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FREDERICK -- The Eagle Valley football team completed a very satisfying switcheroo on Saturday afternoon.
Just a year after losing eight games, the Devils won for the eighth time in 2012. And the fact that the eighth victory came in a 3A state playoff game just made it all the better.
The Devils, seeded 14th in their first posteason appearance in seven years, dominated No. 3 Frederick on its home field, winning 33-8 in a first-round game.
With Eagle Valley now sporting an 8-3 record, it has twice as many victories this season as it's had in the previous three years combined.
"If you get kids like these who work their butts off in the summer and go to camps, you can turn things around real quick," noted veteran coach John Ramunno. "My dad always told me, 'If you have the animals you have the zoo.' And I think I've got a pretty good little zoo."
And those "animals" ruled the place Saturday on a snowy afternoon. The Devils forced three Frederick turnovers in the first quarter, five for the game, and hit the Warriors with a haymaker by bolting out to a 20-0 lead.
And it didn't hurt having Cole Nielsen rush for 211 yards and catch a pass for another 35. The senior scored on touchdown plays of 10, 35 and 75 yards.
"Today all the seniors had huge emotion," Nielsen said. "If we lose, it's the end of our high school football careers. We just all have that extra boost to keep playing and win another week."
Saturday's victory earns Eagle Valley a quarterfinal home game next weekend -- likely Saturday at 1 p.m. -- against sixth-seeded Conifer, which defeated Northridge 38-31 on Friday.-
Against Frederick, the Devils wasted no time in making a statement. They scored touchdowns on their first two drives -- both capped by Nielsen -- with a Warriors fumble setting up the second.-
Two more Frederick turnovers, including one at the Eagle Valley 4-yard line, kept the Devils' momentum going. And they went up 20-0 when quarterback Jordon Hudspeth, despite fumbling at the line of scrimmage, ran 9 yards for a touchdown with two minutes left in the half.
Two additional Warrior turnovers in the third quarter, plus a muffed punt attempt that led to a quick Eagle Valley TD, effectively put the game away.
All of which left the Warriors wondering what had hit them.
"We should not have lost that game," said running back Jacob Sleeth, who rushed for 121 yards and Frederick's lone score. "We should have been prepared better. We came out thinking we were going to walk over them and we didn't."
With Eagle Valley's quick start and the weather conditions quickly deteriorating just before halftime, things played out ideally for the Devils, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
"This weather was nuts today, but it kind of played into our hands," Ramunno said. "In our offense we just like to go straight ahead. We've got four seniors on our O-line and two senior tight ends who are pretty good blockers, so (the weather) played into our hands today. We had to go straight ahead."
And on defense, besides forcing five turnovers, the Devils had senior Andy Armstrong wreaking havoc on Frederick's offense.
The Warriors had advanced to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the 3A state playoffs the past two years -- losing to the eventual champions in each case -- but Saturday they were derailed in the first round, finishing with an 8-3 record.
And meanwhile, Eagle Valley continues its Cinderella run.
"We just had to get into the playoff bracket and we knew we'd do great," Nielsen said. "We always have confidence we can beat anyone we play. Today we showed that."
Added Ramunno: "That's a great win for the Devils, right there. "


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I'm not just American. I'm Chinese-American.
It should not make a difference, right? After all, whichever phrase is used, I'm still considered American.
But no. There is a difference. And through my 16 years, the Chinese part of Chinese-American has undeniably been the dominant force in my life.
For example, I do not see all my extended family during Thanksgiving or Christmas. We get together during Chinese New Year, which falls after the traditional holidays. I find it easier to slurp noodles with chopsticks rather than a fork. And Chinese war movies triumph over Marvel superhero movies any day.
Sometimes these traits elicit a "you're so Asian" from my friends. It used to really bother me when people said that. It felt as if someone was sticking an ugly, dense label on my forehead. I remember being ashamed to bring my little thermos full of dumplings to eat at lunchtime during school. Instead, I pleaded with my mom to pack me something "normal," like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or a ham and cheese sandwich. Not being able to make it to a classmate's birthday party was always because "I'm busy," when it really was because I attended Saturday Chinese school.
I had a keen desire to be "normal." I don't know how I obtained the idea that "Asian" was synonymous with "weird," but I guess crazy thoughts can form in the mind of children.
But I'm no longer the same Asian girl I was in second grade. I've learned to appreciate my background and all the kinks that come along with it. I can't say that one day I woke up and suddenly looked at the world with a different view.
I think learning to appreciate my ethnicity was a process -- a process I wasn't even aware of. Perhaps it was my grandmother's stories about her past or the tedious hours spent listening to my Chinese teacher speak about our heritage, or maybe it was spending time around other Asians that led to change. Maybe it was realizing that the Chinese language is an art of its own.
As a result, the level of my Asian-ness has turned up a notch. To prove my point, I can tell you I bring chopsticks to school (sometimes). With a lunch break of just 40 minutes, which I usually need to cram for a test, chopsticks are my best friend. They allow me to quickly pick up food that would take more time to stab with a fork. Of course, if I tell people this, they just give me The Look -- you know the one, that funky combination of incredulity, amusement, and I-do-not-believe-you-but-I'm-just-going-to-stay-silent look.
I also unabashedly spend a chunk of my free time watching Asian dramas. It is sometimes weird to be the only person at school who doesn't know what just happened on the latest episodes of "How I Met Your Mother," "The Big Bang Theory" or "The Vampire Diaries." When I tell friends I'm not a "How I Met Your Mother" fan, their eyes grow wide in disbelief as if I told them that I eat squirrels for breakfast (I don't). I've tried to get my friends to watch Asian dramas and have been able to convert a few, but for the most part, the common response is a flat "no."
Sometimes, I still have to deal with the Asian stereotypes of being nerdy and cheap. Although they are definitely not considered uplifting, I embrace them. Yes, I study hard, and yes, I try to save money, but I would think everyone should try their best and not squander away what they have.
I love being Chinese-American. I've embraced my ethnicity and, as sappy as it sounds, it has shaped me into the person I am today. I'm proud.
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I was speechless – literally – when I heard of this cultural malfeasance. It was like some scrote had drawn a cock and balls on the "Rokeby Venus" with a magic marker and then sniggered. This is sheer musical vandalism.
The epically crap "boyband" One Direction have "covered" (under the aegis of the deranged and creepy Louis Walsh) the Blondie song, "One Way or Another" (from "Parallel Lines" – the Greatest Album Ever).
But wait there is more! It includes a wankensteinian "mash-up" with "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones. And just to make Jesus Christ himself vomit choleric stools with inchoate rage it also includes iDave.
They are doing it for "Comic Relief". God help us! If comics want to help starving Africans then send Dawn French with a cooking pot and a bouquet-garni to the frigging Congo and be done with it! It isn't just the music it is the sheer patronizing nature of the video. Nothing to do with helping the poor but all about looking good to naive fans. And for the rich to salve the consciences for being rich which is pathetic.
You appreciate it's a song about stalking?
One way or another I'm gonna getcha, I'll getcha, I'll getcha getcha getcha getcha…
… Oh yes! If Ms Harry wants to do that down a back-alley somewhere I shall applaud and if Fergal Sharkey then decides to give those teenagers kicks "All through the night" then I shall be even better pleased!
It has nearly 20,000,000 hits on Youtube. And people seem to really like it. Dear God!
I wonder how many of those have even heard of the originals.
PS – For those fortunate enough not to have heard of these bum-fluffed troubadours the press, which is always reporting on them, call them, "1D" for short. This appeals both to the music lover in me and also to the mathematician.


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SAN JOSE -- Mike MacIntyre turned around the San Jose State football program. Now he'll attempt to do the same at Colorado.
MacIntyre accepted a five-year, $10 million contact to become the new coach of the Buffaloes on Monday, more than quadrupling his SJSU salary. He replaces Jon Embree, who was fired after going 1-11 in his second season.
San Jose State did not issue a specific time frame for hiring a new coach, but athletic director Gene Bleymaier said in a statement, "We will work to find a new coach as quickly as possible. We will look for the best person who can pick up where Coach MacIntyre left off."
Bleymaier said in his statement there had been several weeks of ongoing talks in an attempt to keep MacIntyre at SJSU. Sources had indicated the school was hoping to raise money to renegotiate a contract that paid MacIntyre about $465,000 this year, but there was no way SJSU could compete with the money Colorado had to offer.
The news wasn't easy for San Jose State players to digest, with many not accepting it as reality until watching MacIntyre's introductory news conference at Colorado on television.
"It's hard when you see a guy you admired and respected and you worked hard for put on another school's colors and go out there and have a press conference like that," senior offensive lineman David Quessenberry said. "You kind of feel like you just got broken up with. I'm happy for him. He's pursuing his dreams. Colorado's got a great guy, a good coach and a good recruiter. He's going to be able to accomplish there what he did here."
Bleymaier also said he plans to announce in the next 24-48 hours who will coach the Spartans in the Military Bowl against Bowling Green on Dec. 27. MacIntyre said during his news conference that it has not been discussed yet if he would be involved, but it seems unlikely.
"My heart is at the bowl game, but my mind and body are here working," MacIntyre said.
Defensive coordinator Kent Baer seems a logical choice. He has been with SJSU since 2008 and served a similar role as Notre Dame's interim head coach for the 2004 Insight Bowl after Tyrone Willingham was fired.
"I think they'll do fine without me," MacIntyre said. "They are prepared. They had a great season. A lot of my staff will have to stay there, of course, to do it, and I think they'll be extremely successful and get their 11th win."
MacIntyre takes over a Colorado program in similar shambles to the one he inherited at SJSU when he was hired in December 2009. The Buffaloes might have been the worst program in a BCS conference last season. Their only win came against Washington State, and they lost to Sacramento State, a Football Championship Subdivision school.
The Spartans were among the worst of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision programs in MacIntyre's first season, when they went 1-12. He helped lead a turnaround that has SJSU at 10-2, ranked No. 24 in the BCS standings and both national polls and set to play in its first bowl game since 2006. The program also excelled academically, as evidenced by its rise in its Academic Progress Rate score.
"I just left a program of young men who cared deeply," MacIntyre said. "Who went from 120th in the nation to 24th in every poll in two and a half years. Raised their APR from 930 to 981 and committed to being successful."
MacIntyre said during his news conference that he hopes to bring several of his current assistants with him, specifically mentioning defensive line coach Jim Jeffcoat. He first plans to interview all of Colorado's assistants, and also speak with SJSU's coaches.
The Spartans are scheduled to have a conditioning workout Tuesday and resume bowl preparation with their first full contact practice Thursday. With a victory in the bowl game, SJSU could set a school record for wins as a major college football program.
"The most important thing that's in front of us right now is coming together and winning the bowl game and being best team in San Jose State history," Quessenberry said.


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Published: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 11:07 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 11:07 a.m.
A Thanksgiving Community Dinner is scheduled from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Grand Caillou Recreation Center.
The meal includes free baked turkey, rice dressing, yams, rolls, green beans and cake. Treater, a local band, will perform.
Admission is free. Smoking and alcohol are not allowed.
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A great performance and another final
Roger did not leave room for any speculation in the semi-finals of the Thailand Open, beating Jarkko Nieminen in just 68 minutes - a young player who after all knocked Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon and sent Andy Roddick packing in the US Open first round moves Federer among elite company.
With his 30th straight match win from a season where he has only lost three times, Roger moves into a four-way tie with Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras for the 10th longest match winning streak in the post-1968 Open Era.
Roger was untroubled against Muller, ranked 66th, breaking to start the match and concluding in the same fashion. "It was a dangerous match, we all knew that from the start," said Roger. "I got off to a good start, that helped to calm things down."
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Published: Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 10:29 p.m.
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Texas Brine has been fined $100,000 by the state over the company's failure to follow state orders on a giant Assumption Parish sinkhole.
State Conservation Commissioner James Welsh announced the fine Saturday.
He says that the company hasn't complied with provisions of a Nov. 12 order he made meant to speed work at the 8-acre sinkhole, which began to develop when a Texas Brine salt cavern failed in August.
Residents of 150 Bayou Corne-area homes were forced to evacuate in August because natural gas was leaking into the underground water supply.
The fine comes days after the company shut down one of its vent wells because it detected poisonous hydrogen-sulfide gas.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Cleeton was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe on Route YY west of Route AD when it went off the road. He overcorrected, causing it to go back off the road and overturn. He was not using a safety device.
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Published: Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 11:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 11:01 a.m.
A St. Petersburg man was arrested Friday after police said he attacked a restaurant employee who caught him paying with fake money.
Michael Brenden Stansel, 27, faces charges of felony battery and using counterfeit currency, Kenneth City police said.
Early Friday afternoon, police said Stansel tried to pay with two fake bills at the Season Chinese Restaurant on 66th Street N. After a female employee noticed and chased him into the parking lot, Stansel grabbed her arm and punched her in the face, according to reports.
A St. Petersburg police detective saw the incident and immediately arrested Stansel. He remained at the Pinellas County Jail Saturday in lieu of $12,500 bail.
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Where Can I Find Free Newspaper Archives Online for Australia and New Zealand?
Quezi, I am told, is Australian slang for question, as in, 'scuse me, mate, I've got a quezi for ya'.
National Library of Australia Digitzed Newspapers, 1803-1954. This impressive collection gets larger with every visit. Last I looked, it included The Argus, The Courier-Mail, Mercury, Perth Gazette, South Australian Advertiser, and many others. The archives allow full-text searching and provide downloadable PDF images of the original newspaper pages.
Australian Digitized Collection. Magazines, mostly, from the mid-nineteenth century, though there's a smattering of other dates included. Fully text searchable.
The Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser, 1903-1955. Free (and easy) registration is required for this full-text searchable archive.
New Zealand PapersPast newspapers, 1839-1915. More than a million archived pages from NZ newspapers, representing a formative period in New Zealand history.
Maori Newspapers. Yep. For those who know the language, or just want to have a look, Maori newspapers from New Zealand, covering the period 1842-1932.
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where would i be able to find australian newspaper archives from more recent times, like for example, something from 6 years ago?
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Searching is free, but some of the content you'll have to pay for. If you have access to a library in Australia, most of them can get you articles at no charge.
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Cheers and Jeers: Feb. 8, 2014
Published: Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 7, 2014 at 5:40 p.m.
Private lights, public money — What happened at Belmere Luxury Apartments in 2011 in Houma?
No one seems to know exactly what happened.
This is what we do know: The Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government spent thousands of dollars installing light posts on the private property.
After that, the facts get murky.
"Even though there was some wrongdoing, they had not enough information to have any criminal charges," said Parish President Michel Claudet.
That is clearly not good enough. The public has a right to know where all of its money goes and why. Particularly when that money is misspent — as seems to be the case here — the public should expect an explanation of what happened and a reasonable assurance that it won't happen again.
An ex-employee complained about the incident, and the parish ordered an investigation by Houma Police. Unfortunately, there are still more questions than answers.
How did the parish spend thousands on private property? Who is responsible? How do we know this won't happen again? Why did the incident go unreported for more than two years only to be uncovered by a former parish worker? The public deserves a full explanation.
Weather reporters — Bad weather, unfortunately, is something that too often lurks in our forecasts.
Extreme weather, though, can also occur suddenly and without much warning.
That is why the National Weather Service depends on private people to report what is happening around them.
Two dozen local residents got a crash course in identifying and reporting severe weather to the agency during a SkyWarn meeting earlier this week in Houma. The meeting was organized by the Terrebonne Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
"We see a lot of information on our radar that lets us know that something adverse is going on," said Frank Refitte with the weather service. "But when we get reports from the ground, it gives us confidence in our radar and information that we may not have had."
Congratulations to the local folks who are now more prepared to play a part in that important process.
Zoning questions — Questions of zoning can be mundane, but they can also be fiery topics of public debate.
The Thibodaux Planning and Zoning Commission held a meeting this week to hear concerns from residents about a zoning plan that would introduce some changes to the current ordinance. About 75 people showed up to have their say.
The main focus of many of them was the designation of a section of Canal Boulevard between East Third and East Sixth streets. A mixed-use zoning would allow more businesses. A residential designation would allow current businesses to stay but would prohibit further commercial development. And there are other possibilities.
The larger, more important and better point here, though, is that so many people turned out to have their say and be part of the process. The city is almost certain to displease some of those with an interest in the outcome, but just participating is an important civics lesson that shouldn't be taken lightly by local residents or by the government that represents them.
Healthy help — Local schools are getting a helping hand from the Community Sports Institute through a program to encourage more education about identifying and preventing sports injuries.
"The Terrebonne General Medical Center Community Sports Initiative will play a vital role in the development of healthy athletes in our community," said TGMC President and CEO Phyllis Peoples.
Anything our local institutions can do to help schools make our young student-athletes safer is a welcome improvement.
Congratulations to everyone who plays a part in this program and to the many local kids it is sure to help.
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Driver hits gas instead of brake, crashes into store
Published: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 6:06 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 6:06 p.m.
Police say an elderly driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal on her 1999 Toyota RAV4, which sent her careening into Regional Finance Corp. at 3:17 p.m. Tuesday.
Sgt. Brandon McGaha said Constance Scott of Hendersonville was in the Harris Teeter shopping center parking lot Tuesday when she accelerated over a concrete median and hit the business. Scott's vehicle broke through the front glass and hit an interior wall about four to five feet inside the office, he said.
A man in the parking lot saw the car coming and was able to roll away in time, McGaha said. No injuries were reported.
Scott was cited for unsafe movement.
McGaha estimated the wreck caused at least $10,000 in damage to the business.
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A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. For people who have cataracts, seeing through cloudy lenses is a bit like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window.
Clouded vision caused by cataracts can make it more difficult to read, drive a car (especially at night) or see the expression on a friend's face.
Most cataracts develop slowly and don't disturb your eyesight early on. But with time, cataracts will eventually interfere with your vision.
At first, stronger lighting and eyeglasses can help you deal with cataracts. But if impaired vision interferes with your usual activities, you might need cataract surgery. Fortunately, cataract surgery is generally a safe, effective procedure.
Signs and symptoms of cataracts include:
At first, the cloudiness in your vision caused by a cataract may affect only a small part of the eye's lens and you may be unaware of any vision loss. As the cataract grows larger, it clouds more of your lens and distorts the light passing through the lens. This may lead to signs and symptoms you're more likely to notice.
Make an appointment for an eye exam if you notice any changes in your vision. If you develop sudden vision changes, such as double vision or blurriness, see your doctor right away.
Most cataracts develop when aging or injury changes the tissue that makes up your eye's lens.
Some cataracts are related to inherited genetic disorders that cause other health problems and increase your risk of cataracts. Cataracts can also be caused by other eye conditions, medical conditions such as diabetes, trauma or past eye surgery. Long-term use of steroid medications, too, can cause cataracts to develop.
The lens, where cataracts form, is positioned behind the colored part of your eye (iris). The lens focuses light that passes into your eye, producing clear, sharp images on the retina — the light-sensitive membrane on the back inside wall of your eyeball that functions like the film of a camera.
A cataract scatters the light as it passes through the lens, preventing a sharply defined image from reaching your retina. As a result, your vision becomes blurred.
As you age, the lenses in your eyes become less flexible, less transparent and thicker. Age-related changes cause tissues within the lens to break down and clump together, clouding small areas within the lens. As the cataract continues to develop, the clouding becomes denser and involves a greater part of the lens.
Cataracts may develop in only one eye, but they usually develop in both of your eyes. However, the cataracts usually aren't totally symmetrical, and the cataract in one eye may be more advanced than the other.
Cataract types include:
Cataracts that affect the center of the lens (nuclear cataracts). A nuclear cataract may at first cause you to become more nearsighted or even experience a temporary improvement in your reading vision. But with time, the lens gradually turns more densely yellow and further clouds your vision.
As the cataract slowly progresses, the lens may even turn brown. Advanced yellowing or browning of the lens can lead to difficulty distinguishing between shades of color.
Cataracts that affect the edges of the lens (cortical cataracts). A cortical cataract begins as whitish, wedge-shaped opacities or streaks on the outer edge of the lens cortex.
As it slowly progresses, the streaks extend to the center and interfere with light passing through the center of the lens. People with cortical cataracts often experience problems with glare.
Cataracts that affect the back of the lens (posterior subcapsular cataracts). A posterior subcapsular cataract starts as a small, opaque area that usually forms near the back of the lens, right in the path of light on its way to the retina.
A posterior subcapsular cataract often interferes with your reading vision, reduces your vision in bright light, and causes glare or halos around lights at night.
Cataracts you're born with (congenital cataracts). Some people are born with cataracts or develop them during childhood. Such cataracts may be the result of the mother having contracted an infection during pregnancy.
These cataracts also may be due to certain conditions, such as myotonic dystrophy, galactosemia, Lowe's syndrome or rubella. Congenital cataracts don't always affect vision, but if they do they're usually removed soon after detection.
Factors that increase your risk of cataracts include:
Make an appointment with your usual eye care provider if you notice changes in your vision. If your doctor determines that you have cataracts, then you may be referred to an eye specialist who can perform cataract surgery (ophthalmologist).
Because appointments can be brief, and because there's often a lot to talk about, it's a good idea to be well prepared for your appointment. Here's some information to help you get ready and know what to expect from your doctor.
Your time with your doctor is limited, so preparing a list of questions will help you make the most of your time together. List your questions from most important to least important in case time runs out. For cataracts, some basic questions to ask include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions at any time that you don't understand something.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may allow more time later to cover other points you want to address. Your doctor may ask:
To determine whether you have a cataract, your doctor will review your medical history and symptoms, and perform an eye examination. Your doctor may conduct several tests, including:
Asking you to read an eye chart (visual acuity test). A visual acuity test uses an eye chart to measure how well you can read a series of letters. Your eyes are tested one at a time, while the other eye is covered.
Using a chart or a viewing device with progressively smaller letters, your eye doctor determines if you have 20/20 vision or if your vision shows signs of impairment.
Using a light and magnification to examine your eye (slit-lamp examination). A slit lamp allows your eye doctor to see the structures at the front of your eye under magnification.
The microscope is called a slit lamp because it uses an intense line of light, a slit, to illuminate your cornea, iris, lens, and the space between your iris and cornea. The slit allows your doctor to view these structures in small sections, which makes it easier to detect any tiny abnormalities.
Dilating your eyes (retinal examination). To prepare for a retinal examination, your eye doctor puts dilating drops in your eyes to open your pupils wide. This makes it easier to examine the back of your eyes (retina).
Using a slit lamp or a special device called an ophthalmoscope, your eye doctor can examine your lens for signs of a cataract
The only effective treatment for cataracts is surgery.
Talk with your eye doctor about whether surgery is right for you. Most eye doctors suggest considering cataract surgery when your cataracts begin to affect your quality of life or interfere with your ability to perform normal daily activities, such as reading or driving at night.
It's up to you and your doctor to decide when cataract surgery is right for you. For most people, there is no rush to remove cataracts because they usually don't harm the eye.
Delaying the procedure won't make it more likely that you won't recover your vision if you later decide to have cataract surgery. Take time to consider the benefits and risks of cataract surgery with your doctor.
If you choose not to undergo cataract surgery now, your eye doctor may recommend periodic follow-up exams to see if your cataracts are progressing. How often you'll see your eye doctor depends on your situation.
Cataract surgery involves removing the clouded lens and replacing it with a clear artificial lens. The artificial lens, called an intraocular lens, is positioned in the same place as your natural lens, and it remains a permanent part of your eye.
For some people, other eye problems prohibit the use of an artificial lens. In these situations, once the cataract is removed, vision may be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses.
Cataract surgery is generally done on an outpatient basis, which means you won't need to stay in a hospital after the surgery.
During cataract surgery, your eye doctor uses local anesthesia to numb the area around your eye, but you usually stay awake during the procedure.
Cataract surgery is generally safe, but it carries a risk of infection and bleeding. Cataract surgery increases the risk of retinal detachment.
After the procedure, you'll have some discomfort for a few days. You generally will be healed within eight weeks.
If you need cataract surgery in both eyes, your doctor will schedule surgery to remove the cataract in the second eye a month or two after the first surgery.
To deal with symptoms of cataracts until you decide to have surgery, try to:
Self-care measures may help for a while, but as the cataract progresses, your vision may deteriorate further. When vision loss starts to interfere with your everyday activities, consider cataract surgery.
No studies have proved how to prevent cataracts or slow the progression of cataracts. However, doctors think several strategies may be helpful, including:
Choose a healthy diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables. Adding a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables to your diet ensures that you're getting many vitamins and nutrients. Fruits and vegetables have many antioxidants, which help maintain the health of your eyes.
Studies haven't proved that antioxidants in pill form can prevent cataracts. However, a large population study recently showed that a healthy diet rich in vitamins and minerals was associated with a reduced risk of developing cataracts. Fruits and vegetables have many proven health benefits and are a safe way to increase the amount of minerals and vitamins in your diet.
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A team of Stanford engineers has made a simple computer inside a living cell, where it could detect disease, warn of toxic threats and, where danger lurked, even self-destruct cells gone rogue.
The startling achievement, unveiled in Friday's issue of the journal Science, takes us to a new frontier -- where nature's instruction manual is being programmed to deliver information long-concealed within our bodies.
"We're going to be able to put computers inside any living cell you want," said lead researcher Drew Endy of Stanford's School of Engineering. "Any place you want a little bit of logic, a little bit of computation, a little bit of memory -- we're going to be able to do that."
The creation completes 10 years of work and represents the final chapter of Stanford researchers' quest to build the biological computer. It is the latest step in the new field of synthetic biology where -- one gene at a time -- engineers strive to design organisms unlike anything made by Mother Nature.
These tiny computers could deliver true-false answers to virtually any biological question that might be posed within a cell. For instance: Is toxic mercury present in plants or animals used for food? Scientists could introduce a detective "sentinel" organism to find out.
The internal computers could communicate by engineering cells to change. The "simplest way is to have the cells change their smell or color," Endy said.
These cellular computers also can count, providing a useful tool when treating diseases like cancer, where cells divide uncontrollably. Suppose a liver cell carries a computer that records how many times it divides. Once the counter hits 500, for instance, the cell could be programmed to die.
Endy's work "clearly demonstrates the power of synthetic biology and could revolutionize how we compute in the future," said UC Berkeley biochemical engineer Jay Keasling, director of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center that helped support the Stanford research.
Conceptually, it's like electronics, where a transistor controls the flow of electrons along a circuit.
But biology is the basis for what the team calls a "transcriptor," which controls the flow of an important protein as it travels along a strand of DNA like an electron on a copper wire.
Transcriptors are a biological version of electrical engineers' "logic gates" -- the building blocks of digital circuits that send and receive signals.
Endy, recruited to Stanford from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a builder -- a civil engineer who started with boyhood Erector Sets and Legos, later working on bridge repair projects for Amtrak.
Now he's building with the stuff of life to use it as a technology platform.
"Biology is not just a science of discovery, but also a technology for making things," he said. "We're not going to replace the silicon computers. We're not going to replace your phone or your laptop. But we're going to get computing working in places where silicon would never work."
Last year, the team delivered two other core components of their computer. The first was a type of rewritable digital data storage within DNA. Information can be stored inside cells by flipping DNA sequences back and forth between two possible orientations to represent and store a "0'' or "1,'' which represent one "bit" of computer data.
The other was a mechanism for transmitting genetic data from cell to cell, a biological Internet.
Researchers who learned of the work ahead of publication are already using the gates to reprogram metabolism, according to Endy.
A similar computer is being developed at MIT, where engineer Timothy Lu said he seeks to "open up biological applications that conventional computing simply cannot address."
These new biological computers will be slow, working on a millihertz frequency, Endy cautioned.
"But they'll work in places where we don't have computing now," he said.
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 650-492-4098.


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The Grand Palais [I]
Stéphane Couturier (born in Paris in 1957) has been committed to documenting the anatomy of the city since the late 1980s.
In order to achieve this, the photographer takes pictures of open sections during building works to capture changes in the urban landscape. In his work, indeterminacy underlies the gloss of the ordinary and documentary objectivity. Although the subject is firmly rooted in reality, it tends to merge with its representation. The focus is not so much architecture or town planning as the process of perceiving works of art, combined with an inquiry into the photographic medium itself.
Taken at a time of day when the light is as neutral as possible, the photographs contained in the portfolio are extremely sharp and remarkably free of shadows. Frontal views are de rigueur; the structure of the image simultaneously draws the eye and disconcerts.
Here, architecture is considered to be a living organism, evolving with the sedimentary layers of history. Onto the steel structure worn by the rigours of time is superimposed a second metallic structure, a sort of prosthesis supporting a sick body. Aside from the documentary element inherent in the work of Stéphane Couturier, this collection also aims to make the Grand Palais a symbol of the stages of the architectural development of Paris, a stimulus for thought at the interface of photography, architecture and the plastic arts.


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Chemtex builds biorefinery
24.08.2012 - The US government will support Novozymes's partner Chemtex Inc. in its aim to construct a cellulosic ethanol plant in North Carolina by backing a US$99m loan.
The plant is expected to be located in Sampson County, North Carolina and produce 20 million gallons (76 million liters) of bioethanol per year from up to 600,000 tons of non-food grasses. The enzymes necessary for processing the biomass will be provided by Danish biotech company Novozymes (Baegsvaard). The construction is set to begin in late 2012. "Realising a commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the United States and proving that it can produce cost competitive sustainable ethanol is an important milestone in the commercialisation process of advanced biofuels," said Guido Ghisolfi, President of the Chemtex Group, which is a unit of the Italian chemical company Grupo Mossi & Ghisolfi.http://www.gruppomg.com/history.php?mi=201
Slated to open in 2014, the plant will employ approximately 65 employees and indirectly generate 250 more jobs in the community, not including construction jobs. The feedstock will be grown on low productivity/marginal land that is in part being utilised as "spray fields" for the hog farming industry. Wilmington, North Carolina-based Chemtex received US$3.9m from the US Department of Agriculture in Junehttp://www.chemtex.com/templates/news_20120613.html to grow more than 4,000 acres of miscanthus and switchgrass, which will now be used as feedstock. Chemtex and Novozymes have already started a collaboration this April aimed at building the world's first industrial plant for fermentation of second generation bioethanol from cheap straw feeds.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-03/chemtex-builds-biorefinery.html


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High School
In High School, students meet expert teachers in humanities, mathematics, sciences and the arts.
While working through the ardors of adolescence, students find a love for truth as well as for the community of students both of their age and in earlier developmental stages. They become sought-after college students, award-winning musicians, budding scientists, outdoorsmen caring for the environment, and human beings who care deeply for the community of families that have supported their blossoming. High school days still begin with Main Lesson, but their teachers now vary by subject, and their daily subject classes now include humanities, math, fine and applied arts, foreign language, music, physical education, and eurythmy. As part of the PWHS curriculum, students also participate in dramatic productions, music concerts, outdoor education weeks, community service opportunities, class-related field trips, and "Project Week" intensive topic studies ranging from songwriting to sustainable nutrition.
Grade 9
As they enter 9th grade, students tend to assert themselves in a definite way, seeing things as black or white, reveling in the concrete and physical. What is this new world of high school? 9th grade curriculum meets them with a focus on polarities in form and content: comedy and tragedy in literature, revolutions in history, the tangibles of blood and the skeleton in science. In art, a focus on black and white (including block printing) leads students into a discovery of the values of the shadings of gray in between. 9th Grade outdoor education focuses on building basic naturalist skills, exploring ecosystems, and strengthening community dynamic and individual skills with a balance of group activities and solo work.
Grade 10
Having worked through black and white thinking, 10th graders become curious about process and transformation. The "how" interests them. How did things get to be like this? In Meteorology, they learn how weather is produced; in Physiology, a study of the endocrine system is a study of bodily processes. In Humanities, students study the development of the English language, and in a study of ancient Greece, the development of consciousness about the act of thinking itself. 10th Grade outdoor week centers on tracking and nature awareness, as students participate in activities designed to enhance their awareness of their surroundings, and develop basic primitive skills.
Grade 11
As students mature in their junior year, they ask "why" in a new way, wanting to know the intentions behind acts and institutions in order to define their relationship to the world around them. 11th grade curriculum prepares students to answer these questions by honing their research skills and sharpening their critical thinking. A series of US History main lesson blocks lead to inquiries about American institutions and identity. Atomic Chemistry and Astronomy address the micro and macro "why" of the universe around us, and in Botany, students look at why plants differentiate as they do. Outdoor week finds 11th graders backpacking in the wilderness, planning for food and shelter needs, using a compass and map to navigate, taking turns in leadership roles to develop those skills.
Grade 12
As students prepare to graduate and move consciously into the wider world, their curiosity deepens about how the world operates and what their place in it will be. World consciousness becomes the theme of the senior year. Students study Human Development, and reflect on their own lives. They take classes in Global Economy and the history of the twentieth century. Science includes Ecology and the atomic structure of nuclear power. In math, students apply the tools of calculus and statistics to their world. 12th grade outdoor week, and the culmination of the PWHS Outdoor Program, is the Senior Solo Sit: 48 hours spent alone in nature, building a relationship with a particular piece of land and spending time in reflection. Students come together before and after their sit, practicing rituals of farewell and greeting, and simultaneously holding an experience of community and individuality. Each student also completes a Senior Project, a faculty-approved study that includes a research paper, a physical project, and an oral presentation to the community.
International Students
If you are interested in attending PWHS for a year or more, please visit our International Student Information & Inquiry page.
Exchange Students
For Waldorf students wanting to participate in an exchange with a PWHS student, please send a letter describing yourself, your family, school, and desired dates to Wibke Fretz.


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The public's growing concern about crime makes criminology and criminal justice two of the most dynamic and fastest growing fields of study in the nation. Indiana State University's Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice is at the forefront of this expansion. Offering you a four-year degree program and a master's degree, our goal is to offer you professional preparation in the areas of corrections, law enforcement, security, and crime and delinquency prevention programs. What makes our program outstanding are special features including:
State-wide contacts and education programs with law enforcement personnel
Modern forensic laboratory which offers the opportunity for hands-on investigations
A faculty with experience in the field
Internships to provide practical experience
Indiana State University is ideally situated for providing a wide range of truly outstanding internship placements. Within the immediate vicinity of Terre Haute are situated a U.S. Penitentiary, a juvenile detention center, an adult probation office, a state parole office, a city police department, a sheriff's department, and a state police post. If a student is willing to drive up to 70 miles, it is possible for him or her to serve an internship at the local, county, state, or federal levels of both law enforcement and correctional agencies. The Department maintains close and friendly relations with all of these facilities, which greatly enhances the learning opportunities.
ISU Criminology & Criminal Justice Programs:
- Criminology & Criminal Justice Major
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Faculty offices are all located on the second floor of Holmstedt Hall and are convenient for students needing faculty advisement or other assistance. Most classrooms are located in Holmstedt Hall and all others are situated in nearby buildings. The Indiana State Library is conveniently located and contains an excellent collection of general and specialized reference books, microfilms, journals, periodicals, and newspapers. In addition, the library belongs to state and regional networks which provide access to library materials within a larger area. The Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice also maintains and posts current information on employment opportunities for interested students.


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Hothotz, on 16 November 2012 - 09:14 AM, said:
Article 9.
Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
The Japs for-go war after there WW2 as kicking. This was part of the Peace Treaty between the U.S. and Japan.
Japan is allowed to have enough troops to defend its borders long enough for the U.S. to arrive to protect them. There Defense troops are a mirror of our National Guard.
I suppose. But Japan has about 250,000 active troops, which ranks them 24th in the world. They also have huge arsenal of war planes and ships to use. Currently, it is unlikely that Japan would ever use these in an offensive war, but if the world was to explode into world war, I don't see why they wouldn't get involved... even if it's against their constitution.
After all, they have deployed troops to Iraq, which many people complained was a violation of their constitution.


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TAHOE, Calif. — Lake of the Sky Garden Club will host their 24th annual event, the North Shore Garden Tour, from Tahoe City to Brockway on Saturday, July 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. View up to 10 gardens including three lakefront properties. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets are $25 per person and may be purchased by mailing a check or money order to Lake of Sky Garden Club, P.O. Box 1827, Tahoe City, CA 96145 or by contacting Rich Caravelli at 530-583-4066 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Tickets may also be purchased at local nurseries. This event has been a sellout — be sure and get your tickets early.
Lake of the Sky Garden Club is a nonprofit organization and member of National Garden Clubs Inc. and California Garden Clubs, Inc., Golden Foothills District. The club's goals are to promote an interest in gardening with particular emphasis on the problems at high altitude, to support charitable, educational, and scientific work as well as to initiate and participate in beautification and development gardening projects in the North Lake Tahoe region. Each year the proceeds from the tour fund one or two $1,000 scholarships to encourage study in landscaping, horticulture, forestry or environmental science and up to $7,000 in grants to community projects such as Thunderbird Lodge, Tahoe City Historical Society, the Watson Cabin, Gatekeeper's Museum as well as Community Gardens in the Tahoe Truckee area.
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courser 1
A swift horse.
Example sentences
- For information on how to enrol and pay for these courses and to find out what other coursers are available in this excellent facility right in the heart of the village call us on the same number.
- She lived her full complement of days, ending them at her own farm in the southwest horse country, where she bred some of the finest coursers and palfreys outside of the large established studs.
- That winter-shaggy warhorse was no courser, but only a Sothoii - or someone with a prince's purse - could own its equal.
Middle English: from Old French corsier, based on Latin cursus (see course).
Words that rhyme with courserChaucer, endorser (US indorser), enforcer, forcer, reinforcer, saucer, Xhosa
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courser 2
A fast-running plover-like bird related to the pratincoles, typically found in open country in Africa and Asia.
- Genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus, family Glareolidae: several species, in particular the desert-dwelling cream-coloured courser (C. cursor).
Example sentences
- There was some evidence of signaling to predators because white-rumped species were pursued by coursers, although not in concentrated changes tests.
Mid 18th century: from modern Latin Cursorius 'adapted for running', from cursor 'runner', from the verb currere (see course).
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courser 3
A person who hunts animals such as hares with greyhounds using sight rather than scent.
Example sentences
- Illegal hare coursing is a threat to populations because farmers cull them rather than have hare coursers on their land.
- The numbers of hares killed by coursers each year is entirely speculative as far as I can see.
- Like grouse shooters, fox hunters, lampers, hare coursers, badger baiters and of course meat eaters, anglers do what they do simply because they enjoy doing it.
Early 17th century: from courser1.
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The sight of Colin Kaepernick mingling with Baltimore Ravens players and signing autographs for their fans would have seemed unthinkable 18 months ago, when the 49ers lost in Super Bowl XLVII.
"You have to move on from that," Kaepernick said after the 49ers concluded three consecutive days of practice at the Ravens facility, where Super Bowl reminders abound. "We're focused on this season and getting better and trying to win a Super Bowl this year.
"This is the best way for us to get better, so we came out here, practiced, tried to get us better and get the Ravens better."
The joint practices bred positive reviews, no fisticuffs and a brotherly bond that was forged beyond just the coaches, Jim and John Harbaugh. Players and coaches openly pined for a reunion Feb. 1 in a Super Bowl rematch.
"Not one complaint. That's rare to get," Jim Harbaugh said before his 49ers flew home Monday afternoon, ending a seven-day stay in the Baltimore area that included a 23-3 loss in Thursday night's exhibition opener.
"Hats off to the Ravens organization and John Harbaugh," Jim continued. "I'm just so proud of him, watching him fulfill his duties, the way he runs his team and the kind of team they are. Tight ship. It's impressive."
The 49ers' Harbaugh said he'll take "a couple ideas" back home to tighten up the 49ers' ship but didn't want to divulge them, humorously saying he would want to take credit for them down the road.
For a couple of reasons, it's up in the air whether the 49ers and Ravens will do this again at next year's training camp. One, the teams will meet in the 2015 regular season at Levi's Stadium. Two, Jim Harbaugh's contract status could be complicated if he doesn't land an extension after this season.
Of the "10 or 11 reasons" the teams arranged the sessions, both coaches thought seeing different players and schemes proved most beneficial. For instance, Jim Harbaugh noted that Kaepernick got to see "disguises in the secondary."
"You get different looks, different players, different techniques, so you have to pick up all those things in practice like you do in games," Kaepernick said.
What wasn't seen over three days were any fights, just as the Harbaugh brothers requested.
Kaepernick attributed the mostly peaceful practices to Saturday's first walk-through session, saying that's when it sunk in that "we knew we were here to try get better, that it wasn't, 'We're going to fight you guys.' Hopefully we see them during the season, because if we do, it's in the Super Bowl."
"All the Baltimore fans gave me a hard time, but I bleed red and gold," said Norris, noting he grew up idolizing Jerry Rice and Steve Young and now has the "utmost respect" for Frank Gore.
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Definition of xerophilous in English:
adjectiveBotany & Zoology
(Of a plant or animal) adapted to a very dry climate or habitat, or to conditions where moisture is scarce.
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Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
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Chris Arrant
If I had $15, I'd catch up on Joe Keatinge and Andre Szymanowicz' Hell Yeah with the first trade, Vol. 1: Last Days On Earth (Image, $9.99). I admit to dropping off after the second issue, but it's always something I wanted to get back to; and reading Keatinge's interviews on the more recent issues has pushed me over the top. If nothing else, $9.99 for five issues is a good deal. After that I'd get Avengers Vs. X-Men #12 (Marvel, $4.99). Of all the group-written issues, Jason Aaron's seems to have been the most organized and engaging, so I'm glad they opted to have him do the finale. Seeing Adam Kubert on this is surprising, as his previous issues of Avengers Vs. X-Men felt rushed – but previews of this issue show him more measured and confident, like his Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine work, also with Aaron.
If I had $30, I'd double back and gleefully grab Thomas Herpich's White Clay (AdHouse, $4.95). When I first heard about this the onus of Adventure Time was heavy given the cartoonist works on that show, but after seeing the previews and hearing Chris Pitzer talk about this book I'm in for it. I'd also get the debut issue of Andy Diggle's Doctor Who #1 (IDW, $3.99) with artist Mark Buckingham. Bucky's a real treat here, and I'm interested to see what he does with Diggle's words – and what exactly Diggle does. I'm okay if it's not Lenny Zero – but that would be nice too. Finally, I'd get Uncanny X-Force #32 (Marvel, $3.99). At one time this was my favorite book coming from the Big Two, but it seems to have grown long in the tooth; I'm not confident enough to say Rick and crew are doing something wrong, as maybe it's just me. But the first 18 issues had a special kind of magic, and that doesn't seem to remain here in these issues. But still, I'm in 'til the end.
If I could splurge, I'd get The Nao of Brown (SelfMadeHero, $24.95) by Glyn Dillon. I admit I already received an advance review copy of this book, but if I didn't I'd surely have it on pre-order. A read a review where they compared to this to Gene Yang's American Born Chinese, but I think that's a mere surface examination. After reading this (and flipping through it a dozen times since), this is just a pure coming-of-age story that reminds me more of Hope Larson or a very chatty Adrian Tomine. Very great, very great.


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Indoor ThermometersIt is always good to know what the weather is doing. Many of the thermometers that Camping World stocks offer you both indoor and outdoor information. From a simple analogue unit you can attach to a window, to a digital weather station that will keep you informed for two years on just four "AA" batteries, the selection is comprehensive.
In addition to weather thermometers, Camping World also stocks thermometers appropriate for use in the fridge and freezer or on the grill. That way you know that your food is the right temperature, whether you are storing it or prepping for dinner.


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In an hour-long town hall meeting held Tuesday at the Nutter Field House, Maj. Gen. Leslie Smith addressed a crowd of around 850 people about the 3,400 employee furloughs that are coming over the next few months to the installation's civilian population.
The furloughs are part of $487 billion reduction in the Department of Defense funding which is based on the Budget Control Act of 2011.
The furloughs will begin Monday, July 8, and run through Sept. 30, 2013.
Smith's talk was one part informational and another part morale booster as he emphasized the fact that he knows that these coming months will not be easy for those affected by the furloughs.
However, he voiced that it is his job as the commanding general to make sure that there is an infrastructure in place to help all those in need.
"One of the great aspects of this place (Fort Leonard Wood) is that whether it is inside or outside the gates, we are a family," he said. "And we as a team will make it through this."
The 30-year Army veteran told the crowd that the coming months will not be business as usual. However, he assured the crowd that processes and systems are in place for those who need help.
"Do not think that you are on an island by yourself when it comes to a challenge or situation that you may have," he told the crowd.
Halfway through the meeting Pam Welch, director of the Civilian Personnel Advisory Center (CPAC) outlined a number of specific assistance programs that Fort Leonard Wood is putting into place to help individuals or families.
Among them are counselors and chaplains who are making themselves available above and beyond their normal hours for those who want to talk.
As well, local bank officials are able to help with advice on refinancing or financial planning. Welch also encouraged all to take advantage of free activities for families which are put on by the department of Morale Welfare and Recreation.
The major general ended the town hall session by fielding questions from those attendance. Around a half dozen or so people from the crowd stood up to address their concerns and ask questions.
While he did his best to answer each person's question, he encouraged those having more issues to seek out their answer with the appropriate person or department.
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Autism in the News – 12.23.10
Autism parents battle on: backers aim to reintroduce bill to require insurance coverage (Genesee County, Mich.)
Nine-year-old Remi Bossardet wants to be a mayor when he grows up, or maybe an actor, or possibly a football player. Read more.
PS 205 breaks barriers with program (Oakland Gardens, N.Y.)
The special education students in the PS 205 building in Oakland Gardens used to be known as "those kids upstairs." Read more.
Retiring deputy head is 'part of school's fabric' (UK)
A deputy headteacher who has worked at a school for children with learning difficulties since it was founded is retiring to the seaside. Read more.
Company redesigns bedroom for autistic boy (Nashua, N.H.)
P.J. Davey is changing lives and paying it forward – one brush stroke at a time. In June 2009, Davey, of Nashua, launched Paint It Forward, a company dedicated to helping people who have served overseas, have suffered immense loss or have survived a devastating illness. Read more.
New Organisations Authorised To Certify Disability Assist Dogs (New Zealand)
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide today announced the addition of Perfect Partners Dogs Trust and Assistance Dogs New Zealand Trust to the list of organisations authorised to certify disability assist dogs. Read more.


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SAN JOSE -- For the Sharks, in terms of change, nothing should be off the table.
That's where you begin.
After cementing its status as one of the most spectacularly collapsing teams in NHL history, the hockey company of the Bay Area needs to start behaving more like the other companies around here.
In the tech industry, one of the success mantras is to "fail fast" so that if a project does fail, a company can quickly move onto the next thing.
The Sharks, though, have been in kind of a slow-motion fail for the past decade. They have raised hopes by accumulating the second-best regular-season record of any NHL team since 2003, often winning a playoff round or two to raise more hopes ... then always falling short of the Stanley Cup finals.
This spring was merely the most radical version of that scenario. The Sharks began their first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings with three straight victories, then did a faceplant with four straight losses.
In that way, the Sharks did fail fast. So it is time to do the Silicon Valley thing and respond by considering big change -- whatever that means.
Should the status of Sharks general manager Doug Wilson be on the table for discussion? Yes.
Should the status of coach Todd McLellan be on the table? Yes.
Should the status of veteran players, even if they have no-trade clauses, be on the table? Yes.
Of course, any sort of radical shakeup must be initiated from the very top. That would point to franchise owner Hasso Plattner, who assumed control of the team early in 2013.
And that's where things get mysterious.
Good luck trying to read Plattner's mind. He chooses to be a low-key owner. Plattner attended all seven Sharks playoff games, say team officials. But he never put himself in the spotlight. So it is unclear how angry he might be over the playoff flop.
In fact, it is unclear exactly where the Sharks even fit into Plattner's personal emotional portfolio. The 70-year-old German software honcho is among the world's richest 150 people. He is worth $9 billion, according to Forbes magazine. That means the Sharks constitute a piddling 5 percent of Plattner's fortune.
By reputation, Plattner is a competitive man. He has raced yachts at a high level. He also enjoys playing tennis and golf at the various resorts he owns.
How, then, does a mortifying loss by his hockey franchise fit into all that?
After Wednesday's humiliation, does Plattner stew, foment and ponder a major franchise transformation?
Or does he shrug and move on to the next most interesting thing on his plate?
A year ago, Plattner held a rare sit-down with reporters. He basically said all hockey questions should be directed to Wilson. He was not available for interviews Thursday and will speak with media Friday to dissect the playoff loss.
At that time, count on Wilson to reiterate his ongoing philosophy of "Refresh And Re-Set." This master plan calls for the Sharks' veteran core, centered on 34-year-old veterans Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, to still contribute as they grow older -- with younger top-tier players such as Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic gradually assuming team leadership.
Wilson never, ever utters the word "rebuild." There is a reason.
Plattner is said to believe that if the Sharks ever back up the truck, strip down the roster and implement a youthful reconstruction that would require several years of losing on the ice, attendance at SAP Center would drop off dramatically. In the NHL, television revenue is relatively minimal compared to the other major pro leagues, so ticket revenue is of foremost concern.
The "Refresh and Re-Set" concept also plays into Wilson's conviction that if he can maneuver the Sharks into the playoffs every spring, one of those years things will align perfectly and a Stanley Cup will be the outcome. Assuming that Plattner still agrees with Wilson on all this, you wonder if the scapegoat for this year's failure will be McLellan.
McLellan's immediate postgame remarks Wednesday night were infused with emotion. How could they not be? He said the Sharks' problems "got progressively worse" during the series because players wouldn't stick with the game plan. McLellan also assumed personal responsibility for the team's failure, the correct professional approach.
But at one point, when someone mentioned the Sharks proved something by stretching their playoff series against the Kings to the maximum seven games for two straight years, McLellan was not eager to play along.
"We were a lot closer last year than we were this year," McLellan said, bluntly.
That sounded like a coach who, if he stays, would prefer some roster changes. A few are inevitable.
Dan Boyle, the stalwart 37-year-old defenseman whose contract his expired, likely will not be back.
The goalie, Antti Niemi, can't feel too secure.
But by recently signing Thornton and Marleau to three-year extensions, Wilson has tied his own hands in many respects.
After such a historic series meltdown, this Sharks offseason cannot be a normal one. Plattner must set the tone and the rest should trickle down, no matter who keeps their job and who doesn't. The paying customers will demand it.
Those customers aren't disdainful of any philosophy that's a proven success. But right now, they are growing weary of: "Refresh, Re-Set and Re-Disappoint."
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Before Andrew Cabatingan can make a difference in this world, he has to master a complicated web of technology and learn to maneuver in a dark, painful existence, all so he can study at one of the most challenging schools in the nation.
With all he has already overcome, it may not seem like much of a challenge for the UC Berkeley freshman.
Cabatingan, 18, has Friedreich's ataxia, a degenerative genetic disease that has progressively robbed him of his motor coordination and eyesight while causing heart problems and diabetes.
Growing up in Gilroy, Cabatingan did not let his disease rob him of learning and enjoying life. He had a 3.9 GPA in high school and developed a keen interest in biology, thanks to a love of animals. When the disease left him in a wheelchair, effectively denying his dream of being a veterinarian, he simply changed his goal to earning a degree in molecular environmental biology.
"He's smart enough to get (to UC Berkeley), he's smart enough to make a difference in animals' lives, peoples' lives," says his mother, Maria Cabatingan. "He needs to be able to lead a productive life and make an impact, make a difference."
College life so far is nothing like what Andrew Cabatingan and his family expected. Unable to live independently on campus, Cabatingan's family drives him between Gilroy and Berkeley for classes, staying with him all day to help.
"One thing I have really been missing is a social life," Cabatingan says.
The Cabatingans chose UC Berkeley because it has one of the leading programs for assisting disabled students living on campus. But Andrew has a litany of challenges before he is ready to move to Berkeley and rely only on the services the college and state can provide.
"I don't know how people fall through the cracks like this," says Kevin Shields, director of UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Residence Program.
Cabatingan needs extensive training for independent living, Shields explains, especially because he is both in a wheelchair and blind. He also must learn several technologies so he can use a computer and complete his schoolwork.
To live on his own on campus and eventually enter the workforce -- the goal of Shields' program -- Cabatingan must accomplish goals that take some young, disabled students years to achieve.
"They say he should have been using this technology years ago, but we never knew it existed," Maria Cabatingan says.
Andrew Cabatingan needs a power wheelchair and a guide dog to move around on his own. Able People Foundation, a San Jose nonprofit that provides mobility products for low-income people with disabilities, obtained the wheelchair for him. But the group's founder, Paiman Komeilizadeh, is battling his own health problems and the group is in dire need of funds, leaving it unable to provide more help to Cabatingan.
And beyond just a guide dog -- which is "crazy expensive," Shields points out -- Cabatingan must put in hours of work to learn how to use the dog and chair in concert. Shields' hope is that "an orientation and mobility instructor in the South Bay who's retired sees this and says, 'I'd like to spend my summer out on the nearest schoolground with a big open space working with this guy.' "
"It's not just a matter of money, but time, too," Shields says. "He's got to learn how to get around on his own."
Readers can help Cabatingan and his family. Each $50 donation will help purchase a computer with add-ons, a GPS device and a smartphone for him to use at school, along with a personal attendant to help him on campus. Donations of $25 will go toward purchasing gas cards for the family's trips from Gilroy to Berkeley.
Readers can also help Able People Foundation assist more clients like Cabatingan. Each $50 donation will go toward refurbishing mobility equipment such as walkers, wheelchairs, batteries and motorized scooters for low-income, disabled people.
Neither Maria Cabatingan nor Shields believe that the current patched-together handling of Andrew Cabatingan's schooling is sustainable for long. But he seems unburdened by his plight, consistently wearing a smile that ranges from humored to sly.
Like any teenager, he can be sarcastic with adults -- when asked why he chose UC Berkeley, he says it was because he received a present on his first visit. "From a bird. The back end."
And like other teenagers, Cabatingan finds his inspiration in music. He says the song "Someday" from the Nickelodeon movie "Rags" inspired him to overcome obstacles and fight for a chance at a UC Berkeley degree. When asked why, Cabatingan, who previously struggled to speak even haltingly, breaks into song:
"I follow my dreams / You'd think they were nightmares the way they scream / I'm gonna believe / that someday, someday / I'm gonna be the next big thing."
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Sound Test
Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.
After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).
Noise levels have also gone up a little. Again, it's nothing to be worrying about, though, with it just tipping the 60dB mark.


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There's some sloppy journalism here (Bolan "made no secret of his bisexuality"? Bowie was "due to guest on Bolan's ITV series" rather than actually guesting on his ITV series?) but overall the article is worth a read. A condensed version, just about the Bowie angle, is here.
˛"He never came to see us in California because he lives in New York and hates to travel."And Bolan Jr. hates to travel as well and therefore never hopped on a plane to NY? Well.TW GOD OF FOOTBALL


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Mourners line up outside Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis to pay their respects during the public visitation for former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Stan Musial Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in St. Louis. Musial, one of baseball's greatest hitters and a Hall of Famer with the Cardinals for more than two decades, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. He was 92. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The season premiere of Islanders Insider is now available for Islanders fans to watch online. In episode 1 of season 2 of the show, host Steven King sits down with soccer coach Shanna Caldwell and volleyball coach Tony Graystone, while Teddy Medina brings you a feature on a unique conditioning opportunity for the Islanders men's basketball team.
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Stillman wins two more at Crossover
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 12:32 a.m.
JASPER | The Stillman College Lady Tigers pushed their win streak to 11 games Friday by posting wins over Benedict College and Paine College in the second day of the SIAC East/West Crossover. Stillman won the first game 8-2 and the second game 14-3 in five innings.
Against Benedict, Januar Page went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Hannah Burr finished the game 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Ashley Savage pitched the complete game for the win, allowing two runs and a walk while striking out seven.
Against Paine, Danielle Hewett and Michelle Gray each homered during a seven-run third inning that put the Lady Tigers ahead by double digits and sealed the win.
Kristina Kelly was the winning pitcher, going four innings, allowing five hits and a walk while striking out three. Bailey Braughton worked the fifth inning, walking two and striking out one.
Today, Stillman plays Clark Atlanta at 10 a.m., Albany State at 4 p.m. and Tuskegee at 6 p.m.
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a vegetable, one of several that make for an excellent "penis". Available in various lengths and circumferences. Some have enticing "bumpies" on them for extra stimulation. Best washed and dried before use (who knows where they've been !) Similar to zuchini, cucumbers,leeks.
When she has to come home alone on Saturday night, she cozies up to her vegetable bin and chooses her mate from among the cucumbers, zuchini, carrots and leeks.
by Jake February 25, 2004
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Fans of One Direction who are typically under the age of 13 and still think that stupid, over used jokes are funny and use them on a daily basis. In public.
Carrot: I dont eat with spoons cause Liam doesnt!!!!!!1! VAS HAPPENIN! I eat carrots!!!11!
Me: Please shut up.
Me: Please shut up.
by WaddupMyBrotha August 09, 2012
The annoying directioners. Normally between the ages of 8-12. A new directioner. A directioner who has just entered the fandom and feels as if they have to connect everyday words to one direction. Normal directioners will just ignore the use of the word "pussy" but carrots will automatically be like "ermahgerd hazza1!!1!!"
Girl 1: here's a spoon for your soup
Girl 2: oh my god Karen, you're so stupid, I can't use a spoon! Liam has a fear of spoons so I do to
Girl 1: stop being such a carrot
Girl 2: oh my god Karen, you're so stupid, I can't use a spoon! Liam has a fear of spoons so I do to
Girl 1: stop being such a carrot
by tinaghevondian May 27, 2013
A cheap, healthy, edible dildo of the vegetable class. Tastes nice in stews or raw. Looks orange and tastes carroty.
"We had beef stew with carrot in it this evening. I enjoyed eating the carrot very much as I had seen it being rubbed in and out of my wife's fud."
by bobwentpop November 27, 2007
What makes women beautiful. If you dont believe me, ask Louis Tomlinson.
Liam: What makes a girl beautiful?
Louis: ....Carrots!!!!!!!
Louis: ....Carrots!!!!!!!
by SOME AWESOME DIRECTIONER. December 14, 2011
A orange vegatable that are rich in vitamin K (good for your eyes, I think)
and is used as a dildo,
and used to teach naive girls how to give BJs.
and is used as a dildo,
and used to teach naive girls how to give BJs.
Carrots may be good for your eyes, but they have many other uses.
by emma February 26, 2005
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