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How Marketers Will Spend in 2011
Online media continues to gobble up marketing budgets at the expense of more traditional forms -- a pattern we've seen for some time. The chart below puts numbers to the trend. More than 1,100 marketers were asked about the channels in which their companies would be investing more, or less, in 2011.
Print, broadcast, and direct mail will lose budget in more shops than they will gain; no surprise there. On the winning end, the dependable online tactics of search (SEO), Website, and email marketing will see far more companies increasing investment than decreasing.
The new kid on the block, of course, is social marketing. This year social joins the old standbys, with 57 percent of respondents saying their companies will invest more, and only 4 percent saying they will disinvest.
Online display ads, telemarketing, and public relations fall somewhere in between -- all with more companies investing than cutting, but to a lesser degree than the winners above.
"US marketers will spend $3.08 billion to advertise on social networking sites this year," according to eMarketer. "Spending will be up 55% over the $1.99 billion advertisers devoted to social networks in 2010 and will rise by a further 27.7% next year to reach nearly $4 billion." Interestingly, this recent 2011 estimate is a billion dollars higher than one from last August. The disparity is laid entirely to spending on Facebook advertising, which is slated to rise more than $2 billion this year.
You can dig deeper into the trends for social media marketing via this deck. While the patterns mentioned above are fully on display, a cautionary note is that 47 percent of companies surveyed believe the jury is still out on ROI from social initiatives.
This presentation raises a provocative point about metrics for social media: Are we looking at measurement in the wrong way? Perhaps we should take a clue from Demand Media, which was the first to turn search on its head by writing articles based on what people were searching for. Instead of tracking response to what you do in social media marketing, should you be measuring what consumers are doing and fit your marketing to that?
Here is a blog with a contrarian view, arguing that mass media (defined there as "TV, print, and outdoor") aren't dead yet and won't be any time soon, for truly mass-market products at least. It's UK-centric -- anyone have numbers on advertising spend by category in the US in 2010? Let us know in the comments.
— Keith Dawson , Senior Editor, The CMO Site.
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The Bruins will play Loyola Marymount on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. to give them six games this weekend.
Ally Carda earned Athlete of the Week, and Samantha Peszek's perfect 10 was the Play of the Week.
UCLA welcomes UC Davis, Robert Morris, Western Kentucky and LMU to Easton Stadium this weekend.
Senior Alyssa Tiumalu was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time in her career.
Ally Carda struck out six and had three hits in the 13th-ranked Bruins' win over Hawai'i.
Jessica Hall struck out nine and Stephany LaRosa and Mysha Sataraka homered in a win over Delaware.
UCLA tied the game in the seventh on an error and scored six in the eighth in a 7-2 win over Hawaii.
Jessica Hall, Mysha Sataraka and Alyssa Tiumalu all homered in a shutout win against Hampton.
Ally Carda tossed the 105th no-hitter in UCLA history, as the 13th-ranked Bruins beat Delaware.
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Jan. 19, 2012
UCLA Gymnastics coaches and team members will be answering your questions every Thursday over the course of the season. To submit questions for future Q&As, CLICK HERE.
Ed (Boston):
To the student athletes: Is there something you look for in choosing coaches at the NCAA level? You've always talked about school, academics, team, etc., but what do you look for in a coach at this point in your career?
Samantha Peszek: Yes! This was also very important when choosing a school. Obviously, the most important thing for any student-athlete is to make sure they gel with the coach and the program. Each coach has a different philosophy and style of coaching. As a recruited athlete, no matter how good you may be, if they don't buy in to the program's beliefs, you will not be successful. I wanted to go to a school with coaches that could help improve my gymnastics and also help me achieve success outside of gymnastics.
I really clicked with Chris Waller from the beginning. His coaching style is what I am used to and how I like to be coached. He has a fiery passion for the program, the gymnasts, and winning. I felt the same way and couldn't wait to be a part of this "family" I heard so much about before coming. Miss Val's philosophy in coaching related to John Wooden's philosophy, which had already been proven successful, to say the least. She has strong beliefs of what her program should look like and how to achieve success not only in gymnastics but every other aspect of your life as well. That is really what college is about anyway, learning life lessons and how to balance academics while remaining a top athlete. Also, Miss Val constantly reminds us about life after college and how to be successful in whatever you choose to do. I was very attracted to the fact that most of UCLA gymnastics graduates went on to achieve something great after college. So, after being on the UCLA gymnastics team for only one year, I can honestly say Miss Val has been a mentor when I needed advice, a coach when I needed a kick in the butt, and a friend when I needed a hug.
Megan (Los Angeles): What are your thoughts on blogs that include personal attacks on college athletes? How do gymnasts deal with such personal criticism?
Valorie Kondos Field: I abhor mean comments and behavior. I have no place in my life for mean-spirited people. I caution our student-athletes to not read comments about themselves. Whether it is wonderfully complimentary or hurtful, the truth is usually somewhere in between, so there's no need to read it in the first place.
Linda (Yorba Linda, CA): Apparently in the SEC individual awards are not allowed to be given this year. This makes the awards shorter. Have you considered this?
Valorie Kondos Field: Actually, we have decided to only announce the winner of each event, the all-around winner and team awards from here on out. Previously, we announced the top 3 on each event to give more athletes more of an opportunity to be recognized, but we've received a lot of feedback asking that the awards portion go quicker. So we'll be doing that starting this weekend.
Sadi (Jeddah, Saudi): Since you are superhero-themed this season, do any of the gymnasts have superhero-themed FX routines? Do they also have characters for beam routines?
Valorie Kondos Field: We do not have Super Action Hero themed floor routines, although we should have (It might have pushed the corny SAH envelope a bit and gotten really obnoxious). I hope you get to see Dana McDonald's FX routine. Her character is the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's very DARK, and she does a great job with it. They do not have characters on beam, although when I was choreographing Mattie Larson's beam routine I told her to think Black Swan.
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Uhh... I don't see the point of it.
Because Nintendo dont like makein games for the ds.......
It seams to be some sort of mouse
It gose in every direction.
It looks pointless
It makes the DS lite have a bit that sticks out.
It will probabliy only work with one or two games
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i think its for a new game and you have to slide the ds across the table the game is called Slide Adventure: Mag Kid
I don't think it would be a mouse since you can already navigate the DS screen (bottom) by using your fingers or the stylus. Looks interesting, wish I could read Japanese now.
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that looks really wierd? but it could work?
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I'm not sure what to make of this..
This is making the DS not portable..you need to play it on a surface with this game
If only we could read Japanese.
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I'm wondering what games it could be used for that one couldnt utelize the touchpad for already...
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Someone wanted to destroy these photographic moments from the first half of the twentieth century. They took the trouble to rip each image in half and then threw the lot into the garbage. Tough luck then that I came along, fished the fragments out and eventually got round to piecing them all together again. Here are those salvaged moments from times long gone by.
I started out in photography in 1973 with my mum's old Kodak Brownie 127. Four Nikons, a Rolleiflex, two Hasselblads, two Leicas, a Noblex and almost forty years later, I still have fun using that Bakelite beauty with its single optic, fixed aperture and shutter speed. Long live film!
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The week of March 11, President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships issued a report called, A New Era of Partnerships: Report of Recommendations to the President. The report covered many topics, such as poverty, climate change, and inter-religious cooperation. More importantly to this column, the report spent 25 pages to focus on fatherhood, a topic very often neglected by social organizations and policy-makers.
The Council did not include any specifically local members or organizations, but did feature the P.E.A.C.E Initiative, a San Antonio-based coalition to end domestic violence, and Carey Casey, CEO of the National Center for Fathering and former Garland pastor and Dallas Cowboys chaplain.
The Report
The entire report is a 176 page manifesto that exhaustively covers all of the topics listed above and more, with the father-focused content running from pages 27 to 52. If you choose to download it, you'll need to clear your schedule for an evening or two to complete and absorb the information. If not, read below for a very abbreviated summary of the Council's recommendations.
The Core Concepts
Below is the mission statement for the fatherhood recommendations:
A single overarching conviction shaped our deliberations: Responsible, engaged fathers
are critical to the financial, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual well-being of
children, and therefore to the strength and health of American families and communities.
Summary of the Recommendations to the President
- Hold quarterly White House Partnership Roundtables focusing on increasing father involvement.
- Host an annual Father's Day Celebration at the White House to honor outstanding fathers.
- Model the role of committed husband and father and personally affirm other fathers.
- Challenge agencies to work together for the good of fathers and children.
- Increase funding for fatherhood programming.
- Invest in high-quality evaluation of fatherhood programming.
- Develop better ways to reach fathers of all cultures and languages.
- Train health care and human service workers to better serve fathers.
- Include job placement and financial services under federal grants.
What does the report mean for Denton fathers?
Most of the recommendations will have a "trickle-down" effect on fathers in the Denton and Dallas-Fort Worth area. Many of these recommendations focus on funding, training, and cooperation, which could take months or years to take effect, similar to the health-care reforms. However, Denton area fathers could see immediate impact from two of the recommendations: President Obama modeling his commitment to his family and the annual Father's Day celebration at the White House. These two should be examples for fathers nationwide, and perhaps, provide the opportunity for some local fathers to be honored by the President.
The President's Support
This initiative will likely have the President's full support based on his very impassioned speech from Father's Day 2009.
"In many ways, I came to understand the importance of fatherhood through its absence—both in my life and in the lives of others. I came to understand that the hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children is one that no government can fill. We can do everything possible to provide good jobs and good schools and safe streets for our kids, but it will never be enough to fully make up the difference. That is why we need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one."
Even if you have disagreed with President Obama in the past, at least this time, you must agree with him on his passionate hope for fathers.
Check back for future articles relating to the Recommendations from the President's Advisory Council and Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
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College Hockey:AHCA Division III All-Americans Named
Aronson First-Teamer For Third Straight Year
The American Hockey Coaches Association, in conjunction with Jofa, has announced the 1999-2000 College Division (Division III) All-American teams, and forward Steve Aronson of St. Thomas led the squad as a first-team All-American for the third straight year. RIT forward Pat Staerker made one of the teams for the third straight season; he was second-team two seasons ago and a first-team member last season.
David Haimson of Williams and Marc Bellemare of Division III champion Norwich repeat as first-team members.
AHCA/Jofa Division III All-American Teams
First Team – West
Bryan Howard, Concordia, Jr. Goaltender
Tommy Cianflone, St. Norbert, Jr. Defense
Rob Gramer, Concordia, Sr. Defense
Kevin Adam, Bethel, Sr. Forward
Steve Aronson, St. Thomas, Sr. Forward
Ryan Maxson, UW-Stevens Point, Jr. Forward
First Team – East
David Haimson, Williams, Sr. Goaltender
Ben Barnett, Middlebury, Sr. Defense
Mike Ludwar, Norwich, Sr. Defense
Keith Aucoin, Norwich, Jr. Forward
Marc Bellemare, Norwich, Sr. Forward
Curt Goldman, Middlebury, Sr. Forward
Second Team – West
Bobby Gould, UW-Stevens Point, So. Goaltender
Jared Gustafson, Bethel, Jr. Defense
Mike McMahon, St. Thomas, Jr. Defense
Brian Bolf, St. Thomas, Sr. Forward
Jeff Glowa, UW-Superior, Jr. Forward
Adam Sedgwick, St. Norbert, Jr. Forward
Second Team – East
Lou Mastromarino, Salem State, Sr. Goaltender
Brian Collom, Southern Maine, Sr. Defense
Bryan Murray, Plattsburgh, Jr. Defense
John Giannacopoulos, Middlebury, Sr. Forward
Jeff Paluseo, Plattsburgh, Sr. Forward
Pat Staerker, RIT, Sr. Forward
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East Carolina Head Baseball Coach Billy Godwin will make a guest appearance on the Jeff Lebo Radio Call-In Show Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Coach Godwin, who is filling in for Coach Lebo as the men's basketball team travels to El Paso, Texas for the 2011 Buick Conference USA Championship, will be joined by host Chris Hemeyer live from Logan's Roadhouse in Greenville and will feature in-depth game-by-game analysis from Godwin and a question-and-answer segment for fans.
The show will be carried on Pirate Sports Network flagship station WNCT 107.9 in Greenville as well as additional affiliates throughout the region. The show is available online to ECU Total Access subscribers at www.ECUPirates.com
Fans can call-in to the show on the CenturyLink Hotline at 1-888-477-7234. In addition, fans can submit questions through www.ECUPirates.com or by joining coach Godwin at Logan's Roadhouse.
Godwin and the Pirates (7-3) are coming off a series win over Pepperdine after splitting a doubleheader Saturday, 4-5 (11 inn.) and 7-4. ECU will be back in action on Tuesday, March 8 when it travels to Campbell before returning home for the first of four-straight home games on Wednesday, March 9 against High Point. Later in the week, ECU will host the Eighth Annual Keith LeClair Classic starting Friday, March 11.


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Michigan's economy is growing, second fastest in the nation. There are not many states where you can live, raise a family and build a business as easily and comfortably as you can in Michigan. Below are just 10 reasons why Michigan is a Land of Opportunity.
Cost of Living
Compared to other states and cities in the region, Michigan's cost of living remains more affordable, all amenities included. A recent report by Demographia found that Detroit has the most affordable homes among 325 cities around the world! Housing is 383% more expensive in Boston than Lansing, and Chicago is 65% overall more expensive than Kalamazoo.
Entrepreneurial Environment
No other state in the nation provides the breadth and depth of entrepreneurial support to budding high growth companies like Michigan. The state provides volumes of support for entrepreneurs, at many levels. Economic organizations like the MEDC, SPARK, Automation Alley, Startup Zoo and TECH Town actively engage individuals, fostering the businesses of tomorrow.
Access to Capital
Michigan is the first state in the nation to be approved for federal small-business funding! On January 14, 2010, Michigan won approval of approximately $79.1 million in federal capital funding to support our state's cutting-edge Capital Access, Michigan Collateral Support and Michigan Loan Participation programs, part of the Michigan Business Growth Fund (MBGF) efforts.
Whether it's winter or summer; spring or fall; indoors or outdoors; or rural or metropolitan, Michigan offers a million things to see, taste, smell, hear and experience. Michigan is home to vineyards, historic communities, microbreweries, urban oases, nationally celebrated restaurants and the largest freshwater coast in the world. Plus, with more than 100,000 votes from the public, Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named the "most Beautiful Place in America" on ABC's Good Morning America.
From kindergarten to college, Michigan's educational system continually produces students that are ready to take on the world. In addition to the state's 119 colleges and universities and 308 vocational and technical schools, Michigan has a strong K-12 system. Michigan ranks third in the number of engineering degrees awarded annually – with more than 6,500.
Job Growth
"The economic pain that has been felt in the state is obvious – and hard for an outsider to comprehend in its depth. It is clearly reflected in the state's psyche. But equally apparent is the determination to plow on and overcome by finding new ways to create jobs and growth," says Xconomy. Michigan economic developers and state officials continue to focus on how they can keep tearing down walls and building bridges with community efforts aimed at growing Michigan's economy. In 2011 Newsweek/The Daily Beast ranked the state No. 1 in job growth. Currently, several employers project expanding workforces in 2012, including Chrysler, Gentex and Quicken Loans.
R&D/Technology Corridor
This state has one of the largest concentrations of R&D, engineers, research universities and talent. Michigan boasts an integrated IT network ripe for startups currently forming with the guidance and assistance of other established IT companies.
Resurgence of Manufacturing
As President Obama said January 27: "Michigan is all about making stuff. If there's anybody that can teach us about manufacturing, it's the great state of Michigan." Michigan is redefining manufacturing in the 21st century, by implementing production efficiencies, and making domestic manufacturing competitive globally.
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Michigan's amazing quality of life extends far past our woods and our waters. Michigan boasts some of the nation's most important institutions and cultural resources. The Detroit Institute of Arts, among the nation's premiere art collections, is home to the world-famous Diego Rivera "Detroit Industry" fresco cycle. Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is the top tourist attraction in West Michigan. Michigan also offers renowned places to study art, including Interlochen Center for the Arts near Traverse City and Detroit's College for Creative Studies.
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Dear neighbors having sex,
if you move the bed like that,
you'll prolly wind up screwing
on the ground.
Sticks and stones
may break my bones,
but I think you're breaking his
judging by the kind of
sounds he's making.
Alright, I'm slightly jealous
that you're getting more than me.
But more than crazy fornication,
I need sleep.
I know you think your room
is made of sound-proofed cinderblocks,
but really--
both your voice tend to carry.
All those manly moanings
sound so different every night,
Good for you!
It means you've caught so many!
If only you could catch them
while I wasn't counting sheep.
So good luck,
and keep your banging quiet, please.
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Good. Lord. The sexual themes tag has never been more relevant.
I'm sorry, but this is just damn funny. It sucks when it occurs, but... XD
Oh lordy this brings back freshman-year-of-college memories. AMEN, SISTER. Worst thing was not knowing who it was on our floor so you couldn't commiserate without fearing retribution.
XD Amazing!! Your style is perfection!! >w< Congratulations on the DD, always nice to see humorous pieces featured! ^u^
Hahah! I called up my one good guy friend, sent him the link, and made him read it, just to hear his smooth voice read the poem for me. It was so good! Nice!
i like it.
What's worse that hearing your neighbors having sex through the walls? Hearing your roommates having sex.
My brother was my roommate
My brother was my roommate
I know them feels bro
I know them feels bro
this comment. I cant even I am so sorry hahaha
Yes. Just... yes.
My lover and I are guilty of being those noisy neighbors-good to see the perspective from the quiet ones' side
So funny i love it!
You should totally print this out, put it in an envelope, and tape it to their door. Then they'd get the message and you'd get a laugh too
I would, but I'm afraid of the backlash! They've gotten quieter, so no need to complain to them as of now. However, if they get noisy again, I'll tell them in person.
LOL at the situation from a distance, but oh you poor thing to have to hear that. O_O
Yep! A lot of times it's conducive to "MY EARS, THEY BLEED!"
Other times I can stuff my head in the pillow and ignore them. I've debated retaliating by mimicking the noises but twice as loud, but will confront them in person if it gets bad again.
It's a funny story to tell, so as long as I'm not in the moment, it's fine.
Other times I can stuff my head in the pillow and ignore them. I've debated retaliating by mimicking the noises but twice as loud, but will confront them in person if it gets bad again.
It's a funny story to tell, so as long as I'm not in the moment, it's fine.
Dohohohoho! I grin just reading this... we know we've all had that neighbour!
Grats on the DD; it's completely well-deserved!
Grats on the DD; it's completely well-deserved!
Unfortunately, yes we have! Those that avoid it are lucky, though it does make for a good story to tell.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
Heh heh... not unless you accidentally tell it in front of that person or something!
Always welcome!
Always welcome!
My ribs!
I..what... wow o_O
Sounds like you live in an apartament.
I love this
Hahaha. I had a lot of fun with this.
oh callerofcrows xD You... this is great. -claps-


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The Chico Movie Examiner recently conducted an over-the-phone interview with actor Sam Neill about his role in "The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box," which releases to limited theaters on Friday, Jan. 10.
The film, based on G.P. Taylor's novel "Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box," tells the story of young Mariah Mundi (Aneurin Barnard), whose world gets turned upside down when his parents (played by Ioan Gruffudd and Keeley Hawes) go missing and his younger brother (played by Xavier Atkins) gets kidnapped. Mariah teams up with Will Charity (Michael Sheen) to embark on a journey that lands them at the Prince Regent Hotel, which is operated by Otto Luger (Neill).
It's discovered that Otto is the one responsible for the kidnapping of Mariah's brother, and he might have also found the secret lair that contains the Midas Box. With this box, anyone can turn anything into gold. And if it falls into the hands of Otto, bad things will happen.
Neill talked about his role as Otto; the possibility of returning to the "Jurassic Park" franchise; his love for wine; and more. Check out the full interview below.
David Wangberg: There's a quote that you said over 20 years ago in reference to your Carl Fitzgerald character in "Death in Brunswick." And that quote was, "Of all the characters I've played, I think I have more in common with [Carl] than I do with "Reilly: Ace of Spies." I was wondering, even though Otto [Luger] is a villain, what characteristics do you have in common with him?
Sam Neill: Did you see "Death in Brunswick?"
DW: No, I did not.
SN: [laughs] OK. [Carl] is a kind of hapless fool. I think the only thing I have in common with this particular character would be the beard. [Otto] is a very, very bad man, and I, myself, am a paragon of goodness.
DW: Out of all the characters you've played over the years, which is the one with whom you would say you have the most in common, and which is the one with whom you have the least in common?
SN: Well, I've certainly got nothing in common with this guy, apart from an affection for a good neck tie.
I don't know. I don't think anything I've played has been remotely connected to myself, apart from when I've been playing myself in a documentary. Hopefully, every character you play is vivid and complete unto themselves. Inevitably, there will be something of yourself that kind of bleeds into the character to some extent, but I hope they live and breathe on their own.
DW: This is based off the first "Mariah Mundi" book, and a lot of successful, cinematic franchises have been based on books as of recent years – including "Harry Potter"; "Twilight"; and even "Jurassic Park." If you could place yourself in another franchise aside from "Jurassic Park," of which one would you like to be in at least one film?
SN: Hmm… can you give me any more franchises?
DW: Oh, there's "Harry Potter," "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Twilight," "Indiana Jones," "Star Wars"…
SN: I think they've all pretty much done their dash. Although, "Star Wars" is coming back, isn't it?
DW: Yeah, "Star Wars" is coming back.
SN: With J.J. Abrams. Well, I like J.J. I'd like to work with him again. "Star Wars" would be cool.
DW: Yeah, you guys did "Alcatraz" together.
SN: That's correct.
DW: There's a moment in the film where you narrate the tale of King Midas. If someone was to make a documentary about the career of Sam Neill, who would you like to have narrate it?
SN: [laughs] Wow! That's a left-field question. Let's see. Who would I like to narrate it? Wow! I think Richard Burton. I think Richard Burton's got the sonority for it, you know?
DW: Continuing with that, if someone was to make a documentary about you, what would be the one thing that they should include in it?
SN: Oh, my affection for wine probably. That's my other life, which is diametrically opposed to what I do as an actor. I'm a winemaker, and I find that increasingly enthralling.
DW: You do acting, and you do winemaking. With this being called "The Adventurer," do you also consider yourself an adventurer of some kind or a risk taker of some kind?
SN: I'm not sure about the risk taking, but I do think that my life has been a sort of very unlikely adventure, and I never expected to be a working actor – let alone, an actor that works regularly on film and television. That wasn't something I anticipated at all. I counted it up the other day – I've worked in about 35 different countries, which is phenomenal. Coming from a small town in a small country, this is beyond any kind of reason. It's beyond my wildest expectations. I never thought that would happen, and it's been greatly satisfying and, really, an adventure.
DW: Had you read the "Mariah Mundi" books before doing this film?
SN: No, I hadn't. They're kid's books.
DW: Well, I thought you could have read them to your children, or maybe just…
SN: No, they're too big for that stuff.
DW: [laughs] There's a part in the film where your character is having a rare steak, and he says, "A little blood does liven up the parrot." What is the one thing in your life that kind of livens you up, even if it's just a little, tiny bit of it?
SN: Conversation [and] stimulating company. And my affection for wine goes beyond opening a bottle. I think wine has immensely enriched my life, because I'm enthralled with the soil and the seasons and the beautiful sort of rich cycle. But also, the end product is so much… I love company; I love being with friends; I love conversation with a glass of wine. So, yeah, probably a glass of wine is the thing that starts me more than anything else. I sound like a terrible alcoholic; I don't think I'm really [an] alcoholic. But I think, as a part of the fabric of one's life, the one element that you can introduce to a life – that I introduced to the mechanics of my life – is a glass of wine. A glass of wine goes a long way. [laughs]
DW: [laughs] I wasn't going to assume you were an alcoholic or anything, because I do like wine myself, and my girlfriend is a wino, too. She loves wine.
SN: That's my kind of girl.
DW: [laughs] Actually, I wanted to squeeze in one other question. I'm pretty sure you've been asked a lot about "Jurassic Park" and the new one that's coming out ["Jurassic World"]. Even though you are not in it, if [the filmmakers] were to call you up and say, "Hey can you come in for a part in this, or even a cameo appearance?" would you still do it?
SN: Look, you never say no. I think there's a whole new cast and a whole new look at things, and I think that's great. As I said, I'd never say no, but I wish them… well, I'm sure it's going to be great, but they don't need me.
This concludes the interview, but the Chico Movie Examiner would like to thank Sam Neill for taking the time to talk about "The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box."


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I had a neighbor, during The Boy's first bout with mania, beat on our door at 5am and scream in his face, "Why don't you shut the eff up, you crazy little effer!" Like he could control it - hell, even I couldn't get him to stop.

Good times.June Freaking Cleaverhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712727328098388851.post-68627660736395446792011-08-22T09:05:24.815-05:002011-08-22T09:05:24.815-05:00If i was ever to get a tattoo these pics would be ...If i was ever to get a tattoo these pics would be perfect l
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Obama to Farmers: Some Rumors of Regulations 'Are Unfounded'
Twice on Wednesday, President Barack Obama was confronted by farmers worried about too much government regulation. His answer: Don't believe everything you hear.
At his first town hall, in Atkinson, Ill., one man introduced himself as a corn and soybean farmer and said that nature offers plenty of challenges. "Please don't challenge us with more rules and regulations from Washington, D.C.," he said. "We would prefer to start our day in a tractor cab or combine cab rather than filling out forms and permits to do what we'd like to do."
Later, in Alpha, Ill., he heard a similar question, specifically about Environmental Protection Agency rules. The questioner said there should be some common sense so "we don't regulate farmers out of business."
Those questions reflect a common refrain of businesses, their lobbyists and supporters in Washington, who complain that too much regulation is stifling the economy.
In both cases, Mr. Obama responded that farmers might be hearing unfounded rumors.
"If you hear something is happening, but it hasn't happened, don't always believe what you hear," he said.
"A lot of times, what will happen is the folks in Washington — there may be some staff person somewhere that wrote some article or said maybe we should look into something. And I'm being perfectly honest, the lobbyists and the associations in Washington, they'll get all ginned up and they'll start sending out notices to everybody saying, look what's coming down the pike.".
In Alpha, he said some of the rumors about regulations "frankly are unfounded."
He promised that he wouldn't approve any regulations that don't make common sense. "If we don't think that there's more benefit than cost to it, we're not going to do it," he said.


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Total EVA Time: 0.0625 days. Number of EVAs: 3
NAME: Michael Collins
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Collins was born in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 31, 1930.
EDUCATION: Collins received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U. S. Military Academy in 1952 and attended an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1974.
EXPERIENCE: After West Point, Collins chose an Air Force career. He eventually got into test pilot school and became an experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California.
NASA selected Collins as an astronaut in 1963. As pilot of the three-day Gemini 10 mission, launched July 18, 1966, he and commander John Young docked with an Agena target vehicle and used the Agena engine to maneuver near another Agena left in space by the Gemini 8 crew. Collins stepped outside and, using a gas gun he moved over to the second Agena and recovered a micrometeorite detection device attached to its side. After medical problems resulted in his loosing his seat on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, he was assigned to Apollo 11 as command module pilot. While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their historic first walk on the lunar surface in July 1969, Collins flew a 'lonely lifeguard' assignment for more than 24 hours, waiting for them to launch their lunar craft and rejoin him in lunar orbit.
He retired from the Air Force as a major general and left NASA in 1970. He served briefly as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and then in 1971 to 1978 was the first Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. He has written several books about space, including "Carrying the Fire", (the best autobiography by an American astronaut), quot;Liftoff", and "Space Machine".
Birth Place: Rome.
Status: Inactive.
Born: 1930.10.31.
Spaceflights: 2 .
Total time in space: 11.09 days.
From these 32, the final 14 were selected. Of them, four would die (two in a T-38 crash, one in a car crash, and one in the Apollo 204 ground fire) before flying in space. All of the ten remaining would fly in the Apollo program.
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Charles A. Bassett - operations handbooks, training, and simulators
Alan L. Bean - recovery systems
Michael Collins - pressure suits and extravehicular activity
David R. Scott - mission planning and guidance and navigation
Clifton C. Williams - range operations, deep space instrumentation, and crew safety.
Donn F. Eisele - CSM and LEM
William A. Anders - environmental control system and radiation and thermal systems
Eugene A. Cernan - boosters, spacecraft propulsion, and the Agena stage
Roger B. Chaffee - communications, flight controls, and docking
R. Walter Cunningham - electrical and sequential systems and non-flight experiments
Russell L. Schweickart - in-flight experiments and future programs.
Far surpassing the Gemini 5 flight, Gemini 7 set a manned spaceflight endurance record that would endure for years. The incredibly boring mission, was made more uncomfortable by the extensive biosensors. This was somewhat offset by the soft spacesuits (used only once) and permission to spend most of the time in long johns. The monotony was broken just near the end by the rendezvous with Gemini 6.
The Gemini X mission began with the launch of the Gemini Atlas-Agena target vehicle from complex 14. The Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV) attained a near-circular, 162- by 157-nautical-mile orbit. Spacecraft No. 10 was inserted into a 145- by 86-nautical-mile elliptical orbit. Slant range between the two vehicles was very close to the nominal 1000 miles. Major objective of the mission was achieved during the fourth revolution when the spacecraft rendezvoused with the GATV at 5 hours 23 minutes ground elapsed time and docked with it about 30 minutes later. More spacecraft propellant was used to achieve rendezvous than had been predicted, imposing constraints on the remainder of the mission and requiring the development of an alternate flight plan. As a result, several experiments were not completed, and another secondary objective - docking practice - was not attempted. To conserve fuel and permit remaining objectives to be met, the spacecraft remained docked with the GATV for about 39 hours. During this period, a bending mode test was conducted to determine the dynamics of the docked vehicles, standup extravehicular activties (EVA) were conducted, and several experiments were performed. The GATV primary and secondary propulsion systems were used for six maneuvers to put the docked spacecraft into position for rendezvous with the Gemini VIII GATV as a passive target. The spacecraft undocked at 44 hours 40 minutes ground elapsed time, separated from the GATV, and used its own thrusters to complete the second rendezvous some three hours later. At 48 hours and 42 minutes into the flight, a 39-minute period of umbilical EVA began, which included the retrieval of a micrometorite collection package from the Gemini VIII Agena. The hatch was opened a third time about an hour later to jettison extraneous equipment before reentry. After about three hours of stationkeeping, the spacecraft separated from the GATV. At 51 hours 39 minutes ground elapsed time, the crew performed a true anomaly-adjust maneuver to minimize reentry dispersions resulting from the retrofire maneuver.
The second manned Apollo mission was planned as an open-ended earth orbital mission up to 14 days. Increased emphasis on scientific experiments as well as repeating some activities from the first planned manned flight would characterize the mission. (The first planned manned Apollo mission was ended by a tragic accident during a test January 27, 1967.)
At 4:40 p.m. EDT July 18, the crew began a 96-minute color television transmission of the CSM and LM interiors, CSM exterior, the earth, probe and drogue removal, spacecraft tunnel hatch opening, food preparation, and LM housekeeping. One scheduled and two unscheduled television broadcasts had been made previously by the Apollo 11 crew.
The spacecraft entered lunar orbit at 1:28 p.m. EDT on July 19. During the second lunar orbit a live color telecast of the lunar surface was made. A second service-propulsion-system burn placed the spacecraft in a circularized orbit, after which astronaut Aldrin entered the LM for two hours of housekeeping including a voice and telemetry test and an oxygen-purge-system check.
At 8:50 a.m. July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin reentered the LM and checked out all systems. They performed a maneuver at 1:11 p.m. to separate the LM from the CSM and began the descent to the moon. The LM touched down on the moon at 4:18 p.m. EDT July 20. Armstrong reported to mission control at MSC, "Houston, Tranquillity Base here - the Eagle has landed." (Eagle was the name given to the Apollo 11 LM; the CSM was named Columbia.) Man's first step on the moon was taken by Armstrong at 10:56 p.m. EDT. As he stepped onto the surface of the moon, Armstrong described the feat as "one small step for man - one giant leap for mankind."
Aldrin joined Armstrong on the surface of the moon at 11:15 p.m. July 20. The astronauts unveiled a plaque mounted on a strut of the LM and read to a worldwide TV audience, "Here men from the planet earth first set foot on the moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind." After raising the American flag and talking to President Nixon by radiotelephone, the two astronauts deployed the lunar surface experiments assigned to the mission and gathered 22 kilograms of samples of lunar soil and rocks. They then reentered the LM and closed the hatch at 1:11 a.m. July 21. All lunar extravehicular activities were televised in black-and-white. Meanwhile, Collins continued orbiting moon alone in CSM Columbia.
The Eagle lifted off from the moon at 1:54 p.m. EDT July 21, having spent 21 hours 36 minutes on the lunar surface. It docked with the CSM at 5:35 p.m. and the crew, with the lunar samples and film, transferred to the CSM. The LM ascent stage was jettisoned into lunar orbit. The crew then rested and prepared for the return trip to the earth.
The CSM was injected into a trajectory toward the earth at 12:55 a.m. EDT July 22. Following a midcourse correction at 4:01 p.m., an 18-minute color television transmission was made, in which the astronauts demonstrated the weightlessness of food and water and showed shots of the earth and the moon.
All primary mission objectives and all detailed test objectives of Apollo 11 were met, and all crew members remained in good health.


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More: What do you and your wife [model and former More cover girl Christy Turlington] teach your own children about the importance of family and forgiveness?
EB: It is just that. Forgiveness is a big part of growing up and maturing. It can also be the only way we will be able to move on. None of us go through life without hurting people, and you yourself would want to be forgiven if you had the choice. We as parents try to instill that in them. In terms of family, you don't teach them about the importance of family; rather, you show it by being there and participating in their lives and upbringing.
More: Do you and your family have any holiday traditions?
EB: We do what my family did while I was growing up. We do Christmas with the immediate family at home and open gifts together. Then we go out to my sister's house in Long Island. Everyone just packs into the kitchen and gets together.
More: Would you ever cast your wife in one of your projects?
EB: She told me on our first date, "I have no interest in being an actress, so if you want a second date, promise me you will never ask."
More: I read somewhere that you turned on your Irish charm to land her. True or false?
EB: I truly pulled out all the stops to land her, let's put it that way.
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Position: WR
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: March 20, 1979 in Anniston, AL
High School: Lineville
College: Troy (school history)
Drafted by the New York Giants in the 5th round (162nd overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 4 (9949th overall since 1950)
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I need to modify code so that the comment at the end of a line is moved to the beginning of the (new) line above. Are there editors that support this (I'm using NotePad++) an what would this be called?
I don't know what you would call it, but in Vim it is pretty easy to record an action that would:
For an even more generic solution it supports full regular expressions so you could do it on the entire document that way.
Notepad++ has a Macro feature. You can play with that and see if it does what you need it to do. For example, hit "start recording", search for "a", and then "stop recording". Then, Ctrl-Shift-P will allow you to search your whole document for 'a'. This is a simplistic explanation but you can get really complicated with the macro feature and get it to do pretty much anything you need.
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It's been a few months since The Chinese Room released Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, their sequel to Frictional's successful horror title. Since then, the small independent company has been working on their upcoming PS4 and PC title, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. The developer has been very open about the progress they've made, and it seems the game has come a long way recently, but fans hoping to see this title drop sometime this year may be disappointed. When asked over the weekend whether it was unreasonable to expect this game in 2014, the developer responded by calling the expectations 'unrealistic', rather than unreasonable. As for the progress made, we've included links to the developer's Twitter for each milestone they've discussed.
Even though we may have to wait until next year to get our hands on the final version of Rapture, The Chinese Room stated about a week ago that an early PS4 build is up and running. As to be expected, there's still plenty of work to be done regarding textures, particle effects and shaders. It was also revealed on Thursday that the first draft of the game's non-linear script was nearing completion. They added the music and audio to this build a few days ago, along with the game's "secret mechanic". We currently have no idea what this new feature may be, though we think it's safe to say that this post-apocalyptic tale won't just be another Dear Esther.
In case you missed it, we've included last year's reveal trailer. We'll have more information regarding Everybody's Gone to the Rapture as development continues.
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Last night, Marty Seifert, recent winner of the Minnesota Republican Party straw poll for candidate for governor spoke in Lake Elmo to a small crowd of about 50 conservative people who identified themselves as Tea Party supporters. He is hoping to gain momentum for his campaign.
"Frustration is at a boiling point for most people," Seifert told the crowd.
Marty Seifert listed several reasons for why he is running.
Among them, he would like to abolish the Metropolitan Council, change the Minnesota income tax code, and give control of education to the local school districts.
Seifert is also opposed to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As House Minority Leader, he asked for a vote to have Minnesota's attorney general sue the federal government over the ACA.
After an unsuccessful run for governor in 2010, he became the foundation director of the Catholic hospital in Marshall, Minnesota. This experience, he says, qualifies him to further fight the ACA.
"I've read the law," he told the audience.
Seifert described the challenges that a Republican governor will have.
"The legislature will still be controlled by Democrats," he says. "I have to be realistic in what I can do as governor."
However, he assured the conservatives in the group, "the only thing liberal about me is that I will liberally use the veto pen."
He did suggest, however, that he would be willing to work with those with whom he doesn't always agree.
"Even if these people are left of Mao Tse-tung on most issues, if we can get their votes on the issues where we agree, we should take them."
The main message Marty Seifert conveyed is consistency in his convictions.
As House Minority Leader, Seifert was opposed to the Highway Trust Fund. He still is.
He indicated one way he would like to deal with our shortcomings on infrastructure.
"If we collected that tax ourselves and used it on our roads, including the parts of the federal highways that ran through our state, we'd have enough money for all of our transportation needs."
"We are not going to have Common Core in our state," Seifert said, referring to the Common Core State Standards Initiative definition of student expectations.
"Now, I can say that I oppose this legislation from a Democratic president, but I also authored legislation to get us out of No Child Left Behind. I want to get the Federal Government out of education," he announced with quite a bit of zeal. Opposition to federal regulation of public schools seemed to be what Seifert was most passionate about.
At one point, Seifert was asked if he would take the pledge, "I will oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes" to uphold principles important to the Minnesota Tea Party Alliance, which are free markets, fiscal responsibility, and limited government. Seifert tried hard to build the case that he has lived by these standards through his work as a member of the Minnesota House.
But, his answer demonstrated perhaps the best example of what we can expect from Seifert, a man who says he is consistent and likes to work "by the book with the proper procedures." In answer to this question, Seifert replied, "I've signed my marriage certificate, that's about the only pledge I've ever signed and taken seriously. If that's not good enough for you, vote for someone else. That's okay."


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|Vol. 25, No. 2
|February 1, 2003
She Proved the Impossible Possible
By PAUL HARASIM
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Even before the phone rings at her LaPorte home, this night is different for Rebecca Butler Holder. She's on the couch, instead of in bed with her husband. They had drained the waterbed they'd had for more than a decade, but their new bed has yet to be delivered. As she tries to drift off, she's alone in the darkness of the living room, unable to lie all the way down because she can't catch her breath that way, listening to the whir of the life-saving oxygen machine ... listening to herself breathe.
As Rebecca, all 88 pounds of her, fiddles with the oxygen nosepiece that never makes it easy to sleep, the call comes in shortly after midnight. St. Luke's transplant coordinator Karen Neylor is on the line.
"Rebecca, I don't want you to panic," Neylor says, "but we have a heart and lungs for you."
"You're kidding, right?" Rebecca says.
She trembles as she hangs up the phone. The day before, doctors said it didn't appear organs would be available anytime soon. She chews on her purplish bottom lip, the skin color hue she has lived with for four decades because of oxygen deprivation. She walks around the house, 50 feet of oxygen hose trailing behind her, praying out loud. She's scared. No, petrified. She knows no one who's had a successful heart and lung transplant. Wayne Holder, alarmed by the fear in his wife's voice, comes running. So does her 16-year-old son, Ryan.
"I don't have to take this transplant," she tells them. "I can wait until the next one."
"No, you can't," her husband says. "You won't make it if you wait any longer."
She nearly hyperventilates as thoughts rush through her mind. She tells her husband where the life insurance is, what bills have to be paid, and reminds her son to do his homework and help with the housework.
"Oh, my, I have to take a bath," she remembers.
It is, she'll later recall, the fastest bath of her life. Five minutes tops. In her bedroom, she pulls on a pink T-shirt and psychedelic-colored leggings. All the time she's thinking that this may be it the final day of her life.
"I've fought too long to die now," she tells herself.
Doctors had told her that with her congenital heart defect she should have been stillborn. They told her parents she'd never see the age of 1, that she'd never go to school, or work, or get married, or have a child. Hadn't she proved the impossible possible? Why can't she prove it again and forget the transplant?
As she heads back into the bathroom, she knows in her heart she can't prove the doctors wrong again. Her health has deteriorated so badly that it takes her an entire day to put on clothes and make a meal. Now, she does hyperventilate and she faints. Her husband catches her before she falls on the floor. When she comes to, she calls her minister, Oliver Stillwell, of the First Assembly of God in LaPorte. She asks him to begin praying. Then she holds hands with her husband and son and they pray.
All of a sudden peace washes over her.
"It was amazing what happened during our prayers," says Rebecca, 42, recalling that night of Oct. 9, 1999.
"I knew everything was going to be all right. I even survived my husband driving like a complete maniac to the hospital."
Now serving as president of the Heart Exchange Support Group at St. Luke's, a volunteer organization for those who have undergone, or will undergo, transplants, Rebecca (nobody at St. Luke's knows her by any other name) was born to a family firmly entrenched in the middle class. Still, her attitude toward life smacked of royalty "I'll do what I please" almost as soon as she recognized that her skin was purple, the color of royalty.
She refused to be a slave to a medical prognosis or to well-intentioned admonitions based on that prognosis. If she was told not to skate, she skated. If she was told not to dance, she danced. Every time she survived another warning of impending doom, which, it seemed, was often synonymous with a deepening of the color purple in her lips and fingernails, she figured it time to try something new on the "don't do" list. Nightclubs, she was cautioned, weren't the kind of place for someone in her condition. So over a cocktail in a smoky nightspot, she met the man she calls Mr. Wonderful, the man who became her husband. Pregnancy, doctors said, was out of the question "you won't live to see your baby."
"When you're supposed to be dead," she says, smiling and tossing her long brown hair behind her, "you get kind of immune to what doctors tell you."
One by one the miracles men and women who are alive only because of organ transplants and the best in medical care walk in the room on the 12th floor of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. It is 10 a.m., time for a weekly meeting of the Heart Exchange Support Group that Rebecca always attends. The miracles tell you that without her kind of lust for life, you probably won't make it successfully through a transplant.
"Attitude," says one woman, "is so much of it."
They have come from jobs, from retirement hangouts. Because others helped them cope with fears and questions, they, too, are reaching out. Seated is a tired-looking man in a t-shirt and shorts. He looks at the miracles, closes his eyes and appears to pray. He's so sick, he's been in the hospital for more than two months, waiting for a heart to become available. He tells the group he's almost forgotten what it's like outside.
That brings a response from a man married to a lovely woman from Mexico.
"I was in the hospital so long before my transplant," he says, "that when I got out my dog couldn't understand English any more."
Humor helps when lives are on the line.
"My wife wanted to know if I got a female heart whether or not I'd start liking men," says one grinning gentleman.
"My wife wanted to know if I got a heart from someone Hispanic whether I'd like only Mexican food," chips in another.
Paula Waller, a St. Luke's social worker who works with heart, lung and liver transplants, chairs the meeting. She talks about the medication that helps with organ rejection problems, and about LifeGift, an organization that procures organs for the Houston area.
The conversation turns serious. Tears well in many eyes. Some who have received donated organs recall how wonderful it was to finally contact the family of the donor. (All organ donations are kept anonymous unless the donor family agrees to come forward.)
"It made me feel so good to be able to say 'thank you' to them," one man says.
"That's something I'd like to do, too," says Rebecca. "I've written letters to the donor family, but I have never gotten answers. But I understand how it could be so painful for a family to meet someone who's alive because of their loved one's death."
It wasn't easy in 1999 for Rebecca to write the donor family. Finally, after tearing up dozens of letters, she sent a note to LifeGift, which forwards notes to donor families.
Donor Family,
A lot of prayerful thought has gone into writing this letter. Still, I find it difficult to put into words my feelings. I am so grateful for your part in allowing God to work a miracle in my body through you! There is hope where due to a lifelong illness was despair. Thanks to your gift of life I am able to breathe, walk and talk without gasping. These things most people take for granted. I know your decision could not have been easy, for I have lost close family members and know the pain and emptiness the loss causes. So when I think about you I know you are very special, kind and loving. Daily I am praying for God to hold you close and bring peace and healing to you and your's!
God Bless You!!!
Organ Recipient
If there's one point Rebecca wants to get across to the public, it's that you can have an organ transplant and live a normal life. The more people who understand that, she believes, the more who will let it be known to their families that they want to give the gift of life should they die. (Relatives of the deceased have to give approval to LifeGift officials or other procurement officers for an organ to be harvested.) Rebecca is convinced people really do want to help others, but too few will sign up as donors until they're properly educated.
As compelling as Rebecca is on the subject of organ donation allowing normalcy she's so active in her church, at St. Luke's, in the schools and in civic work that her husband wants to see her more at home no one can ever accuse her of rushing after a transplant. She wouldn't even put herself on a transplant list until 1999, nine years after she was advised to. She had quit her clerical job, was largely confined to a wheelchair and needed help to breathe.
"I was pretty much in denial for a long time," she says, " I did not want to believe or accept that I needed a transplant."
Her longtime cardiologist, Paolo Angelini, M.D., of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's, says she was "born with one of the most complex cases of congenital heart disease I've ever seen, but she showed unique capacity to adapt, and reach a livable compromise between the expected normality and the needs of her impaired engine. She managed to avoid palliative surgery, when similar patients would have opted for an intervention. She compensated with an indomitable, unrelenting optimism and great discipline."
Actually, nearly a decade before her transplant, when she regularly began in 1990 to cough up blood, there was hope that Denton A. Cooley, M.D., could perform surgery to repair her damaged heart. But on the night before the scheduled operation, Cooley informed her that tests showed she also had high pulmonary artery pressure and her only chance for survival was a heart, double lung transplant. It turned out that the birth of her son, Ryan, which everyone had thought remarkably uncomplicated, had caused a major worsening of Rebecca's condition.
After the six-hour transplant procedure performed by Scott Scheinin, M.D., with assistance from Igor Gregoric, M.D., Scheinin met with Rebecca's husband, a pipefitter for Brown & Root.
"I saw this big smile on Dr. Scheinin's face, and I asked him how it went and he said 'great,''' says Holder. "But then he thought about it and said, 'No, it went fantastic.' You don't how good I felt when he said that."
As soon as Holder saw his wife, he noticed a change.
"The first thing I told her was, 'Honey, you're no longer purple, you're pink.'"
Over the next few months, Rebecca had to deal with some rejection episodes, but by 2000 she was taking only 16 medicines and was strong enough to throw out the first pitch at an Astros game.
"I thank God every day for the donor family, for the doctors and for St. Luke's staff," Rebecca says. "They gave me life. Now I'm thinking about becoming a grandmother one day."
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has reached a settlement with entities controlled by German entrepreneur Klaus Tschira, the last holdout to a multibillion-dollar settlement between Lehman and its former Swiss derivatives unit, which will free up some $1.8 billion for creditors with the potential of billions more in the future. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal.
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The city of Rome might end up on the brink of bankruptcy, WSJ reports.
Experts are saying customers of bitcoin trader Mt. Gox could be out of luck, Reuters reports.
According to Bloomberg, California's public pension system will be allowed to challenge whether San Bernardino, Calif.'s bankruptcy is legal.
Harrisburg, Pa., is set to leave state receivership Saturday, WSJ reports.
Reuters looks at Detroit's emergency manager's efforts to get the city out of bankruptcy.
Nortel Networks Corp. is investing the $7.3 billion it raised by selling its businesses in U.S. Treasury bills due to a decision by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA to discontinue the account products that have held the escrowed funds. Read the DBR article via WSJ.
According to the Associated Press, creditor lawyers in Montana-based Yellowstone Club's bankruptcy want a judge to incarcerate founder Tim Blixseth for not needing a court order.
General Motors Co. is getting investigated over why it took years to recall 1.6 million cars over an ignition-switch defect, Bloomberg reports.
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Lawrence Durrell, the 62-year-old Anglo-Irish writer, enjoys a deserved reputation as poet and man of letters. But it was the exotic interlocking novels of his Alexandria Quartet—Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea—that captured a wide public. This winter he should reach it with another book, Monsieur, set in the south of France, where Durrell lives with his fourth wife. The new novel reprises the Quartet's successful use of Freudian relationships; it is a love triangle involving two men, a writer and a medical student, and the writer's sister.
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22 septembre 2012
An amber glass waterpot. Qing dynasty, 18th century
An amber glass waterpot. Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's the bulbous body crisply molded in relief with prunus blossoms extending around the sides to a branch of blooming peonies, the walls formed with an outer layer of amber glass and an inner layer of pale yellow-green glass, wood stand (2). Width 2 1/2 in., 6.4 cm. Estimation: 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Unsold PROVENANCE: Sydney L. Moss, London. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York | 11 sept.... [Lire la suite]
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Bowl with Design of Flowering Peony, wheelcut and etched transparent amber glass , 1735-1795
Bowl with Design of Flowering Peony, wheelcut and etched transparent amber glass , 1735-1795. 3 x 6 in. (7.7 x 15.2 cm). Gift of Mrs. Edward L. Brewster in memory of Edward L. Brewster, 1993. 47.679. The Walters Art Museum Provenance: Mr. Edward L. Brewster, Pikesville, Maryland; Mrs. Edward L. Brewster, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by gift.
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An amber glass lobed octagonal bottle-shaped vase. 18th century
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An extremely rare imitation amber glass bottle vase. Wheel-cut mark and period of Yongzheng
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An amber-coloured glass vase, 20th century
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Everyone figured there would be two names dominating this year's Grammy Awards nominees: rapper Kanye West and troubled songstress Amy Winehouse. And Thursday morning (December 6), when the nominees were announced in Hollywood, West's and Winehouse's names came up a lot.
By the time the nominees had all been named — a serviced performed this year by Akon, Fergie, Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda, the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins, country artist Taylor Swift and comedian George Lopez at the Music Box @ Fonda theater — Kanye West topped the nominations with eight. Amy Winehouse scored six, while the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and T-Pain each earned five nods. Akon, Dierks Bentley, Chris Daughtry, Feist, Tim McGraw, John Newton, Ne-Yo, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen received four each.
Kanye and Winehouse will go head-to-head for Album of the Year honors: West for his third opus, Graduation, and Winehouse for her sophomore LP, Back to Black. Both are in the running alongside the Foo Fighters, for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace; country singer Vince Gill's These Days; and jazz legend Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.
Winehouse responded to the news on Thursday, according to UsMagazine.com. "I'm honored to have my music recognized with these nominations," the singer reportedly said. "This is a true validation from people I respect and admire."
The 50th Grammy Awards will be held February 10 in Los Angeles' Staples Center; only albums released between October 1, 2006, and September 30, 2007, could be considered for this year's awards. The Grammys are determined by 12,000 music industry professionals who belong to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
West is also up for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for his track "Good Life," which features T-Pain. He'll contend with Akon and Snoop Dogg's "I Wanna Love You"; Chris Brown and T-Pain's "Kiss, Kiss"; Keyshia Cole, Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim's "Let It Go"; and Rihanna and Jay-Z's smash hit, "Umbrella." He's also nominated for Best Rap Album for Graduation and produced fellow nominee Common's Finding Forever; other nods for the award went to Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, Nas' Hip Hop Is Dead and T.I.'s T.I. vs. T.I.P.
The numerous nominations come as good news for West, following the unexpected death of his mother, Donda West , last month.
Winehouse, a major tabloid media target this year who Lopez said "makes Lindsay Lohan look normal," is also in the running for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Rehab." Also nominated is Christina Aguilera (for "Candyman"), Feist ("1234"), Fergie ("Big Girls Don't Cry") and Nelly Furtado ("Say It Right"). Winehouse's "Rehab" was also nominated for Song of the Year alongside Carrie Underwood (for "Before He Cheats"), the Plain White T's ("Hey There Delilah"), Corinne Bailey Rae ("Like a Star") and Rihanna ("Umbrella").
Winehouse is also nominated for Best New Artist, a category that also saw the nominations of Feist, Ledesi, Paramore and Taylor Swift. "Rehab" is also up for Record of the Year, against Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable," the Foo Fighters' "The Pretender," Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around … Comes Around."
When the Record of the Year contenders were announced, Swift rushed to the side of Foos Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins and hugged them. Grohl told her, "Don't worry — you've got it in the bag."
In the Best Solo Rock Vocal category, Beck came through with a nod, for "Timebomb," while Paul McCartney's "Only Mama Knows," John Mellancamp's "Our Country," Bruce Springsteen's "Radio Nowhere" and Lucinda Williams' "Come On" were also noticed. Meanwhile, Lily Allen's Alright, Still was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album and will do battle with the Arcade Fire's Neon Bible, Björk's Volta, the Shins' Wincing the Night Away and the White Stripes' Icky Thump.
Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around … Comes Around" was nominated for the year's Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, as were nominees Michael Bublé ("Everything"), John Mayer ("Belief"), McCartney ("Dance Tonight") and Seal ("Amazing"). Bon Jovi's Lost Highway, Feist's The Reminder, Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long, McCartney's Memory Almost Full and Winehouse's Back to Black are all in the running for Best Pop Vocal Album.
West was nominated twice in the Best Rap Song category, grabbing nods for his tracks "Good Life" and "Can't Tell Me Nothing," which gives him the upper edge over fellow nominees 50 Cent (for "Ayo Technology"), T.I. ("Big Things Poppin' "), and Soulja Boy "Crank That)." 'Ye's song "Stronger" will face off against 50's "I Get Money," Common's "The People," Jay-Z's "Show Me What You Got," and T.I.'s "Big Things Poppin'," for Best Rap Solo Performance.
Ledisi's Lost and Found also picked up a nomination in the Best R&B Album category. That album will be pitted against Chaka Khan's Funk This, Musiq Soulchild's Luvanmusiq, Jill Scott's The Real Thing and Tank's Sex, Love & Pain.
Last but not least, in a quirky intersection of entertainment and politics, Senator Barack Obama will face off with former President Bill Clinton in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Clinton's "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World" audio disc has been nominated, as has Obama's "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream." Obama previously nabbed the Best Spoken Word Album Grammy in 2006 for "Dreams from My Father."
Selected List of Grammy Nominations
Record of the Year
· Beyoncé – "Irreplaceable"
· Foo Fighters – "The Pretender"
· Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) – "Umbrella"
· Justin Timberlake – "What Goes Around … Comes Around"
· Amy Winehouse – "Rehab"
Album of the Year
· Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
· Vince Gill – These Days
· Herbie Hancock – River: The Joni Letters
· Kanye West – Graduation
· Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Song of the Year
· Carrie Underwood – "Before He Cheats"
· Plain White T's – "Hey There Delilah"
· Corinne Bailey Rae – "Like a Star"
· Amy Winehouse – "Rehab"
· Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z) – "Umbrella"
Best New Artist
· Feist
· Ledisi
· Paramore
· Taylor Swift
· Amy Winehouse
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
· Christina Aguilera – "Candyman"
· Feist – "1234"
· Fergie – "Big Girls Don't Cry"
· Nelly Furtado – "Say It Right"
· Amy Winehouse – "Rehab"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
· Michael Bublé – "Everything"
· John Mayer – "Belief"
· Paul McCartney – "Dance Tonight"
· Seal – "Amazing"
· Justin Timberlake – "What Goes Around … Comes Around"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
· Bon Jovi – "(You Want To) Make a Memory"
· Daughtry – "Home"
· Maroon 5 – "Makes Me Wonder"
· Plain White T's – "Hey There Delilah"
· U2 – "Window in the Skies"
Best Hard Rock Performance
· Evanescence – "Sweet Sacrifice"
· Foo Fighters – "The Pretender"
· Ozzy Osbourne – "I Don't Wanna Stop"
· Queens of the Stone Age – "Sick, Sick, Sick"
· Tool – "The Pot"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
· Daughtry – "It's Not Over"
· Green Day – "Working Class Hero"
· Nickelback – "If Everyone Cared"
· U2 – "Instant Karma"
· The White Stripes – "Icky Thump"
Best Metal Performance
· As I Lay Dying – "Nothing Left"
· King Diamond – "Never Ending Hill"
· Machine Head – "Aesthetics of Hate"
· Shadows Fall – "Redemption"
· Slayer – "Final Six"
Best Rock Song
· Lucinda Williams – "Come On"
· The White Stripes – "Icky Thump"
· Daughtry – "It's Not Over"
· Foo Fighters – "The Pretender"
· Bruce Springsteen – "Radio Nowhere"
Best Rock Album
· Daughtry – Daughtry
· John Fogerty – Revival
· Foo Fighters – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
· Bruce Springsteen – Magic
· Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
Best Pop Vocal Album
· Bon Jovi – Lost Highway
· Feist – The Reminder
· Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long
· Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full
· Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
· Mary J. Blige – "Just Fine"
· Fantasia – "When I See U"
· Alicia Keys – "No One"
· Chrisette Michele – "If I Have My Way"
· Jill Scott – "Hate on Me"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
· Raheem DeVaughn – "Woman"
· Musiq Soulchild – "B.U.D.D.Y."
· Ne-Yo – "Because of You"
· Prince – "Future Baby Mama"
· Tank – "Please Don't Go"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
· R. Kelly (featuring Usher) – "Same Girl"
· Chaka Khan (featuring Mary J. Blige) – "Disrespectful"
· Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) – "Hate That I Love You"
· Angie Stone (featuring Betty Wright) – "Baby"
· T-Pain (featuring Akon) – "Bartender"
Best R&B Song
· India.Arie – "Beautiful Flower"
· Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) – "Hate That I Love You"
· Alicia Keys – "No One"
· Musiq Soulchild – "Teachme"
· Fantasia – "When I See U"
Best Contemporary R&B Album
· Akon – Konvicted
· Keyshia Cole – Just Like You
· Fantasia – Fantasia
· Emily King – East Side Story
· Ne-Yo – Because of You
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
· Common (featuring Kanye West) – "Southside"
· Fat Joe (featuring Lil Wayne) – "Make It Rain"
· Shop Boyz – "Party Like a Rockstar"
· UGK (featuring Outkast) – "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"
· Kanye West, Nas and KRS-One – "Better Than I've Ever Been"
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
· My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
· Panic! at the Disco – A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
· The White Stripes – Icky Thump
· H.I.M. – Venus Doom
· V/A – What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
· Howard Benson
· Joe Chiccarelli
· Mike Elizondo
· Mark Ronson
· Timbaland
For a complete list of Grammy nominees, go to grammy.com.
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[This story was originally published at 12:38 pm E.T. on 12.06.2007]


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Optimus Terra Weekend HE Cook Set
Key Features
Heat exchanger reduces boil time by 20%
Graduated with both oz. and mL marks
Constructed of anodized aluminum
Our Price $29.99
Availability: Sold Out
- Please note: This item can only be shipped to U.S. addresses.
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Product DescriptionOptimus Terra Weekend HE Cook Set
The versatile, efficient, 2-piece hard anodized aluminum Terra Weekend cook set features the Optimus heat exchanger to reduce time to boil by 20%. Saves fuel when cooking. Set includes: 0.95 L Heat Exchange saucepan with pouring lip and measuring marks (mL and oz.), fry pan that doubles as a lid, and mesh storage bag. When traveling, set offers ample space for a 230 g/8 oz. gas cartridge, a Crux/Crux Lite stove, and an Optimus Folding Spork (not included).
Warning: Never put empty cookware on a burning stove. This can result in damage to the Heat Exchange and cause fire, burns or severe injury.
Dimensions: 12.4 x 16.5 cm/ 4.9 x 6.4 in.
Weight: 275 g/ 9.7 oz.


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This Back Room Wines' Tasting Event is a tasting, a tradition (11th Annual) and, most of all, a party. BRING AN INTERESTING AND GOOD BOTTLE NIGHT! Entrance fee for two people is one interesting AND delicious bottle of wine (plus $1/person). A couple can bring two bottles if you really want. Bring a friend, some good wine, and your holiday cheer!
If you're lacking a bottle, just purchase one here. Everything we have is VERY good, and VERY interesting!
This fun, full, good vibe event is one worthy of fitting into your busy holiday schedule. Share your wine and taste all the others.
Additional Information: BRING AN INTERESTING AND GOOD BOTTLE NIGHT is Friday, December 11 from 5 to 8 P.M.
Arrival between 5:30 and 6 is a good idea as at "Bring A Bottle" it's important to be here when lots of folks are here as that's when you'll be able to taste more wine. No reservation necessary.