuzzi at center ice, Johan Franzen's pass, and Datsyuk's tip. Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart each scored on rocket shots.
The diversity in scoring really shows how well the Wings were clicking as a team tonight.
Two crazy stats...
Kronwall had three points in a game where the opposition only scored twice and he still managed to go minus-one on the night. He was out for both Kings goals and scored a goal but neither of his assists got him a plus. On Zetterberg's goal, he'd already left the ice. On Stuart's goal, it was a power play.
Simpler but no less odd: The Wings were outshot in this one. Honestly, I have no idea how that happened.
Alright, I've got nothing. Wings and Kings tonight. No lineup changes for Detroit.
Los Angeles? Hell if I know what they've been doing. They're a team that looks damned good on paper but ended up getting their coach fired. Darryl Sutter is set to take over for the now-unemployed Terry Murray but won't be behind the bench tonight, so apparently the team can't even hire coaches properly.
Game time is 7:00 PM. TV is FSD.
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Hot Summer Hairstyle Trends
This entry was posted on June 24, 2013.
So, pretty so easy . . . Summer Hair Trends
I'll be the first to tell you that these styles are filled with pure inspiration for a new summer look. Here's one that's totally FAB! The delicate hair color is extraordinary and the cut is elegant simplicity. You tell me . . . is she adorable, or what?
Is This Summer Style The New You?
This look is one of many summer hairstyle trends that's perfect for someone with a heart shaped face. It's a fashion-forward look that's relatively low maintenance. And, although Anna Sui has a very light skin tone, this style also works well with a medium to dark complexion.
What's Hot in Hollywood?
Here are a few of this summers hot celeb hairstyles that are trending.
Are you a Sun Bunny?
If you do spend a lot of time in the sun with golf, tennis or playing with the kids, be sure to use a rich conditioner. I highly recommend that you invest in a cool and trendy hat. Nothing does summer like a cute fedora hat.
Summer Hair Care Tips
I mentioned that this hair style is low maintenance, and one of the keys to making this happen is a healthy hair regimen. Here are some important tips:
- Take the time to examine the texture and condition of your hair.
- Your next step should involve the careful selection of a sulfate-free shampoo and moisturizing conditionerthat's formulated for your hair type., Perfect Locks offers high quality sulfate free hair care products to ensure you hair will stay moisturized and healthy.
- Make it a point to rotate your brand/brands every few months so that your hair does not become used to the same shampoos and conditioners. Yes, it does make a difference!
- Excessive blow drying, and the use of a curling iron can damage your hair. Although a curling iron will give you instant results, in the long run it's not worth dealing with the hair damage that curling irons create.


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Financial Aid
The mission of the Financial Aid Office is to assist students in identifying, understanding and meeting their educational costs.
At Atlanta Technical College it is extremely important that all students and potential students have access to educational resources that will equip them to prepare for the career of their choice and result in gainful employment to sustain them and their families. The Financial Aid Office administers financial aid programs which consist of federal, state and local funding sources. The Financial Aid Office also provides consumer information and conducts workshops to assist students in understanding financial aid, eligibility criteria, and the students' responsibility in maintaining eligibility. As a service to our constituents, Atlanta Tech offers financial aid counseling services to assist students and potential students in understanding the types of assistance available, completing the financial aid application process, identifying special circumstances and issues affecting satisfactory academic progress, the renewal application process, and overall financial aid planning and budgeting.
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Fee Schedule
Special Circumstances
Students (and or the parents of dependent students) who experience changes (loss of employment, change in dependents, etc.) in their financial circumstances, should notify their Financial Aid Office in writing. Documentation is often required, but this could result in an increase in funding.
It is highly recommended that students who are considering changing their majors, withdrawing from class, etc., check with a financial aid counselor to determine if and how this change will affect their financial aid.
Financial Aid Counselors
It is highly recommended that students who are considering changing their majors, withdrawing from class, etc., check with a financial aid counselor to determine if and how this change will affect their financial aid. Counselors are assigned based on the student's last name. Students whose last name begins with A-J should call (404) 225-4720, and students whose last name is K-Z should call (404) 225-4717.
Communicating with Students
At ATC, we have found that the most effective means of communicating with students is via email. Students may provide their email address on their FAFSA and GSFAPPS. As a courtesy, students are also given an ATC student email address. It is the student's responsibility to insure that accurate contact information is on file in the Student Services Department.
Missing Document Letters
Upon receiving financial aid applications, an evaluation of the student's data is made. If additional documentation is required, the student is sent a Missing Document Letter via email indicating the documentation needed to complete the student's financial aid file.
Award Letters
After a final determination has been made regarding a student's eligibility for aid, the student is sent an Award Letter via email. The award letter will show the type and amount of aid that the student has been award. Awards are normally based on full-time attendance and will be prorated for each term that the student is not enrolled on a full time basis.


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Terra d'Oro (Land of Gold) Winery is located in in Amador County, CA; right on the Sierra Foothills which witness the CA Gold Rush in the mid 1800's. The early prospectors planted vines to quench their thirst. After twenty years of gold rush, the vines survived the miners and became the rootstock for California's young wine industry.
Three distinctive bottling of Terra d'Oro Zinfandel where shared with ten wine enthusiasts, customers of The Wine Cellars and owner Reneé Rowe. Te Wine Cellars is an specialty wine store in Smyrna, GA a town next to Atlanta. At The Wine Cellar's cozy and classy wine bar/cafe area we tasted the wines over a five days period, using vacu vin rubber stoppers to seal the bottles every day. We are sharing tasting notes and preferences of the various wine lovers and myself.
2007 Terra d'Oro SHR Field Blend Zinfandel:
Vineyard notes, courtesy of the winery: "The Terra d'Oro SHR Vineyard is forty acres of hillside planted to 80% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah and 7% Barbera. This unique vineyard is laid out north to south with every seventh row being Petite Sirah, the thirteenth Barbera, and fourteenth Petite Sirah. The tractor rows run east to west so the grapes picked into the gondola are brought to the winery "blended." Field blending is an ancient winemaking practice not widely used today. Historically many field blends were made up of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and Carignane. Because Barbera's soft tannin and higher acidity help balance the blend, it was substituted for Carignane."
- From Reneé Rowe, owner of The Wine Cellars (1st and 5th day): "On the nose this wine has red fruit, baking spices and rhubarb. Complex palate of strawberry, raspberry, mocha and cocoa powder."
- From Jennifer Cook (1st and 5th day): "Lots of Brown spices, I tried this wine on the first day, on the fifth day the flavor was better, similar but more complex."
- From Jen Shifflett (1st day): "This wine has a muddy dirt smell. On the mouth, feels medium-bodied with flavors of mulberry and cherry and peppery spicy notes; very dry finish."
- From Allyson Bloom (1st day): "This wine smells like fresh baked bread, shows slow legs (high alcohol). On the palate, cherry, black pepper and lots of spice ending with a dry finish."
- From Pamela Roebuck, advisor at The Wine Cellars: (1st day): "Strong aromas of dark plum, blackberry and freshly crushed black pepper. On the palate you can taste what you smell but concentrated flavors and strong tannins that coat your whole mouth with a medium to long finish that lingers."
- From Jeff Kasian (2nd day): "Aromas of leather, earth and black cherry with intense notes of straw. Medium-bodied rustic wine with generous tannins, strong dark fruit flavors and long finish."
- From Roger Smith (2nd day): "This wine is light red in color, shows a pleasant earthy smell. On the mouth it shows great balance between sweet and tart; light to medium-bodied and low tannins."
- From Monte Bruner (3th day): "This wine feels very earthy with moderate red fruits aromas and flavors. Not as fruit forward as your typical Zinfandel."
- From Leslie Krone (3th Day): "Beautiful deep red color, very earthy nose with notes of cherry that you taste on the flavor with interesting smoky undertones. This Zinfandel is not as fruit-forward like many I tried before."
- From Edgar Solis: This wine also held up great after been opened for five days. This mostly Zinfandel blend has ripe black fruit aromas accompanied by notes of red flowers, vanilla, sandalwood, smoke and oak. On the palate this wine feels medium to full-bodied with pleasant tannins and very complex; with flavors of blackberry, dark figs, blueberry, root-beer, bacon and hints of spicy oak. This well crafted wine will be the perfect companion for a heavy dish like: roasted leg of lamb, smoked duck, slow roasted salt and pepper crusted prime rib, spiced farro grain, roasted yucca root and grilled vegetables.
In Atlanta Terra d'Oro wines are distributed by United Distributors, and you can purchase them for around $30 at your favorite wine retail store like, The Wine Cellars, Niko's Wine Corner, Perrine's Wine, All Y' alls Wines, J's Beverage Depot, Ansley Wine Merchants, Halls of Fine Wines, Sherlock's Wine, Mac's Beer and Wine, Decatur Wine and Spirits, HopCity Craft Beer and Wine, Tower Wine and Spirits and Green's.


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GruyereIt's been around since the 13th century—one taste and you'll join its ranks of admirers. While traditional Gruyere may age anywhere from six months to three years, Murray's carefully selects special wheels with incredible aging potential that we finish in our own caves for a full twelve-month maturation. Read More
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Bandaged CheddarThe bandages heal any trace of "boring" in this Wisconsin cheddar. We age each highly variable wheel of pasteurized cow's milk to a balanced sweet-in-the-middle, mossy-at-the-rind. Doppel beers match well this cheese's lingering acidity. Read More


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Apple Insider is reporting that Apple is feeling the HDD shortage. Massive flooding in Thailand caused the HDD industry to hit a brick wall for a few months and things are just now starting to dry out for most component manufactures.
A reader contacted AppleInsider on Friday to note that the estimated shipping times for custom iMacs went up dramatically from their previous time of 1 to 3 days. The shipping estimates apply in the U.S. as well as internationally.


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Financing helps residents install drought-tolerant landscaping, water-efficient appliances, solar panels, energy-saving windows and more; payments are made through property taxes
Xylem, a global water technology company, will provide breakthrough water reuse AOP technology for indirect potable reuse.
Like it or not, the regulations take effect in about 60 days.
As California suffers into its fourth year of a historic drought, some see new water technologies as an important piece of the solution.
How would you keep the water flowing?
Work intended to improve stormwater and climate resilience planning for Pittsburgh and the surrounding county is being undertaken by researchers from the RAND Corporation, supported by a one-time grant from the MacArthur Foundation.
This webinar addresses multiple options for source water development for both long- and short-term planning for drought.
Here's your chance to ask water, wastewater, and stormwater colleagues how they justify spending requests based on utility performance – and make valuable professional connections at the same time.
But how will public works services be delivered if this collection of floating homes becomes a reality?
New research in hydraulic fracturing's impact on drinking water presents findings similar to a study published last year. Do these findings really tell the whole picture?
The revision (ANSI/AWWA C651-14) is the result of multiple years of review, research, and discussion by the committee.
The projects were among the 2015 Virginia Lakes and Watersheds Association Dam Safety Committee Award Honorees.
Is your agency safe?
The group of five associations will also explore the establishment of a collaborative product stewardship initiative to promote greater responsibility for the proper disposal of nonwoven products, including wipes not designed to be flushed.
Will these pipes still be worth talking about a thousand years from now?
The design-build project will increase treatment capacity from 27 mgd to 46 mgd while simultaneously reducing nitrogen contained in its discharge released into the James River, a primary tributary to the Chesapeake Bay.
Officials decide to continue offering a program that's saved local homeowners $180,000 on unexpected water and sewer pipeline repairs.
A Water Purification Demonstration Project will enable the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department to supply 83 million gallons per day of drinking water locally by 2035.
After a cloud-based mapping program cut project costs 10%, one of the nation's largest utilities is deploying its paper-based fieldwork system with a mobile workforce management system.
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Infiniti ha presented at the Los Angeles Auto Show the new IPL G Convertible, an even more performing version of the already impressive G37 that will enter the market in Spring 2012. For those of you who don't know about it, IPL (Infiniti Performance Line) is the acronym that the Japanese brand uses for its most sporty models since 2010 , in the same fashion as Mercedes and AMG, Audi and RS, BMW and M. Or at least this is what Nissan's luxury brand would like it to be. Infiniti already released a G Coupe model graced with the IPL badge last December, and this convertible version will be just the second production model to get it.
Infiniti IPL G Convertible uses a 3.7-liter V6 with an output of 343 hp (256 kW) and 370 Nm (276 lb-ft) of peak torque mated to a 7-speed automatic transmission with a quick-shift Sport drive mode, adaptive shift control and paddle shifters. Wheels are IPL 19″ 7-spoke graphite-finish rims fitted with Bridgestone Potenza performance tires. In comparison to the standard G37, Infiniti has also added larger brakes, changed the exhaust system, re-calibrated the software, replaced the front bumper with a new one featuring integrated fog lights and added sculpted side sills. The new IPL G Convertible will be available in two colors only: Moonlight White and Malbec Black. Check it out in our photo gallery.
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It appears winter will provide enough snow this year to support any snow activity. If you are looking for a new venue for a winter adventure this may be the place for you.
Beaver Island State Park is a 950-acre park on the south end of Grand Island in the upper Niagara River. The south end of Grand Island on the bank of the Niagara River accessed by Beaver Island Parkway. This 2.7-mile four lane divided expressway near South Grand Island Bridge links the park to US 190.
During winter the park offers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding or ice fishing. Snowmobiling by permit on trails open from 10 AM to 10 PM. Heated restrooms are available during winter, but park picnic shelters are seasonal.
Waterfowl hunting is allowed in season. An orienteering course is offered at no charge all year round from dawn to dusk. See park office for information and a compass.
The park's half mile sandy beach has swimming and fishing with an 80-slip marina for various boating activities. The marina provides both seasonal and transient boat slips, car-top boat launch, and multiple canoe/kayak launches.
There are athletic fields, bike and nature trails, picnic areas, playgrounds, athletic fields, and an 18-hole USGA-recognized championship golf course. Golf season operates at the park from April to November.
Beaver Island Clubhouse has banquet and catering facilities. The park's nature center is open from July to September noon to 4:00 PM Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Leashed or caged household pets are permitted in the park. Pets are not allowed in bathing areas, buildings or on improved walkways and boardwalks.
Within the park is home for the Grand Island Historical Society at the River Lea House and Museum. President Grover Cleveland's cousin, William Cleveland Allen built the Victorian summer farmhouse in 1873. It was used as a summer residence of President Cleveland. It has been refurbished and is dedicated to Grand Island's rich history.
Beaver Island State Park
2136 West Oakfield Road
Grand Island, NY
Entrance Fee
$7 per vehicle
Grand Island is a town on the largest island on Niagara River and fourth largest in the state. Grand Island is 13 miles northeast of downtown Buffalo. It has a population of 20,374 deriving its name from the French name LA Grande Ile, on it's town seal.
The Niagara River is a river flowing 35 miles north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms the border between the Province of Ontario, Canada and the United States.
Beaver Island State Park is an 80 minute drive of 80 miles from Rochester NY. Drive I-90 west to Buffalo and US 290 northwest. Then at exit 18 drive south on Beaver Island Parkway. At the traffic circle is the park entrance.
A trip to the Buffalo area has much to add your visit to Beaver Island State Park. Grand Island has 7 fast food restaurants, 6 pizzeria's and 12 dine in restaurants all locally run. How about a nice meal before returning home?


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Mattress Guide - Surfaces
The finishing of your mattress relates to the surface that you'll be lying on directly - this is generally a quilted of tufted finish although other types are available. A lot of quality mattresses will also have handles so they can be easily moved as well as air vents, to help keep them aerated and cool.
Tufting involves passing tapes through the mattress at different intervals in order to prevent fillings from becoming dislodged. It is integral to the construction of a pocket sprung mattress, as this keeps the springs firmly in place. Tufting is the strongest method of securing fillings in a mattress and will generally result in a firmer feel.
- Secures fillings
- Creates firm feel
- Used for pocket springs
Quilting is the method used to attach the outer fabric of the mattress to the underlying fillings and creates a smooth, flatter surface. This method is most commonly used in open spring mattress construction.
- Creates smooth surface
- Used for open springs
Pillow top mattress construction involves an extra cushioned layer that is stitched on top of the surface of the mattress. The pillow top will usually add an additional 28 - 35mm to the height of the mattress. A pillow top mattress does not need to be turned, as the pillow will only be on one side.
- Extra layer of material
- Increases height of mattress
- Extra cushioned support
A damask finish on a mattress means the surface of the mattress is finished with a smooth and cool layer of damask, perfect for those who prefer a cooler sleeping environment. Damask is an historic fabric that can be traced back to the middle ages it is created from silk, wool, linen, cotton or synthetic fibres.
- Cooling properties
- Luxurious feel
A knitted counterpart of velvet, Velour is a textile. It combines the stretchy properties of knits such as spandex with the rich appearance and feel of velvet. A mattress that is finished with Velour will have anti-dust mite and anti-bacterial properties – great if you are an allergy sufferer.
- Rich velvety feel
- Anti-dust mite
- Anti-bacterial properties


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Nowadays, if you speak to the average person in Atlanta about their love life they will be quite coy. Upon further probing you may be able to get them to spill the beans. What will you find out? Well for starters, quite a few are not too sure exactly what the status is of their relationship. Some even hesitate to call what they have a relationship.
It would seem that many are together without a very clear definition of their relationship. Many new words and phrases have cropped up into their vocabulary. When asked who they are dating, they will say something to the effect, "we are not really dating we are just kicking it." Excuse me, kickin' it? What the heck does that mean when it comes to dating? Well, what it means is the formal date steps are not followed, in lieu of a casually meeting up and hanging out whenever time permits. Making a plan to formally pick up the woman, take her to a nice restaurant or a movie etc., have conversation about what each other wants out of a relationship that ends in the man paying for the date is apparently old school and not really favored. Both men and women seem to be ok with just kickin' it.
Upon further examination, it would seem that women are not so much in favor of kickin' it as much as they feel this is what they must do in order for them to even get to spend time with a man. On the other hand the men complain that they feel too much pressure when on a formal date. They feel pressure in what to do, what to say and how to act. They feel like they are auditioning and it is all just too much. When did men become so let's just say delicate? Haven't men always had to impress women? Of course they have, but nowadays men, just like with everything else, have fallen victim to wanting the easy to get, throw away type product. The product I speak of are women who don't require much to make themself available.
Men will do whatever is required of them to get what they desire. If women don't require a formal, proper date, then they won't do it. However, more and more men are realizing that the quality woman they desire will not be found in a just kickin' it type situation. A real woman will require a real date with real relationship potential. Some things do not change. Quality will not be found among cheap and plenty and when it comes to getting a happy mutually compatible and satisfying relationship, what you put in it is what you get out of it.
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Last week home furnishings retailer, Room & Board, invited us to their massive Culver City showroom to preview their Fall accessories line, showcasing a mix of classic and modern timeless designs. We were there specifically to check out what was available for small space dwellers looking to maximize their home office space, and surprisingly, there was plenty to browse and inspire for anyone looking to create a workspace in unexpected spaces...Moda. Pisa 92h Leaning Desk offers just enough room for a standard 15" laptop and a compact task light, with a few shelves overhead for storage. Place one of these alongside unused wall space, like in the bedroom, kitchen or even a hallway. Link LED light. Other LED task lights available include the Brazo, Lim and sculptural Yves Behar Herman Miller Leaf (our favorite). Tivoli Model One radios are available starting at a reasonable $150...an easy way to add both tech and splash of colorful design into the home office space without actually taking up much room. Now if they only would add Airplay compatibility to these compact units! Rhynd and Horus, all assembled by women and youth in transition in Portland, Oregon, and exhibiting a mathematical beauty of colour, texture and shape that would look equally striking in a home office or living room.
We're predicting some of you might be balking at the price of many of these pieces. But it's worth noting the vast majority of Minneapolis based Room & Board's products are made in the USA; 90% of their products are made in right here, and they told us they're aiming for 95% soon. That's impressive in a market where most retailers are lucky to be offering 25% domestically constructed furnishings, and thus the price reflects this philosophy of better for a little more, something we wholeheartedly endorse.


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Tonight's revisit episode of "My 600-Lb. Life" gave viewers a glimpse into the life of a morbidly obese young woman. This series explores a year in the life of 600-pound individuals trying to regain control of their lives. Christina Phillips is one of them.
As the episode begins Christina is only 22 and weighs 639 pounds and lives in South Haven, Miss. She relates that just walking from one room to another causes her to be out of breath. She is trapped inside a body she does not want to be in, a prisoner, who does not go out, nor can she drive. She has always been bigger and in the seventh grade, weighed about 300 pounds. Her parents argued a lot when she was younger causing her to be scared, and she found food as her comfort. At 17, she weighed almost 400. At 18, she developed tumor-like masses called lymphedema on her legs that make it nearly impossible for her to walk more than a few feet. They hang between her legs and give her legs a grotesque appearance.
Her husband Zach and her mother take care of her. Zach fell in love with Christina, not caring about her weight; he loved her because she was smart and pretty and could not ask for anyone better. Tammie, Christina's mother says it is a full-time job taking care of her daughter. Zach also shares in maintaining his wife and feels that it is a calling from God to take care of her. Christina eats mostly fast food, and her mother will get her whatever she wants and does not know how to tell her no. Her sister does not want to see her die. Christina finally decided on weight-loss surgery as her only option as her health problems include: hyperthyroidism, bipolar disorder, anxiety, lymphedema, polycystic ovarian syndrome, gout and morbid obesity.
Christina found Dr. Nowzaradan in Houston, who specializing in patients who are in her weight category. She weighed in at 639.7 pounds at her initial visit. Dr. Now pulls no punches; he guaranteed that her mother would sabotage Christina's progress, and because neither she nor Zach work, they cater to her every whim. He knows that she is surrounded by enablers and is in a dire situation. She will be seeing him in a month, and if she loses 30 pounds, he will feel she is a good candidate for the surgery.
Her family has rented a home near Houston to be by her side. On month two, she returned to see the doctor. Her weight was 656.4, a gain of 17 pounds. When he asked Christina questions, her mother answered, which is the typical action of an enabler. Dr. Now is aware of all the signs. So he put Christina in the hospital to separate her from her environment. He knows that if she got sick, it could be the death of her.
On month three, after being in the hospital for one month on a 1,000 calorie diet, as her family visited her, lunch was delivered, and she would not eat. Zach ate the grilled chicken and other stuff on her tray. She weighed in at 651, a loss of four pounds. He decided to schedule her for lymphedema surgery, to enable her to get around easier and make her more active.
As the surgery proceeded, Dr. Now mentioned to his attendants and viewers, that with hundreds of blood vessels in the masses, if they are not careful, Christina could have too much blood loss and threaten her life. The mass weighed over 18 pounds. After she was partially healed, they went to Galveston, to spend a day at the beach. She was not able to go in the water because the incision was not fully healed, but they had fun being together.
After a month, she was able to get around much easier, she did not need the wheel chair to get up and down the ramp. At month five, she returned to the doctor weighing 595, with a total loss of 61 pounds. He was happy that she was able to get around and lose weight. So he scheduled her weight-loss surgery.
In month six, she was getting the bypass, and all went well during the surgery. Two days later, she was being released from the hospital. She is now down 84 pounds, and weighs 571. Her sister Jessie is pregnant and she is looking forward to having a new nephew.
In month seven, her current weight is 536, with a loss of 120 pounds, and she is going to try to drive for the first time in four years.
In month eight, she is driving nearly every day and returns to Dr. Now. Her weight is 533.7 with a loss of 122 pounds, only a two-pound loss since the last visit. He is afraid that she is going back to her old habits.
In month nine, she is experiencing pain after eating and has been in bed for two days. The next day, she was rushed to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. She is having a gallbladder attack, caused by the rapid weight loss. Dr. Now removes her very sick gallbladder. She had a rough time after surgery and was in the hospital for another three weeks under observation. She missed the birth of her nephew who is now two-weeks old.
At month ten, she weighs 505 with a loss of 151 pounds. She has been walking in the park with her father, who pushes her wheelchair behind her, when she needs to rest, she sits momentarily, but continues on her journey.
At month eleven, at 472, she lost 184 pounds. She could go shopping, sleep in the same bed with Zach, and do so many things for herself. Her independence was returning, and she loves taking care of Jessie's baby.
By month twelve, she weighed 425 and lost 231 pounds. She and Zach went to the local college to check out her options. She wants to go into the medical field and hopes to become a nurse. She could go shopping for real clothes and found out she was a much smaller size than she thought. She now attends physical therapy to strengthen her legs. Her goal is to get rid of the wheelchair for good.
On her return visit to Dr. Nowzaradan, a one year from their first encounter, she weighed 390, a loss of 266 pounds on this episode of "My 600-Lb. Life."
Congratulations, Christina, you are truly awesome and may your journey to a new life, be a long and wonderful one.
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Nokia's Lumia 928 Windows Phone 8 handset gets its own webpage
Things like these don't happen too often, but here it is: Nokia has officially confirmed the existence of its newest smartphone – the Lumia 928 – although it didn't properly announce it (yet).
The 928 appears over at Nokia USA's website, albeit without any details next to it. Still, Engadget has discovered an add which mentions that the new handset comes with Nokia's PureView technology, plus Carl Zeiss lens. This is in line with the previous rumors regarding the smartphone. Other expected features: LTE connectivity, an HD PureMotion display (measuring 4.5 inches or more), Xenon flash, and a dual-core processor.
Needless to say, the Lumia 928 runs Windows Phone 8. Verizon Wireless may start selling it in the US this month – or in June. It's not clear if the handset will be available through other North American carriers.
Most probably, the Lumia 928 will be announced by Nokia on May 14, when the Finnish company is going to host a press event in London. We might also see the Nokia Catwalk then.


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I see this expression in shopping carts, and it seems related to tracking the shipment, but I don't understand what it is. Could please anybody explain that?
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Shipping is an additional cost, in your case born by the customer and that will usually depend upon 2 factors.
The ordering process will usually provide you with a quote (how much money you will be charged) for your order.
As reported by the NOAD one of the meaning of quote (as noun) is "a quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service."
A shipping quote is an element of online shopping carts, it represents the cost of shipping that product.
This varies based on (obviously) the weight plus the user's choice of shipping options such as Standard Post, or Fedex or Overnight Delivery etc.
This is the same as freight rate


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When there are more than one window opened of the same aplication and I click on the icon to choose between the windows, the expo effect appears, just like the image below:
But in Unity 2D it gets slow, so I would like to have a list instead, something like that:
Is it possible? If yes, how to do that? Thanks very much.


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The Secret Soldier
Jennifer Morey
August 2008, Series Romance
Sil Romantic Suspense #1526, $4.99, 211 pages, Amazon ASIN 037327596X
Jennifer Morey makes a promising debut with The Secret Soldier, offering an interesting tale of romantic suspense that moves from Afghanistan to a Greek Island, and on to a small town in Colorado.
Sabine O'Clery is working as a contractor in Afghanistan when kidnapped by terrorists, who also nab her partner. Locked in a small cell, she watches her captors torture and kill her partner, then faces threats that she will meet the same fate.
Sabine's powerful and mysterious estranged father calls in Cullen McQueen to rescue his daughter. A deep undercover black ops specialist, Cullen sees the mission as nearly impossible, but, since he owes the older man his life, he can't say no. Making the mission even more complicated, her father doesn't want Sabine to know that he hired him.
Cullen manages to get into Sabine's cell, but things don't go smoothly from there. First, their helicopter is shot down while leaving the area; then, terrorists meet their plane in Egypt and kill the pilot. Cullen must fly the plane out of Egypt with Sabine as his only passenger - the result is their plane crash lands on a small Greek island.
I was afraid the rescue would encompass the entire book, but it doesn't. After Sabine recovers from her injuries on the island, she and Cullen share one brief, passionate, night, but both leave the next day for their separate homes. Although a clear, palpable attraction developed during their short stay on the island, they both have baggage from their childhoods and neither wants to risk a relationship with the other. Moreover, Cullen needs to keep his involvement with the operation secret.
But Sabine isn't safe once she returns to her small Colorado hometown. People are still after her and she isn't sure who they are. Even more problematic, the press has decided Sabine is a heroine and they're looking for more on her and her rescuer.
For the most part, I enjoyed both Sabine and Cullen. Although it happened quickly, I found the attraction between them to be completely believable. The book would have earned a higher grade, however, had Sabine not done something toward the end that resulted in unnecessary danger for both.
I'm rather squeamish and, while I like romantic suspense, I can't tolerate much graphic violence. Sabine faced some awful things in captivity, but they are not described in detail, so I had no problems with the book's level of violence.
For a short book, there's a lot going on, including an interesting hero and heroine who each manage to grow over the course of the book. Throw in a few brief days on a Greek island, and you've got a fairly enjoyable read.
-- LinnieGayl Kimmel


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The Bruins (10-1-1, 2-0-1) outshot Washington (5-5-2, 1-0-2) by a 24-4 margin and totaled 13 shots in the two overtime periods but were stymied by Husky goalkeeper Megan Kufeld, who made eight saves, and victimized by the crossbar at the end of the first overtime period.
UCLA completely dominated in the overtime periods, outshooting the Huskies 13-0, but Kufeld made four saves to keep the Bruins off the board, and UCLA was unlucky on several shots, particularly Sam Mewis' header with 32 seconds remaining in the first overtime period that hit the crossbar. Additionally, Taylor Smith had a shot that went just wide of the left corner in the 93rd minute, and Darian Jenkins had a good look in the 95th minute but had her shot saved.
"I think we were unlucky not to score," said UCLA head coach Amanda Cromwell. "We were already celebrating the one off the crossbar that Sam (Mewis) hit. Taylor (Smith) had one. A few of them we wish we had back. But that's the game of soccer sometimes."
The second half was also filled with missed opportunities, with UCLA misfiring or getting saved on eight shots. Smith had a good look in the 74th minute, getting free in the box after receiving a cross from Courtney Proctor, but her shot went wide of goal, and the ball was cleared out of danger. Proctor had a good shot blocked in the 85th minute, and Mewis went wide on a shot with 27 seconds left in regulation.
UCLA goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland picked up her seventh shutout of the year and made two saves in the match.
The Bruins have little time to rest before their next match on Thursday evening at Stanford. The match will be televised live at 7:30 pm on Pac-12 Networks.


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In some respects it's difficult to categorize Arcane Collective's current production, Return to Absence. Certainly there's dance, with Japanese Butoh very much in evidence. Yet certain segments could equally be considered performance art. Indeed, the overall feel is quite theatrical and, at times, almost cinematic. What cannot be in doubt however is that Return to Absence is a bold and beautiful production, one which is extraordinarily moving, meticulously articulated and perfectly executed.
Inspired by Beckett's trilogy of novels, Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable, Return To Absence presents a wonderful dichotomy of moods and movements articulated with flawless precision. Light contrasts with shadow, humor with a sense of weight and burden, distance with fleeting moments togetherness. Unbearably painstaking articulations contrast with moments of wild spinning, wrestling and chasing with chairs. Throughout, the beautiful articulated shapes and patterns re-present the human body as something frail, contorted and weary, yet capable of extraordinary beauty.
While contrasts abound, execution and articulation are singularly flawless and at all times riveting. Dancers Oguri, Boaz Barkan and Andrés Corchero each give wonderfully executed performances, achieving an extraordinary sense of both intimacy and distance. Dressed in long coats and bowler hats for much of the time, they create almost cinematic moments on occasion. From the opening sequence, where a contorted hand reaches around the curtain, Nosferatu like, and drags it open lit by a single spot, to the hilarious fight sequence, Beckett's love of silent movies is very much in evidence. But it is their skillful and precise movements throughout which capture attention, expressing the richness of humanity with its struggles, sorrows and slapstick.
With Return to Absence, director and choreographer Morleigh Steinberg gives a master class in precision. Every movement, every nuance is scrupulously articulated, right down to the opening and closing of eyelids. Pace and rhythm is managed expertly, beginning with a painstakingly slow opening which builds carefully to moments of wild whirling before returning to an almost meditative stillness for the final sucking of stones sequence. Costumes by Grace O'Hara evoke Beckett perfectly and the minimal set design by Moses Hacmon and Oguri is given richness and depth by Morleigh Steinberg's evocative lighting design. Composer, Paul Chavez, creates an astonishingly rich soundscape, layered with music, sounds and voices, the latter provided by the vocal talents of Gavin Friday and Olwen Fouèrè.
Beckett aficonados will find much to enjoy here. Yet those unfamiliar with Beckett should not be deterred. While Return to Absence pays respectful homage to Beckett, in many respects Beckett provides a jumping off point from which Arcane Collective have created a work uniquely their own. Return to Absence is perfectly realised, visually arresting and deeply moving, appealing to all lovers of dance, theatre and performance. The only cloud in an otherwise perfect sky is its short, three nights run. This is a show that demands and deserves to be seen. It can only be hoped that it makes a welcome return soon.
Return to Absence - The Project Arts Centre, May 21st -23rd as part of The Dublin Dance Festival 2014


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Game information:
Who: Vanderbilt (2-2) at No. 13 Stanford (2-0)
When: Sunday, noon
Where: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
All-Time Series: Series tied, 5-5
Follow the action:
Tickets: Admission is free
Live Stats: Click here
Twitter: @StanfordWLax
Facebook: @StanfordWLax
Week in Review: Stanford got a career-high four goals from sophomore Meg Lentz and led wire-to-wire in a 14-10 victory over Harvard on Saturday. Senior goalie Lyndsey Munoz had four ground balls and eight saves in leading the defensive effort. The Cardinal built leads of 4-0 and 12-4 before Harvard closed the gap down the stretch. The victory followed a season-opening 11-9 triumph over Ohio State.
Sunday's Opponent, Vanderbilt: The Commodores bounced back from a 2-14 season to win two of their first three, beating Kennesaw State and Liberty. On Saturday, Vanderbilt lost to No. 1 North Carolina 22-8. Following the Stanford game, Vanderbilt continues the trip at Denver on Wednesday before opening American Lacrosse Conference play on March 15 against Penn State. Sophomore Mallory Schonk leads the team in scoring with 10 goals and 9 assists.
The Vanderbilt Series: This will be the 11th meeting between the two. Last year, Kyle Fraser and Rachel Ozer scored two goals apiece to lead Stanford to a 15-4 road victory. This marks the fifth consecutive year of the series, with Stanford winning three of four in that stretch. Stanford is 4-1 in the series at home.
The Streak: Hannah Farr's unassisted goal late in the first half against Harvard extended her goal-scoring streak to 11 games. Farr, a junior, scored twice in the opener against Ohio State and has scored in every game since April 14, 2013, when she began her streak against Northwestern. She has scored 22 goals in that stretch.
Closing In: With 72 goals in 56 games, Rachel Ozer is within five of cracking Stanford's Top 15 list in career goal scorers. Ozer had a team-leading 48 last year and opened this season with four against Ohio State, before adding a goal against Harvard.
Freshman impact: Two freshmen have started both games this season: Kelsey Murray in attack and Alex Poplawski in midfield. Murray scored her first collegiate goal against Harvard and has three ground balls and has caused three turnovers. Poplawski has scored in each game and has a ground ball and caused one turnover.
On the Horizon: Stanford embarks on a three-game road trip that begins with a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener at Fresno State on March 5, before heading east. Stanford plays at No. 15 Towson on March 7 and No. 14 Georgetown on March 9. After that, Stanford will take a break from competition for Dead Week and finals and resume play on March 22 against visiting Saint Mary's in an MPSF contest.


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Here's some good news for employers: According to a recent Supreme Court of Texas decision, workers who complain to their supervisors about alleged illegal activities aren't protected from retaliation under the Texas Whistleblower Act. That's true even if the supervisor is responsible for legal compliance.
"Can't we sue him for this?" That's what many employers say after being hit with what they believe is a frivolous employee lawsuit. The First Amendment protects the rights of companies to seek such redress in court. But, in most cases, a counterclaim is not a smart move.


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Features at a glance
- Minimum opening balance: $300
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- Unlimited personal withdrawals or signed transfers (including fax transfers)
- Maximum of three checks or third-party transfers per month.
In accordance with federal regulations, transfers from a Money Market Account or Savings Account to another account or to third parties by preauthorized, automatic, or telephone transfer, are limited to six per statement cycle period, which includes Telephone Banking and Internet Banking. Of those, three may be check, draft, debit card, ACH or similar order to third parties.
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Katie Reinprecht 13 Presented Honda Award for Field Hockey
Recent Princeton graduate Katie Reinprecht '13 was presented the Honda Sports Award for field hockey Monday evening in Los Angeles. Reinprecht is the program's first recipient of the award honoring the top player in the sport.
The four-time All-America and three-time Ivy Player of the Year was one of nine female student-athletes in NCAA Division I to earn the award in their respective sport and be nominated for the Honda Cup for the top athlete in the nation.
"I am extremely honored to be recognized amongst such an elite group of female athletes," said Reinprecht. "It has been a privilege to represent Princeton University and while accepting this honor as a personal accolade, I full-heartedly acknowledge my incredible teammates, family, and coaching staff for, undoubtedly, shaping me into the person and athlete I am today."
Reinprecht returned to the pitch after spending the 2011-12 year training fulltime with the U.S. Senior National Team and competing in the London Summer Olympics. Upon her return, she helped guide the Tigers to their eighth consecutive Ivy League title behind a perfect 7-0 conference record. The midfielder then played an integral role in Princeton capturing its first NCAA Championship in a 3-2 come-from-behind effort over top-ranked North Carolina and finish with a program-best 21-1 overall record.
Reinprecht concludes her career as one of only three four-time first-team All-Ivy selections and a four-time All-Region first teamer. She was also named the 2012 Longstreth/NFHCA Player of the Year and Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year.
Last season she dished a team-best 19 assists and scored nine goals for 37 points. Reinprecht averaged 0.90 assists per game, ranking second in the nation. She concludes her decorated career ranked second in career assists with 49, second in assists in a season with 19 and fourth in a career in points with 155.
She graduated earlier this month with a degree in sociology and currently is competing with Team USA at the World League Semifinals in London.


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Prison Bus
From Grand Theft Wiki
Revision as of 22:49, 27 February 2009 by Pr0xy fl00d3r (talk)
The Lost and Damned for Grand Theft Auto IV. The prison bus is very different to the normal bus as it is shorter and also faster.
Johnny must hijack the bus from Alderney in a mission.