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Join One Book One Boulder, Boulder"s First City-Wide Reading Program
By Allison Sylvest
The University of Colorado at Boulder is taking an active part in "One Book, One Boulder," a community-wide reading program aimed at bringing Boulder together through the reading and discussion of a single book, Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima."
Gail Siegel, director of the Office of Community Relations, is coordinating CU-Boulder's activities, including campus book groups for discussion of the novel.
"We're encouraging everyone to pick up the book and start reading," said Siegel. "Paperback copies are available at the Boulder Public Library, local book stores and the CU Book Store. It's widely available in English and Spanish, including audio book versions, and in several other languages."
First published in 1972, "Bless Me, Ultima" is the story of a young boy's ascent to maturity and his ongoing relationship with an aging folk healer. The classic coming of age story set in 1940s New Mexico was chosen from a list of 180 nominated books by representatives from the Boulder Public Library, the Daily Camera, CU-Boulder, local schools and the City of Boulder
"Bless Me, Ultima" is required reading at many local high schools and is included in American Literature curriculums at CU-Boulder and other area colleges and universities. It sometimes is considered part of a trilogy along with Anaya's novels, "Heart of Azlan" and "Tortuga." Anaya is the author of more than 20 additional books, including six for children.
In 2001, Anaya received the Center of the American West's Wallace Stegner award, presented each year to an individual who has made a sustained contribution to the cultural identity of the West through literature, art, history, lore or understanding of the West.
Activities will culminate April 21-23 with a number of events at which Anaya will appear. In addition to a welcome dinner and family events, Anaya will take part in a panel discussion of the book on Friday, April 22. The panel will include representatives from CU-Boulder.
For more information call Gail Siegel at (303) 492-7084 or Carol Heepke, Special Programs coordinator at the Boulder Public Library, (303) 441-3196 or visit the web site at www.boulder.lib.co.us/survey/info.htm.
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"The More Things Change…LTCM Part 1"
LTCM is now history and the lessons were forgotten surprisingly quickly. Yet, the problems at Amaranth bear a scary resemblance to the events that brought LTCM undone. Over the next two postings, I have set out a brief history of the LTCM saga.
In the Long Run…
Keynes noted that in the long run we are all dead. LTCM showed that the proposition also held in the short run. In fact, they demonstrated that it is possible to self destruct in a surprisingly short time. LTCM is a story of the confluence of many divergent trends - quantitative finance, risk modeling and derivatives trading. Naturally, it is also about the staples of financial markets – fear and greed.
LTCM was a hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. The fund was formed in 1994 by a group of ex-Salomon Brothers traders led by John Meriwether. The key principals (in addition to Meriwether) included Eric Rosenfield, Lawrence Hilibrand, William Krasker, Victor Haghani, Greg Hawkins and David Modest. LTCM principals included Nobel price winners Robert Merton and Myron Scholes and former regulators including former Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman David Mullins.
The core Group had worked together in Salomon Brother's fixed income arbitrage operations. The individuals did not fit the mould of traditional rough and tumble traders. Most were highly qualified, holding Ph.Ds in economics, finance, mathematics, science or related disciplines. The unifying element was the enigmatic Meriwether. He had hired many of the key players. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Meriwether was one of the earliest to embrace quantitative finance and to realise its potential to unlock trading riches.
He attracted fierce loyalty amongst employees, backing them unquestioningly. There is a story about Meriwether that encapsulates his relationship with his hires. A trader asked Meriwether's view of a trade that he was considering. "My trade was when I hired you," Meriwether is reported to have responded. The fact that he paid them extraordinarily well even by the extravagant standards of financial markets also helped in the bonding.
The fixed income arbitrage group's mythology was built around a famous incident. In the aftermath of the stock market crash in 1987, traders at Salomons gathered to discuss strategies. Real world disasters generally create volatility. Traders see them as trading opportunities. Calamities do not result in considered focus on the human tragedy. Disasters cause reflection on which stocks will go up or down and what the currency and interest rate markets reaction is likely to be. Traders often also make side bets amongst themselves when such events occur. After, the 2004 tsunami in Asia, the traders at one bank ran a book on the final casualty number from the disaster.
In 1987, at Salomons, there was a difference of opinion. The traditionalists, John Gutenfreund (Head of Salomons) and Craig Coats (Head of Government bond trading), thought that interest rates would fall. This is what had generally happened in the past. They bought a truck load of 30 year bonds hoping to profit from rising prices as interest rates fell.
Meriwether's boys – the arbitrage group – did not share the consensus view. They noticed that the market disruption had resulted in a lower risk trading opportunity. The 30 year bond consists of 60 interest payment (semi-annual interest coupons) and a final principal payment (the corpus). They could buy the coupons and corpus separately at a lower price than the 30 year bond itself. They did precisely this, buying the components separately, and selling the 30 year bond short, to lock in a profit.
The arbitrage group's trade made money. Gutenfreund's trade – which quickly gained the sobriquet "the Whale" – lost a similar sum. Coats, a competitor of Meriwether in the battle for succession within the firm, was furious. In the end, the bond desk's attempts to best Meriwether precipitated a scandal. Salomons was accused of breaking the rules that governed the US government bond auctions. Both Mozer and Meriwether were forced to leave Salomons. It was MAD (mutually assured destruction).
The trades themselves marked a boundary. The purchase of the bonds represented the old – traditional trading. The arbitrage group's quantitative and research driven trade represented the new world of trading. In time the arbitrage group's profits came to represent the bulk of Salomon's profitability. Meriwether's power and influence reached extraordinary heights. Despite deep resentment from other employees, Meriwether and his team were given a lucrative profit sharing arrangement. It was supposedly secret. Few things remain a secret in trading rooms and financial markets for long.
Modus Operandi
After leaving Salomons, Meriwether gradually put together LTCM. He assembled his old team. This time they would be in complete control. Their profits would not have to subsidise the bloated and unprofitable activities of a full-service investment bank.
The presence of Merton, Scholes and Mullins was puzzling. Merton and Scholes were at heart academics engrossed in research. Despite consulting gigs, they were unworldly when it came to the trading wars. Mullins was a career central banker. But they were names.
After LTCM collapsed, Merton joined a new venture started by some ex-bankers. It was a cutting edge financial services firm focused on developing vague new products. A bank I knew was approached to invest in the new venture. The CEO of the bank got to meet Merton. He couldn't stop talking about it. He was as excited as if he had met Paris Hilton. He had got to shake Merton's hand. He spoke with naked adoration about his meeting which it turned out had been cut short. Merton had to take a call from the Head of an Asian Central Bank. The CEO spoke in awe about Merton's fingers on the pulse of global capital.
The hedge fund was established with capital of $4,000 million. The capital came from banks, institutional investors and some private investors. The principals, wealthy in their own right, invested significantly in LTCM. In some case, they invested their entire assets in the fund.
LTCM's structure included strategic partners. Two dozen partners invested at least $100 million each in the fund in return for access to LTCM's technology, modeling, analytics and investment strategies. In reality, anyone who had worked with the arbitrage group would have known that their modus operandi resembled a neutrino star – a black hole. Things only went into the group. Nothing every emanated from the group who operated with an obsessive secretiveness. The strategic partners were rumoured to include central banks or governments. Competitors grumbled that LTCM enjoyed privileged market information and access to special financing facilities.
Investors paid a 2% management fee on asset under management and 25 % incentive fee on earnings after a threshold level of return.
Secret Trader's Business
LTCM was vague about how the money would be invested. The buzz words were "relative value" and "convergence" trading. LTCM emphasised research and sophisticated analysis of markets. They spoke of "proprietary" modeling techniques. The principals bristled with indignation if anybody suggested that LTCM was a "hedge fund". In the early 1990s, being a hedge fund did not quite have the cachet that it does today.
There was allusion to identification of "small pricing discrepancies between securities" and "taking advantage of value discrepancies". There were "long run equilibrium values" and trading to capitalise on movement away from equilibrium values due to "short term market disturbances". LTCM was going to purchase "cheap" or "underpriced" securities and "hedge" them by undertaking short sales of "expensive" securities with "similar" characteristics. Profits would result when pricing differences corrected. It was the old buy low sell high and the sell high buy low strategy. There were some old favourites as well - tax arbitrage and the standard carry trades.
LTCM's used leverage, up to 25 times. Individual strategies only yielded small profits. Leverage was needed to accentuate the returns. LTCM assured potential investors that risk would be low because the fund would not take directional risks and outright positions. The low risk would allow the fund to use a lot of leverage.
LTCM did not talk about what would happen if markets did not converge or revert to the blissful equilibrium state. The fund would have to hold positions through to maturity to realise the pricing anomaly. The fund intended to take large positions. The mantra was that relative value trading required assuming positions when temporary market disturbances created trading opportunities. LTCM would provide liquidity to the market.
Myron Scholes explained LTCM's trading strategy to his old mentor at the University of Chicago, Merton Miller, in the following terms: "think of us [LTCM] as a gigantic vacuum cleaner sucking up nickels from all over the world".
Let the Good Times Roll
LTCM's initial performance was exceptional. The peak was 1995 and 1996 when they generated returns of over 40 % pa. The performance was remarkable given that the risks appeared low. LTCM was living up to its heady billing.
During this time, LTCM was heavily focused on its usual trading strategies perfected during the Salomon years. The high returns and low risks appear in hindsight to have been driven by a fortunate combination of factors. LTCM had hit a sweet spot. They were able to exploit once in lifetime opportunities due to the creation of the single European currency - the Euro - and tax arbitrage opportunities.
In 1997, returns fell to about 17%. US stocks showed returns of 33%. The 1997 performance was disappointing. LTCM had indicated to investors that its risk profile would be similar to that of equity investments. There was also increased competition. New hedge funds modeled on LTCM had set up shop. Investment banks had also set up internal hedge funds imitating LTCM's activities.
LTCM increased leverage. LTCM had used only modest leverage until this point, around 8 times against a permitted 25 times. LTCM returned $2.7 billion of its total capital of $7 billion to investors. Most investors were aghast at the mere suggestion that they would be excluded from the high returns that everybody expected LTCM to continue to make for investors. They fought to stay in. New investors sought to get in. LTCM was still a "hot ticket".
LTCM also "broadened" its trading activities extending them to credit spread trading, volatility trading and equity risk arbitrage. This is often called "style drift". Inevitably, you drift into the path of the mother of all storms.
© Satyajit Das 2006; All rights reserved.
The above is adapted from Traders Guns and Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives by Satyajit Das (2006, FT - Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273 70474 5) available at all good book stores or online at www.pearson-ed.com.
Satyajit Das works in the area of financial derivatives and risk management. He is the author of a number of key reference works on derivatives and risk management. His works include Swaps/ Financial Derivatives Library – Third Edition (2005, John Wiley & Sons) (a 4 volume 4,200 page reference work for practitioners on derivatives) and Credit Derivatives, CDOs and Structured Credit Products –Third Edition (2005, John Wiley & Sons). He is the author of Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives (2006, FT-Prentice Hall), an insider's account of derivatives trading and the financial products business filled with black humour and satire. The book has been described by the Financial Times, London as " fascinating reading … explaining not only the high-minded theory behind the business and its various products but the sometimes sordid reality of the industry". He is also the author (with Jade Novakovic) of In Search of the Pangolin: The Accidental Eco-Tourist (2006, New Holland), an unique travel narrative offering passionate and often poignant insights into the natural world and the culture of eco-travel.

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Had a miscarriage 10 months ago and still trying but nothing is happening, I need advice.
I had a miscarriage in February 2012. I was told that the baby was only a few weeks old and probably didn't attach correctly to my wall. It's been 10 months now and we have been trying for a while and still no baby. After the miscarriage my period has changed a bit, but now the past 3 months it went from a 28 day cycle and bleeding for 6-7 day to now being a 30 day cycle and 3-4 days of bleeding. I fell like I really don't have a period anymore. It's not like it used to be. I'm 34 years old healthy and I really want a baby since I'm getting older and I'm afraid of the danger of trying to have a baby after 35. Any advise would help, Please.
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College Hockey:2009-10 Alaska Season Preview
In one season as head coach, Dallas Ferguson managed to take the Alaska Nanooks from ninth place to fourth, from 20 league points to 34, and from first-round playoff loser to Joe Louis Arena. It's no wonder that he was awarded a five-year contract extension last week.
And he doesn't let a little success go to his head.
"We're a program that takes it day by day, and we make sure we are successful each time that we come to the rink," said Ferguson, reflecting on the Nanooks having been picked seventh in the preseason CCHA coaches poll, sixth by the media — lofty digs for an Alaskan team that made the CCHA tournament in Detroit last season for just the third time in the program's 14-year history.
Even with Ferguson's best steady hand at the helm, without goaltender Chad Johnson, there is absolutely no way that Alaska would have made the trip to Detroit at the end of the 2008-09 season. While it may not be fair to pin it all on Johnson, it would be difficult to underplay his role in the Nanooks' success last year. The team had the 54th-best offense in the country, scoring just 1.90 goals per game — only Brown, American International, Michigan State and Michigan Tech scored fewer.
Johnson had the country's best goals-against average (1.66) and save percentage (.940). How he was ignored for the Hobey Hat Trick is incomprehensible, as he wasn't fronted by superstars.
"I get asked a lot about the loss of Chad Johnson," said Ferguson. "Opportunities for other players are created when you have players leave the program."
Ferguson thinks that Johnson's departure is a good opportunity for sophomore netminder Scott Greenham, who in four games last season (3-0-1) had a 1.02 goals-against average and .958 save percentage. "I feel real good about where he is," said Ferguson, "and being our starting goaltender from day one."
The other obvious need for the Nanooks is in scoring. UAF has solid players that have never really clicked, like senior returning top scorer Dion Knelsen. Last year, Knelsen led all Nanooks in scoring (10-12–22) as just one of two double-digit goal scorers on the squad; in three seasons and 109 games, Knelsen has netted 26 goals.
"If you do things well away from the puck, hopefully you will get the puck back," said Ferguson, who knows that it's not just offense that's lacking. The entire team needs to play a better transition game. A little confidence wouldn't hurt, either.
"The big emphasis for us," said Ferguson, "will be working hard and getting lots of pucks and bodies to the net. I don't think there is any fancy way to create scoring chances other than working hard and being smart with the puck."
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Suite moment for Jimmy
by Stuart Vose
Banqueting Suite becomes the Montgomery Suite.
The Banqueting Suite at the Stadium of Light is now known as the Montgomery Suite in honour of one of the club's most famous sons.
1973 FA Cup-winning hero and club ambassador Jimmy Montgomery turned 70 last month and was the star of the show at a special tribute dinner last Friday.
It was a lovely surprise and a great evening with my family and friends and the football club that I love
- Jimmy Montgomery
With a number of former players, club officials, family and friends and supporters in attendance, 'Monty' was presented with the special surprise during the 'This is Your Life'-style evening.
It was an emotional moment for the former goalkeeper, who clocked up a record 627 senior appearances for the club.
"I'm an emotional man and I'm glad I've been able to keep myself together," Montgomery said. "It was a lovely surprise and a great evening with my family and friends and the football club that I love."
Chairman Ellis Short said: "When you consider the heroes of SAFC, Jimmy Montgomery is right at the peak.
"As our club ambassador, Monty's place in Sunderland folklore is thoroughly merited and so it is fitting that the club marked his recent 70th birthday."
A special 'Montgomery Suite' plaque was unveiled as part of the tributes to a man who is Sunderland through and through.
Commercial director Gary Hutchinson added: "Jimmy is a hugely important part of our Sunderland family.
"He is loved by fans, young and old, which is very evident on match days here at the stadium where he is always the centre of attention. We are delighted to rename the Banqueting Suite in his honour."


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First one FTW, Heyeyeyeyeyea or whatever is awesome.
Ketchup or BBQ Sauce?
Fried or grilled?
Grilled. Healthier.
Djokovic or Federer?
"Celtics" or "Keltics"?
[✔] Firing Squad
[] Line Up
OKC or Heat?
Monster. Even though there's no Monster here.
Federer or Nadal?
Skrillex or Deadmau5?
Props to mrxtothez for signature.
Life is like a never ending road; the never is short but the ending is long.
LP Slash () or GnR Slash?
Oh ok I don't watch Tennis thank you for the information :3.
LP Slah XD
Fee or Five or Foe or Thumb?
Fee or Five
I'm gonna guess they're football players.
In My Remains or In My Place
Oooh that's hard. I'd say In My Place for the drums and guitar.
But In My Remains overall.
Red or Blue?
Burn It Down or Burn It to the Ground ()?
I don't get the joke so I'm just gonna say Burn it Down.
Pizza Shapes or Barbecue Shapes?
Burn It to the Ground is a Nickelback song.
Barbeque ftw
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The Town of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue (SABD) was the scene of the Great Canadian clean-up held Saturday July 5th.
The goal was to have at least 20 participants, which would start from the edge of John Abbott College and work their way around to Parc Godin, depending on time and volume.
The route commenced from the tip of SABD reaching the Coop du Grand Orme at the edge of the Highway 20 Bridge.
14 volunteers, young, and old spent two and a half hours picking up close to 15 pounds of garbage, coupled with an additional two pounds of recyclables, which were then separated into two different color bags.
"SABD and the World Wildlife Fund sponsored the event with collaboration from Cunningham's Pub, Lise-Anne Briand, Massage Therapy, and the Coop du Grand Orme.
It was my first time coordinating this event as well as the first time that the shoreline cleanup has extended through the main centre of town. The college hosts a regular fall shoreline cleanup each year in the region near the campus," organizer James Maynard told The Suburban.
"I found picking up trash to clean up the shoreline was a satisfying, humbling, and surprisingly fun way to spend time with good, like-minded people of the community. A good time was had by all," said Ile-Perrot resident, Michelle Bruyere.
"I couldn't believe how many water bottles we picked up. It is great that we recycled all of them." said SABD resident, Ryan Young.
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Is there a specific reason why Rangers aren't allowed to start with any feeder clubs? I have tried to change this on the editor as a club their size should have a couple of clubs but when I start a new game and select the correct database it still comes up with them as having no feeder clubs. Have I posted this in the right area and does anyone know of any codes that prevent this?


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It has been three years since Charlie Sheen was fired from "Two and a Half Men" and Ashton Kutcher took his place. Fans have either held on for the ride or bailed once they knew Sheen would not return. After three seasons without the main man on the show, "Two and a Half Men" is still going strong. Some fans prefer Kutcher to Sheen, which isn't surprisngly anymore. According to a Feb. 6 report from E! Online, Ashton Kutcher is sick of Charlie Sheen tweeting about him and the show. On an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" he basically told Sheen to shut up and move on.
When Charlie Sheen had his famous meltdown in the middle of "Two and a Half Men" filming a season, fans were not shocked that he got the boot. When it was announced that Ashton Kutcher would be replacing him, the reaction was less than pleasant. It ended up working out because Kutcher is great as Walden. It is a completely new character but there is still chemistry with Jon Cryer, making it work for the show. Kutcher has taken a lot of criticism and is sick of hearing anything Sheen has to say. It is like beating a dead horse, enough already!
There has not been a reply from Charlie Sheen in response to Ashton Kutcher's comments on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" but fans are certain their will be. Sheen is not one to keep quiet when confronted or spoken to, so it is just a matter of time before he speaks up. For now fans are rallying behind Kutcher and his character on "Two and a Half Men."
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College Scholarship Fundraising Event Jan. 31
Six Public Openings in MN Master Naturalist Volunteer Training at College
Anoka-Ramsey theater production selected for Kennedy Center Midwest regional competition
Las Hermanas Padilla at Anoka-Ramsey, Jan. 16 and 17
Ceramics fundraisers; public gets opportunity for one-of-a-kind art May 6
Be a Life Saver: College Offers Free Suicide Prevention Workshop April 16
Public Invited to 8th Annual Student Fine Arts Portfolio Exhibit Opening April 3
Join the fun: The IT Girl hits college stage April 18-26
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Students Enter Digital Age with Launch of New Web Site
College gears up undergraduate research opportunities to enrich learning, advance scientific knowledge
Two students named to All-Minnesota Academic Team
Students, community members improve natural habitats through MN Master Naturalist Program
Ramsey Lions Club Presents $25,000 to College Foundation
College Nursing instructor named an Educator of the Year
Lake Wobegon® Brass Band supports College Music program and plays on
Sponsors for scholarship event needed to change lives
College faculty member publishes first chapbook, Blood Ties
Three faculty members named 2014 Outstanding Educators by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
College Music Faculty Offer Free, Public Recital Feb. 7
College Art Faculty Offer Free, Public Talks about Craft
Can't get a job? Get inspired by someone who got 50 jobs in 50 weeks April 29
27th Annual Minnesota Writer Program Welcomes Award-Winning Author Cary J. Griffith Feb. 13
College hosts 2014 One Book Cambridge Community-Wide Reading program May 8
Master falconer visit huge success
College Now Offers Pharmacy Technician Degree at Cambridge Campus
Faculty Members Recognized with 2014 State Arts Grants
College's Free Candlelight Ski Event Set for Feb. 1
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Scholarship Fundraising Event Breaks Record in Attendance and Profit
Science Night: Peregrine Falcon – Fastest Member of the Animal Kingdom, Feb. 25
The Anoka-Ramsey Community College Cambridge Campus Foundation would like to invite the community to attend its 2014 Scholardazzle event Friday, Jan. 31 at Spectacular Events in Isanti. The evening includes dinner, live music, games, live, silent and cake auctions, and the chance to win table service and champagne from the foundation's board of directors. Tickets are $55 or two for $100.
The auctions will include such wonderful items as gift baskets from the Mall of America and others, Timberwolves tickets, electronics, hotel stays and much more.
Cambridge-based business, Outdoor Edge, a long-time supporter of the event, supplied his-and-hers Rossignol EVO First ski packages ($600 value) which include waxless skis, boots, bindings, polls and mounts.
"I went through two years at community college before graduating from the University of Minnesota," said Outdoor Edge owner K.C. Bohn. "I remember how tough it was to pay for school so I want to do what I can to help."
Chilson Jewelers, also in Cambridge, donates jewelry every year to be used in the Card Game raffle. This year the donation is a 14k white gold, black and white diamond pendant valued at $1200.
"It is important to support the local community and the students in the community to keep the Cambridge campus strong," noted store owner Brian Chilson.
"The wonder of Scholardazzle is the wonder of the local community," said Michael Wall, Interim Foundation Executive Director. "Hundreds of people attend, catch up, network, and share the sense that supporting the future of the community through access to a quality, affordable, local education is vital. It is great to see."
Scholarships change lives for the better. Please consider becoming a sponsor or purchasing tickets to the event. Details are available at AnokaRamsey.edu or 763-433-1968.


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DRAFT Web Principles, Standards & Guidelines
Principles For the Web
Las Positas College strives to achieve accuracy, usability, accessibility and functionality with its website. It is essential that we adhere to a series of guiding principles and standards to maintain consistency throughout our website. The guiding principles for the website are:
- Ensure that the website is easy to use, and does what users need.
- Organize information and navigation in a way that is meaningful to the user, creating a user-centered website.
- Create a parallel between the online and on-campus experience with consistent language and content, e.g. "Student Services"
- Ensure that current, accurate information is posted on the website.
- Enable and empower individual staff members with the responsibility to maintain content on websites for their specific departments or areas.
- Structure the web pages and templates in web-standards format.
The following standards represent how websites will uphold the guiding principles.
- Only college employees will be granted direct access for creating and/or maintaining institutional websites at Las Positas College. Access to an institutional website requires a valid web account.
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Every Mother's Day sons and daughters honor their own mothers. It's a wonderful tradition that brings families closer. As Mother's Day once again is upon us, I can't help but think about one mother in particular: Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Though the angel told Mary that her son would be great, Mary was still a mother. Her hopes and her dreams for her son were vivid and clear. Like any other mother, Mary longed for her son to achieve all he could and be everything he could be. When the caravan was returning to Bethlehem from Jerusalem, Jesus was nowhere to be found. When Mary and Joseph realized he was not with their family, they rushed back to find their son. When they found Jesus, Mary admonished him by asking what any other mother would, "Why have you treated us like this?" (See Luke 2)
I don't think any of us can understand the anguish Mary felt while her son was being crucified by the Romans. Seeing him bloody and bruised could only have tortured her heart. And yet, the crucifixion of Jesus was not the end of her story.
With the resurrection of Jesus Christ came a new opportunity for Mary. Her son lived again! As broken as her heart was to see him die, imagine the elation in her heart when she found out he was alive!
As we prepare to celebrate Mother's Day, let's remember Mary. Every mother has emotional ups and downs. Each mother at one time or another asks, "Why have you treated me like this?" As you think about your mother, remember her for the love she holds for you. It's easy to remember hard or difficult times. It's much harder to forgive and unconditionally love. If nothing else, that is the lesson of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Her love for him never diminished. Sons and daughters, may your love for your mother be the same.


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5. Dorky on Land and Sea. Now, I know you're on vacation, and you really don't want to even care what you look like. You're never going to see any of these people again, right? And, it's O.K. to let your guard down on things like makeup and maybe even hair, to a degree, on your beach vacation. However, I'm going to suggest that this group of beachies is probably just as dorky in "real life" as they are in "vacation life," and therein lies the problem. But, what makes one a dork on the beach? Well, choice of hat, for one thing. Yes, hats are pretty much mandatory for sun protection, and big, floppy ones can definitely be a nice fashion accessory in a Jackie-O, Martha's Vineyard sort of way. But, hats with words on them (i.e., the last place you vacationed) and baseball caps with your ponytail or mullet sticking out the hole in the back are not cool. The color of a hat can make a huge difference also; always go for natural fabrics and colors. And, under no circumstances is a Sun Visor to be worn (those just scream retirement village). I think, also, just clothes that don't fit correctly constitute dorkiness on the beach, especially shorts that are too short on a guy. They look like basketball uniform shorts from the '70s, the ones worn with knee-high tube socks with stripes at the top. Yikes.
With regard to footwear on the beach — or, more accurately, footwear not to wear: No wearing of socks and shoes. This is the beach for heaven's sake. And you may NOT wear Swim Shoes. You know, the ones you can wear to keep your feet from burning in the sand or to avoid jabbing your feet on the hypodermic syringes on the ocean floor. Sure, swim shoes are practical, but suck it up. The cost of dorkiness is just too high.
Last, but not least: Ladies, consider the swimsuit. The bathing suit you bought in 1979 is just not O.K., even if you have only worn it a total of five times. The life of a bathing suit is not calculated by the number of wears.
All right, realizing that I have been a little 'ornery' today with my beach observations, I would like to leave you with some true inspirations I encountered during my time on the beach. Here are some really nice things happening that made me feel all 'squishy' inside:
Young children in complete awe of things as simple as sand and water.
Dads giving sandcastle-building lessons and romping in the water with their kids.
Multi-generation families having a great time together by the sea.
"Older" couples holding hands and strolling the beach.
I'm getting sentimental. I think I've been out in the sun too long.


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Today June 6, 2014 the hit rock band Link Park announced that their new video game Linkin Park Recharge - Wastelands is now available on the App Store. Yes, you read that correctly, Linkin Park has their own video game and those who play it will be able to gain access to their latest song "Wastelands" before the release of the upcoming album "The Hunting Party" later this month.
Developed by the Swiss games company Kuuluu Interactive Entertainment AG, Linkin Park Recharge - Wastelands is a third person action shooter that boasts tactical elements. Earth has become a barren desert in the future, and the planet's natural resources have been depleted. Machines have taken over.
"These Hybrids don't dream of electric sheep - they want to crush humankind - and you need to save us!"
As a member of a specialized resistance unit, the player will fight through hostile territory and complete missions through judicious use of resources. The enemies are the "Hybrids," a race of genetically engineered bio-mechanical androids who rule over the post-apocalyptic planet. The player will travel through the hostile wastelands on different missions with the aim of depriving the Hybrids of the energy they so badly need. When beaten, some Hybrids will relinquish rare and powerful equipment and valuable crystals, the currency of the Resistance.
Linkin Park Recharge - Wasteland boasts more than 50 missions, with online leader boards to compete against your friends.
According to a the press release we received, the game is supposed to do more than just entertain:
"The band is aiming to highlight the problems of energy poverty and promote better management and use of our planet's resources. Founded in 2005, the non-profit organization Music For Relief supports victims of natural disasters and projects for clean energy. The Power The World program also aims to help people for whom inadequate energy supply has a negative impact on health, education, safety and general quality of life."
Linkin Park Recharge - Wastelands is available for download on the App Store for iPad at $2.99.
For more information about the game visit www.lprecharge.com.
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Alan Turner
Updated Sept. 3, 2010
In five seasons at Southern Illinois University, Alan Turner has established himself as one of the top sprint coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference.
During his tenure at SIU he has lead the sprints and hurdles group to 14 individual Missouri Valley Conference titles, 2 men's 4x100m relay titles and one men's 4x400m relay title. He has had 25 MVC runner-ups, 65 All-MVC performances, 25 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 7 school records, 32 performances in SIU's all-time top-five list and 11 USATF Junior National qualifiers.
This past season was another successful record breaking campaign. His athletes broke three school records and won five Missouri Valley titles. Kandise Thompson set the new SIU standard with a 54.24 in the 400m indoors as well as part of the 4x400m relay team that broke the school record by almost 4 seconds with a 3:39.51. Kendra Deck broke the 400H record 3 times and set the new standard at 58.61 finishing 14th at the NCAA West Regional. Tredene Davis was also under the old record during the same race with Deck at the regional meet. Brandon Deloney continued to dominate the 200m in the Valley again sweeping the conference titles at the indoor and outdoor meets. Meredith Hayes also continued her reign in the short hurdles winning the MVC titles for the second straight year in the 60H indoor and 100H outdoor. Sammy Biggs won the outdoor 400m title. The women's team won the outdoor Missouri Valley title for the 2nd straight year by 44 ½ points.
The 2009 season was highlighted by sophomore Meredith Hayes who captured both the 60H indoors and 100H outdoor MVC titles. Her time of 8.42 in the 60H at the MVC Indoor Championship established a new MVC meet record and moved her to #2 on the SIU all-time list. At the MVC Outdoor Championship she led SIU to a 1-2-4 finish in the 100H with a 13.50, which also moved her to #2 on the SIU all-time list. Hayes finished 10th at the NCAA Mideast Regional. The SIU women's team captured the 2009 MVC Indoor & Outdoor team titles.
In 2008 his athletes had 19 All-MVC performances along with six MVC Champions and eight NCAA MidEast Regional qualifiers. Freshman Brandon Deloney won the MVC 200m titles at both the indoor and outdoor championships. In doing so he set SIU's McAndrew Stadium record at 20.83 during the outdoor meet. Deloney finished the 2008 season with 4 MVC titles, All-Mideast Region in 4x400m and a USATF Jr. National All-American in the 200m. Sophomores Stevie Warren and Sammy Biggs won their first individual MVC titles in 2008. Warren captured the 100m title, while Biggs won the 400m indoor conference title. Warren, Deloney, Biggs along with senior Antoine Jennings swept the relays at the MVC meet in NCAA regional qualifying times and the quartet finished with All-MidEast regional honors in the 4x400m relay.
Andrea Norris broke her own school record in the 60m with a runner-up performance at the 2008 MVC Indoor meet in 7.50 and followed that up with another school record in the indoor 200m at 24.62. Norris finished her career as a 10-time All-MVC runner. Freshman hurdler Meredith Hayes and Sophomore Terri Counts moved to #2 & #3 respectively on the SIU all-time list in the 60m hurdles. Sophomore Kendra Deck moved up to #4 on the SIU list in the 400H where she was MVC runner-up and a NCAA regional qualifier.
In 2007 Turner guided Andrea Norris to the SIU indoor 60 meter record of 7.52 seconds. Norris collected 4 individual All-MVC honors in 2007, along with qualifying for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 200m. Freshman, Sammy Biggs was All-MVC in the 400m at 46.98 and qualified for the USATF Jr. Nationals.
In Turner's first season he coached Felix Anderson, who was the high point scorer on the track at the 2006 MVC Indoor Championships, winning the 400m and taking runner-up in the 200m twenty minutes later. Anderson won the outdoor 200m title and was a regional qualifier in 200m, 400m and 4x100m relay. Also that season, Freshman Stevie Warren earned All-MVC honors in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay, as well as qualifying for the USATF Jr. Nationals in the 100m.
Before coming to SIU, Turner spent two years at Proviso East High School in Maywood, IL. as an assistant coach in the sprints and horizontal jumps.
While at Proviso East, he coached one Junior National Champion, three Junior National qualifiers, two Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state champions, three all-state honorees and six sectional champions. Three of his athletes from the 2004 team received Division I track scholarships.
Prior to Proviso East, Turner assisted triple jumper Kamau Sullivan in qualifying for the USATF Nationals in 1993 and 1994, as a member of the Nike Indiana Track Club.
As an athlete, Turner was a three-time All-American at Indiana University. He won five Big Ten titles; two long-jump, two 400m and one 4x400-meter relay. He was a team captain for the Hoosiers for three seasons, winning five straight Big Ten Conference team titles from 1990 indoor to 1992 indoor. In 1991, he won the NCAA indoor long jump title and was runner-up at the NCAA outdoor championships. He also qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m and 4x100m relay. Turner still holds the Indiana record in the outdoor long jump and as a member of the 4x100m relay.
Outside of collegiate competition, Turner finished in the top-eight in the long jump at the USA Outdoor Championships four times. He was a member of five U.S. National teams, winning the gold medal at the 1991 World University Games in the long jump.
A native of North Chicago, IL. Turner earned a bachelor's degree in public finance and an economics minor from Indiana in 1992. Professionally, Turner has worked as a trading assistant with Conseco Capital Management in Carmel, IN and over seven years with First Chicago and Bank One as a portfolio manager in Chicago.
Turner at a Glance:
17 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
25 Missouri Valley Conference Runner-ups
65 All-MVC performances
25 NCAA Regional Qualifiers
1 USATF Jr. National Champion
11 USATF Jr. National Qualifiers


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cinderellas.info What are Cinderellas? Expanding the Definition Poster Stamps Stamps or Labels ? Airmail Etiquettes Atlantis Auditor's Duck Stamp Australasian New Hebrides Co. Brunei Caldey Island Catalan Separatist Stamps Delandre Vignettes EKKO Stamps France - Boulanger Fantasies Hotel Sherman Stamps Mexico's Madero Issue Newfoundland ''Essay'' Robert Burns Topical Revenues UNESCO Gift Stamps Welsh Patagonia WWII Free Franks
often produce stamps that become cinderellas when the revolution fails. Governments in
exile are frequent producers of eventual cinderellas. Interestingly, the revolution in
Mexico just before the first World War was successful, yet produced an issue of stamps
that fell between the cracks philatelicly.
Francisco Madero was the first Revolutionary President of Mexico. A
champion of democracy and social reform, he led the revolution that swept through Mexico
in 1910. With the support of Pancho Villa, he overthrew the Porfirio Díaz regime and
assumed the presidency in 1911. A successful coup by Gen. Victoriano Huerta forced him to
resign the presidency in February, 1913 resulting in Madero's arrest, imprisonment and
subsequent assassination.
Sometime later , Ellis Brothers Printing in El Paso, Texas, was approached
by Pancho Villa to produce some stamps with same frame design as the 1914 "Denver
Issue" of Mexican stamps, but with the bust of Madero in the center. Five values were
produced: 1 cent green, 2 cent purple, 3 cent red, 5 cent blue and 10 cent orange. White
unwatermarked laid paper was used. The issue was gummed and perfed 11 1/2 and 12. Printing
varieties abound. Tan newsprint-type lithographed, ungummed and imperforate
"proofs" were also prepared. In the meantime, Pancho Villa had gone on to Mexico
City and no longer had any need for these stamps, leaving the Ellis Brothers with a large
supply of questionable stamps on hand.
That's the story anyway. The Ellis Brothers died in the 40's, their
printing plant along with their records were destroyed by fire and no one seems to know
exactly what transpired in the days after the Revolution. Catalogers are wary, but divided
on the subject of authenticity of the issue. It's probably best to consider them
"ordered, but never used." As such, they fall somewhere between a genuine
Revolutionary issue and a fantasy, but in any case an honest-to-gosh cinderella. Mexican
collectors will, like the catalogers, divide between acceptance and rejection of the
issue. Cinderella collectors and topicalists will no doubt find a home for these stamps
either way.
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PSWIRL Photos
2012 Theme Speaker Rev. Matthew Crary
2012 Theme Speaker Talkback
Canoeing fun in Jenks Lake
Cairns building workshop results
Big Bear Solar Observatory 2012 field trip
2012 Talent Show
2011 Theme Co-Speaker Rev. Michael Dowd
2011 Theme Co-Speaker Connie Barlow.
Peaceful canoeing at Jenks Lake in 2011.
Majestic Bald Eagle at Jenks Lake in 2011
Trip to Big Bear Solar Observatory in 2011.
Talent Show Skit including a cross-dresser in 2011.
Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale giving Theme Talk in August 2010.
Big Bear Solar Observatory Tour in 2010.
Talent Show striptease by Kellie Roundtree and its effect on Len Harris.
Rev. Jim VanderWeele giving Theme Talk in August 2009.
Big Bear Solar Observatory Tour in 2009 showing new telescopes and dome.
Rev. Jim Grant giving a Theme Talk in August 2008.
PSWIRL Dean Nancyann Leeder folk dancing in August 2008.
Rev. Jon Dobrer presenting his Theme Talk in August 2006.
Genie Nakano's Belly Dance in 2005 Talent Show.
Leslie Levy's "What a Body Can Do" in 2005 Talent Show.
View of Pines During 2005 Theme Talk.
2007 PSWIRL Theme Speaker Rev. John Morehouse.
Peter Landecker, one of several PSWIRLers canoeing in Jenks Lake in August 2007.
Terry Rezek and his storytelling. The bottom photo was taken at the Talent Show in 2008.
The above photos are by Peter Landecker and are Copyright © 2005-2012 and cannot be used without written permission.
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The iCloud and 4chan celebrity nude photo scandal has affected several big name stars and each are dealing with it in their own way. Some have admitted that the photos are real while others deny it. "The Big Bang Theory" actress Kaley Cuoco decided that she would upload her own photo to Instagram according to a Wednesday report by Yahoo! News.
On Sept. 2, Kaley went to Instagram to post a photo of herself and her husband, Ryan Sweeting. The photo shows the couple at a beach and their private areas were blurred out. Even though her bikini straps can be seen, the actress made her point. Kaley Cuoco, 28, captioned the photo with,
"What a fun day that was, frolicking with my hubs on the beaches of Mexico! Feels like we forgot something?"
Making light of the situation gives the hacker less control. Dealing with it the way Kaley did also allows people to move on. If she isn't making a big deal out of it, then her critics will move on to someone else.
Other celebrities included in the scandal include Jennifer Lawrence, who had fans rallying around her on Twitter. First the hashtag #WeSupportYouJenniferLawrence was trending. Then fans started to upload their own nude photos with the hashtag #LeakforJlaw in an attempt to support the actress during her ordeal.
Kate Upton, Lea Michele, Selena Gomez, Hilary Duff and many more also had their iCloud accounts hacked earlier this week. Kirsten Dunst, another victim of the 4chan nude photo scandal sarcastically thanked iCloud on Twitter. She sent them emojis of a slice of pizza and a pile of manure.
The celebrities who were targets of the nude photo scandal can't change what has happened. The photos are out there and they can't be taken back. What they can do is deal with it and make sure that their hacker doesn't get any satisfaction from their response.
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The Vigo County Parks superintendent asked the parks department to consider drafting a policy that would ban sex offenders from using county parks. Kara Kish, the department superintendent, asked the members to consider passing an ordinance at the parks department council's August 26 meeting.
Current parks department policy allows sex offenders to use recreational facilities because loitering is a right of all park users. Many local residents believe registered sex offenders must stay out of these areas as long as they remain on the registry. Vigo County Parks Department staff often receives calls because another citizen recognizes someone listed on a Megan's law website. Sex offenders must update their residence if they stay in one location for more than seventy-two hours.
Kish did not ask the parks council to introduce new policies. She wants the council to take it up in a future meeting. Several Indiana cities already have such rules in place. Plainfield passed an ordinance prohibiting sex offenders from using its public parks in 2002. Lebanon and Michigan City have similar ordinances. Lafayette passed an ordinance that was overturned, and Indianapolis considered passing a similar law.
Other municipalities outside of the state passed laws preventing sex offenders from using public parks. The ACLU challenged these laws on first amendment grounds. Many of these ordinances have been overturned. Plainfield's law faced a similar challenge, but it was upheld by the state court of appeals. The Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
Although one parks council member expressed a desire to protect the children, he wondered how any new law might be enforced. Current policy allows staff to ban specific individuals from using parks department property. These bans usually involve repeated violations. The most common violations include alcohol usage, drug usage, trespassing after hours, and damaging park property. Kish asked the council to invite Deputy Burns to the next meeting to discuss enforcement.
The sex offender staying at Hawthorn Park committed a minor violation. He plans to stay for two weeks. The parks department often receives calls because someone recognizes a person registered as a sex offender. The red dot over Hawthorn Park that represents his current location should disappear after he returns home. This incident and a reported rape at Fowler Park's wildlife area a year ago caused the superintendent to address the issue.
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Ryan Edwards announced on Twitter last night that his girlfriend, Shelby Woods, had just found out that she was pregnant. Although the tweet included a few typos, the Twitterverse was immediately sent into a tizzy over the exciting baby news.
However, the pair now claims that the tweet was just a joke.
"For those of you who believe @ryancedwards tweet about me being pregnant, don't," Shelby wrote on Twitter on April 4. "It's a joke, like haha funny."
In response, Ryan confirmed the news, claiming it was an "April Fool's" joke.
Currently, Ryan and Shelby are filming with MTV for their upcoming, yet-to-be confirmed, "Teen Mom" project. Last week, Ryan posted a photo on Twitter which showed the inside of his vehicle, all wired up with cameras to capture his on-the-road conversations.
While the nature of the series is unclear, there have been reports claiming that the footage will serve as a fifth season of the show.


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Leon Hadar, foreign policy analyst and author of Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East, discusses the difference between what the neocons were trying to accomplish, the sad facts of what's happened and the way things could have been instead.
MP3 here. (38:16)
Dr. Leon Hadar is a former United Nations bureau chief for the Jerusalem Post, he is the Washington correspondent for Singapore Business Times and a contributing editor for the American Conservative magazine. Hadar has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy and has been interviewed by broadcasting outlets like CNN, BBC and FOX News. He has taught at American University and Mount Vernon College and has been affiliated with think tanks such as the Institute on East-West Security Studies and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management. A graduate of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Hadar earned his MA degrees from the schools of journalism and international affairs and the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and his Ph.D. in international relations from American University. He is the author of Quagmire: America in the Middle East (Cato Institute, 1992) and of Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).[audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/07_03_20_hadar.mp3]


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It's Arfenhouse, the movie!!!1
Dr. Shroud
Follow Dr. Shroud in these serials as he tries to find his missing daughter in the vampire-ridden city of Necropolis!
Cat Face
He's got the body of a cat and the face of a cat!
Finally, a video that steals emotion!
The blends of animation and theme song are so seamless. Song choice is excellent, and captivates the already beautiful scenes and just engages you in the movie. An excellent movie all around. Bravo!!!
It's a nice movie with fluid animation and is unique (Aladdin set in the future with him being a lizard-like creature(which I still don't get) can't wait to see more!
Just Fantastic
Squrza, I agree with what you said at the beginning. You most certainly shouldn't have approached this flash with a skeptical disposition. I watched it passively, as if it were a dream, and I found it beautiful. I was able to feel power, love, vengeance and anger. But I willingly suspended my disbelief, rather than meticulously scrutinizing every frame.
1936 vs 20X6
I watched this about a week ago and have thought about it a bit since then. I think that was my first mistake: I'm not supposed to think about this flash, just let the pretty animations, cool music and references to that storied tale (is that even a pun) wash over me. It's not really open for interpretation or deep contemplation, which is a shame because I think that it is therefore emblemic of the most celebrated flash animation these days.
Yes the graphics are technically excellent and the sound is cool and the animation is sexy as hell. Apart from a request to add some detail to some buildings in some scences, I don't have anything constructive to say here. Pretty much all seven of the seven points I awarded based on the above merits.
The story is pretty weak, I feel. It attempts to share some ties to Aladdin (the Disney version at least), but the similarities are loose as a consequence of the underdeveloped plot. I'm at this point intimately familiar with the woman-wooing, looks kinda scrawny but can own up huge guys, white male who has a secret that makes him even more bad-ass. It's pretty dull, although I suppose it's not entirely dissimilar to the original Aladdin, only more EXTREAM. The really scantily clad princess (why did she wrap her dress so that the most revealing part of it is aligned with her crotch?) who never lived until she had a man in her life falls prey to much of the same problems. Their relationship is obv logistically perplexing, as the way I understand it, they have known eachother for one afternoon and the protagonist feels that he has lost the love of his life when she dies, but I guess that's not far off from how Aladdin swings either. I guess my overall criticism of the plot is that it takes Aladdin and then guts it of all the good parts.
But wait I'm not done yet. This flash highlighted as What's Wrong With Flash Today earlier in this review, and it would be unfair to just let that comment slide without explination. This flash has been widely celebrated on Newgrounds for it's fast action and sylish looks, which I think is a shame because this flash offers nothing substancial. There is a love story, but it's not moving or relateable-to (awkward) in any way; there are sweet battles, but nothing that the protagonist is battling for. An occasional flash like this is just fine, sure, and I'm not going to make the claim that every flash should be open for interpretation like any good text and can never be Die Hard featuring Bruce Willis, but currently I see no flashes that are able to capture the same depth that is present in just about every other media. Perhaps it's unfair to scapegoat Aladdin 20X6 for this, but it didn't really factor into my score, except to the extent that I docked points for an unoriginal plot.
Damn dude this has to be one of the best flashes of all time, if not THE best of all time. The animation flowed so beautifully, it brought a tear to my eye...


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I'm going 14 weeks in a few days. How time flies! The last time I updated you on my pregnancy was my battle with the 'all-day' sickness which most people call morning sickness. Well, the saga continues!
My OB (and most of the stuff I read) said that in most pregnancies, nausea and vomiting subsides on the 2nd trimester. Somewhere 12 to 14 weeks. I was very hopeful it would completely disappear on my 12th week. I even had a countdown! On my 12th week 2nd day, I was feeling quite energetic when I woke up. It was a dream come true. No nausea at all! I did the laundry, cleaned up the soon-to-be nursery room, cleaned up the kitchen, did some cooking… And then when afternoon came… I started getting dizzy. And the whole cycle of vomiting started again. Looks like my mind was just playing tricks on me. =s
I had to remove all the triggers that makes me vomit.
We had to…
…change our hand wash soap 3 times.
…change my deodorant.
…change my feminine wash.
…change our dish washing paste.
I had to buy a mask coz whenever I get near the kitchen, my head just starts turning!
I had to buy a mint candy which is very helpful when I travel.
I had to buy Vicks to ease my dizziness and headache or counter any smell that trigger vomiting.
I was really getting so down those past weeks. I am just more than thankful for the people around me. I would randomly receive messages from friends or my mom or sisters asking how I am.. just when I needed words of encouragement.
And my neighbors… They are heaven sent. They would check on me once in a while and ask me how I'm doing. I just feel so secure.
And my husband… What will I do without him? He's just my hero.
He mops the floor.
He cooks for me.
He washes the dishes.
He just takes care of me with all his might!
I'm so thankful. In spite of the roller coaster, God gives me people to cheer me up. I'm never alone. =)
On a side note, do you want to see how Baby looks like???
This was her on her 7th week =)


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The Oracle UIX 2.2 Migration Tool allows you to migrate a project built using Oracle ADF UIX to use Oracle ADF Faces.
ADF UIX is a framework which shipped with releases of JDeveloper 10g 10.1.2 and earlier. Applications built using UIX can be migrated to Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 10.1.3 using the UIX to ADF Faces Migration Utility, which converts the application to use Oracle ADF Faces, a set of UI components based based on the JavaServer Faces (JSF) JSR 127 specification.
The UIX to ADF Faces Migration Utility is available from the Extensions Exchange on OTN (Oracle Technology Network ), or via JDeveloper's Check for Updates wizard.
The extension is based on JDeveloper Studio Edition production version 10.1.3.0.4 (SU2) or later. If you have not already done so, download and install JDeveloper 10.1.3 (Studio download) from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev. If you already have installed JDeveloper 10.1.3, you must also install JDeveloper Service Update 2 or later, which is available from the same site.
The extension is available via the official Oracle update center. You install updates using the Check for Updates feature available from the Help menu:
Using the Check for Updates wizard, search the Official Oracle Extensions and Updates center:
Locate and select the UIX 2.2 to ADF Faces Migration entry.
Proceed to the download stage:
After downloading the updates, you will see a summary page similar to:
On completion of this wizard, you may be offered to automatically restart JDeveloper:
Choose "Yes". JDeveloper closes and restarts.
For information on how to proceed, refer to the readme, which is installed by default to
and the Oracle UIX 2.2 Migration Tool Reference, which is installed by default to
, where
is the directory into which you installed JDeveloper.
Once you have installed the migration utility, additional information about running the UIX to ADF Faces Migration Utility is available from the online help topics in the section Migrating UIX to ADF Faces, which appears in the Contents list of the online help in JDeveloper.


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Nothing too fancy - merely a collection of photos that I took plus some from a fellow Commando pilot in the Royal Navy. I found myself in Kuwait amidst all that carnage...wondering what the hell I was doing there and how I'd come so far from being the Flight Commander on an Australian warship happily sailing around my own country. These photos might not be technically brilliant, but they record some of what we saw.
20 years in the Australian Navy, 4 years flying offshore and rescue choppers, then 11 years in the Australian Air Force. The latter mostly flying the venerable and mighty P-3 'Orion'. I've used too many of my 9 lives and have dome more in this life than I had any right to expect...with much more to come! Did I mention I'm an identical twin and felt it when my brother cut off his finger? What a stupid thing to do! I love life, people, sport, red wine, travel, doggies and cats...and my crazy South American wife, Griselda! She keeps me young and (in)sane...
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The best herbs to direct-sow grow in spring
Organic gardeners are usually chomping at the bit right now to grow their spring herb garden. If you're one of them you probably already started an organic herb garden indoors last fall and are now getting ready to transplant and grow those special herb plants in your spring garden when that last cold spell is over. Here's some tips and a list of the best herbs to direct-sow and grow in your organic garden this spring.
Watch the video to learn more about How to Grow a One-Pot Indoor Herb Garden.
Water, light, and temperature for container growing of herbs
If you're starting to grow a herb in a container, most any herb likes to be well watered but doesn't like wet soil. Good drainage is imperative. Water when the top of the grow container feels dry, or learn to judge the moisture in the soil by the weight of the pot. Add sand or vermiculite to the organic potting soil to ensure good drainage to correctly grow your organic spring herb garden.
Study how to manage water, light, and temperature. An herb in a terra-cotta pot in a south-facing window will need more water than one in an artificial pot in an east, or west, facing window. In low light, keep temperature low.
Organicgardening tips for growing spring herbs outdoors
These herbs may thrive in cooler temperatures, but some seeds, such as those of parsley, can take up to a month to germinate, especially in cold spring soils. Soaking the seeds overnight and planting in raised beds will help speed germination of direct-sown seeds.
The best spring herbs according to organicgardening
Two different forms include the familiar curly parsley and the more flavorful flat-leaved Italian version, with leaves like celery and cilantro.
Sow: Direct-sow seeds or set out six- to eight-week-old transplants about a week before the last spring frost, spacing seeds or seedlings 8 to 10 inches apart.
The emerald leaves have a distinctive flavor that combines parsley, sage, and citrus; and its seed (coriander), which is reminiscent of citrus and spice.
Sow: Direct-sow seeds a week or two before the last spring frost and again in late summer.
Grow: Best in full sun, with some afternoon shade in hotter regions.
The leaves resemble parsley in appearance and taste, with delicate overtones of anise.
Sow: Sow seeds directly into the garden about three to four weeks before the last spring frost and again in late summer; thin seedlings to 6 to 9 inches apart.
Dill combines well with fish, mild cheeses, and vegetable dishes.
Sow: Best sown directly into the ground four to five weeks before the last spring frost; thin seedlings to 6 to 18 inches apart.
Grow: This aromatic annual thrives in full sun.
Regular chives have a delicate onion flavor; garlic chives are milder.
Sow: Grow by seeds, transplants, or divisions, with plants spaced 8 to 12 inches apart. Sow seeds in clumps or set out six-week-old transplants about four weeks before the last spring frost; divide existing clumps every two to four years.
Source: organicgardening