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Drew Galbraith came to Dartmouth in 2004 and moved into the role of Senior Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance in 2011. As head of Dartmouth Peak Performance, he coordinates programs designed to position student-athletes to achieve the highest levels of physical, intellectual and personal growth during their Dartmouth career. Galbraith also serves as a liaison to health professionals who work with Dartmouth student-athletes, including Dartmouth Health Services and physicians from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Galbraith arrived as Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Administration and filled additional roles before being named Senior Associate Athletics Director in 2008. He has overseen the compliance and student services areas since his arrival.
He also serves as sport administrator for 13 varsity teams and is a member of the department's senior leadership team.
Galbraith recently finished a six-year term on the NCAA Skiing Committee and serves on the NCAA Administration Cabinet. After starting his professional career in media relations and broadcasting at William & Mary then Virginia Commonwealth, Galbraith then completed stints in compliance at both William & Mary and Nebraska-Omaha.
He earned both his B.A. (1995) and J.D. (2002) from the College of William & Mary.
Katelyn McPherson: Assistant AD for Peak Performance
McPherson joined the Dartmouth staff as the DP2/Varsity Assistant in 2012 and was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Peak Performance in 2013. In her role, McPherson provides academic, curricular and life skills advising to individual student-athletes and athletic teams as part of DP2. McPherson works alongside Dartmouth's Academic Skills Center, the Undergraduate Deans Office, and faculty members to develop and deliver programs with a particular emphasis on academic and personal development commitments. She serves as an advisor to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and coordinates the Team Faculty Advisor Program.
A 2011 Colby-Sawyer College graduate, McPherson previously served as an intern for Dartmouth Athletics, which helped her decide to pursue a master's degree in higher education administration. She was a four-year letter winner and senior captain on the women's basketball team at Colby-Sawyer. In addition to her undergraduate experience at Dartmouth, she also served as an operations assistant with the Bay State Games of Massachusetts. She recently finished her coursework for her Master's of Education from Northeastern University.
McPherson is currently a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA).
Donald Brooks: Assistant AD for Peak Performance
Brooks joined the Big Green staff in 2011 after spending five years at Williams College. Brooks' primary responsibilities will be to assist with the development of research programs designed to enhance student-athlete athletic performance and collaborate with individuals on- and off-campus to provide services related to Dartmouth Peak Performance. Brooks will also assist in academic support for student-athletes and other services for varsity athletes.
Brooks filled a number of roles at Williams, and spent the past three years as Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Assistant Director of Athletics, while also serving as an assistant coach in football and men's lacrosse.
He previously coached football at Springfield College and served as Athletics Director at the New Leadership Charter School.
A starter on the offensive line while an undergraduate at Springfield, he earned both his B.A. (2002) and M.Ed. (2008) from the Massachusetts school. Brooks is a member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD).
Steven Spaulding: Assistant AD for Leadership
DP2 introduced Steven Spaulding in the newly created role of Assistant AD for Leadership in the summer of 2012. Spaulding is responsible for the development and oversight of a four-year leadership model for Dartmouth student-athletes.
Spaulding is a 1995 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. While in the Army, Spaulding served as an Airborne Ranger and also served in Iraq. "DP2's new leadership curriculum will focus on development of future leadership imparting current leaders with the skills to make decisions under pressure, which is what great leaders do," said Spaulding.
"Dartmouth Peak Performance is committed to help our athletes become better leaders," stated Drew Galbraith, Senior Associate AD for Peak Performance. "Through both a didactic and experiential leadership curriculum, we hope to provide Dartmouth student-athletes with the necessary tools for success on and off the fields of play."
Ali Hart: DP2/Varisty Sports Assistant
Hart joined the Dartmouth staff in 2015 as DP2/Varsity Assistant. A first-team NCAA All-American at Williams College on the softball Field, Hart spent the past three seasons helping lead the Dartmouth softball team to two Ivy League titles.
Ali will now take on the responsibility of providing support in academic advising, event management, social media and other facets of the DP2 program.
Claudette Peck, LCMHC, RD, CSSD, LD is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and registered, licensed dietitian, with a specialty certification in Sports Dietetics. Claudette has been employed at Dartmouth College Health Services working as the college nutritionist, coordinator of nutrition programs, and a staff mental health counselor since 2003 and joined the DP2 staff in the fall of 2011. In her role as college nutritionist, Claudette sees students for a variety of issues, including general nutrition, sports nutrition, weight management, and eating disorders.
Claudette received her Bachelor's degree in Dietetics from the University of Vermont, completed her dietetic registration requirements from Boston University, and completed her Master's of Science degree in Counseling from the University of Vermont. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association, and of the dietetic practice groups: Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness nutrition (SCAN), and Behavioral Nutrition (BN).
Clinical psychologist Mark Hiatt, Ph.D, has partnered with Dartmouth Peak Performance to provide one-on-one sports performance counseling to student-athletes. As part of Dartmouth Peak Performance's goal to position our students-athletes for maximal physical, intellectual and personal growth, we have integrated the resource of sport psychology. It operates under the assumptions that psychological factors affect athletic performance and conversely, participation in athletic competition affects the psyche. The science of sport psychology blends the concepts of both psychology and kinesiology.
With the integration of sports psychology, Dartmouth student-athletes will have a resource for becoming trained in the psychological skills of performance improvement. These skills include concentration, goal setting, imagery, visualization, confidence, leadership, communication, team building and anxiety control. Sports Psychology can also help train student-athletes to deal with the adverse aspects of being a collegiate athlete, such as injury, rehabilitation, time management and specific transitions throughout an athletics career.
Anna Terry: Director of Integrative Health
|Dr. Charles Carr, Director of Sports Medicine, Team Physician
Jeffrey Frechette, Head Athletic Trainer. Jeff received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Chester State College and Master of Education degree from James Madison University. Jeff is beginning his 31st year at Dartmouth College. He has served as the Head Athletic Trainer since 1994. In addition to the administrative responsibilities of Head Athletic Trainer, Jeff works closely with the Men's Ice Hockey team, and also oversees the Men's and Women's Golf teams. He has recently completed courses in Functional Movement Screening, and Postural Restoration techniques. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainer's Association, and the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society. He is an avid golfer, frequently walking Hanover's course completing "safety checks" as part of his responsibility to the golf teams. Jeff and his wife, Jeni, also an Athletic Trainer, live in Wilder, Vt.
Bob Miller, The Holekamp Family Strength and Conditioning Coach. Bob Miller joined the Dartmouth staff in March 2001. This position was endowed in 2007 with a gift of $1 million from Kerry and Bill Holekamp '70 of St. Louis, Mo. From 1999-2001, Miller worked at the University of Iowa, first as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach for football before being promoted to assistant coach.
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Fair is fair. It seems simple enough – we know what fairness looks like when we see it. If we do something that harms others, we should put it right, even if it costs us to do so. Most New Zealanders would agree.
Somehow we forget this sense of fair play when it comes to polluting our atmosphere. Climate change is a great injustice.
We are amongst a relatively small proportion of the world's population who caused the problem, and our industrialised countries grew rich from using cheap fossil fuels.
Collectively, we have contributed around three quarters of the world's greenhouse gases from human sources into the atmosphere.
The injustice is that 1 billion of the world's poorest people are suffering most from unpredictable seasons, crop failures and worsening weather-related disasters. They are responsible for just 3 per cent of global emissions, but are bearing the brunt of our pollution.
The victims are fragile Pacific island communities struggling to survive while the seas gradually rise and the storms become more intense.
They are also the Bangladeshi woman carrying her children away from rising floodwaters, the Rwandan farmer trying to eke out a living from parched soils and the Indonesian girl struck by dengue fever.
There is now a high level of consensus around a goal of keeping global temperature rises to less than 2 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels (2°C).
Beyond the threshold of 2°C, the impacts become more dangerous and irreversible. This goal has been agreed by our government as well as the G-8 and major developing countries.
It provides a basis for an agreement to be forged in December at the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen.
In 2007, the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in their fourth assessment report that the industrialised countries would need to reduce their emissions by 2020 to 25-40 per cent below 1990 levels in order to have an even chance of keeping temperature rise below 2°C.
An even chance is not good odds for those whose lives may be devastated by climate change. In addition, current peer-reviewed science indicates that climate change is occurring faster than predicted in 2007, with more severe impacts.
Therefore, Oxfam, together with a large number of New Zealanders, is calling for the Government to support a target for the industrialised countries at the top of the IPCC range.
This means that New Zealand should submit a target of a 40 per cent reduction from 1990 levels by 2020.
This is a target for the group of all industrialised countries. Using criteria of past emissions and current income levels, Oxfam calculates that New Zealand's fair share of meeting this cumulative target should be just above the 40 per cent average for industrialised countries as a whole.
The government appears to be preparing a justification to support a target well below the target demanded by science or by our moral responsibility.
The Minister, Nick Smith, has quoted the results of economic modelling that suggests meeting a target of around 40 per cent would be expensive.
But the modelling assumes no changes in technology, no business response and unrealistically high carbon prices.
The use of this modelling seems like a case of 'lies, damn lies and statistics', used to justify a pre-determined position. The model does not provide a credible cost estimate and it is clear that there are lower cost ways to reduce our emissions.
We have already seen that tree planting has cancelled out the supposedly high costs of complying with the Kyoto Protocol.
There is another way of looking at the decision. We need to take into account the costs of setting too low a target. These include not only the impacts of climate change on our coastlines and agriculture, but also the cost to our trading sector.
Our competitors, even those from developing countries, are gearing up for a low-carbon future, and New Zealand is falling behind. Countries like the UK and Germany are moving far faster.
We are putting our huge asset – our 'clean green brand' – at risk by being one of the climate change pariahs in negotiations.
In fact, the eminent British economist Lord Stern points out that the costs of inaction are far higher than the costs of taking on the targets that science demands. This is particularly the case for New Zealand.
The potential damage to our image from dragging our feet on climate change is enormous, as is the cost to our businesses if they fall behind international standards of good practice.
In the end, climate change is not just about costs to business – it affects people and our fragile planet. Therefore we have a choice. We can adopt our fair share of responsibility and help keep climate change below dangerous thresholds.
Or we can miss this historic opportunity for economic transformation and condemn millions of vulnerable people. We need to think of others as well as ourselves when it comes to climate change. It's only fair.
Editor's Note: This article was originally printed in The Press, August 8, 2009 by Oxfam New Zealand Executive Director-Barry Coates.
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Hi I am new to this group and as of right now I have not been dx with COPD but I know it's coming and very soon. My question is this...
I have a pain in my back that started after my first time having Pneumonia and it's gut wrenching. I now have this same pain in my chest that is right below my rib cage. Sometimes it's in my rib cage other times right below. It feels like someone is twisting my muscle as tight as can be and it puts me on my knees. I have read here about this pain and was wondering if any of you have it and what it feels like??
I have had an MRI and cat scan, nothing was found. I am a stage 4 throat cancer survior so when I have a pain the doctors look every where. Can some one please tell me about this chest wall pain??
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I've already answered firefly9 in a personal message, but if anyone else has this problem, I can tell you that I have this. I get it on the right side, in the ribs, under the armpit. It's in the same spot where I had pneumonia and pleurisy 10 years ago. It's definitely connected with how good or bad my breathing is. My pulmo has me take Robaxin, a mild muscle relaxant, along with Mucinex DM. This doesn't take it away entirely, but it does make things tolerable.
To me, the pain kind of feels like I've been stuck in the ribs with a dull sword.
I'm also a strong believer in massage therapy. I get a deep tissue massage, along with chest percussion, every 3 weeks. It really helps, and of course, it's such a nice perk that I can give myself. Worth every penny!
Good luck, firefly9!
PS - I love your roaring kitty avatar. So cute!
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Hello firefly, welcome to the group and DS, firstly can I say I love yer avatar - cute.
I was really sorry to read of your previous difficulties but great to hear you are a Survivor!.
The chest pain you describe I've not encountered personally, but what springs to mind is that you may still have a lung infection. Not knowing the last time you have your lungs checked or listened to, it may be a good idea to see your doc, soonest really, as if it is a lung infection you need to get it dealt with asap.
Do hope you get well looked after at home and through the doc.
Let us know how you go - Good Wishes -
Keep Well
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I have had 1 petscan, 2 cat scans and 3 MRI's. I have seen the lung doctor, Neurosurgeon, Interist and my pain doctor. Nothing showed up on the tests and the doctors can't find a thing wrong except a few swollen lympnodes between my lungs so believe me I am not letting this just sit thereI am trying everything I can think of to get rid of it. Even my pain meds don't touch it so I am on a quest to figure it out for myself.
I do go back for breathing test in a few months but this pain is so bad I have almost gone to the ER a few times. I know my body and it is screaming at me to figure this out.
Thanks to all of you...hugs,V
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Hello Firefly9, and welcome to the group. I'm not sure what I can add, except to say I am sympathetic to your problem. I think the good things are that you are a survivor, and that your doctors are taking you seriously. Often times, they don't. I will try to check around with my pulmo..and on line.
Please let us know what you find out. And until then, I'll be thinking of you. Becky
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This may not help much if at all but Ive been doing some searchs on the subject as i have alot of pain in my chest front and back comes and goes .
Question: Is having pain in the lung typical of COPD?
Barry Make, MD -- Chronic lung pain is not commonly associated with COPD. However, pain can come from the wall of the chest and not directly from the lungs - this in fact can be seen in COPD. Pain in the chest can come from coughing very hard and straining the muscles of the chest. Pain in the chest can be due to a rib fracture from coughing hard. Pain in the back of the chest can come from osteoporosis, or thinning of the bones. Check with your doctor to find out the cause of your pain.
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I also have these horrible pains sometimes they come and go but feel like muscle spasms under ribs i have to stand up and reach high then sometimes they ease up or go away dr no nothing about why but i think it happens more on bad breathing days just guessing still trying to figure it out. our bodys love to play with us.lol
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Sassyme, to answer your question.....I'm not exactly sure of the therapeutic action , but I suspect that the Mucinex DM and the Robaxin have a synergistic relationship. By keeping the mucus thin, and my coughing to a minimum, that helps the Robaxin relax the muscles. My doctor was emphatic that they should be used together, otherwise, I wouldn't get much relief from the Robaxin alone.
Yes, reflexology is also great. It's been a while since I've had my "feet done." but it really helps balance all our physical systems, kind of like acupuncture. I need to call my reflexologist. She's wonderful.
On other thing, ladies.......I have found that not wearing a bra really helps. (Yes! permission to go bra-less! yah-hoo!) I only wear one when I'm exercising or doing something physically strenuous. Otherwise, I've invested in some nice soft undershirts. Now I'm one of those who "failed the pencil test" decades ago, so I really should wear one. But this really helps the chest wall pain. The only time it's really a challenging is in very hot weather, the skin on the undersides might get irritated.
Interesting topic. It's nice to know I'm not alone in this.
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So much good info ... I do love this group . Lonnielou I think your on to something thats what it feels like muscle spams that wont stop like your lungs are spassing out . And it happens on my bad days and sometimes if i try to push myself to fast or to far . I stopped walking the spasms got so bad .
Sue I take mucinex as soon as I feel the spasms comeing on and sometimes it does help them stop . Ive never heard of robaxin is it over the counter ?
Oh and one more thing they are waking me up in the night and im wondering if dry air from the heat is the problem .
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Well, I feel like a can of worms has been opened. I rarely cough. I rarely cough up
phelm. Last March I had a sinus infection/cold
that went into my lungs. I coughed so hard that I broke a rib. It was explained to me that the ribs are free floating to a certain
extent; and with COPD/emphysema the lungs can
get or do get hyperinflated and there is not enough room in the rib cage for the lungs.
The doctor told me this is why I broke the
rib. I had pleurisy years ago (many many years ago) and have no memory of exactly what
it is or what causes it; and/or IF it has any relationship to COPD? I do remember the pain.
It was bad. When I had to quit working (even
part time) they said I had a something on my
ex-ray and a lung infection. I truly believed
that I had thrown my back out. The back pain
was tremendous. I put off seeing a doctor; because whenever I hurt somewhere, I have found that IF I just keep moving; things eventually loosen up and heal. Not this time.
It was not my back. It was not a muscle pull.
They said it was my lungs. So, all of these
posts are confusing me. Also, I get very sharp
pains when I reach suddenly to the side or up
high; or I twist suddenly to the side or up.
It feels like a rib is catching, or something
is wrong with my lungs. It is a very deep
stabbing pain that takes my breath away.
Again, I have just "assumed" that my lungs
are too big for my chest and I am pulling
something (like rib cartlidge or interticial
tissue, or something)? I know I sound stupid;
but I do ignore a lot of body symptoms and pain
UNLESS they do not go away for a long time.
Sassyme: What is pleurisy?
Anyone: Is there a relationship between pleurisy and COPD?
Why do I rarely cough? Why do I rarely have
Why does my back hurt when you say the lungs
do not hurt/ or not in the back?
What am I hurting when I reach suddenly?
Thanks for any help and answers. I appreciate
it. No, I have no money for massages, or
reflexology or anything. Medicare only; and
I am struggling to pay my 20% of all my medical bills. Thanks again.
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Robaxin is a prescrition. I get the generic Methocarbamol, and it's cheep. I take one 500 mg tablet 2-3 times a day. I take 2 Mucinex DM morning and evening.
Only side effect I've noticed is that sometimes I'll have very vivid dreams. Not nightmares, just interesting, so I don't mind.
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Dan Marino on Dolphins: Tough for them to win division
Dan Marino, Phil Simms and Bill Cowher were on the CBS conference call earlier this afternoon.
More later from Simms, who had an amusing anecdote about Bill Parcells.
I asked Marino for his prediction about the Dolphins.
It was easy to tell that his head was fighting his heart.
"Watching them in preseason, they've struggled in some areas," Marino said. "I believe they have a young quarterback that has a lot of potential, that has a great arm and is still learning the game. As far as depth at the quarterback position, they've got as good as any in the league."
Marino also noted what we all have, about one key being the defense's adjustment to Mike Nolan's schemes.
"I do think it might be tough for them to win the division," Marino said. "The East, it's always tough."
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Reorganizing the New York Central Labor Union
By Emil Lyon
The Gompers machine which controls the A.
iF. of L. is determined to keep the workers under
the heels of the bosses. It is ready for almost any
kind of tactics to prevent the development of more
radical methods of struggle by the workers.
This was illustrated in the course pursued by
this machine in reorganizing the New York City
central labor organization.
Heretofore there have been two central labor
bodies in the Greater New York, the Central
Federated Union of New York and the Central
Labor Union of Brooklyn. The Central Federated
Union of New York won the enmity of the Gom
pers machine by repudiating Gompers' policy of
"rewarding the friends and punishing the enemi
es" of organized labor, which in practice meant
putting the power in the hands of the enemies
of organized labor. The opposition of the Gompers
machine developed as the result of the endorse
ment of the labor party by the Central Federated
Combine Two Central Bodies
By some sharp maneuvering the Gompers
machine was able to get the two central bodies
to adopt resolutions to ask the Executive Commit
tee of the A. F. of L. to reorganize the central
organizations so as to have one central body for
all of Greater New York.
On Wednesday, Septemter 11, a convention
was held in the Central Opera House for this
purpose, under the auspices of the Gompers' mach
ine. Seven hundred and eighty delegates, whose
credentials wqre carefully scrutinized by Gom
pers lieutenants were admited to the convention.
It quickly developed, thnt everything had been
fixed up in advance by the Gompors' crowd and
that no one who opposed the program of the re
actionaries had the slightest chance.
Machine Had Sluggers on Land
Gompers presided, with Mathew Wolf, of the
A. F. of L. national machine, in reserve. Frank
Morrison, secretary of A. F. of L. was also readv
at hand to help keep things strait. More important,
was a Iwdy of delegates f rem the teamsters, long
shoreman and building trades unions. These
unions have leen the backbone of the Gompers"
machine. The delegation in question was made up
of the huskiest members of these organizations
that could be found. They were not there to dis
cuss the problems of organized labor jn Greater
New York, but to beat Up anyone who dared raise
his voice against the Gompers' program.
After several hours of examination of the
credentials of the delegates, Gompers read a list
of names of persons to be appointed a committee
to draft a constitution for the new central body,
named the Central Trades and Labor Council of
Greater New York and Vicinity. This consisted of
the most reactionary leaders in the labor move
ment of New York City, among them being sever
al well known Tammany politicians.
The reading of this list brought a howl of
protest from the delegates, which was the signal
for the Gompers plug uglies to swing into action
to beat up those who opposed his appointees. A
riot resulted which was not quieted until the police
arrived and the meeting was adjourned.
A. F. of L. Sabotages The Workers
This incident is only another indication of
the hopelessly of the A. F. of L. as a weapon of
the workers in the bitter struggle developing on
the industrial field. The A. F. of L. officialdom,
from Gompers down to the local labor leaders, is
bound more closely to the bosses than to the work
ers in the shops. They more often sabotage the
strikes of the workers than help them win.
Th$ cure for this situation is for the workers
to get together in the shops, irrespective of trade
union lines and develop their own organizations
for fighting the bosses. By organizing shop com
mittees in every factory, mine, mill or store, they
can create the machinery for fighting the bosses
effectively and for beating the reactionary trade
union leaders.
The shop committee, the industrial council
and community council to unite all the workers
for the struggle against the bosses and against
the trade union betrayers of the workers that
should be the slogan of the workers in the shop.
The New York City workers, who are being
sold out to the reactionaries, should answer Gom
pors and his 'machine by organizing their own or
gans of struggle.
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text: Feb 1, 2013 09:49 'Wreck-It Ralph' gets high score 'Wreck-It Ralph' gets high score Photo provided by Disney -- Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly, left, and Vanellope Von Schweetz, voiced by Sarah Silverman, share a scene in Wreck-It Ralph. FILE - This film image released by Disney shows Ralph, left, voiced by John C. Reilly in a scene from "Wreck-It Ralph." The new Walt Disney Animation Studios film releases in theaters on Friday, Nov. 2. (AP Photo/Disney, File) Reviewer's Rating: ★★★1/2 Mary Hutton| Special to theadvocate.com Nov. 7, 2012; 11:38 a.m. Comments "Wreck-It Ralph" is one of the best family movies produced in quite a while. It brings a new light to the popular world of video games and develops a brilliant and endearing story about a villain's journey to heroism. Wreck-It Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly, is the bad guy in the classic video game "Fix-It Felix Jr." All he wants is to live the life of his co-worker, Felix. His dreams include living in the penthouse, receiving baked goods, and most importantly, he just wants people to like him. In the arcade world, heroes are known by their medals, so Ralph sets out on his journey to earn a medal and return to his game as a hero. Ralph makes his way to "Hero's Duty," a likely place to receive a heroic medal. However, being a from a classic arcade game, he has no idea what he's in for. "Hero's Duty" is a modern first-person shooter game with large mechanical bugs attacking the players. Sgt. Calhoun (Jane Lynch) leads the "Hero's Duty" pack with her hard-hitting and tough attitude, saying that "'Fear' is a four-letter word, ladies!" After an unusual method of obtaining a medal from "Hero's Duty," Ralph finds himself in a candy-coated racing game called "Sugar Rush," where he meets Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman), a "glitch" who isn't allowed to race but has always dreamed of it. Through their unlikely friendship, Ralph finds out what it really means to be a hero. "Wreck-It Ralph" is an outstanding movie from start to finish. Even the short before the actual movie was well-made and put the audience in a good mood. The producers did a great job of developing new characters, while still including older characters like Pac-Man and Bowser. Although these classic characters only had small appearances in the film, they create a sense of nostalgia for the adults. The only disappointment was the absence of Sonic, who not only appears, but seems to be featured, on many posters for the movie. The style and variety of humor in this film is remarkable. Not only will kids laugh at the obvious and silly jokes, but adults will enjoy the witty remarks and clever characters throughout the video game worlds. Policemen are represented as donuts and the surge protector that all the games are plugged into is called "Game Central Station" and mirrors Grand Central Station. "Wreck-It Ralph" will definitely be one of the more popular films this year. Although there are many references that only gamers will understand, the audience doesn't have to be a fan of video games to love this movie. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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When and Best time of day to start 6 month old on solids and what's best to start off on?
My daughter is turning 6 months soon and I am going to start her on solids once a day. She is solely breastfed and i want it to stay as her main source of food. What is the best to start her on and what time of day should i do it, morning or evening before bath time? Would appreciate any help. Thank you.
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the time of the day doesnt really matter - what ever works for you and you LO. you want to make sure it is a wakeful time, and not at the time that she is expecting a bottle . if she is too hungry she may just become frustrated with not having a bottle and trying to learn this new skill of food intake. i started solids once a day a couple hours after her first bottle of the day just because i didn't have much else going on during that time of day. ----- it is good to start with the baby cereals (rice or oatmeal) then they say the yellow foods (bananas, applesause) then orange foods (sweet potatoes, carrots, squash). it doesn't really matter what order you introduce foods, you can start with orange foods if you want but the cereals and yellow foods are proven to be the easiest on little stomachs. --- the big thing is to only introduce one food at a time, and go on that food for about 4 days before introducing the next food, to watch for allergies.posted 05/19/2011 by akj_25
I agree with akj_25. Start when you can. When my baby started solids, I had already gone back to work, so the only time we could do it was at her last feeding of the day. Thankfully, she would eat about 6-6:30, and go to bed a couple of hours later, so she was plenty awake when she ate.posted 06/02/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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By dcb on Mar 18, 2005
I'd like to add one to the list... "Precision Statistical Estimators".
In a recent edition of Information Week (Jan 31st, 2005, page 22), Paul McDougall quotes an IDC study that suggests that "software-on-demand" sales from full service IT vendors (like IBM, Sun, etc) will grow at a compound annual rate of 40.6% through 2008.
Cool! However, this rant is not about Information Week, or about Paul, or about IT Vendors, or about "software-on-demand". It is about the absurdity of high-precision swags. Projecting a new and speculative market tend to decimal point accuracy? Come on IDC, get real!!
We do need smart analysts to look at all the driving factors and give us reasonable estimates for various market shifts and opportunities. However, it would be much more credible, and useful, if they would say something like:
We project (with 90% confidence) that market demand for XYZ will exhibit a compound annual growth rate of 35-45% through 2008.
Sure, I might just plug 40% into my model. Or, I might have a more sophisticated model that looks at what-if scenarios at both boundary conditions (35% and 45%). But if you tell me that 40.6% is the answer, I'll tell you that you don't understand the question.
Last night on the news, the father of a missing child was asked if he considered asking a psychic to help find his daughter. He said that if that technique really worked, there would never be any missing children and everyone would win the lottery! I appreciate his rationality, and pray for his situation.
But, apparently, IDC thinks they can predict with stunning precision. Hey IDC - got any lottery numbers for me???


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The Truth About Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry
Contrary to re-circulating email:
- There is no new cell phone national do not call database. There is only one National Do Not Call Registry. It is operated by the Federal Trade Commission and covers both cell and landline phone numbers.
- Registering your cell or landline phone number is free. Once registered, a number stays on the Do Not Call Registry until the registration is canceled or service for the number is discontinued.
- There is no deadline for registering a phone number on the Do Not Call Registry.
- No numbers on the Do Not Call Registry are being released to telemarketers.
- For more about the Registry...
I am constantly getting spam about free credit reports. The govt. ought to pass a law forbidding marketing that resembles FTC or other govt. services.
There ought to be a way for your PC to recognize sites with invalid monikers, especially FTC & ON GUARD ON LINE, and pc security monikers, just as our paper money has was to recognize fake bills.
Unfortunately, spammers/scammers don't care about the do no call list. They buy phone numbers from entities who have your number. A lot of them are out of the country, and they are not going to bother with the do not call list. It is a pain.
My cell is constantly being hacked by the same entity(?)
We keep getting spanish robo calls. from area code 305.
what's to stop a spammer from buying and using the Do Not Call List?
Because it is a Federal Database that is not for sale. It is a big fine for businesses to call you if you are on the list. I registered years ago and it appears to have worked. I only get the allowed calls from surveys, political and charities. Just don't give approval for a follow-up call from a survey or charity-that's where you run into trouble.
Get the CALLER I.D. For you phone. We have it on our (home phone) and it is great because we can see from where the call comes. I do not know how this would work on a cell phone. Maybe there is an app. for that now.
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Guidelines for University Passwords
They help support standards or serve as a reference when no applicable standard is in place.
University Passwords
A poorly chosen password may result in unauthorized access and/or exploitation of McNeese State University's Information Resources. All McNeese State University employees, students, and affiliates, including vendors and agents, are responsible for taking the appropriate steps, as outlined below, to select and secure passwords.
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a framework for the creation of strong passwords, the protection of those passwords, and the frequency of change.
The scope of these guidelines include all employees, students, and affiliates, including vendors and agents, who have or are responsible for an account (or any form of access that supports or requires a password) on any system that resides at any McNeese State University facility, has access to the McNeese State University network, or stores any non-public McNeese State University information
- The Louisiana Office of Technology Services (IT STD-009) establishes the following maximum validity periods for passwords:
- 35 days with password length minimum of (8) characters; or
- 70 days with password length minimum of (10) characters; or
- 105 days with password length minimum of (12) characters; or
- 180 days with password length minimum of (15) characters.
- All system-level passwords (e.g., root, admin, application administration accounts, etc.) should be changed on at least a quarterly basis.
- All passwords (e.g., email, web, desktop computer, etc.) should be changed at least every six months.
- All production system-level passwords should be part of the CITO administered global password management repository.
- Passwords should not be inserted into email messages or other forms of electronic communication.
- Where SNMP is used, the community strings should be defined as something other than the standard defaults of "public," "private" and "system" and should be different from the passwords used to log in interactively. A keyed hash should be used where available (e.g., SNMPv2).
- All user-level and system-level passwords should conform to the guidelines described below.
- The Louisiana Office of Technology Services (IT STD-009) establishes the following maximum validity periods for passwords:
Password Construction Guidelines
Passwords are used for various purposes at McNeese State University. Some of the more common uses include: workstation logins, email, MyMcNeese, Banner, Moodle and McNeese websites. Everyone should be aware of how to select strong passwords.
Poor, weak passwords have the following characteristics:
- The password contains less than fifteen characters
- The password is a word found in a dictionary (English or foreign)
- The password is a common usage word such as:
- Names of family, pets, friends, co-workers, fantasy characters, etc.
- Computer terms and names, commands, sites, companies, hardware, software.
- The words "McNeese State University", "lakecharles", "lakechuck" or any derivation.
- Birthdays and other personal information such as addresses and phone numbers.
- Word or number patterns like aaabbb, qwerty, zyxwvuts, 123321, etc.
- Any of the above spelled backwards.
- Any of the above preceded or followed by a digit (e.g., secret1, 1secret)
Strong passwords have the following characteristics:
Passwords should never be written down or stored on-line.Try to create passwords that can be easily remembered.One way to do this is create a password based on a song title, affirmation, or other phrase. For example, the phrase might be: "This May Be One Way To Remember" and the password could be: "TmB1w2R!" or "Tmb1W>r~" or some other variation.NOTE: Do not use either of these examples as passwords!
- Contain at least 3 of the 4 categories: English upper case characters (A-Z), English lower case characters (a-z), Base 10 digits (0-9), and non-alphanumeric characters (e.g., %, &, !).
- Are at least fifteen alphanumeric characters long and is a passphrase (Ohmy!1stubbedmyt0e).
- Are not a word in any language, slang, dialect, jargon, etc.
- Are not based on personal information, names of family, etc.
Password Protection StandardsDo not use the same password for McNeese State University accounts as for non-McNeese State University access (e.g., personal ISP account, email, banking, benefits, etc.). Where possible, don't use the same password for various McNeese State University access needs. For example, select one password for the Engineering systems and a separate password for IT systems.Do not share McNeese State University passwords with anyone, including administrative assistants or secretaries. All passwords are to be treated as Restricted or Confidential (Sensitive) McNeese State University information.
Here is a list of "dont's":
- Don't reveal a password over the phone to ANYONE
- Don't reveal a password in an email message
- Don't reveal a password to the boss
- Don't talk about a password in front of others
- Don't hint at the format of a password (e.g., "my family name")
- Don't reveal a password on questionnaires or security forms
- Don't share a password with family members
- Don't reveal a password to co-workers while on vacation
If someone demands a password, refer them to this document or have them call the helpdesk.Do not use the "Remember Password" feature of applications.Again, do not write passwords down and store them anywhere in your office. Do not store passwords in a file on ANY computer system (including smart phones) without encryption.Change passwords at least once every six months (except system-level passwords which should be changed more often).If an account or password is suspected to have been compromised, report the incident to the helpdesk and change all passwords.Re-use of passwords should be reasonably limited, where the capability exists.Password cracking or guessing may be performed on a periodic or random basis by Information Security. If a password is guessed or cracked during one of these scans, the user will be required to change it.
Application Development StandardsApplication developers should ensure their programs contain the following security precautions.
- should support authentication of individual users, not groups.
- should not store passwords in clear text or in any easily reversible form.
- should provide for some sort of role management, such that one user can take over the functions of another without having to know the other's password.
- should support secure LDAP retrieval, wherever possible.
Use of Passwords and Passphrases for Remote Access Users
Access to the McNeese State University Networks via remote access is to be controlled using either a one-time password authentication or a public/private key system with a strong passphrase.
Passphrases are generally used for public/private key authentication. A public/private key system defines a mathematical relationship between the public key that is known by all, and the private key, that is known only to the user. Without the passphrase to "unlock" the private key, the user cannot gain access.
Passphrases are not the same as passwords. A passphrase is a longer version of a password and is, therefore, more secure. A passphrase is typically composed of multiple words. Because of this, a passphrase is more secure against "dictionary attacks."
A good passphrase is relatively long and contains a combination of upper and lowercase letters and numeric and punctuation characters. An example of a good passphrase:
All of the rules above that apply to passwords apply to passphrases.
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"You make me brave"
No one truly likes mystery. Especially not doctors and surgeons. They are forever searching for exact readings and tests in order to do their jobs. The unknown is a burden that leaves everyone clamoring. The unknown is terror for many. Nobody knows where they might end up…nobody knows. Any Grey's fan remembers those little words. It's a mystery within itself. However, sometimes, what the unknown can do is force one to finally make the right choice--the only choice. The legacy of Cristina Yang is irrefutable--one of the best television character journeys ever brought to life. This is no overstatement. In fact, I might be cutting Yang's journey and character progression over the past ten years short: Season one, we saw her ambition. Season two, we saw her motivations. Season three, we saw her endurance. Season four, we saw her vulnerability. Season five, we saw her compassion. Season six, we saw her love. Season seven, we saw her distress. Season eight, we saw her strength. Season nine, we saw her excellence. And in season ten--in Cristina Yang's tenth and final season, we see her bravery. And even now--at the finish line, her journey is not over. "Fear (of the Unknown)" is undoubtedly the best episode of the season and for many other reasons, one of the series' best episodes ever. These past few weeks of bidding farewell to one of television's most memorable and complex characters leads up to something worth talking about until Grey's Anatomy returns this Fall.
Assuming the worst (as one should know to do when it comes to Grey's Anatomy season finales), the entire Shondaland fandom may have braced themselves for the end of Cristina Yang as the literal end--death--of Cristina Yang. But Shonda knows better than that. Cristina Yang is not one for long, drawn-out goodbyes--that's not her style. Everything is set. Her replacement is in toe, her office in Switzerland is ready and she even had a night out with Meredith as their final goodbye. Cristina can literally leave at any moment. However, Owen certainly is not ready for it. He is holding on for dear life--he's been holding onto her for a while with his puppy dog eyes staring up at her, begging her to reconsider. Owen isn't interested in what the unknown will bring him once Cristina is gone, but he has more to juggle when a surprising mall explosion causes Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital to fill up with casualties. Of course, the writers have to scare everyone with the idea of Cristina being in the explosion for a while--just dangling the horrid possibility at us. As such, the first twenty minutes of the episode is a rollercoaster that has you on the edge of your seat, bracing yourself for the worst--the unknown is the worst kind of emotional terrorism and Shonda Rhimes uses it to her advantage.
While the media and a few zealous homeland security officers entertain the notion of a terrorist attack--in which Owen directly and on-camera denounces--an obvious critique and admonishment of American media's obsession with sensationalizing incidental happenings. The episode itself does a masterful job at tricking the audience into assuming the worst--although one cannot blame us given the history of season finales on this show! Not to mention that fans were worried sick about the writers killing off one the show's best characters. The unknown unquestionably got to the fans as well, huh? Owen remains haunted by Cristina's impending departure throughout the day. This entire season has seen him and Cristina finally coming to terms that they cannot change one another and accepting each other even amongst their random rump sessions--they are good friends now--lovers that cannot be. They are too different, but in accepting this, they've learned to simply live and love understanding one another from a safe distance. It's probably what hurts the most about Owen and Cristina as the episode moves towards what will inherently be a quietly devastating goodbye.
Elsewhere, there is more baby drama. April has become an asset to the hospital, especially in the trauma wing. She's excelling and her marriage is back on track. However, the terror of the unknown gets to April--still trepidatious about what it will mean to bring a child into a world that is occasionally devastating and even when it isn't we still tend to vilify our world more often than not. Cue a beautiful piece of advice from mother-in-law, Catherine Avery about the ubiquitous ambiguity of our world. The key is to stand bravely above it all. Anyone can tell you that the world is a scary place--this is common sense--everywhere we look there are people struggling to wade through the devastation and find a purpose to keep going. It must be profoundly difficult when one is preparing to bring a child into this kind of world--a paralyzing fear of what could happen. That's every parent's worst nightmare. The fear is defeating, not the accidents or the devastations. Mama Avery's word of wisdom is a rudimentary and amenable truth: "This is the way the world changes. Good people raising their babies right." April is good people, Jackson is good people. It's a start. More good people: Callie and Arizona, both of whom discover a way of moving forward in expanding their family: a surrogate mother. But who will their surrogate be? Another unknown…
Most Grey's fans will not hold back when asked about their opinions on the character of Leah. Not many liked her during her two-season run, but I will admit that she began to grow on me definitely and seeing her go in these last two episodes has a surprising sting. Leah's exit is poignant and hopeful--surprisingly sad especially when one considers that she is not an indelible character--the show could certainly do without her, but they do make her exit count. Leah's final scene at the hospital is so silently poetic it can go unnoticed amongst all the other chaos--in fact, it does. No one bids her goodbye. She comes in, does the work and leaves gracefully. However, just because Leah won't be with Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital anymore does not mean her journey is over either. She is certainly a gifted individual--Leah may not be a surgeon in the sense that the rest are, but she's going somewhere. As such, something about Leah's exit is eerily prophetic. However, her exit is not the most pivotal…
Cristina's return at the hospital before her big exit is the goodbye everyone needs. First, Cristina has a few choices of words for Alex who is slowly but surely devolving into a Dr. Junior Butthole--he's willing to lay stagnant for glorified symbols like money and shiny cars. Lame, if you ask me. It takes some nostalgic reminding on Cristina's part that Alex's gift is worth more than shiny cars and big bucks. He'd be stifling himself, being less than and restricting the talents that have taken so long for him to hone with surprising confidence. Cristina has been there before a number times and she always comes back out of it with a staggering level-headedness and a new, mature confidence. Cristina and Alex's relationship has always resembled that of an older sister keeping her oft dim-witted younger brother who gets distracted by shiny toys on the track to greatness. Alex is very good--more than good at what he does. Cristina is the kick in the ass he needs to realize it.
Why throw a gift away for less than what it's worth? Cristina leaves one last thing behind for him--her shares of Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. Unfortunately, Webber prematurely offers Bailey the empty seat on the board that Cristina will be leaving behind…impending drama for Season 11! Speaking of impending drama for the upcoming eleventh season: Cristina's ambitious replacement is discovered to be Richard Webber's and Ellis Grey's lovechild--a reveal no one saw coming or wanted to see coming with Cristina Yang making her big exit in this episode--and Shonda Rhimes takes it as an opportunity to drop this massive game-changing bomb on us. It's a major narrative twist that holds a humungous amount of weight in the lives of all the characters. This new cardiothoracic doctor is no Cristina Yang replacement, not even a Lexie replacement--Dr. Maggie Pierce is a whole other legend waiting to be explored…
Cristina aims for one last surgery before she ventures off--a final pivotal heart transplant--she needs something to feel finished. There come to be a number of overwhelming reasons for Cristina to say--a number of unsaid sentiments, goodbyes and thank-yous that will eventually hinder her from making the necessary moves she must make in order to properly flourish in her own right. Cristina ends up trembling in the wake of unknown territory and Meredith, in all of her bravery, is the push Cristina needs to make it out of the door with her protégé, Shane by her side. Everyone should give major props to Meredith: The bravery and strength it takes for one to allow their person to leave them and thrive elsewhere is astounding--because Cristina isn't the only one faced with the threat of the unknown, Meredith is losing things too--her person and her home, as she prepares to venture off to D.C. with Derek essentially to become a trailing spouse. Cristina's goodbye to Derek is a tinge of bittersweet awkwardness in its brevity as well as her goodbyes to her mentors, Webber and Bailey.
Then there is the heartwrenching goodbye between Cristina and Owen--soundtracked by a lullaby-like cover of "Ruby Blue" by Sleeping at Last. I was thinking of just how Shonda and her team would allow these two to say goodbye to one another--what would be the right words. It seems obvious now that there are none--the two will always find a reason to stay around one another, even though they are split over something that hasn't even happened yet, but would eventually kill them. The way Cristina loves Owen is how Burke loved Cristina: All-consuming. This is why Owen and Cristina are not allowed what some would call a "proper-goodbye". They have tried that before and it did not work--it never will. Both parties need to be dissected from one another's grip in order for Cristina to really leave. The pained expressions Cristina and Owen share in their brief, poetic last moment is excruciating and perfect…and devastating and certainly heartbreaking, but it couldn't have been done in any other way that would be true to who these two are together. It's makes me emotional just thinking about it...
That last scene between Meredith and Cristina is everything it needed and should have been: heartbreaking, bittersweet, emotional nostalgic and certainly classic Twisted Sister. The two finish by dancing it out to "Where Does the Good Go" by Tegan and Sara. It's a literal celebration to what these two strong, complex and gifted women have become together and what they mean to the Grey's Anatomy fans that have grown with them: The real one-true pairing! It could not have been more appropriate. After all of what Cristina and Meredith have journeyed through together in the many seasons, they both come out of it of it the wisest and strongest--definitely the bravest. Many consider Meredith to be the most whole and healed character on the show, as if her journey is over and she doesn't have more to discover and grow from. Well, Cristina's last words of poignant wisdom (and the best bit of dialogue in the finale) would suggest otherwise or at least suggest the start of reevaluation: "You are a gifted surgeon with an extraordinary mind. Don't let what he wants eclipse what you need. He is very dreamy, but he is not the sun. You are."
It is pretty clear that Meredith and Cristina's friendship is the most beautiful and important love story ever to be produced for television. So while everyone hinges on Meredith and Derek and Cristina and Owen, the real romance of the show is and has always been--will always be--Meredith and Cristina, the Twisted Sisters. As we know, some of the series' best moments have involved the evolving friendship between Meredith and Cristina. This season, their friendship went through the ringer because their lives were beginning to go in completely different extremes. Meredith attempted to find a middle ground in her work and her family, but ultimately her work began suffering. Cristina let go of the prospect of family and a relationship with the man she loves and made a surprising medical breakthrough. How can Meredith be a Grey and hold true to the legacy of that name while becoming a trailing spouse in the same way that her father, Thatcher Grey did?
Everyone needs that friend who will tell them the truth when you really need to hear it and Cristina knocks some sense into our lead heroine before she finally ventures off. Meredith has been eternally giving of herself--her patience and her career--this entire season all because of her husband's medical grandstanding. Meredith was literally left in the periphery this season as everyone else around her made some very impressive medical breakthroughs. In fact, I was thinking about it the other day and I came to the conclusion that Meredith has become stagnant--her character did nothing special this season while so many of the other doctors (namely Bailey, Cristina, and Derek) have made large medical breakthroughs and at first I thought that was maybe a writing flaw because, well c'mon, Meredith is much more badass than this--but then I realized this was all in the plan. The season has planned this meticulously. Cristina's exit is a necessary catalyst for Meredith realizing the ugly truth that she has been stifling herself for the betterment of a romance that was never her most imperative. So what is next for MerDer? Meredith makes it clear that she is not going anywhere. She is making a legacy for herself at her home. As such, the next season needs to focus on Meredith fully recognizing her brilliance in the same way that Cristina Yang has and will continue to do.
There are so many things Cristina Yang has taught viewers of the years, some of the most important I think are lifelong philosophies to live by. My personal favorite: It's alright to define yourself by your passion and recognize your own brilliance. It's certainly gotten Cristina farther than anyone would have ever thought. Cristina's belief in herself and her skill have created for her a bountiful future in which her love of medicine takes precedent--and she wouldn't have it any other way. She's reached her dream and achieved her happily ever after. It is very different from Meredith's (although one might take notice that Meredith is in the middle of reevaluating her "happily ever after") but just as satisfying. The Grey's Anatomy Season 10 finale is a fitting send-off for such a legendary character and while Cristina Yang throws herself and the rest of us into a world of fearful mystery without her, we have to remind ourselves that there is no finish line nor an endpoint for any of us. We just have to go for it and feel confident that whatever the next step is, it will be brilliant. Goodbye, Cristina and good luck! "Fear (of the Unknown)" gets 5 out of 5 stars!
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Upcoming WWE Raw Locations
WWE has announced the following Monday Night Raw locations:
- October 14th – Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri
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Guests at Monday Night Raw
Brooke Mangum and Michelle Schexnayder from the USA Network's "Summer Camp" are in attendance at this week's Monday Night Raw from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick are fighting again. These two just can't seem to make things work. They have two children and another one on the way but now there is trouble in paradise. On Wednesday, US Magazine shared about this fight that is going on while they are in the Hampton's filming their new reality show.
This couple has been together for eight years, but now she wants him to get his act together. Fans of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" have seen Scott drink too much over the years and it looks like it is happening again. Kourtney is over his partying ways and wants him to step up and be the parent that she needs him to be. He hasn't been doing that again lately and she is not happy with him.
Scott Disick is having a really hard time right now. Both of his parents passed away recently and now he has to find a way to cope with it but that is not easy for him. He will have to be careful though and not mess everything up. Now the Kardashians are really the only family that he has left. Scott actually stayed the night at a hotel at least once this week.
Kourtney Kardashian has been all over Twitter, but not saying a bad word about Scott. They are even making it look like everything is just fine. On Father's Day she went to her Twitter page and said, "Happy Father's Day letthelordbewithyou! Thank you for loving being a daddy more than anything else." Along with it she shared a photo of Scott and their two kids Mason and Penelope. On the show, it is very obvious that he is really involved with the kids.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Life Drawings
Went to Blim tonight for my first life drawing session in about two years. Tried taking photos of the newsprint but kind of gave up after a bit (they were looking pretty terrible haha) - that being said, here are a few of the photos that turned out okay:
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
Small Sketch Post
A mix of sketches from a few months back - I just moved into my new apartment last week so I thought that scanning in some doodles would be a nice way to test my new computer setup in the apartment. :)
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Belated New Years sketch dump of stuff I neglected to scan over the past few months - lots of red and black pen in there. :) More to come!
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Watercolour Sprites for the Seasons
I had the chance to go to the Island for a few days to unwind and ended up sketching and painting these ladies.
They're a personification of the seasons - Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer.
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Comedian/actor Tracy Morgan remains in critical condition at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick following a 6-vehicle pileup involving an 18-wheel tractor/trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike in which man identified as James McNair, 63, of Peeksill, NY died.
According to NJ Police Sgt. Gregory Williams, a "limousine bus carrying the star of the NBC comedy "30 Rock," and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, along with 6 others, overturned at about 1 a.m. after Morgan performed standup at a show at Dover owns Hotel and Casino in Dover, DE as part of a multi-city comedy tour called "Turn It Funny." Four other men, in addition to also sustained serious injuries as well.
Born November 10, 1968, Morgan, is the second oldest of 5 children. His father, a Vietnam veteran and recovering heroin addict, left the family when Tracy was 5-years old and later died of AIDs at the age of 39.
Tracy, himself, has had a number of high-profile health struggles, including alcoholism and diabetes, and has had numerous run-ins with the law regarding controversial behavior. He has a 1-year-old daughter, Maven Sonae with fiancee Megan Wollover and has three grown children, Tracy Jr, Malcolm and Gitrid from his marriage to former wife Sabina, whom he married after dropping out of high school.a previous relationship.
In addition to appearing on "Saturday Night Live" for more than 7 years, and (his semi-autobiographical) turn as Tracy Jordan, Morgan also has fashioned a film career, starring in comedies such as "Cop Out" and "Death at a Funeral." He most recently could be heard as the voice of Luiz in the Brazil-set animated movie "Rio 2."


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Miles Davis: Ife
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Miles Davis (trumpet),
Sonny Fortune (soprano sax, flute), Bennie Maupin (clarinet, flute), Carlos Garnett (soprano sax), Lonnie Liston Smith (piano), Harold I. Williams, Jr. (piano), Michael Henderson (bass), Al Foster, Billy Hart (drums), Badal Roy (tabla), James Mtume (African percussion).
Composed by Miles Davis.
Recorded: New York, June 12, 1972
Rating: 73/100 (learn more)
Amidst few true variations, the 2-note pattern that typifies "Ife" is never relinquished. This On the Corner outtake sounds like a lazy leftover from Bitches Brew. Most of the latter's elements are here, ranging from cacophonic riffing to a dramatic, unshifting musical terrain. The multifarious cinematics are somewhat relaxed, and the use of wood blocks as percussion flirts with world music. Opaque soloing is both inaudible and unmemorable as it is buried underneath upfront synthesizer effects. The recording does find Miles at a crossroads; while his music here reflects complete freedom through simplicity, the results are less diverse and, to a great degree, uninteresting. If you are a jazz fan in need of a quick Miles fix, this will do, because of its length; in this largely uninspired moment, you will hear more of him and the others than necessary. It is uncertain what listeners will experience during these 21 minutes, because the action is as motionless as it is unrelenting. Near the end, what at first sounds like a breakdown from out of left field unfortunately becomes the same unchanging musical pattern used earlier but performed at less than half time, meaning Miles had temporarily run out of ideas.
Reviewer: Marcus Singletary
Tags: 1970s jazz · fusion
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text: They were the greatest heroes of their age, "An age of gold and virgin wonder. When no crook, or spy or saboteur felt safe." Featuring a gold foil logo on the cover of each issue, THE GOLDEN AGE is a 4-issue Elseworlds miniseries set during the start of one of the darkest periods of U.S. history: the infamous "McCarthy Era." THE GOLDEN AGE takes a thought-provoking look at what might have happened to DC's first generation of super-heroes beyond their exploits during the Second World War, when paranoia has taken a chokehold on America and DC's first generation of super-heroes is driven into retirement or hiding, or madness - except for a few who are willing to change with the times. And behind the scenes, something even more sinister is unfolding - a subtle plot that may engulf the planet and remake it in one man's image. Written by James Robinson, with art and gold foil-embossed cover by Paul Smith, and colors by Richard Ory. Prestige Format. Cover price $4.95.


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Morning Roundup: Charlize Theron's Charity Shoes; the Coen Brothers' Open Call; The Red Hot Chili Peppers Lose a Guitarist (Again)
Charlize Theron's Charity Shoes: Charlize Theron is teaming up with shoe wear company TOMS to give back to charities in her homeland. The Oscar-winning actress, who hails from South Africa, debuted a pair of slip on sneakers that will benefit the star's African Outreach Project, an organization "committed to creating a safer and healthier life for impoverished and under-resourced children." In addition to selling the eco-friendly footwear on TOMS Web site, the shoes will be distributed to 10,000 needy children in South Africa. [People]
Kool & the Gang & Cuba: Veteran R&B group Kool & The Gang had a "Celebration" in Cuba. Strained relations between the island's communist government and the United States have kept many American performers away from the country. But Kool & The Gang, known for its funk and soul, performed for thousands at the Plaza in Havana in a U.S-authorized concert. "We are all about the music. We travel the world and our message is love, understanding and unity," singer Robert Bell reportedly told the crowd. [AP:]
Open Call for Coen Bros. Film: The Coen Bros. are foregoing the typical casting route for their remake of the movie "True Grit." The duo and Paramount are scouring the internet and places across the United States for the perfect teenager to play 14-year-old Mattie Ross in the western. Young stars interested in the film, which will star Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin, can send an audition tape or attend one of the open casting calls. No experience necessary! [Reuters]
Guitarist Leaves the Red Hot Chili Peppers: John Frusciante, the guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has left the band for the second time. After quitting the group in 1992, Frusciante rejoined the band in 1998 after drug rehabilitation. Now, Frusciante has disclosed on his Myspace page that he is out of the band, again, and has been for more than a year. "Over the last 12 years, I have changed, as a person and artist, to such a degree that to do further work along the lines I did with the band would be to go against my own nature," he wrote. [Billboard]


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I recently returned from a fun trip down to Westlake Village for a close friend of mine's wedding. It was so great to see the ocean and spend some time in warmth!, even though it's finally warm here as well. Of course I brought my camera and took some photos over the hired photographers' shoulders. This is one of my absolute favorites from the day. Cheers to Sabrina and Scott. Your day was so beautiful! Thanks for giving us a great sojourn in California.


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How would you like to
make some extra cash without ever leaving your driveway? Hold a garage sale and
liquidate those unwanted, outdated family treasures. Here are some pointers to
get you going.
is everything
Traditionally, the garage-sale season is fall through
spring, depending on where you live. Avoid holiday weekends, says Chris Heiska,
host of Yardsalequeen.com.
"You just don't get the people. They're going away or to family events."
Share a sale
If your street
or driveway can't accommodate the extra cars, you may want to join forces with
a neighbor to offer more parking. Plus, you can split costs of newspaper ads and
signs. A bonus: more people may stop by, drawn by the crowd.
holding huge neighborhood sales can backfire. "There's too much competition,"
says Cathy Pedigo, author of "How to Have Big Money Garage Sales," and
president of Winning Edge, a self-publishing company in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Customers don't buy as quickly, as they're always wondering what else is down
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Some communities limit the number of yard sales
one household can have during a year. Others restrict the numbers and types of
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into problems later.
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-- advertise
Your neighborhood newspaper is a good way to let others
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what you're selling, and include directions to your street from the closest major
intersection. If you have items that always are in demand, like infant paraphernalia,
say so.
When it comes to signs, you can't have too many, according
to Pedigo. Make the signs bright, readable and identical. She recommends posting
them starting at about a mile away from your house. Like Dorothy on the yellow
brick road to Oz, shoppers should be able to follow the signs to your house.
your inventory
Several months before hold the sale, start identifying
items you and your family can do without. Advance notice helps all members of
your family get involved, so they can keep an eye out for potential garage-sale
Price to sell
When setting prices, try to determine what you would pay at a garage sale for
the item in question, and start with that. Keep in mind that you can always go
lower, if need be. Trying to boost your posted price is almost impossible.
household goods and appliances that are in good, working condition and decent
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You'll have better luck reaching the top of that range if you've held onto the
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Clothing, especially adult clothes, typically goes
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since they're usually outgrown before they're worn out, explains
Sharon Huxford, editor of "Garage Sale and Flea Market Annual: Ninth
If you're
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let a treasure go for pennies.
Also, if you have some items
that are showing their age, you may be best off not even trying to sell them.
Otherwise, customers may assume that all the items are in similar condition. If
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Biometric Scores Set - Release 1 (BSSR1) is a set of raw output similarity scores from two c. 2002 face recognition systems and one c. 2004 fingerprint system, operating on frontal faces, and left and right index live-scan fingerprints, respectively. The release includes true multimodal score data, i.e. similarity scores from comparisons of faces and fingerprints of the same people.
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The movie Little Darlings begins with a girl's summer camp in rural America. Among the many young women that attend the camp, there are two girls who have their own view of life.
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The city of Estelline is offering a $10,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest of a suspected arsonist who torched City Hall in January, authorities said.
The Texas Rangers and the State Fire Marshal's Office concluded an arsonist sparked the fire in City Hall on Jan. 24, said Department of Public Safety Trooper Daniel Hawthorne.
About 4 a.m., the Memphis Fire Department responded to the building blaze at 507 Burnett St., he said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within 20 minutes, and no one was injured, he said. The fire was contained to the inside of the building, he said.
The Hall County Appraisal District lists the building's value at $63,450.
The Rangers and Estelline Police Department are processing evidence and searching for suspects, Hawthorne said.
Anyone with information is asked to call DPS at 940-937- 2548.