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WASHINGTON (CNS) — To end the U.S.-Mexico border crisis, the United States must address the flow of illegal drugs and arms and the harmful economic policies forcing children and families to leave Central America for the U.S., said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace.
Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, made the comments in a July 24 letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, following a trip he and other bishops and Church leaders made to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
In a separate statement, Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio L. Elizondo, who heads the U.S. bishops' migration committee, urged President Barack Obama and the presidents of the three Central American countries that Bishop Pates visited to protect and care for children and families fleeing violence in the region.
Bishop Elizondo's letter was issued a day before a July 25 meeting in Washington of Obama and Presidents Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala, Salvador Sanchez Ceren of El Salvador and Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras.
"The leaders should focus upon the protection of these children and families, as they are charged with as the heads of their nations," the bishop said. "Instead of cooperating on intercepting them and sending them back to dangerous situations, they should work together to protect them from those dangers, including providing them asylum in neighboring countries and in the United States."
The Pew Research Center estimates that more than 57,500 unaccompanied children and youths crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in the nine months between Oct. 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014, an increase from 38,700 youths in fiscal year 2013. Its July 22 report shows that children 12 and older are the fastest growing group of unaccompanied minors crossing the border.
National Catholic leaders have called for a compassionate response to the youths who have crossed the border, many of whom are fleeing drug-related violence.
In his letter to Kerry, Bishop Pates said the U.S. cannot separate the humanitarian crisis of many thousands of unaccompanied minors journeying to the U.S. border from several root causes in Latin America, many of which he said are generated by U.S. policies.
"The crisis on our borders will not be minimally resolved until drugs and arms flows, harmful trade provisions, and other critical economic policies that contribute to violence are addressed and rectified," Bishop Pates wrote.
Church leaders and U.S. diplomats in each country his delegation visited, he said, agreed that long-term resolutions would only come from investment in education and jobs.
Bishop Pates said he frequently heard that the Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, "and similar trade policies, had devastated small agricultural producers and businesses in the region, while depressing labor conditions and wages."
With regard to the drugs and violence that often drive people to leave their home countries, Bishop Pates said the U.S. must recognize its "own complicity in this crisis, and support more effective programs that reduce drug usage here at home."
"Similarly, the regulation of gun exports, coupled with criminal justice reforms that foster rehabilitation rather than retribution," he said, "need to be implemented by our states and our federal government."
He pointed to another factor he said is making life intolerable for many in Central America — destructive environmental impact and public health consequences of U.S. and Canadian mining companies in Latin America.
Bishop Pates said the U.S. and Canadian governments need to hold companies with operations in the region to the same standards of protecting human life and the environment as they require in their own countries.
In his statement, Bishop Elizondo echoed Bishop Pates' remarks about the need for a strategy to address "over the long term … the violence and lack of opportunity in the countries of Central America. Specific attention should be paid to helping at-risk youth remain safe and access opportunity at home."
Bishop Elizondo also reaffirmed the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposition to proposals to amend current law to speed the deportations of the children without giving them the benefit of an immigration hearing.
Congress was scheduled to consider supplemental appropriations legislation the last week of July to fund the care of children and families arriving at the border.
"We oppose linking changes to the law — changes which could send children back to harm — to the funding bill, which is needed to humanely respond to this situation," Bishop Elizondo said. "Families, as well, should receive a fair hearing of their asylum claims."
In the Diocese of Syracuse, New York, in an open letter to the community at large, Bishop Robert J. Cunningham said the diocese "stands at the ready" to help temporarily house migrant children from Central America who are awaiting deportation hearings.
He said he is aware that the issue has been the subject of intense debate, and will continue to be in the future, but in the interim he said the church has an obligation to help.
"In the midst of this debate that will continue over the course of months, one fact remains," Bishop Cunningham wrote. "We must care for the children. Whether we agree with the method or the circumstance, the fact is that there are 52,000-plus children who are in our country who are in need right now."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human services is considering former convents and the former Maria Regina College owned by the Sisters of St. Francis on Syracuse's North Side as a potential site for temporary housing.
The Maryland Catholic Conference said in a July 23 statement: "As our national and local governments continue to grapple with this difficult situation, we are hopeful that partisan differences will not stand in the way of finding a just and humane response to this urgent need."
"We pray that our country will be able to look back proudly at how we answered this call, and ask God to touch the hearts and minds of the people of Maryland and throughout America with compassion and generosity," it said. "Most importantly, we entrust these children to God's providence, for we know 'You do see, for you behold misery and sorrow, taking them in your hands. On you the unfortunate man depends; of the fatherless you are the helper' (Psalm 10)."
Arkansas Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock in a July 25 statement said that until the federal government will allow local families to take in unaccompanied minors and mothers coming across the border, Catholics could still help in various ways.
First he said people of faith can "examine our own hearts: How do we see the people who are like refugees at our border? Do we see them as objects who threaten our lifestyle or can we see them as children without any hope, as parents who just want the best for their families, as people who are so desperate for a safe place to live that they risk walking a thousand miles just to find it. What does love demand of us?"
He urged Catholics to keep them in their prayers, be the "voice of the voiceless," and provide donations of needed money and supplies.
"How hard it must be for parents to reach," Bishop Taylor continued, "the point of realizing that the only chance their children have for escaping violence and possible death is to put money in their hands and send them north, even at the cost of possibly never seeing them again but also with the hope that our hearts might be moved to help their children have a chance for a better life. Hence this is a human crisis for us as well – 'crisis' in the sense of a time of decision in which we reveal who we really are before God."
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio said July 21 that the Catholic Church would only support amendments to the 2008 anti-trafficking law at the center of the crisis "that would truly ensure due process, justice, and humane treatment of these children. Merely sending them back to the violent context from which they have fled is a shameful action."
"These immigrants are people like ourselves, not mere problems or statistics or irritants. They are our sisters and brothers. Let us embrace them with traditional American compassion," he said.
— by Catholic News Service.
What's interesting is that Americans go on vacation to the same Latin American countries people are escaping. Where can the children in Chicago escape? I digress.
The bishop is correct. The cult of illegal drugs is out of control. Marijuana, ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, meth, etc. are rampant in our neighborhoods and schools, and have we ever heard our bishops and priests condemn the use of these things? Any one that buys or uses these narcotics has blood on their hands. Period!
I was at Mass recently and the priest was concerned with 'weather change' and the leakage of gas tanks of old gas stations. Sometimes me and other Catholics feel as if we live in an alternative universe. God help us. JO
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras are their home countries where they best celebrate heritage with their family and friends. let's fight the crime and gang there, so, there will be peace. how about increase their staff with US trained law enforcements to root out the gangsters.
Really, if they had the will and the church there will help, 50,000 kids and their dads will stomp out the gang. Other countries can help with tourist industries and liked Thailand grow, slowly and gratefully.
God bless.


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Sept. 26, 2008
by Jeff Bechthold
For the more optimistic among Husky fans, today's game vs. Stanford represents a sort of second opening day. In a lot of ways - if you don't mind trying to look forward rather than back - it is indeed a new start.
For one thing, the off week since the Huskies' last game has hopefully provided a chance for the team to catch its breath. It has given the young Dawgs time to heal, as well as more time to learn.
For another, Stanford will be the first opponent the Huskies have faced this season not ranked in the top 25.
And, as far as new beginnings go, today's game is also something of a re-start to the Pac-10 season. With one league game under its belt, the Huskies have eight more to go in what is always an unpredictable title race. But that one league game (Aug. 30 at Oregon) is also a four-week old memory and with two non-conference games and an off week in between, it certainly feels like Pac-10 play has yet to begin in earnest.
With their one remaining non-league game still three weeks away, the Dawgs can now concentrate on its conference slate for the time being. Sometimes fans underestimate the resiliency of the athlete. That applies all the more so to the college players and even more to the younger ones. And, with the lineup that the UW is sending out on the field these days, hopefully that will work in the Dawgs' favor.
In this same space a few weeks ago, the point was made that the Huskies are playing more freshmen than nearly ever before. That contention has grown since.
While commonly freshmen who play see most of their action on special teams or in backup roles, this year's 10 freshmen who have played have all done so in important capacities.
Against Oklahoma, three freshmen (tailback David Freeman and receivers Devin Aguilar and Jermaine Kearse) started the game on offense and two (safety Johri Fogerson and Senio Kelemete) started on defense. Earlier this season, tight end Kavario Middleton and tailback Chris Polk started games in their first college seasons, bringing the total to seven freshmen starters this year.
Last year, by contrast, only three different freshmen started a game for the UW. Two years ago, only two pure freshmen saw playing time and neither ever started.
What does any of that mean? For one, it means that with each passing week, the team grows in experience and understanding in a way a veteran team can't. While a week's practice represents only a tiny fraction of the experience a senior player gains during his college football career, each week of playing and instruction represents a large portion of time for a player who has only been on campus for seven or eight weeks.
How much time and experience will it take to push these young pups over the hump and into the wins column? That's what we're here to find out today.
As it seems that we all rediscover each Saturday of the fall, it's difficult to predict what might happen on a given day in the Pac-10. And isn't it that lack of predictability that, at least in part, brings everyone out to Husky Stadium seven Saturdays a year?
In other news, something else that happened since the last game was the naming of the UW's next full-time director of athletics, Scott Woodward. After having spent the last seven-plus months as the acting AD, Woodward was appointed to the job on a full-time, permanent basis a week and a half ago.
So, welcome to him and to all the UW freshmen who began their first college classes last week. To all of you: Go Dawgs!

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Nicked from his PC
PICTURES believed to be of a Hong-Kong actor nude with several movie stars have appeared on the Interwibble.
The snaps appearing to be of Edison Chen in bed with singer Gillian Chung have caused a bit of a kerfuffle.
Chung's company, Emperor Entertainment Group, initially claimed that the snaps of its 'squeaky-clean star' were fakes.
But Inspector Knacker of the Hong Kong yard revealed that some 1,300 pictures had been stolen a computer which was taken to a shop for repair.
Assistant police commissioner Wong Fook-chuen told hacks that, during the maintenance period, "someone used dishonest means to take some information from the computer and distributed this information indiscriminately to others".
While coppers would not name names, Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper reported that the photographs belonged to Edison Chen, 27.
The computer shop was subsequently raided and eight people were arrested.
On his bog, Chen pleads with the wired-up world to stop looking at the pics. "Please stop forwarding the images on the internet, " he writes. "Furthermore, (...) completely rid the images from your computer. This is a small step that each one of us can take to help the innocent rebuild their lives." Ahh.
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Sure, Frenchie Davis caught our eye during night one of blind auditions on The Voice, triggering memories of American Idol season two and the untimely leak of risque photos that lead to her disqualification. But amongst the musical hopefuls who were chosen to move forward lies another reality competition veteran and winner: 31-year-old Tarralyn Ramsey, who captured VH1′s Born To Diva crown in 2003. Say what, exactly?
Despite its bombastic title, 2003′s reality competition seems to have missed our radar here at Popdust. (Or it's just that 2003 just feels too long ago for us to remember. Back then "Bring Me to Life" was a hit. Scary times, people.) Described as a "diva bootcamp," the eight-episode series sought to discover and groom the next big female star, one in the vein of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, with help from judges like Gloria Estefan and Patti LaBelle. In the end, Ramsey emerged victorious, and delivered a tear-inducing performance of "Up Against All Odds" in the finale, which she would go on to record for her album Tarralyn with Universal in 2004. We gave the Florida native 3-1 odds to win it all after just hearing her initial performance of "Breathe" by Faith Hill on Tuesday night. Now that we've learned she's been publicly proclaimed a diva before? Well, all the more fitting that she'll be working with Christina Aguilera.
Check out Tarralyn performing in full diva glory: a princess prom dress, backed by a complete orchestra…as it should be. And if you caught Born To Diva when it originally aired, speak up! Give us your review below, in the comments.


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Inclusive Leadership in Action
Diversity Includes Disability
This three-part webinar series is designed to promote meaningful connections and leadership oppportunities between individuals with disabilities and your Board of Directors.
PART 1: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Considering Individuals with Disabilities as Members of Your Board of Directors
with Guy Caruso, PhD and John Tague
- Examine the value of diversity on decision making bodies
- Learn how to include individuals with disabilities on your decision making bodies
- Understand the benefits to your organization of having a diverse group of decision makers
PART 2: Wednesday, May 13, 2015
How to Accommodate Individuals with Disabilities as Members of Your Board of Directors
with Kathy Miller, Jaclyn Michelle Nagle and Lynette Savoy
- Discover a variety of accommodations for individual experiencing different types of disabilities
- Learn how individuals with disabilities are accommodated in ways that benefit other board members
- Hear from presenters as they share their personal experience of being accommodated as Board members
PART 3: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 12 PM - 1 PM
Creating a Successful Group Culture on Your Boards of Directors
with Greg Crowley and Una Martone
- Learn how to build a culture of close listening
- Discover tools and processes to support equal participation
- Understand how to share knowledge effectively among board members
Do you currently serve on a decision-making body? Take this survey for board members.
Dear Board Member,
We invite you to participate in this brief survey to help us learn the current mindset of local board members regarding diversity and the best way to support decision making bodies to expand their leadership reach and effectiveness through meaningful inclusion of qualified people with disabilities.
The Inclusive Leadership in Action project is a grant funded initiative awarded to Temple University's Institute on Disabilities by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council. Community collaborators include Leadership Harrisburg; The Coro Center for Civic Leadership: Pittsburgh; Self Advocates United as 1 and JT Consulting Services. The purpose of the project is to support community organizations to include people with disabilities on their decision-making boards.
Thank you for taking this very brief survey. In under 10 minutes, your participation and comments help us to better our communities by expanding diversity awareness and leadership.
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The Inclusive Leadership in Action project is designed to develop and disseminate evidence-based resources, tools, materials and techniques with the goal of including individuals with disabilities on decision-making bodies of generic community organizations. Partners for this project are Leadership Harrisburg (LHA); the Coro Center for Civic Leadership: Pittsburgh (Coro), JT Consulting Services; and Self Advocates United as 1 (SAU1).
Funded by the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council, Inclusive Leadership in Action will demonstrate to community organizations the intrinsic and evidence-based value of including people with disabilities from a wide range of cross disabilities on decision making bodies. Inclusive Leadership in Action will provide comprehensive support to selected diverse, generic community organizations to enable them to recruit, support and sustain qualified individuals with disabilities as fully participating, valued committee and board members able to provide a greater range of perspectives and solutions to challenges facing today's community organizations.
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To bring about social change in the composition of community organizations' decision making groups, the Inclusive Leadership in Action project will provide community organizations with the tools and resources necessary to select qualified individuals with disabilities to sit on their organization's decision making bodies. At the start of the project, the Institute along with its partners will identify, develop and disseminate educational materials to targeted community organizations in order to meet this goal.
Community organizations will be provided with the methods and resources on how to identify and recruit interested individuals with disabilities who are interested in being matched as potential candidates on committees and boards in selected generic community organizations. Organizations will also be provided with the necessary materials and tools to include and accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities from a wide range of cross disabilities as contributing members of an organization's decision making bodies.
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The Inclusive Leadership in Action project has an Advisory Committee comprised of individuals committed to sharing their skills and knowledge of the disability community, generic community organizations, leadership development and community board membership to fulfill the project mission.
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This past March, some 300 Indigenous women from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA and Venezuela took part in the 6th Continental Meeting of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA). To reflect on the meeting, the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) spoke to two participants, Cecilia Velasque and Tania Pariona Tarqui, about the importance of meetings like this in their ability to strengthen women's leadership and increase communication amongst Indigenous women in grassroots organizations.
Indigenous women in the Americas face higher incidences of illiteracy, a lack of culturally appropriate health services, exclusion from decision-making spaces, inequity and lack of opportunities to participate in political and economic processes, as well as a lack of access and control over land. Despite the fact that Indigenous Peoples account for a large percentage of the population of the region, few laws serve to bolster or protect Indigenous rights, and they are largely ignored or excluded by the decision-making politicians. Furthermore, while across the region there has been an increase in laws in favor of women, these laws fail to address issues specific to Indigenous women, like those mentioned above.
However, Indigenous women are organizing to strengthen their rights. As Velasque stressed, "In recent years efforts have been made by women themselves to present proposals. Street actions, sit-ins and demonstrations have been organized to achieve, among others, quota laws, the Free Maternity and Childhood Care Law (Ecuador) and culturally appropriate birth care." Tania Pariona Tarqui also reflected on the use of international efforts, like the Beijing Platform for Action, in bolstering Indigenous women's rights in the region.
To read AWID's full coverage of the ECIMA meeting, click here. To learn about MADRE's work with Indigenous women in the Americas, read about our partnerships with Muixil in Guatemala, Wangki Tangni and CADPI in Nicaragua, K'inal Antzetik in Mexico, CHIRAPAQ in Peru, and the International Indigenous Women's Forum.


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Jordan Mechner, creator of Karateka of Karateka and Prince of Persia for early computers and consoles of the 80s, has made an announcement on his official website. He is going back to the metaphorical garage to create Karateka for a new generation of gamers, and he's doing it as an indie project, with total control and no publisher interference. In many ways, it's a return to his roots as that's how the original Karateka was first made, before being published by Broderbund for the Apple and Atari computers in 1984. From his website:
It's closer than the 2003 POP:SOT was to the original, side-scrolling Prince of Persia. But it's a more radical reinvention than, say, the 2007 XBLA Prince of Persia Classic. The new Karateka is much more than a port; it's both a remake and a re-imagining of the original game for today's consoles.
For me as creative director, it's been an exciting chance to experiment with new gameplay mechanics and ideas that on previous console generations (and on the Apple II) I could only have dreamed about.
Karateka is slated as a downloadable game for the PS3 and Xbox 360, set for release later this year.


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Saturday, June 18, Kate Solisti will answer the question, just what is a greener, healthier diet for your pet. Pets Gone Green University (PGGU).
Fact is some pets will chomp down anything while others can be pernickety. Companion animals no longer have to hunt for food in the wild, the reality is they depend on their human companions. For us the question should be what must cats and dogs eat, knowing we have a huge impact on their health?
Good nutrition is the basis of health. Solisti notes, "Seventy-five percent of dog, cat, and human immune systems are governed by the gut." What we eat and how well we absorb nutrients has a great impact on our immune systems and our general health. "Without wholesome foods, healthy gut flora and receptive cells, our bodies weaken, become diseased and die prematurely," warns Solisti.
"Teaching dog & cat nutrition and introducing people to interspecies communication fits well with the mission of PGGU," says Solisti, because "a healthy environment equals healthy pets plus educated guardians." Kate Solisti works as an animal communicator, intuitive counselor, educator, mentor and dog and cat nutritionist. She has been educating companion animal guardians for almost 20 years having made an impact on countless animals' lives.
Cedar Dog, author and founder of Pets Gone Green University, asked Solisti last March to teach at PGGU. The feisty canine wanted the school to "lead the way" in teaching "green" principles for pets and their people. Solisti insists her dog and cat nutrition course is all about greener and healthier; "I teach based on Nature's design, how dogs and cats are intended and built to eat, and then we create the simplest, minimum waste meal plans possible." Cedar Dog says, "That is as it should be, "quality in, less quantity (in the yard). According to Solisti, it also means, "Less waste in meals equals more useable nutrients and better absorption by the animals." Providing as many organic ingredients as possible is the key.
Solisti stresses, "This course really should be part of every guardian's education." Why would you miss it? Register now with this "Cedar Dog Bring a Friend Special."
Books & Videos by Kate Solisti
Cedar Dog's books teach eco-solutions for a pet's daily life. She asks audiences everywhere, "Do you know your pet's impact on the earth, do you know your impact on your pet's health? What are you going to do about it and who will you tell?"


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Tickets for Thursday's Europa League clash with Young Boys are now available to all Liverpool supporters, you can purchase over the phone on 0843 170 5555 or in person at the Anfield ticket office.
The online sale is now restricted to members, who will have their card activated for entry into the stadium, click here to purchase>>
We also have limited hospitality packages available for the game with prices starting from just £65 plus VAT.
Supporters who purchase a Boot Room Package will enjoy a three-course meal, access to the club museum and have their picture taken with the UEFA Cup.
Click here for hospitality details.
This is sure to be a crucial tie in the group and a win could see the Reds qualify for the knockout stages of the competition.
We expect Thursday night to be very busy at the ticket office, so would encourage supporters to purchase as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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Re: Locking strategy (best so far)
Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll <juanjose.garciaripoll@...>
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Matthew Mondor <mm_lists <at> pulsar-zone.net> wrote:
It appears that it locks before all initial threads of the HTTPd can be
started. The REPL doesn't come back while that thread appears to be
waiting on a pthread_cond_wait(3) forever without getting an event.
This happens inside the GC, invoked sometime during HTTPD-INIT (that
happens in the first/main thread):
#0 0x00007f7ff6a76eda in ___lwp_park50 () from /usr/lib/libc.so.12
#1 0x00007f7ff72088f4 in pthread_cond_timedwait (abstime=0x0, mutex=0x7f7ff7b010e8, cond=0x7f7ff7b01118) at /usr/src/lib/libpthread/pthread_cond.c:148
#2 pthread_cond_wait (cond=0x7f7ff7b01118, mutex=0x7f7ff7b010e8) at /usr/src/lib/libpthread/pthread_cond.c:193
#3 0x00007f7ff7205cc1 in sem_wait (sem=0x7f7ff60408f0) at /usr/src/lib/libpthread/sem.c:323
#4 0x00007f7ff5e187d8 in GC_stop_world () from /usr/pkg/lib/libgc.so.1
This is where the garbage collector tries to suspend all threads that were running and registered with it. It is waiting probably for the ok from every thread but...
As for the other successfully-started threads (there are 9 of these,
8 of which are waiting in sigsuspend(2)) after an attempt to obtain the
global accept-lock unsuccessfully (as the first thread acquired it).
#0 0x00007f7ff6a38eca in _sys___sigsuspend14 () from /usr/lib/libc.so.12
#1 0x00007f7ff7206732 in __sigsuspend14 (sigmask=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/lib/libpthread/pthread_cancelstub.c:567
#2 0x00007f7ff777f341 in ecl_wait_on (env=0x7f7ff7ed8000, condition=0x7f7ff777105a <get_lock_inner>, o=0x28b5f90)
... somehow these threads did not respond to the signal. I do not really understand it. Was it before a change I did recently? ECL now _only_ blocks its communication signal in sigsuspend(). It should not be blocking the signal from the garbage collector.
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Health & Baby
Health and Safety, Birth to 2 Years - Safety Measures Around the Home
From birth to age 2, children depend on parents and other caregivers for their safety. Safety issues change and increase rapidly in number as newborns grow into toddlers.
You can help protect your child from accidents and injuries by taking general safety measures around your home. Think ahead about what potentially dangerous situations will attract your child. Supervise your child, but keep in mind that constant hovering over children can limit their experiences and confidence. Balancing supervision with safety precautions will help prevent accidents and injuries, as well as allow children to explore.
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The following are common accidents and injuries that can occur around the house and some suggestions on how to prevent them.
Baby products
In the United States, safety standards for children's equipment, furniture, clothing, and other items are set by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Although most new items you buy will likely meet these standards, older and used items may not. Equipment that has been used before, such as a baby carrier, may not be safe. These items may have wear and tear that affects how they function. The CPSC may also have recalled some items because of reported hazards.
Check that all the products your baby uses meet current standards. The following list provides safety information for items frequently used by children up to age 2:1
- Cribs should meet all current safety standards, such as having less than 2.4 in. (60 mm) of space between slats. Don't use sleep positioners or bumper pads.
- Baby walkers should not be used, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Children can fall down stairs and get hurt. An activity center is a better choice.
- Playpens should have spaces in the mesh material that do not exceed 0.25 in. (0.6 cm) across. Wooden slats should measure less than 2.4 in. (60 mm) apart. Be careful about the toys you put in the playpen. As your children grow, they can get tangled in mobiles or may use larger toys as steps to boost them out of the enclosure.
- High chairs should have a wide, stable base. Always take time to make sure the high chair is locked in the upright position before use. If you need to use a seat that hooks onto a table, make sure it locks onto the table. And make sure your baby can't push against the table support. Use the safety straps, and supervise your child at all times while he or she is in the high chair.
- Changing tables should have a railing on all sides that is 2 in. (5.1 cm) high. A slightly indented changing surface is also recommended. Always use the safety strap, and keep one hand on your child. Have diapers and other items handy, but keep them out of your child's reach.
To help you keep track of important safety features, see the topic Nursery Equipment Safety Checklist.


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I'd buy that for a dollar
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Cell Phones
Hi all. Well, things may change in the near future for me and it may necessitate a cell phone. That's right: Irony: He who least desires a cell phone may need to get one out of necessity after all. Well, I'm going to hold off on it as long as possible. (Would rather get new computer and make my sith costume first!)
Here is what I am looking for.
Be unlocked obviously I want to be able to switch services and keep a phone I might like. Access to BIOS settings, deep OS files. Be able to enable and disable onboard hardware manually. Be able to enable and disable GPS.
Ability to customize its wallpaper and ringtones. Personal touch and let's face it, assigning differing ring tones to those dreaded
contacts we loathe speaking to is essential.
Calendar, appointments, notifications, and itinerary--pretty much comes standard on any cell phone, doesn't it?
Some NICE TO HAVE features:
Video player
MP3 player
Camera both still and/or motion. It's so nice to capture evidence. And there is fun in blackmailing people I can convince to get drunk and then talk them into doing stupid things.
Worked for Ric Flair, didn't it?
Ability to download embedded videos that may not have a download button. Sorry if I'm behind the times: Does this function already exist on a desktop? I've only seen it on a buddy's T-mobile samsung phone.
Versatility combination of touch screen and qwerty keyboard
Attachable credit card scanner ...thing. Just thinking it'd be kind of nice to be able to expand business to credit cards for clients, which pretty much implies online browsing and text.
Possibly be able to use certain programs I'd normally use on a PC. (For example, say I wish to download a 555 timer program for circuit prototyping.)
What's all the hype about for bluetooth?
Avoid Android if possible. I'm sure Android's OS is good, but I'm not really one to jump on bandwagons and such. It's too much hassle for me. Don't really want to connect my existing gmail account to mobile and am not all that thrilled about creating another account there for this purpose. Much of it having to do with what a bad combination it'd be doing business essentially online through the phone and social networking. If you think I'm talking out of my ass, go ask
Kim Komando
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She's the one who told me in the first place!
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College Hockey:UAA Netminder Naumenko Turns Pro
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska-Anchorage goaltender Gregg Naumenko will renounce his remaining three years of collegiate eligibility to sign a two-year guaranteed contract with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the Los Angeles Times and the Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday.
Naumenko, the 1999 WCHA Rookie of the Year, led the conference in both goals-against average and save percentage, setting UAA school records in both categories. He was also named to the all-WCHA first team.
The value of Naumenko's contract is reportedly between $1.15 and $2 million, including a signing bonus of at least $1 million.
"I almost expect someone to call me and say, 'Hey, those awards aren't yours, that contract isn't yours,"' Naumenko told the Daily News. "'Wake up out of your dream and get real. April Fool's!'
"You couldn't ever dream about it, it's so ridiculous to get this recognition, this contract."
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Beyoncé's "Party" video debuts on Tuesday, it will be with J. Cole not Andre 3000. And the newcomer won't just be making a cameo alongside Kelly Rowland and Solange, he'll be replacing 'Dre's rhyme all together. Conveniently signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, Cole gave Mrs. Carter a verse for a remix to the 4 track, and it looks like Team B liked it enough to decide to go in a different direction—that, or Andre was just unavailable and they'd rather not make two videos.
While most of the song is kept intact—Kanye's "swagu" intro included—Cole's verse focuses more on international travel rather just the international delicacies offered at the local food court, swapping "gyros" for more luxurious Bugatti. "We out in Abu Dhabi, we like to party/ We don't cause trouble, we just ride Bugatti/ Bad chick shawty, sort of resemble Sade," he begins, which is much more upbeat than Andre's conflicting feelings about getting older. Jermaine is a lot more positive throughout his lines, ending things with "La di da di." Because, why not? (Or because he was under a time crunch.) Luckily landing a last-minute guest star in your video is just one of the perks of having a famous husband.


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Neuroscience & the Classroom: Making Connections brings together leading neuroscience researchers* and educators in a dialog about how insights into brain function can be harnessed by teachers for use in their own classrooms to address their own particular challenges. Course components include 41 video segments, an online text with multiple sidebars, interactive simulations of neuroscience research tools, and a course guide for teachers to use all the materials for sustained professional development. The course materials will be available at learner.org in late September 2011.
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Today, June 16, the 2014 PBS online film festival started. The online festival ends on July 31. You can watch, vote, and share the videos starting today. The festival is showing 25 short films, which those films are the following:
- "7 Day Gig"
- "A Part of Me, Apart From Me"
- "Border Bedazzlers"
- "Calls from Home: Prison Radio in Appalachia"
- "Diamond John"
- "Digging for Water"
- "Dog Save the Queen"
- "El Doctor"
- "El Reloj"
- "First Match"
- "I Am the Aurora Hunter"
- "Islands"
- "Lady Thunderhawks"
- "Mad River Rising"
- "My Dear Americans"
- "North Star"
- "Overpass Light Brigade"
- "Sorry About Tomorrow"
- "The Jazz Ticket"
- "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- "Tryouts"
- "Westland"
- "Why We Rise"
- "Will"
- "You're Dead to Me"
So those are the short movies that will be on the online festival. They appear to be an interesting pick of shorts, that deal with culture, history, art, immigration, and many other subjects. It looks like a very thought-proving and entertaining festival. Definitely a list of movies to watch during those rainy weekends, and what also is always nice, is the festival is free!
The following is a list of films partners:
- Alaska Public Media
- Center for Asian American Media
- CET Cincinnati and ThinkTV Dayton
- Independent Lens
- KQED San Francisco & Film School Shorts
- KLRU Austin
- Latino Public Broadcasting
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- National Black Programming Consortium
- Pacific Islanders in Communications
- Vermont PBS
- Vision Maker Media
- WCVE Richmond
- Wisconsin Media Lab
The PBS online film festival started back in 2012 in February and had went through March. That year, the winning short film was "Horse You See."
So once again this festival started today and ends on July 31. It's online and you can watch the movies for free, there is no rental fee or anything. So check it out and vote on your favorite movies!


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Buying and selling mutual fund shares
Before you invest a large amount in a mutual fund, ask about the realized gains in its portfolio. If they represent a significant portion of the fund's net asset value (NAV) and the record date of the next capital gains distribution is near, you may want to delay your purchase until after the record date. Otherwise, you'll "buy the dividend," and that can cost you money in taxes.
Say you invest $5,000 on December 15 (record date), buying 250 shares for $20 each. If the fund pays a distribution of $1 per share on December 16, its share price will drop to $19 (not counting market change). You still have $5,000 in value (250 shares x $19 = $4,750 in share value, plus 250 shares x $1 = $250 in distributions), but you owe tax on the $250 distribution you received—even if you reinvest it in more shares. (Note: These new shares have full market-value tax bases, driving up the average basis, a tax benefit the next time you sell.)
To avoid buying a dividend and having to pay current tax on it, check a fund's distribution schedule before you invest. Keep this in perspective, though: This rule of thumb primarily applies to large lump-sum investments. So evaluate both the size of your investment and the size of the fund's impending distribution before deciding to hold off buying until after the record date. If the amount you're investing is fairly small, it may not be worth waiting. And if you make regular investments every month, don't let buying the dividend derail your program. It's better to buy the dividend than to fail to invest.
At some point, you'll undoubtedly redeem shares from your taxable accounts. When you do, you can lower the net capital gains subject to tax by selling shares from a fund that has lost value at the same time you sell shares in a fund that has gained value. This will allow you to offset the realized capital gains in the second fund with losses in the first. It's very important to keep in mind that you shouldn't sell securities or fund shares only for tax purposes.
A common mistake investors make is to sell or exchange shares of a fund simply to avoid receiving a distribution. For example, say you bought 1,000 shares of a fund that cost $10 per share. Two years later, when the shares are worth $12 each, the fund announces it will distribute a $1 long-term capital gain for each share. You can stay in the fund and pay tax on $1,000 in capital gains distributions or redeem your fund shares and pay tax on a long-term capital gain of $2,000.
As the table below shows, it may make sense to hold the investment and pay tax on the fund's distribution instead of selling your shares and paying tax on your capital gain.
Fund distributions
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|The taxable distribution or long-term capital gain is …
|At the 15% capital gains rate, the tax owed is …
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Don't pay taxes twice: Be sure to include income and capital gain distributions you've reinvested in a fund when determining the cost basis of the shares you're selling. Calculating your cost basis is one of the more complex aspects of tax reporting for your mutual fund investments—especially when you've bought shares of your fund at different times.


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I am a Lubuntu user and find Flash to be extremely laggy on it. I signed up for the YouTube HTML5 beta and, after a while was able to watch videos using the HTML5 player. However, recently videos started playing using Flash again. How can I force YouTube to show me videos using the HTML5 player?
Not all video on Youtube are available with the HTML5 player : see youtube info.
Depending on your browser and its capacity to open
I was going from video to video trying to find out what is wrong and finally solved the problem. I noticed that only embedded videos play in HTML5 mode. As a result, you cannot just watch them on YouTube. My workaround was to create a blank HTML document and copy the embed code for the video into there, then watch it. If you have a better solution, please tell me.
I hope this solves the issue for anyone who has this same issue. You will need to know how to code HTML to do this.


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Gardening by almanac dates
Perhaps you have heard of planting the garden by the almanac, or even Googled planting times once or twice. Or, maybe you've heard of planting by the moon. I must admit that I sometimes forget to check the almanac before planting. However, it is a handy tool for general planting guidelines, giving dates and moon stages.
Fall gardens in the South
Here in the South many gardeners grow vegetables all year long. In some areas, the dead of winter does not allow for much outside growing. In USDA Hardiness Zone 7a, we can grow some kind of vegetable for almost 11 months of the year.Container gardening in a protected area is often used during the coldest part of winter.
Farther south, in zones 8, 9 and 10, autumn is one of the best growing seasons. Summers there are just too hot for all but the most heat loving crops. Plant summer producing vegetables in late summer to early fall in these areas.
Using the almanac
When in doubt as to what you can grow, check the Farmer's Almanac Planting Calendar., using your Zip Code. Harvesting times are listed on the month-by-month graph, making it even more convenient.While you're there, try the handy Garden Planner. The first 30 days are free for the planner, so you can see if you like it and most importantly, if you will use it.
For those who like to have a hard copy for backup, Purchase the Old Farmer's Almanac 2015 online or at your local magazine distributor. The price is less than $7.00 in the U.S. and Canada, with as much as four months free. For more gardening information, get a copy of How to Grow an Emergency Garden here.
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Thanks to all our great wholesalers, retailers and consumers across the 27 states that we currently sell beer to, we had another record quarter.
By the end of March 2012 we shipped 28% more beer to a smaller footprint than we did during the same period last year. Our depletions grew around the same pace, shipping well over 500,000 case equivalents.
Having had a moratorium on new distribution in 2011, we've finally been able to grow our account base in specific markets on all core, seasonal and occasional brands and package sizes. Increased distribution hasn't diluted our turns-per-brand and package size, with all core beers reaching their fastest rate of sale over the last 90 days.
Our portfolio mix is exactly where we planned: seven core brands account for 80 percent of our sales, five seasonals account for 10 percent, and sixteen occasional beers account for the other 10 percent of overall shipments.
In following our revised business strategy from 2011, we now sell over 52% of our beer in six states within 150 miles of the state of Delaware. Our current sales pace will allow us to finish 2012 at our anticipated goal of over 171,000 bbls shipped. We've added two new Regional Managers based in Florida and Southern California, with another two positions to be filled in the next 60 days.
We also made another monumental beer/music announcement with the upcoming June release of Positive Contact, a hybrid cider-beer created in collaboration with Deltron 3030. Renowned chefs Mario Batali, David Chang, Joe Beef, Sean Paxton and James Syhabout designed recipes for us that were inspired by this beer.
Our entrance into the gluten-free craft beer market has been well received by consumers across the country. We shipped well over 13,000 case equivalents of Tweason'ale, with larger volumes being shipped three more times this year. Our 18-month, $52 million expansion project broke ground, which will allow us to grow to 600,000 bbls.
Overall we continue to be committed to a profitable, methodical and steady business growth model that allows us to continue to make Off-Centered Ales for Off-Centered People. We're looking forward to the rest of the year!


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Let's be honest, who hasn't asked themselves at one point in their life, which is the best lottery game when it comes to giving you a strong chance to win a giant chunk of money? Of course, we all have.
Of course, there's no shortage of people with an opinion about this subject. So-called 'experts' are everywhere on the internet, each with their own view on the magic formula for winning on the lottery. We suggest you ignore them and avoid paying them money. Instead you should focus on the far more important issue of which games give you the best odds of winning. That is all that matters ultimately.
Start off by making a list of the games that have the best odds for winning. From there you should focus on the lotteries that give you the best chance of winning on the budget that you have available.
You will realise fairly quickly that the biggest and best-known lotteries aren't going to be on this list. Take the German lottery, a hugely popular game. This draw offers you a terrible chance of winning with odds of one in 139,838,160 of winning the jackpot. Not wunderbar at all.
Over in Italy it's a similar picture. The biggest and most popular lottery there, the Super Enalotto, offers truly awful odds of winning of 1 in 622,614,630. There's more chance of the Pope flying to the moon.
If you take the biggest lotteries worldwide, the ones with the best odds are two relatively unknown ones – the Belgian lotto and the Japanese game Loto6. The Belgian lottery offers reasonable odds of 1 in 5,245,786 while the Japanese one gives you a chance of just 1 in 6,096,454.
The best way to increase your odds is undoubtedly to start looking at the other, slightly less familiar lotteries that are being developed online. By far the most innovative and interesting of these is The Players Lottery, a really smart game which gives players a basic chance of 1 in 300,000 of winning the guaranteed 10 million Euro prize. It can do this because it limits the number of tickets to 300,000 – each with a unique number between 1 and 300,000. You can even increase these odds further by purchasing multiple tickets that give you a 1 in 1,500 chance. That's exceptional in anyone's language.
Another attractive feature with the Players Lottery is the way in which it allows you to play your own strategy according to your budget. If, for instance, you can't afford a whole ticket, you can purchase shares in a ticket instead. You can also form syndicates, using the website's excellent technical features to form communities with friends, relatives and work colleagues. In our view, this makes the Players Lottery a really exceptional game, one which gives you the best chance currently available for landing a large, life-changing jackpot.
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Free Support
OpenNMS is free software, but that doesn't necessarily equate to a free solution. Like any good tool, the results improve when used by skilled hands, so an investment in time with OpenNMS can pay off.
There are a number of resources available to learn about OpenNMS.
- Wiki: The main repository for OpenNMS knowledge can be found in the wiki. This is a community-driven website that allows any registered user to add, improve and modify the entries (think Wikipedia).
- Discussion Lists: For a more interactive experience, try out the OpenNMS discussion lists. There is a list for new users (opennms-install), a general list (opennms-discuss) and a list for developers (opennms-devel). For just general updates and news on OpenNMS, subscribe to the announce list (opennms-announce) which is a moderated, low traffic list for project announcements.
- JIRA: Issues with OpenNMS code are tracked in an instance of JIRA. Problems found with the code should be recorded there, and searching existing and closed bugs can help with diagnosing issues. Got a suggestion for OpenNMS? Enter a bug with a severity of "enhancement" and then vote for it. Enhancement bugs with the highest votes get the most attention.
- IRC: Many members of the OpenNMS community can be found on an Internet Relay Chat channel on freenode. Download an IRC client, connect to "irc.freenode.net" and join "#opennms".
- OpenNMS Book: If you read the German language, get the community written OpenNMS book. Available from amazon.de.
Note: The OpenNMS Project is run by volunteers. Please be courteous when requesting help. Most of these people have other responsibilities. However, if you would like more traditional software support, keep reading.
Commercial Support
If you want the advantages of open source software but also want the ability to get help right now, a commercial option might work for you. It's hard to yell and scream at volunteers (well, it's not hard, it's just not very useful) whereas someone you pay money to tends to be more responsive.
The OpenNMS Group, Inc. offers a number of support packages. Get help from the people who write the code.
While the wiki and mailing lists are very useful, sometimes formal training is what's needed to make everything click into place.
Courses are taught by the same people who maintain the project. Not only are they experts on OpenNMS, they have used most of the major proprietary tools as well, and can demonstrate the analogous features in the OpenNMS application.
If you have training facilities, OpenNMS classes can be held at your location. We have taught all over the US and around the world. If you don't have training facilities, classes are held in our state-of-the-art training center in scenic Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA.


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Pauline Peters - Biography
By Gary P. Rose
Pauline Peters was born on 6th July 1952 in Burma. After leaving school, she worked in an office in London but took dance classes at night school. Wishing to pursue a career in the entertainment world, she decided to quit her secretarial job and began dancing full-time. She toured with a company for a couple of years before joining the Young Generation dance troupe. As a member of the Young Generation, she appeared in several television shows.
She was in the chorus line of several West End musicals including a seven week spell in 'Mardi Gras'. 'Mardi Gras' opened on 18th March 1975 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and ran for 212 performances. The production was composed by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, the songwriting team who had written hit songs for many international artists in the 1960's, including two UK number One hits; 'Have I the Right?' by the Honeycombs in 1964 and 'The Legend of Xanadu' by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich in 1968.
Pauline also did odd bits of television work, as a dancer, but her big break came in 1976, when she successfully auditioned for 'Top of the Pops' new dance troupe Legs & Co. Unlike the rest of Legs & Co, Pauline didn't have any formal training and hadn't studied ballet. She learned her craft at night school and also attended Saturday morning lessons whillst, at the same, holding down a full-time job. After Legs & Co, Pauline played a small roles in television series, such as "The Dick Emery Show" and "Tenko". She married in 1979 and left Legs & Co, in 1981, to take on new projects.
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According to Wikipedia, Pauline "was eventually replaced by singer and dancer Anita Mahadervan, the first Asian dancer to appear on Top of the Pops."
But Pauline is Asian too, no? She looks it, anyhow.
Paul -- Cherry, Lulu, Patti ♥♥♥
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Anita Mahdervan
I would class Burma as Asia, though sometimes it's used to mean from the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh). Certainly the name sounds like it comes from that area.
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paulines last totp apperance
paulines last totp apperance with legs and co was on the 19/3/81 dancing to stevie wonders song lately ,anita joined legs and her first totp apperance was on the 28/5/81 dancing to aint no stoppin us by enigma ,anita did the occassional dance with flicks new creation zoo before becoming a member of pop group toto coelo who had a hit in late 82 with i eat cannibals
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Was there a reason why she
Was there a reason why she left Leg's & Co?
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I don't know a lot about Legs
I don't know a lot about Legs I'm afraid, but I hope someone more up to speed with them can answer....
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I wonder why the long gap
I wonder why the long gap between Pauline leaving and Anita joining Leg's and Co?
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Possibly a lengthy auditions
Possibly a lengthy auditions process had to take place before Anita was chosen, hence the gap between Pauline's departure and Anita's debut.......
Pan-tastic Forever!
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I understand Pauline left
I understand Pauline left Legs to start a family.
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near miss
I am 4 days younger than Bebe Robson, near miss ?
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Pauline was in Tenko ? I used to like that show.Was it,i wonder,a regular,substantial role,or something brief-sadly like Gill in Minder?
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pauline in tenko
Hi Gary
you right, could'nt resist to have a look on youtube (Tenko s01 E02.avi)
about 13 min into the show,serving tea.
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Pauline in Tenko
Hi Gary
she appears after about 1 min at the start of the show (Tenko S01 E01), AND HAS A LINE
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Here's a picture of Pauline in 'Tenko' episode 2,series 1.She was only in the first two episodes of series 1.She played a servant called Minah at the house of a British colonel in Singapore.The last we see of Pauline is when the lady of the house,Marion Jefferson(played by Ann Bell), says goodbye to her before leaving for Australia on a ship.So we don't know what happens to Pauline's character.The show ran on the BBC from 1981-1984.
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The North Florida Community College Art Department invites the public
to a reception on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 12-1:30 p.m. to celebrate the Hardee
Center for the Arts' February exhibit "Time and Timeless". The new exhibit
features work by artists Susan Hodgin and Margi Weir.
uses places
where real space, remembered space, and imagined space meet. The
work in her exhibition takes you on a journey from the panoramic, external,
earthly landscape to the microscopic landscape of the inside of a human body.
The external landscapes are dark, and the dark spaces become deep
recesses in the paintings. They depict places in the distant, dimly remembered
past. The internal landscapes are bright and artificially lit as if the body is
opened up on an operating table, creating shallow spaces. They are the places
that are here and now and constant that we carry around with us.
Weir's series
represents a visual probe into national ancestral "bones" through drawings of
the urban and rural ruins across the country.
The images are beautifully crafted into many layers of ink washes and
marks in order to encourage a reflection on the darker ramifications of these
"bones" of our civilization.
art exhibits is open now through Feb. 25. New exhibits are featured monthly at
the Hardee Center for the Arts during NFCC's fall and spring terms. Gallery hours
are Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, contact Lisa Thompson, NFCC art instructor, at
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Russia is not allowed to come and play with its former partners. At The Hague in the Netherlands the G7 met and kicked out Russia formerly making up the G8. Russia for years had tried to get into the club and because it wanted to get greedy and annex the Crimea the club had to make a decision that if Russia didn't want to play fair that they would have to say goodbye. The countries were going to boycott the summit that was to take place in Sochi, Russia because of the Crimean incident.
The United States and its allies are trying to let Russia know that they are not going to fight over the Crimea, but if they should go any farther into the Ukraine formidable sanctions would hurt the Russia purse.
Russia has already begun to take over the bases and the Ukraine has ordered its military out of the Crimea. What's funny though is the Crimea is vulnerable at this point in that it gets most of its water and electricity from the mainland which right now means the Ukraine. It seems that the Crimean capital of Simferopol has gone dark twice in the last couple of weeks.
Now we know Putin is not going to stand for that so he is going to have to move into the Ukraine and take over at least part of it to sustain living conditions in the Crimea. Putin is all this worth it?
The G7 relying on its good nature is not trying to ruffle Putin and let him know that if the Crimea is all he wants then go ahead and take it. The people of the Crimea seem to want to go back to Mother Russia anyhow.
Putin however has been adding more troops to the Ukrainian border and giving all signs that he is going to cross over and take part of the Ukraine if not all of it. Putin has lost his marbles. He is living in the old days of the Soviet Union and wants back all that left. He knows if it is going to happen it will happen now. Europe wants to put up with all of his actions as they get some of their oil from the Russians and until they can find alternative sources they have to rely on them for oil.
So Mr. Putin welcome to isolation as the west is trying to be nice and play ball but if you persist then we will have to say hit the ball out of the park, and your going to lose.


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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
It is easy to procrastinate. "I'll pick it up later." "I'll go tomorrow." "I'll start my diet after I've been away for the weekend." Yet life is what happens to us while we are busy rationalizing our actions. I know. I've been fat nearly all my life.
I've always had a reason 'not' to do it. Friends were visiting. I was celebrating my birthday. I had apple danish in the fridge. And while I was busy finding reasons 'not' to do it, life passed me by.
There are very few photos of me with my daughter; I didn't want them taken until I'd lost weight. There are photos of us together on our wedding day about 13 years ago. There is a portrait of us together when she was in high school, maybe 7 years ago. And that's about it. I wouldn't even have my photo taken with her on her graduation day, because I was so fat all I could do was cry. The lack of photos saddens her, and that saddens me.
It is all too easy to buy into the hype that we are fed in advertisements, too. Olive Garden tells us, "When you're here, you're family." Hey, Olive Garden, I am family with my loved ones when I'm NOT there, too, you know! Or what about Coke's 1970's jingle, "It's the real thing..." I have to ask, how real is all of that processed sugar and caramel coloring? What about White Castle's, "It's what you crave?" Not me, White Castle. I crave being slender and healthy; will your fast food bring me that?
And then there's McDonald's, telling me, "I'm lovin' it," and "What you want is what you get." Well, the documentary film Supersize Me showed a different side to what we get from eating McDonald's every day. Wendy's urges, "Do what tastes right." And I can do that! I can drive right past Wendy's and home to a fresh organic salad!
We are so conditioned to the influence of advertising we don't even notice. Virtually fat free. By definition, virtually means, "Almost but not quite." So that virtually fat free dessert has fat in it people!
And the advertisers cannot be blamed. They are going to go where the money is. It's not by accident that fast food companies offer toys with meals for kids, or that sugary cereal manufacturers put surprises in the box. They know we're gullible. But you know what? We can resist.
I don't have to wait until after my daughter comes to visit before I start to lose weight. I can take control with the very next mouthful of food. Who says I can't make sensible choices at the Chinese restaurant? Who says I have to have a vodka and cola to enjoy a film on the telly? Who says I have to buy into all the hype we are fed?
Not me. I'm taking back my personal empowerment. Right here. Right now. No more excuses. I'm in a Chiron return, and the upcoming solar eclipse triggers all sorts of positive energy in my chart. Look out world, I'm not just coming, I'm here. And yes, McDonald's, even without you, I'm lovin' it.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley women's golf head coach Mary Swanson added a trio of freshmen to the 2014-15 roster with Tuesday's announcement that Grace Henderson (Peachtree Corners, Ga./Blessed Trinity), Ally Scaccia (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) and Abby Wellens (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) have signed National Letters of Intent.
Henderson finished fourth in the state as a junior and is a two-time team MVP for the Lady Titans. She claimed the 2012 North Georgia Junior Open title and was runner-up at the 2013 Georgia Club Junior Classic. As a sophomore, she received the team's St. Sebastian Award, in recognition of her athletic accomplishments, academics, leadership and character.
"Grace is a very dedicated and well rounded student-athlete," said Swanson. "She can't wait to join the team and soak up the opportunity to learn from the coaching staff and her future teammates. She will take every opportunity that she is given to grow and learn and her work ethic will be contagious."
An all-state performer as a senior, Scaccia helped the Knights to state championships as a senior and sophomore in addition to a second-place finish her junior year. She claimed conference medalist honors this fall in addition to garnering, all-conference, all-region and all-sectional honors in her final prep season. Scaccia finished seventh in the state in 2013 and was the runner-up at her team's sectional this fall.
"Ally has been an integral part of the strong golf tradition at Prospect High School," added Swanson. "Part of a two-time state champion, she will bring invaluable experience to our program immediately in addition to her tremendous work ethic. We look forward to her enthusiasm and drive to enhance our team."
Wellens was a 10-time medalist last year as a senior and claimed a state sectional title this fall. She posted a 37.3 scoring average in her final prep season and helped the Lions to four consecutive conference and sectional titles. Wellens was second at the conference championship her senior year and was a three-time all-conference honoree. She earned first-team all-district honors each of the last two seasons and helped Ursuline to top-10 state finishes each of the last two years, including a fourth-place finish as a junior.
"Abby gained quite a bit of confidence due to her strong play at the end of the 2013 summer," stated Swanson. "That confidence, in addition to her belief in our core values and goals, will be invaluable as we continue to make strides as a program."
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Hey everyone! I'll be featured on Ovation TV TONIGHT on an all new episode of The Art Of: Hip Hop! Catch the show at 5PM & 8:30PM on the west coast.
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A lot of exciting stuff is happening this month. For starters, my new album is officially out on June 26th. Before that I will be premiering 2 new music videos, that play more like a two part mini movie. This week I will be releasing the first one for a track called "Wake Me If I'm Dreaming," ft Billie Elisabeth, then next week the second one will be up online for a song called, "Let Me Go." The videos are beautifully shot and directed brooklyn based filmmaker Sarah Tricker.
In the meantime, you can buy a pre-sale copy of my album by clicking on the link below.
Rocco Katastrophe and Bryn Kelly performed together at a fundraiser for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. They borrowed a Lil Wayne beat and a Patsy Cline song to preview the song CRUSH off Katastrophe's upcoming release Second Hand Emotion.
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Late one night I wrote a ridiculous song about my after midnight eating habits. I asked some friends to join me in talking about how much they loved food. This video is the end result. Video by Amos Mac.
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In yesterday's New York Times, there was an ad by the women's apparel company, Kenar, that pushed the envelope too far. It showed a handsome priest leering at a sensuous-looking woman while dining together. The full-page ad was more than provocative, it was abusive. William Donohue offered these comments today about the ad: "The phones... [Read more...]YALE VIOLATES RIGHTS OF ORTHODOX JEWS
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College Hockey:Good Advice: Boyle Breaks Out In BC Win Over UMass
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Every once in a while, 35 years of experience pay off for a coach.
On Saturday night, that certainly was the case for Boston College head coach Jerry York. The Eagles mentor gave simple advice to his captain, Brian Boyle.
"Coach told me to go to the net and get more involved [physically]," said the 6-foot-7 Boyle, who had been held off the scoresheet for nearly three weeks before Saturday's game.
The result for Boyle was "two of the easiest goals of my career," said the BC captain, who deflected two shots past goaltender Jon Quick [44 saves] en route to a 5-2 Boston College victory over Massachusetts.
The win came one night after the Minutemen stifled the Eagles defensively. Though UMass allowed 40 shots in Friday's 2-1 win, many came from the perimeter, making it a somewhat easy night for Quick.
Saturday was a completely different story as BC penetrated the UMass defense and mustered a season-high 49 shots, many coming from the grade 'A' area.
"[BC] has lots of shots [on Friday] but we did a better job of taking away on-angle shots," said UMass coach Don 'Toot' Cahoon, whose club despite Saturday's loss goes into the holiday break with a respectable 8-5-2 record. "[Tonight] they had many, many more point blank opportunities. Tonight's game and last night's game were very different."
One major key for the Eagles was their ability to gain early momentum with goals in the opening minutes of the first and third periods. BC scored just 48 seconds into the game on a Nathan Gerbe shot from the top of the faceoff dot. And with the game hanging in the balance entering the third, BC scored twice in the first two minutes to take control.
"The deciding factors in the game were clearly the early goal in the first period and the two quick goals in the third," said Cahoon. "A lot of teams have objectives. One of [our] objectives is to at least win or tie the first and last two minutes of the period. Momentum swings happen in those moments. Clearly [tonight] we didn't meet those objectives."
A notable improvement for BC was its defensive play. Since giving up six goals against New Hampshire on November 22, BC has allowed just four goals in its last three games, three of those coming on the power play.
"At the beginning of the year we gave up a lot of shots," said Boyle. "But we're starting to tighten up. It's a process. It's a five-man unit out there playing [defense]. If one man messes up it can screw up a lot of people, but right now everyone has been on the same page and taking care of their responsibility well."
Despite being somewhat even on the shot chart, with BC holding a slight 13-11 edge, the Eagles controlled play in the opening period.
After Gerbe got BC on the board in the game's opening minute, Boyle extended the Eagles lead thanks to his redirect of a Carl Sneep pass at 17:36 past Quick for the 2-0 lead. It was the first goal for Boyle in nearly a month, his last coming on November 17 against Northeastern.
Despite being outplayed, though, UMass drew close thanks to a late goal by sophomore Chris Davis on the power play. After Chris Capraro fanned on a shot in close, Davis was there to bury the loose puck past BC goaltender Cory Schneider [22 saves] and pull the Minutemen within a goal at 2-1.
In the second, the Eagles extended their lead. Junior Pat Gannon redirected a hard wrist shot from defenseman Mike Brennan just under the crossbar. The goal, at 6:16 of the second, was the first of the year for Gannon.
UMass, though, responded quickly. Again on the power play, the Minutemen's pressure on the Eagles net lead to a P.J. Fenton goal at 9:00 to pull UMass within a goal at 3-2.
With neither team able to muster solid scoring chances for the remainder of the frame, the Eagles entered the third with the slim one-goal lead.
BC took any suspense away early in the third. Boyle notched his second of the game redirecting a shot from Anthony Aiello at 50 seconds, and Brock Bradford finished off a 2-on-1 with Gerbe at 1:26 to give BC a comfortable 5-2 lead.
From there, solid defense prevailed for Boston College as the Eagles allowed just four shots total in the third period.
Heading into the break, both BC and UMass are playing well. Saturday's victory improves Boston College to 6-3-1 in Hockey East (9-5-1 overall), placing the Eagles in a tie with Vermont for second place, though still eight points behind first-place New Hampshire.
UMass falls to 5-4-1 in league play but remains in fifth place.
While UMass will play in the Dodge Holiday Classic in Minnesota over the holiday break, BC will have a rare non-tournament holiday, returning to action on January 5th at Northeastern.
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