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This next week is Father's Day. I'm also getting married in 10 days. I can't think of a better way to celebrate my Dad than to have those moments with him just before he walks me down the aisle and to have that dance with him as one of my first moments as a new Mrs.
I'm fortunate that my Dad has not just been around my whole life, but been a great role model, friend and disciplinarian. He played tic-tac-toe with me in church when we were both bored, he cheered in the audience from every play, production, dance concert, pageant, etc … And now we enjoy sharing business, football and wine. I couldn't ask for a stronger man to have shown me what I deserve in a husband. I can't wait to celebrate him this weekend and show him how much I appreciate him throughout my wedding weekend.
My Dad always had two rules growing up:
(1) Don't sweat the small stuff
(2) Everything is small stuff
I suck at following those rules, but I never forget that he said it. Cheers to the men in our lives that inspired us to be better people, cared for us in our tears, fussed at us when we thought we knew better and loved us no matter what. Whoever you call that man in our life, be sure you do something special for him on Father's Day.
I love you, Dad.


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Paige - October 11, 2007 11:52 AM
In Thailand I saw them cutting pineapples like this:
So I've been doing it that way ever since. It's a very efficient use of the fruit, you get rid of the tough bits and it's very beautiful, though it does take some extra time.
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$165 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold On Staten IslandAn unidentified person bought the winning ticket for Friday's Mega Millions drawing at the Willowbrook Deli on Staten Island.
5 Friends Split $106 Million NY Mega Millions Jackpot WinFive friends from Yonkers and New Jersey scored big when they won $106 million from a Mega Millions Jackpot drawing on Sept. 11 this year.
16 Manhattan Co-Workers Win $58M Mega Millions JackpotThe winning ticket for the March 24 drawing was purchased at Carlton Cards in Penn Station, where the group met up Thursday to receive their oversized ceremonial check.
Winning $58M Mega Millions Ticket Sold In Penn StationThe winning numbers were 2, 23, 32, 45, 55 and Mega Ball 12.
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Retired School Principal Is $326M Mega Millions Winner, New York's Biggest Jackpot WinnerHarol Diamond, 80, of Wurtsboro is the sole winner of the $326 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on Nov. 4, lottery officials revealed Monday.
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This Is Why I Don't Like Math
I contemplated doing a lengthy piece tonight about how the Twins are done and how it finally came to this point. With the Tigers' magic number down to 2 to clinch the AL Central, things sure are looking grim for our boys.
However, if there's one thing I've learned over the past few years, it has been to never give up on the Twins. They seem to play their best with their backs up against the wall, and I'm hoping that proves true tomorrow as well.
Here's the way I look at it: A loss tomorrow and the whole ball of wax is gone, that much is mathematical. However, a win would actually swing some momentum back in our favor a little bit. Would we be in great position? No. But at least Detroit would have to beat the likes of Jake Peavy, Freddy Garcia, and John Danks, while we would get Zack Grienke on our turf and than not much else from the Royals.
So, I'm not giving up yet. Two seasons of Twins late-season heroics ('06, '08) are on my side. Let's see what tomorrow brings.
Preview (82-76, 2nd, 3.0 GB DET): Scott Baker (14-9, 4.48) vs. Nate Robertson (2-2, 5.56).


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Feb 19, 2002
|Barry Bonds begins the most highly-scrutinized spring training of his career.
That news from the career homer king nearly floored the man who broke the single-season mark last year.
Aaron, who finished his career in 1976 with 755 homers, even told Bonds that he'd held the title long enough.
"Records are meant to be broken, and if you have a chance to do it, then do it," Bonds said Aaron told him. "To hear that, shocked me. I didn't know what to say. I actually started to shake. I had to ask him if he was serious - and he said he was."
Bonds, who arrived Tuesday at San Francisco' spring training camp, spent two days this offseason making a television commercial with Aaron - a spot that jokingly refers to Bonds' pursuit of Aaron's record.
"I had the opportunity to spend a weekend with Hank," Bonds said. "This is really the first time I've ever spent time with him."
Bonds and Aaron talked baseball and home runs.
Bonds hit 73 homers last season, topping Mark McGwire's 70 home-run campaign of 1998.
"He told me to get all I could get out of the game of baseball," Bonds said. He called Aaron "one of my idols."
Bonds needs 189 home runs to overtake Aaron, but isn't sure he'll ever get there.
"First, I have to get through this year," he said. "And then, there's the next year and the next."
Bonds is coming off an incredible season in which he broke the homer record, and also set marks with an .863 slugging percentage and 177 walks. His on-base percentage of .515 set a modern National League record and was the eighth highest in major league history.
"I'm nervous about this season," Bonds said. "I think the press and fans will be disappointed if I can't do it again. I did put up some insane numbers."


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The most obvious truth that most people in the world seem to be ignoring is that our country and our world will never change until WE decide to change. The health and maturity of our nation and our world is determined by the health and maturity of the individuals who live in our nation and in our world. As we all answer the challenge to become healthier and more mature in our lives, we realize that we need to grow in every major area of our lives. During the next few weeks, we will be examining eight areas of our lives: physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, relational, vocational, financial, and global (mission/purpose, values, vision and strategies that affect every area of our lives). We will also examine sociologically how the USA and the world are doing in these eight areas, and determine what we all need to do and become in these areas in order to change our world.
Just as Maslow viewed the physical needs of civilization as the most foundational in our thinking, we will also begin with this most obvious need to be addressed and the easiest to change – the physical area of our lives. The way many Americans eat and live, you would think that they had a secret death wish. Over 65% of Americans are overweight and America brags that it "runs on Dunkin" (that's Dunkin Doughnuts for the rest of the world). It would be interesting to know how the other nations of the world are keeping up with America pound for pound, or kilo for kilo. Our exportation of fast foods can't be helping the situation globally.
In 2008, a team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore examined 20 studies published in journals and analyzed national surveys of weight and behavior. After their study, they determined that if people in the USA continue to gain weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese. According to Dr. Youfa Wang, who led the study, "Obesity is becoming a public health crisis. If the rate of obesity and overweight continues at this pace, by 2015, 75 percent of adults and nearly 24 percent of U.S. children and adolescents will be overweight or obese."
Surveys reveal that eighty percent of Americans believe that physical exercise is vital for good health, but research shows that only 17% actually exercise regularly! Two of the major excuses given as to why most people don't exercise are that they don't have enough time and they don't have enough money.
In respect to time, it's nothing more than an excuse. Many of the people who insist that they are too busy to exercise spend much time sitting in front of the television or computer, with the only exercise being the occasional walk to the bathroom and the lifting of their arms to eat some snacks and drink a few beers or cokes. Both add lots of weight, by the way. The average American watches over four hours of television daily. If only one of these hours was exchanged for physical exercise, it could transform the shape of our nation within a year. We are all busy in our lives, but the fact is that we spend time on what we value most. It's time that we began valuing our health, our lives and our families, and proved it with our use of time.
Many people who make the excuse that they can't afford the cost of fitness club memberships, spend much more each month eating out and will actually spend much more in their lifetime on medicine for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other illnesses that stem from their latent lifestyle. As the commercial used to say, "You can pay me now or pay me later". Later almost always costs more and it is much wiser to prepare than repair.
Without question, it's time for a fitness revolution in the United States of America and throughout the world. Our lives and the lives of our children depend on it. If we cannot change the way that we eat and the way that we live physically, how can we even begin to think about changing the more complex and internal aspects of our lives and our nations? Let's all take a long look in the mirror, then go out and do something about what we see. The fitness revolution begins with me!


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10 x 100, desert island discs x songs, ipickmynose's 1000th post
(I didn't intend to hit two milestones in one week, but what are you going to do?)
I wouldn't take "Money (That's What I Want)", but I would take some Motown. Photo by Adrian Bischoff
For my 1000th post, I've decided to compile some of my desert island picks: 10 albums and 100 songs that I'd take take with me if I had to pick some music for the rest of my life[1]. These aren't necessarily my 10 favorite albums and 100 favorite songs but they fulfill some need. And they're good.
Here they are, in chronological order.
The 10 [albums]:
- Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend [recorded 1951-1964; release 2003]
The man who invented soul, they call him. This is a great retrospective of his incredible music.
- New York Philharmonic Bernstein Century – Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid [1960]
Aaron Copland's music is so grand and so American. Blending beautiful traditional songs with gorgeous orchestrations, this would fulfill my needs for classical music.
- Beatles Revolver [1966]
I'd have to bring one Beatles album at least, and this is my favorite. I love the harmonies and orchestrations they bring to the table here. "For No One" is probably my favorite Beatles song and its on here.
- Paul Simon Graceland [1986]
I loved this album when I was 12 and I love it now. Besides its warm nostalgia-value for my childhood and my parent's country, it's just a great album of pop music, blending Africa, Zydeco and American music effortlessly.
- U2 Joshua Tree [1987]
For all the musical revisionists and contrarians, I still think this is U2's best album and I think it's one of the best rock albums of the last 20 years. It's not without false steps, but they're so minor in the scope of this album that I can listening it front to back repeatedly.
- Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane over the Sea [1998]
I've already gone on at length about how incredibly meaningful this album is to me. An epic fuzz-folk masterpiece about Anne Frank.
- Pedro the Lion It's Hard to Find a Friend [1998]
I don't listen to Pedro the Lion constantly but I have seen Bazan a ridiculous amount of times live–are there such things as Bazanheads? not that I'd want to be labeled one of those–and I love his music, so obviously I connect with it. Sometimes Control best fulfills my Pedro-need but this is a more balanced effort in the end.
- Notwist Neon Golden [2002]
Part of this is nostalgia–it reminds me of my summer in Germany, where I bought this and listening to this constantly–and that is reminds me of the people and places I saw there. The other part is that it's a great blend of electronic and organic elements into a fantastic album.
- Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans [2004]
Suf's one of my favorite artists and this is my favorite album of his, so it's got to come along. Beautiful, stripped-down (by Sufjan standards) folk with no less incredible songwriting behind it.
- Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago [2007]
It wasn't all that long ago that I went all gah-gah over this album (again). Gorgeous and heart-wrenching, it's a perfect example of what an album should be: greater than the sum of its parts.
The 100 [songs]:
- Horton Barker Two Sisters [recorded around 1943, traditional song]
- Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet Cherokee [1955]
- Almeda Riddle Bury Me Beneath the Willow [recorded around 1959, traditional song]
- Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Sherburne [recorded around 1959, traditional song]
- the Crystals (/ the Blossoms) He's a Rebel [1962]
- the Crystals Then He Kissed Me [1963]
- Bob Dylan Girl from the North Country [1963]
- the Ronettes Be My Baby [1963]
- the Supremes When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes [1963]
- the Wright Specials Nintety-Nine and a Half Won't Do [1963]
- Bob Dylan The Times, They Are a-Changin [1964]
- Bob Dylan When the Ship Comes In [Bootleg Series version] [1964]
- the Beatles You've Got to Hide Your Love Away [1965]
- the Impressions People Get Ready [1965]
- the Miracles Tracks of My Tears [1965]
- the Beach Boys God Only Knows [1966]
- the Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice [1966]
- the Four Tops Bernadette [1967]
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain't No Mountain High Enough [1967]
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Oh How I'd Miss You [1967]
- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles the Tears of a Clown [1967]
- the Tremeloes Here Comes My Baby [1967]
- Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds [1969]
Check out the rest of the list after the jump.
- Darondo Didn't I [recorded, 1973, widely released 2006]
- Tommy Jarrell the Drunken Hiccups [recorded 1976, traditional song]
- Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime [1980]
- Bruce Springsteen Atlantic City [1982]
- the Dagar Brothers Rag Kambhoji – Alap [1988]
- the Pixies Where is My Mind? [1988]
- Paul Simon the Obvious Child [1990]
- My Bloody Valentine Sometimes [1991]
- Seamus Connolly & Brendan Mulvihil The Salamanca/ Trim the Velvet [recorded 1991, traditional songs]
- Sebadoh Brand New Love [1992]
- Archers of Loaf Web in Front [1993]
- the Magnetic Fields Fear of Trains [1994]
- Weezer My Name is Jonas [1994]
- the Mountain Goats Cubs in Five [1995]
- Palace New Partner [1995]
- Rachel's Those Pearls… [1996]
- Apples in stereo Silvery Light of a Dream, pt 2 [1997]
- Ben Folds Five Brick [1997]
- Elliott Smith Say Yes [1997]
- Yo La Tengo Autumn Sweater [1997]
- Belle & Sebastian Sleep the Clock Around [1998]
- Modest Mouse Never Ending Math Equation [1998]
- Seam Get Higher [1998]
- Beulah If We Can Land A Man On The Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart [1999]
- Built to Spill The Plan [1999]
- Jimmy Eat World Goodbye Sky Harbor [1999]
- Damien Jurado Ohio [1999]
- Pedro the Lion Be Thou My Vision[3] [1999, traditional song]
- Pinback Loro [1999]
- Cat Power I Found a Reason [2000]
- Mark Kozelek Bad Boy Boogie [2000]
- American Analog Set Punk as Fuck [2001]
- Low Sunflower [2001]
- Mogwai 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong [2001]
- Seldom Can't/ Must [2001]
- Johnny Cash Hurt [2002]
- Death Cab for Cutie Wait [2002]
- Iron & Wine Lion's Mane [2002]
- the Mountain Goats the Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton [2002]
- the One AM Radio All I Can Recall is the Haunting [2002]
- P:ano All of November, Most of October [2002]
- Sigur Ros Untitled #4 (a.k.a. "Njósnavélin", aka "The Nothing Song") [2002]
- Songs: Ohia Blue Chicago Moon [2002]
- Sufjan Stevens Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing[3] [2002, traditional song]
- Explosions in the Sky Your Hand in Mine [2003]
- Four Tet My Angel Rocks Back and Forth [2003]
- Jose Gonzalez Crosses [2003]
- Jens Lekman Black Cab [2003]
- Sufjan Stevens Romulus [2003]
- Heiruspecs 5ves [2004]
- the Mountain Goats Against Pollution [2004]
- John Vanderslice Pale Horse [2004]
- Madvillain Money Folder (Four Tet remix) [2005]
- Kanye West (ft. Lupe Fiasco) Touch the Sky [2005]
- the Acorn Dents [2006]
- Beirut Postcards from Italy [2006]
- Beirut Scenic World [2006]
- Dert the Light (Common & Erykah Badu vs. Jose Gonzalez) [2006]
- Fionn Regan Put a Penny in the Slot [2006]
- Sarah Siskind Lovin's for Fools [2006]
- Sufjan Stevens Sister Winter [2006]
- Swan Lake All Fires [2006]
- Two Sheds It's Hard [2006]
- Beatbeat Whisper Lulu [2007]
- Coconut Records West Coast [2007]
- the Lightning Bug Situation Message To Myself After Franny Was Born [2007]
- Magnolia Electric Co. Shiloh Temple Bell [2007]
- Mobius Band Friends Like These [2007]
- the National Fake Empire [2007]
- Or, the Whale Call and Response [2007]
- Candie Payne By Tomorrow [2007]
- Sigur Ros Heysatan [Hvarf-Heim version] [2007]
- J Tillman Crooked Roof [2007]
- Kanye West Everything I Am [2007]
- Horse Feathers Curs in the Weeds [2008]
- the Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt this Place [2008]
- Tallest Man on Earth the Gardener[2008]
[1] Let's be honest. Though I've tried to take a longer-term view of this list, it is pretty highly influenced by what I like right now.
[2] The Apples in Stereo's Tone Soul Evolution was a close runner-up here. It's a magnificent album, close to the perfect pop album.
[3] These two old hymns are some of my favorite songs. The versions are nice but the versions here are secondary to the songs.


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"Conviction" is a true-story movie based on the case of wrongly convicted prison inmate Kenny Waters and his sister Betty Ann Waters. "Conviction," which first aired in 2010 in theaters, is directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Pamela Gray. The cast includes Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo and Sam Rockwell, according to the New York Times.
"Conviction" synopsis/plot
A sister attends law school in order to help her brother, who has been wrongly convicted, win a new trial in this legal drama.
"Conviction" was inspired by a Massachusetts man who was wrongly convicted in 1983. According to court documents, Kenny Waters was convicted of murdering Katharina Brow in the city of Ayers in 1983.
For 18 years, Kenny Waters sat in prison for a murder he didn't commit, until his sister Betty Ann Waters with the help of The Innocence Project, fought to have her brother exonerated.
With the help of his sister, Waters was released from prison in 2001 but died months later in an accidental fall.
The movie now airs on Lifetime Movie Network.
The movie contains the following themes: wrongly convicted, The Innocence Project, wrongly imprisoned, courtroom and prison inmates


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Cliffs Natural Resources' (NYSE:CLF) second-quarter report was long awaited amid pricing headwinds and a proxy fight with activist investor Casablanca Capital. Cliffs Natural Resources managed to surprise analysts, reporting a loss of just $0.01 per share vs expectations of a loss of $0.08 per share. However, there's little optimistic news in the company's second-quarter report.
No mercy from pricing
Only Cliffs' U.S. iron ore segment managed to sell its production for more than $100 per ton. There is no surprise in this fact, as Cliffs' U.S. iron ore segment is more protected from price downside because of long-term contracts with customers like ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and AK Steel (NYSE:AKS).
The pricing situation is far worse for Eastern Canadian iron ore and Asia Pacific iron ore segments. Eastern Canadian iron ore sold its production for $87.48 per ton, while Asia Pacific iron ore was sold for $80.38 per ton. The ore from Australia is priced that low thanks to the efforts of Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP).
Rio Tinto's iron ore shipments rose 23% in the second quarter of this year compared to last year's figures. In turn, BHP Billiton grew production by 20%. What's more, both giants are going to expand further. Rio Tinto's CEO Sam Walsh has recently stated that he is confident in demand from China, and that Rio Tinto easily sold everything that it produced. Rio Tinto's confidence is no good news for Cliffs Natural Resources, as the latter needs improvements on the price front. These improvements will not materialize if Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton continue to flood the market with cheap iron ore.
Bloom Lake and met coal remain a headache
The costly Bloom Lake mine remains a major headache for Cliffs Natural Resources. Second-quarter cash costs in the Eastern Canadian iron ore segment were $87.48 per ton – exactly the same as the sales price. Add costs of depreciation and amortization of $19.36 per ton and you get a hefty negative sales margin.
What's more, in current conditions Cliffs Natural Resources is not proceeding with the mine's phase II expansion – and this costs as well. In the second quarter, the company had to record a $14 million penalty incurred from not meeting a minimum tonnage rail shipment contract because of the mine's expansion delay.
North American coal segment is an even worse performer, with cash costs of $83.01 per ton and a sales price of $72.84 per ton. Cliffs Natural Resources decided to idle its Pinnacle mine from August 25, but it does not seem that this move will be of great help for the troubled segment. However, better late than never.
Shipping delays hurt outlook
Harsh winter weather still impacts producers. Shipping delays resulted in a revision of U.S. iron ore segment sales outlook. Now, Cliffs Natural Resources expects to sell 22 million tons of iron ore, which is at the low end of the previous 22 million-23 million expectation. This is negative, as U.S. iron ore segment is the healthiest part of Cliffs.
Meanwhile, the troubled Eastern Canadian iron ore segment will have production and sales at the high end of the previously indicated 6 million-7 million range. From a big picture point of view, one million tons of U.S. iron ore are "exchanged" for 1 million tons of Eastern Canadian iron ore, and this costs more than $19 million because of the sales price difference. The difference in cash costs adds another $21 million, if we assume that cash costs will stay the same as in the second quarter.
The bright spot is that the cash-positive Asia Pacific segment will reach the high end of its 10 million-11 million production guidance, while the cash-negative North American coal segment will produce less coal because of the idling of the Pinnacle mine.
Bottom line
Although Cliffs Natural Resources' second-quarter results beat analysts' expectations, there's no reason for celebration. The situation remains tough, and the company needs drastic measures to make a turnaround.
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University of Nevada, Reno
You are here: Nevada Home > Around Campus > Buildings and Facilities > Nye Hall
Built in 1967, Nye Hall is the largest residence hall on campus and can house up to 540 students. This hall has many benefits for students living on campus, such as a computer lab, large laundry room, arcade and a gym affiliated with the Wellness Center in Lombardi Recreation Center. Nye Hall was named after Nevada's Nye County.


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MARGAO: Margao municipal council (MMC) chairperson Arthur D'Silva made an audacious pitch at a national conference in New Delhi to Union minister for urban development and parliamentary affairs Kamal Nath for funds of Rs 1,000 crore to carry out infrastructure development projects in Margao.
The conference on 'innovation in urban governance' was addressed by Nath, Girija Vyas, Union minister for housing and urban poverty and Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister. D'Silva submitted his proposal to Nath in an interaction on the sidelines of the conference. Read more
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Following a less than stellar adoption of the new qualifying procedure at the first three races of the season, NASCAR notified its teams on Tuesday, March 11, that changes were going to be made to the knock-out qualifying starting at Bristol.
Because of the overheating issues experienced by some teams, one cool down unit connected through either the left side or right side hood flap/cowl flap would be allowed to cool the engine. However, the hood must continue to remain closed, and plugging in the generator will not be allowed. In addtion, two crew members will be allowed over the wall to support the car and driver, and no cool down laps will be permitted.
"There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to prepare our cars. It's obvious that we get some equipment from other sources, and it's our responsibility to prepare the car for the track. We've made more investments back into the team to get ahead of rules changes and make sure we have fast cars," stated Marcos Ambrose of the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports(RPM) team.
NASCAR instituted a new group qualifying format for its three national series in January and has continued to evaluate the process through the first three races of the season. The new format has been well-received by fans, competitors, race tracks and other key stakeholders. NASCAR believes that the modifications should help make the qualifying even better and more compelling.
"The qualifying is new to all of us and as we have said over the past several weeks, we are looking at it from all aspects," said Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition and racing development. "Following discussions, both internally and with others in the garage area, we moved quickly to make a few revisions that will be effective starting with our two national series events at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. We believe this will only enhance and improve what has demonstrated to be an exciting form of qualifying for our fans, competitors and others involved with the sport. Moving forward we will continue to look at it and address anything else that we may need to as the season unfolds."
The real test will come on Friday, March 14 at 4:30 p.m., when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series take to the track for Coors Light pole qualifying. It can be seen on FOX Sports 1, and heard on PRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
"Qualifying is going to be wild. It'll be my first time taking a crack at it with this new knock-out qualifying procedure. It looks like it's been pretty eventful at the tracks so far this year, and Bristol is a completely different animal. I'm going to try not to think about it too much. Just get a good lap in that gets the car in the show and then hopefully not have to worry about it anymore," stated David Reutimann, driver of the No. 35 MDS Transport Ford.
On Saturday, March 15, the NASCAR Nationwide Series moves to the half-mile, high-banked Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway for a 300-lap race, and ESPN2 will have a live telecast. ESPN2 will air NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying at 10 a.m., with NASCAR Countdown airing at 1:30 p.m. ET featuring host Nicole Briscoe with analysis by Rusty Wallace and Ricky Craven. The green flag will fly at 2:13 p.m.
All NASCAR programming on ESPN networks is available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Apple TV and Roku via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliate provider. The race telecast will air delayed on ESPN Deportes at 4 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, and live in Canada on TSN2 at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
The telecast features lap-by-lap announcer Allen Bestwick, and analysts Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. The pit reporters this weekend are Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, and Vince Welch.
"Bristol is a fun place. I like the shorter tracks. It's just one of those places that you need to get everything right. The line there has moved up too, and I've noticed that the Nationwide drivers really like to run the higher groove there. Usually, everyone starts off practice running the bottom and then move up before it's over to make sure that your car is going to work in both areas and to make sure you're able to pass and run well anywhere on the track. I'm really excited because I think we'll be good there," added Dakoda Armstrong, who will have a new sponsor as Fresh from Florida will make their 2014 debut on the No. 43 Ford Mustang for their first of three primary races this season.
Fans will have a chance to ask Armstrong their questions at the Ford Racing Display located in the Fan Zone at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 15th from 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. ET.
On Sunday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m., the stars of the NASCAR Sprint up take to the track, with live coverage on FOX, PRN Radio, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
"Some guys want to see the older Bristol come back. But from a racer's point of view, I've had a blast the last couple of races at Bristol. So, I'm happy to see it coming up on the schedule this week and we will have our Dockside Logistics Ford ready," added David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford. "We'll have some celebrity help bringing us some luck this week. For those who watch 'Shipping Wars' on A&E, we've got Jennifer Brennan joining us for the race on Sunday. She's a big race fan and she's super excited to come to one of the coolest tracks on the schedule."
RacingLive! on ESPN.com is a live blog where fans can engage in debate and discussion with ESPN.com writers and editors during the NASCAR Sprint Cup races. On Sunday, March 16, RacingLive! Bristol will coincide with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. ESPN.com motorsports writer Brant James will report from Bristol.
"With the new rule changes this year, I think it's going to produce better racing there. NASCAR's ultimate goal is to make the cars drive better, which will, in turn, produce better racing. If you've got three or four guys' cars that are driving good and the rest of the field is struggling, it doesn't put on a real good race. But we feel like the cars are going to drive better and it's going to put on a better show. David (Ragan) and I have both had some really strong runs at Bristol, and I look forward to going back there, " commented David Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 Long John Silver's Ford.
Be sure to subscribe to the West Palm Beach Motorsports Examiner, and keep track of your favorite racers, no matter how many (or how few) wheels they may or may not race on. If you're a motorsports fan, and know of an event, team, or person you'd like to see profiled, please let me know. Also, be sure to follow me on twitter, and read my articles about local getaways,HOAs,elections, and restaurants.
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Environmental portrait; Roma Gypsies beyond borders, across Europe and America; Sustainable development; Recycling rubbish, Smokey Mountain, Phnom Penh, Camboda; Meat Industry, waste and production, Mad Cows, Foot & Mouth UK; Living under Islamic Sharia Law, Kano, Nigeria; Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine & Belarus; Devastation of French Forests after the Great Storm.
Nigel Dickinson, has worked as a documentary photographer and photojournalist for 30 years. He is exhibited and published worldwide. His work focuses on the environment, human condition, sustainable development, identity and culture. In 1992 he won the bronze award from UNEP at the Rio Earth Summit. His work on Mad Cow Crisis in the UK won a World Press award in 1997. In 2000 his work on Roma Gypsies across Europe won runner up in the Eugene Smith Award. In 2006 Meat was shortlisted for European Publishers award. In 2008 He won first prize feature award in the UK Press Photographers Year for his work on Smokey Mountain Rubbish Dump in Cambodia. Two monographs have been published: 'Hanging On By Your Fingernails', about the Great Strike 1984/5 by Spokesman Press in 1987 and 'Sara. Le pelerinage des gitans' by Actes Sud in 2003 Features published in National Geographic, Figaro, Marie Claire, Mare, Vogue-Homme, Geo, Stern, Paris Match, D-Republicca, La Vanguardia, New York Times
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The summer issue of Utah Style & Design is on newsstands now. With stories like Outsider Information and Dive Right In, the focus is on landscapes and outdoor living. But when you get that amazing water feature in your yard, what do you plant in it? And where can you find these plants?
Your two best options to purchase water plants are Desert Water Gardens (which has biologists, botanists, horticulturalists, urban planners, landscape architects, and engineers on staff) and Wasatch Shadows Nursery.
There are several things to consider when deciding which plants to put in your pond. The first thing to know is that pond plants can be divided into three main categories: floating plants, shallow-water marsh plants, and submerged plants.
Floating Plants
This type of plant floats on the surface while its roots hang down into the water. The foliage helps provide shade (reflecting and absorbing direct sunlight which buffers the water temperature) and the roots provide filteration to the pond, reducing algae growth. They are reletively easy to care for although they do require harvesting. Mosquito problems can develop if not regularly harvested. They often grow/multiply extremely fast.
Duck Weed - Can live under any water condition and are an ideal way to export excess nutrients. If allowed, it can provide shade for the life below, although in excess can deplete oxygyn.
Lotus- The lotus is one of the oldest cultivated aquatic plants and makes a great addition to any koi pond. Their leaves are typically very large, and provide great shade. The lotus flower is very fragerent. With such a large growth rate, they are best planted in larger koi ponds.
White Snowflake- This plant produces an abundance of small white flowers. It has bronze and green mottled lily pad-like leaves. Should be planted in about 12 inches of water.
Shallow Water Marsh Plants
These plants are live with only their roots under water but the rest of the plant above the surface. They are typically planted on the edge of your pond because they do best in the shallow water. They are very lush and full plants.
Pickerelweed- These plants often grow 3-4 feet tall. They are recognized by the beautiful large clusters of violet flowers. The nectar of Pickerelweed attracts bees and butterflies.
Golden Variegated Sweet Flag- These plants arch gracefully across a stream or waterfall and can help to soften the edges of cool, hard rocks. You can enjoy this plant in the landscape, too!
Horsetail- This plant needs to be viewed up close to truly appreciate the delicate details of this plant. Use Horsetail to add architecture to the expanse of your pond.
Submerged Plants
These types of plants typically live completely under water. Sometimes the leaves or flowers will grow to the surface. They are typically planted 1-2 feet below the surface, and can create oxygen for the fish that live in the pond.
Fanwort- This plant is a great oxygenator but requires a lot of light. These plants can grow up to an inch per day and can be propagated using cuttings.
Water Lily- This flower makes a statement. The vibrant flower pops against the large lily pad. It will add the perfect touch of pretty to your pond. You can see why Monet and many other artist, writer and photographer has been inspired since.
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Language is the expression of human communication. It allows a person to express, experience, explain, and share knowledge, thoughts, observations, questions, needs, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
It is a specific method, style, or form of communicating for individuals or groups of individuals. Most language is vocal, however, it may also be expressed by symbols, as in letters and numbers; gestures; and sounds.
When language is impaired, problems can occur in all areas of a person's life, including social development; academic performance; personal relationships; employment opportunities; and self-sufficiency.
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Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage in a specific area of the brain that controls language expression and comprehension, and leaves a person unable to communicate effectively with others.
Approximately one million people in the United States have aphasia, with about 80,000 cases diagnosed each year. Both genders are affected equally, and most people with aphasia are in middle to old age.
There are many types of aphasia, which are usually diagnosed by which area of the language-dominant side of the brain is affected and the extent of the damage.
People with Broca's aphasia, for example, have damage to the front portion of the language-dominant side of the brain. They may eliminate the articles "and" and "the" from their language, and speak in short, but meaningful, sentences. They usually can understand some speech of others.
Those with Wernicke's aphasia have damage to the back portion of the language-dominant side of the brain. They may speak in long confusing sentences, add unnecessary words, or create new words. They usually have difficulty understanding the speech of others.
Global aphasia is the result of damage to a large portion of the language-dominant side of the brain. People with global aphasia have difficulties with speaking or comprehending language.
Aphasia is caused by damage to the language-dominant side of the brain, usually the left side, and may be brought on by:
It is currently unknown if aphasia causes the complete loss of language structure, or if it causes difficulties in how language is accessed and used.
Confirmation of aphasia, extent of the disorder, and prediction for successful treatment may be assessed and confirmed by language tests conducted by a speech-language pathologist. Making a diagnosis may also include the use of imaging procedures, such as:
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They had sacrificed their lives to defend democracy and the political interests of America.
But many American veterans, who fought in foreign countries, are beginning to feel the negative impacts of the federal government's neglect over their claims of benefits that are supposed for them. Sadly, they urgently need these benefit claims when many of them are disabled physically and mentally.
This report was based on a segment on US veterans aired Sunday (Jan. 3, 2010) on 60 Minutes. CBS correspondent Byron Pitts said that millions of US veterans of foreign wars have been denied benefit claims by the Department of Veterans Affairs, a federal government agency that is supposed to protect them in time of need.
"There is a saying in the military that no one should be left behind. But the Department of Veterans Affairs had left them behind," the 60 Minutes segment said.
An ranking official at the DVA said that before a veteran can claim benefits should prove that the disability claim was service-connected. At present, some 400,000 claims filed by those who are veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars, remain pending. Veterans said they are not proud of what the DVA is doing right now.
According to them, the DVA, which has leadership problem, has at least a million pending claims that need action and approval. This is because most of the DVA employees are not performing their jobs well.
Worse is that If a veteran does not agree with a veteran's claim, he has to wait for another four years before his claim can be acted upon. But there is no assurance yet that it would be approved.
The complexities of reconciling veterans' records against that of the DVA are in a mess so that putting the system in place makes it doubly difficult for both parties to iron out the kinks and meet halfway. This is the biggest problem that now hounds the benefit claims of veterans of foreign wars with the federal government. And a great number of them are left out in the cold.


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As the Oregon men's basketball team left the court Sunday evening and entered the locker room, Jason Calliste sported a steely glare, Joseph Young a wide smile.
Their facial expressions told the story of their respective personalities, which couldn't be much different. Young is the cheerful extrovert, Calliste all quiet and serious.
On the court though, similarities abound, as Calliste and Young showed in the Ducks' 99-59 exhibition victory over Northwest Christian in Matthew Knight Arena. Spoiling the coaching debut of UO legend Luke Jackson — even if it was only an exhibition — Young and Calliste each scored 20 points to lead new-look Oregon to the win.
"They both shoot the ball well, they're both quick — I like them," UO coach Dana Altman said. "They've been really good in practice, really worked hard."
Young hit 7-of-12 field goals and had several transition buckets off steals, just two days after having his waiver request to play this season granted by the NCAA. The junior transfer from Houston averaged 18 points per game last season, and the Ducks can use that level of production after graduating four of their top five scorers from last season.
"We need him, and I think he's going to be a good player for us," Altman said.
Altman played everyone Sunday but freshman A.J. Lapray, who has been limited by injury in recent practices, the coach said. Ten players got at least 11 minutes and four scored in double figures, with sophomore wing Damyean Dotson hitting for 12 and sophomore transfer Elgin Cook adding 10.
Young and Calliste showed that the Ducks should indeed be a better three-point shooting team, with Calliste hitting all three of his attempts. Oregon has the athletes to be a tough defensive matchup, too, with Young getting five steals and Cook appearing to block several shots, though he was officially credited with just one.
"I think that Oregon team will hold a lot of Pac-12 teams to less than we scored tonight," said Jackson, the program's second all-time leading scorer. "They've got a really talented group. The future is bright for Oregon basketball."
Said Young of the defensive effort: "There's a lot of potential. We're all athletic, and we try to bend our knees like coach says, stay low. Defense wins games. If we do that, we'll be a good ball club."
Altman said he wanted to get a look at his newcomers, explaining why sophomore Dominic Artis was one of the last guards off the bench, playing just 11 minutes. Artis, Calliste, Young and Johnathan Loyd each handled the ball over the course of the game, a logjam of talent that's one of those good problems for a coach to have.
"(Altman) will figure it out," Loyd said. "He knows what he's going. He'll figure out the best game-plan for us, and we'll play ball. We'll play hard when we're out there — short periods, long periods, whatever it is."
As good as the Ducks looked on the perimeter, they showed too that they'll miss the likes of Tony Woods and Arsalan Kazemi down low, at least initially. Altman said rebounding "most obviously" topped the list of things to work on based on Sunday's exhibition, and Loyd noted that the Ducks miss a "rim protecter" in the mold of Woods.
Senior Waverly Austin, who goes 6-foot-11, started Sunday and played 17 minutes in which he grabbed five boards and blocked one shot. The Ducks don't go taller than 6-8 when Austin's out of the game, and often played with the 6-6 Cook alongside a 6-8 player such as Mike Moser, Ben Carter or Amardi in the frontcourt.
The Ducks have another exhibition Saturday afternoon, against Point Loma Nazarene, then open the regular season Nov. 8 against Georgetown in South Korea. Because of the travel schedule for that game, Altman called the next few days "a critical week" of practice.
"We've got to make big strides," Altman said.
That may be the case based on issues that arose Sunday. But the Ducks also showed they've got big potential, perhaps even more than last season's Sweet Sixteen team.
"Once we come together," Loyd said. "I think we'll be better than last year."


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Three adults and two juveniles have been charged for allegedly attacking a male and female at an area residence.
Information filed on Monday charged April Gates, 38; Brady W. Gates, 19; Ashley M. Swain, 19; and two juveniles, ages 16 and 17, all of Vandalia.
All five individuals have been charged with mob action for allegedly acting together in attacking a male and female on Friday evening. Mob action is a Class 4 felony punishable by up to three years in prison.
When you think about a library, or Evans Public Library in particular, your first thought is about a building with a whole lot of books. But, we're hoping that you are discovering that Evans Public Library is much more than that.
We hope, through a series of articles, to educate local residents about the programs and services offered at the library.
So far, we've told you about many programs offered to children of all ages, including story times, summer and winter reading programs, Fantastic Fridays and Teen Advisory Board.
Bond has been set at $500,000 for a New Jersey man arrested on cigarette charges on Sunday in Fayette County.
Mohammed A. Mustafa, 29, of North Bergin, N.J., was taken into custody on Sunday, according to Fayette County Jail records.
On Monday, the Illinois Office of Attorney General filed two felony counts against Mustafa in Fayette County Circuit Court.
While Vandalia students will be in the classroom this fall for the start of another school year, there may be many districts in Illinois in which that is not the case.
Two area men have been charged with stealing and destroying a truck taken from a rural Vandalia residence.
An Ohio man was killed in a three-vehicle accident Thursday evening on Interstate 70 near the Brownstown exit.
Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen and the Illinois State Police report that David Duke, 59, of Columbus, Ohio, was fatally injured in the accident, which occurred in the eastbound lanes of I-70 about a mile east of the Brownstown exit.
To protect the hearing of the public through an early alert system, and to increase public awareness of the problems of the deaf and the capabilities of the hearing-impaired, the Lions Clubs of Illinois sponsor free hearing clinics.
As part of that program, the Vandalia Lions Club is sponsoring hearing screening from 1-5 p.m. this Friday at Walmart in Vandalia.
Tools for School, a program for only Fayette County in-need students to select free school supplies, is beginning its work for 2016.
Step one of the program is to receive donations from individuals, churches, businesses, clubs and others. Gifts of money enable the purchase of exactly what the teachers indicated their students need. Groups or individuals who wish to donate supplies are asked to contact the church to see what is needed.
In addition to helping patrons of Evans Public Library find a book or other media through interlibrary loan programs, library employee Cathy Smith helps individuals with family research.
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- Address: No.6 Huangshi East Road, Tangxia Town, Dongguan
- Tel: 0769-87883888 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 新都会怡景酒店
- Lowest Price: $65
Open in 2003, Metropolitan Yijing Hotel is a five star business type hotel in Dongguan, about 30 minutes to Shenzhen Airport by car. Hong Kong International Airport is a two-hour drive from the hotel.
Metropolitan Yijing Hotel offers 253 exquisitely decorated and well appointed guestrooms. All rooms are equipped with high-speed internet access, safes and mini bars. Recreational option includes tennis, bowling, swimming and karaoke. The hotel's Chinese restaurant specializes in serving authentic Cantonese cuisine. It also offers Japanese Cuisine. Its roasted goose is a safe bet. Thai style snacks and barbecue is on offer in the restaurant in decor blending traditional Chinese garden with exotic style. Business travelers can get bus tickets for downtown Hong Kong or airport at the commercial centre. Some other facilities and services provided by this Hotel consist of laundry cleaning service, car parking, currency exchange, meeting suite, business center and postal service.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
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Hotel Amenities: Parking, Business Floor or Executive Floor, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon, Sauna, Business Center, Gift Shop, Gymnasium , Suitable for wheelchairs, Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Airline Desk, Fire Detector
Dining Facilities: Western Restaurant, Cafe, Bar, Lounge Bar, Cucina Italian
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Did not Jesus say that if they persecute you in one town, flee to the next (Matthew 20:23)? Persecuted means to pursue or chase away. How is that blessed? Why did Jesus call the persecuted blessed in Matthew 5:1-12? How can the harassed be blessed? Some estimate that 60% of Christians today live in countries with heavy restrictions on religious freedom and a quarter of us suffer severe mistreatment. How are we blessed? If that abuse is because of righteousness, then we identify with Jesus. If we cherish what is right, if we love God, if we love his Church, then we will be hated. Just as there is no half-pregnancy, this is also true: we are either on Jesus' side or not. Persecution for righteousness is a sign that we are blessed to be on God's side.
Why are we harassed if we do the right thing, like keeping the speed limit, supporting the boss or avoiding slander? In Matthew 5:1-12 Jesus said blessed are those who are persecuted for doing right. How does that work? It is a fact of life, that if we do the right thing, we will be insulted and vilified. It is a badge of honor to be abused for doing right. It confirms that we are on God's side. In that sense it is a blessing. The opposite is also true. If everyone loves us and we are never mistreated, maybe we are doing something wrong. Unwanted attention like ridicule and torment is not always because we have done the right thing. Sometime we are at fault. However, when it does come because we were righteous, it is a blessing.


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Pregnancy Awareness Month® (PAM)
Announces 2012 Kick-off Event May 6th
Celebrating PAM's 5th Anniversary!!!!
Hosted by Anna Getty, Catherine McCord, Lisa Loeb and Josie Maran
Special Musical Performance by Lisa Loeb from her book and CD
SILLY SING- ALONG The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs
WHAT: 5thAnnual Pregnancy Awareness Month Kick-off Event
WHEN: Sunday, May 6th from 12pm – 4pm
WHERE: The Skirball Center / 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. / Los Angeles, CA 90049 Tel 310-440-4500
•Abbey Epstein, Film Director and Producer "More Business of Being Born"
•Ken Cook, President and Founder of Environmental Working Group
•Dr. Alejandro Junger, Founder of the Clean Program
•Anni Daulter, Author, "Organically Raised"
•Christopher Gavigan, Former CEO/Executive Director of HCHW
•Dr. Alan Greene, Renowned Author and Pediatrician
TOPICS: Real Life Birth Stories / Cleaning Up for Pregnancy / Inspired Eating for the Wee-ones / Sacred Pregnancy / What's Dad's Role?
•SPA – Mommy Pampering Spa services provided by Belly Sprout http://www.bellysprout.com/ with manicures, pedicures, facials and massage.
•KIDS – Children's activities produced by Ladybug Jane http://ladybugjane.com/ including arts & crafts, games, cookie decorating.
•BOOTHS – Over 25 product booths with samples, information and giveaways.
•FASHION – The Viacord "BUMPITUPSTYLE" Lounge http://www.bumpitupstyle.com/featuring Amy Tara Koch and clothing by Ingrid & Isabel.
•BREASTFEEDING STATION – The Pump Station & Nurtury – http://www.pumpstation.com/pumpstation/ New and expectant Moms can meet one of their experienced Certified Lactation Educators for information and to get questions answered personally.
•BIRTH PLANNING – Birthwell's Mommy Zone will provide information and instruction about home births, doulas and midwifery. http://www.birthwell.com/
*NEW EVENT FEATURE — PAM 2012 LA will be streamed live in real time on the PAM website via a twitter feed!
•Special Twitter Party on Tuesday April 17th @7pmPDT to benefit Baby Buggy
•MAY Twitter Parties are every Tuesday night 7pm PDT/10pm EDT Hashtag: #MayPAM
*This event is free and open to the public. Parking on-site is complimentary.
Visit the PAM website for a list of other cities and dates and info. Cities Include: Atlanta, Austin, Bethesda, Brentwood (northern CA,) Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, New York City, Orange County, Pasadena, Walnut Creek
*Expecting Mothers & Fathers, Families & Kids Welcome!
Pregnancy Awareness Month® is celebrated annually. PAM was established in 2008 by author & lifestyle expert Anna Getty and producer & mompreneur Alisa Donner. Their mission is to empower, inspire and build a community of support for expectant women and families. PAM has quickly blossomed into a variety of grassroots events across the country during the month of May. The PAM website is available 24/7 providing tips, new products and social connection for all.
Plum Organics is the presenting sponsor of the 5th annual PAM celebration. Plum Organics is dedicated to offering the finest, best tasting and healthiest organic foods for babies, toddlers and children.
Baby Buggy is the PAM 2012 Charity Partner.
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Last week I attended a five day leadership training course. I was there to observe, but participated in the course as if I was a leader in the company. Throughout the week, we did various exercises, simulations, assessments, etc. I wasn't sure what to think going into it, but looking back it was an awesome experience because I got to know myself a little better.
I took a lot from the DiSC Classic Personal Profiling System, as did many others in the class. This assessment asks you to rate yourself across a number of descriptive terms.
Then, you tally up the scores to see on which profile you ranked the highest. I found that I am a strong "I�? for Influence. The other profiles were: "D�? Dominance, "C�? Contentiousness and "S�? for Steadiness.
As an "I�?, the workbook says I seek social recognition and put an emphasis on shaping the environment by influencing or persuading others. I's are outgoing, optimistic, enthusiastic and good at motivating people. Fair enough- I knew that stuff about me.
What taught me most was learning what I's need help with. I looked at the weaknesses of I's and saw my past. I saw myself doing poorly at math because of careless mistakes. I saw myself getting in trouble because I didn't check the facts. I saw myself being a poor bookkeeper. These are traits of the I's and I could see the connection.
What became apparent to me was that I have been an "I�? all my life and will continue to be- there is little i can do about it. My first inclination whenever I discover something that needs improvement is to fix it- to be a better bookkeeper, fact checker, etc.
What I'm learning is that I don't have to constantly fix myself to fit every strength. What I do need to do is be aware of my weaknesses and surround myself with people and tools that help me address the areas in which I consistently fall short. I may waste time fighting against the something that is an innate part of me. I don't need fixing, I need support.
Lastly, I also looked at the assessment in terms of being a blogger. I'll bet that the "I�? profile is strong among bloggers and I'm proud to count myself as one.


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Next concert: FRETWORK with CLARE WILKINSON
Sat., Jan. 17, 2009, 8:00PM
FRETWORK with CLARE WILKINSON, Mezzo-soprano
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HENRY! – Celebrating Purcell's 350th Birthday
Christ Church Cathedral
1117 Texas Avenue
A fitting birthday tribute for England's greatest baroque composer – England's finest performing his songs and instrumental works. Fretwork, the viol consort, is joined by the radiant voice of mezzo-soprano Clare Wilkinson.
Review of Fortune's Wheel concert
Fortune's Wheel: making music from the far past seem like it was wrriten yesterday
By CHARLES WARD, January 13, 2008
…. But the Fortune's Wheel singers – Lydia Heather Knutson, Aaron Sheehan and Shira Kammen – perfromed as if the Medieval English style had become their primarily musical language. Their simple communication with the audience made the essentially unfamiliar music as appealing as the Three Bs. Kammen, on the harp, and Mealy, on the fiddle, added sinuous accompaniments. ….
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Program Notes for MIRIE IT IS
All medieval music is glimpsed from a great distance, but no repertory is so hard to see as that of England in the middle ages. Where France had a tradition of lyric song that lasted long enough for thousands of songs to be enshrined in manuscripts, the music we have from England of the same period is scattered and faint: much was destroyed when the monasteries were taken over by the state in the Renaissance, and much more has suffered from the ravages of time. What has come down to us, though, speaks in astonishingly vivid voices.
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Concert: MIRIE IT IS – A Musical Glimpse of Medieval England
4:00 PM, Sun., Jan.13, 2008
Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman (at Main) [map]
Pre-concert lecture, 3:00 PM
Tickets: 713-432-1744
MIRIE IT IS – A Musical Glimpse of Medieval England
Houston Early Music will present the Boston-based Fortune's Wheel with Mirie it Is–A Glimpse of Medieval England at 4:00 pm, Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman (at Main). Noted for performing "with a wonderful air of spontaneity and freedom" (The San Diego Reader), Fortune's Wheel will present a concert of most of the surviving vernacular treasures from the once vast, now largely lost repertoire of the English Middle Ages.
Fortune's Wheel is a spirited collaboration of four distinguished early-music performers—vocalists Lydia Heather Knutson and Aaron Sheehan, and instrumentalists Shira Kammen & Robert Mealy performing on vielle (medieval fiddle) and harp. Devoted to rediscovering the riches of medieval musical traditions, the ensemble made its debut at the 1996 International Festival of Early Music in Mexico City, where critics acclaimed the group's "style, diction, tuning, perfect balance, and total engagement with the music." Since then, the ensemble has been presented by early music concert series in San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Tijuana, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Houston, Jackson, Tucson, Columbus, Cambridge, and Duke University. They have also appeared at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Berkeley Early Music Festival, the Amherst Early Music Festival, The Cloisters and the Frick Collection in New York City, Yale University's Collection of Musical Instruments, and many other series.
Fortune's Wheel released its first CD, Pastourelle, on Dorian Recordings. Website www.fortuneswheel.org
Prior to the concert, at 3:00 pm, ensemble member Robert Mealy will give a preconcert talk discussing the music to be performed on the program.
Tickets are $30 for general admission, $25 for seniors, $10 for students, under 15 free. Tickets may be purchased at the door or by calling 713-432-1744.Houston Early Music is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Concert: MIRIE IT IS – A Glimpse of Medieval England
MIRIE IT IS – A Glimpse of Medieval England
4:00 pm, Sun., January 13, 2008
Trinity Episcopal Church 1015 Holman (at Main)
From the rough vigor of folk music to the refined sophistication of rarely-heard polyphony, Fortune's Wheel presents most of the surviving vernacular treasurers from the once vast, now largely lost repertoire of the English Middle Ages.
"Fortune's Wheel takes its medieval music seriously and then transforms the music at hand and voice into living, breathing art"
—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Concert: Flanders Quartet
FLANDERS RECORDER QUARTET, with SUSAN HAMILTON, soprano
The Darke is My Delight — English Music from the Reign of Elizabeth IMonday, November 6, 2006 at 8pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
1015 Holman (at Main)
Preconcert talk at 7pm?Kate Pogue, Houston actor, playwright, producer, director and author of Shakespeare's Friends.
Houston Early Music will present Flanders Recorder Quartet with soprano Susan Hamilton in a concert of seventeenth-century English music from the reign of Elizabeth I. Playing recorders from their collection of 150 instruments, the Belgian ensemble will perform compositions by Byrd, Morley, Dowland and Ferrabasco with texts by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. The performance will be at 8:00 p.m., Monday, November 6 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman (at Main).


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Did you ever wonder where the term FISCAL CLIFF came from? All of a sudden it was immediately adopted by the entire MSM and all the politicians and corporate CEOs as the mantra to scare Americans into believing it must be avoided. It is clear to me that the powers that be did focus group testing to develop the proper term that would strike fear into the hearts of non-critical thinking ignorant Americans across the land. Nevermind that this fake crisis was created by the very people who are running around like chickens with their heads cut off warning of the dire consequences. The fiscal cliff is just another diversion created by the ruling oligarchs to keep the masses distracted. If we did nothing, taxes would go up, the arms industry would lose some profits, and Federal spending would be modestly cut all the way back to 2010 levels. The economy would suffer a short recession and would be growing again by the 4th quarter of 2013. Sounds horrific. The truth is that the lowlife politicians, their corporate puppeteers, and the Wall Street cabal don't want to cut spending, pay more taxes or see their profits reduced. Therefore, a grand bullshit compromise will ultimately be announced to great fanfare and a 500 point stock rally will ensue.
But, as the story below clearly and factually details, nothing will be solved. The entitlement can will be kicked down the road like it has been for 30 years. No one in Washington DC gives a shit about the long-term future or unborn generations. They care about the next election. They depend on the fact that 99% of the public don't understand deficits, debt, unfunded liabilities or accrual accounting. The American public wants to be lied to and mislead. They don't want to think. They don't want to do the math. It's hard and won't give them the answer they want. I wonder what percentage of Americans actually understand the concept of net present value? If you stopped a person on the street, they would probably think you were asking about net pleasant value. Our politicians have promised the American people $86 trillion more in entitlements than they have the money for. And this is based on an unrealistic discount rate of 8%. If we use a realistic discount rate of 4%, the unfunded liability will be north of $150 trillion for Medicare and Social Security. When you add in all the State and local unfunded liabilities, you approach $200 trillion. These figures are so mind numbingly large, that Americans just tune it out. This is what the oligarchs depend upon. They will slowly destroy your lives through their man made inflation and eventual decision to not honor their entitlement promises.
The sheeple will not rise up. They will passively be led to slaughter. Math is hard.
Cox and Archer: Why $16 Trillion Only Hints at the True U.S. Debt
Hiding the government's liabilities from the public makes it seem that we can tax our way out of mounting deficits. We can't.
By CHRIS COX AND BILL ARCHER
A decade and a half ago, both of us served on President Clinton's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, the forerunner to President Obama's recent National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. In 1994 we predicted that, unless something was done to control runaway entitlement spending, Medicare and Social Security would eventually go bankrupt or confront severe benefit cuts.
Eighteen years later, nothing has been done. Why? The usual reason is that entitlement reform is the third rail of American politics. That explanation presupposes voter demand for entitlements at any cost, even if it means bankrupting the nation.
A better explanation is that the full extent of the problem has remained hidden from policy makers and the public because of less than transparent government financial statements. How else could responsible officials claim that Medicare and Social Security have the resources they need to fulfill their commitments for years to come?
As Washington wrestles with the roughly $600 billion "fiscal cliff" and the 2013 budget, the far greater fiscal challenge of the U.S. government's unfunded pension and health-care liabilities remains offstage. The truly important figures would appear on the federal balance sheet—if the government prepared an accurate one.
But it hasn't. For years, the government has gotten by without having to produce the kind of financial statements that are required of most significant for-profit and nonprofit enterprises. The U.S. Treasury "balance sheet" does list liabilities such as Treasury debt issued to the public, federal employee pensions, and post-retirement health benefits. But it does not include the unfunded liabilities of Medicare, Social Security and other outsized and very real obligations.
As a result, fiscal policy discussions generally focus on current-year budget deficits, the accumulated national debt, and the relationships between these two items and gross domestic product. We most often hear about the alarming $15.96 trillion national debt (more than 100% of GDP), and the 2012 budget deficit of $1.1 trillion (6.97% of GDP). As dangerous as those numbers are, they do not begin to tell the story of the federal government's true liabilities.
David Klein
The actual liabilities of the federal government—including Social Security, Medicare, and federal employees' future retirement benefits—already exceed $86.8 trillion, or 550% of GDP. For the year ending Dec. 31, 2011, the annual accrued expense of Medicare and Social Security was $7 trillion. Nothing like that figure is used in calculating the deficit. In reality, the reported budget deficit is less than one-fifth of the more accurate figure.
Why haven't Americans heard about the titanic $86.8 trillion liability from these programs? One reason: The actual figures do not appear in black and white on any balance sheet. But it is possible to discover them. Included in the annual Medicare Trustees' report are separate actuarial estimates of the unfunded liability for Medicare Part A (the hospital portion), Part B (medical insurance) and Part D (prescription drug coverage).
As of the most recent Trustees' report in April, the net present value of the unfunded liability of Medicare was $42.8 trillion. The comparable balance sheet liability for Social Security is $20.5 trillion.
Were American policy makers to have the benefit of transparent financial statements prepared the way public companies must report their pension liabilities, they would see clearly the magnitude of the future borrowing that these liabilities imply. Borrowing on this scale could eclipse the capacity of global capital markets—and bankrupt not only the programs themselves but the entire federal government.
These real-world impacts will be felt when currently unfunded liabilities need to be paid. In theory, the Medicare and Social Security trust funds have at least some money to pay a portion of the bills that are coming due. In actuality, the cupboard is bare: 100% of the payroll taxes for these programs were spent in the same year they were collected.
In exchange for the payroll taxes that aren't paid out in benefits to current retirees in any given year, the trust funds got nonmarketable Treasury debt. Now, as the baby boomers' promised benefits swamp the payroll-tax collections from today's workers, the government has to swap the trust funds' nonmarketable securities for marketable Treasury debt. The Treasury will then have to sell not only this debt, but far more, in order to pay the benefits as they come due.
When combined with funding the general cash deficits, these multitrillion-dollar Treasury operations will dominate the capital markets in the years ahead, particularly given China's de-emphasis of new investment in U.S. Treasurys in favor of increasing foreign direct investment, and Japan's and Europe's own sovereign-debt challenges.
When the accrued expenses of the government's entitlement programs are counted, it becomes clear that to collect enough tax revenue just to avoid going deeper into debt would require over $8 trillion in tax collections annually. That is the total of the average annual accrued liabilities of just the two largest entitlement programs, plus the annual cash deficit.
Nothing like that $8 trillion amount is available for the IRS to target. According to the most recent tax data, all individuals filing tax returns in America and earning more than $66,193 per year have a total adjusted gross income of $5.1 trillion. In 2006, when corporate taxable income peaked before the recession, all corporations in the U.S. had total income for tax purposes of $1.6 trillion. That comes to $6.7 trillion available to tax from these individuals and corporations under existing tax laws.
In short, if the government confiscated the entire adjusted gross income of these American taxpayers, plus all of the corporate taxable income in the year before the recession, it wouldn't be nearly enough to fund the over $8 trillion per year in the growth of U.S. liabilities. Some public officials and pundits claim we can dig our way out through tax increases on upper-income earners, or even all taxpayers. In reality, that would amount to bailing out the Pacific Ocean with a teaspoon. Only by addressing these unsustainable spending commitments can the nation's debt and deficit problems be solved.
Neither the public nor policy makers will be able to fully understand and deal with these issues unless the government publishes financial statements that present the government's largest financial liabilities in accordance with well-established norms in the private sector. When the new Congress convenes in January, making the numbers clear—and establishing policies that finally address them before it is too late—should be a top order of business.
Mr. Cox, a former chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee and the Securities and Exchange Commission, is president of Bingham Consulting LLC. Mr. Archer, a former chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, is a senior policy adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.


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Diet Rich in Vegetables may Help Stave Off Acute Pancreatitis: Study
by Sheela Philomena on June 28, 2012 at 10:09 AM Diet & Nutrition News - G J E 4
Dietary intake of vegetables may help stave off the development of acute pancreatitis, say researchers.
Pancreatitis refers to inflammation of the pancreas - the gland behind the stomach, which, among other things, releases digestive enzymes to break down food. Occasionally these enzymes become active inside the pancreas, and start to digest the gland itself. In up to one in five of those with acute pancreatitis symptoms are severe and potentially life threatening.
AdvertisementPrevious research suggests that excessive production of free radicals, which are by-products of cellular activity, is associated with acute pancreatitis. Furthermore, levels of antioxidant enzymes, which mop up free radicals, are increased during an attack. The authors therefore wanted to know if an imbalance in antioxidant levels, associated with dietary factors, might make the pancreas more sensitive to the effects of free radicals and so increase the risk of acute pancreatitis.
They tracked the health of a population-based sample of 80,000 adults living in central Sweden for an average of 11 years, following the completion of a comprehensive dietary questionnaire in 1997 on how often they had eaten from a range of 96 food items over the preceding year.
Average vegetable and fruit consumption was around 2.5 and just under 2 servings, respectively, every day. In general, those who ate the fewest daily servings of vegetables were men, smokers, and those who had not gone on to higher education.
A similar profile was seen for fruit consumption, although people in this group were more likely to drink alcohol and to have diabetes.
During the monitoring period, 320 people developed acute pancreatitis that was not associated with the complications of gallstones - a relatively common cause of the condition.
The amount of fruit consumed did not seem to influence the risk of developing acute pancreatitis, but this was not the case for vegetables.
After taking account of factors likely to influence the results, the analysis showed that those who ate the most vegetables - more than 4 servings a day - were 44% less likely to develop acute pancreatitis than were those who ate the least - less than 1 serving a day.
The protection afforded by a diet rich in vegetables seemed to be the strongest among those who consumed more than one drink of alcohol a day and those who were overweight (BMI of 25 or more).
The risk of developing the condition fell by 71% among drinkers and by 51% among those who were overweight, when comparing those in the highest with those in the lowest, category of vegetable consumption.
The most likely explanation for the protective effect of vegetables is the high level of antioxidants they contain, say the authors.
The reason why fruit (which also contains high levels of antioxidants) did not seem to affect the risk of acute pancreatitis may lie in its fructose content, which might counter the effects of antioxidants say the authors. Previous research has linked fructose to free radical production.
If their findings are confirmed by other research, the authors suggest that boosting dietary intake of vegetables may help to stave off the development of acute pancreatitis that is unrelated to gallstones.
Source: Eurekalert
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College Hockey:Elmira Squeaks By Wis.-River Falls
Eagles To Defend Against Manhattanville
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Elmira needed to depend on its defense instead of its heralded offense to squeak by Wis.-River Falls, 2-1, in the second semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Frozen Four in a hard fought, physical, and defensive battle.
"If our defense hadn't played well, we wouldn't have won," Elmira coach Jamie Wood said. "That was the hardest working team we faced this year."
At first it appeared Elmira was going to run away with the game as it jumped out of the gates at full speed. Pressuring the River Falls net finally paid off at 4:21 when Lindsay Palmer converted a two-on-two. She one-timed a pass from Shannon Sargent, who brought it into the zone down the right side.
"We were hoping we wouldn't come in and be a little star struck," River Falls coach Joe Cranston said. "Once we got the jitters out, we were okay."
After those jitters were gone, the Falcons took it right to Elmira. It resulted in a tying goal at 9:50. Mandy Stokes powered it by Edith Racine from the slot area. The play started due to an Elmira turnover that allowed River Falls to keep the puck in the zone.
It wasn't just defense in normal situations that Elmira had to depend on. It was also its penalty-killing abilities. Elmira picked up two consecutive too many player penalties in the first period. Later in the game, another too many players penalty would result in yet another five-on-three for River Falls.
"It's a good thing we practiced our five-on-three penalty kill this week," Wood said.
Elmira was able to kill off each and every shorthanded situation.
"They [River Falls] had a lot of chances to score," Racine said. "They got good shots off. My defense played real, real good. I give them credit for the win."
Elmira again came out strong in the second period, but River Falls once again weathered the storm. Elmira did get the winning goal later in the period, at 11:09, off a rebound.
Laura Hurd skated the puck to the right faceoff circle, moved in, and fired a shot.
"It snuck through the five-hole," goal scorer Jaclyn O'Neil explained. "And I saw it, and knocked it in."
After that goal, defense and goaltending was the order of the day for both teams, despite many offensive rushes.
"It was real frustrating for awhile," O'Neil said about the many failed chances. "You just have to keep concentrating on trying to get more chances."
"It was up and down," Cranston said. "The chances came when they did."
Whenever those chances did come, the goaltenders foiled them. Sometimes, it didn't get that far, as defenders backchecked to knock the puck off of players' sticks.
Chances in the third period included Elmira striking the post, Meghan Wahlstrom-Ramler of River Falls just missing a breakaway while shorthanded by two players, an Elmira goal waved off because it was kicked in, Racine stoning a Falcons' player at the doorstep, an Elmira two-on-one stopped with a great save by Marlene Yaeger and then made another strong save on the rebound, Elmira passing it right through the crease but with nobody there, and a River Falls three-on-one that it failed to properly execute.
The third period also became very physical, but that didn't bother the much smaller River Falls team.
"That's the style we play," Cranston said. "It gets physical, but we wanted to play five-on-five, because our power play wasn't clicking."
One of the reasons he didn't get to play five-on-five is because there were many well executed body checks. However, in women's hockey, that is not allowed. A total of eight body checking penalties were called.
River Falls pulled its goalie in the last half minute, but were unable to tie the game.
The Falcons now play Bowdoin in the consolation game Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. ET. Their strategy won't change.
"Our goals don't change for every game that we come in," Cranston said. "Our goal is to outwork the other team."
Which is what they nearly did to Elmira.
Meanwhile, the championship game will be an encore performance of last year, pitting Elmira against Manhattanville.
"I think it's going to be a great game," LeAnne Denman said. "For the national championship to have the two best teams in the country is great."
"We know it's going to be a tough game," Wood said. "This year both our teams are better. The big difference this year for both teams is depth. We're looking forward to playing them. They have so many good players to keep an eye on, we're just going to play our game. It's going to be a great game."
That "great" game will take place Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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The Albuquerque Isotopes gave new meaning to the phrase "a painful loss" on Wednesday night. Two players left the game with injuries as Albuquerque lost 8-7 to the visiting Sacramento River Cats.
Shortstop Carlos Triunfel led off the first inning with a single and advanced to second base after Joc Pederson drew a walk. The River Cats (16-17) attempted to pick off Triunfel at second base, but shortstop Andy Parrino stepped on his left hand.
"We had kind of a funky injury at second, Triunfel getting his hand stepped on," manager Damon Berryhill said. "A couple little cuts on there. He should be day-to-day."
In the seventh inning, reliever Justin Souza struck out Nate Freiman before walking Michael Taylor and then hitting former teammate Nick Buss with a pitch. Souza was then removed by the coaching staff.
"Souza, we had to pull him out with the shoulder," Berryhill said. "We'll have to see on him. It could be fairly serious. We'll have to get an MRI, see what's going on there."
Those two injuries overshadowed an erratic, uneven game. The Isotopes (16-17) had their moments offensively, but could never overtake Sacramento.
"Offensively I thought we swung the bats pretty well tonight," Berryhill said. "We kept battling. It was just one of those games that was a bad pace from the start. We couldn't really into a groove kind of on either side of the ball."
Starter Matt Magill was ineffective for Albuquerque. The right-hander allowed four runs on six hits and five walks while striking out six. He did manage to last for five innings, sparing the bullpen.
"Matty battled, he didn't have his good stuff," Berryhill said. "But he kept us in the ballgame, gave us an opportunity to be in that thing."
Taylor's two-run single in the first and Alden Carrithers' two-run single in the second gave the River Cats an early 4-1 lead. Walter Ibarra, who replaced Triunfel, hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the frame to bring the Isotopes within one run.
Alex Guerrero's RBI single in the fifth briefly tied the game 4-4. Tyler Ladendorf untied it in the sixth, crushing his first home run of the season to make it 6-4.
Jake Goebbert's RBI single was countered by Joc Pederson's solo home run in the seventh. Shane Peterson made it 8-5 in the eighth with an RBI single, only to see Jamie Romak blast a two-run homer.
Miguel Rojas led off the ninth with a single to center and moved to second on Ibarra's sacrifice bunt. Pederson then struck out looking and Mike Baxter grounded out to end the game.
"Offensively I thought we stayed in the game and kept battling," Berryhill said. "We had a chance to keep battling until the end."
Albuquerque and Sacramento will meet again Thursday at 6:35 p.m. The Isotopes will send Zach Lee (2-3, 4.02 ERA) to the mound against the River Cats' Sean Murphy (2-3, 5.77).
Around the Lab
Prior to the game, right-hander Stephen Fife rejoined the roster. He pitched for the Dodgers on Sunday. To make room, left-handed reliever Daniel Moskos (1-0, 6.52 ERA) was released. ... Catcher Tim Federowicz, who has not played the last three games, is dealing with a bone bruise on his left hand. Berryhill said he is day-to-day as he can catch, but not swing a bat.