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- Independent films at !fistanbul!
- A whiff of China in Istanbul
- Two prizes for Turkey in the Dakar Rally
- International environment conference in Lefkoşa
- Award goes to ATM Dalaman International Terminal
- Istanbul through the eyes of two poets
- Discovering Sinan in Istanbul
- Music of the world at Iş Sanat
- garajistanbul, a new Istanbul art center
- Three new exhibitions at Pera Museum
- Istanbul in travel diaries
- Turkey through the Magnum lens
- Unforgettable nights at the Ankara Palas
- Abdülcanbaz in Izmir
- Nostalgic journey at the Gallery of Communications
- 'Cats, Dogs, Birds'
- Traditional and modern side by side
Istanbul through the eyes of two poets
Countless people have described, written about, and photographed Istanbul. Now for the first time two poets have come together to depict the city.
What's more, they come not as poets per se, but as writer and photographer. The result? Sunay Akın and Akgün Akova's 'Istanbul Between Two Poets'. More than just a photograph album, this vibrant Istanbul 'poem' depicts campfires in the Belgrade Forest, the bull statue at Kadıköy, Istanbul's stray dog population, a balloonman caught in the traffic at İstinye, the story of a boat turned flowerbox at Anadolu Hisarı. All appear here, in the most unexpected ways, like a series of light-hearted anecdotes: a black cat against the white of the Maiden's Tower, the Imperial Caique presiding over yacht races on the Bosphorus, the silhouette of an angel sculpture at the corner of the Minerva Han, a fortune-teller's rabbit at the Spice Bazaar. The first volume in Aya Yayıncılık's series, 'Aya Yolculuk', this book combines words and photographs in a mind-boggling Istanbul history. Do the photos illustrate the words or vice versa? It's not clear. What is clear is that Istanbul looks even more beautiful through the eyes of two poets...


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Morimoto, N; Ponce de León, M S; Nishimura, T; Zollikofer, C P E (2011). Femoral morphology and femoropelvic musculoskeletal anatomy of humans and great apes: a comparative virtopsy study. Anatomical Record, 294(9):1433-1445.
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The proximal femoral morphology of fossil hominins is routinely interpreted in terms of muscular topography and associated locomotor modes. However, the detailed correspondence between hard and soft tissue structures in the proximal femoral region of extant great apes is relatively unknown, because dissection protocols typically do not comprise in-depth osteological descriptions. Here, we use computed tomography and virtopsy (virtual dissection) for non-invasive examination of the femoropelvic musculoskeletal anatomy in Pan troglodytes, P. paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus, and Homo sapiens. Specifically, we analyze the topographic relationship between muscle attachment sites and surface structures of the proximal femoral shaft such as the lateral spiral pilaster. Our results show that the origin of the vastus lateralis muscle is anterior to the insertion of gluteus maximus in all examined great ape specimens and humans. In gorillas and orangutans, the insertion of gluteus maximus is on the inferior (anterolateral) side of the lateral spiral pilaster. In chimpanzees, however, the maximus insertion is on its superior (posteromedial) side, similar to the situation in modern humans. These findings support the hypothesis that chimpanzees and humans exhibit a shared-derived musculoskeletal topography of the proximal femoral region, irrespective of their different locomotor modes, whereas gorillas and orangutans represent the primitive condition. Caution is thus warranted when inferring locomotor behavior from the surface topography of the proximal femur of fossil hominins, as the morphology of this region may contain a strong phyletic signal that tends to blur locomotor adaptation.
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Sherry Dillard was kind enough to send a couple more photos of Frank Lloyd Wright's Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, WI.
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Public appeal by police
Avon & Somerset Police are appealing for spectators with video or photos of the fatal accident to contact them.
The crash happened as 23-year-old cyclist Junior Heffernan from Yelverton in Devon came round a bend during the Severn Bridge Road Race.
Here is Acting Inspector Darren Jarvis...
Scene of crash
Investigations are continuing into an accident during this weekend's Severn Bridge Road Race, in which a rising cycle star was killed.
23-year-old Junior Heffernan from Yelverton in Devon died after colliding with a car at the side of the road as he came round a bend.
Race abandoned after cyclist killed
A cyclist has died while competing in the Severn Bridge Road Race in Gloucestershire. 23-year-old Junior Heffernan from Yelverton in Devon was involved in a collision with a car during the race yesterday (Sun).
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Eric Christopher Washington
Position: DB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: April 22, 1950 in Washington, DC
Died: May 14, 1984
High School: McKinley
College: Texas-El Paso (school history)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round (238th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.
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QuarterWatch 2015 Q3 In this issue we identify major differences in reports of cancer associated with drugs for psoriasis, a common skin disorder affecting an estimated 7.5 million people. While corticosteroid and other topical drugs are sufficient for many cases, potent immunosuppressant drugs are used in increasing numbers. In this report we also provide new evidence that drugs for erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension can cause deafness or sudden hearing loss.
In the third quarter of 2015, the FDA received 332,226 new adverse drug event reports, a 31.2% increase over the previous calendar quarter, and a 59.7% increase from the same quarter one year earlier. The large increase in reports consisted almost entirely of non-serious events from drug manufacturers. The key subset of serious events occurring in the U.S. in fact declined 2.2% from 78,854 reports in Q2 to 77,117 in Q3.
The 190,911 reports about non-serious adverse drug events were of generally poor quality, with 72% lacking information about one or more of the following: age, gender, or an event date. Consumers were the original source for 80% of these cases, and the leading complaint was that the drug was ineffective.
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QuarterWatch 2014 Q3-4 This issue provides an overview of prominent drug safety issues as reflected in 833,076 adverse drug events reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during 2014. For this annual review, we identify the drugs that account for the most reports overall and in key subgroups such as children, cases from legal claims, and reports indicating product problems. For each perspective it is important to consider both the insights revealed and the substantial limitations of the underlying data.
Although drug adverse effects are estimated to account for 100,000 to 200,000 patient deaths and 1 to 2 million hospitalizations each year, neither the FDA nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes annual assessments of serious injury and death resulting from drugs in therapeutic use. Despite a world of proliferating digital data, the primary source for identifying injuries from therapeutic drugs remains the voluntary reports to the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). The QuarterWatch™ assessment is based on publicly released excerpts of case reports submitted for the first time in 2014.
The U.S. system for postmarket surveillance depends primarily on reports prepared by drug manufacturers. The types of reports that the FDA received in 2014 are described in Table 1. In 2014, manufacturers submitted 798,962 (95.9%) of the reports that the FDA received. The remaining 34,114 (4.1%) cases were submitted directly to the agency's MedWatch drug information program portal by consumers and health professionals. Any individual who desires to report an adverse drug event has the option of either submitting one directly to the FDA or contacting a drug manufacturer. Manufacturers, in turn, are required to report every adverse event they learn of through any channel that could range from a consumer help-line telephone contact to a refill reminder that was returned indicating the patient had died. The strength of the system is that it collects information from a wide array of sources that range from episodes observed by hospital pharmacists to legal claims for drug-induced injury filed in state and federal courts. Reporting events to the FDA is closed to no one.
QuarterWatch 2014 Q2 In this issue, we examine why unsafe use of zolpidem (AMBIEN), a largely generic drug taken by more than 5 million people as a sleep aid, accounts for more emergency department visits for adverse effects than any other psychoactive drug. Also, early signals for a new kind of diabetes drug, canagliflozin (INVOKANA) raise questions about whether enough is known about this agent to be assured that its benefits outweigh its risks. Finally, a flood of low-quality manufacturer reports for another diabetes drug—rosiglitazone (AVANDIA)—provide a notable example of why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to modernize its essential postmarket surveillance reporting program.
QuarterWatch™ is an independent publication of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) that monitors adverse drug events reported to the FDA. We analyze computer excerpts from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) that are released for public research use. These reports (best known as MedWatch reports) are a cornerstone of the nation's system for monitoring the safety of therapeutic drugs after FDA marketing approval.
This issue of QuarterWatch analyses the latest FDA release of FAERS data–covering 2014 Q2. In this three-month period the agency received a total of 221,958 case reports of adverse drug events from all sources. Of this total we selected for our primary analysis 75,643 new domestic reports of fatal, disabling or serious injuries in which a marketed drug was a primary suspect. Totals included 7,071 patient deaths, 1,596 reports indicating sustained harm or disability, and 16,717 cases severe enough to require hospitalization. This group of reports identified 960 different drugs with a median of 7 cases per drug, but with some drugs accounting for hundreds of cases. Our primary analysis excludes foreign reports, injuries not classified as serious, and cases identified as originating in legal claims.
QuarterWatch 2014 Q1 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)—based on MedWatch reports–is the government's primary safety surveillance system designed to identify harms from therapeutic drugs. For the last six years these vital data have formed the core of ISMP's QuarterWatch™ drug safety reports. In this issue we decided to look closely at the system itself. Our conclusion: it seems clear that this drug safety monitoring system is in need of modernization. It suffers from a flood of low quality reports from drug manufacturers and has not yet been updated for the changing environment in which drugs are marketed to health professionals and consumers. We discuss key problems below and offer some recommendations as an organization that relies heavily on data collected through FAERS.
This issue of QuarterWatch includes two recently released calendar quarters of FAERS data, from 2013 Q4, and 2014 Q1. To provide a broader perspective, the main analysis focuses on the 12 months ending with 2014 Q1, and includes all adverse event reports received by the FDA in that one-year period. Previous issues of QuarterWatch have focused on a subset of these case reports, those with a serious outcome and reported by patients in the United States.
QuarterWatch 2013 Quarters 3-4 In this issue we analyze severe gastrointestinal toxicity and hypersensitivity reactions reported for the new oral drug for multiple sclerosis (MS), dimethyl fumarate (TECFIDERA). The risks of serious psychiatric side effects are highlighted in a new analysis of varenicline (CHANTIX), an aid to smoking cessation. We also examine the frequent and broad spectrum of serious adverse effects on the brain of sodium oxybate (XYREM), an orphan drug for narcolepsy. Cardiac, ocular, infection, and pregnancy risks are reviewed for a second newer MS drug, fingolimod (GILENYA).
Because the FDA has corrected its previously delayed quarterly releases of serious adverse event reports, this issue of QuarterWatch includes data from two calendar quarters of 2013, Q2 and Q3. Totals from the two quarters reveal that after many years of a steady increase in reported fatal, disabling and serious adverse drug events, reports have hit a plateau in 2013. The Q3 total of 47,864 was almost unchanged (+108) from the preceding quarter Q2, and was 8.7% lower than Q3 of the preceding year.
This report focuses on three drugs (dimethyl fumarate, sodium oxybate, fingolimod) that share several characteristics with substantial effects on the total number of adverse event reports submitted. All three are expensive medications (more than $50,000 per patient-year) for small patient populations (10,000-25,000 patient-years). The high costs and small patient populations lead to marketing and safety surveillance plans that place the manufacturer in contact with every new patient. In the case of sodium oxybate, the central pharmacy calls every patient every month before shipping a refill. For all three drugs, manufacturers have extensive contact with practically all patients as treatment is initiated to assist in navigating insurance coverage for these high-cost specialty drugs. This leads to a different adverse event reporting environment compared with traditional brand name drugs where patient contacts by the manufacturer are limited, but contacts with physicians are more extensive. Nevertheless, the exact same reporting regulations apply to both quite different settings.
These high-patient-contact settings provide a new opportunity to achieve unprecedented and high-quality postmarket surveillance. It would be especially valuable for orphan drugs with clinical trials for efficacy in patient populations of just 100-200 subjects on the active drugs. Given that patient contact is already occurring for commercial and safety reasons, additional costs would be minimal. But to achieve these benefits, the FDA, manufacturers and stakeholders need to develop regulations, guidances and contact protocols to cover a steadily growing number of drugs.
QuarterWatch 2013 Q1 This issue focuses on serious hypersensitivity reactions reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for therapeutic drugs using data from the most recent 12 months available. It also surveys the newly released case reports for 2013, Quarter 1, and provides an update on the continuing drug safety issues surrounding anticoagulant drugs.
The FDA received 56,165 domestic reports of serious adverse drug events in the calendar quarter ending March 30, 2013. This was an apparent drop of 685 cases (-1.2%) from the previous quarter and a decline of 5,305 reports (-8.6%) from the same quarter in 2012. The total included 12,899 patient deaths and 2,653 cases indicating a possible medication error. The apparent decline is likely exaggerated. Historical records show the new quarter totals are artificially low since the agency typically releases additional reports for the quarter at a later date.
Hypersensitivity Highlights
Cases of reported drug hypersensitivity (mostly drug allergies) were identified using a standardized set of medical terms created by the pharmaceutical industry to classify possible cases of adverse drug events occurring in clinical trials or identified through postmarket surveillance. To identify suspect drugs, we screened 147,318 selected cases of serious adverse drug events from March 2012 through March 2013.
QuarterWatch 2014 This report analyzes15 drugs that accounted for 41% of recent serious adverse events in children reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the five years 2008-2012. In addition, we examine reporting trends from the same period for all domestic reports to the agency that identified adverse events in children under age 18.
Our study identified 45,610 adverse drug events reported in children less than 18 years of age. Of these, 64% (29,298) indicated a serious injury. Reports in children grew substantially over time--from 6,320 in 2008 to 11,401 in 2012, increasing at the same rate as for adult patients. Examined by year of age in children, the reports formed a U-shaped curve. The number was greatest in the first year of life, then declined and leveled off until adolescence, when cases again rose rapidly. There were insufficient data to evaluate 70% of the 741 drugs with reported serious adverse events in children because of fewer than 2 reports per year.
QuarterWatch 2012 Quarter 4 In this report we examine the leading drug safety problems reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the calendar year 2012. Our ranking of the year's major issues in drug safety comes from four different perspectives on tens of thousands of serious and fatal adverse drug events.
In 2012, the FDA received a total of 210,648 domestic reports of serious, disabling, or fatal adverse events associated with therapeutic drugs, an increase of 16% from the previous year. Reports that consumers and health professionals made directly to the FDA declined from 21,000 to 20,310 (-3.3%) while reports originated by manufacturers increased by 18.5%, from 160,598 to 190,338
QuarterWatch 2012 Quarter 3 This issue focuses on five widely used drug treatments for Type 2 diabetes, exenatide (BYETTA), liraglutide (VICTOZA), sitagliptin (JANUVIA), saxagliptin (ONGLYZA), and linagliptin (TRADJENTA). These drugs are known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agents because they mimic or increase the availability of GLP-1 in regulating blood sugar levels. Given emerging safety concerns about this increasingly prescribed class of drugs, we examined their safety profiles over 12 months of adverse drug event data.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is changing the internal computer system that manages its adverse event report database, now called FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System). The agency released for public use reports from a partial quarter extending from July 1, 2012, through August 27, 2012. The partial-quarter data totaled 136,225 reports of all kinds, including 29,186 domestic, fatal, disabling, or serious events meeting the QuarterWatch criteria. Adjusted for partial reporting, it appears a full quarter total will be similar to recent previous quarters. Because examining a partial quarter of data has significant limitations, this issue will rely on the 12 months ending June 30, 2012.
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Satico's roots go back to 1917 when P.A. Tierno, the grandfather
of Rob Salamida opened a luggage and leather goods store on
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name SaTiCo's from their names. After the end of WWII, the store
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Arizona. Returning from the war Rob's uncle, Andrew Tierno,
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The Parent Teacher Department Rob began teaching business classes in 1978, first at BOCES and then as an adjunct professor at Broome Community College. Fully appreciating the fact that education is essential for everyone, he took notice of some job applicants at his spiedie bottling facility that could not read enough to fill out the application form. In 1991 after discussing this issue with several educators he saw the need to offer educational materials for both teachers and parents of troubled students. Within a few months he replaced an entire floor level of party decorations and favors at the store with the latest educational books, tools and materials. To quickly learn the educational industry he went to the national trade show and met with many entrepreneurial teachers who had gone from the blackboard to drawing board producing their well-worked teaching materials. Word of the new department spread quickly and as the cases were being unpacked many teachers came in just to see the vast array of materials. Today people come from out of town and out of state to see the one of the largest selections of teaching supplies.
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Cyril Calvin Pinder
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 13, 1946 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
High School: Crispus Atticka
College: Illinois (school history) (Pinder college stats)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 18 (5186th overall since 1950)
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Umbilical cord around babies neck; should I be concerned?
I'm 36 weeks pregnant and found out today durIng ultrasound that the cord is around our sons neck. After 2 hours of monitoring his heart rate which remained steady between 143-150 along with him being very active during the testing doctor says I should not be worried as babies wrap themselves in the cord all the time. His practice breathing was t 10 seconds should be at 20; but Dr. Stressed is practice breathing no cause for worry; I still am concerned. Wondering should I be insist on a C-section or wait or natural labor as Dr. Suggest? Any feedback is appreciated.
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The cord around babies neck is very common occurring in about 1/3 of all births. Complications from the cord being around the neck are rare and in fact, if observed during ultrasound, the doctor or u/s tech will usually not tell the parent(s) as it causes unnecessary worry.posted 06/13/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
My son had an ultrasound at about 37 weeks and the cord wasn't around his neck. Then when he was born at 39 weeks he came out with the cord around his neck. Obviously at some point he got that thing wrapped around him! During birth they constantly monitor the baby. So I wouldn't insist on a C section. I understand being concerned, but it's true that baby's get active and the cord wraps around them. If, during delivery, his heart rate drops they will get your baby out. Try not to overstress! My son is perfectly healthy, even with that cord being around him on the way out!posted 06/13/2012 by HereNow26
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HereNow26, thanks for the feedback you sharing your experience was very helpful. I am monitoring his activity as instructed by the Dr. and will be having weekly stress test. I know both responses mentioned how common getting wrapped in the cord is but still have a bit of worry (which I'm sure is normal).posted 06/13/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
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RADNOR, Pa. (January 29, 2014) — The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) recognized 57 Cabrini College student‑athletes among the 542 listed on the conference's fall 2013 CSAC All‑Academic Team.
The CSAC All-Academic Team recognizes student-athletes who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.20 or higher during their semester of competition, while using a full season of eligibility as determined by the NCAA.
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CLAIM: Lindsay Lohan Hits Man With Car in L.A., Flees Scene
A Los Angeles man claims Lindsay Lohan hit him with her car and then fled the scene on Wednesday evening.
The individual, a manager at L.A.'s Hookah Lounge, alleges Lohan was trying to navigate a U-turn while in her Porsche outside of the Sayers Club when she lightly hit into his knee before leaving the scene.
Though police came to the accident site and later decided not to file a report since the man wasn't injured, sources say the Hookah Lounge manager later went to the hospital and intends to press charges.
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A formal investigation would be launched if and when the man files the police report.
There currently are NO eyewitnesses to verify the man's claims.
At this time, Lohan – who is still on probation – is NOT accused of any crime.
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A couple of weeks ago after the Freeh Report hit the streets, I argued here that the administration at Penn State should take down the Joe Paterno statue and that the NCAA ought not to impose sanctions on Penn State. Well, the administration did take down the statue so I am now batting .500 with regard to those recommendations. Today the NCAA hit Penn State with just about every penalty at the NCAA's disposal save for the "Death Penalty".
I think the NCAA set itself a precedent here that it may not like. The NCAA has imposed a sanction on a member school without doing an investigation of its own and the basis for the sanction is based on illegal activities at the school not activities that might devolve to the school some kind of unfair athletic competitive advantage. Lawyers like to argue about the famous "slippery slope"; the NCAA just set itself upon one.
They fined Penn State $60M – – approximately the revenue generated by a season of Penn State football. Sounds fair at first; however much of that money would have gone to funding the other non-revenue sports at Penn State such as fencing and cross country. The student athletes on those teams will be "collateral damage victims" of something that happened completely outside of their control. I have not read every word of the Freeh Report – – although I have read more than half of it online – – and I have seen nothing that would lead me to believe that anyone associated with the fencing team or the cross-country team was involved in anything untoward regarding the "Sandusky Affair". Yet those athletes will be punished too.
The football program will lose 10 scholarships per year for 4 years. One can argue that it was the football program that made all of this happen and so there is some degree of 'justice" here. The NCAA imposition of sanctions is always "after the fact" so it is useless to argue that it is the current coaching staff and the current players/recruits who will be punished for the sins of their predecessors. That is just the way the NCAA rolls…
Penn State will not be allowed to participate in any bowl games for four years. Actually, I sort of like this sanction because it really gets to the heart of the matter here. For the next four years, the Penn State athletic department and the football program can put their expectations and their actions into a mode that is more in line with what intercollegiate athletics ought to be. Yes, I know this too is an ex post facto punishment on people who had nothing to do with the "Sandusky Affair". That is just the way the NCAA rolls…
Having Penn State football forfeit all of its wins between 1998 and 2011 is an interesting decision. On one hand, it is a silly decision because all of the Penn State teams in those years derived no advantage or benefit from the cover-up actions that these sanctions are meant to address. On the other hand, it is a brilliant decision because it removes Joe Paterno's name from any future discussion about "winningest coach" and that removal is a good thing. What I would hope to be the case is that 20 years from now, folks will remember Joe Paterno as:
An excellent football coach and educator
A man whose horrible judgment in a crisis situation allowed a sexual predator to continue his predation on young boys for almost a decade.
That is who Joe Paterno was; that is how he should be remembered but if the debate has to do with "winningest coach" then all logic gets sidetracked and everything becomes emotionally driven again. I have no idea if the NCAA imposed this sanction with that kind of thing in mind, but if they did then kudos to them.
Hopefully, this action by the NCAA will allow the Penn State/Sandusky Affair story to recede from banner headline status. If that is the case, then we can look back at the last 9 months or so and objectively look at all of the words that have been written and spoken about the way this sordid tale demonstrates how culture of college football as the most important thing on campus leads to terrible ends. Certainly, columns of that ilk laid end to end would likely be long enough to stretch a path to and from every school in the Big Ten. Meanwhile, I have to think that sports fans in "SEC Territory" are reading such columns with a quizzical expression as if to say:
How could football be anything but the most important thing on the campus of a large state university?
NFL training camps are open and Terrell Owens is not in any of them. I wonder if his next "career move" will be into sports radio where if a host has the ability to say startling and/or outrageous things, then the host achieves celebrity status and is a success. If that is not the path, then maybe he can become a personal fitness trainer. I have not observed any other characteristics that would lead to a career path for him.
I make those observations about Owens because he has already been down the "reality TV road" with the T.O. and Ocho Show and it was anything but a "hot property". He is not likely to get another gig in that arena – – unlike another sports figure who can no longer play his game and who needs income. Pete Rose (age 71) and his fiancée (age 30-ish) will star in an upcoming "family reality series" on TLC network. I had to go and look this up, but TLC programming already includes such things as
What Not To Wear
Craft Wars
Cake Boss
Extreme Couponing
With that lineup, why not add a Pete Rose centered "family reality" show? In fact, why not add a program about people who hoard stuff to the point that they need an intervention just to start to throw out some of the 25-year-old newspapers they have been saving. Oh, sorry.. TLC already has that program on; it is called Hoarding, Buried Alive. You know, the T.O. and Ocho Show might not have been nearly as bad as I thought…
Here is what Pete Rose told Entertainment Weekly:
"It's not going to be classless – like it seems like a lot of reality shows aren't really reality, but our reality show is going to be funny, entertaining, and real."
Here is my reaction to that statement:
Would that…
Finally, here is some insight from Greg Cote in the Miami Herald:
"A South Korean won the U.S. Women's Open in golf. Or, did that go without saying? A South Korean winning in the LPGA is every bit as stunning as a Kenyan winning a marathon."
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In a new study, 18 slim, healthy Swedish men and women took on a fast food diet, eating meals from popular chains twice a day for four weeks while refraining from exercise.How can a boardroom of fast-food executives live with themselves? I guess they just call the tobacco execs for support.
At the end of the experiment, blood tests showed evidence that the subjects eating fast food had liver damage. They also had gained an average of 16 pounds.
The subjects were eating "an outrageously high amount" of calories, said Keith-Thomas Ayoob, associate professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Ayoob said the calorie intake was almost double the average daily caloric intake of most Americans, which is about 2,700 calories.
Studies have shown that a diet high in fat and calories — the magic recipe for delicious, greasy fast food — puts people at greater risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes, both of which can lead to cardiovascular diseases and heart failure.


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Katherine Gracki
Autoethnography and the Interview in Mai Thu Vans Vietnam: un peuple, des voix (1983)
Julia Watson has defined autoethnography as "an ethnographic presentation of oneself by a subject usually considered the object of the ethnographers interview." Francophone women writers, in particular those whose heritage is rife with the legacies of French colonialism, often employ autoethnography as a strategy to write themselves as subjects embedded in specific cultural contexts. This strategy enables women who belong to cultural groups that have, in general, been the object rather than the subject of representation to contest fixed categories of self and other as well as the aesthetic boundaries between autobiography and ethnography. A hybrid genre that amalgamates the concerns of autobiography and ethnography, autoethnography empowers the female writing subject to reconfigure both individual and collective identities and to question the fundamental assumptions of Western subjectivity.
The ethnographic interview has traditionally been a research tool used to gain data about cultural differences. Yet the interview has the potential to be more than methodological tool. The interview process involves interrogation, exchange, and performance in a face to face meeting between people. In this paper, I will evaluate the interviews role in Mai Thu Vans autoethnographic representation of Vietnamese women in Vietnam: un peuple, des voix (1983) and consider how selfhood is paradoxically drawn out in the process of describing otherness. Mai Thu Vans collection of interviews with Vietnamese women is framed by an autobiographical introduction in which she foregrounds her coming to writing and to autoethnography within the context of exile from Vietnam, from her mother and ultimately from the very culture she identifies with. Moreover, in the interviews she conducts with Vietnamese women, she is repeatedly labeled létrangčre, the westernized outsider with idealized notions of feminist solidarity among third world women. Seen through the eyes of the others she interviews, Mai Thu Vans position as ethnographic interviewer is complicated and called into question by the otherness she discovers within herself.
Trinh T. Minh-has filmic adaptation of Mai Thu Vans collection
of interviews, Surname Viet Given Name Nam (1989) will further inform my analysis
of otherness within the self by revealing the constructed nature of both categories of
self and other. Trinh stages Mai Thu Vans autoethnographic interviews in the first
part of her film in order to challenge the traditional use of ethnographic interview as
documentary truth. Ethnography has made a claim for itself as a scientific discourse based
on the assumed authenticity of interviews conducted in the field: Trinhs critique
demonstrates how it has been used to keep the Other in an objectified
position. Yet Trinh also highlights the enormous potential of the interview to forge a
relational form of subjectivity in autoethnographic work. We will ultimately argue that
this alternate form of subjectivity providses the foundation for a respectful and
reciprocal exchange that iss not based on hierarchy or power. Francophone women like Mai
Thu Van therefore reevaluate traditional notions of selfhood and otherness by reclaiming
the interview as a model for dialogue and exchange between women of diverse backgrounds
and affiliations.
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Of course regrettably these days so many news items all over the world, have had to mention the terrible disaster in Haiti after the earthquake there, and a large number of countries in the world have sent help-teams and money for aiding the unfortunate people. Israel too, is amongst those giving help. Two El Al planes took off from Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday night carrying a 121-member delegation that included 40 doctors, five search-and-rescue teams,with specially trained dogs for searching for survivors in the ruins. A field hospital has been set up. We hear that another plane is now leaving Israel with more medical equpment and materials.
Prime Minister Natanyahu said amongst other words," Given Israel's security needs, we have accumulated much search and rescue experience over the years. We have applied this experience previously in disaster scenes throughout the world – in Mexico, Argentina, Armenia, Kenya, Turkey and elsewhere. I hope and wish that the Israeli mission will succeed, this time as well, in saving as many lives – children, parents and families – in Haiti as possible. This is in accordance with the best Jewish tradition of aiding one's fellow men." One thing is strange though. So far I have not heard of many (if any) Muslim countries giving aid to Haiti. Where are all those oil-rich Arab countries when it comes to helping others?
On a completely different subject I will now write a few lines about the great number of people crossing via Egypt illegally into Israel. There is an official assessment that 100-200 people are crossing illegally into Israel each week – the majority of them from Eritrea, others from Somalia and the Ivory Coast, and very few from Sudan with legitimate refugee claims – but this is almost certainly an understatement. Now, the government has committed itself to taking overdue border-protection action and intends to build an ultra-sophisticated fence and introduce improved technological devices all the way along the border while construction progresses, and to aim ultimately for a complete hermetic barrier. This will not only take much time, but also much money (where will that be found?).
Netanyahu declared on this issue, "We are talking about a strategic decision to ensure the Jewish and democratic nature of the State of Israel, and close the southern border to smugglers and terrorists." He also alluded to the gradual reduction of the country's Jewish majority that would result from an escalated influx of illegals.I'll end with the latest weather report. A storm has been raging since Sunday night mostly in the south and many roads there have been closed down due to floods. But it's not only closed roads which are now the problem, even the Nitzana Bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfalls. Vehicles have been swept away, and some people, including a woman about to give birth had to be rescued by helicopters. In many places in the southern Negev, schools have been closed because of the downpour of rain. The rain is now moving northwards and is expected to last all week. Hopefully it will add water to Lake Kinneret which has been at a dangerously low level for the last few years Although this rain is unpleasant for the normal citizens, it is a blessing after so many drought years..Snow is also expected on the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Shalom from Irene


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TC TO JEAN CARLYLE AITKEN ; 19 July 1859; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18590719-TC-JCA-01; CL 35: 151-152
Humbie, 19 july, 1859—
My dear Jean,
I heard from the Doctor that you were a little better; but I wish very much to hear that you are well,—at all events to hear again, how you are. I hope Jim1 and you have made out your little excursion, and are "at the sea-side," or in some quiet fresh place; also that you have better weather than some of us have now got. Here, for instance, after a week's fierce blowing from the West, with every appearance of rain but little or none in actuality, the fall has at last actually come, and we are thick in the second day of it,—tedious dashings and splashings from the East, whh never do very much execution, and sometimes fall away almost into the state of blown "Scotch-mist," but whh never altogether cease, and have now reduced us to a most slippery impassable and altogether muddy and imprisoned condition. Last night latish, I sallied out in defiance; had a most strange walk of 3 or 4 miles, among wood by the brink of the sea, whh, had not the path itself been so sloppy and slippery, wd have been quite tolerable, or even pleasant and interesting, so absolutely new, and unlike what one is used to, nothing but pattering rain, loud wind (mostly in the tree-tops), and solitude absolute. I have not today been out at all; but mean to have a ride by and by, however wet it be.— Jane does wonderfully hitherto, tho' the Cuddy has stood idle since Thursday;—she went off, the day after, to Auchtertool Manse, and did not get home till yesterday (Monday) again, ever since whh time the rain has been busy more or less. Cuddy does his duty admirably, and is an unexceptionable animal; won't have almost any corn, or any at all when "full of grass, Sir,"—but the Boy2 has now realised some bran, or other such substance, whh proves very acceptable.
As for me I believe myself to be improving in health, and endeavour to be content under the confusions and obstructions of such an Establisht, and to take patiently the almost total failure to get any work done. My "work," my undoable "work"; that is the first thing that rises on me in the mornings: "Thou wretch, how wilt thou ever do that undoable? What will become of thee!"3— This place is altogether beautiful extremely; better bathing is not in the world, nor a prettier outlook, nor purer air than here on the Hill top. Good honest people, too, tho' very rough, unrid, and rustic in their ways. The essentials of life are all here, however; and we reckon ourselves lucky, and make no complaint. "What is to be done when Augt 6th arrives?" that is the only regretful question: and we do not yet succeed in answering it at all. I am clear for Annandale before long after leaving this: but Jane, in her feckless state, is much more difficult to dispose of.
Tell James I have never yet quite ended the "Solway Cottage" speculation.4 Adamson says there are fine sites to be had on Colvend5 shore, "belonging to the Hutton School Property":6 if James and you took a drive down thither some bright brisk day? If James wd make inquiry in his own way, and sort out the matter for me, so that I cd say yes or no about it, on getting to the ground, it wd be a kindness to me. But he need not take too much trouble either: I am very dowie & feckless in regard to that and all other such enterprises at this time of day; the only thing I clearly perceive is that I am always healthier in the Country. Adieu, dear Sister: with kind regards to both the Jameses,7 Yours ever T. Carlyle


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Here in BC Canada we also have long cold winters and knowing that the Hummingbirds will arrive in early April gives us something to look forward to. They are truly amazing birds that fly up to 2000 miles to be with us through quite often horrendous weather conditions.
We plan our front deck with them in mind. We hang around 6 feeders mixing the nectar ourselves. We created a water feature out of a wine barrel so that they can take a shower which is such fun to watch. There are hanging baskets to entice them and various pots with flowers such as Bee Balm and Fuchsias. One word of advice if I may it is imperative that all feeders are kept scrupulously clean, every 2-3 days and if the nectar is not finished throw it away and start again, especially in hot weather.
I create an outdoor studio with 4 Nikon SB600 Speedlights, one of which lights a backgound. My settings are ISO 200, F16-18, 250 Sync speed. The camera I use now is a Nikon D3S and the lens is a Nikon 200mm F4 AF Macro.
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Turkish Airlines Copyright © 1996 - 2016
- A world congress in Istanbul
- Friendship Concert
- Fourth Istanbul Cup
- Joint flights to Bursa with SunExpress
- 111's of the month
- AnadoluJet flights get under way
- Operating profit, a Turkish Airlines record
- Turkish Airlines' announcement
- Joint flights with Austrian Airlines
- Turkish Airlines' honorary observers come together for a second time
- Turkish Airlines' announcement
- Turkish Airlines is Star Alliance's 20th member
Operating profit, a Turkish Airlines record
Turkish Airlines' consolidated financial tables for 2007 have been announced on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. According to the tables, Turkish Airlines broke a record in 2007 with a net operating profit of TL 546 million.
Despite a net exchange rate loss in the balance sheet stemming from the falling exchange rates, net period profit was 63 percent over that of the previous year at TL 292 million. Based on these results, the operating profit margin was 11.44% and the net profit margin 6.12 percent for the year.


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Terry Lynn Tautolo
Position: LB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: August 30, 1954 in Corona, CA
High School: R.A. Millikan
College: UCLA (school history)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 13th round (353rd overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 16 (5629th overall since 1950)
Relatives: Brother of John Tautolo


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If you had told me before the season we'd beat our rival Colorado, UCLA,
ASU, several others in the Pac 12 and finish the season 9-9 in the Pac 12 and
21-11 overall, and be one of the best teams going into the NIT I think we'd
all have taken that. Mostly insignificant, but a nice addition was embarrassing
our former rival.
We have NBA talent in Wright and a talented group including Loveridge, Taylor, Brekkot Chapman, and Van Dyke that is better than we've had in 15 years probably.
The future of Pac 12 Ute basketball is bright.
My guess is the next team to win a sweet 16 game from the state of Utah will be the same as the last team to win a sweet 16 game from the state of Utah - and that would be the Univeristy of Utah pac 12 utes.
Proud of you guys!
Coach K for president!
- 9:11 p.m. March 13, 2014
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All of a sudden the NIT looks good!
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The Utes are lucky the Pac12 was extremely mediocre this year. 9-9 in league might get them into the NIT with all those preseason wins at home against the Jr Colleges. Colorado is no more the Utes rival than any other team in the conference. Maybe you could refer to Colorado as the "by default" rival at best since all the other teams actually have a real rival. If having a rival is a requirement then I guess Colorado is the only team that fits.
- 10:56 p.m. March 13, 2014
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the pac 12 is going to get at least 6 teams in the tournament, trailing possibly on the Big 12(with only 10 teams because there aren't any worthy teams available to be added to make 12)
the wcc will likely get 1 team
Pac 12: 6 teams
WCC: 1 team
The Pac 12 was 7-2 against the lowly wcc this year.
Show some respect to those better than you.
- 11:05 p.m. March 13, 2014
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Since all you Utes fans have so much PAC 12 pride, what good would the NIT do? You already got to play in what's obviously the best tournament of them all. The PAC 12 tourney!!!
- 1:11 a.m. March 14, 2014
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Do I see a USF vs Utah game in the near future? Utah better hope it is a home game. Because if they play and Utha loses these comment boards will become an echo chamber.
- 9:49 a.m. March 14, 2014
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I remember last year that the ute fans were bagging on the Cougars for ONLY
making it to the NIT.
It seems like they are now saying that the NIT for the utes would be a good thing. Please tell me the difference ute fans. I am guessing that the difference is that BYU is used to going to the NCAA and the utes are used to sitting at home in March. Can anyone see the difference in the two programs?
Onward and upward to where?
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NIT hype now?? lol thought they were a lock to win the Pac and get a tourney bid this year? hmmm must not have marked that one down
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5 points and 1-8 shooting is not the makings of an NBA prospect, not by a long shot
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How would these two stat lines strike you? Player A: 3-13 FG, 6 PT, 2 TO. Player B: 1-3 FG, 3 PT, 5 TO, 5 F. Player A: Selected 14th overall in 2013 NBA draft. Player B: Projected top 10 pick in 2014 NBA draft. Players have bad games. Harping on someone's worst performance and disrespecting them is pretty telling of one's character.
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StGtoSLC must still be reeling from yesterday's beatdown to come up withg a good comment like that.
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All the BYU fans are really showing their true colors. Let me see, what tournament were the Cougars in last year?
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"Reeling." So much so that I was able to wake up early this morning, go to work, and continue to live a good, happy life, just the same as if the Utes had won. That's kind of what having a life is all about, but I don't wanna spoil the surprise for you.
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How to Use a Chainsaw – Bucking Logs – Step 6
Now that the limbs have been removed and the area around the log is cleared, you can begin bucking the log to the desired lengths. If your log is still suspended by lower branches, your job may be easier if you begin bucking from the top of the tree, as long as you are not cutting above shoulder height or have to reach. Then begin working down toward the butt. With the tree suspended off the ground, usually the sections you cut will fall effortlessly to the ground. Use the saw spikes to steady the saw while cutting. It's also a good idea to position your body away the uncut portion of the log. This will create a clear zone for you to move in the even of the log were to shift or move.
You can work like this to the point where the tree is suspended by a lower limb. At this point, you will need to cut the lower limb and let the tree settle to the ground. Be very cautious when doing this and predetermine which way the log will drop or roll when the bottom limbs are removed. You'll want to position yourself on the opposite side of the logs movement and be cautious of your bar pinching in the cut as these limbs will usually be under a considerable amount of pressure.
If you were bucking a log that is laying on the ground, there are a few things you'll need to know to perform this work properly.
First, remember that if you touch the ground with a moving chainsaw even if it's for a split second, this will be enough to dull your chain. Since the wood is laying on the ground, you will need to be cautious of this. Here you see the operator making a series of cuts in the log, not quite cutting completely through in order not to hit the ground with the chain. Once he has completed the series of cuts, he'll roll the log over 180 degrees and finish the cut. This technique is a good one to use when the log is laying flat on even ground. But often times the ground the log is lying on is not flat and requires a variety of cuts to properly buck the log.
This log is suspended with the weight focused in the middle of the log where you want to make your cut. As you cut this log, the log will begin to drop in the middle and your cut will begin to close up. If you don't immediately remove your bar from the cut, it will be pinched. To avoid this, first make a relief cut on the topside of the log. Then begin an under bucking cut from the bottom in such a manner that the cuts will intersect. When done properly, you'll be able to buck the log without pinching your guide bar but this takes a lot of practice and skill and is usually best left for a professional chainsaw operator.
This log is suspended but the weight of the tree is on the ends of the log. This means if you were to buck the log, the log will tend to move upwards when cut. If this is the case, you'll do just the opposite that you did on the previous log by making your relief cut on the bottom and the finishing cut from the top.
On either method, you can always use your plastic wedges to help keep the logs from closing in the final cuts.
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Desert Isle Keeper Review
Till Next We Meet
Karen Ranney
May 2005, European Historical Romance (1760s Scotland)
Avon, $5.99, 384 pages, Amazon ASIN 006075737X
Montcreif is the third son of the Duke of Lymond. His relationship with
his father and brothers was never a good one, and as a young man he joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers and became their colonel. When the regiment served in Canada, one of Montcrief's men, Harry Dummond, received many letters from his new wife, Catherine. Harry wouldn't take the time from his gambling and womanizing to answer his wife's letters so Montcrief did. Gradually, he fell in love with Catherine. Her wit, her warmth, and her goodness all came through in her letters, and the lonely Montcrief responded in Harry's name. As she read the letters, Catherine fell in love with Harry all over again. It was as if she never really knew her husband.
Harry was killed by a jealous husband, then Montcrief's brothers died, leaving him as the Duke of Lymond. His last act as Colonel of the Regiment is to pay a call on Catherine, and he finds her sick with grief over Harry's death.
Montcrief is in torment over the suffering of the woman he has come to love, especially since he knows that Harry was unworthy of her, but he can't bring himself to shatter her illusions. Before he goes to his own home, Montcrief visits Catherine again, and finds her almost dead from an overdose of laudanum. He plunges her into an ice cold bath, to shock her back to life and they are discovered by the vicar in a very compromising situation. So Montcrief marries Catherine, to preserve her reputation and because he loves her.
Catherine accepts the reasons for the marriage, but she still mourns Harry. She wears black, even black nightgowns, and obsessively reads and re-reads the letters. All the while, she hasn't a clue that the author of those letters is right there with her. Catherine asks for a month to get to know Montcrief before they consummate their marriage, and he agrees, but insists they share a bed. And so they begin to discover each other.
This was a wonderful book, but not a perfect one. Some readers may think the
circumstances leading to Catherine and Montcrief's marriage were far-fetched and that she was coerced, especially since she is half-conscious when they marry. I thought the circumstances were a bit over the top, but it really didn't bother me very much. Another problem I had was that the ending didn't quite match the rest of the book. Almost all of the book shows us Catherine and Montcrief's slowly developing relationship, but at the end the author introduces an external threat that didn't quite mesh with the character-driven story. But even that did not bother me. The mood and the characters were so
memorable that I had to give it a DIK.
I truly loved the characters. As I grow older, I find I haven't much patience with a pouting and feisty romance heroine - I much prefer one who is moved by common sense, rather than her emotions. Catherine isn't perfect, but she is sensible. Montcrief was also a memorable hero. Unlike Cyrano, Montcrief is very handsome, but Catherine is sunk so deeply in grief for Harry that she compares his looks unfavorably to Harry's. But slowly, she realizes that Montcrief is as good inside as he is handsome outside. Montcrief is not an ultra-demonstrative macho alpha male, and he has a lot of responsibilities as a new Duke. There is no forced seduction here; instead, Catherine and Montcrief develop a slow and very sensual realization of each other that is more erotic than any romantica I have ever read.
I have several of Karen Ranney's books in my TBR pile and I'm due for a
trip to the UBS this weekend. I know I will have to glom her backlist.
Her writing is intelligent, sensual and everything I love about historical romances. Don't miss this one.
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The Department of Defense said there is no additional information regarding the incident. It is not known if other Soldiers were injured in the incident.
Sgt. Mulalley enlisted in the Army following high school graduation in 2006. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
His previous deployments include Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2007 to December 2007 and Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2009 to June 2010. His latest deployment to Afghanistan began June 2014.
Lost Coast Outpost, an online publication in Northern California lists Sgt. Mulalley's awards and decorations to include three Army Commendation Medals, four Army Achievement Medals, two Army Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Medal, NATO Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Expert Infantry Badge and Marksmanship Qualification Badge Expert with Rifle.
The family has not released information regarding services for their Soldier. Sgt. Mulalley leaves behind a wife and two sons.
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I have a relatively small brain, so there is a limit to what I can store up there. I have been using Linux semi-pro-amateur for a few years and still I am amazed at how little commands I know.
Simple stuff like "how do I list all my partitions in a terminal" will launch a 15 minute DuckDuckGo-hunt.
I am taking a stand! It ends today!
So, is there a way to search manpages for stuff like "list partitions" and getting something like:
$ man-search list partitions
Results for "list partitions"
df - list drives with size or something
du - list directory usage
I think I already know the answer, but ... maybe you can suggest a quicker way to find the utility I need when I need it.


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A variety of video, card, and board games developed by Northeastern students were on display at the Center for the Arts' Game Demo Day on Thursday evening.
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I'm proud to say I've been able to drop another pound last week to bring me to 194.4 lbs. I don't remember the last time I was in the low 190's. I'm very pleased :) This means I've lost 15.6lbs since I started putting my health first again. I've also lost 1% body fat in the last few weeks.
Clean eating is truly the answer for me. I've adopted the clean eating mindset, which immediately rules out so many bad-for-me foods. I don't feel as deprived as I would if I was just avoiding them for caloric reasons. I look at those foods now (some are still in my house since I live with 2 grown men) and I tell myself "I can eat this, but I don't want to". It's such a powerful feeling!
My diet isn't 100% clean. However, it's cleaner than it has ever been. I've still been holding on to a jar of raspberry jam (I'm about 2tbsps away from empty) which I use maybe 1-2 times per week. Once I've emptied the jar, I'll make my own jam using agave or something (if it's even possible). If not, I'll give up on jam altogether.
Also, I've been emptying out a jar of regular peanut butter. I bought a jar of natural almond butter (no salt, no sugar) to replace the peanut butter once the jar is empty.
I also use preserved garlic (it comes pre-minced in a jar in a liquid that preserves it). Once I've used it up, I'll be sticking to fresh.
Like I said, my diet isn't 100% clean but I'm surely getting there. I make my own pasta and yesterday, I made my own 100% whole wheat bread for the first time. I used agave instead of sugar and the bread rose just fine (I wasn't sure it would). I made 4 artisan style loaves (I don't have bread pans) and I cut each loaf in half and then froze it. I don't eat a lot of bread so a half a loaf at a time is plenty. Also because it's a small oval loaf, the slices are probably equivalent to 1/2 sandwich bread slice.
I also started going to physiotherapy for my back pain and it has helped tremendously. I can do more and workout longer in the gym. Last week, I went to the gym 6 times. I'm usually so sore and tired at the end of the week that a 6th session is not feasible. I'm going to continue with physio and hope I just get better and better.
I hope everyone is doing great! Stay strong and positive :)
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Does anyone know of a program or utility that will turn my Magic Mouse into a touchpad (I'm running OS 10.5.8)? That is, with the nice multi-touch surface, why not just use all of the MacBook gestures (most importantly moving the pointer and tap-to-click/tap-to-click-drag) and ditch the need to actually move the mouse around? This way you could use the mouse just holding it in your hand.
BetterTouchTool adds many new, fully customizable gestures to Magic Mouse and Macbook Touchpad
This is answer is a bit late, but in case you never found it:
Mouse Wizard ( http://www.samuco.net/web/node/23 ) works wonderfully well and has a mode that does exactly what you're looking for. You turn the mouse sideways and use it as a normal trackpad. I actually combine that with another program, so that I can use it as a trackpad and retain two-finger-scroll capabilities.
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you wanted, but you could try Jitouch. I think it is a fantastic app. Adds tons of extra gestures to your magic trackpad and mouse. I'm not sure if it allows you to use your finger to move the pointer though.


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Fins: The next 20 Dolphins
UPDATE: Moving this up so everyone can find it. It was originally posted last Friday.
Chris Kouffman, one of the more knowledgable Dolphins fans that I've encountered, is running a contest.
And I offered to host it here.
The reward? The same as always. The respect of your fellow Dolphins fans.
Anyway, here are his rules.
Name 20 players that you think will be Dolphins by the end of the weekend, through the first seven rounds and college free agency.
I will start by posting his picks below.


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More than a month has passed since my last update. Did you miss me? I sure missed you, I truly love you guys. Jokes aside, it was rather uncharacteristic for this blog to go so long without a post, so I feel that a status update is in order before my feed ends up in the Dinosaur reports of your RSS reader. And with humanity facing the imminent threat of the Large Hadron Collider, I didn't want to be sucked into a black hole without saying a few last words.
At the beginning of August I moved from Markham to Toronto (technically North York). My wife and I were prepared for this move, so it went well. That said, there were negative aspects beyond our control.
The Satellite Dish installer had a few interesting discussions with our property management, and while they eventually agreed to a compromise that would preserve the holiness and virginity of my balcony, they also caused me to miss the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. I really wanted to see the fake singing by the Chinese kid and the computer generated fireworks, but alas nothing. I consoled myself by eating dumplings a la Kung Fu Panda, minus the Kung Fu part.
Perhaps more devastatingly my ISP took its sweet time to activate my DSL service. And when they did, things worked on an off for all of August. When my ISP had problems connecting me to the tubes, I tried what any respectable geek would do. Despite my impression of the Statue of Liberty, standing near the window with my laptop in hand, my attempts to freeload on Wi-Fi were futile.
If these disruptive happenings weren't enough, I've been very busy with work and the book I'm writing (Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers). I've written 7 chapters so far and just passed the 300 page mark. The schedule is tight, and there is so much that I want to include, so I have to dedicate almost all of my spare time to the book. On the bright side, I think I'm going to give readers their money's worth.
The direct consequence of my focus on the book is that This Week in Ruby and This Week in Rails have been interrupted. A few of you enquired about them, bringing to my attention how much you appreciated them. Unfortunately, for the next two months I won't have time to read all the daily feeds I normally follow and come up with weekly (or bi-weekly) reports of what's cool and worth mentioning from. My friend Gregg Pollack may take over for the Rails post that gets published on the official blog. Unless someone sends me a complimentary English Bulldog puppy, in which case I promise to do both reports weekly and I'll even put your picture with a halo over your head on the sidebar of the blog.
Another victim of overcommitment is the (vapor)shootout. Right now I'm at full capacity and need the laptop for both work and the book, so that will have to wait. If you want to lend a hand with the project, feel free to jump right in though.
Finally, while I may not have time for the weekly reports or the shootout right now, I can still spare some time to write posts more frequently. And there is no reason not to indulge in such a rewarding activity. So expect more technical articles, especially now that there are many interesting things to talk about (Google Chrome, Django 1.0, Rails 2.2, etcetera).
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Good to hear an update. And good luck on the book, I'm looking forward to it.
> Another victim of overcommitment is the (vapor)shootout.
That makes me feel a little better for the months it took to re-write our measurement scripts, churn through 4 sets of measurements, and re-write the display scripts 😉
At least some people have started to contribute programs that exploit quad-core:
And some language implementations were able to exploit quad-core to some extent:
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Greetings! Welcome to LIFE IN OLEG, the one-and-only online home of writer and librarian Oleg Kagan. The purpose of this site is to host my writings, which are accessible over there to your right.
Site News
- Summer reading list is here.
- My friend Gloria wrote a library experience for me. Enjoy "Grandmother's Librarian"
- Photos from New Mexico!
- My Spring Reading 2014 list is up, and the Winter Reading 2014 list is updated! Reading wee!
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Around 1979 Mapplethorpe began to photograph black men. As his biographer, Patricia Morrisroe, wrote, he found that "he could extract a greater richness from the colour of their skin", in particular the tonal range between the highlights and the shadows was more dramatic. In this close-up of Bob Love, Mapplethorpe exploits the contrast between the highlights on his shoulder and face and the inky darkness of his neck and the back and top of his head.


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World's First Solar Kiosk Now Open For Business in Ethiopia
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- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTThe world's first solar-powered kiosk is now open for business in Lake Langano, Ethiopia. Topped with photovoltaic panels, the lightweight modular unit sells a variety of goods to local villagers, provides power for battery charging, and stays open with the lights on at night. SOLARKIOSK was designed by GRAFT Architects and is now its own company based in Germany. These modular, off-grid buildings will help developing countries leapfrog over traditional electric grids towards renewable energy generation and along the way help grow the local economy through sustainable businesses.1
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTDemand for electricity in developing countries is on the rise, but without a reliable electric grid or even access to power, other solutions have to be developed2
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTLuckily, developing countries can now leapfrog the traditional grid and head straight for off-grid renewable power solutions like the SOLARKIOSK.3
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTThe first one to be up and running is located in Ethiopia and provides solar battery charging and a variety of goods.4
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTThe lights come on at dusk and provide safe and sustainable lighting during the night for business, reading and other activities.5
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTOther kiosks have been deployed and are expected to be up and running soon in other off-grid locations.6
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTGRAFT Architects designed the autonomous business units using a kit of parts system that can be customized according to an area's needs.7
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTDifferent sized units provide for different business or power needs and modules can be grouped together to create even larger systems.8
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTThe solar panels will be manufactured centrally to control quality, but the modules themselves can be fabricated locally using materials akin to the region.9
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTAfter fabrication, the parts are flat-packed and shipped by whatever means is available - truck or even a donkey and a cart.10
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTUpon arrival, the units are easily assembled and ready for business quickly.11
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTEach kiosk will be staffed with local residents after proper training on how to run the solar systems and run a sustainable business.12
- Solar Kiosk-GRAFTInstalling the solar panels and stocking the new kiosk with supplies and items for sale.13
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The warm weather is finally here and we will all be spending more time outdoors and possibly traveling. To keep your children safe and healthy, here are some tips to keep in mind.
Sun protection: For children younger than 6 months, the best protection is to keep them out of the sun. Dress them in lightweight long pants, long-sleeved shirts, and wide-brimmed hats. If you cannot avoid the sun, apply a small amount of sunscreen with at least SPF 15 to sun-exposed areas only.
For everyone else, the same idea of covering up is best. Limit sun exposure by staying in the shade and avoid peak sun intensity hours — between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. — whenever possible. It is smart to always apply sunscreen. Use a sunscreen with an SPF 15 or greater on BOTH sunny and cloudy days. Reapply every two hours or after swimming or sweating. Sand and water can reflect UV rays causing you to sunburn faster, so reapply sooner.
Heat safety: For the handful of days in the summer when the temperature really soars, keep extra water on hand. For every 20 minutes of physical activity, have children drink 5-9 ounces of cold water. Popsicles are a great way to keep cool this summer.
Car safety: Packing up the car for a road trip? Make sure the kids are properly protected in the car. All children under 2 years of age need to be in a rear-facing car seat. They are five times less likely to be seriously injured or killed if kept rear-facing. Children 2 years old to at least 4 years old should be forward facing in a five-point restraint car seat. Depending on the child, they should be in a booster seat from 4 to 8-12 years old. Once they reach 4 feet 9 inches, they can graduate to a regular seat belt. All children younger than 13 need to stay in the back seat.
Bicycle safety: Dust off the cobwebs from those bikes, but make sure that the bike is the right size for your child. A proper helmet should ALWAYS be worn, even when riding in the driveway. Teach children the rules of road: ride with traffic, stop at all intersections, use hand signals before turning, always stop and look both ways before entering the street.
Water safety: Remember: never leave children alone in or near the pool or open water, even for a moment. Do not use inflatable swim aids like "floaties." Life jackets are best and should be worn at all times when on boats or near bodies of water.
For more information, go to http://www.healthychildren.org or http://www.aap.org.


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If for some reason you've been living under a musical rock, you might not have had the immense pleasure of an afternoon spent with one of the greatest albums of all time. Not to worry, we can think of no better way to be introduced to these monumental tracks than through Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition) ($19). This edition celebrates the 40th Anniversary of this jazz great and Davis' first gold album. The package includes the original, rare live bonus material and a DVD of the entire previously unreleased Copenhagen performance from 1969. The King of Cool has never sounded so good!
I have a FABULOUS personal experience Miles story - really:
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Lynne Knowlton's Treehouse is a Sanctuary Made from Reclaimed Materials in Canad...
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- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonKids get excited about playing in treehouses, but adults may get even more excited, especially when it becomes their sanctuary and place of refuge. Lynne Knowlton, a designer in Ontario, Canada dreamed of a place of respite and after an unfortunate accident involving a barn and a tornado, the idea sprang to light of a treehouse in the woods. She and her family bought the demolished barn and set about building a two-story treehouse on stilts. Besides the reclaimed wood, they also sourced other materials from friends including a huge red slide that came from an old dismantled playground.1
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonLynne Knowlton's, reclaimed material treehouse is a sweet dream for both children and adults.2
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonFor children, its a playhouse in the trees complete with a slide to make a quick exit.3
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonFor adults, its a quiet retreat set alongside the treetops above the noise of daily life.4
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonKnowlton wanted to create this sanctuary at her home in the countryside outside of Durham, Ontario, Canada.5
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonAbout 2 years ago, a friend of theirs lost their barn in a tornado and rather than see the wood burned or thrown into the landfill, they bought the material.6
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonThey hired the local Amish to transfer the wood and the roof to their property and then set about building the treehouse.7
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonThey began with a simple stilt treehouse base with stairs leading up to a porch and then into a one room house with a loft above.8
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonInside there's room for a kitchenette, a table, chairs for relaxing, a wooden stove and a space to sleep upstairs.9
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonMost of the treehosue was built from the reclaimed barn and the rest they sourced from friends.10
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonThe kitchenette counter is from an old tree, the wood stove was from their old stone house, and the porcelain sink was from a neighbor's yard.11
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonKnowlton likes to sleep in the treehouse as much as possible to be closer to nature and get away from it all.12
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonThe countertop is made from an old tree.13
- Treehouse-Lynne KnowltonRead more about her treehouse and other projects on her blog, Design the Life You Want to Live.14


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Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.
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Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Release Date: Jun 13, 2012
Genre: Documentary
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I really liked this doc**entary and i highly recommend seeing it in the theaters. I am not cool and I do not know much about art or any new and hip artists but my friend knows all about it and he was kind enough to take me with him to see this film. I was really impressed by this doc**entary and by Marina Abramovic who is a very interesting and impressive individual. Abramovic is a very charismatic and magnetic woman and i think she would have been equally successful if she decided to become a chef or a hairdresser but i am glad she chose art because it is probably the first time in my life that i enjoyed watching it. I think this film is wildly entertaining and intriguing and I highly recommend seeing it in the theaters.
I have never really heard about Maria Abramovic, i am not really knowledgeable about art so this film was very interesting to me. I do not know if Abramovic is crazy or excellent but I am sure that she is interesting and intriguing. I wish the creators of this film exposed Maria's personality and intentions more and I wish I knew why she decided to do what she does. Otherwise I thought the film was pretty entertaining and informative and i am definitely glad that I now know about Maria and her work.
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Northwest VEG, Portland's premier vegetarian organization is celebrating an anniversary, and everybody is invited. On May 16, vegetarians, vegans and those who aspire to be will gather at the historic Oaks Park Dance Pavilion to commemorate 10 years.
Here are a few reasons to go:
• Gift bags!
• Win a prize in the raffle
• Vegan food by local favorites, including bakeries Back to Eden and Sweetpea
• Music
• A reason to trade your fleece for cocktail attire
• A chance to rub shoulders with like-minded folks
Tickets are $10 for current Northwest VEG members, $20 for non-members and $5 for kids aged 6-12. Bring your littler ones for free.
It all happens Friday, May 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oaks Park is at 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, 97202. Order your tickets ahead of time by clicking here.