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One of the higher profile solar installation projects in Harrisburg in recent years is the seventy four solar panels installed on the roof of GreenWorks Development's Campus Square. These solar panels convert solar energy into enough electricity to power 13 average-sized homes for a year, said John Hanger, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The developer of the project said the panels generate enough electricity to power all common and public areas of the 75,000-square-foot building at Third and Reily in Harrisburg and may be one of the larger commercial solar electric installations in central PA. The panels also serve as a backup power source if electricity fails in an emergency.
Fittingly, one of the tenants of this building is The Green Center of Central Pennsylvania, a partnership between GreenWorks and HACC to foster growth of environmental technology. Many other organizations and individuals also are turning to solar energy to answer increasing rates and concerns about energy independence.
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Heaven is for Real! Watching this beautiful and inspiring film, I can truly say that directors and producers of this film captured the vision of Heaven's portal so perfectly. Too perfectly, as it was the exact vision I saw in my father's shared near-death experience.
The screenplay from Todd Burpo's book, Heaven is for Real, about his son, Colton's near-death experience was so well written, the casting eerily perfect, if not spectacular and the computer-generated vision of the portal or opening to Heaven had to be from divine intervention. This movie confirmed to many of us both our reality and spirituality. As a true believer in Heaven and having my own near-death experiences and two shared near-death experiences, I watched excitedly, fully knowing that this movie was my "truth." Yet, as inspiring, enthralling and confirming this movie was, I still cannot explain the experience and reaction I felt as the movie was nearing the end.
A strange and confusing reaction occurred to me as I watched this glorious film. Nearing the end of the movie, Colton sees the "portal" or opening to Heaven. Seeing this, I gasped so deeply and loudly that I held my hand over my mouth. My heart physically hurt, I began to feel shaking throughout my body and tears of joy and confirmation began to run down my face. The image of the portal to Heaven was an all too real duplication of what I witnessed 20 years earlier in my Dad's crossing over. How could they possibly capture what I witnessed at my father's death, Still shaken, I tried to hide my tears from ones entering to see the movie.
First, I must explain my shared nearing-death experience, witnessing my Dad's final evening on this earthly plane.
All six of his kids (I was the oldest) stayed with Daddy that day, as did my precious stepmother, Margaret. Evening was turning to night and most had to leave. My middle sister, Mimi, my husband Larry and I were the last to leave. We knew this might be his last few days. I brought music to play softly for him. He loved "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole and especially the song, "You Are My Special Angel"by The Vogues from long ago. It brought back memories of his youth, when he and my mother were so happy and in love. Later, the marriage would take a turn for the worse. At sixteen years old, I knew it was for the best. After my marriage at 19, my father fell in love and married my stepmother, Margaret, who I still adore today. My mother passed in June of last year about 4 a.m. in her nursing home room the day before my youngest sister and I were to visit her. My final visit with her is a story for another day.
The afternoon of Daddy's passing, he began to focus intently on something near the ceiling and the wall. He was not able to explain what he was seeing. He could not speak from the surgery and raging cancer that would soon take him. His eyes stared intently at the sight he was seeing. He smiled at what he was apparently seeing. My youngest sister, Julie, thought it was the nurses' papers on the wall scaring him. She began to rip the papers down. Having my own NDEs, I knew what Daddy was seeing.
Everyone seemed completely confused as to what was happening. He turned to me, eyes sparkling as never before and smiling like a surprised young child who just made the All-Star team. As I stood by his bedside holding his hand, he mouthed the words, "God wants ME!" I bent down even further and kissed him on the forehead. We both shared "knowing" confirmations and smiles. Whispering to him, I assured him that we would be ok and that if he must leave this earthly plane, we would miss him greatly, but we would always love him and would be fine in our lives. I would make sure, being the big sister.
He smiled so sweetly and looked into my eyes so deeply, recognizing and assured that I knew what he was seeing, confirming what awaited us on the "other" side. In Colton's visit to the terminally-ill young girl in the hospital - the same knowing look was identical in my father's eyes and weak smile. That same late evening, my middle sister, Mimi, was outside taking a break. My husband was reading in the next room of the apartment-like hospice facility. Daddy began to fall asleep. I again kissed him on the forehead, stroked his gray-black hair and began to cry silently.
I turned to leave Dad's dimly lit hospice room, looking back once more to see him sleeping so peacefully. I could have sworn that his soft features almost radiated with a glow. Turning again to leave, suddenly behind me, the most brilliant light filled the entire room as quickly as if a Mac truck would switch on its lights a few feet behind you! Instantly lit with brilliant, but almost mist-like blazing white light with the tiniest flecks of gold swirling around me in the room, I became aware of much more intensely lit golden-white rays behind me.
I turned so slowly, feeling the same intense emotions of calm, peace and unconditional love experienced in my own NDE at 17 years old. I already knew what I might see. It was not frightening, just surprisingly beautiful and spectacular. My father was rising a few feet from his bed within these even brighter rays of warm golden light. Daddy was not rising as one might imagine as a flat "body" rising vertically, but as if sitting comfortably in his favorite lounge chair at home. Of course, there was no lounge chair.
I could barely breathe, lest I disturb this majestic sight! Huge, almost eight feet tall outlines of two angels curved around the opening. I could only see the soft outline of their heads and wings in deeper gold glowing light. Both angels surrounded soft cloud-like opening and the brightest inner light. So bright was this inner center that it was as looking directly into the sun! My Dad was in the midst of rising on these soft golden rays, a few feet above his hospice bed. How enthralled, joyful and utterly amazed I was from this gift of witnessing God's glory.
What seemed like seconds later, I was "told" in a rather commanding but loving way, that this was all I could see and must leave now. Still frozen by this majestic sight, my feet seemed to move by a gentle power. As I was told, I turned toward the door with the light even brighter now behind me. Unlike Colton, wanting to share his journey in detail, as an adult, I couldn't find words to describe it without sounding crazy. It was such a private moment, that my husband learned of the experience days later. My brothers and sisters did not know until years later...I wished that I had told them earlier.
In Heaven is for Real, either Director and co-writer of the screenplay, Randall Wallace or producers like Joe Roth and Bishop T.D. Jakes, had the same vision in their own NDE and/or Colton described this scene in so much detail, that the film was able to capture that opening to a Heavenly realm exactly as I witnessed it. It took me hours after the movie to return to somewhat normal - whatever that is.
What was the physical and emotional reaction all about? Why tears so sad yet so happy at the same sight? Why feeling so drained yet strong? Perhaps, it was a complete reliving of the moment of a shared near-death experience with my father, through "Heaven is for Real." The amazing visual effects within this film are not coincidental.
I highly recommend this spectacular movie to everyone. "Heaven is for Real" proved to me that this child, Colton, saw a true vision of Heaven so beautifully duplicated in this film. If you are a NDE survivor, you may find yourself flashing back to the day you had that near-death experience or shared near-death experience.
Just remember to bring the tissues.

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Patent and Trade Secret Law
Autumn 1997
Question 1
Maurice Chandreau was raised in the Loire Valley of France and had followed family traditions by entering into the wine growing life (the term industry seems far too antiseptic to capture the glory and drudgery of winemaking). Certain allowances must be made to the changing of times however, and unlike his father, and his father's father.
Maurice learned winemaking not only through working in the family vineyards but also attending University and getting a degree in oneology. At first Maurice found Southern California a big, shock, but as time went on he-grew to love the University of California at Davis. AS graduation drew near he decided to take a job at one of the proliferating wineries in California. Life was great. The winery Maurice was the vintner at, Grey Rock Vineyard, won numerous medals. Vintages sold out completely at premium prices and the good times were prevalent. Maurice bought a Ferrari Daytona Spyder, but deep down he needed some challenge, because success had been too easy.
Maurice was interested in developing fine German style white wines (clearly this was going to be a challenge) and chose a complex and little known style that roughly translated from the original German means "spiced pear nectar". The spiced component of the wine came from a natural yeast that grew only on the skin of the specific varietal grape. The problem was that the growing conditions in California were too fortuitous and the grapes grew in sugar content too fast.
Maurice solved this problem by altering the grape plant by recombinant means to allow the yeast to thrive on the grape skin sooner than it would in the natural plant. Maurice recognized the specifics of particular modification in August 1995, actually altered the grape seeds in October of 1995, planted the seeds and waited until October of 1997 to gather the first harvest, when the grapes allowed sufficient yeast growth to provide the correct balance and spiciness, as far as can be told with a nouveau wine.
Billy Ray Scoggins was born in Dead Horse, Texas and never followed any of the family traditions. Perhaps Because his family was rich and like many of the idle rich, he was perpetually in search of himself. He attended University and completely dissappointed his family by mastering in microbiology. He was well on way to a doctorate when a misunderstanding between the University and himself ensued about the use of the water tower as a wort vat lead to his dismissal. His failed experiment is still noted in Ripley's believe it or not as the largest beer brewing vessel ever, and may not have been so poorly taken if he had not been at Oral Roberts University. Billy left to tour Europe and when he became stranded in France found part-time work in a vineyard. Time passed and in 1994 Billy decided to encourage the owner of the vineyard to modify he grapes to allow for quicker growth. As fortune would have it Billy modified a German varietal that was to be planted in the vineyard. The varietal was the same as Maurice had chosen, and the modification was the exact same. Billy planted the grape in 1994, but a harvest was not concluded until November 1997, due to the late harvest season. The grapes were excellent.
Billy has filed for a French patent on the modified grape, and the wine made from the modified grape on December 1, 1997, and will file in the United Sates in February of 1998. Maurice filed a U.S. patent on November 15, 1997 claiming the grape.
Who will succeed in getting a U.S. Patent as between Billy and Maurice?. What claims will they get? What provisions of the law are necessary to resolve this question?
Question 2
The patent laws of the United States of America are directed to promoting progress of the useful arts. By offering inventors exclusive rights to their inventions, the patent system provides an incentive to individuals to produce innovations that profoundly change society in physically and spiritually.
This system works in almost a mystical fashion, as it did with Ted Occhliano, who upon becoming aware of patents recognized the various profound problems surrounding him in New Mexico and invented a tremendously improved chili roasting device and had it patented in 1996. Society enjoyed a tremendous leap forward and Ted became known as a hero. Such status comes with many benefits and a few burdens. Ted created a nonprofit charitable institution to assist students across the United States to better learn to write federal pleadings (the Center for Holisitic Inquiry of Law and Inquiry hereafter CHILI), and donated all proceeds from his chili roaster to this cause. While most people were pleased with CHILI a few grew very jealous and plotted to get even.
Ted felt- good that he had applied for and received a patent covering his chili roasting machine and the method of using, the machine to roast chilis (he did not use the biotechnology exemption under 35 USC 103, but rather relied upon rebutting the presumption of obviousness used in In re Dillon. Ted's chili business has met with great commercial success completely attributable to the roaster machine and method.
Wally "Vermont" Huxster, a well educated business person with expertise in patent law decided that a business opportunity existed in the market of chili roaster machines. He manufactured various parts of the machine and sold these kits to customers who bought off-the-shelf parts, such as common electric motors, propane burners and wheels, to complete the kits. A number of these kits were bought by a Canadian business, Muller, Ltd., located in Fort Erie, Ontario, right across the Buffalo river from Buffalo, New York. Muller completed a number of the machines and then produced larger versions of the same in order to roast peppers that they sold to businesses in Buffalo through their U.S. subsidiary, Muller, U.S.A. Muller also sold a hot-wing sauce using the peppers to various restaurants in the United States. This sauce used a secret combination of spices and won numerous awards for its excellence.
a. Please advise Ted as to whether he will be able to enforce his patent against these activities.
b. Explain what kinds of proof are necessary to win any of these actions.
c. Will Ted need to give any forms of notice to, the defendants in order to start remedies accruing?
Question 3
Moe Wimp invented, developed and patented a submersible apparatus for Wimp operations as described in U.S. Patent No. 5,000,000. Moe sold some of these submersibles to purchasers under the agreement that the submersible were to be used only for salvaging. At the same time Moe started a business using the submersibles to maintain and repair underwater structures such as drilling derricks, floating piers and bridges, the hulls of ships, etc. In order to achieve these various maintenance jobs several tools were developed by Moe's business that were kept as trade secrets. Only the operators of the submersibles were given access to the tools, everyone in the company was under contractual confidentiality, and the tools themselves were kept in black locker boxes except when they were deployed underwater on the submersibles.
As it turned out the real value of the patented submersible was not as a salvage craft, but rather as an underwater handyman. Moe's business flourished and whenever he was given the chance to buy one of his submersible, he did. An independent consultant, Rudy Role, noted that the limit on the growth of the business was the supply of submersibles.
Subsequent to this realization Rudy became aware that two submersibles leased to Bermudan Navy were "on the market". The leases allowed reassignment and so, seizing the reigns of fate, Rudy leveraged his liquid assets and bought the leases to both Bermudan submersibles. While Rudy had never operated one of the submersibles he did know all of the various suppliers that Moe had used, and upon quitting approached each of the suppliers to make "cleaning tools". Rudy hired various ex-employees and bid for the maintenance contract for the Naval base at Portsmouth, New Hampshire which he received. The contract calls for a total payment of $3.22 mm over three years.
Rudy asserts that he got the contract because he has a security clearance and his brother in law is the harbormaster. Furthermore, Rudy asserts that Moe would never have gotten the contract because of his membership in the Thespian Socialist Party during his college years.
What causes of action might be available to Moe? Assume New Hampshire Trade Secret Law applies and that all activities are within the United States. Please cite the statutory basis for your opinion.
350-B: 1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
I. "Improper means" includes theft, bribery, misrepresentation, breach or inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy, or espionage through electronic or other means.
II. "Misappropriation" means:
(a) Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason to know that the ,trade secret was acquired by improper means: or
(b) Disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied consent by a person who:
(1) Used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret; or
(2) At the time of disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that his knowledge of the trade secret was derived from or through a person who had utilized improper means to acquire it: or acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person seeking relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or
(3) Before a material change of his position, knew or had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake.
III. "Person" means a natural person. corporation. business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.
IV. "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that:
(a) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use-. and
(b) Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED Copyright (c) 1996 by The Director of Legislative Services of the State of New Hampshire and Michael, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
All rights reserved.
350-B:2. Injunctive Relief
I. Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court an injunction shall be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time in order to eliminate commercial advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation.
II. In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time for which use could have been prohibited. Exceptional circumstances include, but are not limited to, a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation that renders a prohibitive injunction inequitable.
III. In appropriate circumstances, affirmative acts to protect a trade secret may be compelled by court order.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED Copyright (c) 1996 by The Director of Legislative Services of the State of New Hampshire and Michie, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
All rights reserved.
350-B:3. Damages
I. Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position prior to acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages can include both the actual loss caused by misappropriation and the unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that is not taken into account in computing actual loss. In lieu of damages measured by any other methods, the damages caused by misappropriation may be measured by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for a misappropriator's unauthorized disclosure or use of a trade secret.
II. If willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award exemplary damages in an amount not exceeding twice any award made under paragraph I.


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Junior earns honor after picking up his second career victory
Liaw, a 5-foot-10 junior from
He opened the month with a 67-68-69=204 (-9), Jan. 30-31, at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate, claiming individual medalist honors in a four-hole sudden death playoff. Liaw claimed medalist honors with an eagle on that fourth playoff hole.
Liaw followed that effort with a 68-69-71=208 (-8) to tie for 18th place, Feb. 22-24, at the John Burns Intercollegiate. It was his third top-20 finish of the season. He has been the Wildcats' top-finisher in each of the last three team events. On the season, Liaw leads
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This according to their agent, the infamous Scott Boras, who places blame on MLB's current compensation system for free agents for changing the outlooks of two of his more notable clients.
"The system they've been dealt has basically prevented them from free agency," Boras said. "They want to make sure about their next step, whatever that will be. It means either signing a long-term contract now -- and we're still taking offers on those -- or a number of other prospects that could occur after the season starts or in June, after the draft happens.
"Like any players, they want to play baseball. But they're also looking at the long-term aspect of their careers. This system has placed them not in free agency, but it's placed them in a jail."
Because they turned down qualifying offers from their former teams, both players would cost a new team their highest unprotected draft pick should the contract be signed before the June draft. It's the same condition that had teams hesitant to sign Nelson Cruz and Ervin Santana, and ultimately led each to signing one-year deals under their perceived market values.
The system is creating a lot of frustration for compensation free agents that are in that second or third tier. They're all players with value, but teams really only want to spend big money and lose a draft pick on elite free agents or players who fill desperate needs if they can help it. It leaves free agents like Drew and Morales, who's markets were difficult to predict four months ago, in a difficult position. They have to quickly decide between accepting the qualifying offer, this year valued at $14.1 million, or testing the market looking for a longer term security. In more and more situations we're seeing that's a lose-lose decision.
Of course, the loophole in the system that Boras' clients seem content on exercising allows free agents to wait until after the June draft. At that point, no compensation is required. But even that seems more like a losing scenario. No player really wants to lose one-third of the season, because that means less money now and fewer stats to point at the next time his contract comes up.
Basically, both players are back to square one of free agency, only with less money to be made and less time to prepare for the season.
For Drew, that could be a deal with the Detroit Tigers.
I would not bet against rumor sending Stephen Drew to Tigers
— Peter Gammons (@pgammo) March 15, 2014
When the next offer does come, they'll have to decide if it's worth taking a likely short-term deal and gambling on their value sustaining or improving in 2014, or if they're better off waiting to see what comes along. Neither sounds particularly enticing, but until the system is tweaked again, likely when the CBA comes up again in 2016, that's the position they're in and the position future free agents will be stuck in as well.
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I want to run some jobs on day 1 of each month and others on day 1 of each week, but what if both collide? In this case the month should have precedence. How do I tell this cron?
# run on every day 1 of each month:
59 12 1 * * user script_month
# run on every day 1 of each week:
59 12 * * 1 user script_week
There is an answer that uses "IF" which is a good workaround.
What about this:
# run on every day 1 of each week:
59 12 2-31 * 1 user script_week
Maybe it also does what I am asking for? (run on all weeks on day 1 except if it is day 1 of the month)
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I found this:
"If both [date] fields are restricted (i.e., aren't *), the command will be run when either field matches the current time." (source: http://thewatertower.org.uk/news/000160/crontab_the_first_five_fields_combine_to_restrict_the_schedule_except_for_when_they_dont.html )
Seems it is not possible like I wrote in Edit 1?


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Let $A\in\mathbb R^{n\times n}$ be positive-definite and $\langle Ax,x\rangle=1$ be the equation of an ellipsoid $M\subset\mathbb R^n$. Use Lagrange multipliers to prove that the greatest distance of a point in $M$ to the origin is the smallest eigenvalue of $A$ raised to $-1/2$.
$A$ is too general, so I tried using that there is an invertible matrix $P$ such that $D\triangleq PAP^{-1}$ is diagonal to solve the problem with $D$ and then go back to the original problem. For simplicity, I'm maximizing the squared distance, so, with $\tilde x$ being the critical distance, the system of equations is $$\left\{\begin{align} \nabla\|x\|^2&=\lambda\nabla\langle Dx,x\rangle\Leftarrow x=\tilde x\\ \langle D\tilde x,\tilde x\rangle&=1 \end{align}\right.\quad.$$ This is equivalent to $$\left\{\begin{align} \nabla\left(\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2\right)&=\lambda\nabla\left(\sum_{i=1}^n\mu_i x_i^2\right)\Leftarrow x=\tilde x\\ \sum_{i=1}^n\mu_i\tilde x_i^2&=1 \end{align}\right.\quad,$$ where $\mu_1,\ldots,\mu_n$ are the diagonal entries of $D$, which are the eigenvalues of $A$. The first equation gives $$2\tilde x_i=2\lambda\mu_i\tilde x_i : i=1,\ldots,n\quad.$$ If every $\tilde x_i$ is zero, the restriction is impossible, because every $\mu_i$ is positive, thus I get the very questionable conclusion that every $\mu_i$ equals $1/\lambda$. What is going on?


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PARIS — It's not only American retailers who are battling chilly economic winds — their European counterparts are facing tougher times as well.
This story first appeared in the January 15, 2008 issue of WWD. Subscribe Today.
Coming off a less-than-stellar holiday season marred by worries about the economy, retailers across the Continent and the United Kingdom are bracing for continued difficult conditions as fears about consumer spending gather steam.
As in the U.S., no one in Europe wants to mutter the "R" — recession — word just yet. Most are watching the decline in retail at American stores with trepidation while hoping those troubles never cross the pond.
But analysts have begun taking note of the European slowdown. On Monday, analysts at HSBC slashed their target price for France's PPR, the retailer that owns Gucci Group, to 122 euros, or $180.32 at current exchange, from 144 euros, or $214.14, citing jitters about the economy.
PPR shares have declined by 17 percent since the beginning of the year and 36 percent since their Oct. 8 high of 141.50 euros, or $209.14. On Monday, the stock closed at 93.98 euros, or $138.90, in trading on the Paris Bourse.
"Short-term visibility is low on consumer spending," reasoned HSBC, which added PPR is hamstrung among investors by its Conforama furniture chain and Redcats catalogue business.
Retail is not alone in coming under scrutiny. Last week, analysts at Deutsche Bank and ABN-Amro downgraded their rating on L'Oréal to sell, sending the French beauty producer's stock down almost 9 percent in two days. ABN-Amro expressed concern that "the combination of an economic slowdown and further weakening of the dollar pose formidable headwinds" for the firm.
The euro has been on a seemingly inexorable ascent against the dollar — a particularly bitter pill for European luxury firms to swallow. The currency moved upward again Monday as it neared the all-time high against the greenback, trading at 1.49 euros to a dollar.
Many investors, in turn, have been abandoning luxury stocks in Europe. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the French conglomerate that runs brands from Louis Vuitton to Givenchy, has seen its shares fall from a high of 88.55 euros, or $130.88, on Oct. 29 to 73.17 euros, or $108.14, Friday.
It remains to be seen whether the market is overreacting; LVMH will report full-year earnings in February.
But more than 12 months after retail spending began to improve in Europe following several tough years, merchants are starting to worry the downward cycle may be returning all too soon.
Warning signs are accumulating. Last week, Marks & Spencer chief executive officer Sir Stuart Rose admitted U.K. market conditions were deteriorating and that he expected business to "remain tough through 2008."
As Marks & Spencer is considered a bellwether for British retail sales, Rose's comments sent a shiver down the spines of nervous investors who had started to flee retail shares already tarnished by the subprime mortgage debacle and jittery consumers. Further darkening matters, U.K. consumer confidence dipped in December to its lowest level in 10 months as oil prices reached a record and the slowdown in the housing market deepened, Nationwide Building Society said.
French consumer confidence also headed south last month, hitting its lowest level since June, according to the national statistics office Insee.
And German retail sales unexpectedly fell in November before reports of severely disappointing holiday sales began to emerge in Europe's largest economy. Even Spain, which used to be one of Europe's fastest-expanding economies, is feeling the crunch as its housing sales declined after a decadelong boom, while Italy and other southern European economies are being pinched by the strong euro, which has impacted the all-important tourist trade.
Still, luxury has outperformed other sectors — especially at European department stores. Britain's House of Fraser, for example, which runs 59 stores, last week said its like-for-like sales over the five weeks to Jan. 3 rose 2.4 percent.
European department stores — many of which have been renovating recently by skewing upscale — generally have outpaced other retail formats. A spokeswoman for Galeries Lafayette in Paris said its holiday sales were "very strong," driven by robust luxury sales. She said sales to tourists — which account for 40 percent of sales at Galeries' Boulevard Haussmann store — remain robust despite disadvantageous currency trends. Galeries Lafayette and France's Printemps chain last week reported record sales at their Paris flagships on the first day of the annual winter sales here. Printemps said its flagship did close to 9 million euros, or $13.3 million, in sales, while Galeries said its first-day sales improved 10 percent.
Italian entrepreneur Maurizio Borletti, who owns Italy's La Rinascente department stores as well as France's Printemps chain, remains cautious despite the encouraging numbers.
"It's difficult to say [how the year will shape up]," he said. "It hasn't been a great winter season. There are mixed signs. The high end hasn't performed so badly. In Italy, textile retailers have suffered a lot. France has seen a slowdown, but [sales] are still positive."
Added Borletti, "There's money around. People are just cautious spending it. For the moment it's psychological. It can change. I see a lot of volatility."


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STANFORD, Calif. - As promised, highly-touted freshman running back Christian McCaffrey made his collegiate debut Saturday in 11th-ranked Stanford's 45-0 season-opening victory against UC Davis at sun-splashed Stanford Stadium. And boy, did he make a great first impression.
Not only did McCaffrey shine on special teams, making three tackles on the kickoff coverage unit, he also scored his first touchdown in a Cardinal uniform in the second quarter. Lined up in the left slot, he cut across the middle and caught a short pass from quarterback Kevin Hogan, then raced 52 yards untouched into the end zone.
In the third quarter, he eluded several tacklers with a nifty 15-yard punt return, and also ran 10 yards for a first down on an end-around. In the fourth quarter, he fumbled a punt, calmly picked up the ball and darted 41 yards up the middle to the UC Davis 14, nearly scoring again.
"It was awesome," he said in the noisy locker room afterward, getting pats on the back from many teammates. "I definitely had some jitters running through my system. I was just ready to get out there and kind of show what I can do and give my 100 percent effort for the guys behind me and for the guys next to me."
McCaffrey got a lot of reps on the kickoff coverage team during the week and replaced Zach Hoffpauir to free him up for extensive playing time on defense.
"He's playing a lot of defense, so they wanted to give him a rest and see if I could get the job done," said McCaffrey. "He taught me a lot this week, so I felt Iike I was prepared."
No doubt his father, Ed, a former star wide receiver at Stanford and in the NFL, couldn't have been prouder. He attended the game with his youngest son, Luke, cheering on Christian, a 6-foot, 197-pounder from Castle Rock, Colo. Another son, Max, plays wide receiver at Duke, where his wife Lisa and son Dylan were rooting him on.
Christian McCaffrey has a nose for the end zone. At Valor Christian High School, he scored a state-record 848 points and produced 141 career touchdowns. He is the Colorado record holder for career all-purpose yards with 8,845.
What happened on the touchdown?
"The linebacker blitzed, so it kind of gave me an open hole," said McCaffrey. "Kevin gave me a good throw and it was off to the races from there."
What did his first collegiate touchdown feel like?
"That was one of the best feelings I've ever had in my life," he said. "Just turning around and seeing all my guys and rest of the team coming down to celebrate with me. It was definitely a great feeling, but we know we've got a lot more to go. We're not satisfied."
His father played at Stanford in 1986, '87, '89 and '90, and was an All-American. An acrobatic leaper, the slender 6-foot-5, 215-pound McCaffrey led the Cardinal with 53 catches for 871 yards and four touchdowns in '89, and paced the offense in receiving yards for three years. In a 1990 game against Washington State, he caught seven passes for 176 yards – tied for 14th all-time. In 1989, he hauled in 10 passes for 165 yards against San Jose State, tied for 32nd all-time.
McCaffrey spent 13 seasons in the NFL playing for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and the last nine with the Denver Broncos. He played in 185 games and caught 565 passes for 7,422 yards and 55 touchdowns.
Not to be out-done, Lisa played on the Stanford women's soccer team for four years.
How did Christian McCaffrey think his father would review his first college game?
"I don't know," he said. "Hopefully, he's got some good things to say. I'd say there's definitely some things I have to work on."
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Jordan Williamson became Stanford's all-time leading scorer with a second-quarter extra point. He accounted for eight points Saturday with a field goal and five PATs and received the game ball and a big hug in the locker room afterward from David Shaw, the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football.
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With four new starters on the offensive line, it seemed likely the unit would need time to gel. That was evident against UC Davis. Last year, the offensive line was called for only two holding penalties all season. Saturday, the group was called for two in the first half.
"I think we did some good things, but there's definitely a lot of things we have to clean up as unit," said left tackle Andrus Peat, a preseason All-American. "It wasn't prefect by any stretch of the imagination."
Peat said the unit had no problems adjusting to a stable of Stanford running backs.
"It felt good," he said. "All the running backs did good things out there. We're glad to have them."
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Senior strong safety Jordan Richards was pleased with the performance of the defense.
"We've been prepared all camp by our coaches," said Richards. "Defense is real simple: It's hunt and go play football with your best friends. We've got really good communication, good leadership – that was not a problem with the loss of Shayne (Skov) and Murph (Trent Murphy) and Benny G (Ben Gardner) and those guys. It was just about doing what we were coached to do and playing fast."
Richards was most pleased about creating three turnovers on a pair of interceptions and a fumble recovery.
"Turnovers," he said. "Guys finding the football. Start that lawn mower and get that ball out."
Richards insisted nobody dwelled on the Aggies last visit to Stanford Stadium in 2005, when they pulled off a stunning 20-17 upset.
"We're gonna take USC as seriously as we took UC Davis," said Richards. "It's back to the film room on Monday, make corrections and get ready for USC."
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Sophomore tight end Austin Hooper saw his first collegiate action and caught four passes for 67 yards, including a nice leaping 14-yard fourth-quarter scoring toss from backup quarterback Evan Crower in the back of the end zone.
"It was surreal, because I've been dreaming of playing college football and the day finally comes and I got my number called a few times," said the former De La Salle High standout from San Ramon, Calif. "I had a lot of fun out there. I've been dreaming about this since I was little. To go out there and help contribute towards the team is a huge honor."
What happened on his touchdown catch?
"It was a post route, so when I saw the safety split, I knew the middle of the field was open," Hooper said. "Evan did a great job of putting the ball in a spot where only I could get it and I just had to go make a play for him."
Extra Points ... True freshmen FB Daniel Marx, CB Terrence Alexander and OT Casey Tucker also made their collegiate debuts for Stanford ... The Cardinal defense, which led the nation in sacks last year with 44, collected four Saturday and added eight tackles for loss ... Fred Anderson served as Stanford's honorary captain.


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Silos for food security and to reduce post harvest loss
Summary: I have spent 3 years developing a low cost ($75) and easy to build, ½ ton, grain silo to reduce post harvest loss, and to improve food security by storing grain for extended periods. Two yea
Silos for food security and to reduce post harvest loss
I have spent 3 years developing a low cost ($75) and easy to build, ½ ton, grain silo to reduce post harvest loss, and to improve food security by storing grain for extended periods. Two years of the develoment time was performing a holding test which I finished in April of 2009, with good results.
This would be a good design for small scale farms or grain merchants.
This silo will hold 1/2 ton of corn and cost about $75 for materials. The skills and methods of construction could be taught to those with average to above average skills and or dexterity. This silo design can be constructed from common materials and can be constructed off grid, using only hand tools and a solar charged battery drill. I want to develop workshops to train people to build this and other designs
Needs Assessment:
Small farmers in Africa need better storage systems for their grain storage.
It has been estimated that from 10 to 30% of grain harvest are lost to
fungal and bacterial decay, damage by insects, rodents, natural disasters like storms and fire.
Another problem is drying grain to the point it can be stored during wet weather. This can especially be a problem when the crops are late or the rainy season is early. How well and how soon one is able to dry grains, has a lot to do with how long it can be stored.
It would be very helpful to be able to hold grain for two years, in case of a crop failure, but for grain to be held two years it will need to be routinely dried and fumigated, and possibly pasteurized.
Proposed Solution:
What small farmers in Africa need is
an inexpensive and easy to build silo design that will store grains for up to two years.
A silo with a fumigating function that will work with, easy to produce, common compounds to deal with insects from without and from within.
A silo that is Rodent proof and insect proof with access or dispensing ports that are tight but easy to use.
A silo that is water proof to prevent molds and a drying function to dry newly harvested grains as well as to periodically blast out excess moisture and to dehydrate insects.
Being able to pasteurize grains may also be a useful function.
A silo that is fire proof and storm proof.
Silos that are inexpensive, and not too large, so that one could afford multiple smaller silos to segregate different grains, and different quality grains to prevent cross contamination.
One may have a silo for, pre harvest damaged grain, or last years crop, or animal food, and one may have another silo for higher quality grain for people and for next years seed.
Steps I have already taken to solve the problem:
I have been working on such a silo design for 3 years. Two years of that was doing a holding test which I finished in April of 2009 with good results.
I did have one problem with this first prototype, with a leak in the flat cap piece, but I can easily solve that problem with the next prototype, so I am pleased with the results.
I was able to control insects and rodents well.
The silo has a unique grain dispensing port that functions great and a charcoal burner used for drying and fumigating.
The skills and methods of construction could be taught to those with average to above average skills and or dexterity. This silo design is constructed from common materials and can be constructed off grid, using only hand tools and a battery drill, which can be solar charged. Welding is not necessary.
The cost for materials is less than $75 for a half ton silo.
I am very pleased with the cost, performance and the construction methods of this first prototype. I am confident enough, that I am willing to go forward because I believe it will be a practical design, that will be accepted by small scale farms or grain merchants.
Plan Next Step:
The next step is to build 10 or 12 silos to refine the construction methods and to get some silos out locally to be tested with this fall's harvest. I would also like to start developing a workshop by training one or two people (possibly Peace Core Volunteers) to build a few silos in Africa to test with this falls harvest.
Needs Assessment:
I am self funded and all my resources for this project have been exhausted, to get to this point.
I need help to move forward this summer so test can be performed on this falls harvest. It takes two years to do a long term storage test, so I do not need to miss this falls harvest. There is less risk in helping because of the work I have already done.
I will also have needs later, to help fund the implementation of a larger program of development, and to train the next years crop of silo fabricators, possibly Peace Core Volunteers.
Real World Impact:
I believe this design has the potential to be widely used.
Volunteers in the field need good designs, there is a vacuum to be filled.
Video of prototype: I have a short video clip of the dispensing port being used in the introduction to my Hybrid Stove video on YouTube.
I may show more video if there is enough interest.
I also am developing biomass cooking stoves designs that could be used by Peace Core Volunteers to help people in developing areas, view my other YouTube videos, my channel is "LannyPlans"
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2000-2001 Cowgirl Tennis Informational Press Release
Oct. 9, 2000
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
This Week: The University of Wyoming women's tennis team will be off until Oct. 20-22 when it competes at the Louisville Invitational in Louisville, Ky.
Davis Enters Second Season: Wyoming head coach Pam Davis is in her second year at UW. Wyoming had an overall record of 8-14 during the 1999-2000 season, including 1-7 in the Mountain West Conference. Davis came to Wyoming from East Tennessee State, where she had a record of 41-34 in four years.
Cowgirls to Feature Five Newcomers: Wyoming will be counting on five newcomers in the 2000-2001 season. All of the new players are freshman, and each of them brings talent and exciting ability to the Cowgirl squad. The newcomers are Jenny Bowman, Jen Hancock, Stacy Kneese, Yuliani Santi and Toni Terhaar. The returnees are senior Angela Dossetor, junior Sofi Espinosa and sophomore Paulina del Monte. Espinosa had 11 victories last year, while Dossetor had eight and del Monte had seven.
Cowgirls Compete at BYU Invite: The Wyoming tennis team wrapped up competition Sept. 30 at the Brigham Young University Invitational, held in Provo, Utah. Wyoming was led by junior Sofi Espinosa and freshman Jen Hancock. Espinosa placed third in flight three singles action, going 3-1 on the weekend. Espinosa defeated Heather Shelby of Air Force 6-3, 6-3 to claim third-place. Hancock finished fourth in flight four by going 2-2. Hancock lost the third-place match to Laurie Cheung of Boise State 7-6, 7-6, which took three hours and forty minutes. In other singles action Jenny Bowman, Toni Terhaar, Stacy Kneese and Paulina del Monte all went 1-2 at the tournament while Angela Dossetor and Yuliani Santi were 0-2 in their individual flights. In doubles action, the Cowgirls were led by the team of freshmen Bowman and Terhaar. Bowman and Terhaar placed fourth in doubles flight one, just missing out on third-place with a close 9-8 match. The doubles teams of Kneese/Espinosa and del Monte/Hancock both went 1-2 and didn't place. The tournament featured many of the top teams in the region. Competing along with Wyoming were Brigham Young, Washington State, Colorado State, Boise State, Air Force, Utah and Utah State.
Complete Wyoming individual results:
Davis' Take: The following are quotes from University of Wyoming head
women's tennis coach Pam Davis after the BYU Invitational: "We started
the tournament out on the right foot. We played very well to get things
going. But as we advanced, we faced stiffer competition and had some
tough matches. There were lots of talented players here and the level
of play wasn't like anything we've seen this year so far. We are still
learning about ourselves and discovering what combinations work best for
us. But overall it was a solid weekend for us. We had some good
performances and our younger players are really coming along."


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The Montana drinking and driving culture seems to be coming to an end. One of the last 'Old West' refuges has about had enough of the lax saloon-era attitude towards intoxication. Read more below. You can also see a video about the teen drinking culture in Montana.
Montana's drinking culture is under examination following a high-profile death of a highway patrolman after being hit by a drunk driver. Judges in the state are becoming less lenient to plea deals and law enforcement leaders are beginning to take repeat offenders more seriously. The days of to-go cocktails and getting a pass on driving drunk in Montana seem to be coming to a close.
Montana came under scrutiny from the federal government in 2005 because it was legal to drink and drive in many places in the state. There were few speed limits on major highways and in rural areas. The state, as a whole, embraced the 'Old West' saloon-era laissez-faire attitude towards alcohol.
The state has long been very tolerant of drunk drivers in spite of the fact that it has consistently ranked at or near the top of per capita drunken driving deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Montana had the highest alcohol-related traffic fatalities per miles traveled in 2008. As a comparison, Montana has 1 million residents and had 229 alcohol-related deaths while New Jersey has about the same population and had 65 alcohol-related deaths that year.
Small town bars still offer to-go cups for patrons and drunk drivers are shifted through the courts and released before they have even sobered up. That along with the over-all 'anti-government' independent streak of the population there have made it difficult for officials to tighten up the laws.
"There is significant anti-government sentiment which spills over into impaired driving enforcement," said Mothers Against Drunk Drivers' Rebecca Sturdevant. "Rather than praising public safety officers for keeping our highways safe, I have heard legislators berate them for bothering drivers."
Now, Montana's State Legislature is starting to promise tough new laws to ban open containers of alcohol in cars and to prosecute repeat offenders.
Montana Highway Patrol officer Michael Haynes was killed in a drunk driving accident last year. He was hit head-on by a man who had been served 13 drinks in a bar over a 3 1/2 hour period. The judge who presided over that case insisted on mandatory jail time rather than the usual plea deal for the defendant.
The high-profile death of Michael Haynes started a state-wide conversation about the leniency of Montana's drunk driving laws. Haynes put a very public face to the problem of drinking and driving in Montana.
"Obviously it's very exciting to see the change. It is a huge part of the culture here, drunk driving, binge drinking and underage drinking," said Tawny Haynes, the widow of the officer who was killed. "Alcohol just seems to be way of life around here, a rite of passage. I have nothing against alcohol, you just have to be responsible."
Since then, there has been a media campaign to publicize information about repeat offenders leading to the public filling the editorial pages with demands for a solution to the problem. The notoriously independent people of Montana seem ready for a change.
In addition to stiffer sentences for drunken drivers, Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock is launching a pilot project in Helena that will force repeat offenders to take a daily test for alcohol use at their own expense.
Apparently, the people have had enough of the Montana drinking and driving culture.
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Leonard Slatkin To Receive Honorary Doctorate Of Fine Arts From Michigan State University
DETROIT, (Dec. 6, 2010) – Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Music Director Leonard Slatkin will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Michigan State University (MSU) during the university's December commencement ceremonies, held Sat., Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center.
Slatkin holds a deep commitment to the advancement of arts education among audiences of all ages, which is exemplified by his numerous activities within the MSU musical community. In 2009, he conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performances of Alla Borzova's Songs For Lada with the MSU Community Music School's Children's Choir at Orchestra Hall. Additionally, Slatkin initiated a collaboration with the MSU College of Music as well as the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater, and Dance for students to present pre-concert performances thematically linked to DSO subscription concerts, allowing advanced performance majors an opportunity to perform in a world-class facility before new audiences. Slatkin has also hosted new music readings, in which the DSO has performed and Slatkin has critiqued pieces by MSU composition students. The MSU Community Music School Children's Choir, also under Slatkin's baton, shared their voices on the Grammy Award-winning 2005 recording of Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Bolcom on the Naxos label.
"Leonard Slatkin is the consummate musician, communicator, and educator," said James B. Forger, Dean of the Michigan State University College of Music. "His deep commitment to outreach and engagement with the larger community makes him eminently worthy of this highest award from the nation's pioneer land-grant university. Many of our ensembles have performed with the DSO, our students regularly present pre-concert recitals at Orchestra Hall, and we have jointly commissioned exciting new works. We look forward to developing our relationship with the DSO and congratulate Maestro Slatkin on this latest honor."
About Leonard Slatkin
A native of Los Angeles, Leonard Slatkin began his critically acclaimed tenure as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the 2008-09 season, following a 12-year tenure as Music Director of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. In addition to his post at the DSO, Maestro Slatkin serves as Music Director for the Orchestre National de Lyon and the Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Slatkin is also renowned for his historic leadership of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1979 until 1996, where he is now Conductor Laureate and for his successful three-year tenure as Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Internationally respected and acclaimed as a director and conductor, Slatkin has led almost every major orchestra in the country and countless orchestras overseas. Slatkin's more than 100 recordings have been recognized with seven Grammy Awards and more than 60 Grammy Award nominations. In 2003, Slatkin received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the United States government.
About The DSO:
The internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the fourth-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, is known for trailblazing performances, visionary maestros and collaborations with the world's foremost musical artists. Esteemed conductor Leonard Slatkin, called "America's Music Director" by the Los Angeles Times, became the 12th Music Director of the DSO during the 2008-09 season. The DSO offers a year-round performance schedule that includes classical, pops, jazz, young people's concerts and festivals. The DSO makes its home in historic Orchestra Hall, one of
America's most acoustically perfect concert halls, and actively pursues a mission to impact and serve the community through music. For more information please visit www.detroitsymphony.com.


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A specific phobia is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. Some of the more common specific phobias are centered around closed-in places, heights, escalators, tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, dogs, and injuries involving blood. Such phobias aren't just extreme fear; they are irrational fear of a particular thing. You may be able to ski the world's tallest mountains with ease but be unable to go above the 5th floor of an office building. While adults with pho...
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Bold, unapologetic, speak your mind, straight talk, laugh if you will, who gives a f!bleep are just a few words that describe Joan Rivers speak. By no means are these words the tip of the ice-berg for this 81 year-old comic. Does she ever stop? Or in her own words, "Is it too soon...too soon?" Perhaps crass in speech, but whatever the thoughts are, there is no denying Ms. Rivers is the modern day Jewish Madea.
These days you can find Rivers on television. Fashion Police on E! where she and her panel of guest critique the latest fashions worn by celebrities on the red carpet. She has a weekly reality show called, "Joan & Melissa: Joan knows best" on WE tv. She also sells fine jewelry on QVC, the shopping channel. In addition to television, Rivers still tours around the world performing her brand of stand-up comedy.
In an appearance on the Tavis Smiley show, Rivers was asked why she still continues to work so hard. "Because every two weeks they keep taking it away from me." When asked by Smiley will she ever retire or slow down. "I have in my will, 'do not resuscitate.' When I can no longer do what I love, it's over."
One Jewish Christmas, Rivers' daughter Melissa gave her a diary. Rivers was disappointed. "I prefer a piece of Cartier jewelry even if it is spelled with a K." Not thinking she would have the time to write her daily thoughts with her busy schedule, she decided to give it a try. "Diary of a mad diva" became Rivers' thoughts about her daily encounters in life told in her comedic fashion. Not the homeless, orphans, leaders, celebrities, family, friends, or herself are excluded.
Rivers is a comedian first expressing her viewpoint in her unique comedic fashion. By saying something about everyone, she excludes no one. Like the people who run behind her saying, "Jesus loves you, Jesus loves you." She responds, "We were young. It was just one night." Joan Rivers' new book, "Diary of a mad diva" can be found at your local bookstore, library, and online. Take the daily walk with Rivers throughout her year. That is if, you can keep up with this 81 year old.


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Personnel: Barb Jungr (vocals, harmonica, background vocals); Natalie Rozario (cello); Mark Armstrong (trumpet); Simon Wallace (piano); Neville Malcolm (double bass); Rod Youngs (drums); Gary Hammond (percussion); Mari Wilson, Ian Shaw, Sarah Moule (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Simon Wallace.
Liner Note Author: Nick Hasted.
Recording information: Underhill Studios, London, UK.
Photographer: Emily Dennison.
Arrangers: Jenny Carr; Simon Wallace; Barb Jungr.
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OWN's launches another docu-series this weekend. "Deion's Family Playbook," follows pro-athlete Deion Sanders off the field and into his home. The series premieres on Saturday, March 1 at 10 p.m.EST.
This new series is the fun-filled and compelling real-life story of Deion Sanders, the only pro athlete to ever play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. Few people know that Deion is a single father raising five kids of his own, while also helping to raise five other children who live with him, including the twins whom his mother cares for, his niece and nephew and a student in need whom he recently took into his home.
Additionally, Deion is co-founder and football coach of Prime Prep Academy, a charter school that aims to make a lasting impact on the lives of children in underserved areas. With so much on his plate both at school and at home, Deion strives to keep all facets of his complicated, crazy and chaotic life in balance and under control. Help is on the way every other week when his girlfriend, Tracey Edmonds, a Hollywood producer who has two sons of her own, comes to visit.
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There are so many words that are bounced around these days – words like purpose, passion, happiness – meaningful, important words that are losing their power like a song that is played too often on the radio. But really, aren't they the point? What else could we be here to do other than to be happy? To feel purposeful? To live passionate lives?
But the cynicism of the day has us turn up our noses. And the responsibilities we women have to everyone else turn us to resignation — to "Oh well." How I've come to hate that phrase.
I was definitely living an "oh well" life. A career I hated, a family I LOVE, but that didn't seem to fulfill me in the way I imagined being a full-time Mommy would. And I remember thinking, quite clearly "Oh, well. Guess this is what it's going to be for me." I'd ruined my once lofty career. So now what? I went to one of the best universities in the country, all the promise of upward mobility, an excellent education, a six-figure job, a once brilliant mind that I believed I allowed myself to lose. "I used to be smart, really smart." I would actually say that to people. A defense. An excuse. Permission to be ordinary.
So what to do? I needed to do SOMETHING. I became an aerobics instructor. When I told my husband my plan, he laughed. "How is it going to feel for you to tell people that you are an aerobics instructor?" he asked.
Like many girls, I started dancing when I was 3 years old. There is nothing special in that. I had the benefit of growing up in New York with access to amazing ballet schools and performance opportunities. But I don't ever remember LOVING to dance. I was good enough – never great. But what I LOVED was to perform. To be on stage. Performing was, and is, my bliss. In college, I discovered that my love of performing easily transferred to acting – and I realized I had come to hate to dance. Crazy to me now. I quit.
So here I am, 10 years later, a newly certified aerobics instructor. And I decided to teach people to dance. Not dancers, not children – just your average gym-going woman. Young, old, thin, heavy, tall, short, years of dance experience, or none at all. They came. And I taught them to love to move, to love music, and suddenly after years of trying to succeed in school, and in my career, and as a mother – I found success. Teaching something that I was passionate about – and that I let myself lose. Enjoying more than I could have ever imagined watching these women learn to dance. My class is amazing. It is a shining example of women feeling so proud of doing what they never would have believed they could. Through no effort at all, in a role that my own husband felt was a bit of a joke, I learned to lead.
Leadership is another one of those words – at word we scoff at, a word that has lost its meaning because of its absence at the highest levels. But there is brilliant leadership all around us. In the teacher who magically creates serenity in a room full of five-year olds. In an author who inspires strangers to take meaning and inspiration from her words. In the small business owner who believes so fully in what she is doing that there is no chance she won't succeed. There is a leader in all of us.
Throughout the ages there have been many that have tried to define leadership with words.
"Leaders provide a mental picture of a preferred future and then ask people to follow them there." – Adam Stanley
"Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen." –Alan Keith
"A leader is one who mobilizes; one whose focus is influencing people; a person who is goal driven; and someone who has people willing to follow them." — George Barna
"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." –Dwight D. Eisenhower
In the book "Launching a Leadership Revolution" by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward there is a definition I especially like, which states "leadership is the influence of others in a productive, vision-driven direction and is done through example, conviction, and character of the leader."
Looking back on it, that is exactly what I was doing in my aerobics class. I was influencing, through my passion, a vision of women learning choreography, that I used my creative faculties to develop, by showing them what to do and fully believing in their ability to do it. Leadership.
And that first real experience brought me so much happiness, and purpose and passion for what I was doing that it lead to the creation of my first business, Wise Workshops.
I know that you are a leader. I know that you have gifts to share with other women that will enrich their lives and lead you to feeling a sense of purpose that creates a very blissful life. What makes your heart soar? What fuels you? You can lead. You can grow. You can be more.
Your own personal development is the thing you're left with at the end of the day – not what your children do, not what your spouse does, not what anyone else thinks about you. YOU. A leader – a happy, purposeful, passionate leader, whose song could be played over and over without becoming stale.
Learn more about Diva Toolbox [3]member, Kiva Leatherman on her website at wisewomennetwork.com [4]


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What is Birth Like?
Pregnancy and Birth Terminology: Uterus, Fundus, Cervix, Cervical ripening, Placenta, Effacement, Head is engaged, Sacrum, Pubic bone, Ischial spines, Dilation, latent or 1st Stage of labor, 2nd Stage of labor, Transition, Pushing, Amniotic Fluid, Bag of Water, Rupture Membranes,
How a baby lies in the uterus – The ideal position for birth – Baby lying head down, with his back turned toward your left side, looking at your spine . Know your baby's position – www.spinningbabies.com
What labor accomplishes – Mechanics of labor – Exactly how does a baby fit out? Questions.
Am I really in labor?
Signs before labor
Positive signs: more mucus, can be blood tinged, feeling of pressure with contractions, stronger contractions that come more often (2 – 3 in an hour), feeling achy in your cervix with contractions.
What is "Pre-labor" – Think of this as not "false" but exercising your uterus and revving up.
The biggest challenge: Suggestions for coping with those mild labor contractions that do not lead to being in active labor.
- Take some liquid calcium / magnesium. Muscle relaxant.
- A shower or deep bath: lay on your side with a towel rolled up between your knees and thighs to relax your ligaments.
- Change your focus. Don't think of this as labor. Your hormones are simply revving up. It may very well quit in an hour or two. Stay busy with other things.
- Try and sleep. Stay in the moment. Don't think too for in the future and worry about "all the pain" ahead.
- Eat and drink normally. Keep in your normal routine. Let your mind go so you can sleep.
- Review what your caregiver said about when to call, but get your mind off the clock otherwise.
Signs of active labor
Uterus "stands up" or changes shaped with each contraction
Feeling pressure with each contraction
Contractions are getting stronger and lasting longer (lasting 45 sec to 1 min. coming 3- 7 minutes apart)
Gush of fluid or trickle of fluid with contractions
Laboring at home before leaving to your chosen birth place
- Try to get some rest and sleep.
- Keep normal schedule and routine
- Find an activity that takes your mind off your contractions
- Be sure your bags are packed and in order
- Timing your contraction strength and frequency with how long it takes to get there.
When to go to your chosen birthing place
– Your water has broken and you feel uncomfortable
– contractions are strong enough to make you concerned about getting there in time.
- Your baby seems to be moving down and you are feeling lots of pressure
- Contractions are every 3 minutes and getting stronger
- self-checking, you find yourself dilating and making progress
If my water breaks….
Note fluid color and amount
Notify your care-giver immediately. Even if at night.
Listen for heart tones, if you have a doppler or assess baby movement
If you are concerned lie down until baby settles and you are feeling comfortable again.
Normal to have the "shakes" or get an adrenaline rush as you realize that labor is coming. Different kinds of "water breaking" Drip (you can tell that your pad or panties are damp all the time). Trickle – does not stop is more apparent when getting up and out of bed. Gush – obvious, can't stop the flow…. Must be my water breaking
Waterfall – very obvious
Phases of Labor
What is early labor feel like?
Active labor, what is that like?
Pushing, when to push and what are some suggestions
How will I feel right after the birth?
Getting baby in a good position for birth
Optimal Fetal Positioning
Exercises and suggestions
Walking – daily walk a mile
Do an inversion http://spinningbabies.com/techniques/the-inversion
Webster Technique – to release round ligaments, done by chiropractor
Sacral Release – done by chiropractor
Know your baby and suggestions for helping baby turn or stay in the best position for ease of delivery and less work and discomfort for mom:
Staying Low Risk:
Keeping baby the perfect size for birth – What does it take for optimal baby size?
Exercising – stretching, walking, Get birth-fit!
Optimal baby positioning for birth
Educate yourself about laboring, expectations
Get rid of fear – learn to trust your body and the birth process
During labor eat and stay well- hydrated. Your body and baby cannot work efficiently on empty! Find easy to digest foods you will like to eat, even when possibly nauseous.
Sleep well. Address pain issues and resolve them. Get comfortable with pillows and wedges.
Practice relaxing way before birth.
Movement during birth – Listen to your body
Homework: Belly Mapping – www.spinningbabies.com


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Nov. 30, 2011
The NCAA today approved the UCLA football team's petition for a bowl waiver should the Bruins not defeat Oregon on Friday, December 2 in the inaugural Pac-12 Conference Championship Game.
"As a program, we appreciate the NCAA approving our petition for a bowl waiver," said UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero. "We will be able to give our 18 seniors one more chance to represent their university and end their collegiate careers on a high note, regardless of the outcome of this Friday's Pac-12 Championship Game. We'd like to thank the NCAA for considering the unique situation in which we find ourselves this year and rewarding us with this opportunity."
All of the bowl pairings will be announced on Sunday, December 4. There will be seven bowl slots available to Pac-12 schools this year.


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Data Model for Placement of People with Special Needs
The Area being Modelled is :-
Subject: Placement of People with Special Needs
Question: I'm trying to develop a conceptual schema to help parents find placement for
special needs family members.
The possibilities are Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF), Group homes, Supported Apartments
and Day Treatment/Living at Home.
The entities involved are caregiver, staff, special needs person.
These facilites are paid for by Social Security.
The possible outcomes are accepted, rejected and waitlist.
The special needs person is ineligble for public free services after age 22.
The transitioning period is form age 18-22.
I'm having difficulty constructing a model for this concept that is so sorely needed for
people in this circumstance.
I'm not sure how the data model should look.
Can you please help?
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After a $3 billion offer for Snapchat failed to land Mark Zuckerberg the popular video and picture sharing service, Facebook has been trying to come up with an app to rival the one that got away. A report emerging from the Financial Times today suggests that Mark Zuckerberg is personally spearheading efforts to build a competing 'ephemeral app' that will enable users to share both pictures, and videos with just a few taps of a screen. The new picture and video sharing app is known as "Slingshot" internally at Facebook, and it could be released to the public within a month.
This is not the first time that Zuckerberg and Facebook have tried to compete with Snapchat. In 2012 after a failed attempt to buy Snapchat, Facebook launched "Poke" and it failed spectacularly. Mark Zuckerberg has since labeled that attempt as a joke, and even told reporters that the app was written in just 12 hours, just to show that there was not much to the application, and that Snapchat should have taken him up on his $3 billion offer.
Slingshot apparently represents a much bigger attempt at taking on one of the biggest social apps in the mobile space. The new app has apparently been in development for months now, and Mark Zuckerberg has been personally overseeing the project every step of the way, which signifies just how important he believes Snapchat is.Whats the big deal with Snapchat? Snapchat really appeals to teenagers, and this is the one demographic that seems to be escaping the grasp of Facebook.
Facebook announced at the beginning of the year that they will be focusing on releasing some quality stand-a-lone apps throughout 2014, and they have already had a solid hit on their hands with the Paper app that was released a couple of months ago. There is no doubt that Mark Zuckerberg hates the fact that Snapchat slipped from his grasp, so making a new Snapchat competitor makes sense, but it remains to be seen if Facebook and Zuckerberg have waited too long to release a real rival to Snapchat. Perhaps the biggest question is, will it have the clout required to remove Snapchat from the top of the photo sharing tree? It will certainly have a tough battle on its hands.


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One of the biggest superstars in professional wrestling, the Ultimate Warrior, has passed away on Tuesday evening. He was just 54-years old. The iconic wrestler's cause of death is unknown at this time according to an April 8 ABC News report. Seemingly healthy, the Ultimate Warrior appeared at Wrestlemania 30 just days ago.
The Ultimate Warrior looked like the picture of health as he was inducted into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame just three days ago. According to the report, he collapsed outside a hotel and was pronounced dead at the hospital. He was with his wife at the time.
The entire wrestling community and fans of the Ultimate Warrior are shocked at the news of his death. Many took to Twitter as the hashtag RIPUltimateWarrior began trending. Fans from across the world left their condolences.
@Dame_Lillard: Rip to the ultimate warrior... #TNT!!
@The Rock: Loss always has a way of reminding us to live and love as greatly as we can. My prayers and strength to his family. RIP Ultimate Warrior.
@TravisBarker: #RIP to one of my favorite wrestlers growing up @UltimateWarrior True #Legend
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Awesome Guitar Tab Mashup Showcases Audio Data API
Attention budding guitar players, the web just might turn into the best guitar teacher around.
The Mozilla hacks blog has details on an awesome web-based guitar tab player experiment from developer Greg Jopa. Using Mozilla's experimental Audio Data API and the Vexflow HTML5 music notation rendering API, Jopa's guitar tab player displays interactive sheet music that traces the notes of a song as it plays.
If you're using Firefox 4, head over to the demo site to see the mashup in action. Other browsers won't work, but the demo movie below shows how the guitar tab player works.
The reason this experiment only works in Firefox is because it uses Mozilla's new Audio Data API, which gives web developers a way to interact with raw audio data in HTML5′s
While Mozilla's Audio Data API hasn't been blessed by the W3C just yet, plenty of what we use on the web right now — XMLHttpRequest anyone? — started out exactly the same way. Because the web embraced XMLHttpRequest, it became a standard. Given this awesome experiment and some of the other great demos we've seen that use the Audio Data API, we're really hoping the W3C adds the Audio Data API to the spec.
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I am going to show you how to make my favorite facial cleansing oil. Years ago, before I started writing from home in order to spend more time with my boys, I had my own boutique line of natural facial care products. My hand-crafted line was featured in a popular Martha Stewart magazine and featured in celebrity swag bags at a major film festival in Hollywood. This was my best-selling cleanser for a good couple years and I know you'll enjoy it!
We've all seen the facial oils on the market from brands like Shu Uemera, DHC, and more. The only thing I believe setting this recipe apart from others is the cost.
In fact, I believe this is less irritating because I do not use emulsifiers in this. No, this cleansing oil doesn't rinse right off with a splash of water, but that is not a bad thing. Sometimes people mistakenly believe that the OIL is what can aggravate breakouts in retail cleansing oils, when indeed it is the synthetic emulsifying agent. The emulsifying agents used in some of the popular retail cleansing oils have been shown to promote acne and aggravate eczema.
This facial oil is what I use to remove my makeup at night as part of "double cleansing"--using a cleansing oil first followed by a second cleanser. When I was still doing my line, The Good Guide rated each of my facial cleansers a 9.0 out of 10--in the top 10% of all cleansers on the market. It was also rated very safe by Skin Deep. When you use it (if you're new to this), you will see why!
Do not be afraid of the word "oil". Most vegetable oils do not, in fact, clog the pores. My facial cleansing oil is a wonderful blend of high-quality ingredients. You may use this to remove your makeup. It will melt it right off. I prefer to gently dampen the skin and then massage into my skin and wherever I have makeup. I rinse with tepid water and then follow with ZENMED Facial Cleansing Gel.
The Oil Cleansing Method has been embraced by several well-known brands. Why? It is gentle, yet effective!
Here are the oils I put in my homemade facial cleansing oil. You do not need all of them. You may use just one, two, three--all of them are just a FABULOUS blend! I
I use equal parts safflower & rice bran to make the bottle half way full. Then mix equal parts olive squalane, jojoba, sunflower, grapeseed and argan to the mix to make up the other half. This is my personal best formula. Some people may want more grapeseed...others more jojoba. It just takes a little experimentation to get the right blend for yourself.
More on the ingredients used--
Safflower Oil: Safflower oil has firming and hydrating properties and consists of over 75% Linoleic Acid and is very high in Oleic Acid. Both are very moisturizing, yet this oil penetrates the skin very quickly so it isn't greasy.
Rice Bran Oil: This wonderful oil can held reduce imflammation and skin irritation. It absorbs very quickly without leaving a film on the skin. This oil is antioxidant-rich, as it contains vitamin E and gammaoryzanol. Rice Bran is a great, lightweight oil to give your skin a velvety feel.
Olive Squalane: Has been shown to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. It is ideal to soften your skin as well. We naturally produce squalane, but as we age, the production slows down. This ingredient is vegan (traditional forms come from sharks), from olive oil. It can improve cracked skin, and skin suffering from conditions such as eczema and dermatitis. It has regenerative properties and can help restore a youthful, supple appearance. It is very light in texture, so it will not leave a greasy residue on the skin.
Jojoba Oil: is wonderful for the skin because it mimics your skins own sebum, drawing excess oil out. Jojoba oil is pure and it is natural. This oil is hydrating without being greasy. It will not promote acne or aggravate an existing case of acne.
Sunflower Oil: is chock full of vitamins A, C, D, and E. It is highly protective. It has also been shown to fight bacteria, which makes this a wonderful oil for acne, and why I believe this is ideal for all skin types.
Grapeseed Oil: This is very lightweight and absorbs quickly into the skin. It contains antioxidants and has high amounts of linoleic acid.
Argan Oil: Argan is a very special oil. Argan itself contains more antioxidant and cell regenerative properties than olive oil, grape seed oil and avocado oil combined together. Argan oil has been shown in many studies to help increase cell regeneration and improve cell turnover. When applied to the skin, it absorbs quickly, and without an oily film, leaving behind a silky and satiny feel.
Argan Oil contains Omega 6 fatty acids, twice the amount of Vitamin E than olive oil, Vitamin A to improve elasticity; Phenols, which are tremendously beneficial antioxidants, as well as antifungal and antibacterial agents; and something called Triterpens, which aid in cell restructuring, can slow down the cell aging process, and also act as an anti-inflammatory. It is one of the more expensive oils to buy, but it is commonly referred to as "Liquid Gold" for a very good reason!
How To Use Facial Cleansing Oil: Dampen skin with tepid water. Apply cleansing oil to your fingertips (no larger than the size of a dime) and massage into the skin. Massage for at least 60 seconds in upward circular motions. This oil is able to remove stubborn waterproof makeup, sunscreen and mascara. Gently massage and rub ever so gently with gentle microfiber facial cloth. My top pick is the Norwex Face Cloths. Rinse again. Follow with a fragrance free liquid or bar cleanser if desired. My recommendation is any fragrance free bar from Aunt Nancy's Handmade Soaps or ZENMED facial cleansers.


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TC TO C. H. COOPER ; 20 March 1846; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18460320-TC-CHC-01; CL 20: 146
Chelsea, 20 March / 1846
Dear Sir,
I have received your Ely Papers,1 still in time; for which many new thanks. They shall be well taken care of, they and your other property here; and very thankfully returned so soon as I have done with them.
Hand's Letter is in the Appendix;2 to which I have not yet got. The Printer is not quite half thro' the Text; nor am I yet wholly thro' it. A business of endless trouble: but you will find the Book a little improved; and not fail here and there to see traces of your own labour in it.
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There's always something new at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, and this year is no exception. When the festival comes to the park between September 19 and November 10 this year, it will introduce a brand-new marketplace chock full of tasty ethnic cuisine.
The Patagonia Marketplace will bring the flavors of Chile and Argentina to World Showcase. You'll have an additional week to enjoy them, too, as this year's festival has been extended by seven days. The new fare will include fresh, sustainable roasted Verlasso salmon, quinoa salad and arugula chimichurri.
Dining and drinking are, of course, the main festival activities, so that means plenty of special dinning events, a foodie Boot Camp, and a Friday morning nosh and chat cookbook event with celebrity chefs. The ever-popular Ocean Spray cranberry bog will be back, too, as will the free and fun passports that you can get stamped as you journey around the world of food.
Of course, you can Eat to the Beat with the popular concert series. This year it includes newcomer Jo Dee Messina kicking this off, along with Rick Springfield (Sept. 24-25), Fuel (Oct. 9-10), Jim Brickman (Oct. 23-24), Los Lonely Boys (Oct. 25-26), and David Cook (Nov. 6-7). Returning acts include the Pointer Sisters (Sept. 22-23), Christopher Cross (Sept. 26-27), and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy closing the event.
Click the slideshow accompanying this article for some photos from last year's event to help you get exited for 2014.
Did you know that the Swan and Dolphin resorts have their own foodie event each fall? Jump to this article to read more about it.
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After I run
mplayer, the cursor keys on my keyboard get swapped with random keys on my keyboard...
Up = Print
Left = ISO_Level3_Shift
Right = Windows key
Down = Nothing
Restarting seems to fix the problem. The only sort-of work around I have is to turn off KHotkey daemon (which stops KSnapshot starting every time I press
up). Changing the keyboard layout from one to another doesn't do anything, and also changing the keyboard model seems to have no effect. All other keys seem to work fine. I've never seen anything like this before.
What could I try?
Ah, actually it's not be mplayer. It's prooving to be very difficult to figure out exactly what is causing this to happen. It's fine when I first log in, but at some point the key swap occurs.


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Our family was looking for a small special needs dog as a companion for our toy poodle. We searched through Petfinder and found Molly listed, who had lost her eyes due to lack of medical care and a raccoon attack. Chihuahua Rescue & Referral took such great care of Molly during her rehab. she fit into our family almost seamlessly. She is smart, affectionate to everyone and helps promote special needs rescue where ever she goes. She even taught our other dog how to chase the cat.....lol.
Molly - A Petfinder Happy Tail
Adopted from Chihuahua Rescue and Referral, Federal Way, WA.
- posted 06/20/2014
from Lorna of marysville, WA
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According to Friday's KRON 4 News, a professional San Francisco, Calif., area dog walker left eight dogs inside of a parked van while she went shopping.
Witnesses heard the distressed barks and cries coming from within the van, which was parked outside of a Nordstrom store at a Bay area mall; animal control was alerted to the situation as well. When an animal control officer arrived, seven dogs were found to be tied in the back of the van, and one in the front of the van - the dogs had been inside of the parked vehicle for over two hours with no food, water or open windows.
The woman who operates the dog walking business, 4 Your Paws Only, was not cited, but her dog-walking license will be taken away next week.
The sun was out and temperatures were in the 70s on the day that the dogs were left inside of the dog-walker's vehicle.
Watch the full news report here.
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