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BEREA — Following the 2008 season, the Baldwin-Wallace men's basketball program needed a head coach after longtime Lorain County resident Steve Bankson retired.
Duane Sheldon was brought on to lead the Yellow Jackets, and in two years he has continued to build on the recruiting base in and around the area. There are five area players on the Baldwin-Wallace roster — junior guards Scott Voiers (Westlake/Lutheran West) and Promis Cabbil (Elyria), sophomore guard Brandon Schmidt (Wellington), sophomore forward Jason Ice (North Ridgeville) and freshman guard Kyle Baughman (Lorain/Clearview).
"The guys are getting used to our system, feeling a little more comfortable with what we're doing," Sheldon said. "We understood three years ago that it would be a process and I still think we're in that process. It's part of the process, improving and getting to where we want to be."
The players can sense the importance of embracing their responsibilities on the team.
"We're ahead of where we were last year as far as preparation for our first game," Voiers said. "I feel like we're ready to go, whereas last year we still had guys — myself included — that were lagging behind. This year everybody's on board and I think we're going to come out strong."
"Last year we had so many new guys that at the beginning of the season we struggled because they weren't used to playing, but toward the end of the year they got used to playing," Schmidt said. "This year we've all been here a while, so I think we'll have the depth to compete all the time, all game."
Last week, the Division III Yellow Jackets scrimmaged Division I Cleveland State . Though they lost, there were lessons to be learned.
"I feel like we're more of a unit because a lot of us have been together for two years now," Cabbil said. "I've been here for three years and we've got some returners in the starting lineup and coming off the bench that came into the starting lineup. We're more athletic this year, too."
"(The scrimmage) builds a lot of confidence, especially on defense. We went over the scouting report and learned some of the tendencies of the players. Their best 3-point shooter only got off one three. It was a big help in our confidence. I believe we'll be stronger at the end of games." Cabbil is the top returning scorer from last season. He averaged 11.4 points per game and dished out 123 assists against 76 turnovers. He nearly doubled runner-up Zane Meeder's 66 assists.
Voiers averaged 5.6 points, but he and Schmidt combined to be a dangerous 3-point combination. Voiers connected on 40.8 percent of his 3-pointers and Schmidt knocked down 43.4.
"Promis has done a very good job," Sheldon said. "He didn't say much his first year, and last year he started to be a little bit more vocal. Now he totally understands what we're trying to do at all times and is becoming more of a vocal leader. He's always kind of led with his actions and now he's doing a little bit of both."
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Free Range Studios is an artist's complex, performance space and gallery founded in 2001 by Aaron Hermes. Local & international artists have performed & presented their work here including Tatsuya Nakatani, John Wubbenhorst, Abbos Kosimov, Danza Aztecta Tlaloc, Free Radicals, Antaress, Million Year Dance, Dos Chicas Commune, Nameless Sound Collective, Two Star Symphony and many wonderful others.
Free Range Studios is host to Space City Gamelan, Houston's very own Indonesian gong-chime orchestra. It is also host to The Live Oak Outpost, an organic urban farm & community center supporting raw food, food security & sustainibility in Houston.
Free Range Studios is commited to the service of creatively contributing & holding space for transformational art & experience. We dream awake a place in which our social circles & interactions occur in a conscious & ecstatic environment.
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Some of you may be wondering what happened to Aaron's appearance on "America's Got Talent." The good news is that Aaron appeared briefly in episode 8 on August 5th, the first round of 'Vegas week.' You can infer from that appearance that indeed Aaron made it past the first round and got a free trip to Las Vegas! However, he only appeared very briefly in 3 different shots.
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Experience the sounds of ancient India right here in Houston Saturday April 12 at 8pm featuring internationally acclaimed musicians Indrajit Banerjee on sitar and Dexter Raghunanan on tabla. Both musicians travel worldwide teaching, performing and recording music.Thu, April 3, 2008 - 10:16 AM permalink - 0 comments
The special chemistry that evolves from the improvisation of these musicians within the structure of the melody (raga) and rhythm (tal) is spontaneous and ever-creative. The mastery of these instruments by the performers and thei... read more
Austin & Houston bands combine to deliver an evening of high-energy world music on March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m. Put on your dancing shoes or bring your barefeet as Space City Gamelan hammers out the bronze beats and Rattletree Marimba keeps you groovin' into the night.Tue, April 1, 2008 - 9:44 PM permalink - 0 comments
Space City Gamelan is an Indonesian orchestra whose songs blend western compositional elements along with the moody, trance inducing gong and chimes sounds to create an entirely new music on ancient instruments.
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Jawwaad Taylor (Houston) - MC, trumpet, electronics
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Free Range Studios will be hosting a Life Bliss introductory discussion about the principles & benefit of meditation for "householders" or everyday people.Sun, October 14, 2007 - 9:34 AM permalink - 0 comments
6:30 p.m. - Discussion about meditation, along with audience questions
8:00 p.m. - 30 minute guided meditation
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It's an unfortunate fact of life for web writers … people viewing text online tend to skim through it, as opposed to reading each and every word. With that in mind, researchers at Finland's Aalto University have created a program that lets people skim even faster, while retaining more information.Read More
It may indeed be a First World problem, but using a mouse or arrow key to scroll through blocks of computer text is a bit of a hassle – particularly for people lacking the use of their ams. That's why scientists from Germany's Saarland University and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence have developed a sort of teleprompter-like system, which automatically scrolls text at the rate that it's being read. Read More
Since its launch on the iPad in December 2010, Flipboard has become one of the most successful apps for aggregating content from social networks and websites and presenting it in an intuitive, personalized magazine-style format on mobile devices. It is now looking to replicate its success on the desktop with the announcement of its first foray onto desktops.Read More
Having tasked technologists with challenges as diverse as Ted Talkin' artificial intelligence and bringing Star Trek's iconic tricorder to life, XPrize has now turned its attention to an equally ambitious task. Millions of children around the globe don't have basic literacy skills, presenting a problem that cannot be solved without some big picture thinking. Launching today, the Global Learning XPrize offers US$15 million in prize money for the development of software that teaches children these vital skills in the space of 18 months, without the presence of a teacher. Read More
From a contact lens that delivers tactile sensations to the cornea, to a 3D-printed ring that reads text aloud in real-time, advances in technology have opened up some groundbreaking ways for the visually-impaired to consume printed content. Researchers from Australia's Curtin University have now unveiled a low-cost reading device that processes graphical information, enabling the blind to digest documents such as bills, PDFs, graphs and bank statements.Read More
Our age-old instinct to point at things we'd like to know more about has inspired a device that assists the visually impaired consume written text. FingerReader is a 3D-printed device that is worn as a ring on the index finger and uses a built-in camera and haptic actuators to read aloud as the user traces lines of printed words.Read More
In our world of smartphones and tablets, is there still room for e-readers? Well, they may not be as sexy, powerful, or versatile as iPads, Galaxies, or HTC Ones. But then again, sometimes there's a lot to be said for a product that does one job very well. Join Gizmag, as we review Amazon's latest e-ink reader, the 2013 Kindle Paperwhite.Read More
Static blocks of text like the one you're looking at now are an antiquated and inefficient way to get words into your head. That's the contention of Boston-based startup Spritz, which has developed a speed-reading text box that shows no more than 13 characters at a time. The Spritz box flashes words at you in quick succession so you don't have to move your eyes around a page, and in my very quick testing it allowed me to read at more than double my usual reading pace. Spritz has teamed up with Samsung to integrate its speed reading functionality with the upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone.Read More
A few months ago, we sat down to compare the top e-readers released in the past year and find out which would work best for our avid readers out there. Naturally, the latest Kindles and Nooks scored high marks, but surprisingly the one device that stood out was the Kobo Aura HD. Kobo isn't exactly the first name that comes to mind when people think of e-readers, but after spending some extensive hands-on time with the Aura HD, we see an argument for that to change.Read More
Stories, whether fact or fiction, are at the heart of human culture. A strong narrative can resonate with your personality and experiences, and help set a framework for your future. "That book changed my life" is a cherished maxim. So can a book change your brain too? A recent study led by Emory University's Gregory Berns has demonstrated that reading a novel produces physical changes in the brain similar to those that would result from living as one or more of the characters.Read More
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At Crap I've Made, Char was shopping at the thrift store with her mom when they happened upon this teak table for a steal of a deal. It had great bones but needed a little love, or as Char puts it, "child labor."
Once Char and her kids had cleaned and stained the table, she thought of the perfect way to jazz up the empty tray in the middle: succulents, anyone? After the addition of gravel and planted succulents, Char's outdoor table would make any porch proud!
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Yes, we could get a classic, biker-style leather jacket for a lot less than $660. But could we find a cheaper one that will still make us look as though we just hitchhiked our way off the set of a Tarantino vampire flick? We don't think so. This Old Gringo Quilted Leather Jacket ($660) might be a bit outside of our usual price range, but it's also very possibly the world's most perfectly badass piece of fall outerwear.
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Haven't heard of Kumon? C'mon! Targeting the elementary school-age crowd, Kumon Institute of Education provides tutoring and supplemental education, primarily in reading and math, to school children. Fundamentals of the Kumon method include highly personalized instruction, self-paced learning with lots of practice drills, and a focus on raising students' self-esteem. The company has network of more than 22,000 owned and franchised learning centers in more than 40 countries and regions, including more than 1,200 centers in the US. Kumon's enrollment is more than 4.1 million. High school math teacher Toru Kumon founded Kumon in 1958.


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Sophomore Ipek Birol will lead Tulane into action at home on Friday against No. 20 Auburn.
Feb. 13, 2014
New Orleans - The 66th-ranked Tulane women's tennis team will look to extend its two-match win streak and take down one of the nation's top squads this Friday at 2 p.m. when the Green Wave hosts 20th-ranked Auburn at the City Park Pepsi Center. There is no charge for admission to the match and free tailgating will be available to fans starting at 2 p.m.
Tulane is 3-3 overall this season and is coming off consecutive wins over Southeastern Louisiana (5-1) and Xavier (La.) (4-0) last weekend. The Green Wave is 3-1 on its home courts this season and is looking for its first win over a nationally-ranked opponent this season after recording three upsets a year ago. Auburn is 4-1 overall, but is 0-1 on the road this season.
"We are approaching this match with Auburn as an opportunity to compete against a Top-25 program to see where we stack up nationally," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "We realize this will be a tough match but one that we know we have nothing to lose and can feel free to go for shots we have worked on executing under pressure. We will also focus on situations inside the points where we need to step up and make something happen. The team has worked hard all week and I am looking forward to watching us compete at this level. We are going to shoot for the stars."
Senior Klara Vyskocilova paces Tulane with a 10-6 overall singles record, but remains undefeated in dual contests with a 4-0 mark and enters the Auburn match riding a five-match win streak dating back to the fall season. Sophomore Meredith Maltby and freshman Sophie Blom are tied for second on the team for singles wins in dual matches with a pair of 4-1 records.
In doubles, Vyskocilova and sophomore Jacqui Katz are 5-1 overall and 3-0 in dual contests at the top spot.
Following the Auburn match, the Green Wave returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. against No. 59 South Florida at the City Park Pepsi Center.
The Green Wave women's tennis team will play all of its home matches this spring at the City Park Pepsi Center. The City Park Pepsi Tennis Center features 16 hard and 10 clay courts, a clubhouse with a pro shop, restrooms, showers and a meeting room. The facility is located off Marconi Blvd. between I-610 and Harrison Avenue. For more information on City Park Pepsi Center, please visit http://www.neworleanscitypark.com/tennis.html.


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Beam Me Up, Mommy: A Star Trek Family
I told myself a while ago I wouldn't post any Awkward (NSFW) Family Photos but, like everything I tell myself, it turned out to be a lie. Depressing, I know. It's like the time I promised myself I'd stop being the world's greatest lover, and now look at me -- still going strong. I can't quit you, me! Do that thing where you sit on your hand till it's numb.
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Thanks to Joel, whose family used to take Gilligan's Island themed photos. ZOMG, please tell me you were Thurston Howard III!


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Jan. 11, 2013
TEMPE - Two Sun Devil seniors will represent Arizona State once more in the collegiate careers as standouts Josh Hubner and Keelan Johnson have each accepted invitations to take part in the to 88th East-West Shrine Game. The annual postseason college football all-star game will be held January 19, 2013 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., kicking off at 4 p.m. EST and televised live on NFL Network.
Johnson, a safety, and Hubner, a punter, were among the top players in the Pac-12 Conference this season at their respective positions. Both hail locally from the Phoenix area with Hubner coming out of Scottsdale (Desert Mountain HS) and Johnson from Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa HS).
Hubner finished the season second in the nation and first in the conference with 47.1 yards per punt, earning the school's single-season record (46+ attempts). An All-Pac-12 second-team honoree, he had 19 punts pinned inside the 20 this season and led the conference with 20 punts of 50 or more yards. He had 5,013 career punting yards for an average of 44.0 yards per kick, which is second all-time in school history.
Hubner, who is just the second punter in school history to be named a Ray Guy Award semifinalist, also earned All-America honors from both Sports Illustrated and Lindy's, as well as second team All-Pac-12 recognition from Phil Steele. He was named the Babe Alex Demon Special Teams MVP at the team's Award Banquet on Dec. 8.
Johnson, a senior captain for the 2012 squad, finished the year with 88 tackles - a mark that was good for second on the team. His five interceptions led the team and his .38 interceptions per game and was third in the conference and 17th in the nation this past season. His 6.77 tackles per contest were good for 13th in the conference this season.
His 13 passes defended were second behind Osahon Irabor's 14 and the most since Justin Tryon broke up 16 in 2007 and his eight career interceptions are tied for second since 2000. However, his forced fumble against Arizona's Matt Scott to turn the tides of the Territorial Cup will likely be the play that goes down as the biggest in his legacy.
Johnson was named a First Team CBSSports.com Pac-12 All-American and earned third-team honors as a safety on Phil Steele's Postseason All-Pac-12 team.
Three former Sun Devil players are members of the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame, including running back Charley Taylor (inducted in 2009), safety Mike Haynes (2006) and linebacker Pat Tillman (2005).
An elite list of football greats, such as John Elway, Tom Brady, Brett Favre, and 62 NFL Hall of Famers, have all played in the East-West Shrine Game along with 52 players currently on active NFL rosters.
"The East-West Shrine Game has always fielded players among college football's best," said East-West Shrine Game Executive Director Harold Richardson. "With all 32 NFL teams represented by GMs, coaches and scouts during game week, our players have the terrific opportunity to showcase their talents and get their first glimpse of life in the NFL ... `Just Like on Sunday.'"
While the teams are divided by East and West, the players come together for the beneficiary of the event, Shriners Hospitals for Children®, an international pediatric specialty health care system.
"We hope our supporters all over the country will come out and enjoy this exciting game," said Douglas E. Maxwell, president and CEO of Shriners Hospitals for Children. "Our health care system depends on the generosity of our supporters, and this game is one of our signature events benefitting Shriners Hospitals for Children."
About Shriners Hospitals for Children Shriners Hospitals for Children is changing lives every day through innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class research and outstanding medical education. The 22 hospitals in the United States, Canada and Mexico provide advanced care for children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate.
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Cline Library receives photographic treasure
When Tom Hanks, a USGS Seismologist, discovered a collection of original historic photographs of the Colorado Plateau taken by his father in the 1920s, he acted quickly to preserve this treasure and called Karen Underhill at Northern Arizona University's Cline Library Special Collections and Archives.
"Cline Library is a 'high octane' place," Tom explains. "I knew this would make a safe and permanent home because the people at NAU know what they are doing." Additionally, he appreciated the university's proximity to the location where the photographs were taken, some of which were in the more remote areas of the Navajo Nation. Originally, Tom donated just the pristine negatives, but that was just the beginning.
His father's footsteps
Tom was thrilled with the discovery of these photos, taken by James J. Hanks in 1927-28 when traveling with now-renowned 20th century anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn. The box of old photography his daughter Molly found in the attic of James Hanks' home included many "onlys" and several "first-evers." As a geologist, Tom was immediately intrigued at the opportunity to study the ecological history and evolution of the Colorado Plateau, and follow his father's footsteps.
With the assistance of Bob Webb, retired colleague from USGS and a leading expert on repeat photography—where historic photos are compared to current photos in a "then and now" exhibition—Tom embarked on a thrilling expedition, visiting 30 sites and creating 150 pairs of photographs. Tom then worked with Todd Welch, Digital Archives Librarian, to make this collection of original photographs available online.
But again, for Tom, it wasn't enough.
"It was amazing to do this sort of science on behalf of my family," Tom explains. So, he and his brothers, John and Jim, founded the Dorothy T. and James J. Hanks Cline Library Endowment to honor their parents and support students working on repeat photography projects.
The first Hanks Scholar
When Tyler Wade, '12 BS Letters, '15 MA, visited history professor Mike Amundson in spring 2012, he was simply searching for a topic for a class assignment. Instead, he walked away with the opportunity of a lifetime, becoming the first Hanks Scholar. His work is currently on display at Cline Library's Special Collections and Archives exhibit, titled Time…and Time Again.
Tyler is hugely grateful that this award not only included an internship and independent study, but also the research opportunity to work closely with experts like Dr. Amundson and Todd Welch. "I was blown away by the working with the people from Cline Library," Tyler says.
A history student and hobby photographer, Tyler created 70 repeat photographs from Cline's archives, and the skills and technologies he learned from the project led to his current graduate assistantship in the history department.
"It is hard for me to express my immense gratitude and appreciation," Tyler says. "This great historical project led to my opportunity to further the work. A chance like this makes it really hard to fail. It's simply a win-win."
"Cline Library is a 'high octane' place. I knew this would make a safe and permanent home because the people at NAU know what they are doing." – Tom Hanks


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College Hockey:Chris Brown to Coach Hamline
Succeeds Cullen after Four Years at Marian
Chris Brown has been named head hockey coach at Hamline University. He succeeds Pat Cullen, who stepped down in June after four seasons.
Brown moves from Marian College, where he compiled a record of 65-36-7 in four seasons. The Sabres were MCHA champions in 2001 and 2002 and captured the league's regular season titles in 2002 and 2004.
Brown, who was named MCHA Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2004, has been a member of the NCAA Division III Hockey Committee for the past three seasons.
"I'm looking forward to coaching in the MIAC," Brown said. "It's a league with a lot of tradition, with great rivalries and great coaches."
"We are excited to add Chris to the Hamline athletics family," said Hamline Athletic Director Dan O'Brien. "He brings a proven track record of success on the ice, in the classroom and in his recruiting. I am confident that he will achieve the same type of success here at Hamline."
Brown graduated in 1994 from Wisconsin-River Falls, where he captained the Falcons' national championship team his senior year. He was an assistant coach at Augsburg and Alaska-Anchorage before accepting the head coaching position at Marian in 2000.
Cullen was 35-83-7 at Hamline, including a 7-7-2 conference record in 2002-2003, the team's best finish in 16 years.
Hamline was just 1-15 in the MIAC and 3-22 overall last season.
"I'm looking forward to the challenge," said Brown. "It was a challenge when I started at Marian, and I'm looking forward to another one.
"Hamline is ready to take the next step forward."
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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Mega Millions winning numbers for February 14, 2014 have surged to one hundred thirty-nine million dollars today. But that is far from over. Mega Millions' big draw for Friday is still growing. The jackpot is still undetermined as players rush to buy tickets across the country for the big jackpot being offered this Friday. So what will be the Mega Millions winning numbers this 2/14/14? The answer will be announced at 11 pm that night.
The latest Mega Millions winning numbers will conclude a week with big draws and no big winners. Officials tell news that the there was no winner on Tuesday. So the draw is getting bigger. And the same thing happened with Powerball. It too is rolling over to a bigger draw this Saturday.
Earlier this week, West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave announced a new one million dollar winner from the Friday, February 7, Mega Millions drawing. His name is Randy Brown, a retired truck drier.
Officials reminded news of the benefit of the Megaplier. Had Brown paid for the Megaplier, he would have won three million dollars. "It hasn't really sunk in yet," Brown said. "I didn't find out until Saturday when I went to the store to check my ticket and I found out as the clerk did. It is unbelievable." For live results Friday click HERE.


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About the Fame Academy Show and Celebrity Fame Academy
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Chicago, IL — TS Performer Sunshyne Monroe is set to host Tranny Strip tonight, Friday, January 25 at Evolve Lounge in New York's Upper East Side.
Tranny Strip is held every Friday nights at Evolve Lounge, a party for transsexuals and their fans to come out and admire their favorite star of the evening.
"The mood slinky, S&M-y, glammy, and a little bit subversive; the way we like it," says promoter John Ed.
Monroe is having a good 2013, starting it off with a nomination for AVN TS Performer of the Year alongside multiple nominations at the Tranny Awards while keeping busy shooting movies and content for her official site, Sunshyneland.com.
"I always enjoy hosting a good event. What better than Tranny Strip," Monroe asked. "I love the Big Apple, I certainly can't wait to see all my friends and fans come out and have some fun with me."
Tranny Strip is held every Friday night at the upscale Evolve Lounge in New York's Upper East Side, located at 221 East 58th Street, the show runs from 10:00 pm - 4:00 am.


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On-Campus Housing
Living in campus housing can be a great learning experience and a lot of fun. CCA housing is staffed and supervised by a director, assistant director, resident advisors, and two graduate interns.
The director and assistant director are professional live-in staff members who oversee all aspects of residential life. Resident advisors are currently enrolled CCA students who are trained in community building, problem solving, and emergency procedures.
Cost of Residential Living
The cost of living in the residence halls is $1,100 for summer 2016. An additional $150 refundable damage deposit is charged to all residents.
Damage deposit refunds are issued four to six weeks after the program ends, less any cleaning or damage charges that have been incurred.
Housing applicants are encouraged to apply early. Those who reside in communities with access to public transportation to the college, or those who have previously been housed in CCA's Pre-College Program, receive secondary consideration for housing.
The halls can accommodate a maximum of 160 Pre-College students. All residents live in shared rooms. Each room is fully furnished with beds, desks, dressers, a mini-refrigerator, and a microwave.
All residents have access to shared kitchens, lounge areas, laundry facilities, and the Internet. Students must provide their own linens.
A 10 p.m. curfew Sunday through Thursday, and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, is strictly enforced. Residential students are not allowed to bring vehicles. Additional information regarding residential policies will be provided to accepted applicants.
The A2 Café is located at the center of the Oakland campus, close to student housing and classes. It is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (hours subject to change). Meals are not included in the cost of housing, but the A2 Café offers optional breakfast and/or lunch plans.
More details will be included in the notification packet sent to accepted applicants. Students living in campus housing have access to shared kitchens.
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It's an invasion of the extraterrestrial kind! If you take some of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and mix it with "Puppet Master," you'll get something like The Faculty. A parasitic alien life form has landed in a small town and is taking over, starting with the faculty of the town's high school. A small eclectic group of students must fight back with whatever means possible if they hope to survive.
Geared toward teenagers, this Sci-Fi horror movie is sure to be a hit because, let's face it, who hasn't wanted to flaunt the rules and rebel against at least one of their teachers? Even yours truly has had her moment of glory (in the eyes of her fellow students anyway) by flat out arguing with her teacher and refusing to admit to a false crime and take an unwarranted punishment. It's a moment everyone dreams of and The Faculty plays on those fantasies while adding in more than just cause for their actions.
Elijah Wood stars as Casey, a loser geek who has a crush on the most popular girl in the school. If you thought Usher could only sing and dance, think again because he has a small part in the movie as one of the football players. However, if you're hoping to see him often or expect him to be important, don't hold your breath - having him on the movie's cover is very misleading.
The plot is entertaining and the action is pretty good. There are some points that almost cause a frown such as the budding relationship between one of the students and a teachers but technically it would've been legal considering he was 18 years old and nothing happened. Unless you count him nearly killing her as something happening between them.
That brings up the biggest point of concern - although one person in particular had a fatal injury while in the parasitic collective, when the alien was destroyed (this movie was made before unhappy endings in horror movies became popular) it was as if nothing had ever happened to her. She had been decapitated for crying out loud! You don't recover from that. And it seems doubtful that even an alien parasite would be able to heal a human body like that.
However, if you ignore the little things like that and focus on an alien taking over the town and teens getting to break rules left and right, then the movie's pretty entertaining.
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Empowering women, girls and marginalised will power African development
September 30, 2013
Opening Statement from Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA's opening statement to African Regional Conference on Population and Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Delivered by Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA, 30 September, 2013
Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa,
Mr. Mustapha Kaloko, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union Commission,
Dr.Kibede Worku, Ethiopian State Minister for Health,
Representatives of Youth and Civil Society,
Distinguished delegates,
Colleagues and friends,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is my pleasure to join you this morning for the last of the regional conferences for the review of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and its follow up beyond 2014. The African conference brings us back home to the region where the vision of putting rights at the heart of development was born – nearly 20 years ago in Cairo.
The ICPD Programme of Action was a ground-breaking consensus document that put forward concrete actions and objectives through which governments and countries could achieve sustained economic growth and sustainable development, with human rights, equality, equity and dignity as the standard of human well-being but also as the indispensable conditions for progress and sustainability.
This region has come a long way since that historic event in 1994 when 179 countries agreed on the conditions for ensuring opportunity through a clear understanding of the linkages between sexual and reproductive health, quality human capital, development and economic growth.
Let me thank the Government and people of Ethiopia for their leadership in the population and development field, including remarkable achievements in bringing down maternal mortality ratios and improving lives.
I also wish to thank our partners, the Africa Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for their support and cooperation in jointly organizing this conference.
This conference presents a unique opportunity to reflect on the situation in this region; to build on your successes and the lessons learned and to position the continent to achieve its transformation agenda; to be ambitious, shape the review and the post 2015 agenda.
The ICPD beyond 2014 global survey, which was completed by 52 of 54 countries in the region, shows an overwhelming number of governments with strong commitment to the eradication of poverty; creating employment opportunities for youth; ensuring rights and access to sexual and reproductive health services, including HIV prevention for young people; eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV; increasing women's access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services; and promoting environmental resource management.
Such commitments explain the dramatic reduction of maternal, infant and child mortality across the region since 1994 as well as the control of the spread of HIV in almost all countries within the region.
Your governments also showed significant commitment to improving the welfare of girls; ensuring equal access of girls to education at all levels (primary, secondary and tertiary) and ending sexual and gender-based violence. Much progress is also being made on early management of female genital mutiliation/cutting and genital fistula.
Most of your governments also expressed support – through policy development, programme implementation and budget allocation — for increasing women's participation in the formal and informal economy and increasing women's representation in political processes and public life.
The narrowing of the gender gap in education, and the increasing numbers of women in parliament and in national office, are further testimony to Africa's remarkable progress. The leadership of Africa's two female heads of state – President Sirleaf of Liberia and President Banda of Malawi, as well as the Chairperson of the highest continental body on global development issues – Chairperson Dlamini Zuma – attests to this progress.
Africa's growing civil society of NGOs, youth groups, institutions and ordinary people whose passion, decisions and sacrifices have helped to educate girls, empower young people and break the deadening weight of harmful practices have contributed to this success.
To them and to all of you we say a huge thank you! I look forward to your presentations of outcomes of your deliberations.
Distinguished Participants,
As you know, despite the gains and tremendous progress since 1994, this region faces serious challenges. Africa continues to lag behind other regions and there remain significant inequalities in access to quality services, information and education across and within countries in Africa. Inequality, social exclusion, gender inequity, poor governance and lack of participation, insufficient research and data, as well as corruption, continue to hold back the region's great potential and impede economic growth and sustainable development.
The weaknesses of the labour market and the fragility of social protection and health systems exacerbate insecurity and are critical issues that require serious attention.
There are also challenges in the area of urbanization, migration and climate change and these must all be addressed if the region is to achieve sustainable development.
We are pleased that African leaders and Africans themselves have committed to the transformation of Africa.
Africa's current demographic transition is going to be crucial for Africa's future. With an unprecedented youth bulge, how Africa deals with the transition could make or break the continent.
Despite an overall decline in fertility rates since Cairo, the rates are still too high in most countries to create the window of opportunity for a demographic dividend. There has been a tremendous increase in the number of young people in the region – from 121 million in 1990 to 205 million in 2010, at a rate far exceeding any other region. This holds for the continent the promise of sustainable and equitable development if we address the major challenge of providing all Africa's young people with quality health care, including sexual and reproductive health, protect reproductive rights, quality education and decent employment.
As President Nelson Mandela has said, "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." Investing in and empowering adolescents and youth is the way to success.
Half of these young people are girls. This means we must decidedly address the issues of Africa's girl child – the eradication of female genital mutilation/cutting, the prohibition of early/forced marriage, all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, the achievement of gender parity in education, and we must involve all men – fathers, brothers, husbands – in the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment.
Providing Africa's young people with the information, knowledge and services to enable them to make informed, responsible choices about their sexuality is critical for developing quality human capital that will power Africa's economic engine and ensure its transformation.
Today, we live in an ageing world. As a result of declining fertility and increasing life expectancy, Africa is also ageing and we must plan and prepare for these changing population trends.
The global survey shows that government commitment to issues pertaining to older persons, such as promoting employment opportunities for older workers, providing support to families caring for older people or extending or improving old age allowances, which is significantly lower in Africa than in other regions.
Africa also seems to have room to focus more on the issues of urbanization and environmental sustainability. Urbanization creates opportunities for sustainable development and poverty reduction. Without proper policies, however, these potential advantages translate into vulnerabilities.
We need to make Africa's cities centres of economic, social, demographic and environmental opportunity and drivers of economic growth by taking advantage of their inherent advantage of proximity, concentration and scale to help improve lives and reduce the vulnerability of present and future generations.
Africa's various proverbs support the common adage that "Health is Wealth". Despite marked achievements in most of the health indicators, Africa's people – particularly its women and children – still die of preventable causes in greater numbers than in any other region. In 2010, there were over 165,000 maternal deaths in Africa, all due to preventable causes, including unsafe abortion.
We believe that in this day and age no woman should die giving life, and we must come together to ensure that the reproductive rights of women and young persons are protected. We must invest substantially in basic health services, including the provision of skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and family planning.
There are terrible consequences to a weak health system. Eighteen-year-old Sara Sukwa of Lusaka, Zambia, after labouring for two days only to deliver a dead baby, developed a fistula, a terrible dehumanizing condition that often causes the sufferer to be ostracized and abandoned. Sukwa, and others living with fistulas, are the face of the failure of health systems to care for and protect women and girls. There are over 2 million women living with this condition worldwide, the vast majority of them in Africa.
The critical shortage of trained healthcare workers in this region remains a key challenge. Many countries in Africa are successfully implementing innovative training programmes that involve task shifting and the development of various cadres of health workers. These practitioners spend fewer years in training than do medical doctors and as such are less costly to educate. They come into society equipped with basic, lifesaving medical skills and we must look to such innovations in order to bridge the demand and supply gaps in the health sector.
Almost 20 years since the nations of the world came together in Cairo to endorse the ICPD goals and objectives as a means towards achieving a better, more sustainable and equitable world, tremendous gains have been made in all aspects of health, and economic, political and social development.
But we cannot be satisfied until we end the suffering of so many in this region; we cannot be satisfied until the abject poverty and hopelessness experienced by many in the region ends; and we definitely cannot be satisfied until we have created conditions for a thriving Africa worthy of its people and their expectations.
There are no excuses; no excuse to shy away from real issues and no excuse not to be ambitious.
You have it in your power to come up with a common position on actions that would, by putting rights at the heart of development, create opportunity, enhance development, and assure each African well-being and dignity, to inspire the world and help set new agenda.
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Mr Geoffrey Cave, who holds a B. Comm from McGill University in Canada, joined Cave Shepherd, a family-run business at the time, in 1963. He held various positions in the company before being appointed Managing Director in 1970. In 1975, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors, a position he maintains today.
Mr Cave has a distinguished career in business in Barbados being involved as Director and Chairman of several leading private and public companies in Barbados. He also served on the Board of several governmental and non-governmental organisations and has been an advisor and trustee to numerous schools, colleges, universities and charities.
He is a Justice of the Peace and at the turn of the century was awarded the Barbados Centennial Honour. In 2001, Mr Cave was honoured with the Caribbean Master Entrepreneur Award. In the Queen New Years' Honour's List in 2003, he was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and in October 2007 the University of the West Indies conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD). More recently, in October 2009, Mr Cave was appointed an Independent Senator by the Governor General of Barbados. This appointment reflects his long and distinguished service to the business community as well as to Barbados as a whole.
Peter Allan has been involved in Caribbean Duty Free Retail for over 10 years and joined DFCH in September 2001, as Chief Operations Officer. He was appointed as CEO in 2004. As CEO Peter is responsible for the strategic direction, leadership and management of the business operations of Duty Free Caribbean Holdings. He heads, directs and guides the Executive Management Team in the delivery of corporate strategies for growth and expansion and the achievement of ROI, Sales and profit objectives.
Prior to joining DFCH, Peter was Caribbean Regional Director for Colombian Emeralds International, a position he held for six years. In this capacity he was responsible for their operations in the Western, Eastern and Southern Caribbean, 35 stores on 11 islands.
Peter has 30 years retail management and luxury product experience, having formerly worked for Signet Group Plc in the UK, the world's largest retail jewellery group, where his career encompassed senior field operations and retail development roles. His last position with Signet Group was Regional Director responsible for the North of England and Scotland, 150 stores and 1200 personnel.
Felix Brunner brings substantial travel retail experience to DFCH. He joined the Dufry Group in 2000 as General Manager, Ghana and was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer in 2005 with responsibility for operations in Morocco and Western Africa (Ivory Coast and Ghana).
Before joining Dufry, Felix held various positions in manufacturing and commodity trading groups such as Union Trading Company (Nigeria operation) and Jacobs Suchard Group. He held positions in procurement, logistics and marketing and his early career was in international banking.
Felix has a Bachelors degree in economics, specializing in finance and marketing and is fluent in three languages.
Ian Gibson leads the Group's financial function in its goal to maintain DFCH's financial credibility and stakeholder confidence. This he delivers by upholding the integrity of the Company's financial operation and by providing sound and timely financial information that aids decision-making. Ian acts as guardian of the businesses assets and contributes to its strategic and tactical planning for growth and sustainability by offering informed and well reasoned advice regarding financial capability.
Ian previously worked with Coopers & Lybrand as an Audit Manager. He joined Cave Shepherd & Co. Ltd. in 1995 and assumed his current position with DFCH in 2000.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados – Practicing Member and a member of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA).
Maureen Davis is responsible for leading the business development process and strategy formulation for regional growth and expansion, ensuring that the relevant structure and support are in place to facilitate growth and quality standards are maintained. Her role includes the identification of emerging opportunities, the continuous evaluation and improvement of existing businesses and the management of the design and construction process.
Maureen joined Cave Shepherd & Co. Ltd. in 1983 and has extensive retail planning and design experience spanning over twenty years. She assumed her current role with DFCH in 2000.
She is a Director of Duty Free Caribbean Holdings, Fortress Caribbean Property Fund, the Tourism Development Corporation and sits as an alternate Director of the Bridgetown Cruise Terminal Inc.
Tracey Knight-Lloyd is responsible for creating and implementing strategic marketing programmes which contribute directly to the achievement of Duty Free Caribbean Holdings' (DFCH) corporate goals and corporate mission. She is also responsible for the management of all corporate brand initiatives as well.
Tracey Knight-Lloyd assumed duties with Duty Free Caribbean Holdings in 2006, after working as Brand Specialist for Sagicor Life Inc, a regional financial services company, where she was responsible for marketing and branding activities for Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the Netherlands Antilles.
Tracey Knight-Lloyd is the holder of a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons) in Mass Communications.
As Regional Merchandise Manager, Pamela Laurie is responsible for product management for the Cave Shepherd, Harrisons and DFCH business units. Pamela is accountable for achieving an attractive gross profit whilst ensuring that the product and brand assortment is attractive to DFCH's customers.
Her role encompasses all aspects relating to selection, purchasing, inventory management, merchandising and product pricing. Pamela and her team are also responsible for ensuring effective product training for the sales team.
Pamela joined Cave Shepherd as a Buyer in 1987 and was appointed to her current role in 2002. She has a wealth of experience in buying for the Caribbean market in particular and has recently helped develop Duty Free Caribbean Holdings' newest initiative, Caribworld Inc. television home shopping. Pamela holds an MBA from Howard University.
Jennifer joined Colombian Emeralds International in 2007, responsible for leading the IT strategy and operations throughout the Caribbean's 70 stores on 13 islands. This role was expanded to Duty Free Caribbean Holdings business unit in 2009. To this role, Jennifer brings with her 15 years technology management which includes Big 5 consulting experience.
Prior to joining DFCH, Jennifer worked with Accenture in consulting Fortune 500 companies to identify opportunities for service delivery, cost efficiency and operational effectiveness by optimizing technology and governance areas. She was responsible for developing roadmaps to achieve operational excellence and competitive advantages by transforming IT organizations into strategic business partners to increase business value and performance.
Michael Grant was appointed Regional Logistics Manager in 2003. This was a new position within the Business. Michael and his team are responsible for all aspects of supply chain management including ordering, shipping & receiving, warehousing, product delivery and inventory control.
Michael was instrumental in the project management and design of the new Distribution Centre which forms part of the logistics department and which has helped to significantly modernize this operation.
Michael joined Cave Shepherd in 1988 and has a sound knowledge of the business and its operations, having worked in a number of its departments.
He is currently studying for a CGA designation.
Formerly Deputy General Manager of the Harrisons Business Unit, Pauline Mager was appointed Head of Human Resources for the Group in 2002. She and her team are responsible for facilitating the development of the ideal organizational structure and culture for DFCH, resourcing the Business with the right people, delivering effective development and training opportunities and managing the Businesses performance and reward systems. Employee relations and involvement also form a major part of her role.
Prior to her time with Harrisons, Pauline lectured at the Cornwall Business School in the UK and also worked for a number of years at Marks & Spencer plc in Personnel Management. She is a member of the CIPD and the Institute of Management.
As Island Manager, Cave Shepherd and Harrisons, Barbados, Richard Simpson has a large portfolio of 18 stores and their local business support departments under his management. Richard is responsible for all aspects of store operations, customer satisfaction, concessionaire liaison, team development, security and delivery of aggressive sales targets.
Richard joined Cave Shepherd in 1983 and has a wealth of experience, having worked in most departments.
His previous career was in management within the agricultural industry.
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Rosemary Deligny is Island Manager for the DFC and CEI operations in St. Lucia and Grenada.
Along with her accountability for the achievement of sales and profit targets her responsibility extends to the marketing, human resources and accounts functions for both locations.
After a career in nursing in the UK Rosemary moved into retail as accounts executive with Fashion Fair Cosmetics handling 40 accounts including Harrods and Selfridges. Before joining CEI she was a Marketing Manager in the hotel industry.
Allan Haynes is head of the Finance department. His main responsibilities include financial reporting, enforcement of internal controls, budgeting, insurance and cash management of the group.
Allan previously worked with Ernst & Young as an audit senior. Thereafter he worked for 15 years with Texaco Eastern Caribbean Ltd where he became regional Chief Accountant for the English speaking, French and Dutch territories. He was selected as a star performer and a member of the president club for Texaco international. He led the team which was responsible for installing an accounting system throughout the Caribbean region. He joined Duty Free Caribbean Ltd in May 2001.
He is a Fellow and practicing member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados – A member of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada (CGA).
Jukka Terho is responsible for leading the coordination and management process of all development projects undertaken by Duty Free Caribbean. He is responsible for the timely completion of the projects and that the finished "product" fully meets the company's high standards and the objectives set. He serves as the main communication link for the various team members involved in the projects as well as for the external service providers and subcontractors hired. Jukka is also responsible for conducting research into the various business opportunities presented to the company to ensure that the executives involved in the decision making process are provided with accurate and current information.
Jukka joined the Group in July 2005 after spending the last 14 years working at a senior management level with several regional hospitality and retail organizations. Jukka holds a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing and Management.


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Wacker, J; Djaiani, G; Katznelson, R; Karski, J (2008). External compression of superior vena cava after the replacement of ascending aorta. European Journal of Echocardigraphy, 9(4):589-590.
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We present a rare complication after open-heart surgery resulting in compression of the superior vena cava (SVC) with the concurrent findings of the hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy physiology. A 59-year-old woman developed a low cardiac output syndrome, persistent hypotension, and increasing filling pressures after emergency replacement of the ascending aorta and resuspension of the aortic valve due to a type A aortic dissection. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) evaluation revealed partial SVC obstruction, under-filled left ventricle (LV), and a persistent mitral systolic anterior motion with increasing pressure gradient in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT). Surgical exposure uncovered an intrapericardial thrombus around the aortic graft compressing the SVC. Removal of the thrombus resulted in immediate haemodynamic improvement and elimination of both SVC and LVOT obstructions. A comprehensive TEE exam should always be performed, and all the structures should be visualized for the proper diagnosis and management of patients after cardiac surgery.
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Re: variable declaration syntax: use cases and thoughts
On 28 Nov 2004, at 15:01, Jochen Theodorou wrote: > Xavi Miró schrieb: >>> I think the questione "do we need a variable declaration token" >>> depends much on the cases we want groovy to be used for. If we want >>> to make another "usefull for all things" language we have to think >>> of bigger projects to be done in groovy. > > By writing this I also thought about the "option excplicit" or "use > strict" of VB and perl. In pascal like languages the noise of "var" is > reduced because there is only one place where you can declare > variables and that's outside the normal code block. I liked the idea > of having to declare variables in methods because of typos, but the > more I think about it I don't like it that much. Currently the > variable declaration token is optional, right? why not a mechanism > like in perl or VB to define when a variable declaration token is > needed and when it is optional? And BTW: > > for (var int i=0; i<I_MAX; i++) { > /* do something */ > } > > I don't like this one... and saying "var" is not needed if a type is > given seems to be confusing... why is it sometime optional and > sometimes not. Being able to control the behaviour is different I > think. But it seems currently "var" is just a better "any"... better > because var is not that misleading as any. > > So I'm still not sure if it is worth it. Note that 'var' is only required for non-typed variables. So its not required in your example above. So if you want to adorn your variable declarations with type information like 'int' then you don't need to use 'var'/ James ------- http://radio.weblogs.com/0112098/


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Friday, May 10th, 2013
Sheet metal components can be enhanced by the use of self clinch and anchor rivet inserts.
When components need permanent fixed threaded features these bushes and studs are a perfect solution. Whether it's a fixed nut into a side of an enclosure, an earth stud on an electronics chassis or a captive screw in a sheet metal back panel there is a solution that we can offer you. Using our Haeger inserter machine and a range of fly presses with standard tooling we can offer you a solution to all your insert problems. These inserts are ideal as they are quick to insert, reliable and mostly cheap to buy.
If you want to see more examples of sheet metal work with inserts in place please take a look at our gallery web page. If you are not sure which insert you should specify just give us a call and we will be happy to talk through your design with you and see which option would best suit your needs.
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Ukraine's opposition has taken over power with Russia saying they can't be trusted, reported The Moscow Times on Feb. 24, 2014. Russian officials have warned that the political opposition which has taken power in Ukraine is made up of "illegal extremist groups" that don't represent the majority of the Ukrainian people. Russia is now calling on opposition leaders to abide by an agreement which was reached earlier.
In this European Union mediated deal, which was reached on Friday, opposition leaders Vitaly Klitschko, Arseny Yatsenyuk and Oleh Tyahnybok and previous President Viktor Yanukovych agreed to refrain from using violence. Anti-government protesters had to unblock roads and squares, while handing over illegal weapons and vacating the public buildings which they had been occupying for months. In return for the protesters backing down, presidential elections were planned to be held in December along with reforms restricting Yanukovych's powers.
With Moscow supported Viktor Yanukovich having been ousted, the United States has warned Russia against sending in its forces, reports Al Jazeera. Oleksander Turchynov, who is Ukraine's new acting president, has pledged to put the country back on course for European integration. Turchynov said on Sunday that Ukraine's new leadership desires relations with Russia on a "new, equal and good-neighborly footing that recognizes and takes into account Ukraine's European choice." Yanukovich has fled to an unknown location amidst violent street protests, as Turchynov now plans to swear in a government by Tuesday which can provide authority until a presidential election is held on May 25.


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Look For Fisher Price How Now Brown Cow Farm at Amazon
Consumers are getting conscious of the health gains of organic vegetables and organic meat. Now you may go to the market and select amongst mercantile and organic products. But why buy if you may produce? Due to the growing popularity of organic farming, farm owners and hog raisers are switching to organic pig farming and organic feeds. Cooperatives are constantly giving seminars and programs on how to raise pigs using organic methods.
One of the traditionalisti ways on how to raise pigs is as simple as letting them graze in pastures and open range farms. In here, pigs are permitted to grazed grass, plants, and even herbs as it is food. The idea is to implement the natural ventilation and the sun to provide better environs for the pigs. These likewise serve as an exercise for the pigs to keep them healthful and leaner.
The open range farms also make sure that clean and beneficial plants are scattered around the pasture. Plants like lemongrass and guava leaves are good for the pigs digestive scheme while turmeric construct tender and juicy meat. Pigs are also introduce to organic diets which include organic corn, flax seed, buckwheat, barley, roasted soybeans, and vitamins and solid homogeneous inorgani substances designed for organic production. Corn shots are also given various days before butchering to comprise a sweeter taste to the meat.
Organic farming does away with the consumption of antibiotics, hormones, and animal products, which may cause sure diseases both to the pigs and the consumers.
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doesn't recline much
By themillers
I actually bought this with the intent to use it when my son was a newborn, but it hardly reclined at all when we put him in it, so he fell to the side and didn't like it at all. Now he is 3 months old and likes it for about 15min at a time, but only if I hang other toys from the toy bar because he can't reach the ones that are there. Overall, if you want a bouncy seat you can use before they have head control, this isn't the seat I would buy.
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Use this every day! Baby loves it.
By Razor Back
Our baby is almost 5 months old, and we have literally used this every day since he was about two weeks old. He's almost 16lbs, and I now have to watch that he doesn't try to roll over in it, but normally he's so content to sit, kick, and bounce himself in it that I don't have to worry until he gets fussy.
Unlike other commenters, we found that our little guy super loved the vibration feature. It was the only thing that would put him to sleep when he was about a month old. Obviously each kid is different, so YMMV. We were glad we bought a big pack of batteries before he was born. Our biggest complaints about the seat are that: 1. There is no indicator light on the vibration switch. Sleep-deprived parents are sure to miss turning it back off like we did, and that burned through batteries quickly. 2. Our on/off switch is totally worn out now (I'm telling you, we use this every day!). We have to turn it on and off a couple or three times before it turns on any more.
If this isn't something we can save for baby #2, we're ok with that, knowing that we really got our money's worth out of it this time around. We haven't experienced the "flattening" effect on the wire stand yet, but I could see that happening.
tl;dr TOTALLY WORTH THE MONEY FOR US. Use it every day, kid loves it.
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My daughter has spent many hours in this seat. I put her in it and carry her from room to room. I'll even set her in it while I take a shower and she just chills out in the bathroom with me. She doesn't care for the vibration too much, but loves the activity bar. You can also hang toys off of it so they can actually grab them and put them in their mouth which seems to be the funnest thing to them. A great product that I plan to use with my unborn children as well.
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Adorable farm animal friends invite baby to play! Carrot and corn paddles give hope or courage to baby to bat and reach for spinning action, and a sweet little piggy and chick keep baby entertained. When it's time for comforting relaxation, you may effortlessly remove the toy bar and switch on calming vibrations. Requires 1 D battery.Weight limit: 25 lbs.Developmental Guidelines: Use from birth until child is capable to sit up unassisted.Better for BabyPromotes Comfort and Security? Calming vibrations give hope or courage to baby's relaxation.Encourages Developing Motor Skills? Reaching, batting at, and grasping hanging toys fosters eye-hand coordination.Stimulates the Senses? Adorable animals, colors and textures stimulate baby's sight and touch. Better for Mom? Toy bar without apparent effort removes for access to baby.? Machine-washable seat pad.? Easy to move around the house.
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Yet no Cleveland military units saw action in the four-month Spanish-American War, which had ended with a swift American victory. The Ohio National Guard's 5th Regiment had left Cleveland expecting to fight, but its transport ship sank in Tampa Bay, and the invasion force sailed for Santiago de Cuba without them. The 5th returned to Cleveland on Sept. 12, a month after the war's end, telling tales of malaria and typhoid creeping through their mosquito-infested Florida camp.
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While watching promos for the movie The Butler with Forest Whitaker, I was reminded of a TV program - possibly a miniseries - that aired years ago. It was titled Backstairs at the White House, and it was about those who served presidents and their families. Any chance it might be dragged out of mothballs and run again?
Jeane Lewis
There's always a chance for anything to be "dragged out of mothballs" if the interest in seeing it again is high enough. The 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House - whose cast included Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Lee Grant and Leslie Nielsen - was referenced in quite a few reviews of Lee Daniels' The Butler, which was a sizable success at the box office. That monetary take would suggest Backstairs could earn a respectable viewership if shown again, but as of this writing, no network had announced plans for that.
Please settle a debate. I say the most recent Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon was recorded in advance, and a friend says it was shown live. Who's right?
Sue Draper
You are. Executive producer Richard A. "Rac" Clark - son of the late Dick Clark - explained to us that it was easier to secure the talent for the ABC program if it was pre-recorded, since personalities such as Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul and Enrique Iglesias could do their segments as their schedules allowed.
I happened to come across an episode of The Streets of San Francisco with Michael Douglas. How long was he on the show?
John Quinn
Douglas played Inspector Steve Keller, novice partner of Detective Lt. Mike Stone (Karl Malden), for the first four seasons of the ABC mystery's five-year run (1972-77). Richard Hatch joined the show in the final season as Douglas departed to take care of other career matters after winning his first Oscar for producing the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ... which his father, Kirk, had long had the film rights to but never quite got going. The Keller character was a factor in the 1992 TV movie sequel Back to the Streets of San Francisco, but Douglas was seen only in archival material.


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I Would Still Drink It: Hoptimus Prime Seasonal Beer
This is the Hoptimus Prime seasonal beer from Robinson Brewery. It has absolutely nothing to do with Transformers except the punny name and a blurb about how the flavor transforms as all the ingredients combine. I wish I'd known that before buying a case of the stuff hoping to grow wheels for feet.
Brewed using only British hops and barley malts this beer exhibits a rich array of malt and traditional fruity hop flavours, complemented by a crisp dry finish. The unique flavour of Hoptimus Prime transforms as each individual ingredient combines to satisfy all of your hoppy needs.
Don't the flavor of every beer transform as the ingredients combine? I get it -- it's just a clever name and I shouldn't be so mad except I JUST DRANK A CASE OF THE STUFF AND YOU KNOW HOW I AM WHEN I'VE BEEN DRINKING. "All lovey dovey and playful?" I'm gonna get your nose! "Stop it." Coochie choochie coo!
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Disney's blockbuster picture "Frozen" picked up the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at this year's Academy Awards. The movie, which has grossed more than a billion dollars to date at the box office, also picked up an award for Best Original Song for "Let It Go."
Feerless optimist Anna sets off an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olsaf, Anna and Kristoff face battle in a race to save the kingdom.
Backstage at the Oscars, directors Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck and Peter Del Vecho, chatted with reporters about their win and their plans to take the project to Broadway. " We're in very early stages of development," Lee said about the project. "We're still opening the film, as we say. We are opening in Japan and then we're going to take a little break and then start looking at it."
On the movie's themes of family and on it's success, Lee said, "You know what we love about "Frozen" is we love that we're finding people are relating to the characters, and from any part of the world or what they're doing or any families and that's been huge for us. And we certainly encourage and love all the different interpretations of our characters, and what it means to people and inspires them. I mean, that's the greatest thing you could ever feel like you're doing as a filmmaker."
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Lance Deal begins his 14th year with the Oregon track and field program. After eight years as a successful assistant coach, he was named director of track & field venues and program support in 2010.
The 1996 Olympic silver medalist and 21-time national champion is responsible for coordinating the activities and improvements at of one of the most storied venues in all of sport - Historic Hayward Field. Deal ensures that the iconic stadium is preped and in top condition for every meet it hosts. He also oversees all equipment necessary for staging track events on the grand stage, ranging from hurdles and starting blocks to pits and poles and everything in between.
Another aspect of Deal's role is to serve as the program's point man for all capital improvement and construction projects. He played an integral role in the intensive Hayward Field renovation that took place for the 2008 Olympic Trials. That feat included realigning the grass infield and designing and building new cages for the hammer and discus throwers, among numerous other features. He subsequently oversaw both permanent and temporary additions to the classic venue for the 2010 and 2013 NCAA Championships, as well as the 2012 Olympic Trials and the USA Track & Field Championships in 2009 and 2011.
Deal transitioned into the role at Hayward Field after guiding Duck athletes to a pair of NCAA championships, 21 All-America honors, 12 Pac-10 titles and 25 school records.
As an athlete, Deal ignited the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Stadium crowd with a silver medal in the hammer (266-2), and he also competed in the 1988, 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games and in the IAAF World Championships in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999. In world rankings, he stood first in the world in 1996 and was among the top-10 five other seasons (1992-93-94-95-98). The U.S. record holder at 270-9, Deal owns 16 of the top 20 throws all-time by Americans. His resume boasts nine U.S. outdoor hammer titles, 12 indoor titles in the weight throw (35-lb.) – including a record nine straight – and nine year-end No. 1 hammer rankings.
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Deal also excelled in the discus and shot put. As an undergraduate at Montana State, he earned All-America honors in the discus during the 1984 NCAA Championships at Hayward Field with a personal best of 202-2 and also threw a best in the shot put of 60-2.5.
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March 2006
News, updates, & pronouncements from Pat Ballard, the Queen of Rubenesque Romances
Nobody can make you feel inferior
without your consent.
Something to think about....
yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself,
What have you done for you lately?
Sometimes we get so caught up in our everyday routine that we forget that we exist as a person. Jobs, housework, children, running errands and the host of other things that make up our days keep our minds so wrapped up that we don't take time to take a deep breath, relax and think about our self as an individual that we need to take care of, also.
This is on my mind because I've just taken the "bull by the horns" and done something I've wanted to do for years. When I was in my early twenties, I wore a popular haircut called a "ducktail." When I'd get my hair cut like that, I would get so many compliments. My hair loved the style!
But after I got married, I started wearing my hair more like Joe, my husband, likes it. Not long, but not short, either. I've had a lot of kidding from friends about my "big hair." The style is okay, but recently, when I'd look in the mirror, I'd see a "dated" look. So on my last trip to get my hair cut, I asked my hairdresser if she'd ever cut a ducktail style. She said she'd done a few. So I told her if she was feeling brave, that I was ready to bring back an "old" style!
Folks, I'm telling you, this is one of the best things I've done for me in a while. My hair still loves the style! And I've gotten so many compliments that I've lost count. But, most of all, I feel good about my hair again. I feel young and feisty and cute!
So take time for you. Think about what makes you happy, then make time to do it. You'll feel so much better about the rest of the day just knowing that you've done something good for you, or that you'll do something good before the day is over.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that. Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive.
Harold Whitman
A Word From Pat
March is here! The birds are singing to each other. Love is in the air! I'm getting the urge to go outside and plant some flowers.
I went outside this morning
and thought about pulling some leftover weeds out of my flower garden, but
just fed the birds and came back inside. It's the thought that counts,
isn't it?
On the fourth Monday of every month I'll be on the Health At Every Size show with Dr. Peggy Elam. The show airs on Radio Free Nashville (WRFN Pasquo, TN) every Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., CST.
WRFN is 98.9 lpfm in the
Nashville area, but you can listen to it streamed live over the Internet
Links About The Queen & Her Books
Weighty Matters
Now I get
my exercise from activities that aren't specifically named "exercise." And
I'm trying to ride my stationary bike more, to build up the muscles in my
knees and legs. But I watch T.V. while I do that, so it doesn't feel like
Read the
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Pat's newest book, Abigail's Revenge, is featured on the Beautiful
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Saturday, March 4, Pat will be part of "Connecting: A Day for Readers and Writers" to benefit the Tennessee Young Writers' Scholarship Fund, Humanities Tennessee. Find out more details at: http://www.wnbanashville.org/connecting.htm.
Monday, March 27, Pat will be a guest on the Health At Every Size show with Dr. Peggy Elam on WRFN Radio Free Nashville. The show is streamed live over the Internet 10-11 a.m. CST Mondays. Listen to the live broadcast stream over the Internet at http://www.radiofreenashville.org/. For more on the show, check out the show blog at http://www.healthateverysize.info.
Pat will spend the next few months promoting Abigail's Revenge. She's in the process of setting up booksignings with local Borders Bookstores, and others.
You can still hear the taped radio shows from Size Matters with Veronica, WCRS Radio, on Pat's website.
Show #1
discusses Pat's romance novels
Books — Existing and Upcoming
Abigail's Revenge, my fifth novel, is published! My publisher, Peggy Elam, pulled a few rabbits out of the hat and the book debuted at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville last October. In fact, it was delivered to the booth on Friday after the festival had started. That is where I saw my first copy... hot off the press!
It's a Romantic Suspense, and is different than any other novel I've written. It's also a good bit longer.
Abigail Avery was falsely
convicted of the murder of her father and sent to prison when she was only
eighteen years old. The supposedly good citizens of Leaky Springs,
Mississippi were silent as an innocent young woman was orphaned, accused,
swiftly tried and locked away. Her only clue in the travesty of justice is
that a bunch of crooked "good ole boys"—headed by the judge who presided
at her trial—keep pestering her to sell the family farm.
I'm continuing to work on my first nonfiction book, The 10 Commandments of Self-Love, a motivational book on accepting ourselves as we are instead of obsessing over trying to look like some unrealistic actress or image we see in a magazine.
Meanwhile, my short story collection Dangerous Curves Ahead is available through Pearlsong Press (www.pearlsong.com). After its May 2004 publication, Dangerous Curves Ahead received a glowing review from Cindi Appel on the Fearless Books review website. Appel wrote:
Ballard doesn't pull punches. She shows her heroines exhibiting ample will and tenacity to tell off those who would shame them into becoming something they aren't just to blend in with society's narrow-minded notions of beauty.
To read the entire review, go to www.pearlsong.com/dangerouscurvesahead.htm. You can also read an excerpt from Dangerous Curves Ahead's title story, Dangerous Curves, by clicking on the title link in this sentence.
Pearlsong Press has also re-released my existing books, Wanted: One Groom, Nobody's Perfect, His Brother's Child and A Worthy Heir.
The Pearlsong Press edition
of Nobody's Perfect was called
"a charming, witty love story with a twist"
in the July 2004 Small Press Bookwatch section of Midwest Book Review.
Read the whole review at
www.pearlsong.com/nobodysperfect.htm, or an excerpt at
I'm extremely happy that
my books are now available in both print and eBook format. (The eBook
edition of Abigail's Revenge has not yet been published,
however.) Please visit Pearlsong Press and check out all the options that
are available.
Ask your local
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She's scared of guns and berates you for carrying because she doesn't want to say that she's scared of them because she doesn't want to get into an argument where you tell her how safe they are. They are dangerous to her and that's that.
First, make her not scared of guns. Pick up a .22 and take her to the range. Although she'll probably do this on her own because women tend to be more accurate than men, let her "win" a few marksmanship contests against you.
Get her to enjoy shooting and she won't be afraid of them anymore. Memorize the 4 rules of firearms safety and drill them into her. Show her how safe you are with your weapons, this will put her at ease. She will come around after that. It may not be instantaneous, but she will come around. Once she's no longer scared - try to compromise with her on when you can carry, "Okay, how about I only carry if we're going to be out for longer than an hour?" or, "I won't carry if we're just hopping out to a local store."
Once you give a little, she'll appreciate it. Once she gets comfortable with you carrying, she won't mind if you do it all the time - she'll most likely come to depend on it.
Think about this from her point of view for a few minutes. She has no idea how to operate a handgun and has never fired one. Because of this, like most women, she is scared of them. She has no idea what your training is, she probably thinks you're carrying just to be "tough" which scares her even more. Her fear comes out as anger - but trust me, it's fear.
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The London trio Noisettes' full length album Wild Young Hearts was released in the US today on Mercury Records. From the stomping electro-rock of "Saturday Night" and galloping funk grooves of "Don't Upset The Rhythm," to the glorious '60s-tinged soul of "Never Forget You," Noisettes have made what is set to be one of 2009′s most adventurous albums. "Wild Young Hearts – it's about feeling and acting young, whatever your age," says guitarist Dan Smith. "It's about having fun and not following the pack.
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Ravi Varma Movies and Career Information
Ravi Varma is a Tollywood actor and is best known for his supporting roles. He debuted with Vennela, which released in 2005. Varma was born in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India and brough up in Hyderabad, India, since 2 years. After high school, he studied engineering at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, which is in Hyderabad. After finishing his bachelors in engineering, Varma went to New York, United States of America to finish his masters and immediately found a job at rediff. Varma enrolled in a 3-month course at New York Film Academy. Later, he was offered the role of Syed in Vennela in 2005.
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Here at The Warm Milk Journal our tag line is to offer:
Peace of mind one night at a time.
Why peace?
Without peace, we are not going to sleep well, perform well at our jobs, get along with our families, be a good friend, or have a very happy marriage. Without peace and the calm mind that comes with it we will not experience optimal health or life experience.
An anxious fidgety mind is only going to create chaos and fear, not the stuff of our mission which is:
To live a well balanced, rewarding life of our dreams by day and sleep restfully at night.
Tonight or in the morning I invite you to write in your journals. Explore what peace means to you.
On the top of your page you can write:
I Am peace when…
Then just write and see what comes out. Then go about your day and notice when you are experiencing peace (or perhaps also notice when you are not).
I will start my entry here and then it will be your turn.
Let's see…
I Am peace when:
1. I am enjoying my jazz music at night while writing or cooking.
2. Teaching my students
3. Laughing and interacting with my husband and daughter.
4. Cuddling with my cat, Mew.
5. Riding my bike in my beautiful neighborhood.
6. Taking a walk on the beach.
7. Chalk up the challenges of the day as just that and release them (knowing I did my best with the day I had)
8. I feel carefree and not worrying about the future or fretting about the past or resenting somebody or something now. Hmm…
I will stop, for it is your turn!
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Pittsburgh girls know and love fashion! They know what colors look good on them, what designer looks they covet, and where to shop. Pittsburgh girls are more than just Pens jerseys and Terrible Towels, they are fashionistas! Michelle, a 27 year-old admissions counselor from Allison Park gabs about her personal style and fashion!
What is one store could you spend thousands of dollars on clothes in?
What is your favorite Pittsburgh mall?
Ross Park Mall
What color do you think you look best in?
What is one piece in your wardrobe you could never live without?
My scarf collection
What is your favorite cut of jeans?
What is your ideal winter coat?
What is your favorite kind of dress?
Maxi Dresses
What is your favorite type of footwear?
Flip Flops. If I could wear flip flops in winter I would!
Money is no object, who is your favorite luxury fashion brand?
5 adjectives to describe your style and wardrobe?
Comfortable, laid back, casual chic, classic, conservative