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The title Old Russian serves to denote the language of the earliest documents of the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages. The composition of the oldest surviving documents generally dates to some time within the 10th century AD. The term Old Russian is something of a misnomer in that the initial stages of the language which it denotes predate the dialectal divisions which mark the nascent distinction between modern Russian, Belorussian, and Ukrainian. Thus Old Russian serves as a common parent to all three of the major East Slavic languages, and as such a more appropriate term for the language is Old East Slavic. Unfortunately, in addition to being cumbersome, this terminology is not universally applied even within modern scholarship. Moreover, as the language Old Russian formed the medium of communication throughout the lands of the Rus [Rusĭ], about whom we will have more to say elsewhere in these lessons, some scholars employ the term Rusian for Old Russian. This is perhaps the most convenient of all the terms, but lamentably it is also the least commonly used.
Throughout these lessons, therefore, the terminology Old Russian is employed with a bow to tradition. However Old Russian is no more the oldest form of Russian than Latin is the oldest form of Spanish: Old Russian is equally Old Belorussian and Old Ukrainian. The terms Russian and Russia will also appear throughout these lessons; but unless qualified by the adjective modern (as in the modern Russian language), these terms should be taken in their historical sense: relating to the Rus.
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At some point before the creation of the oldest written monuments of Old Russian, the Slavic tribes seem to have formed a more or less homogeneous speaking community with relatively minor regional variation. Scholars apply the term Common Slavic (CS or CoS), or Proto-Slavic (PSl), to the putative language spoken by this as yet little differentiated Slavic community. This language, some of whose features can be reconstructed by scholars, serves as a parent to all subsequent Slavic languages. Proto-Slavic itself seems to derive from a parent, termed Proto-Indo-European (PIE), which serves as the common ancestor for an even wider array of languages ranging from Iceland in the west to India and beyond in the east: the Germanic languages (e.g. German, English, Dutch, Icelandic), the Italic (Latin, Italian, Spanish, French), Hellenic (Greek, Mycenaean), Celtic (Old Irish, Welsh, Gaelic), and many Indic languages (Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) all belong to this Indo-European family, among others. The close affinity of the Baltic languages to the Slavic languages leads many scholars to suppose that between Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Slavic there was an intervening period of close habitation between Baltic and Slavic tribes, with the dialects being sufficiently intelligible to all to be viewed as part of a single language, Proto-Balto-Slavic.
Within the Proto-Slavic speaking community, migration and subsequent isolation of one subgroup or tribe from another tended to accentuate dialectal distinctions. As this process progressed, we find the emergence of three broad groupings within the Slavic language family: West Slavic (including modern Czech and Polish), South Slavic (including Bulgarian and Macedonian), and East Slavic (modern Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian). In each subgrouping, the members share some linguistic features among themselves which do not pertain to other groupings. In particular we find that, while Old Church Slavonic (OCS) shows features shared by South Slavic languages, Old Russian (OR or ORu) demonstrates its affiliation with the East Slavic languages.
If we look at the linguistic characteristics of the various subgroups of the Slavic language family, there is no one single feature that will identify a particular language as belonging, say, to the East Slavic group. Each particular feature is shared by languages in more than one subgroup. What we therefore seek for the purposes of linguistic classification is a minimal set of features which we can say are shared, as a whole, by members of one subgroup but not, as a whole, by members of another subgroup. The following list provides a set of three characteristics which serve, on the whole, to distinguish the East Slavic branch from the others. The features are stated in terms of how certain phonemic characteristics of the parent Proto-Slavic evolved within languages pertaining to the East Slavic subgroup (Vinokur, 1971).
Debate continues, however, regarding just how wide was the linguistic gap between Old Russian and its South Slavic cousin Old Church Slavonic. The heart of the debate lies in the fact that the earliest manuscripts of Old Russian generally comprise East Slavic redactions of earlier OCS manuscripts, and the conventions of OCS spelling likely exerted a heavy influence on Old Russian orthography. Thus some scholars propose a scenario for the 10th and 11th centuries in which the Old Russian manuscripts show a "bookish" language which remained distinct from the everyday language of discourse.
Other scholars, however, take issue with such arguments, notably Lunt (1987). As Lunt points out, no direct evidence regarding the everyday speech in the lands of the Rus has survived, and so notions regarding any differences between common speech and the language of the manuscripts remain completely speculative. Rather, discussions of the speech practices of the Rus must be based on the evidence in hand, namely inscriptions, manuscripts, and even what little graffiti survives. Moreover all indications from accounts of the original missions of Saints Cyril and Methodius suggest that, in the time period surrounding and immediately following the missions, variations among Slavic dialects were not so great as to impede mutual intelligibility. Lunt therefore proposes that Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic be viewed as two variants of the latest period of the common Slavic tongue, that is, as two variants of Late Common Slavic (LCS or LCoS) (Lunt, 1987).
Two major points support this view. The first concerns the presence of the jers ŭ, ĭ (ŭ, ĭ). Both Old Russian and OCS preserve these reduced vowels that first arise in Common Slavic. Moreover they appear equally accurately in the earliest manuscripts of both languages, in the sense that they generally appear in positions where they would be expected on etymological grounds. In addition, they were true vowels: syllables containing jers are counted in syllable-counting poetry (Lunt, 1987). The scholar Trubetzkoy has established that the conditions determining when jers are strong or weak (terminology which we shall explain in the lessons) are shared by all Slavic languages. Thus their presence as a phonetic entity in a form that precedes their full vocalism (strong jers) or loss (weak jers) must be a characteristic of Common Slavic. Since the earliest remnants of both OCS and Old Russian still maintain the jers intact, before the shifts under the strong or weak conditions, these documents must represent a late stage of Common Slavic, before the breakup into respective daughter languages (Lunt, 1987).
The second point concerns pronunciation. We have seen above that Old Russian loses the nasalization accompanying some vowels from other dialects. However we still find a regular correspondence: OCS ǫ corresponds to Old Russian u, and OCS ę corresponds to Old Russian ě. This means that, in the earliest period of the language, the speaker of Old Russian could always read OCS with a local pronunciation and the result would be intelligible (Lunt, 1987).
The argument that OCS and Old Russian are both variants of Late Common Slavic has not convinced all scholars. But it does have a practical benefit: it provides a theoretical framework within which to view OCS and Old Russian as two remarkably similar languages. Their similarity is such that, at least for the earliest documents, one can profitably read Old Russian merely with a knowledge of OCS and a superficial understanding of the three characteristics of East Slavic mentioned above.
By the time of the earliest documents, the speakers of Old Russian inhabit a vast expanse of eastern Europe between the two political poles of Novgorod in the north and Kiev in the south. However the events surrounding how the East Slavs arrived in this region, and from where they came, remain shrouded in mystery. Some vague references from Latin and Greek authors whose works predate the advent of writing among the Slavs nevertheless provide some tantalizing clues.
Among the works of the first century AD, we find two which mention tribes plausibly to be identified with the Slavic group or its subgroups. In his treatise Naturalis historia, Pliny the Elder employs the term Venedi, Veneti for tribes which modern scholars surmise to be early Slavs. Pliny mentions in particular a tribe known as the Anti, saying they inhabit the region between the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea, an area then controlled by the Sarmatians (Gimbutas, 1971). Also writing in the first century, Tacitus likewise mentions the Venedi or Veneti in his survey of tribes impinging upon the Roman Empire, the Germania. In this work he mentions that the Venedi consist of robbers and thieves who wander the forests and mountains. According to Tacitus they generally inhabited the region between the Peucini tribe (Germanic Bastarnae) in the eastern Carpathians and the Fenni, whose location is left unclear (Gimbutas, 1971).
In the second century, Claudius Ptolemy mentions what is presumably the same tribe in his work De geographia. He employs the term Grk. Ouenedai, Lat. Venedae, and he labels the Baltic Sea the "Venedic Gulf" by virtue of the tribe's proximity to its shores. Based on Ptolemy's descriptions, scholars surmise that these Venedae inhabited a region north of the Goths, to the west of the Baltic tribes (Galindians and Sudinians), and to the southwest of the Finnic tribes (Matthews, 1960).
It is not until the sixth century that we find references to the Veneti that appear to make distinctions between subgroups. In his work De origine actibusque Getarum, or simply the Getica, Jordanes employs Venetae as a general term. But he identifies two separate tribes within this group: the Antes or Antae, and the Sclaveni. He says that all are 'of one blood' (cf. Gimbutas, 1971). Generally the Venetae are said to inhabit the region between the Dniester and Dnieper. Of the two subgroups, Jordanes locates the westernmost group, the Sclaveni, in the vicinity of the Carpathian mountains, with the Vistula river to their north, and the Dniester river to the east (Gimbutas, 1971). The region inhabited by the Antae lies to the east of the land of the Sclaveni.
In this same period, Procopius of Caesarea, writing in Greek, mentions the Antai and Sklabe:noi in his work De bello Gothico. Of the Sklabenoi he states that they were intruders into the region of the lower Danube (Gimbutas, 1971). Moreover he asserts that both tribes spoke the same language and jointly inhabited an expansive area. Procopius seems to have been acquainted with Slavic troops in the Byzantine army. He provides us with a description of their physical features: "The Sklavini and Antes do not differ in appearance: all of them are tall and very strong, their skin and hair are neither very light nor dark, but all are ruddy of face. They live a hard life of the lowest grade just like the Messagetae, and are just as dirty as they" (quoted in Gimbutas, 1971).
The historical descriptions mentioned above are unspecific at best. At worst, they do not refer to Slavic tribes at all, a possibility which is difficult to rule out. If we do however draw the tentative conclusion that the above tribes refer to the Slavs before the advent of their own written documents, it seems probable that the Antae are those most likely to be identified as the forerunners of the East Slavs that appear to us in the earliest records of Old Russian.
The Old Russian language itself contains traces of the myriad interactions of its speakers with neighboring peoples in the course of trade and cultural exchange. These linguistic clues predominantly take the form of words borrowed from neighboring languages into Old Russian. The same process occurs in nearly all languages, and Old Church Slavonic itself adopted numerous words from the neighboring Germans and Greeks in their missionary work in Moravia. Since OCS had a profound influence on Old Russian, the latter acquired many words from the Germans and Greeks indirectly via OCS. Frequently these terms related to ecclesiastical themes. But the speakers of Old Russian also interacted with other neighboring cultures independently of the southern Slavs, and we find borrowings that serve to highlight these exchanges.
One such group of loanwords comes from the profound commercial and cultural ties that the early Rus shared with Scandinavia. The following terms come from Scandinavian borrowings (Matthews, 1960):
Another group of borrowings highlights economic ties with Germanic peoples. This interaction increased as the Germans pushed eastward along the Baltic Sea into Prussia. Numerous terms relate to titles and units of measure (Matthews, 1960):
But at the tail end of the Old Russian period we find later borrowings related to the exchange of fabrics in the 14th-15th centuries (Matthews, 1960):
Of course, Byzantium played a privileged role in both the economic life and religious development of the Rus. A wealth of terms coming from all aspects of daily life provide a testament to this intertwining of cultures (Matthews, 1960):
Some of these terms borrowed from Greek were themselves loanwords taken over from Latin. The following terms provide a small sample (Matthews, 1960):
In addition, as trade extended eastward, the Rus came into contact with Turkic cultures. The influence of Turkic cultures became more profound with the periodic attacks that culminated in the Tartar invasion. But the 13th-century Codex Cumanicus contains several Turkic loanwords that testify to Turkic influence preceding the invasion. The following list provides a sample of Old Russian terms of Turkic origin (Matthews, 1960):
No specific dates fix the period of Old Russian. Rather we may suppose from historical sources that its earliest stages represent something close to what was spoken upon the reception of the Byzantine liturgy in the middle of the 10th century, since this would likely have marked the opening of the literary tradition that produced the earliest surviving manuscripts. That would place the beginning of the Old Russian period sometime in the 10th century AD. Since no monuments have survived from this period, however, scholars generally agree that Old Russian as a documented system begins in the 11th century. At the other extreme, the end date is similarly flexible. Some scholars prefer to place the end of the Old Russian period relatively early, sometime near the beginning of the 14th century. Others prefer to place the end closer to the latter part of the 15th century, as the center of literary production shifts from Kiev to Moscow in the waning years of Tartar rule.
The corpus of Old Russian, broadly understood, is rather expansive. Its remains take a variety of forms. In particular we find roughly 180 inscriptions dating from the 11th to 14th centuries. Most famous among these is the Tmutorokan stone, discovered near Taman in 1792 and dated 1068. The inscription states that Prince Gleb measured a distance of 14,000 sazhens between Tmutorokan and Kerch across the Strait of Kerch (Vinokur, 1971).
Most interestingly, in the 1950s archaeologists discovered numerous documents in excavations near Novgorod. These birch-bark letters date from middle of 12th century. The texts are scratched on birch-bark with bone instruments. The content consists predominantly of private letters, but the finds also contain testaments and agreements (Sokolsky, 1966).
The preponderance of the remaining documentary evidence for Old Russian consists of manuscripts. Roughly 1000 manuscripts remain dating from the 11th to 14th centuries. More than 20 of these manuscripts come from the 11th century specifically. Unfortunately we have no single preserved manuscript from the 10th century (Vinokur, 1971). The following list provides a brief overview of some of the more important specimens of Old Russian manuscript evidence (cf. Vinokur, 1971; Sokolsky, 1966):
The functional view espoused by the lessons of this series is that Old Russian (Old East Slavic) shows such a great degree of similarity to Old Church Slavonic that it behooves the reader to draw parallels whenever possible. For that reason, the sections discussing the grammar of the language mirror those of the series Old Church Slavonic Online for ease of cross-reference.
Moreover, the headword entries for the glossed texts are keyed to the Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum of Miklosich (1865), with minor variations. The reader will note that this forms the standard of lexical reference for the OCS series as well. Hopefully this will foster the attitude that the two languages, OCS and Old Russian, should be read together, knowledge of one informing the other. On the one hand, by all accounts this appears to be how the copyists of Old Russian manuscripts themselves understood Old Russian. On the other hand, the discussion above on the relation of the two provides a theoretical framework in which the two may be viewed profitably as flip-sides of the same coin. As one professor aptly put it, the reader will get a long way by "studying Old Russian as if it were Old Church Slavonic spelled poorly".
Perhaps a more logical choice of lexical standard would have been Sreznevskij's Materials for an Old Russian Dictionary (1893-1912). While long the standard reference in the field, being wholly in Russian it might pose a barrier to some readers of these lessons. Moreover, as it employs a standardized Old Russian orthography, it already eliminates, say, the nasalized ǫ in favor of u. This creates a difficulty in trying to compare Old Russian with OCS: it is much more straightforward to read an OCS form with a nasalized ǫ and immediately conclude that the corresponding Old Russian term will be found with u. The reverse is more difficult: an Old Russian form with u may correspond to an OCS form with either u or ǫ. For this reason it has seemed advisable to normalize to OCS spelling and to keep in mind the East Slavic features outlined above and later in the lessons to make the conversion to Old Russian.
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Are the winds of revolt howling in the European Church?
One would be justified to wonder, looking at the recent news coming from Europe: in Austria, over a tenth of the country's priest have signed an "appeal to disobedience." In Ireland, the leader of an association that brings together one in three priests in the country has received what amounts to a gag order from Rome: its superior has been summoned by the Vatican doctrinal chief, Cardinal Levada, who ordered him not to speak or write any more on themes such as celibacy and contraception. He has also been sent to a monastery for six weeks for prayer and silence.
The matter has so alarmed Rome that the Pope himself addressed the "appeal to disobedience" in his Holy Thursday homily in St. Peter's – taking issue not so much with their requests but with their 'method', so to say.
The reforms that these 'rebel priests' – as the European press has quickly labelled them – in some way or another favor are well known: an end to compulsory celibacy for Latin rite priests, more lenient rules towards divorced and remarried couples, more grassroots participation in the bishop selection process, a more welcoming stance towards committed homosexual couples, sometimes even a request for a more active role for women in Church ministry.
Seen from Asia, where often seminaries are not big enough to contain aspiring priests, and pressing issues have names like hunger, social justice, political freedom and so on, this might seem like a very Western agenda – something like a Church version of a Liberal manifesto.
Still, there is something missing from this picture – and this is an understanding of what the life of a priest has become in much of the Western world. The dramatic fall in vocations has led to many priests overseeing more than one parish at once, scuttling from village to village or neighborhood to neighborhood, to administer sacraments, funerals and masses – and making it all but impossible for them to build a real 'community' with their flock.
One has just to read the latest 'manifesto' of the 'rebel' Austrian priests to understand where their calls for structural reform come from:
"We will say NO when we are asked to take on more and more additional parishes, as otherwise we just become itinerant celebrants and sacrament dispensers… We say NO to presiding at more and more weekend Eucharists as an excess of services and homilies all too often turns them into superficial rituals and routine talks… We say NO to the merging or closure of parishes when no parish priest can be found… We say NO the overburdening of parish priests, who are being pressured into fulfilling numerous duties, whose time and energy for a devotional life are being eroded by administrative duties, and who are expected to carry on working long after retirement age".
The Church is terrified by this change in the nature of the 'job' of a priest – so much so that Europe is actively 'importing' priests from continents like Asia and Africa to plug the gaps and keep the local pastors happy. This has clearly not been enough but in some countries, especially the all-important Italy, the influx of foreign priests has managed to keep the situation calm, at least on the surface.
And trying to contain 'revolt' in the West has consequences for the rest of the world too: many priests who move to Europe would have been sorely needed for evangelization or social work in their countries. As we recently reported, "in 2004, the ratio of Catholics per priest in the Philippines was 8,500. The figure ballooned to at least 11,500 Catholics per priest in 2010, an indication that the nation's Catholic population is growing faster than the number of priests." More than half of the priests of the diocese of Manila are nearing the retirement age.
So, this is a trend that is bound to grow, maybe uncontrollably. Already in Rome, some parish priests have sent an anonymous letter complaining about their bishop – not the Pope but his vicar for the Eternal City, Cardinal Vallini – when he started to introduce some changes in parish administration and put some limits on the use of foreign priests.
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All the particles diffract the light with the same efficiency, regardless of.
Consisting in concentric rings I = f (a),
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The fist zero angle is related to the diameter d by 1.22 l/d,
75% of the total energy is concentrated in the first lobe.
The diffraction patterns of particles having the same size converge at the same point whatever them location with respect to the lens,
The first zero on the detector is 1.22 lf/d where f is the focal length.
The Fraunhofer theory is applicable for large particles compared to the wavelength l (diffusion and absorption are not considered).
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The largest U.S. conglomerate, also a major producer of wind- and gas-powered electric turbines, said it would invest some $600 million US in the push, including the 400-megawatt factory that will employ 400 people in a yet-to-be-chosen location.
GE has focused its solar efforts on thin-film technology, which the company sees as more versatile than traditional silicon-based solar panels.
It said it bought the remaining stake in PrimeStar Solar, a maker of thin-film solar panels in which GE first took a majority stake in in 2008.
The move makes the Fairfield, Connecticut-based company a more formidable competitor to First Solar Inc. (FSLR-Q), the world's biggest stand-alone photovoltaic solar company.
GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt has said the company views solar as an opportunity similar to wind, a business GE entered about a decade ago and has grown into a multibillion-dollar revenue stream.
Global demand for photovoltaics, which convert sunlight into electricity, is likely to increase by 75 gigawatts over the next five years, GE said in a statement.
GE said the plant will produce enough panels to power 80,000 homes annually.
"Our plan to open a U.S. solar manufacturing facility further demonstrates our confidence in this technology and is just the first phase in a global, multi-gigawatt roadmap," said Victor Abate, vice president of GE's renewable energy business.
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Deputy FM Ayalon and the Munich widows thank the Australian Speaker of Parliament: "The Israeli people thanks you and the Australian people for your moral and decent decision to hold a minute of silence in memory of the athletes murdered in Munich simply because they were Israelis."
(Communicated by the Deputy Foreign Minister's Bureau)
Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon met on Tuesday, 3 July 2012, with the Australian Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Peter Slipper. Mr. Slipper is in Israel for his first visit in his role as Speaker of Parliament. Also at the meeting were Ilana Romano and Ankie Spitzer, the widows of Yosef Romano and Andrei Spitzer, who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972.
DFM Ayalon thanked Mr. Slipper for his personal support and the support of the Australian Parliament for the Just One Minute campaign: "The Israeli people thanks you and the Australian people for your moral and decent decision to hold a minute of silence in memory of the athletes murdered in Munich simply because they were Israelis."
Mr. Slipper's visit comes just one week after the Australian Parliament unanimously passed a resolution calling on the IOC to hold a minute of silence at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games to commemorate 40 years since the slaughter of the 11 athletes. After the resolution passed, all of the Parliament members spontaneously stood up for a minute of silence.
Australia was among the first states to express support for holding a minute of silence at the opening ceremony in London at the end of the month. A letter of support on this subject, signed by Australia's prime minister, head of the opposition and the foreign minister, among others, had been sent earlier to the IOC President Jacques Rogge, after the latter turned down the request to hold a minute of silence.
DFM Ayalon, together with the families of the murdered athletes, has for the last few months been leading a global campaign called "JustOneMinute" in an attempt to reverse the IOC decision not to hold a moment of silence at the Olympic Games opening ceremony. The campaign has aroused great interest among parliaments, international media networks, Jewish organizations and communities around the world, and has won wide-spread support from many states.
Minute of Silence for Munich 11 at 2012 London Olympics - Plea from Students at the Catholic University of America


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Local SEO Tutorial: Online Business Listings
Yellow Pages and newspaper ads are on their way out. These days, the use of local SEO is essential for any business that caters to local, "offline" customers. Those customers can search online for a business offering particular products or services in their community and Google or any of the other search engines will show them relevant business listings. Google says that as many as 20 percent of all searches are aimed at finding and researching local businesses. You should optimize your business listing to ensure that you make your enterprise easy to find by potential customers.
Key Considerations When Setting Up Business Listings
Remember, the goal here is to help people to find you. Claim ownership of your business if it is already listed. In some cases, search engines may add listings without you submitting any information; it is still best to check to see if your business is listed and claim it if it is. That way you can make sure that your contact information such as name, address and phone number are all there and all correct. You will want to keep these consistent wherever they appear, whether on your website or in a local business directory listing. This consistency helps search engines to draw connections between the information and your business.
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As with all of your SEO efforts, the first place you should start is with the most important search engine: Google. Google Places is Google's local business directory and you will be using it to list your business.
1. Start up a Google account specifically for your business. You do not want to use your personal account since you may be sharing access to it with others in your organization at some point.
2. You should then go to the Google Places website and log in.
3. Google will ask for the phone number of your business, you should enter this.
4. Search to see if your business has already been claimed.
5. If your business has not been claimed, fill out the form to provide information about your business. Be as thorough and detailed as possible.
6. You are allowed to add other information about your business apart from just the basics, so if you have picture and video content you can put that in as well.
7. Next, Google will ask for verification of your identity and you should provide that.
8. You should repeat the process for all other search engine local business directories including Yahoo Local and Bing Local; the methods of listing a site are essentially the same for all three. Remember, it is important that you put in exactly the same information on all sites to ensure consistency.
Once your local business directory listing is filled out, the major search engines will also provide searchers with maps and directions to your place of business. If you face little competition in your area, creating a listing may land you at the top of the search results with no further effort. On the other hand, competitive markets may require that you put more work into optimizing your site for local search. In any case, the more complete your local business directory listing is, the greater the benefits will be.
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SEATTLE – Washington added to its women's basketball staff by hiring former Saint Mary's star Jackie Nared as the new Director of Operations. The recently graduated Nared will join the Dawgs this season after averaging 21.8 points per game and leading the Gaels to 23 wins a year ago.
"We are thrilled to have Jackie join our staff," said head coach Mike Neighbors. "After watching her score 62 points in two games against us, we are glad to have her on our side."
Nared comes to Washington after finishing her career as one of the greatest players in Saint Mary's history. She scored 1,653 points despite playing just three years for the Gaels. Last season, Nared set the all-time scoring record at Saint Mary's with 677 points, while also setting the record for made free throws with 205. She was named All-WCC First Team and led the Gaels to the second round of the WNIT.
Nared has been a thorn in the Huskies sides the past two seasons. Last year, she scored 37 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Gaels win in Moraga. In 2012, Nared had 25 points and 17 rebounds in a Washington win in Seattle.
A native of Portland, Ore., Nared began her college career at Maryland before transferring to Saint Mary's. She returns to the Northwest after starring at Westview High School where she was a McDonald's All-America nominee.
A daughter of a coach, former Husky assistant Greg Nared, Jackie brings a unique basketball knowledge to the Washington program.
Nared replaces Megan Osmer is the UW Director of Operations after three seasons. Osmer left UW for an assistant coaching position at Portland under former Husky Cheryl Sorenson.


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Louis "As Serious As You Can Get" With Girlfriend Eleanor Calder
Sorry ladies, but a source has told heat magazine that Louis is "as serious as you can get" about his student girlfriend Eleanor Calder.
After getting Rihanna to sing her happy birthday, buying her a mini cooper car and the most elaborate disney cake we have ever seen, it goes without saying – they are deeply in love!
However recent rumours about the love birds being engaged have been quashed. This doesn't mean they aren't in a super serious relationship though. Apparently the jokester of the group gets on very well with Eleanor's mum and is very cheeky to her.
Great way to get in the good books Louis!
The feeling is mutual as Eleanor is also very fond of Tomlinson's mum. Dating someone who isn't famous when you are the hottest thing right now must be tough, but at least they are making it work. It is also keeping Louis grounded which can only be a good thing!


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The best thing about LVC is its size. The school is a small school, and it doesn't take long for you to get to know almost everyone there. Your professors all know your name, and are always...
The worst thing about the school is that it is in a small town. You have to be able to drive to get to practically anywhere you want to go. However, it is near Hershey, Lebanon, and Harrisburg. ...
The sense of community you get with youir peers, plus the fact that the faculty is so nice and open. You have such a bond with your professors and it's so great to just go and talk. Not about class...
After four years you are no longer guaranteed housing and the school wont do anything to accomodate anyone who may be returning for a fifth year and will need a place to stay. The staff that deals...
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130K Have Pre-Registered for 3G iPhone on O2
British mobile phone provider O2 has found a much higher consumer interest in the new iPhone than when the original was released last year. Four times as high, in fact.
More than 130,000 people have expressed their interest in the 3G iPhone by logging into O2's website and pre-registering, according to the Telegraph. This is a huge increase in interest, compared to 35,000 pre-registrations for the first iPhone between September and November.
What's amazing is 35,000 registrations were made during a period of nearly 7 weeks. 130,000 people have signed up in just one week, with 3 weeks remaining before the iPhone's launch on July 11.
The huge increase in interest is likely caused by both the phone's inclusion of 3G internet and Apple's decision to allow subsidizing. O2 is selling the new iPhone for free on high-revenue contracts.
While 130,000 may not seem like a large number compared to the millions Apple expects to sell, it is representative of how well the second-gen Apple phone will perform worldwide compared to the first. Some things to consider:
- The first iPhone was not available in as many countries as the second one will be.
- Of the countries that did get the iPhone, not all of them offered it as early as the US.
- There wasn't as much interest in the first phone because of lack of 3G and high prices.
- Despite the above facts, 4 million units were still sold by January 2008 with even more sold since that time.
If interest in the iPhone 2 is the same around the world as it is in the UK, not to mention more countries will be selling it, we can reasonably estimate that more than 4 times as many 3Gs will be sold as 2Gs. Apple's goal was to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008; analysts are predicting sales of 14 million in 2008 and 24 million in 2009, according to the iPhone blog. Apple could easily surpass these predictions.
This is hard news for the competition to swallow. How will other phone makers ensure that their market share is not eaten up by Apple's powerhouse phone?
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This weekend I stayed over at the house of some dear friends, spending a bit of time out of town. I was up early this morning, and while I waited for everyone to get into full gear, I had a bit of time on my own to do a sketch of what was sitting in front of me after I finished my coffee and toast. (Click for larger view.)
I got my sketchpad and pencil first, and then decided that it was a while since I'd done anything directly on the iPad, and not since I'd got the new iFaraday stylus I got a while back, so this was a good opportunity and I was in the mood for working on the iPad. I laid down a rough sketch on one layer in a reasonably quick way, and was quite pleased with the result… and then a bit later in the morning I went back in and worked in some new lines in black on top.
Of course, I could not leave it there, as I had some of the lovely colours in mind from the start… So yes, I splashed on a bit of colour later on, turning a quick sketch into a longer affair. This time, I chose to put the colors under the lines, standard graphic novel style.
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It seems like London is particularly dizzy with excitement this season. Big names like Burberry Prorsum, Pringle, Jonathan Saunders, Matthew Williamson and Alice Temperley have made a comeback to the city. But beyond the presence of big shot brands and powerful fashion tastemakers, London is still a breeding ground for emerging design stars. With that in mind, JC Report has selected a few ascending names that we're putting our bets on.
With an MA from Central Saint Martins and an extensive resume working for the likes of Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors and Max Mara, Christian Blanken is not your average fashion star. Already known in fashion circles, he recently decided to revive his namesake brand with a distinctly more mature approach. Clean, sharp and precise, the brand is the perfect assemble of sportswear and luxe. Exuding urban glamour, the masculine silhouette is softened up by fluid fabrics like satin and silk. The spring/summer '11 collection was snapped up by Dolce & Gabbana to be featured at their new concept store, Spiga2, which will spotlight new designers. At London Fashion Week, Blanken showed a functional, modern yet deeply feminine and sensuous collection. The mix of shirts, tuxedo separates and silk organza is rich and stunningly timeless.
After graduating from the Royal College of Arts MA, Matthew Miller has been making a mark in menswear by working the perfect balance between traditional and high tech. Pushing the boundaries between tailoring and urban aesthetics, Miller, who is only on his third collection, breathes fresh air into the modern gentleman's wardrobe as well as the notion of contemporary male dressing. With his latest collection picked by Selfridges and a nod from Vogue as a designer to watch, it will only be a matter of time before Miller's passion conquers the world.
Already featured in high fashion magazines such as Vogue UK, Harpers Bazaar Japan, I-D and Dazed and Confused, it would be possible to mistake J JS Lee for an industry veteran. Freshly out of a MA in womenswear at Central Saint Martins, Lee is only on her third collection but has already managed to establish a place at the ultimate luxurious department store, Harrod's. Showing for the first time on the official schedule, Lee wowed a room full of buyers and editors by showcasing simplicity at its very best. Inspired by the Russian constructivism, she brought to life a group of sleek separates lined with neoprene, which gave the shape a strong but delicate shape. With her simple tailored pieces, minimalist chic approach and understated femininity, Lee is giving womenswear a new spin.
Minimal yet highly architectural, Tze Goh's singular aesthetic is the perfect expression of subtle luxury. Technically daring, his autumn/winter '10 Central Saint Martins MA collection was presented in pure white because he wanted all attention on his structural silhouettes. For autumn/winter '11, he bagged himself a place at Vauxhall Fashion Scout's "Ones to Watch" show by presenting three-dimensional pieces of outstanding beauty. Always pushing the boundaries of tailoring, his collections are conceptual but always carry a surprising hint of romance. Luxurious yet discreet, Goh's vision of glamour fits perfectly with the new wave of restrained elegance.


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Scottsdale 911 dispatchers save 3 people after overdose
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - From the beginning, dispatchers could tell the 911 call Wednesday morning wasn't going to go well.
"Uh yes, I have a girl, I think that she might be overdosing on some sort of drug right now," the caller said.
It came in to the Scottsdale Police Emergency Call Center.
"During the call his voice also faded out so it was hard to understand what he was saying as well," dispatcher Monica Garcia said.
It quickly became clear the girl wasn't the only one on drugs.
"Sir, talk to me so we can get you some help started," the dispatcher said.
Three minutes into the call and dispatchers still couldn't get the caller to give them an address. Without an address, they couldn't get an ambulance on its way.
Within minutes the caller became impossible to understand, then stopped speaking completely. Dispatchers believe he had passed out.
"We use everything that we do have but sometimes it doesn't end up with a good connection. Sometimes we still can't find the person. So this was a rare situation," Garcia said.
By the time emergency crews got to the scene they found three people close to death.
Dispatchers say because the caller used his cell phone they had to pinpoint where he was calling from. If you do call 911 from your cell phone, make sure to tell dispatch where you are as soon as possible.


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The spine of this long-term research project on the British workplace consists of two representative surveys of British employees funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Department of Trade and Industry (subsequently the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills).
Planning for the research began in 2006 and led to an ESRC award in the following year. The ESRC project included the British Workplace Behaviour Survey (BWBS), the largest representative study of workplace ill-treatment so far conducted anywhere in the world. The Principal Investigator on the ESRC project was Ralph Fevre; co-investigators were Amanda Robinson, Trevor Jones and Duncan Lewis (Plymouth University).
The research company TNS (subsequently TNS-BMRB) were responsible for fieldwork on the BWBS and in the following year Ralph Fevre was the lead academic in a successful bid with TNS-BMRB to undertake the UK Government's second Fair Treatment at Work Survey (FTWS) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Theo Nichols (Emeritus Professor at Cardiff) was a co-investigator. Although it was intended to gather information on a wider variety of topics, this very well-resourced survey also allowed the repetition of some questions asked in the BWBS, using a random rather than quota sample.
Four qualitative case studies (funded as part of the ESRC project) complete the dataset. These were effectively four separate research programmes undertaken in well-known British companies. The case studies helped us to pin-point the major causes of the ill-treatment of employees and the actions that organisations could take to bring about better treatment. For instance, the research established that conventional solutions to problems of ill-treatment, as codified in dignity at work policies for example, were either ineffective or made things worse. The remedies we identified centre on the need for organisations to deliver on promises of an individualised approach to relations between employers and employees. The active commitment of senior leaders is critical to this process.


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Two remain in hospital after five-vehicle wreck Tuesday
Published: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 1:32 p.m.
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Four people were injured — two of whom remained hospitalized Thursday morning — during a five-vehicle accident on N.C. Highway 8 near Feezor Road on Tuesday, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.
Ashley Simmons, 27, of Long Street in Thomasville, and Thomas Wren, 71, of Magnolia Road, were transported to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem with nonlife-threatening injuries. The cause of this multi-vehicle crash was a failure to reduce speed by Joseph Cecil, 38, of South Miners Trail, the driver of a Windstream utility truck that struck the third vehicle in a line that was slowing down to allow the first vehicle to make a left turn from northbound N.C. 8, said M.A. Leonard, the investigating trooper.
The third vehicle struck the second car, driven by Simmons, causing it to ricochet into oncoming traffic where it was hit head-on by the southbound vehicle being driven by Wren. The truck continued forward and struck the first vehicle that had originally stopped to make the left turn.
Cecil was charged with failure to reduce speed.
A WFBMC spokeswoman said Wren was in serious condition Thursday morning. She had no information on the condition of Simmons. The two other drivers were treated and released for minor injuries.
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The bows, they are big for fall, on everything from shoes to bags to dresses. At the risk of looking like a Japanese Lolita (unless that's your thing), it's best to keep it subtle for day-to-day wear. With black & clear glass gems tucked neatly into each loop of the brushed gold bow, this Tuxedo Ring ($26) is eye-catching but not overpowering. Love it!
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Baylor College of Medicine scholarships that recognize academic achievement and other non-financial need criteria are typically awarded to outstanding students when funds are available. Students are notified by the appropriate office once eligibility is determined. Merit-based scholarship eligibility is not determined through the Office of Student Financial Aid.
Information referencing outside scholarships is available for students to review in the Office of Student Financial Aid. You will also find scholarship information in the reference section of your local library.
These scholarships are "gift aid" and are not repaid. Baylor College of Medicine awards them to medical students on a first come, first served basis. Students must be disadvantage and demonstrate financial need. Parental data is required on FAFSA and BCM application in order to be considered for these funds.
Direct Loan funds are available to students with interest rates as low as 6.2 percent. Remember, borrowed funds must be paid back, and the amount you borrow will impact your future life-style. Borrow only what you need! All Federal Loans awarded and disbursed will be submitted to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) and will be accessible by guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions determined to be authorized users of the data system. View the Loan Term Information.
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Devin Shepherd came into the "Big Brother 16" house playing strong. He helped form the Bomb Squad Alliance of six of the eight male houseguests. But Devin quickly upset the members of this alliance by adding two additional members without discussing it.
Devin has now alienated most of the "Big Brother 16" houseguests and live feed subscribers watching at approximately 12:45 a.m. PT on July 9 saw Devin as he dropped out of the alliance and told fellow Bomb Squad member Frankie Grande that he was done and was playing for himself and only for himself from here on in.
Shepherd has been a controversial and volatile player since the first week. Many of the female houseguests find him intimidated and are even outright scared of him. He has fits of temper, when coupled with his size and strength, can be a cause for alarm within the "Big Brother 16" house.
After speaking with Frankie on Wednesday morning, it became clear that the former minor league baseball player has no allies left in the "Big Brother 16" house. Devin Shepherd may find himself on the chopping block when the next Head of Household competition is held. Because he is the current Head of Household, Devin is not eligible to compete in this week's competition.
He may, however, have a chance to keep himself in the "Big Brother House." If nominated, Shepherd would need to win the Battle of the Block or Power of Veto competition. If he is able to win one or both of these competitions he would stay in the house for another week.
The following week Devin would be eligible to play in the Head of Household competition. But, if the players he nominates win the Battle of the Block competition, he will be unseated as one of the two weekly Heads of Household. Shepherd would then need to go on to win the Power of Veto competition in order to stay in the game one more week.
Shepard made it clear to Frankie Grande that he intends to play the game and win competitions in order to stay in the game. Many times over the past few weeks Devin has said he is there to win in order to make a better life for his daughter. Unless the houseguests decide to keep him in the house because he is the biggest target, Shepherd will need to win at least one competition each week in order to advance his game.
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Michael David Strachan
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 199 lbs.
Born: May 24, 1953 in Miami, FL
High School: Miami Jackson
College: Iowa St. (school history) (Strachan college stats)
Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 9th round (216th overall) of the 1975 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 16 (5629th overall since 1950)
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Most people who know about the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest know the Washington archipelago for orca whale watching and sea kayaking. Recently designated with national monument status, the archipelago encompasses more than 400 islands and nearly 500 miles of shoreline. One of Lonely Planet's top destinations in the States for 2013, the San Juan Islands offer a wealth of leisure options for visitors throughout the year.
First of all, the best news for summer visitors might be the recent merger of Northwest Sky Ferry and San Juan Airlines to form the new San Juan Airlines. "This acquisition will position us to expand our flight schedule, accommodate larger parties, and offer more destinations," said Northwest Sky Ferry president Skip Jansen. Daily scheduled flights include charter and scenic flights to the San Juan Islands, Bellingham, Anacortes, Port Angeles, Point Roberts, British Columbia and beyond.
Located just blocks from the ferry landing in Friday Harbor, Acanthus Suites offers lodging in a historic home that was built in 1913 as a wedding gift for the daughter of wealthy merchant. The impeccable restoration retained period details throughout the five suites, which are complemented by a deep front porch and a spacious back yard.
Nearly everyone who visits the San Juan Islands has a desire to witness the indigenous marine life in their natural habitat. Sails & Whales, which is a partnership between San Juan Island Whale & Wildlife Tours and Kruger Escapes, offers island "spy-hopping" packages that ply the waters in search of orca whales, Dall's porpoise, harbor seals, sea lions, eagles, sea birds and more.
Visitors board the 50-foot ex-racing yacht SV Tomahawk on Orcas Island and then set off for a relaxing sail, with lunch on an island that is inaccessible by ferry. Lunch is followed by a powerboat excursion to locales where sea lions sunbathe.
Part of the "quiet" culinary revolution on the San Juan Islands, Barn Owl Bakery is located on a remote farm on Lopez Island. The bakery's signature "wild-leavened" breads eschew commercial yeast and, instead, rely on the natural yeasts in the air with the addition of wines, ciders, meads, and beers to foster native fermentation. Visitors can witness the baking process on the farm and purchase the delicious breads at the Lopez Island Farmers Market.
Indulge in a hand's-on lunch experience in the kitchen of The Bluff at Friday Harbor House in Friday Harbor. Every Tuesday, Chef Aaron Rock demonstrates how to transform a catch from local waters or bounty from local farms into a delicious meal, all supplemented by wines from local wineries, such as Orcas Island Winery, which produces nine wines from Washington-grown grapes. A father-son endeavor, Orcas Island Winery is one of a triumvirate of San Juan Islands' wineries, which also includes San Juan Vineyards and Lopez Island Vineyards & Winery.
For beer aficionados, there's Island Hoppin' Brewery on Orcas Island – while gin tipplers might consider San Juan Island Distillery, which also makes apple brandy.
Take your local elixirs to the movies. The Friday Harbor Film Festival happens in November, but until then cinephiles can enjoy drive-in movies. The summer film series offers classic family fare on the big screen at the San Juan County Fairgrounds.
On Friday afternoons, the Friday Harbor Art Market features the work of visual and musical artists from San Juan, Orcas, Lopez, and Waldron Islands – as well as an interactive art station where visitors can create their own work at "The Creation Station."
Those in need of pampering and relaxation head to The Spa at Earthbox, where hot stones from local island beaches are utilized with organic emollients from Italy.
Once you've absorbed the chill vibe on the San Juan Islands, consider a "gourmet archipelago," a 3-day/2-night farm-to-kayak paddling adventure. Join a small group of kayakers as you paddle around the San Juan Islands and camp at remote island state parks while enjoying locally grown and organic meals.
This summer, spend some time in the San Juan Islands for a taste of paradise.


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Sylvester Hicks
Position: DE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 251 lbs.
Born: April 2, 1955 in Jackson, TN
High School: North Side
College: Tennessee St. (school history)
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 12 (6581st overall since 1950)
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I did a job where they bleached my eyebrows and I thought I would show it to you. What do you think? It was very strange looking at my self in the mirror, the cool thing was to apply darker eyeshadow when I was going out cause it immediately looked like Givenchy. My sweather is by Lainey Keough and it's made by the most amazing Cashmere ever, and my white leather shorts that I bought at Screaming Mimi's which I'm also wearing here.
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UMass Football Postgame Quotes At Ohio
Nov. 29, 2013
Massachusetts Head Coach Charley Molnar
On what he said to the seniors after the game
On his team's ability to bounce back after falling behind by two touchdowns early
On the quarterback play from the three that saw playing time
On the big touchdown pass from A.J. Doyle to Tajae Sharpe
On the team's ability to make big plays, but not consistently enough
On the performance of Kevin Byrne who had an interception and a forced fumble
"I think he's had a good year. I don't know if this is the high point for him. But obviously when a big guy gets an interception it's something that he'll remember for a long time."
On the play of walk-on freshman running back Shadrach Abrokwah
On the first pick-six for Travis Carrie and what it did to swing momentum in the game
A.J. Doyle, Sophomore, Quarterback
On the flow of the game.
On this being the final game for the team's seniors
On the deep touchdown pass to Tajae Sharpe
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This book may appeal to professionals and voluntary organisations working within mental health and to those who have been affected with a mental illness. It is a detailed account of Shirley Kaci's journey of art through mental illness and shares her stories of how she used art as a means of self healing and expression and for many years used her creativity in a professional way.
This book of a 102 pages is full of Shirley's creations which include her poetry written during times of extreme turmoil, it shares her stories of being a victim of sexual abuse, rape and how she was bullied.
It may also be of interest to art buyers and collectors.
Her Journal mainly covers the period from birth up until 1997.
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shirleykaci6 says I have to say that I am really pleased with the quality of my book. It was an extremely therapeutic process. It has inspired me to write some more.
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Wind River Product Demos and Tutorials
In these short, focused videos, we'll show you how to make the most of Wind River® products.
Wind River Hypervisor
Wind River Chief Technology Officer Tomas Evensen describes the evolution of the hypervisor from the data center to the device, including its implications for the device industry and embedded developers.
Wind River Hypervisor Demonstration Part 1 of 2
Watch a short demonstration of Wind River Hypervisor, VxWorks®, and Wind River Linux on PowerPC and Intel®.
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Watch a short demonstration of Wind River Hypervisor, VxWorks®, and Wind River Linux on PowerPC and Intel®.
Wind River ICE 2 for Advanced JTAG Debugging
Andy Young, technical account manager at Wind River, talks through the new features of Wind River ICE 2.
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At Mobile World Congress 2009, Wind River software architect Michael Barabanov demos the Wind River customized version of Android "Cupcake" running on Texas Instruments' OMAP3430. Customizations include widgets and a tabbed application slider.
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Child Safety and Blinds
Kids and cords do not mix. Here are some important safety guidelines to follow:
- Move cribs and other furniture children can climb up on to get to windows away from windows, blinds, etc.
- Keep all cord out of reach of children. Cut cords short or wrap them around a cord cleat.
- Anchor cords for continuous cord loop blinds and shades.
- Make sure you lock cords on window blinds to prevent them from falling.
- Consider purchasing cordless blinds or shades in areas or window children can reach
- Corded window treatments purchased before 2001 should be replaced or retrofitted with cord-repair devices to reduce potential strangulation risks.
- CPSC recommends against knotting or tying the cords together on window blinds or shades because this creates a new loop in which a child could become entangled.
Check out our new Cordless Blinds and Shades Safety Tips page for more information on buying the right window coverings for your child's room and home.
The following information provided by the U.S. Consumer of Product Safety Commission
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Consumer Product Safety Alert
Children Can Strangle in Window Covering Cords
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) announced recalls to repair horizontal window blinds to prevent the risk of strangulation to young children. The recalls involved millions of window blinds with pull cords and inner cords that can form a loop and cause strangulation. From 1991 to 2000, CPSC received reports of 160 strangulations involving cords on window blinds: 140 strangulations involved the outer pull cords, and 20 involved the inner cords that run through the blind slats.
In 1994, CPSC worked with the window covering industry to redesign new window blinds to eliminate the outer loop on the end of the pull cords and provide free repair kits so consumers could fix their existing blinds. Window blinds sold since 1995 no longer have pull cords ending in loops.
In 1999, CPSC began a new investigation of window blind deaths. In an extensive review of incidents, CPSC found that children could also become entangled in the inner cords that are used to raise the slats of blinds. These entrapments occur when a young child pulls on an inner cord and it forms a loop that a child can hang in. All of these deaths involved children in cribs or playpens placed next to windows. In most cases, the outer pull cords were placed out of reach, but the children still strangled when they pulled on the inner cords of the blinds. The strangulation victims ranged in age from 9 months to 17 months.
As a result of the CPSC investigation, the industry has further redesigned window blinds. Window blinds sold since November 2000 have attachments on the pull cords so that the inner cords can't form a loop if pulled by a young child. Consumers with blinds bought before Nov. 2000 should repair them. Consumers who have window blinds with loops should immediately visit WCSC (http://www.windowcoverings.org/about-2/) or call 800-506-4636 to receive a free repair kit for each set of blinds. The repair kit includes small plastic attachments to prevent inner cords from being pulled loose. Instructions for cord stop installation (http://www.windowcoverings.org/how-to-retrofit/) are easy and repair can be done in minutes without removing blinds. The kit also includes safety tassels for pre-1995 window blinds with outer pull cords ending in loops.
Consumers should cut the loops and install the safety tassel at the end of each pull cord.
Consumers who have vertical blinds, draperies or pleated shades with continuous loop cords can also order from the same toll-free number a special tiedown to prevent strangulation in those window coverings.
Parents should keep window covering cords and chains permanently out of the reach of children. Never place a child's crib or playpen within reach of a window blind. Unless the cords can be completely removed from the child's reach, including when the child climbs on furniture, CPSC recommends against knotting or tying the cords together because this creates a new loop in which a child could become entangled.


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Many people feel that what they are going through is a religious experience and not a mental illness. A good way to counter this type of thought, is to look at the facts with them.
If you have a mental illness, what you will portray is symptoms, and if you are having a crisis of faith, you will portray certain things as well. Best to look at the facts first. A crisis of faith isn't usually the end of the line for you. Most religions have a way to reconcile yourself. A mental illness will not go away so easily.
If you find that your symptoms are not going away after you have done the acts needed to reconcile yourself in whatever way your faith asks you to do, you may find that taking a look at the symptoms of mental illness to be the next step.
Sometimes someone you know might feel that even though the evidence shows them they are not going through a crisis of faith, they still may believe they are. By going through the symptoms of the mental health disorder that a doctor or therapist might feel your loved one has, you might find some answers, and easy ways to explain to them what they are really going through.
Don't expect it to all come make sense at once, but it will come clear with time and patience. When you weigh all the evidence at once, it can be easier for someone to accept that what they are going through is treatable, instead of something of doom.


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Sept. 23, 2011
Huskies Can Thank Soccer For Delivering Their Folk Hero
Gregg Bell Unleashed: Renewed Huskies Are What They Wear
Wednesday Notebook: Sarkisian Likes The Way Price Is Moving
Start Of Pac-12 Provides Huskies' Defense With A Chance For Renewal
Price Gets Back To Work
UW vs. Cal Game Notes
UW-Cal Flipcard
By Gregg Bell
UW Director of Writing
SEATTLE - Almost nothing is the same since the Huskies last met California 10 months ago.
Most noticeably, the quarterbacks are different -- and dangerous. Washington's Keith Price and Cal's similarly dynamic Zach Maynard have combined to throw 20 touchdown passes over this season's first three weeks.
The stakes are different, too, with bowl elimination not yet directly on the line in September as it was last Nov. 27.
The venue is also different this time. Saturday's 12:30 p.m. Pac-12 opener between the Huskies (2-1) and Golden Bears (3-0) is at Husky Stadium and will be broadcast on ROOT Sports television locally, Fox Sports Network nationally, the Washington IMG College radio network and here on GoHuskies.com with another live game chat with exclusive access.
"Our first game in the Pac-12, we want to come out strong and send a message," Huskies senior wide receiver and co-captain Jermaine Kearse said.
The message Cal may get early and often Saturday from the Dawgs is that there is one constant from last November: Chris Polk is still romping for the Huskies.
The last time these met, in the rain, hail and sun in Berkeley, Washington sent Cal to its first losing season in nine years. Washington coach Steve Sarkisian decided against a chip-shot field goal that would have forced overtime and instead called all Huskies around him on the sideline during a time out. He fired up the team and UW's season by going for the win, calling for an unbalanced line and off-tackle run by Polk on the game's final play.
Polk scored, one of his 1,415 yards rushing in 2010, and Washington won 16-13 to keep alive its postseason hopes en route to an eventual win in the Holiday Bowl.
Price has since taken over for Jake Locker at UW. He is the nation's co-leader in touchdown passes with a school-record 11 through three games, but he has sore knees. That makes Polk, who has rushed for 100 yards in each of UW's three games, perhaps even more important to the Huskies' quest to go 1-0 in the conference for the third time in Sarkisian's three seasons leading them.
The bullish Polk could turn Saturday's meeting between the only two perennial members of what is now the Pac-12 Conference since the league's inception in 1915 into a grudge match.
Asked for a synopsis of Cal's defense, Sarkisian gushed over how tough these Bears are.
"Oh, physical. Physical, man. Geez," he said. "In looking at our conference, I would say they and USC are probably the most physically dominant-looking teams on film up front, in that front seven."
Establishing Polk's smash-mouth running against that strong front will likely be the key to the game. It would help tame Cal's pass rush on Price and set up more comfortable, play-action passes for the redshirt sophomore. Price often had to limp away from trouble last week while throwing four touchdown passes in Washington's 51-38 loss at ninth-ranked Nebraska.
On defense, the Huskies have to contain a far more dynamic quarterback in Maynard, a transfer from Buffalo, than they did while facing the relatively static Brock Mansion in Berkeley last season.
Maynard's favorite target is a familiar one. Bears sophomore wide receiver Keenan Allen has 20 catches in three games -- and is Maynard's half brother. They grew up together in the same house in North Carolina, raised by Maynard's father, and have been playing football together since each was in early grade school.
So when they absolutely have to have a play, look for the Bears to connect Maynard and Allen.
Maynard, as Sarkisian said, "makes them tick." He has nine touchdown throws against three interceptions in three games, though he is completing just 51.6 percent of his passes.
Washington has had problems containing mobile quarterbacks that have found extra time to throw by running around in the backfield in each of the first three games. Sarkisian, defensive coordinator Nick Holt and the Huskies' players say their young blitzers need to rush with more decisiveness to get the added pass pressure a nicked-up secondary could use.
Safety Nate Fellner may be back this week after missing the Nebraska game with a hamstring injury. Senior cornerback Quinton Richardson is playing through a healing process on a high ankle sprain from last month. And backup safety Taz Stevenson is questionable to play Saturday because of knee injury.
"This is the fourth straight week of us facing an athletic quarterback back there that can buy time," Sarkisian said. "And we've got to find a way to contain him."
One way might be with Josh Shirley. Sarkisian said the rush end who was dominant in spring ball just had his best week of practice since then. The redshirt freshman could add pressure outside Saturday, to offset the pattern of opponents largely avoiding stalwart defensive tackle Alameda Ta'amu and rugged middle linebacker Cort Dennison inside this season.
Cal has been ranked in the Top 25 at some point in each of the last seven seasons. Washington is trying to get back in a poll for the first time since late September 2009, just after the Huskies upset USC at home 16-13 in Sarkisian's first season.
They may be angry Bears walking into Husky Stadium. Washington stopped Cal's school-record streak of seven consecutive seasons with a bowl appearance last November by winning in Berkeley. Cal finished 5-7.
Of course all conference games are important, but this one could prove key to Washington's hopes for a fast start in the new Pac-12 North Division. Next week the Huskies play at Utah, which just pounded rival Brigham Young on the road 54-10. Then they have a bye before hosting Colorado and traveling to division co-favorite Stanford.
"Yeah these games really count. We're not going to prepare differently but ... the ones especially within your division, at home, these are vitally important," Sarkisian said. "It's great to come out of the preseason 2-1 on the winning side, to where we can say we're on top as we head into Pac-12 play. Now, the score changes here on Saturday. There's that other column next to the win-losses, it's the conference win-losses.
"This is a big one."