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It's 1985, and Canadian musician Liberty Silver arrives at the Juno awards ready for the stage in an elegant black dress and chandelier earrings. She's set to perform her nominated hit song "Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love." Tonight she also makes history, becoming the first black woman to win a Juno.
Silver recalls, "I was very excited that night, because I was actually up for five different Junos. But the R&B one was special." It was the inaugural year for the R&B/soul award, and because of that, Silver was also asked to perform. "Looking out to the audience, if you can imagine, back then you had some of the greatest artists there. You had Tina Turner sitting there, you had David Foster sitting there — so many amazing producers, vocalists and entertainers."
You can now count Liberty Silver within that group of top talent. On Juno night in 1985, she walked away with two awards, including best reggae/calypso recording and best R&B/soul recording. But she wouldn't have received the recognition if those award categories hadn't existed, and for a long time they didn't.
When the Junos launched in 1970, there were 12 categories, largely based in the country and folk genres. Through the '70s and '80s, as the Canadian industry grew, music communities lobbied for expansion. As R&B/soul gained in popularity, so did the push for a Juno category in that genre. Having it finally recognized was significant, as Silver explains.
"It was a milestone. It truly was a milestone. Because there wasn't really any kind of black representation in the record companies, it was difficult to them to grasp it, sign it and figure out how to market it. I think that today, it's still a bit of a challenge in Canada," Silver says.
She admits that it was difficult to be a pioneer. "But it was an honour, and I thought, 'if this is the role I'm playing, excellent, let me go forward and do this.' And I had to step up and do it. It's just a part of who I am." The R&B/soul category has meant exposure and recognition for other artists, including Jacksoul, Jully Black and Divine Brown.
"Divine Brown, I read in a article her influences were Stevie Wonder and Liberty Silver and I was, like, 'wow that's really cool.' That makes you feel great and you know that what you did was the right thing and it helped others," Silver says. "When I first met Divine, she said, 'You know what, when I saw you, I knew I could do it.' And often when we do not see ourselves reflected in the media or in the mainstream, we often don't aspire to those things, so that's what we are here to do."
It's clear artists like Silver have forged a path for the next generation of Canadian R&B/soul artists, but since 1985 the genre has evolved. Given the ever-changing climate of the music business, Silver believes that that industry could be doing more to support the many facets of current R&B music.
"My demographic are people that are older. They'll buy my music, they'll buy a bottle of wine, but they won't download. So you have to keep all those things in mind when marketing the music, but it can be done," Silver says. "It's good music and people love it. And it's just identifying those artists here and getting them the exposure that they need."
And exposing Canadian artists in Canada is the key. Silver is very excited about one of this year's R&B/soul nominees, Melanie Fiona, who recently won two Grammy awards for her duet "Fool for You" with Cee Lo Green.
"I think she's amazing. I think she's learned well and listened well. I think she has a great image. And thank you, I appreciate that. But once again, in Canada — why are we not a king in our own country? We have to uplift our artists."
Silver is doing just that with the Liberty Silver Foundation for the Arts, a project that goes into schools and works with young people to unlock their potential through both the creative and business sides of music. If the past 27 years are anything to go by, she's likely to become an inspiration and role model for yet another generation of musical artists.
Visit cbcmusic.ca/Junos for complete coverage of the 2012 Juno Awards.
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The US FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA) of 1997 contains a provision, Section 114, stipulating the conditions under which drug companies can promote health economic information to formulary decision makers.
The motivation was to provide drug companies greater flexibility to promote healthcare economic information (HCEI) (e.g. claims that a drug saves money or is cost effective). Most notably, Section 114 amended the evidentiary standard for HCEI promotion from the prevailing "adequate and well-controlled trials" (commonly referred to as "substantial evidence") to the new "competent and reliable scientific evidence."
The Section also codified other limits, namely restricting promotion of HCEI to "formulary committees or similar entities" (thus barring promotion of HCEI under the "competent and reliable" standard to individual physicians or consumers). Any promotion of HCEI directly to physicians or consumers must adhere to the conventional "substantial evidence" provision, which generally means two adequate and well controlled clinical trials. Section 114 also states that such promotion must be "directly related" to the labeled indication.
Despite its potential importance, little is known about how the Section has been interpreted and used. In a new paper, my colleagues and I report on a small web-based survey of a convenience sample of 35 outcomes directors of major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. [1] We asked them about their interpretation of, and experiences with, Section 114, as well as their views regarding the FDA's role in the matter, and whether the advent of comparative effectiveness research (CER) will affect the use of Section 114 promotions.
Of the 35 experts, 16 (46%) completed the survey. 81% stated they always or frequently consider using Section 114 when making promotional claims for drugs. 75% stated that the FDA should issue guidance on how to make such promotions to payers, especially what qualifies as "healthcare economic information" and "competent and reliable scientific evidence." Most expected to use Section 114 to a greater extent in the future, and agreed that the increased focus on CER would increase Section 114 use.
The survey thus suggests strong awareness about Section 114 among the outcomes directors and some use of the Section for promotional purposes. It also reflects a belief that CER will increase use of Section 114 promotions, and that guidance from FDA is needed.
More clarity – and, ideally, flexible interpretation – from the FDA is warranted, especially given the rise of CER.
- Peter J. Neumann
1. Neumann PJ, Lin PJ, Hughes TE. US FDA Modernization Act, Section 114: Uses, Opportunities and Implications for Comparative Effectiveness Research. Pharmacoeconomics. 2011 Aug 1;29(8):687-92
[Research supported for the study was provided by Eli Lilly and Company. Publication was not contingent on Eli Lilly and Company's approval. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of Eli Lilly or others.]
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At a time when individuals around the world are looking for answers and their spiritual needs met, a new week talk starting in Atlanta, GA is hoping to help fill that gap. Introducing "The Christian View", a weekly 1/2 hour program debuting in September on WATC TV 57 ATLANTA - www.WATC.tv. Executive-produced by Jackie Carpenter and Stacy Robinson, the show will tackle relevant topics of the day from a scriptural perspective.
Carpenter, who made national news earlier this year with the movie STAND YOUR GROUND (based on her books Psalm 91 & GEORGIA JUSTICE) will moderate the show along with her co-hosts Alisa Boykin, Rebecca Keener, Dawn Mooring and Ann White.
"'The Christian View' is hosted by a group of women who do not shy away from controversial issues and who embrace a lively debate," says Carpenter. "They are ready to back up their individual points of view with Scripture and they do not expect to agree on every topic simply because they are all Christians. Sharing the same faith in Jesus Christ does not mean that we will agree on everything. That's real life!"
Jackie, Alisa, Rebecca, Dawn, and Ann all have strong personalities, take their faith seriously but also love to laugh. Joining the ladies will be Pastor Lee Adams who will serve as a permanent stand-in for the show.
The support that Jackie is getting for this vision has been seen as one big blessing. "I had to fall on my knees and ask God what did I ever do to deserve being in their presence, let alone having the blessing of working with them? And again He said 'You didn't jump ship. You stuck with Me. CI found you faithful over small things, so now I can trust you with these BIG CO-HOSTS!'"
It is her hope that "The Christian View" gives others a window into how with no matter what we are faced with God has provided what we need to get through it.
Stay connected with updates about "The Christian View" on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Christian-View/735628233144307.


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Should there be enforcement in HOAs?
Originally Homeowners Associations were covered under Florida statute 617 – Corporations Not for Profit. In 1992 HOAs got their first statutory provisions which eventually became Florida Statute 720.
In the Florida statutes for condominiums, FS 718, and cooperatives, FS 719, there are provisions for enforcement by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Every owner or shareholder pays four dollars each for the Office of Compliance, the Ombudsman's Office for condominiums, and a vast amount of educational material.
In an HOA there is no such fee and there is no enforcement and educational material except for issues concerning elections and recall. The statute makes it clear enough.
720.302 (2): The Legislature recognizes that it is not in the best interest of homeowners' associations or the individual association members thereof to create or impose a bureau or other agency of state government to regulate the affairs of homeowners' associations.
There are many more Homeowners Associations than condominiums and cooperatives.
Does this mean that there are no cops on the street for HOA communities? Maybe so. But is this truly the will of the people? Would the parcel owners in the associations be willing to pay the same four dollars for enforcement and an Ombudsman?
I can tell you that at our classes we always ask HOA members that question and to a person everyone says yes.
Homeowners, what do you say?
We do have a free Homeowners Hassles class coming up on Wednesday April 18 at our Law and Learning Center. It is all about FS 720 and living in a Homeowners Association. We encourage HOA board members and parcel owners to attend.
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Ruth Shuetts helped her nephew get life-changing care at Cincinnati Children's. And she is still helping kids through an estate gift to the medical center.
Ruth Shuetts didn't have kids of her own but she loved them, particularly her nieces and nephews. Harry is one of those nephews. And he credits Ruth for changing the course of his life by introducing his family to Cincinnati Children's. "As a child, I suffered severely from gastrointestinal issues. My doctors dealt with it unsuccessfully for years," Harry recalls. Harry had ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease. Doctors in his childhood hometown of Indianapolis said his only option was to have a permanent ostomy, which would mean living his life with a bag attached to his abdomen to collect his body waste. "Then Aunt Ruth told us about Cincinnati Children's," Harry says. "She had read an article about a new surgical technique pioneered by Lester Martin, MD." Harry had the procedure and spent three months in the hospital. "Thanks to Dr. Martin, I have no permanent impairment," Harry says. "It was a new verse in my life, and we left with a real sense of gratitude towards Cincinnati Children's." Ruth was also grateful. And that gratitude motivated her to leave a substantial estate gift to the medical center in her will. Ruth passed away in March 2007, but her generosity and desire to help children like Harry lives on through her legacy gift. "I was a really sick child," Harry says. "Because of the care I received at Cincinnati Children's, I was transformed. Ruth saw that and thought, 'What better to do with my money?'" Ruth's generosity will make a lasting impact on future generations of children, including Harry's daughter. Just last year, Harry brought Pearl, 15, to Cincinnati Children's for care. She also has gastrointestinal issues and the doctors in their Maryland town weren't able to help. "We ran into a brick wall – no progress and conflicting advice," Harry says.
William F. Balistreri, MD, medical director of the Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Liver Care Center and one of the world's foremost authorities on pediatric gastroenterology and liver disease, "diagnosed Pearl's condition by just looking at her records," Harry says. "Pearl is cared for by a team of physicians, including Drs. Ajay Kaul, David Klein and Jonathan Howell. Thanks to the first-class medical expertise and outstanding bedside manner of each of these doctors, Pearl has made remarkable strides toward recovery in a short time. Once again, I owe Cincinnati Children's a great debt of gratitude."
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8 December 2010: Greek and Turkish Cypriots' ownership of countless properties on the other community's side of divided Cyprus is complicating efforts for a peace settlement. Crisis Group's Cyprus Analyst Didem Akyel explains the problem and what can be done about it.
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I would like to listen to SomaFM using the 2.1 speakers at my home .. but without using a computer. Is this possible?
No, this is not possible. You need a "computer" of some kind.
It doesn't need to be a full-blown desktop or laptop PC, though. There are lots of consumer electronics devices that can play internet radio, as long as you have an available network connection for the device.
But you do need a computer: at minimum you need a networking stack, a microprocessor, and RAM and Flash memory (for the firmware/OS). You also need some sort of DAC to output to your speakers, but some CPUs include this on-chip. Anything with these components technically counts as a "computer".
It sounds like a strange request, but I have seen 'Internet Radios' on sale here in Australia.
They presumably use wireless Internet access to access the internet radio stations.
I don't expect to see these things much in the future, because Australians are seeing the introduction of Digital Radio at the present time.
I think you'll have to extrapolate these observations to your own situation.


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Aircraft Carriers are the symbol and key portion of American power, and have been so for the past seventy-four years. Every president, whether Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, has relied upon them to address international crises.
A recent Congressional Budget Office report notes that "Since World War II, the aircraft carrier has been the centerpiece of the U.S. Navy. According to the Navy, today's Nimitz class ships can sustain 95 strike sorties per day and, with each aircraft carrying four 2,000-pound bombs, deliver three-quarters of a million pounds of bombs each day. That firepower far exceeds what any other surface ship can deliver."
Now, there are less of them than military experts say is the minimum needed for safety.
With the retirement of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the United States Navy will have only ten aircraft carriers, below the generally accepted absolute minimum number of eleven. That situation will continue until at least 2016, when the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is scheduled to be completed. The 2016 date is not guaranteed.
Budget restrictions under the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act place a maximum $12.8 billion price tag on the vessel, with a further reduction to $11.5 billion for future fleet carriers. The effect on the Ford's development remains to be seen.
Naval experts are concerned that even if the 11 carrier force is restored, it will be inadequate. A Breaking Defense article quotes Rear Admiral Thomas Moore noting that "We're an 11-carrier navy in a 15 carrier world."
The future for America's fleet of aircraft carriers beyond 2016 may be further endangered. Under one concept being discussed,the Navy, to meet budgetary restrictions, would stop building new aircraft carriers altogether after completion of the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy, scheduled for 2020, the next in line to be built after the U.S.S Gerald Ford. The next aircraft carrier the Navy was scheduled to construct, the U.S.S. Enterprise, would be canceled, as would future carriers. Funding for the Enterprise would have begun in 2016. The result would be obvious: as older aircraft carriers retire they would not be replaced, and the fleet, already undersized, would continue to shrink.
At the same time that America's navy endures this diminishment, (the total number of ships in the U.S. navy has shrunk from 600 in 1990 to 286 currently) both China and Russia have committed vast resources to expanding their seagoing power both in terms of the number and sophistication of their respective fleets, as well as investing in technological advances that could threaten U.S. warships with distant, land-based weaponry. The U.S also faces threats from smaller actors such as North Korea and Iran.
Moscow's Supreme Navy Commander Admiral Viktor Chirkov recently stated: [Russia is building a new] "cutting-edge nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. … The carrier project also includes plans to develop new ship-based fighter bombers and train personnel for the emerging carrier group. By 2020, the Russian Navy will receive 30 new corvettes and frigates, at least 15 missile- and artillery-carrying speedboats and nearly two dozen submarines…"
Moscow has committed $138 billion to its naval modernization program.
According to The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's annual Report to Congress, China's navy could dominate the western Pacific by 2020. The report notes:
"Since commissioning its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in September of 2012, the PLA Navy has continued to develop a fixed-wing carrier aviation capability for air defense and offensive strike missions. China plans to follow the Liaoning with at least two indigenously built carriers…
"It is increasingly clear that China does not intend to resolve its disputes through multilateral negotiations or the application of international laws and adjudicative processes but instead will use its growing power in support of coercive tactics that pressure its neighbors to concede to China's claims…
"The PLA [People's Liberation Army] navy is in the midst of an impressive modernization program. China's acquisition of naval platforms, weapons, and systems has emphasized qualitative improvements, not quantitative growth, and is centered on improving its ability to strike opposing ships at sea and operate at greater distances from the Chinese mainland. Today, the PLA Navy is able to conduct high-intensity operations beyond the region. Trends in China's defense spending, research and development, and shipbuilding suggest the PLA Navy will continue to modernize…
"The PLA is rapidly expanding and diversifying its ability to strike U.S. bases, ships, and aircraft throughout the Asia Pacific region including those it previously could not reach, such as the U.S. military facilities on Guam…"
On January 1, Hainan, a province of an increasingly aggressive China, announced a requirement that international fishing vessels in the South China Sea seek permission from China's central government, a move termed by the U.S. State Department "provocative and potentially dangerous." It is an example of China's intensive drive to dominate the air and sea space in Asian pacific region, to the clear detriment of the interests not only of its neighbors and the United States, but to international commerce as well.
China's domination of the western Pacific by 2020, if current trends continue, will be through both its expanded navy as well as its development of other high-tech weapons such as the J-20 stealth fighter.
China's attack on offshore possessions of the Philippines in 2012 went unanswered, militarily or even diplomatically, by the Obama government. Encouraged, Beijing's forces have become increasingly aggressive in the Pacific, threatening virtually all of its neighbors.
A recent incident involved China's Liaoning carrier intentionally cutting off a U.S. naval vessel, the U.S.S. Cowpens, a guided missile cruiser.
The world has taken notice, even as the U.S. continues to decrease its military spending. A Turkish news source, for example, Turkish Weekly, reported: "It [China] has recently launched an arms race through its creation of an air defense identification zone over a strip of the East China Sea and in the addition of arms in her military inventory."


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Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today officially announced he is seeking re-election as Secretary of State in 2014. Husted filed candidate petitions Tuesday morning February 4. In conjunction with his re-election campaign, Husted announced today the formation of a veterans coalition in support of his efforts led by two co-chairs, Retired General Charlie Metcalf (Montgomery County) and Retired Colonel Ron Schwachenwald (Lorain County).
"Secretary Husted's work to ensure our servicemen and women are able to vote is setting the gold-standard across the nation," Colonel Schwachenwald said. "Ohio veterans and military families and friends are excited to help re-elect him in 2014."
General Metcalf said, "In addition to his military voting program for active duty Ohioans, Jon Husted has worked with many Ohio military groups to help veterans start their own businesses and launch careers when they come home. I look forward to organizing our veterans in support of his campaign."
Secretary Husted has also been a strong advocate on behalf of Ohio's active duty service members and veterans. In 2011, he launched a successful military voting program which has been recognized nationally by the Association of the U.S. Army and the Military Voter Protection Project.
"As Secretary of State, I have worked to ensure it is easy to vote and hard to cheat when it comes to elections in Ohio, and that my office is doing everything possible to roll out the red carpet and cut through the red tape for businesses," Husted said. "I am proud of my record and what has been accomplished, but I have more work to do. I look forward to continuing to serve as Ohio's Secretary of State for another four years."
Husted's first three years in office have been marked with significant improvements in the way Ohio's elections system and business filing process are administered. So far, Secretary Husted has successfully:
- Delivered a smooth and fair 2012 Presidential Election.
- Modernized Ohio elections, including the launch of an Online Change of Address system which has been used by more than 140,000 voters.
- Cleaned up Ohio's voter rolls, identified and removed more than 270,000 deceased voters and hundreds of thousands of duplicate registrations to prevent double voting.
- For the first time in Ohio history, mailed absentee ballot request forms to every eligible Ohioan for the 2012 General Election, which contributed to record absentee voting turnout and reduced the chance of lines at the polls.
- Built new partnerships with other states to share data, resulting in the referral of nearly 20 voters who voted in Ohio and another state.
- Cut wait times for business filings from four days to one and a half days and built an online filing system so Ohio entrepreneurs can start a business 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Husted currently serves as Ohio's 53rd Secretary of State. With all of his responsibilities, he considers his most important roles as that of husband to his wife Tina and father to his children, Alex, Katie and Kylie.
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A result of the quality programming and instruction provided in the Career and Technical Center (C&TC) at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA)-Helena-West Helena, the PCCUA teams brought back several awards from the recent Arkansas SKillsUSA Conference, and an instructor brought back a prestigious award. Both Robotics and Automation Technology Information teams from PCCUA-Helena placed at the Arkansas SkillsUSA Conference in Hot Springs. Team 1, consisting of Kevin Maxey and Cedric Holloway, won silver. Team 2, consisting of Tristan Honeycutt and Brian Merryweather, won gold. In addition, C&TC instructor Bert Chu received an Honorary Lifetime Member Award from Arkansas Skills USA, which is the highest award given to an individual by Arkansas SkillsUSA. The conference is designed to help students and instructors in preparation for the world of work. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives, working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. This student organization is a national nonprofit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. It helps each student excel by providing quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship, character development, and community service. SkillsUSA builds and reinforces personal self-confidence, work attitudes, and communication skills. It also emphasizes total quality at work, high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education and pride in the dignity of work.
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The long anticipated Maverick Music Festival starts tomorrow at 4:30p.m. and will continue all day on Saturday. It is San Antonio's first and only indie music festival and it's back for its second year at La Villita downtown. The music for this event ranges from hip-hop, indie rock, electronic and many more from up and coming bands as well as well known international artists.
After last year's success it was expanded to two days, additional stages were added and an open air market is being introduced. The Bizarre Bazaar will feature a variety of vendors selling original rock art, handmade guitar straps, handmade jewelry and more. There will also be food vendors including the popular food truck Say She Ate. Tickets are still available but the VIP passes are sold out. General admission two day passes are $89 and single day tickets are $49 and are available online. These will be available at the door for $60 a day.
The following is a partial schedule. More information on the festival and the full schedule is available online.
Friday , March 21
4:30 p.m – Doors open
5:00 p.m - Tamaryn
5:40 p.m. - Sza
6:35 pm. - Roky Erickson
7:45 pm. – Joy Formidable
9:05 p.m – Washed Out
10:30 p.m - Phantogram
Saturday, March 22
11:30 a.m – Doors open
12:30 p.m – Lonely Horse
1:30 p.m. – Pinata Protest
2:30 p.m. - Gories
3:30 p.m - Yacht
5pm. – Black Angels
6:20 p.m. - Candlebox
7:40 p.m. – Run The Jewels
9p.m. – Twin Shadow
10:30 p.m. – Psychedelic Furs
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Comment: "He just had a lights-out ballgame," Borger coach Craig Shores said. "He was going from sideline to sideline making plays. Every time the ball was there, it seemed like, he was there too. He played probably his best game of the season."
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January 21st, 2012
- Not in a certain order.
- This is an incomplete list. You can find more quotes I like here.
- This is an incomplete list. You can find more quotes I like here.
- People who don't know what the fuck they're doing shouldn't stand in the way of people who do.
- The best decisions are made without thinking.
- You know you really care when you have to try and convince yourself that you don't.
- Forget all the reasons why something might not work, all you need is one reason why it will.
- Stand for what you believe in even if it means you stand alone.
- If you don't understand my silence, how will you understand my words?
- If anyone tries to tell you that you can't make your way in the world... Prove them wrong. (Ashly Rice)
- Pain doesn't tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue, you will change. Don't let it stop you from being who you can be. Exhaustion tells you when you ought to stop. You only reach your limit when you can go no further.
- Everyone is fighting their own battle. To be free from their past . To live their present. And to create their future.
- Living up to your own expectations can be the hardest part of life.
- For peace, we must prepare for war. (Bobby Jagdev)
- On the path to the greatest nemesis, two enemies will walk together. (Slade Whitfield)
- Was dich nicht fordert, macht dich nur schwächer. (Heidi Klum)
- To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." (C.S. Lewis)
- Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. (Albert Camus)
- You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. (Dr. Seuss)
- Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (Maya Angelou)
- Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. (Dr. Seuss)
- I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)
- Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. (Apple Inc.)
- 'Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.' - 'Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.' (Exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill)
- A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' - 'That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress. (Benjamin Disraeli)
- A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. (Dalai Lama XIV)
Winston Churchill:
- Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
- A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
- Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.
- A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.
- A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.
Mark Twain:
- Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
- Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
- I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
- Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?
Oscar Wilde:
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- I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
- Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is [hu]man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
- Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
- I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
- Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
- To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
- I have nothing to declare except my genius.
- Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
- I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
- The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
- Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.
- I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.
- An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
- In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
- Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
- The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
- You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.
- To define is to limit.
- The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.
- One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.
Marilyn Monroe:
- I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
- When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
- I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.
- It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
- I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night — there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.
- If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?
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Man, going through the descriptions on my old stuff is pretty embarrassing.
I just love to draw and animate.
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Favourite style of art: I'm Neutral.
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I was using my HP Pavillion laptop. All of a suddent the screen starting looking fuzzy and it was frozen. I immediately turned the power off and then tried to turn the laptop back on. Now the screen doesn't work at all. The lights on the laptop are working, they light up when I power on. However the hard drive status indicator only turns on for a few seconds and you hear the fan but after that nothing. If I just leave it 'powered on' I can hear the hard drive (I think it's the hard drive) but nothing is on the screen. Is there a way to repair this and if so how do I determine how to do that without paying a lot of money?
If the hard drive was the issue, you would most likely not see a black screen upon boot - the computer does a few things before it pokes the hard drive for information.
Some possibilities:
Does your model laptop have some form of graphics out port, like a VGA port that you could hook up an external monitor too, just to see if you see anything on that screen? This will show you if it's an issue with the graphics card as opposed to the screen.
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Alice was going to get her way, mostly because she was totally unscrupulous when there was something she wanted… also because I was a sucker for guilt-trips. (21.101)
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[Edward to Jacob:] "I'm not such a fool as to wear it on my sleeve like you do. It doesn't help your case, you know." (22.121)
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Scenes from a warm July afternoon in the Stags Leap District
We ventured out into the heart of the Stags Leap District this afternoon to do some winetasting and it was obvious why the Napa Valley is ideally suited for winegrowing. It was a warm, dry, sunny and bright day. There was an ever-so-slight breeze and the bright blue sky, which offered a nice contrast to the brown hills and plush green vineyards, had not a single cloud in it.
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All cannabis products sold in Colorado will be forced under the microscope later this year, as state marijuana regulators have established guidelines mandating the use of laboratory testing.
Since marijuana remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government, the hand of the recreational marijuana industry is not held by federal agencies like the Food and Drug Administration, as a means to monitor and regulate the safety of its edibles market.
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what is the origin of the colour of azo-dyes? Is it the same reason as to why transition metal complexes have colour?
Yes, it is all about the absorption of light at specific wavelength.
Azobenzene, the parent compound has an absorption maximum around $\lambda$= 430 nm in the visible spectrum.
The interesting part is: The absorption can be tuned by substitution of the arenes. This is done before the azo coupling.
Some examples are Allura Red (1), Chrysoine Resorcinol (2), Janus Green B (3) and Direct Blue 1 (4).
The colours of the molecules are chosen to resemble the colour in solution.
In order to make the dyes soluble in water, either sulfonate groups are attached or the dye molecule is just one fat cation.
As already mentioned by GM in another answer, +M substituents elongate the $\pi$ system (auxochromic effect).
Is it the same as transition metal colors? If you define this as "an electron is promoted to a higher energy state" and that photon absorption defines the color then the answer is yes. If you define it as an absorption by d orbitals then the answer is no. As others have indicated these dyes can absorb in the visible wavelengths due to the aromatic delocalized pi electrons. These are electrons that are shared over many atoms. In a transition metal you are simply promoting electrons in the d shell from one state to another. The electrons aren't "wandering" over a bunch of other atoms.
What is the origin of colors?
Most of the colors that we perceive are originate by the selective absorption of some spectral bands and the reflection of the others wavelength, some times with the contribution of fluorescence from the absorption at higher wavelength. If we exclude color due to interference (e.g. some butterfly wings!) all the other phenomena are link with the photons absorption. However this absorption could be due to different causes and so we can differentiate between different absorption mechanisms.
Absorption of electromagnetic waves through bonding and anti-bonding $\pi$ and $\sigma$ orbitals
One very spread mechanism of absorption of electromagnetic waves is through electrons in pi and sigma orbitals. The absorption occurs at different wavelengths depending on the compound but however most of the transitions occur normally in the UV region (400nm is the limit of VIS region).I have made this picture with TikZ from this site you can se that only $n \rightarrow \pi^{*}$ is in the visible region.
How can azo dyes absorb light?
In the case of azo dyes the Chromophore is $\ce{-N=N}-$. Is this group that permit the absorption of light. However Azobenzene has is absorption peak in UV region (it only absorbs a little bit of blue).
So how can azo dyes absorb light (of course for light we means 400-700 nm radiation) and so be colorful? Form a bigger conjugated system is one way to lower the energy, in this case delocalizing the electrons across the molecule. For azobenzene you can also add two auxochromes the hydroxyl group ($-OH$) and the amino group ($-NH_{2}$) these groups permit the formation of a charge transfer complex CT Complex that should be something like this:
Is it the same reason as to why transition metal complexes have colour?
I'm not sure that is right to say that is the same reason whereby transition metal complexes have colour. However this is a trick question because we have seen that there are many factors that cause the absorption so of course a transition metal can be consider a conjugated system as said Dan S and so is completely different form this point of view, however CT complex is a common mechanism used to explain color in transition metal complex.


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Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck passed away today, just a day short of his 92nd birthday. The prolific talent openly spoke out against racism in the jazz scene and didn't stop with his against the grain mentality there. Brubeck welcomed experimentation and fusion into his jazz style, turning his nose up at traditionalists.
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I have heard the first year or couple years in a business you really have to put a lot into it. I would try to support his as best you can (trying to handle things on your own around the house). I am of the belief thought that when you are a SAHM that is primarily your job anyways though... Working and providing financially so you can stay home with your children IS helping you..... My husband works 12-14 hour shifts with a civilian employment and is also in the National Guard so I have to handle things on my own. That way, when he IS able to spend time here and there, it is enjoyable time with the family, not trying to take care and handle day to day stuff... Hang in there.
@daisy it's not the 50's anymore. A father needs to do more than bring home a paycheck.
My husband says he can work circles around me. He always telling me what I need to do. And he gets upset when I say something back to him.
Kayla N Jason
DS 4 TTC#2 Hoping for pink, but will be fine with blue.
Hey there,
Your DH should definitely try to put in some time with the kids, even if it is only for 1 hour, both because you need a break and because he needs to put in that time to bond with them. That would drive me crazy, but I guess in the long run if the business takes off, your family could be better off.
Margaret (41), DH (47), DS (8/30/10)
TTC#2 since 8/12, BO (9/12) BFP!!! (8/1/13)
Cautiously expecting #2!
Maybe try to talk to him with each of your "jobs" in mind. I mean, DH has the "job" of being Husband, the "job" of being Dad, and the "job" of being buisiness man. Same as you. And ask him if he could do a little more at his Dad job.
My husband has his own business as well. Defintely need to have a converstaion with him about it. Sometimes Men are clueless till we tell them exactly how we feel and why we feel that way.


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WHEN: 1 p.m. today
WHERE: Stegeman Coliseum
RECORDS: Wisconsin 13-1. Georgia 8-3.
PROBABLE STARTERS: Wisconsin - G Kammron Taylor (Sr., 6-foot-2, 175 pounds, 12.4 ppg., 1.9 apg., 2.4 rpg.); G Michael Flowers (Jr., 6-2, 185, 7.7 ppg., 3.3 apg., 1.7 spg.); F Alando Tucker (Sr., 6-6, 205, 20.0 ppg., 4.3 rpg.); F Jason Chappell (Sr., 6-10, 245, 4.2 ppg., 3.2 rpg.); C Brian Butch (Jr., 6-11, 245, 11.5 ppg., 6.8 rpg.). Georgia - G Sundiata Gaines (Jr., 6-1, 205, 8.1 ppg., 4.5 apg., 2.7 spg., 5.7 rpg.); G Levi Stukes (Sr., 6-2, 205, 13.9 ppg., 2.0 spg. 2.2 tpg.); G Mike Mercer (Soph., 6-4, 185, 16.8 ppg., 2.2 spg., 4.3 apg.); F Steve Newman (Jr., 6-9, 230, 5.5 ppg., 2.8 rpg.); C Dave Bliss (Soph., 7-0, 260, 5.2 ppg., 3.6 rpg.).
SERIES: Georgia leads 2-0.
LAST MEETING: Georgia center Alec Kessler had just one field goal in the second half against the Badgers, but it was a biggie. Kessler sank a 14-foot jumper with seven seconds left to lift the Bulldogs to a 65-64 victory in the first round of the Arizona State/Tribune Classic on Dec. 29, 1989, in Tempe, Ariz. Kessler finished with 23 points.
SEASON AT A GLANCE: Georgia has dropped two straight since winning seven in a row, including a romp over then-No. 16 Gonzaga on Dec. 16. Since getting shocked by Missouri State in the semifinals of the South Padre Island Invitational on Nov. 24, Wisconsin has reeled off nine straight wins, including a convincing 14-point victory over then-No. 2 Pittsburgh.
NOTES: Georgia coach Dennis Felton said point guard Sundiata Gaines is expected to play despite two torn ligaments in his right ankle. Gaines, who suffered the injury in the first half of Georgia's win over Jacksonville on Dec. 19, missed the Georgia Tech game and returned to the lineup this past Thursday against Clemson. His ankle was heavily taped prior to Friday's practice. ... Including Georgia's loss to No. 25 Clemson, today's game and Saturday's SEC opener against No. 3 Florida, Georgia will face three straight ranked teams for the first time since 2000. ... During Georgia's seven-game win streak earlier this year, the Bulldogs shot 55.8 percent from the field. Their field goal percentage has plummeted to 37.5 percent in the last two games. Combined, Georgia's guards are 26-for-71 (36.6 percent) during that span. ... Missouri State handed Wisconsin its only loss of this year by winning the rebounding battle 36-32 and forcing the Badgers to go 2-for-15 from the 3-point line. ... Naismith Award candidate Alando Tucker is ranked 18th in the nation in scoring. Rice's Morris Almond leads the country with 30.1 points per game.
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(by Bob Przybylo) Saturday took a look at some quick hitters with Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and his first press conference of the 2014 season. Now we'll do the same with OU's assistants who spoke Saturday. Defensive coordinator Mike Stoops: When talking about the strength of the...Read more


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We're hoping that drying off our dishes with the Spring Vegetables Tea Towel ($20) from Nell & Mary will remind us to add a few new veggie types to our grocery list. We're well-versed in yummy artichokes, but have yet to try our hand at sautéing up a pan of fiddleheads.
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Layoffs in August 2004
September 24, 2004
In August 2004, employers took 809 mass layoff actions, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 69,033.
Both the number of events and initial claims were lower than a year ago. It should be noted that August 2004 contained 4 weeks for possible mass layoffs, compared with 5 weeks in each August of the prior 3 years.
From January through August 2004, the total number of events, at 11,017, and of initial claims, at 1,118,574, were lower than in January-August 2003 (13,205 and 1,316,863, respectively).
The manufacturing sector had 24 percent of all mass layoff events and 26 percent of all initial claims filed in August—the smallest shares for any August since 1995, when the monthly series began. A year ago, manufacturing reported 32 percent of events and 39 percent of initial claims.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. Mass layoffs data for July and August 2004 are preliminary and subject to revision. For more information, see news release USDL 04-1831, "Mass Layoffs in August 2004" (PDF) (TXT).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Layoffs in August 2004 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2004/sept/wk3/art05.htm (visited June 27, 2016).
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Guy Fieri films at Bakersfield OTR and Taste of Belgium
CINCINNATI -- The spotlight shone bright on Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine Wednesday as crews from "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" hosted by Guy Fieri filmed at both Bakersfield OTR and The Taste of Belgium.
The food focused show typically centers around a specific food theme within a road trip type visit to an American city. Fieri created a bit of social media stir when he was spotted on Vine Street.
Julie Niesen Gosdin, a WCPO contributor, grabbed this shot of Fieri's car parked on the side of the road.
Seen as I walked back from the gym: @guyfieri, nice ride. pic.twitter.com/fAaHCIVNIy— Julie Niesen Gosdin (@winemedineme) July 9, 2014
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" began airing on Food Network in 2007.
Locally, Bakersfield OTR and Taste of Belgium have garnered positive attention and reviews from locals on websites such as Yelp.
Bakersfield OTR was opened in 2012 by John and Joe Lanni. It serves Mexican-influenced street food such as tacos, with a focus on tequila and whiskey from the bar.
Taste of Belgium's menu is reflected in its name, growing in popularity initially when Jean-Francois Flechet began selling Belgian waffles in 2007 before moving into its Vine Street location in 2011.
Most recently Taste of Belgium made headlines when it hosted a World Cup viewing party as Belgium beat the US Soccer team in Brazil.
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The exact air date for the episode starring the Vine Street eateries has not been released. It was also unclear what other eateries Fieri would be visiting for the upcoming episode.


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Five generations of the Slabaugh family
Five generations of Allene Slabaugh's family gathered for a photo recently.
Five generations of Allene Slabaugh's family gathered for a photo recently.
Pictured are (front row, from left) her granddaughter Stacey Rodino, Allene Slabaugh holding her great-great-granddaughter Meredith Bailey, her daughter Shonne Durr and (back row) her great-granddaughter Allison Bailey.
Allene Slabaugh just celebrated her 100th Christmas this past year and Meredith celebrated her first. Meredith was born Nov. 29, 2012. They all are life longe residents of Elkhart. The family considers themselves blessed to have each other.


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Wall Street Protesters Set to March Uptown
By Aaron Rutkoff and Alison Fox
Updated, 1 p.m. A group of protesters that includes a number of anti-Wall Street demonstrators is heading uptown Tuesday, with a planned afternoon march through the Upper East Side and past the homes of some of the city's wealthiest residents.
Around 1 p.m. protesters began heading north from 59th Street and 5th Avenue into one of Manhattan's toniest residential neighborhoods. The planned route, for which the marchers do not have a police permit, would bring the protest past the homes of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, oil magnate David Koch, New York Private Bank and Trust chief Howard Milstein and hedge fund manager John Paulson. (News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal.)
Traffic buzzed around the entrance to Central Park less than an hour before the so-called "Millionaires March" was set to begin. A few hundred protesters — with nearly as many personnel from media organization — had assembled, carrying signs with slogans that read "Millionaires should pay more" and "School Budgets get slashed to increase their stash."
Protest leaders say the event was in the works long before people began camping out at Zuccotti Park last month, and Tuesday's crowd was made up of some protesters up from Lower Manhattan, along with others from around the city who organized via MoveOn.org and elsewhere.
"We've been planning this for a long time, and I think it's bigger and stronger because of Occupy Wall Street" said Michael Kink, executive director of the Strong Economy for All Coalition, an organizer of Tuesday's march.
Theo Pappas, who lives in Manhattan's Turtle Bay neighborhood, was readying herself to walk up Park Avenue. "Most of the country's wealth is in the 1% of the population, and the rest of us are out here dribbling," she said.
Doug Forand, a protest leader, told the Associated Press that marchers would walk in narrow formation so as to keep parts of the sidewalk open.
In something of a departure from the abstract agenda articulated by Occupy Wall Street protesters during more than three weeks of encampment at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, Tuesday's march is expected to highlight a concrete policy sought by protesters: an extension of New York's 2% "millionaires' tax," which expires in December.
A message posted on the website of NYC Communities for Change, one of the groups organizing parts of the protest, explicitly mentioned "an extension of the Millionaire's tax" as a purpose for Tuesday's march. "Wanna 'see how the other half lives'? Then join us on a walking tour of the homes of some of the bank and corporate executives that don't pay taxes, cut jobs, engaged in mortgage fraud, tanked our economy…..all while giving themselves record setting bonuses!' the nonprofit group wrote to its members.
Forand told the AP that the state's plan to end the tax is "unconscionable" and urged lawmakers to extend it.


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I'm having an issue with a client of ours.
We've set up Round-robin multipathing to their san from their ESX cluster, we have it configured so that two NICs on each host are added to a port group, one NIC is connected to one switch, then the other to another switch. Each switch is then patched to one of the two Gigabit interfaces on the Equallogic. I've then configured dynamic discovery properly and enabled round-robin on each datastore for each host.
Our client has a stand-alone esxi server as part of their environment and, with this configuration, it works fine. It's only the cluster that now seems to be having an issue. When we originally reconfigured it to work earlier in the day I tested it by pulling a switch and it worked for the cluster + the standalone esxi host. I then went on to put a basic configuration on the switches; 1 port untagged on vlan 1 for management and the rest untagged on vlan 500 for data. I then put the first reconfigured switch in, then after a short while pulled the second switch, saw it fail over and then did the same. After reconfiguring it I put the second switch back in to the environment and it was working fine.
I then realised I'd run the power to the switches through the side of the cabinet and had to reroute them, so pulled the power on switch 2, ok, plugged it back in, ok, pulled the power on switch one, ok, plugged it back in... then all access to the datastores was lost. I had a look in at the datastores in vsphere and noticed all LUNs were disconnected, even after a refresh nothing would come up. So I pulled the power on switch one and access was restored.
The weird thing is this behaviour is only observed on the ESX cluster, the ESXi standalone host works fine and has, as far as I can tell, an identical configuration.
I'll admit I'm no storage genius, would anybody care to shed some light on where I'm going wrong?


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I styled this party for my daughter's first birthday. She is such a lady and has so many red, black, and white outfits. I figured a ladybug theme would be appropriate. I added some green (grass) to give the party a different look. I spent two months planning the party so I picked up various unique ladybug items I could find.
The first item made was a potted flower decoration piece - a sunflower in a green pot with green crinkly paper. We used ladybug adhesives on the sunflower for that extra touch.
The buffet table was decorated like a true picnic table atop fake grass. The center of the table featured a picnic basket with rolls for the hot-bugs that the kids ate. The table spread from there...fake plush ants, watermelon fruit bowl, cutlery in gingham napkins.
The dessert table featured so many delightful ladybug treats. The drink station featured a variety of sodas, ladybug water, and of course ladybug juice (Hawaian punch and blueberries.
The guests had a lot of phone in the photobooth! I made majority of the props - callouts were made using Microsoft Word and the mustaches and lips were a free download online. The backdrop was a reverse ladybug - black table cloth with red dots (from construction paper).
The banners were ordered from etsy - ASweetCelebration.
A friend of mine made the beautiful cake with toppers we purchased from etsy - parkersflourpatch.
I made the cupcakes (shocked myself) as I wanted to have made something for her special day.
The lady herself was dressed in a ladybug first birthday tutu from TickleMyTutu.
Overall, the party was a success! Everyone enjoyed themselves...especially our little lady!


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This is a book for car nuts. Those of you who just have to know everything there is to know about cars. I have some things in here that you may not already know. This is the writings of a guy who worked in the industry for about 40 years. I explain how a car is designed, released, and built. I include many stories of the many problems I ran into while at the assembly plant or at Engineering. While I show my ModelA on the cover, this book is not about antique cars. I was in the industry from 1958 until the end of 1996, so it talks about the "modern iron". I do have fun with my Model A's.
Born In Louisiana in 1935, BSME from LSU, MSAutomotive Engineering from Chrysler Institute of Engineering, MBA from Michigan State. Married to Maureen, with four grown children. Worked at Chrysler from 1958 to the end of 1991.
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Get ready for the start of three weekends of Riot Fest!
The alt rock events begin this weekend in Toronto then stop in Chicago and end up in Denver.
Taking place on Sept. 6 and 7 at Downsview Park, the opening night features concerts by The Cure, Billy Talent, The Flaming Lips, Paul Weller, The Afghan Whigs, Death From Above 1979, Manchester Orchestra, Rise Against, Rubblebucket, Brand New, Alkaline Trio, Taking Back Sunday and Bring Me the Horizon.
On Sunday Toronto's City and Colour headlines and will be joined by Death Cab for Cutie, The National, Metric, Social Distortion, Stars, The Head and the Heart, Dropkick Murphys, The New Pornographers, Bob Mould, Buzzcocks, Clutch, Lucero, Pup and The Bots.
Now, in its 10th year Riot Fest Chicago, Sept. 12-14, has moved to the northern section of Humboldt Park in order to offer more concerts and attractions.
Besides a lineup that includes The Cure, The National, Jane's Addiction, Weezer, Flaming Lips, Slayer, Social Distortion, Mastodon, Descendents, Tegan and Sara, The Offspring, Wu-Tang Clan, City and Colour, Patti Smith, Paul Weller, Billy Bragg, Primus, Metric, Lucero, NOFX, Gogol Bordello, Clutch, Samhain and Cheap Trick, there will now be two Ferris Wheels, bumper cars and Tilt-A-Whirl, a 9-hole mini-golf course plus regular fare such as Lucha Libre wrestling.
There will also be burlesque shows, circus stunt show and chainsaw sculpting in tribute to the late Dave Brockie of GWAR and the event's unofficial mascot John Stamos.
The fest is also working with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless again. This time it will donate proceeds from a 20-game arcade on the site.
Thurston Moore has canceled his Riot Fest appearances in Toronto and Chicago due to visa issues.
Still taking place after a forced change of location will be Denver's Riot Fest, Sept. 19-21 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. On these grounds, it will recreate the festival's original site of Byers, Colorado and May Farms.
Like the prior weekends, the Denver experience will host many of the same artists including Weezer, The Cure, The National, The Flaming Lips, Primus, Social Distortion, Descendents, City and Colour, Lucero, Buzzcocks, Clutch, Rise Against, Manchester Orchestra and Dropkick Murphys.
For more information on all three events, visit http://riotfest.org.


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In the summer of 2008 the price of a barrel of oil rose to a high of about $130. It then dropped in early 2009 to just below $50 a barrel, and has since risen to today's price of about $90 a barrel. It is or should be of great interest to all of us to figure out where the price will be in one year from now.
A few weeks ago, at a conference called the Innovations Conference on Asphalt and Technology the incoming CEO of Caterpillar, Doug Oberheleman, presented an overview of the current global economy. He noted, among other things, that his company was conducting economic planning based on two possible scenarios. In one (which was assessed as 75% probability of happening) the US economy would grow steadily at between 3 and 4% this year. In the other scenario (25% probability) the economy would go back into recession. While people may quibble with the likelihood of the two scenarios, the general descriptions of them would likely find good support among those who discuss such things.
But where will this put the price of oil? And why has it been changing so much? Basically two things will determine the price of any commodity: the perceived relative supply of that commodity (is there sufficient supply to meet demand, too much demand, or over-supply); and the perceived value of the currency in which the commodity is priced. Thus, if the price of a barrel of oil increases it could be for two reasons. People may believe that the dollar is less valuable than it was, or they may perceive that the supply of oil is becoming less able to meet demand.
In 2008 the run-up in the oil price was due to both of these factors. The economy at that time was booming around the world, and all sorts of commodities (concrete, oil, steel, etc.) were increasing in price because demand exceeded supply. Additionally it seems that a lot of folks thought that growth in traditional investments such as stocks and bonds would be limited in the near future so they put their available money into commodities, like oil, which they thought would increase in value relative to the dollar.
Others at that time got very excited about peak oil - the idea that the world is running out of oil. Such predictions have been made before, about oil and other commodities, and have been proved wrong each and every time. Of course, "this time it will be different," and all that, but it would appear that we are not at peak oil yet.
As the summer of 2008 passed into autumn, the price of a barrel of oil collapsed down to ultimately less than $50 a barrel. What caused this? Well, first of all the world economy cooled off considerably, so the demand for oil diminished rapidly. Then, as the price began to drop, those who had bought oil as an investment recognized they needed to sell it quickly if they were to realize any of their hitherto notional profits, which drove the price down further and faster until it ultimately bottomed out.
And since then, the price of oil has been rising. In part because the global economy has been growing, albeit slowly, and so demand has grown too. But also because confidence in the dollar is not strong at present. The reason for that is because confidence in all the world's economies is not particularly strong either, primarily because most of the developed economies have been borrowing way more than they can afford. People are beginning to worry about whether they will get the bonds they hold in the debt of various countries repaid. Put simply, people have more confidence in oil than in the dollar.
Exhibit A in the current worry is Greece, which is basically broke and unable to fix itself. Simply, for years Greece has been spending more money than they took in as taxes, and making up the difference by borrowing (which sounds distressingly familiar). But now, those who had been lending money to Greece have decided it is not a good deal. If Greece wants to borrow any more money, it will have to do so at ruinously high interest rates. Further, because they are in the Euro currency, they cannot simply inflate their debt into insignificance. To make matters worse, Greece is not the only problem either in Europe, or the world.
Current concerns in Europe are focusing on Spain possibly following Greece into fiscal hell, with additional concerns that Portugal, Italy, and Ireland might follow. But the rot goes further and some are even concerned about the UK being in trouble. And the cause of the trouble in all cases is the same - too much government spending. That trouble of course is one that we share here in the US.
Clearly some people are concerned about all of this, which is why we have the whole Tea Party movement here in the US. Some governments are even doing something about it which is really quite remarkable, and is about the only sign of hope in this regard that I can see. Japanese politicians are calling bureaucrats before them in public meetings and making them defend their budgets, in the hope that the embarrassment would lead to reductions in spending. It appears to be working! To quote the Instapundit - Faster Please!
But what does this have to do with the future price of oil? Well, if the world loses confidence in the dollar, then its value will diminish rapidly and the price of oil (in dollars at least) will rise rapidly. So far this has not happened, but that maybe because most other global currencies are not in very much better shape than the dollar. So, when the treasury auctions off debt, there are still people willing to buy that debt, even at the very low interest rates that hold at present. But if people lose confidence in the dollar (or, more specifically, in the US government) then they either will not buy US debt, or they will demand a much higher interest rate for the debt, neither of which would be good.
Why would people lose confidence in the US government? Because they do not believe that the government is willing to bring spending down to a level that is balanced by tax receipts. In short, if the congress that is elected in November of this year does not propose a budget that is close to balanced (i.e. less than $100 billion deficit) then it appears likely that the world will begin to lose confidence in the dollar. In such circumstances, the price of a barrel of oil will rapidly climb to $300 and quite possibly beyond - which will be one trigger that helps to send us into a second recession deeper and longer than the one we have just started to climb out of.
On the other hand, if the newly elected congress were to show that they could pass a balanced budget (which will involve reductions of at least $1 trillion in spending from this year's budget) then confidence in the dollar will grow rapidly, investment in the US will also grow rapidly, and even though strong economic growth (and thus increased demand for oil) will be happening in the US and throughout the world the price of a barrel of oil will drop to around $30. The question then is not so much what will the price of oil be, but rather, how much courage are the politicians we will elect this November capable of showing? That is not a question that is likely to make any of us feel particularly happy.


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Nonparametric Bayesian methods are interesting because they may provide a way of learning the appropriate units of generalization as well as the generalization's probability or weight. Adaptor Grammars are a framework for stating a variety of hierarchical nonparametric Bayesian models, where the units of generalization can be viewed as kinds of PCFG rules. This talk describes the mathematical and computational properties of Adaptor Grammars and linguistic applications such as word segmentation and syllabification.
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Swam at the Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal.
Overcame surgery from a two-bone-break in her arm to swim lifetime bests at the Pac-12 Championships ... Placed 16th in the 200 free, 22nd in the 100 free and 24th in the 50 free ... Swam on the winning 200 free relay that set new meet, facility and school records vs. USC ... Also finished third in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 free vs. USC ... Swam on the winning 400 free relay ... Placed first in the 200 IM and second in both the 50 and 100 free against Arizona ... Was second in the 200 free, third in the 100 free and fourth in the 200 IM vs. ASU ... Placed first in the 200 free and second in both the 100 free and 200 IM against UCSB ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ... CSCAA Scholar All-America honoree.
Competed for Singapore in the 100/200 free and 200 IM at the World University Games.
Placed 15th in the 200 free, 23rd in the 100 free and 27th in the 50 free at Pac-10s ... Was fourth in the 50 free against USC ... Won the 100 free against Cal, Boise State/WSU, San Diego/Idaho and Oregon State/UCSB ... ... Placed fourth in both the 100 and 200 free against Stanford ... Placed first in both the 50 and 100 free against UC Davis/LMU ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Competed for Singapore at the Pan Pacific Junior Championships.
Was a member of Singapore's 2008 Beijing Olympic team, competing in the 100 free and 400 IM ... Named Singapore's Sports Girl of the Year for 2009 by Singapore media ... Received the Zone Colours and National Colours Award from 2005-2009 ... Also competed for Singapore at the 2009 Rome World Championships, 2007 Melbourne World Championships, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2005 Montreal World Championships ... Competed for Swimfast Aquatic Club under coach David Lim, the top club team in Singapore.
Born August 18, 1992 in Singapore ... Daughter of Tee and Anne Quah ... Has one brother and sister, Zheng and Jing ... Communications major.
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100 Freestyle (Short Course) 49.57
200 Freestyle (Short Course) 1:47.61
50 Freestyle (Long Course) 25.43
100 Freestyle (Long Course) 55.57
200 Freestyle (Long Course) 1:59.91
400 Freestyle (Long Course) 4:13.30