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BUFFALO -- New York Rangers goalie Mackenzie Skapski will have a lot of good memories when it comes to playing in Buffalo.
Skapski made 20 saves and Keith Yandle scored 7:31 into the third period to give the Rangers a 2-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center on Saturday.
"It all started with the first one and now tonight, I don't think you could script it any better," Skapski said. "Our defense and our forwards were excellent as always. We have a very underrated offensive-defensive team. That's what makes us the best team in the NHL right now."
Skapski earned his first NHL shutout in his second start. He got his first victory against the Sabres in his NHL debut when he made 24 saves in a 3-1 win on Feb. 20.
"I didn't even digest the win yet, let alone the shutout," Skapski said. "Come summertime when hockey season's done and there's less of a process going on, I'll start to realize what happened. I'm fortunate with the opportunities they had."
Skapski made two big saves early on that kept the game scoreless. The 20-year-old rookie stopped Tyler Ennis on a breakaway 6:15 into the first period and made a sprawling glove save on Sabres captain Brian Gionta during a 2-on-1 with Philip Varone against Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi 1:02 into the second period.
"Early on in the game, they get a breakaway and he made a big save," Rangers defenseman Marc Staal said. "A couple big glove saves kept us right there. He gave us a chance to win the hockey game. It's good for him; it's a good milestone for a goalie. It's great he can get it early."
Skapski has won his two starts this season, each against the Sabres, and has a 119:46 shutout streak. He was recalled from Hartford in the American Hockey League on Feb. 4 to back up Cam Talbot when starting goalie Henrik Lundqvist sustained a vascular injury.
Skapski is the first Rangers goalie to have a shutout in one of his first two NHL starts since Marcel Paille in November 1957. It is the first time in Rangers history three goalies have a shutout in one season; Lundqvist and Talbot each has five.
"Both [Skapski] and Cam during the absence of [Lundqvist] have played well for us," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "They're doing what goaltenders are supposed to go, give your team a chance to win."
The Rangers (43-17-7) won their fourth consecutive game to remain atop the Metropolitan Division and have won seven consecutive games against the Sabres. The Rangers have earned a point in 16 of the past 17 games going 13-1-3 during that time.
"We knew going in, and we talked about it prior to the game, there are no easy games in this league and we didn't expect one tonight," Vigneault said. "Their goaltender made some real big saves in the second period to keep them in, our goaltender had a couple big saves and [I] thought he did a real good job for us and we found a way in the third period to score a couple goals."
Yandle gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead with his fifth goal of the season and first since he was acquired in a trade from the Arizona Coyotes on March 1. Yandle received a pass from Martin St. Louis and took a wrist shot from high in the attacking zone that beat Sabres goalie Anders Lindback through a screen. It was Yandle's first goal since Dec. 23.
"I thought for a second that I didn't know if got tipped so maybe I shouldn't celebrate," Yandle said. "I don't really remember too much."
St. Louis scored his 20th of the season, an empty-net goal with 32.7 seconds remaining.
"[We're] getting ready for playoffs," Yandle said. "We've got to play those tight games and find ways to win and it doesn't matter if it's early in the game or late."
The Rangers had a 72-26 advantage in shot attempts against the Sabres.
"I'm not big moral victories; we still lost the game," Sabres defenseman Mike Weber said. "But I thought we played almost as [well] as we could."
The Sabres (19-43-6) have lost six consecutive games.
"I think it was a competitive game, I think we played pretty well," Ennis said. "I think [Lindback] played a great game in net, made some great saves. The penalty kill was good. We played solid tonight. I think if our power play could've gotten one, it would've been a different story."
Lindback made 31 saves in his fifth start for the Sabres since he was acquired in a trade from the Dallas Stars on Feb. 11.
"You can see the progression of him getting better and better and better, his confidence really coming," Sabres coach Ted Nolan said.
Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian missed the game with a lower-body injury. He has averaged 26:44 of ice time since he was acquired in a trade from the Winnipeg Jets on Feb. 11.
"He tweaked just a little something this morning, lower body," Nolan said. "We thought maybe one game would be a lot worse than losing him for four or five. Hopefully, he'll be back next game."


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This Date In Flyers History...March 20
Sunday, 03.20.2005 / 12:00 AM ET / News
Philadelphia Flyers
March 20, 1995...Flyers Defeat Montreal, 8-4
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Center Eric Lindros was one of four players for the Flyers to score at least a goal in the game. Lindros scored three goals. Kevin Dineen and John LeClair each posted two goals and Rod Brind'Amour scored a shorthanded goal.
For Lindros, the hat trick was his second in two games. He became just the second player in team history to record a hat trick in consecutive games. Lindros had scored three goals in the Flyers' 4-3 win against the Panthers in Florida on March 18.
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Venezuela's Election Downshifts Views on Economy, Debt
We hear elections have consequences, which are usually obvious if the winner's mandate is strong. Venezuela's snap election over the weekend has major implications for the economy and the oil-rich nation's debt, thinking on which is changing fast.
The anointed heir of Venezuela's defunct leader, Hugo Chavez, eked out a wafer-thin majority of votes in Sunday's snap presidential election, a surprise given that President-elect Nicolas Maduro held a double-digit lead in most pre-election polling. But the race tightened sharply toward the end, and Henrique Capriles lost by less than two percentage points.
Mr. Capriles' camp alleges vote irregularities, demands a full recount and won't recognize Mr. Maduro's government-sanctioned victory. Supporters of both camps have taken to the street, with post-election violence claiming seven lives so far. Tensions have rapidly escalated.
A recount doesn't look likely. But Mr. Maduro doesn't have much of a mandate.
Market consensus had congealed around a Maduro victory, and saw in Mr. Chavez's long-time foreign minister and last vice-president a more pragmatic and conciliatory politician. Although closely allied with Cuba, Mr. Maduro would be open to some reform of the statist system that his mentor had built. Such thinking contributed to Venezuela's 47% return last year and 3.4% gain this year to Friday on a widely followed JP Morgan emerging market sovereign bond index.
But the closeness of the balloting has rattled the market.
Mr. Maduro now looks "quite weak," JP Morgan said in a note, and will have "little mandate to adjust policies and difficulty managing internal rivalries." The investment bank added that "economic pragmatism may still be in the cards as a survival technique, (but) in the near term, radicalism may be in store for (Mr.) Maduro to project strength and rally his base."
The country's 2023 dollar bond has sunk to 94.29 bid, yielding 9.907%, from Friday's 97.53 to yield 9.381%, while the cost of credit default insurance for five years has jumped to 742 basis points from 699 basis points.
It could still be a long way down: Fund flow data suggest emerging market investors are still overweight Venezuela debt.
J.P. Morgan Monday cut its recommendation on Venezuela debt in its model portfolio to marketweight from overweight, noting that Venezuela's "high yields still compensate investors" for the risky outlook.
Perhaps, but the near-term challenges facing Venezuela are enormous.
Profligate government spending over Mr. Chavez's era have dramatically expanded Venezuela's debt load and fiscal deficit, despite record high oil revenues Citigroup reckons Venezuela's budget gap this year at 17%, slightly more than it was last year. Public foreign debt maturities this year total almost $5 billion, but then run double that in both 2015 and 2016, including the quasi-sovereign state oil company's maturities.
Nationalizations across sundry sectors of the economy, including in the key oil industry, have undercut investment and caused output to stall. Oil production is nearly three-quarters of its level in early 1999, when Mr. Chavez, who died of cancer early last month, first took office. Capital controls and an overvalued official exchange rate have led to a dearth of dollars for vital imports, leading to both domestic food shortages and inflation that's slated to hit an annual 30% this year. Power outages are frequent.
Oil prices have been drifting lower, which is potentially disastrous for Venezuela, as oil accounts for over a third of its gross domestic product, at least three-fifths of public spending and over nine-tenths of its export receipts. Thanks to the U.S. shale oil boom, its natural export market is fast becoming less dependent on oil imports.
The election was supposed to pave the way toward reforming some of the populist social programs–heavily subsidized food, fuels, health care and housing—and making life a little easier on the private sector. But that doesn't look likely now.
"We suspect that the political gridlock can delay the implementation of the economic measures and could accelerate the deterioration of Venezuela's already fragile fundamentals," Barclaysid Tuesday. "While high oil prices give the country a strong capacity to pay, the country could remain on an unsustainable path, especially if the recent correction in the oil prices continues."
Barclays, which cut its view on Venezuela's debt to neutral from overweight, says the problems are likely to push the economy into recession this year.
Given Venezuela's history of social unrest and entrenched entitlements, Mr. Maduro doesn't have the political capital to implement painful structural reforms. Instead, he may just double down on the populist programs to shore up his support.
But that won't be easy with ugly debt dynamics and a failing economy.
"It will be a very difficult task keeping people who voted for them happy," said Munir Jalil, Ciitgroup's debt strategist for Venezuela. Citi, he says, is "seriously underweight" Venezuela's debt in its model portfolio.


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This tour will show you Batanes robust landscape, steep cliffs and rolling grasslands. Witness communities full of intact stone houses (as old as 1887) and their unique traditional cogon rooftops, bestowing you with a feeling of timelessness. Of the 11 cool and windy islands comprising the Batanes group, only three are inhabited: Batan, Sabtang and Itbayat. The island "Sabtang" is probably one of the most known preserved sites of Batanes and testimony to the surviving Ivatan culture with their typical headwear "suots".
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* 4 Days / 3 Nights airconditioned accommodation
(Note that surcharges apply during superpeak dates like Christmas and Easter)
* Breakfasts
* Roundtrip Basco airport transfers
* All tours as specified in the tour itinerary , including one local English speaking guide
Day 1
You will be awaited at arrival at Basco airport for transfer to your lodging of choice. Rest of the day free.
Day 2 (breakfast)
Breakfast. Jeepney tour on Batan island. You will visit a century old church, which bell tower damaged by intensity 7 last year 2000 as well as the oldest church in Batanes (17th Century). We drive through the verdant rolling hills of "Marlboro Country" and see Batanes century old vernacular houses made of limestone & cogon grass. Witness the panoramic views while we drive the long winding road in Chawa, visit "Ghost Town" village, wasted away by tidal waves in 15th century and the old settlement of Idjang.
Day 3 (breakfast, picnic lunch)
5.30am Early breakfast. Depart for San Vicente Port at 6:15am. At 8:00am, take a boat (45mins.) for Sabtang Island tour: Savidug Vernacular Houses / Traditional Lime Kilns, Savidug ruins, Savidug Idjang, Chavayan Traditional Ivatan Village, Chavayan Community Tour. Travel to Nakabuang Beach for picnic lunch. Travel back to Batan Island at 2pm. Rest of afternoon free.
Day 4 (breakfast)
After breakfast, we will arrange your land transfer back to Basco airport for your flight back to Manila.
|Reminder: Batanes is located in the northernmost region of Luzon, where lodgings are simple and rustic. Hardly any modern transportation exist, thus a jeepney will be used for the tour. Travelers may experience minor inconvenience such as lack of hot / cold shower, aircon, transfer, modern restaurant facilities, etc. But we tried our best to showcase all the major highlights of the province with the tour coordinator making the food, coordinating transfers and accommodation in advance in order to maximize the tourist's time in the island.
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TAMUS Regulation 15.01.03 applies to all research activities regardless of the funding source, as well as to research activities that do not have external funding. Investigators1 are required to:
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Relief in sight for suburb where the restroom is everywhere
Under the heading of "There oughta be a law," I saw this odd story last night on the news. But adhering to a strict policy of believing nothing until I read it in the (digital) newspaper — ha, and sometimes not even then — well, here it is:
University Park officials plan to close a legal loophole and ban public urination, after a police officer realized there was no such law on the city's books.
According to city staff — who recommend the measure – University Park "may be the only city in the state not to have such an ordinance." City council will vote on whether to officially prohibit public urination and defecation at Tuesday night's meeting.
The irony is rich, of course, as is much of University Park, the other half of our Park Cities. In all candor, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) had a very full, complete and believable report Sunday night, complete with good detail and aghast man/woman-on-the-street residents who couldn't quite comprehend that as of today, relieving oneself in town was a-OK.
Resident Stephanie Holford is still shocked.
"I just feel like for University Park, they try to market us as a really classy kind of area and neighborhood, and kind of exclusive," she said. "For that to be legal, I feel that it does not represent what they're trying to make the city look like, and that's really sick."
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8 Reasons Why HTML5 Won't Replace Flash For Games
November 28, 2012
There's been a lot of talk about Flash being history over the last few years, particularly from companies with their own agenda, such as Apple. HTML5 is the future we're told. What we're not told is HTML5 is actually a massive step back in terms of the way we deliver rich multimedia content, such as games, via the web. Here's why:
1) HTML5 is terribly slow on many mobile devices
The main argument that HTML5 is the future revolves around the fact that Flash isn't supported on most mobile devices. So with HTML5 you can build one web based application or game and run it on any device, desktop or mobile.
In reality HTML5 (particularly for games and multimedia applications) is so slow on many mobile devices that it's practically unusable anyway. What good is having the web version of your game available to mobile users if a big percentage are only getting a couple of frames per second out of their devices?
The fact is, if you want decent performance on mobile you need to go with native apps anyway.
2) HTML5 isn't even complete yet
The HTML5 standard is still in development and yet to be finalised (latest estimates, put that in around 2 years time). So at this point developing for it is literally like using and relying on a piece of software that is not finished. Flash is a mature, stable platform at this point, not some unfinished idea.
3) Browser incompatibilities mean it may not render consistently
HTML5 is made up of new versions of these same standards. If the browser companies still can't get it right with standards that are complete and have been in use for well over 10 years, what hope have they got for HTML5, which still isn't finalised?
Flash on the other hand is not reliant on the browser interpreting code and layout. The Flash player plugin renders content consistently across browsers, so developers only have to worry about developing for one common platform, leaving them to concentrate on the stuff that matters.
4) The install base needs to catch up
There are still a large percentage of internet users that are using outdated versions of browsers that don't even support HTML5. Until such a time that even the slowest to catch on have updated to a browser version that's capable of displaying HTML5 content, you're going to alienate a large number of internet users who can't see your content.
The Flash plugin on the other hand can be (and usually is) installed on browser versions released long before HTML5 started to be implemented. So Flash content can be viewed on a much greater percentage of the desktop web browsers that are currently in use.
5) New browser versions could break your code
Browsers update frequently and as we've seen in the past, they often move the goal posts in terms of how they display content. Not only do you have different browsers to contend with, you have different versions of those browsers.
Once you've finally managed to make sure your code works as expected, that's not necessarily the end of the story. If for example Microsoft changes the way they interpret part of the HTML5 standard, or when the finalised version of HTML5 is released , they change the browser to conform, your HTML5 code may stop working as expected. This will mean introducing a constant testing/revision cycle to make sure HTML5 content continues to work with the very latest browsers.
Flash doesn't have this problem. The Flash plugin has always been backwards compatible. So if your game/app was created with an older version of Flash, you can be sure any updates to the Flash player plugin won't cause anything unexpected or break it.
6) HTML5 will increase development time and costs
Because of increased testing and debugging required to achieve good cross browser and device compatibility, development time and therefore costs will increase dramatically. Developers will have to go back to the days of spending half a day trying to figure out why certain functionality doesn't work in Firefox, or something isn't displaying correctly in Internet Explorer, instead of things just working.
If you're commissioning a developer, expect HTML5 development costs to exceed the Flash equivalent and also expect to need expensive revisions down the line in order to maintain cross-browser compatibility.
7) Limited exposure for games
Unlike Flash, it's impossible to package all code and assets into a single file for distribution to and hosting on third party websites. This is fundamental to how the casual online games industry works and how most online games get their exposure and earn revenue for the developers, or in the case of Advergames, exposure for the brands and products they're promoting.
8) It's more difficult to prevent code from being stolen
As a game developer it's extremely important to be able to protect your code from prying eyes, or even worse, from theft. Games can be extremely complex pieces of code, often built from a code library that's taken years to put together. No developer wants someone to just come along, take their hard work and repurpose (and potentially profit from) it.
With Flash, all code and assets are packaged together within a single swf file. Plus advanced obfuscation software, such as secureSWF can be used to make it much harder to decompile and get at precious code.
Don't buy into the HTML5 hype
Certainly for games and intensive multimedia apps, I don't see Flash going anywhere. It's still by a mile the best choice for these sorts of web based applications. It works great, it's more cost effective to develop for Flash and there's no return to the cross-browser headaches of the past, which Flash eliminated years ago.
The fact is, HTML5 isn't the ultimate cross-platform solution it's being made out to be and probably never will be. Plus, even the very latest mobile devices are terribly underpowered compared with even a low spec, relatively old desktop machine. So if your game or app absolutely must run on mobile platforms, the only way to guarantee functionality, visual display and to squeeze every last bit of performance out of the device is to go native.


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DMN blogger misses OJ in Southwest gate area
Dallas Morning News editorial writer Rodger Jones posted an item yesterday lamenting the loss of free orange juice in the mornings to wash down the free doughnuts near Southwest Airlines' Dallas Love Field gates.
Apparently, the carrier eliminated the OJ a couple months ago in an effort to trim costs.
Ashley Rogers, a spokeswoman for the airline, replied that customers could still get their vitamin C on board the plane, during the beverage service.
Ashley said not to worry– the free coffee and morning doughnuts– are here to stay.
Love Field and Houston's Hobby Airport are the only places Southwest offers the free morning pick-me-ups…… (in Houston, its coffee and pastries v. doughnuts)… a fact that caught me off-guard when I had an early morning flight back to Dallas last year from Sacramento, Calif.


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In the Fall of 2005, St. John's University completed the construction of Taffner Field House -- a $16 million, 43,000 square-foot facility that now serves as the practice courts of St. John's men's and women's basketball.
The field house features state-of-the-art amenities dedicated to the Red Storm basketball programs. Modern features include:
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- Offices and meeting rooms for men's and women's basketball.
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The market is usually unanimous in either appreciating, or criticising a central bank's decision. This time, it is split down the middle after the RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao cut repo rates by 50 basis points, double of what was expected.
It is hard to conclude whether the cut delivers another round of prosperity, or fuel price pressures that damages long-term growth hopes. Subbarao explains his decision in an interview with ET.


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Jayesh Mani is 28 years old and has a well-paying job with good career prospects. He has been saving each month for the past couple of years and has invested in equity, apart from the regular retiral deductions. However, he doesn't know what to do with his savings now.
He is worried about the way his equity investments have been performing and wonders if he should continue putting money in loss-making products. He thinks that he should withhold his investments and start again if things begin to look up. In the meanwhile, he plans to go on a holiday and have a good time. Is it the right course of action?


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For Big Red, It's a Good Day to Die Hard
Big Red, Inc. is partnering with 20th Century Fox on the February 14th release of "A Good Day to Die Hard," the new installment of the celebrated "Die Hard" movie franchise. Big Red and Fox have built a comprehensive 360 degree marketing campaign to promote both the film and Big Red. Big Red kicked off their "Zero 2 A Hero" promotion with millions of special-edition "Die Hard" themed packages, prize giveaways, and a grand prize contest - the Ultimate Die Hard Stunt Trip Adventure.
"'A Good Day to Die Hard' is the perfect movie partnership for Big Red. Our consumers can relate to John McClane, a universally loved everyday hero. So we're thrilled to promote the film and offer one of our consumers the opportunity to be John McClane for a day," says Thomas Oh, Big Red, Inc. SVP of Marketing. "We've been working with the team at Fox, our bottlers, and selected retailers to create an exciting promotion for fans of both Big Red and the 'Die Hard' franchise."
During the promotion, Big Red and Big Red Zero 2 liter and 20oz bottles, and 12 packs will feature "A Good Day to Die Hard" and direct consumers to a custom microsite, http://www.
In addition to the Stunt Trip, starting in February, consumers will have the opportunity to win thousands of "Die Hard" related prizes at Zero2AHero.com. Winners can win movie tickets, the Die Hard 25th Anniversary Blu-Ray™ Collection, and "A Good Day to Die Hard" movie posters.
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After performing 'Clique' during his show at Revel in Atlantic City, Kanye West went on one of his usual rants. This time, he talks about the media, his fashion show in Paris, being snubbed at the Grammys and more.
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For Teachers and Community Educators–
Educational and professional development opportunities are available this summer for teachers interested in expanding their curriculum to include an emphasis on Cascade Range volcanoes. The USGS-CVO, in cooperation with other agencies, offers these workshops and resources for community and classroom educators.
- Mount St. Helens Teacher Workshop, June 24-26, 2013. This three-day workshop, offered at the Coldwater Science and Learning Center, provides information and resources for your school's field trip to Mount St. Helens. More information will be posted soon by the Mount St. Helens Institute at http://www.mshinstitute.org.
- Mount Rainier Teacher Workshop, July 29-August 2, 2013. This five-day classroom and field-based workshop at the Mount Rainier Education Center offers information, classroom activities, and resources for Mount Rainier and other Cascade Range volcanoes. More information will be posted soon on the Mount Rainier Teacher Professional Development, at http://www.nps.gov/mora/forteachers/professionaldevelopment.htm.
- STEM Fest Vancouver Science Festival, September 21-23, 2013. This will be a fun filled three-day Vancouver, WA, community science festival. Watch the STEM Fest website, http://www.stem-fest.com, for schedule details as the date approaches.
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), October 24-26, 2013. While participating in NSTA conference in Portland, OR, sign up for a half-day field trip to USGS-CVO and visit USGS-CVO's volcano session during the NSTA meeting. NSTA information is available by clicking NSTA webpage, http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2013por/


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Definition of torgoch in English:
(In Wales) an Arctic charr (fish).
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Every baby in the world is physically dependent on his parents up until the age of three when he gains control over his body and begins to function independently. Typical patterns do not apply, however, when a baby has special needs and therefore therapy in the first years is critical to his physical development.
The developmental side of physiotherapy is designed for children who have developmental drawbacks that make it difficult for them to function physically according to their age. In these cases, therapeutic intervention is needed at an early age to assist them in maximizing their full potential. For example, intensive work is done in the field of fine motor activity which is necessary for executing daily physical routines such as eating, brushing teeth, writing, etc. The better a baby can maneuver his body, the higher his ability is to explore and understand the world around him.
The Physiotherapy Center at Shalva enables children to work on different types of motion and advance the functional skills that are so important for development. Shalva's physiotherapists create individualized treatment plans for each toddler, specially tailored to his previous rate of development and current abilities. The plan incorporates goals which are based on professional assessments of the child's developmental potential.
What are the common problems among children with Down syndrome and other development difficulties?
Weak muscle tone and overly flexible joints are just a few of the issues that require attention. All these cause a huge motor delay, bad posture and, ultimately, defective and uncoordinated bodily function. Beginning physiotherapy treatment as early as possible increases the chances of developing better motor skills and effective motion patterns.
The secret of successful physiotherapy can be found in the continuous hard work and participation of the parents. This is vital for the child's training and his ability to continue the exercises in the home-setting. To maximize the success of this home treatment, Shalva offers a loan service for therapeutic toys that can be exchanged regularly according to the progress of the treatment.


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Niezeqt, on 18 October 2011 - 05:38 PM, said:
That is a buff for Frost aye? they can use Fireball instead of Frostfireball when they get the Brain Freeze procc. Not sure though if Frostfire will be better still. Since you get a extra slow up with the frostfire ball
You're thinking too much, just lance.


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New Rumors Of A Gwyneth Paltrow Affair Emerge
Courtesy of new social (over)sharing site Whisper.
PostSecret for the app-centric generation Whisper has taken a bold step into the realm of celebrity gossip, and published a "whisper" alleging Gwyneth Paltrow is having an affair. Whisper allows anyone/everyone to share messages overlaid on cutesy images — anything from "my mom was being a bitch so I leaked naked photos of her I found on my Dad's phone" to "when my parents yell at me, I hide in my room and eat mangoes." Fun stuff.
Moving from juicy (i.e. mango) confessions to juicy rumors though, Whisper's editor-in-chief Neetzan Zimmerman highlighted the following submission yesterday:
Talking with Defamer, Zimmerman said that he'd vetted the source, "a person with extremely close ties to Gwyneth." He also says "if anyone would know the truth, this person would." (And notes this whisperer got in touch after Vanity Fair's much-rumored Gwyneth Paltrow "take-down piece" failed to be an actual take-down.) However, Zimmerman also told The Daily Dot that sources "maintain their anonymity within the service at all times," so it's a little unclear as to how he's so sure of the claim's legitimacy. Gwyneth's reps later told Defamer that it's all dirty lies, though, and that her lawyers would be getting involved. (They also asked "what exactly is Whisper anyway?" which is cute.)
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The Americans are bringing back Tom Watson as Ryder Cup captain with hopes of ending two decades of defeats in Europe.
"We're just really tired of losing Ryder Cup," PGA of America President Ted Bishop said Thursday during a news conference in New York.
The Americans have lost seven of the last nine Ryder Cups and have not won away from home since 1993, when Watson was the captain at The Belfry in England. They're coming off a staggering loss this year at Medinah (Ill.).
"This responsibility is a challenge," Watson said. "But I've been there before, and I love it."
His selection received an immediate endorsement from Tiger Woods. The Stanford alums have never been particularly close, and Watson has criticized Woods for his demeanor on the course.
"He's a really good choice," Woods said in a statement. "Tom knows what it takes to win, and that's our ultimate goal."
Said Watson, "My relationship with Tiger is fine."
Watson will be 65 when the Ryder Cup is played at Gleneagles. Sam Snead had been the oldest U.S. captain -- he was 57 in 1969. He's won five British Open titles, including four in Scotland.
"Boy, I've been waiting for this call for a long time," Watson said.
The Big East is headed for another break up. This time, the prominent basketball schools that don't play in the Football Bowl Subdivision -- St. John's, Georgetown, Marquette, DePaul, Seton Hall, Providence and Villanova -- plan to break away. No official announcement is imminent. The schools have concerns about the direction of the conference.
Also, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Butler and Xavier will leave the Atlantic 10 to join those seven Big East teams in a new league. Other candidates to join the new league include Creighton, VCU, Dayton and St. Louis.
Two days of talks among the league, players association and federal mediators in suburban New Jersey still haven't provided any answers how to end the lockout. After a failed day Wednesday when the parties on either end of the labor dispute never met with each other, lawyers from each group spoke face to face. They appear no closer to a deal to save the season. Union special counsel Steve Fehr said the sides intend to talk Friday either in person or by phone.
Defender Rafa Marquez was released by the New York Red Bulls after 21/2 frustrating seasons known more for ejections than success. Marquez's $4.6 million salary was the second-highest in the league. He was Mexico's captain at the 2010 World Cup.


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Kenny Chesney talks about life on the road and his upcoming new CD on a GAC special, Conversations From the Road With Kenny Chesney, airing Sept. 16 at 9 p.m. ET.
The two-hour interview special was taped before Kenny's tour stop in Birmingham, Ala. Kenny speaks in depth with host Storme Warren about memories of early college days, what he has learned on the road and the special connection he feels with fans when performing live. The show will also present videos highlighting songs from his upcoming live CD, Live Those Songs Again, which will hit stores Sept. 19. Another segment features Kenny answering questions sent in by fans. Conversations From the Road With Kenny Chesney will have additional airings on Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. ET, and Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. ET.
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Lois Marie Medley
Published: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 8:07 a.m.
INMAN, SC-- Lois Marie Medley, 83, of Inman, went to be with the Lord Sunday, November 18th, 2012, at her residence after an extended illness.
She was born in Spartanburg County on November 8, 1929, a daughter of the late Inez Case and Conwright "C.W." Johnson.
She was predeceased by her husband of 39 years, Wofford Leo Medley. She was also predeceased by three brothers, Homer Lee, Charles, and Maxie Johnson; and one sister, Doris Johnson. Mrs. Medley is survived by one daughter, Dyan Sims (Larry); two grandchildren, Tami McClure (Robert) and Angela Dowdle (John Wayne) and their father, Harold McKelvey; two great-grandchildren, Trey McClure (Ashley) and Kristen Grizzle (John); and one great-great-grandchild, Noah Grizzle.
She was a faithful member of Dependent Baptist Church in Inman.
The family is at the home of her daughter at 232 Orchard Grove Road, Campobello and will receive friends Wednesday 12:00 until 1:00 at Dependent Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held at Dependent Baptist Church at 1:00pm on Wednesday, November 21st, with Rev. Joe Geddes officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Greer, SC.
Mrs. Medley will be missed greatly and was deeply loved by her family.
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November 13th, 2013 - 5:29am
(Port Angeles) Clallam County employees may soon be working a shift of 37 and a half hours per week.
The exception would be emergency personnel who need to work a 40-hour week.
Cutting the hours is one way county administrator Jim Jones says will help balance the county's budget next year.
I was directed to build the budget with 37 and a half hour weeks and apply to all employees that are not emergency services personnell, said Jones.
Jones says the move is still part of bargaining underway with the county's labor groups.
But Jones says the cut in hours would save the county nearly a million dollars.
My estimate is it is just about a million to 1.1 million dollars savings versus having everyone working 40 hours, said Jones.
County commissioners yesterday approved the resolution setting the 37 and half hour work week.
Jones says he's unsure when the next round of bargaining will begin with the county's labor groups.
The resolution has nothing to do with bargaining, said Jones. This is saying this is what we are going to do. In bargaining we talk about the impacts of the decision.
All eight of the county's labor groups are negotiating new contracts this year. Concessions workers gave to the county two years ago expire at the end of this year.
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Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take part in the third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in The Hague from March 24 to 25, 2014.
According to a press release from the Foreign Office, the premier will be accompanied by the special assistant to the prime minister Syed Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.
Nawaz is expected to address the summit on March 24, and as a keynote speaker at a meeting on the future of the NSS process on March 25. He is expected to enumerate the measures implemented by Pakistan to ensure safety and security of its nuclear facilities and materials at these meetings. The premier is also expected to seek nondiscriminatory access to nuclear technology for peaceful uses.
Security forces kill 5 militants
Islamabad: At least five militants were killed and three others injured in exchange of fire with security forces in southwestern Pakistan yesterday morning, local media reported.
The clash took place when the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary conducted a search operation at suspected militants hideouts in Chahsar area in Turbat district in Balochistan province.
Some unknown militants opened fire at the troops who returned fire and shot dead five militants.
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MUMBAI: As the wireless subscriber base in the country touches 130 million, opportunities for data-driven value-added services (VAS) in the mobile sector will become key to attract more customers. The developer community and venture capitalists feel that as India moves towards 3G, opportunities in services such as mobile-TV and internet on the mobile would open up for established players and fresh entrepreneurs.
Says Kanwalinder Singh, president, Qualcomm India and SAARC, "As the space is set to explode, it is important for the Indian application developers to think global." He added that the CDMA and 3G space together would amount to 40% of the overall global subscriber base by 2010 potentially presenting a huge market to Indian entrepreneurs.


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Examines the role of images within the Old and New Testaments, as well as the history of Christian and Jewish visual representations of biblical texts. Analyzes selected images that crystallize different theologies of images and modes of biblical interpretation. Considers various theological and hermeneutical frameworks that undergird these images. Students will learn how to interpret Jewish and Christian art and will develop a theological perspective on the use of visual art in the contemporary Church.
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anomaly wrote: Unfortunately his quality went way the fuck down though.
His first 2 albums were the shit and his last 3 have been shit.
Sage Francis wrote: Yes, there are those things. But we all operate on different levels and under different systems. Whether people get royalty points or not, they always maintain their publishing. So if it turns out a song gets a lot of "public plays" everyone is seeing money from that. Small, medium, or large money. Usually small. But when you talk about beats, that's a different story. Those tend to get sold for a set price, more often than verses do.


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Markets: Wall Street rises despite weak jobs data
Labor Department figures published yesterday (26 April) showed that new jobless claims declined by 1,000 to 388,000, though this figure remained above analyst expectations and further suggests that the US domestic recovery has lost momentum in recent weeks.
Despite this, however, markets continued to build upon strong gains made in the previous session overnight, with all benchmark indices inching higher following strong performance of major individual stocks.
Shares in Caterpillar, the manufacturer of earth moving equipment, gained 0.9 per cent to $104.39, having fallen almost 5 per cent the day before.
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Shares in General Electric, the largest US industrial group, moved 0.9 per cent up to $19.62 after shareholders came close to winning a vote that would have given them greater say in the company's decision-making.
Amazon, the world's largest internet retailer, soared as much as 15 per cent in after-market trading as demand for its Kindle e-reader helped revenues rise 34 per cent to $13.2bn in its first quarter.
Overall the S&P 500 increased by 0.7 per cent to 1,399, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.9 per cent to 13,204. The Nasdaq Composite Index was 0.7 per cent higher at 3,050.


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喉 – Hou2 – Throat
喉嚨 – Hou2 Long2 – Throat
喉嚨痛 – Hou2 Long2 Tong4 – Throat Ache — Sore Throat
Messy-78 is one year old! Happy birthday!
Let's review my plan for this weblog:
1) post stuff
2) ???
3) world domination
I'm pretty sure I'm still at step 1. But I think progress is being made.
I do feel really bad that I don't have a present for Messy-78. I had meant to get it something really good, something every weblog wants: Bayesian comment spam filtering. But I ran out of time! I hope it will accept a belated present…
餡 – Xian4 – Filling, Stuffing
火雞 – Huo3 Ji1 – Fire Chicken — Turkey
I can't do turkey today because I've already done 火 – Huo3 – Fire and 雞 – Ji1 – Chicken. But 餡 is really the best part of the meal anyway.
感 – Gan3 – Feeling
感恩 – Gan3 En1 – Grateful, Thankful
感恩節 – Gan3 En1 Jie2 – Thankful Holiday — Thanksgiving
失 – Shi1 – Lose
Movie titles are funny. Why don't they just translate them directly? 失蹤 – Shi1 Zong1 – Lose Trace — Missing would have been perfect, but instead they call it 山窮水盡 – Shan1 Qiong2 Shui3 Jin4 – Mountain Poor Water Utmost. What? I guess it's not as bad as it seems, Jenny tells me this is one of those four word proverbs, and it means a hopeless situation.
We went to a top secret preview screening of The Missing tonight. It was a perfectly reasonably good movie. A good time was had by all.
By the way, we got to go because of our local video store, Tommy K's, which totally rules. Everybody should go there instead of Blockbuster. If you live in the USA, that is. And in Connecticut. Ummm…. and they really only have stores near New Haven. OK, forget it.
狗 – Gou3 – Dog
I hate dogs, but some people like them.
What I like are 貓 – Mao1 – Cats. Or what Jenny calls them: 喵咪 – Miao1 Mi1 – Cat
瘋 – Feng1 – Crazy, Insane
瘋狂 – Feng1 Kuang2 – Also means crazy, but more of an enthusiastic, good kind of crazy.
Jenny told me that they finally came around to pick up the leaves. I told her to quickly secretly take pictures!
It turns out it wasn't as high tech as we thought. They just rake up the leaves…
And then use this thing to grab them up and dump them in the truck.
No Mr. Snuffleupagus after all.
Here's another cleanly designed and photography heavy weblog from Japan: jeansnow.net – Thrills, chills, and happy pills from the Tokyo front.
垃 – Le4 – Garbage
This is quite odd. For one thing, these two characters, as far as I can tell, are never used, except for with each other, to say Garbage.
垃圾 – Le4 Se4 – Garbage
The other thing is that this is only the pronounciation in Taiwan! In China, these are pronounced:
垃圾 – La1 Ji1 – Garbage
Anyway, the reason why I'm here, is to say this:
垃圾郵件 – Le4 Se4 You2 Jian4 – Garbage Mail Piece — Junk Mail, Spam
憲 – Xian4 – Constitution
This is another of those words that doesn't seem to mean anything by itself. But put it with 法 – Fa3 – Law, and it means 憲法 – Xian4 Fa3 – Constitution. Some people are thinking that the American one needs changing now to clear up this whole confusing marriage issue. You can register your support for one possible amendment online.
胖 – Pang4 – Fat, Plump
Jenny's 胖叔 – Pang4 Shu1 – Fat Uncle is here! The funny thing about him is that he's actually pretty 瘦 – Shou4 – Skinny.
武 – Wu3 – Martial, Military
武當 – Wu3 Tang4 – Wu Tang
The Wu Tang are the bad guys in like every kung fu movie, always the nemesis of the Shaolin. The one we saw tonight, 少林與武當 – Shao4 Lin2 Yu3 Wu3 Tang4 – Shaolin And Wu Tang (aka Two Champions of Shaolin) follows that same pattern. It also shows why Kung Fu movies are the best type of movies. I've mentioned before how sometimes in Kung Fu the bad guys actually win, and the good guys end up getting shot full of arrows. (although they usually do get to say cool stuff right before they die, like "We really made our names, and it was fun too, AUAUUAUUGUGHGHGH!!" or "I guess.. I shoulda picked scissors… AUAUHAHAHHHGHGHHGG!!!") In this movie, neither side wins. They all die! Every single important character gets together for a big fight, and every single one gets killed, in various cool ways. Then it says "THE END". Kung Fu always keeps you guessing like that.
Roy Moore, the crazy chief justice of Alabama's supreme court who thought it would be a good idea to place a monument of the ten commandments in the state courthouse, has been fired! This is part of a recent series of surprising wins for the good guys.
Think we can make it three in a row?
水 – Shui3 – Water
水銀 – Shui3 Yin2 – Water Silver — Quicksilver
I'm reading Quicksilver. So far it's good, but not much is happening.
Today from Mr. K's Remainders: A totally cool isometric cartoony explanation of how Legos are made.
Exploring the same site (Pop & Company) a little more, I found this: Super Mini-Games! Justice Leage Super Cubes and Mashi-Mojo are my favorites.
吉 – Ji2 – Lucky
吉他 – Ji2 Ta1 – Guitar
A while back Walde posted something about Guitar Wolf, a Japanese rockabilly band who was coming to New York. At the time, I didn't care. How foolish I was! I finally saw Wild Zero, Guitar Wolf's movie tonight. It was great! If only I had known back then just how cool Guitar Wolf was, (Guitar Wolf members: Guitar Wolf. Bass Wolf. Drum Wolf. They're THAT cool.) I probably still wouldn't have gone to the show. But I would have been really excited about it.
子 – Zi5 – (suffix to turn word into noun)
子 is the word I've used countless times before to turn a word into a noun. Today I use it to turn 包 – Bao1 – Cover, Wrap, Hold, Embrace, Package, Container, into 包子 – Bao1 Zi5 – Stuffed Bun.
餅 – Bing3 – Biscuit
餅乾 – Bing3 Gan1 – Biscuit Dry — Cookie
巧克力 – Qiao3 Ke4 Li4 – Chocolate
I'm making 巧克力餅乾 – Qiao3 Ke4 Li4 Bing3 Gan1 – Chocolate Chip Cookies, one of the few things I can make, tomorrow morning.
Let's let Clay Shirky go first, on the Semantic Web:
Dodgson's syllogisms actually demonstrate the limitations of the form, a pattern that could be called "proof of no concept", where the absurdity of an illustrative example undermines the point being made. So it is with the Semantic Web. Consider the following, from the W3C's own site:
Q: How do you buy a book over the Semantic Web?
A: You browse/query until you find a suitable offer to sell the book you want. You add information to the Semantic Web saying that you accept the offer and giving details (your name, shipping address, credit card information, etc). Of course you add it (1) with access control so only you and seller can see it, and (2) you store it in a place where the seller can easily get it, perhaps the seller's own server, (3) you notify the seller about it. You wait or query for confirmation that the seller has received your acceptance, and perhaps (later) for shipping information, etc. [http://www.w3.org/2002/03/semweb/]
One doubts Jeff Bezos is losing sleep.
Ha! That's a real zinger! Now, let's hear from Joe Gregorio, on Longhorn:
Yet again another new set of interfaces to learn for the programmers, which this time we really really promise will make you more productive. And even if it doesn't make you more productive, you'll have to use it anyway since you won't have a choice:
Longhorn will be the first operating system where ALL functionality is designed to be accessed through managed code. WIN32's reign as the Windows API has ended, replaced by managed .NET APIs.
Such a move is unique in the industry. No one, including Sun Microsystems, has made Java THE API for programming a particular OS, much less declared that, going forward, all new features would be offered through Java. Microsoft's decision to do that with .NET is an important advance, as it FORCES developers to write more secure code, simply because they can't make some of the coding errors (such as buffer overruns) that form the lion's share of security flaws.
Remember the last time we heard such breathless copy over a Microsoft technology? Maybe the same promises were made about COM? At the time they were already getting a little stale because they'd already been used in hyping MFC.
The last thing to ask when pondering Avalon is how many applications has Microsoft shipped that are pure .Net applications. After all, that's what they're telling their developers to do, and that's all of what Avalon is built upon. Last I knew, that count was still sitting at zero.
Pretty good! That really sounds like it sucks! But I'm going to have to give the prize to The Semantic Web. Both Longhorn and the SemWeb are going to waste lots of smart (and even more not-very-smart) people's time, and both make all sorts of promises that they can't keep. But, you can rest assured that Longhorn, in some form, will someday actually appear. The Semantic Web won't.
Next on What Sucks More: Local TV news vs. Blog Spammers.
澳 – Ao4 – Deep Inlet
澳大利亞 – Ao4 Da4 Li4 Ya4 – Australia (country)
澳洲 – Ao4 Zhou1 – Australia (continent)
Don Box shows the world how to write a program to print "Hello, World" in Microsoft's new-new-new language, XAML. Simple and easy!
<?Mapping ClrNamespace="System" Assembly="mscorlib" XmlNamespace=" http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/mscorlib/System " ?> <Object xmlns=" http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/dbox/mscorlib/System " xmlns:def="Definition" def:Class="MyApp.Hello" > <def:Code><![CDATA[ Shared Sub Main() '{ System.Console.WriteLine("Hello, world")' ; '} End Sub ]]></def:Code> </Object>
示 – Shi4 – Show, Reveal
I've been doing a lot of 示範 – Shi4 Fan4 – Show Model — Demonstrations lately at work.
This post is in tribute to Jenny, who saw a challenge…
…and took it.
Against all advice and logic, she beat the leaves!
Now we wait for collection.
By the way: what's more annoying? New homeowner posts, or new parent posts?
吸 – Xi1 – Suck, Inhale
Unfortunately, no one can be told how much Matrix Revolutions sucks. You have to see it for yourself.
(I have to mention that in Chinese when something sucks you don't say that it "吸". Instead you'd say that it is 爛 – Lan4 – Rotten.)
餃 – Jiao3 – Dumpling
餃子 – Jiao3 Zi5 – Dumpling
Jenny calls dumplings 水餃 – Shui3 Jiao3 – Water Dumpling, which is apparently a synonym. I sometimes confuse 水餃 with 睡覺 – Shui4 Jiao4 – Sleep. The pronunciation is the same, only the tone is different.
脊 – Ji3 – Spine
I'm supposed to do this one today because it looks like a spine. But I don't see it.
I got the new Panther thing, and did an upgrade install. This iBook originally shipped with 10.1, and was then upgraded to 10.2, and now to 10.3. On Windows machine, this would result in a badly broken system. But OS X handled it perfectly. However, with me being slighly obsessive, I wanted to do a full wipe and reinstall.
Between Jenny and I we have about 10 GB of data in the home directory. This was clearly too much to back up to CDs, and I don't have an external HD to copy to. I was thinking about clearing some room on the old PC's disk, and copying stuff back and forth over the network… but then realized I do have an external HD! Jenny's iPod!
It worked perfect! [ed: perfectly] I just connected the iPod and dragged my entire home directory over. I did the install, repartitioning and reformatting the hard disk of the iBook. Hitting that big
button was kind of scary. But then on the other side of the install, I rehooked the iPod up and dragged everything back to where I found it. Even my iPhoto and iTunes libraries went back in with no problems.
So this ridiculous 20 GB iPod I got her, which only contains about 3 GB worth of MP3s, has finally proven its worth.
葉 – Ye4 – Leaf
Forget what I said yesterday. We did nothing. The 葉子 – Ye4 Zi5 – Leaves are winning, big time. Right after we finished raking the front yard, our big tree decided to drop all of its leaves. The leaf piles we made yesterday are now barely even discernable amongst the vast carnage of newly fallen leaves.
Look at the size of it! It's like quadruple the size of my entire house! How can we have any hope?
耙 – Pa2 – Rake
We went and bought two 耙子 – Pa2 Zi5 – Rakes today, and raked for the first time. The town doesn't really make it clear what we're supposed to do with the leaves, but we observed some of our neighbors just making big piles by the curb, so we did the same. I'm imagining a giant mother-alien looking truck will come around and suck them all up.


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December 3, 1940 ~ June 24, 2014
Born December 3, 1940, in Hayward, Ca. and passed away on June 24, 2014 after a short battle with lung cancer.
Karen was the only child of the late Laurence and May Correa of Hayward, Ca. She graduated from Hayward H.S. in 1957 and received her B.A. and CA. teaching credential from San Jose State in 1961.
She taught briefly in the S.F. Bay area before moving to South Lake Tahoe where she worked for Lake Tahoe Unified School District and was one of the first teachers at Meyers Elementary School when it opened in the '60s. She was passionate about her teaching career where she loved teaching her 1st grade students how to read and write and become excited about learning. Her organization and teaching skills led to her extreme efficiency in the classroom.
Karen lived in South Lake Tahoe for 35 years before leaving for a few years to look after her parents. She returned to her beloved Lake Tahoe this past year.
She is survived by several cousins and her long time friend, David Maderis, of South Lake Tahoe, Ca.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, July 21 at 10:30 a.m.
at Happy Homestead Cemetery on Johnson Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe, CA
with a luncheon reception to follow. In lieu of flowers please make donations in Karen's name to the American Cancer Society.


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Parsa's Page: Site Map > Home
Well, welcome to my personal web page. I'll try to offer something of substance. Hopefully you'll find something here you can use, or at least of interest.
This is really the begining of all this. It is a bit daunting to think of all the pages that I have in my brain. The American Roads web site may end up being huge, so I'll have to build it a bit at a time. My Route 66 web site is not even done, but I'll try to work on it when I can. This should all be fun, so if it becomes more of a burden, I probably will give it a rest from time to time.


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Speakers' Biographies
Jon Landis
Jon Landis is an assistant professor in the fields of educational leadership and educational technology at Millersville University. Landis joined the faculty at Millersville in 2008 and is the graduate coordinator of the educational leadership program and teaches educational law and educational leadership theory classes for that program. He also teaches educational technology and educational methods courses to undergraduates. He has developed and delivered more than 240 staff development sessions covering more than 50 topics.
Prior to his position at Millersville, Landis served in Pennsylvania as a chemistry teacher, curriculum director, technology coordinator, and principal. Landis is an active speaker and advocate for Internet safety and technology integration for schools and organizations. He recently spoke at The National Middle School Association in Indianapolis regarding Internet Safety.
Theodore Makauskas
Theodore Makauskas joined the Lancaster Police Force in 1986. After completion of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in November 1986, he was assigned to Patrol duties. In March 2002, he was selected to be the T.E.A.M. (TEACHING EDUCATING AND MENTORING) Coordinator with the Bureau. This position is a liaison between the Lancaster Bureau of Police & the School District of Lancaster, where he teaches safety lessons from the T.E.A.M. Program on a daily basis. Theodore instructs approximately 800-900 classes per School year. He assists TFC THOMAS of the State Police with Troop "J" Camp Cadet. In July 2009, Theodore was awarded the Region #3 N.A.S.R.O. Award for Outstanding Services. He is a 1974 Graduate of Shenandoah Valley High School (Schuylkill County) and a 34-year High School Basketball Official, P.I.A.A. He retired from the PA ARMY National Guard in October 2006 at the rank of Sergeant First Class, with 30 years of service.
Scott R. Sutherland
Scott R. Sutherland has been employed as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for more than 22 years. After his March 1988 graduation from the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, SA Sutherland was assigned to the Washington, D.C. field office where he investigated a variety of criminal matters with a primary focus on white collar crime and public corruption. In December 1996, he was transferred to FBI Headquarters where he served in the Inspection Division and the Office of Professional Responsibility. In August 1998, he was transferred to the Philadelphia Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Resident Agency, where he was assigned to investigate computer intrusion and sexual exploitation of children matters in addition to other investigative priorities. He is currently serving in the Philadelphia Division Field Intelligence Group. SA Sutherland is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Following graduation, he was designated a Naval Aviator and operationally deployed aboard two aircraft carriers as a helicopter pilot.
Anthony Thomas
Anthony Thomas was born and raised in Lancaster City, and graduated from J.P. McCaskey in 1979. He served in the USMC and became a Pennsylvania State Trooper in 1991. He worked in patrol, crime, staff, fire marshal, and now community services officer. He is married with two children and one grandchild.


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Oceanside library craft fair set for Dec. 9
Sponsored by the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library
A Holiday Botique craft fair will be presented by the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Civic Center Library, 330 North Coast Highway.
The botique will feature handmade crafts and specialty items including holiday decorations, jewelry, pottery, scarves and bags.
Admittance is free. For more information, call 760-435-5600 or visit the library's web site at www.oceansidepubliclibrary.org or the Friends site at www.oplfriends.org.


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Prius Wagon: Will It Get Here On Time?
Toyota Motor Corp. today launched the wagon-like version of its popular Prius hybrid in Japan. The launch was previously scheduled for late April but was delayed by parts shortages and other disruptions resulting from the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
While the car maker says it hasn't changed its plan to launch the vehicle in the U.S. in late summer, some worry that could change. And even if the car comes to market on schedule it seems unlikely that the supply will be deep enough to prevent delays for many customers.
Whether delays occur and how severe they might be will depend on how demand for the new vehicle develops. Many consumers have expressed interest in a hybrid car that is bigger and more versatile than the current Prius but smaller and more fuel-efficient than hybrid SUVs.
The roomier version of the Prius, which is called the Prius V in the U.S., caused a sensation when Toyota unveiled at the Detroit auto show in January. The model sold in the U.S. will have five seats but more cargo space than the current Prius. A seven-seat version called the Prius + will be available in Europe starting in the middle of next year.


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[caption id="attachment_2191" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Moong Dal Pakoda"][/caption]
Moong dal pakoda are popular quick snack with minimal preparation and are very crunchy and delicious. Moong dal as such is very healthy, adds protein, fiber and nutrients packed to your snacking in a tasty crispy package. These lentil based fritters are best enjoyed hot with green chutney.
Moong dal pakoda is a healthy tea time snack adding ginger, cumin seeds that give a nice wonderful taste and aroma to the dish. Mung bean, also known as green bean, moong, green gram, golden gram, and green soy, is the seed of Vigna radiata which is native to Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.
The split bean is known as moong dal,Pesara (Telugu), which is green with the husk, and yellow when dehusked. The beans are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color. The English word "mung" derives from the Hindi moong. Mung beans are mainly cultivated in India, China, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Burma, and Bangladesh, but also in hot and dry regions of southern Europe and the southern USA. In India and Bangladesh, they are grown during two seasons.
They are generally eaten either whole (with or without skins) as bean sprouts, or used to make the dessert "green bean soup".
Mung batter is used to make crepes named pesarattu in Andhra Pradesh. Whole mung beans are generally prepared from dried beans by boiling until they are soft. Although whole mung beans are also occasionally used in Indian cuisine, beans without skins are more commonly used; but in Kerala, whole moong dal (cheru payaru) is commonly boiled to make a dry preparation that is often had with rice gruel (kanji).
Dehulled mung beans can also be used in a similar fashion as whole beans for the purpose of making sweet soups. Mung beans in some regional cuisines of India are stripped off their outer coats to make mung dal. In Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, steamed whole beans are seasoned with spices and grated coconut fresh grated coconut in a preparation called sundal. This provides high quality protein in a raw form that is rare in most Indian regional cuisines.
To prepare the Moong dal pakoda, use the moong dal with the green skin on it. This would give a good texture and taste to the dish. Soak moong dal in water for an hour. Grind the moong dal along with ginger, cumin seeds and salt . The mixture should be little coarse. Add chopped onions and crushed green chillies. Mix the chopped ingredients and curry leaves with the grinded paste. Heat oil in a pan and take a handful of the batter and drop them little by little using the tips of your hand. Deep fry them until golden brown and drain them in a paper towel, to remove excess oil.
This is a common street food in Central India and as all street food very yummy too. It is served with fried green chillis and yogurt chutney. Whenever it rains these pakoda are prepared and served with a cup of green tea.
Recipe: Moong Dal pakoda
Summary: Pakoda made with moong dal
coriander leaves - 1 - bunch
curry leaves - 1 - bunch
ginger - 1 - number
green chillis - 4 -number
Moong dal - 2 - cup
Oil - 0 - to fry
onion chopped - 1 - number
salt - 0 - as needed
spring onions - 1- cup
Soak moong dal for 1 hr, then blend to a corse.In a bowl add blended moong dal, onion, spring onions,salt, green chillis, curry leaves, coriander leaves, ginger chopped mix well.Take a pan add oil for frying, make small dumplings and add to oil.fry till golden brown colour.
Cooking time (duration): 25
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: snack
My rating: 5 stars: ★★★★★ 1 review(s)
This can be made with any dal, lentil or pulses specially Black Eyed Peas. Whatever you are using you need to soak it in water. Some of them take longer to reconstitute but for moong dal half and hour is enough. If you soak it for longer time the skin would get peeled off. It's a very healthy and nutritious snack for one and all.
Summary: Pakoda made with moong dal
Cooking time (duration): 25
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
Meal type: snack
My rating: 5 stars: ★★★★★ 1 review(s)


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Up next is Groot. The alien being made his debut in the lead story of 1960's Tales to Astonish #13, with art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers and a story by…I dunno…maybe Larry Leiber?
Finally we have Rocket Raccoon.
He made his debut in a sci-fi story by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen in 1976's Marvel Preview #7…
but wasn't known as Rocket Raccoon (and didn't have his current personality) until he made his color debut in 1982's Incredible Hulk #271 by Mantlo and Sal Buscema…
Go to the next page for the debuts of the villains of the film!
The trailer looked cool and fun, but the curmudgeon in me couldn't shake the feeling that it's not the "true" Guardians of the Galaxy without my favourite member, Yondu.
And now I find out he's in it! Cool!
(although it's still not the "true" team without Charlie-27, Martinex, Starhawk, and Nikki)
Having never read Iron Man #55, I had not until now realized that Jim Starlin intended everyone on Titan to have purple skin and look not-quite-human. That goes some ways towards explaining why Thanos is big and purple and has a bumpy chin. He originally wasn't supposed to be all that odd compared to the rest of the Titans. I guess after Mentor, Eros and the rest were later drawn to look much more human, Marvel had to come up with a reason why Thanos looked unusual. That must have been when someone or another decided to tie the Titans to Jack Kirby's Eternals, and say that Thanos was a Deviant. None of that, of course, would have been in Starlin's back-story, since Iron Man #55 was published several years before Kirby even created the Eternals and Deviants.
The purple skin on Mentor and Eros (a.k.a. Starfox) may have been a coloring mistake.
Ronan's pink skin in FF #55 was definitely an error. He was supposed to have been blue-skinned.
Drax, Thanos, Starfox & Mentor all introduced in a Starlin fill-in issue. This would have to be the most successful fill-in of all time in comics.
It's sort of surreal to see major Oscar-level actors like Glenn Close and John C. Reilly playing obscure cosmic characters from the Marvel Universe.
Not that I am complaining!
A few thoughts..
The drink Pip orders at the bar is a shit stinger (merde, french word).
Can Groot (overlord of all timber in the galaxy!) still control trees?
Prince Wayfinder was one of Mantlo's pet characters. He later appeared in color and a whole different look, as an Earth prince with a singing sword, fleeing demons into a pocket dimension he created, called the Microverse, in early issues of the Micronauts comic. This origin of the Microverse was later replaced in vol. 2 with the Makers.
Hahaha, Cockroach Man! That's a pretty narrow beam.
So, Yondu was originally conceived as a Mohawk Indian from space?!? Wow.
rockgolf:"Ronan's pink skin in FF #55 was definitely an error. He was supposed to have been blue-skinned."
Was it an error at the time? Wasn't FF 55 the first time that we saw a Kree (Sentries don't count)? When did we first see a blue Kree?
RE: Thanos in IRON MAN 55,
Interesting to see how much smaller he was then. At that point, he was still a normal size humanoid, not the superhumanly brawny specimen that he later became.
Marlowe –
A similar process can be seen with Thanos's inspiration, Darkseid.
In the original Jack Kirby stories, he is almost the same height and build as the other characters.
When did we first see a blue Kree?
Not sure, but the first appearance of Captain Marvel (Marvel Super-Heroes #12, only a few issues before Guardians debut) would seem a likely candidate.
I vaguely remember a subplot the minority pink-skinned Kree being considered inferior to the blue-skinned Kree.
Thank you for the reminder of the time when Monica Rambeau was the SECRET identity of Captain Marvel.
I enjoyed that era a lot! Captain Mar-vell was resting easy.
It is sad that, like John Buscema, that era passed away. To me, it was marvelous.
I also never got to learn if Zorr was Thanos' biological son since Nebula claims to be Thanos' grand-daughter and thus Eros' grand-niece. Maybe someday. After all, after 20 years Peter David revealed the connection between the characters Longshot and Gaveedra-7, so fingers crossed.
What makes the character Irani Rael's helmet design awful is that it does not cover her eyes and nose.
The character Carol Danvers' helmet DOES have that BUT is cracked on top.
If these two would take something from each others helmet designs the result would be a PERFECT helmet.
To me, the costume design of Irani Rael is far better than that of Carol Davers.
I especially like the golden stripe around her waist which runs down the outer sides of her legs and wraps ABOVE her calves.
RockGolf:"When did we first see a blue Kree?
Not sure, but the first appearance of Captain Marvel (Marvel Super-Heroes #12, only a few issues before Guardians debut) would seem a likely candidate.
I vaguely remember a subplot the minority pink-skinned Kree being considered inferior to the blue-skinned Kree."
I could be wrong, but I think that only pink Kree appeared in MARVEL SUPER-HEROES 12.
About the blue kree…
It wasn't until Captain Marvel #16 that we saw that Ronan and Zarek were blue and thought of the original blue
kree as superior to the pink kree.
Starlin also changed his mind about Drax, who was set up in Iron Man as Thanos's fearsome, competent archfoe, but then proceeded to do little other than get outmaneuvered or have his tail kicked by Thanos in every following 1970s story. And then, in the 1990s, he came back as the Savage Hulk.
Also, it's worth noting that Kirby didn't see the Kree as villains. In their debut story, they only clash with the FF after the FF destroy their Sentry robot, which is only there to guard their old outpost on Earth. They're not on the heroes' side, but they also aren't out to conquer the known universe; rather, they regard the Earth as a useless backwater world.
In his "Tales of the Inhumans" backup series, Kirby treated the Kree as alien astronaut types who were neutral if not vaguely benevolent, more space gods than space Nazis. Really, a lot of the themes of the Eternals series are in Kirby's Inhumans tales in a nascent form, just as they're visible in the "Him" story in FF that introduced the future Adam Warlock.
It's really the Captain Mar-Vell debut story that establishes the Kree as outright bad guys, mostly so Marv can be positioned as the noble exception to his people.
That art in Surfer 72 (MC Wyman and Tom Christopher, two artists I've never heard of before), has a real John Byrne feel to it.
They better be adding more to the mix ! Sorry this revamped team that nobody and I mean nobody is familiar with. I can show tons of marvel charterers from the 70's slap them together as a Team in the 2000's and than try to make people notice them as the Team people know but aren't the same people makes for a confusion! Sure the trailer looks good and no doubt will be a fun romp but without knowing who these characters are may be the downfall of people going to watch this at the box office or even remotely tying it to the MARVEL movies!
No Vance Astro with his back history( New Warriors) plus using Caps Shield when he became Major Victory in honor of Steven Rogers whom gave him the shield before dying and in Honor of the mantle Cap America would have been the perfect tie in for the current Universe Disney/Marvel is unfolding !! So it makes no sense to me !!
Drew B you crack me up.
Holy crap, I think the first Nebula (Avengers 257) is a comic I picked up in a cheapo bin just yesterday! I'm rich! I'm rich!!!!
the guy from parks and recreations has gotten extremely buff!
James: I can't recall the interview where he said it, but Pratt lost something like 50 pounds for the role. He was in pretty good shape in Zero Dark Thirty too.
Who is Steve Gan? That's some nice Ditko-esque artwork from him.
Steve Gan was one of the many talented Filipino artists who began working in the American comic book biz in the mid-1970s…
One thing that's not mentioned here which I'm wondering about: that original Groot comic is clearly just a standard pre-FF sci-fi monster story (with Groot getting killed off at the end no less). How'd he come back as a member of the modern Marvel universe?
Mr. Speck: Groot returned along with many other Kirby monsters in 2005's Monsters on the Prowl one-shot, collected by the Collector. He then became part of Nick Fury's Howling Commandos in the 2006 miniseries of the same name, then hooked up with Rocket Racoon & the others during the Annihilation event.
As for how he came back when he was dead, well, he only appeared to be dead. Hard to tell with those treefolk sometimes.
Prefer comic-based fishnet Gamora to janitor/jailbird Gamora. I think they didn't include the dog either and I'm your sure pulling your hair out over it.
Great piece! You should add Drax's backstory shown later in the run where Thanos kills his wife and mother (I think by accident) when he lands on Earth, and Kronos (I think) takes his angry spirit to fuel the Drax being with his spirit of vengeance.
@ Mr. Speck
It was Drax's wife and daughter. On purpose. The wide died. The daughter, Heather, grew up to be Moondragon: Avenger, Defender, fellow Guardian.
What, no Cosmo?
Nebula wears heels and I defy any unisex conformist to tell me her femininity is somehow compromised by that.
To say the current lineup isn't the "true" Guardians in the comics because there's no Yondu or Martinex is like saying its not the Avengers without Antman and Wasp. Hell, Cap isn't even a charter member so you might as well say any Avengers roster with Cap can't be the "true" Avengers. With a group that's been around since 1969, and really, be honest, hasn't had a major presence for years, why can't you use the name, update the lineup and publish some great stories? (My god, those Guardians issues from the 90s are UN-freakin'-readable. I recently slogged through the first two Valentino issues and couldn't wait to give them away! I am one to live in the past myself but the current Guardians are miles above that original Arnold Drake story. If we didn't update our heroes sometimes, we might never have gotten Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Ray Palmer, etc etc. (Or are those bad examples?)
Anyway, the Guardians movie with the new lineup was fantastic!! I couldn't imagine an interesting two hours with Charlie-27 and Vance Astro, could you? Come on now!!
You forgot someone: the pink skinned girl who crawls out the bottom of Starlord's ship in the beginning is named Bereet, who was an alien movie-maker from Krylor in Bill Mantlo's Incredible Hulk in the 80s.
Granted, the only thing she has on common is the name and the pink skin, the comic version only had 3 fingers and a mohawk headpiece.
Nope, no doggy. Start the campaign for the sequel, today.
Say it with me, gang: Cos-MO! Cos-MO! Cos-MO! Da! Da! Da!
Mark: pay a little bit more attention when you watch the movie.
Will do! Won't be able to see it for some time, though. Nearest cinema to my lonely burg is more than a swallow's flight away. (I'd gathered from reviews and other comments that our favourite Commie pup missed the cut; now I have something to which I can *really* look forward – apart from everything else.)
To say the current lineup isn't the "true" Guardians in the comics because there's no Yondu or Martinex is like saying its not the Avengers without Antman and Wasp.
Well, sort of. At least the Avengers has some continuity as a team, whereas the Guardians is a completely different team in a completely different time period that just happens to have the same name. It's more like saying it's not the Avengers if it doesn't have John Steed.
Yeah, there are lots of different team changes that fall closer in the spectrum than the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Defenders, the Thunderbolts, heck, the New Warriors and X-Men all had more complete remakes than the Avengers. Even the Avengers analogy should be "The New Avengers" or something. Closest comparison might be if the called L.E.G.I.O.N. the new Legion of Superheroes. And that one had a Dox in it at least.
Anyway, the Guardians movie with the new lineup was fantastic!! I couldn't imagine an interesting two hours with Charlie-27 and Vance Astro, could you? Come on now!!
A year ago lots of people were saying they couldn't imagine an interesting two hours with a talking raccoon and walking tree….
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Fire/Manufacturing of Methamphetamine Investigation, 4225 Bowser Ave, Sept. 25
For Release: City of Fort Wayne Police Department
Fire/Manufacturing of Methamphetamine Investigation
Arrested: Stephen Ray Knott, age 27, Fort Wayne
Location: 4225 Bowser Ave.
Charges: Possession of Two or More Chemical Precursors with the Intent to Manufacture
Bond: $ 2,500.00
On Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at approximately 23:20 hours the Fort Wayne Fire Department was dispatched to 4225 Bowser Ave reference a structure fire. Upon their arrival they were able to contain the fire to the garage. There were no injuries associated with the fire. After the fire was extinguished, fire investigators observed evidence that a methamphetamine lab may have started the fire. They then requested the assistance of the Fort Wayne Police Department's Methamphetamine Suppression Team. Upon our arrival we observed remnants of chemical precursors and molten plastic vessels associated with the manufacture of Methamphetamine.
We conducted a follow up investigation with one of the residents, who was not present during the fire investigation. This resident was identified as Stephen Ray Knott. During the follow up investigation we learned that Stephen Knott had purchased the chemical precursors that were used in the methamphetamine lab that resulted in the fire.
The incident remains under investigation with the City of Fort Wayne Police Department, and the Allen County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. There is nothing further at this time.
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Almost timeless. Well done.
I love this, can almost taste the pastries.
B&W, very clever pick. Cheers
This brings back memories of when I was a child and my family used to take me to Cafe Dumond to eat donuts(beignets) YUM! It still looks just the same... Amazing..
Acho New Orleans um dos lugares mais simpaticos do EUA.
Photo taken in French Quarter, New Orleans, LA, USA
Cafe Du Monde