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Aston Villa secured their first Premier League win in nine games as a penalty from Christian Benteke and a free-kick from Charles N'Zogbia saw them defeat West Ham 2-1 at Villa Park.
A dismal first half was followed by an eventful second as N'Zogbia, so often disappointing during his time in a Villa shirt, proved the catalyst for a result that takes his side out of the relegation zone.
The Frenchman won a penalty after 74 minutes, Benteke slotting the ball home calmly to score in his fifth successive match in all competitions, and N'Zogbia then sent a dipping free-kick over the wall and under the bar five minutes later.
Ashley Westwood diverted a Joe Cole cross into his own net with three minutes remaining, raising the possibility of more late heartbreak following Marouane Fellaini's equaliser three minutes into injury time last weekend, but a fantastic performance from goalkeeper Brad Guzan ensured Villa held on to record a vital win and their first in the Premier League in 2013.
West Ham handed a full debut to Emanuel Pogatetz as he and Joe Cole replaced Matt Jarvis and Ricardo Vaz Te in the starting XI. Villa, meanwhile, placed their faith in another youngster with a lower league upbringing as former Chesterfield forward Jordan Bowery was given his first Premier League start, despite the previously prolific Darren Bent sitting on the bench.
Andreas Weimann was also up in support of Benteke as Villa sought to address a poor run of home form that had seen them score only twice in their past seven league matches at Villa Park. However, inside three minutes the Austrian was guilty of one of the worst misses of the season.
Benteke, on a hot streak with goals in his past four games, cut in from the left and drilled a meek effort at goal that bounced in to Jussi Jaaskelainen. Somehow the keeper spilled the ball straight to the feet of Weimann, but presented with the easiest of tap-ins, he instead struck the ball wide with his right instep when aiming for the far corner.
The forward also saw a header blocked when it cannoned into an away shirt in a half-chance that nonetheless registered as a major incident in a desperately uneventful first 45 minutes. Other 'highlights' included Guy Demel coming on for the injured Joey O'Brien and Nathan Baker sustaining a cut to the head when challenging for a corner.
With Andy Carroll isolated in attack and firing one effort off target, West Ham were otherwise restricted to a shot from Mohamed Diame that found the side netting; Villa offered slightly more threat with Ron Vlaar firing over from a corner before an awful half mercifully concluded.
The tempo was higher in the second half but worryingly for Villa it was West Ham who began to apply more consistent pressure, with young defenders Baker and Ciaran Clark making a number of important clearances to keep Carroll and co at bay. Kevin Nolan also had a shot blocked while Carroll saw his low drive cleared off the line by Bent, on as a substitute along with Premier League debutant Simon Dawkins who has signed from Spurs at the age of 25.
Villa looked short of inspiration but N'Zogbia suddenly sprung to life to transform the game, and possibly his team's season.
The midfielder first rifled a shot just wide of the post following a pass from Benteke and then, on 74 minutes, won a penalty when his neat touch in the box took him away from Mark Noble, who stuck out a leg to bring him down. Benteke strolled up to the spot, waited for Jaaskelainen to move and then stroked the ball the other way.
N'Zogbia's strike from a free-kick five minutes later was rather more spectacular - the Frenchman curling the ball over the wall after Tomkins had been penalised for a foul on Bent - and looked to have given Villa a vital win in the battle against relegation.
But a team prone to suffering late setbacks conceded again when Westwood flicked a cross from Cole into his own net and only a succession of vital saves from Guzan at the death - the American notably denying Nolan and Diame - allowed Villa to record a victory that takes them out of the bottom three.
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) - Coped expertly with West Ham's aerial approach and also made a number of vital saves in a performance that could be crucial to transforming Aston Villa's season.
ASTON VILLA: Guzan 9, Lowton 7, Vlaar 7, Clark 8, Baker 8, Westwood 5, Delph 7, Weimann 5, Bowery 5, N'Zogbia 8, Benteke 7. Subs: Bent 7, Dawkins 5, Sylla N/A.
WEST HAM: Jaaskelainen 5, O'Brien 6, Reid 6, Tomkins 5, Pogatetz 6, Diame 7, Nole 5, Cole 6, Nolan 6, Taylor 5, Carroll 6. Subs: Demel 6, Cole 5, Vaz Te 6.
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The very hilarious Tina Fey is reportedly in the middle of a book deal. Check out photos and vidoe after the jump.
30 Rock star, Tina Fey, is reportedly working out a book deal that would make her an alleged $6 million dollars. Fey is rumored to be publishing a book of comical essays.
So far the SNL comedian's reps have yet to comment on the possible future release. Little, Brown and Company is said to be part of the deal but want to keep the business arrangement quiet until the details are concrete.
It has also been said with Fey's lucrative book deal she plans to donate a large portion of the proceeds to build six libraries for The Book For Kids foundation
More photos and a video of Tina Fey are below.
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- What is PHP?
- Installing and configuring PHP and MySQL
- Exploring data types
- Controlling code with logical expressions and loops
- Using PHP's built-in functions
- Writing custom functions
- Building dynamic webpages
- Working with forms and form data
- Using cookies and sessions to store data
- Connecting to MySQL with PHP
- Creating and editing database records
- Building a content management system
- Adding user authentication
Skill Level Beginner
In this video, we're going to do some configuration to MySQL. Specifically, I want us to set a root password, MySQL, because by default, MySQL comes with no default password for the root user. Root user being the most powerful user on the system. The one with the most privileges inside MySQL. And it's just a good security practice to always have a default password set, so that only someone who knows that password can get access to the data that's in the database. Now you may think, well, I'm not going to be sharing this data with anyone.
It's only on my personal laptop. I'm the only one who uses it. But it is a good practice, because you may end up importing some data from a production database, at some point, onto your development machine. And if someone were to come and find your laptop, or if you were to lose it, they could get access to all of the data that was on there. So I want us to go ahead and follow this best practice and set a root password for MySQL. Now the tool that we need in order to update the MySQL password is MySQL Admin, the tool that's installed with MySQL. WAMP gives you lots of nice tools here from this directory, but they don't give you one for MySQL Admin.
They do give you a way to go directly into MySQL here, MySQL console. That's kind of nice. Comes up and says enter password, and since there is no password right now, I can just hit Return and it puts me directly into MySQL. So I've logged in as the root user. I didn't have to type a password. I just simply hit Return. Now I'm in MySQL. Instead, I like to be able to enter a password. Now to do that, we're going to have to go to the console. The Command Prompt. So you want to find the Command Prompt that's going to be inside all of your programs, inside Windows System.
Command Prompt, you'll find it there. This is the command line interface to Windows. Don't be intimidated by it, we're not going to be here for very long. What we want to do, is we want to navigate to the place where MySQL Admin lives. If we just type mysqladmin on its own, it comes up and says sorry, I don't know what that is. But if we go to cd, change directory, C, that's a capital C:\wamp\bin\mysql. And then we type dir, we'll get a listing here, and this folder name will change depending on what version of MySQL you have.
Now we want to do another cd mysql, and you can actually just hit the Tab and it should auto-complete for you. If not, go ahead and type that full number out there, and that will change directories one more time and then put /bin after it. So now we're inside a place where all of the programs live for MySQL. We could actually click the dir, we can see what all those are. The one that we want is MySQL Admin. Then after it put dash u space root for the root user, and then we want to type password because that's what we want to change.
So all lower case password. We'll hit Return, and it will then come up and ask us for the new password that we want to set. So I'm going to set mine just to be secret for now, secret and it doesn't show it. It just has the bullets there instead, hit Return, confirm it, and I'll type it again, and now it's set. That's my new password that I have to type to get in. When I hit the Up arrow, and it will bring that line back up again. If we want to change it again to something different, it'll come up and it'll say oops, sorry, I needed some kind of indication that you wanted to give a password. So what we need to do is actually just go back and make a small edit to this line and put dash p, which means I will be providing a password. So it will ask me for the password, it's going to prompt me for it. But I'm just letting it know, look, it's not okay to just go with no password and then when it says enter password here.
It wants my old password, which is secret. And now it wants the new password. But I'm going to change it. I'm going to make my password johnpaulgeorgeringo. And then it will ask me to confirm it. johnpaulgeorgeringo. And now it's set. So now that's my new password for my root user. And we can confirm that by coming back over here and going into MySQL to the console.
And if we just type return this time, it says nope, sorry, no good and it closes on us. If we try it again, MySQL console. And this time I type johnpaulgeorgeringo, there I am, now I'm inside MySQL and just typing exit will get us out of there. Now there is one other thing that I want to mention to you about this. Which is that with WAMP is also included an application called PHP MyAdmin. It's a very popular way to look at your MySQL databases and to manage them by using a PHP web interface. Now we're not going to be using that as training, we're going to be using MySQL directly, using the MySQL console.
But I just want to mention that we did just break phpMyAdmin because it's not setup to use a password. If you want it to use a password, you need to go back to your command prompt, navigating to C:\wamp. And then in there if you look, you'll see there's a directory called Apps so we will also change directory into Apps. And then inside here is PHP MyAdmin with a version number after it. So we'll just use Tab to auto complete that for us. And then inside here, you'll find that there's a file all the way at the top called config.inc.php and that is where it gets its configuration. So you would edit this file and you would find the location where it has password and change that to be your new root password.
So I just wanted to mention that to you. Even though we won't be using it in this training, I didn't want to leave you with some software that we broke without giving you some direction on how to fix it.


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JFritz is a application written in Java, which makes it possible for AVM FRITZ!Box users to download the caller history from their box and manage it on their desktop pc.
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Crappy app - don't bother. Rather try Frizzix or dial!fritz - read the test


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The Children's Defense Fund sponsored a "stroller brigade" march Sunday outside the state Capitol in downtown Jackson.
Activists said they want to ensure that larger numbers of children from low-income families receive publicly funded health insurance.
Meanwhile, conservatives organized a late Sunday afternoon event at the Rankin County Pavilion in Brandon. That group opposes a larger government role in health care.
The Mississippi rallies come after weekend passage of the health care bill in the House. The Senate has its own version, which has yet to come to the floor.


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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Mindjet's Year in Review
This last year was an incredible year for Mindjet, and one of transition, disruption, and a lesson in embracing and effecting change. As the world dives head first into the new year, it's with many lessons taken from the last twelve months.
2014 is promising to bring major revolutions in innovation, collaboration, and mobile that will largely impact the way we work, both globally and individually. Below, we discuss some of our favorite pieces from 2013 that we'd not only like to tip our hats to, but that will help us prepare for a future owned by development, growth, and progress.
January: Workology Takes the Spotlight
One year ago, we were focused on bringing you better ways to understand your employees' varying personalities, and how different teams can better collaborate and be more effective. That's where Workology came in. Take the quiz to find out how your team fits together, and what you can do to be more successful.
February: Visualization, Outdated Innovation, and Wasting Time
In February we focused a lot on innovation's ho-hum standard practices, and tried to jump-start your efforts and point you in new directions (perhaps we had a premonition about what was going to happen in September). We also did a little bit of digging into mobile behavior, why visual project management is critical to success, the importance of the 'I' in collaboration, and the world's Top 10 office time-wasters.
March: Agile Marketing, Working from Home, and Social Business Transformation
In March, enterprise mobility apps were all the rage. We jumped right in the middle of the delightfully controversial Marissa-Mayer-spawned debate about working from home. We discussed Altimeter's 6 Stages of Social Business, and our CMO, Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, kept moving through his extremely informative agile marketing series. Plus, we talked about the hard truth that statistically, Millennials fail at productivity — and why that might be a good thing for your business.
April: Project Management, Mind Mapping for Innovation, and More Project Management
It became abundantly clear in 2013 that traditional project managers were a dwindling breed, and that the importance of giving everyone in your organization the tools to manage their own projects was vital to getting things done. From questions to ask to taking best practices from the pros, PM secrets and blunders to avoid, we did our best to help out those lucky folks out there who've suddenly found themselves knee-deep in deadlines. We also published the inspiring story of one man's quest to use mind mapping to solve global problems.
May: Collaboration, Communication, and Getting Uncomfortable
May was all about working together, better — from the top down. We told you a love story about CIOs and CMOs, told you how not to do collaboration, and what it would take to do business collaboration correctly (hint: it's a little awkward). We even got creative with collaboration, and talked about how innovation and marketing can work together for a more agile organization.
June: Creativity and Innovation, Mindjet ProjectDirector, and Advocate Marketing
With summer just around the corner, it was time for us to release the much-anticipated Mindjet ProjectDirector product. We talked a little bit about the importance of advocate marketing, the differences between creativity and innovation, why waiting for permission to innovate is a big mistake, World War 'I', asking the right questions, and the 7 Deadly Sins of Innovation.
July: Multi-tasking, GTD, and the Mindjet Productivity Calculator
Summertime is a naturally lazy season for most of us, so we tried to reverse some of the damage by talking about the dangers of multi-tasking, as well and introduce the Mindjet Productivity Calculator to help businesses figure out what efficiency truly means for ROI. We even gave you business rebels a few alternative tips to try, a unique productivity hack, and a way of getting things done without all of those pesky apps.
August: MindManager Showcase, Lessons from Genghis Khan, and Tribal Leadership
The heat made us all a little savage, which may explain why we brought you a few agile business lessons from Genghis Khan and a discussion about tribal leadership. We also started our MindManager Showcase series for our dedicated mapping audience, and made the argument for shorter work days. Plus, we gave you fair warning about brown-nosing coworkers and how to keep them in check.
September: BIG NEWS, Innovation's Top 50, Company Culture, and MindManager 14
September was arguably the craziest month for us — we announced our merger with innovation management company Spigit, released MindManager 14 for Windows, published the Vision to Action Lifecycle whitepaper, and covered everything from company culture to innovation's biggest players, doing business innovation the right way, and the world's first mind map. There was also the continuation of Roger C. Parker's Mindjet Dashboard series, the Productivity Pantry, and the key correlation between crowdsourcing and open innovation. Oh, and competitive advantage. Phew!
October: Innovation Management, Gamification and Science, and the New SpigitEngage
As the spookiest month of the year came about, we dug into the mechanics of making innovation management work, including the science behind it and the process of gamification. We released the latest version of SpigitEngage, hosted a great webinar, and were thrilled to showcase UnitedHealth Group's award-winning innovation program.
November: Humanitarianism, Making Mistakes, and Going Beyond the Great Idea
In the spirit of thankfulness, November brought about discussions about using innovation to change the world, moving beyond the great idea, letting go of perfectionism, and an honest look at the (innovation) mistakes many of us are guilty of making. We also talked about 'intrapreneurship', the 10 Commandments of Repeatable Business Innovation, and successful change management.
December: Mind Mapping, Project-Based Innovation, and Looking Ahead
Finally, last month was dedicated to our very well-received 12 Days of Mind Mapping series and taking a look at what project-based innovation could mean for your business. We also made a few predictions about innovation initiatives for 2014, as well as delved into some collaboration, project management, and social business trends to watch out for.
With such an amazing year behind us, we can't wait to see what happens next. Cheers to 2014!


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This week we're to understand - straight from the source - that the Batman 3 LEGO game will be rolling out with none other than Adam West. The original king of camp will be lending his voice to "Classic Batman" - though it's not quite clear yet if Classic Batman is the same character as "1960's Batman."
This game will build on the success of the first two LEGO Batman games with fanbase centered in two camps: fans of the dark knight and fans of the entire LEGO gaming series. This game will go by the name LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
Below you're seeing a new character duo for the game as well: Booster Gold and Skeets!
Per @LEGOBatmanGame - also the official source of the Adam West news - there's a LEGO Braniac running around San Diego for the greater good of SDCC. Or the bedevilment, as it were.
Next you'll see "BAT-COW" - we're not certain this will make it in to the final game, but you never know! That's not exactly a standard LEGO cow, so we'll see!
Watch for Batman of Zur-En-Arrh for one of the strangest color-combos of the entire series. We'd love to nab this figure as a solid piece of physical mini-fig as well.
Stick around as we continue to dive in on LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham as SDCC rolls forward. This game will be released in the latter half of 2014 - that's as specific as we've heard thus far!


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Welcome to the Stewards' Corner, where you will find explanations of the decisions that our stewards make on race days. Directly following any decision they make having to do with the official order of finish, including inquiries and objections, the stewards – one appointed by The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), one appointed by the New York State Gaming Commission, and one appointed by The Jockey Club (TJC) – provide an explanation of what happened and the reason for their decision. Click on the links below to read those explanations.
RACE 2: Objection: The trainer (M.J. Vitali) of # 7 Soul Silence (E. Castro) lodged an objection against # 5 Pervis (J. Castellano) for alleged interference in the stretch. # 7 steadies briefly as # 5 passes on the outside, but in the judgment of the stewards, this did not alter the outcome of the race.
The race is declared Official as is.
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As a newbie to the workforce, your first job can feel a lot like initiation. You're the new kid on the block, fresh out of school and you have a lot to learn—and prove—to those around you who are more seasoned in their career.
Oh, how I remember that time well. After graduation, I started my marketing career as an intern at a local newspaper. Yes, I said intern. Actually, I was paid through a staffing company that hired talent for this particular newspaper, and was given the title "Marketing Intern." While not my first choice of titles, I was happy with the idea of working in my field and making decent money to get experience.
During my time there, I was involved in all sorts of projects—some more rewarding than others. I can vividly recall one of my first projects. It involved calling hundreds of people and informing them they had won a stuffed snowbird. I can still hear the reverberating question in my head: I won a what? "A stuffed snowbird," I'd say, carefully explaining what it looked like, how they had won it and where to go to claim their prize. I rehearsed this script hundreds of times over the course of a week or two. Seriously, to this day, I don't like anything involving calling people on the phone—and I'm certain this is why! But, I did it with my head held high, and I still laugh about it today.
Later on, I was given another project. But, this time, it was right up my alley. I was given the opportunity to work with the creative marketing team on a diversity calendar. I came up with a cool theme that tied to the initiative and researched quotes that complimented the theme. My ideas were well-received and I really enjoyed working on that project. And, I still love that sort of thing today. Who knows? I may never have had the opportunity to work on the calendar had my attitude been wrong with the snowbird project.
What's my point? Don't despise the day of small things. If you work hard and let your talents shine brightly even in the lowliest of tasks, you will be entrusted with greater things—and that's how your career will take flight!
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Definition of waver in English:
verb[no object]
1Shake with a quivering motion: the flame wavered in the draft
More example sentences
- The small rectangle of silver metal clicked against his claws as he flipped the lid open, the electric spark igniting the gas in a blue flame that wavered in a draught.
- But before he had a chance to say anything else, the screen began flickering and wavering erratically.
- The ceiling wavered and shimmered, flickering in and out of clarity.
flicker, quiver, twinkle, glimmer, wink, blink
1.1Become unsteady or unreliable: his love for her had never wavered
More example sentences
- Derrick wavered when seeing her smile and sighed.
- We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.
- He accedes to her request to allow Neel to become her protégé and even though he sees the two becoming close, he never wavers in his trust of his wife nor does he falter in supporting her humane treatment of Neel.
falter, wobble, tremble, quaver, shake
1.2Be undecided between two opinions or courses of action; be irresolute: she never wavered from her intention
More example sentences
- Williams never wavered from that claim of innocence and said he refused to confess to crimes he did not commit, even if doing so would save his life.
- We have come in for our share of criticism, some of it defamatory, but we have never wavered from this message.
- In the 1820s Hugo came in touch with liberal writers, but his political stand wavered from side to side.
be undecided, be irresolute, hesitate, dither, equivocate, vacillate, waffle, fluctuate;
think twice, change one's mind, blow hot and cold
informal shilly-shally, sit on the fence
See waive (usage).
- Example sentences
- It goes a substantial way towards neutralising the environment as an issue and it will encourage some waverers to cast their lot with the Coalition.
- The Nobel Prize has been declined on only two occasions, although there have been waverers.
- It won't be enough for some, but it will win back most of the waverers.
waveringly adverb
- Example sentences
- 'Merry Christmas,' I greeted her waveringly, handing her the gift-wrapped box of chocolates I'd bought awkwardly.
- The light from the TV flickered over her face, casting it's blue-white waveringly.
- She leaned in to waveringly kiss him, then for a while she was quiet.
wavery adjective
- Example sentences
- Her reflection was wavery, but you could see her dark reddish brown, waist length hair, baby blue eyes, high cheekbones, and full red lips.
- Everything had a wavery look to it, like when you put on glasses that are the wrong prescription or you just plain don't need glasses.
- Something was there, something wavery, indistinct, rising from the water.
Middle English: from Old Norse vafra 'flicker', of Germanic origin. Compare with wave.
Words that rhyme with waverAva, caver, craver, deva, engraver, enslaver, favour (US favor), flavour (US flavor), graver, haver, laver, paver, quaver, raver, saver, savour (US savor), shaver, vena cava, waiver
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Definition of Cromerian in English:
1Relating to or denoting an interglacial period in the Middle Pleistocene of Britain and northern Europe, preceding the Elster (Anglian) glaciation.
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- Preceding and separating the cold glacial periods were three main interglacials (Cromerian, Hoxnian, and Ipswichian) when the climate was rather warmer.
- The length of this Middle Pleistocene stage is still unclear, but the sediments indicate that the Cromerian period was characterised by flucutuations between cold and temperate climates.
- The site in which it was collected is the type site for the Cromerian interglacial period and is a prehistoric river bed that existed over 500,000 years ago in north Norfolk, England.
1.1 (as noun the Cromerian) The Cromerian interglacial period or the system of fossil-rich deposits laid down during it.
Early 20th century: from Cromer, in Norfolk, site of an outcrop of fossil-rich deposits from this period, + -ian.
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It's another sunny morning in Los Angeles, and as soon as I leave my house, I'm treated to a visual feast: men with toned legs in shorts, women in low-cut tops parading by on the street. I see these Beautiful People everywhere, zipping in and out of parking lots, telling me the specials at restaurants. I'm not the L.A. type—I'm short, flat-chested and pale—yet there's something about living here that makes me feel sexy.
It could be all the exposed body parts, but I suspect it's that in L.A., a checkout line is exactly that—a place to get checked out. At Starbucks recently, a Brad Pitt body double smiled at me, not because he wanted me but because he was being pleasant. I know this because he also smiled at a mom tending to two toddlers and because I smiled at a dapper guy pushing 60. People look at each other here, and that blend of friendliness and attractiveness morphs into a kind of sexual optimism. Maybe I can't have the Brad Pitt look-alikes (or a beach house with an ocean view), but these encounters stoke my mood. For a minute, I'm in my own Hollywood flick and reality is forgotten. Heck, the fact that I might not be having sex with anyone is forgotten!
Yet even if you don't live in a city where everything seems within reach, it's possible to access your sensual side. True sexiness, it turns out, is not about your looks or where you live. It's about how self-assured you are and the vibe you project.
To help spread the love, I turned to the experts to suss out exactly what it is about L.A. that puts so many of us in a sexually open mind-set. Follow their tips to get there yourself any time, any place, starting right now.
Saturate your senses
One advantage to living in an outdoor-oriented town is that it's easy for me to be aware of all kinds of pleasant sensations—the balmy air on my skin, the tropical scent of my much-needed sunscreen. "Sensuality is a crucial dimension of sexuality, and that can have a lot to do with your environment," says Lana Holstein, M.D., a sexual-health expert in Tucson, Arizona. "In L.A., you're more in touch with your skin because you're not bundled up." But warm weather isn't crucial; your becoming more attuned to your body is. "Nerve endings are a gateway to our sexuality—they enable us to feel vital," Dr. Holstein says. "Usually, though, we're too busy texting or are too lost in our thoughts to notice that a breeze is blowing and how lovely that is."
Tuning in to your surroundings by consciously bringing yourself into the here and now is a simple way to become more sensual. To do this, Dr. Holstein suggests, take up "sensuality practice" by focusing on one sense for a week at a time: first touch, then smell, then sound and so on. "When you're concentrating on touch, begin your day by picking out clothes based on texture—a silk camisole or a skirt that flows around your legs." Then, while you sip coffee, savor the warm mug against your lips. Instead of rushing around, stroke and appreciate the softness of your pet's furry coat. At night, rather than the usual bedtime action, try teasing your mate with a feather while making love. The next week, emphasize sound: Listen for bird calls or the wind in the trees; in your car, before you blast the radio, zero in on the distinct click of your key in the ignition.
Heeding your senses will wake you up and energize you, in bed and out. "Knowing yourself well—what kind of touch you like, what pleases you on all levels—will make you more sexually confident," Dr. Holstein says. "Many women say they don't know what turns them on, but often it's because they haven't tried to find out," she explains. "If you focus on your senses, you'll be more self-aware—I respond to this type of music. And knowing what arouses you is key to being fully involved in bed."
For one investment manager in Scottsdale, Arizona, splashing on her favorite perfume in the morning gives her teensy, welcome jolts throughout the day. "I'm in a fairly conservative field, so I have to set aside my sensuality at work," the 33-year-old says. "But noticing my perfume reminds me there are other dimensions to my life." Commit to doing one sense exercise every week and you'll rapidly get more in tune with your body, just as so many L.A. folks are.
Groove on your fit body
L.A. is a carcentric culture; you're not going to find many people hoofing it along the freeway to In-N-Out Burger for lunch. What they do is run—on the beach or boardwalk. Or they hike or skateboard. That may help Los Angelenos get more aroused than the rest of us. "There is a link between healthiness and your ability to become sexually excited," says Marta Meana, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. "People in good health tend to have higher libidos. Besides enhancing well-being, exercise makes you feel good physically, and when you feel good physically, you're more open to having sex."
Of course, it's not too tough to exercise regularly when 70-degree days and clear skies make the prospect of a morning run a treat rather than a chore. But you can tap into the joy of moving your body—and the frisson that can create between the sheets—by doing any physical activity, indoors or out. "Northwesterners like me embrace the rain—we go tromping through the woods and think we're the luckiest people in the world," says Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., professor of sociology at the University of Washington at Seattle. "When your body is physically strong, you tend to be more confident about your inherent lovability and sexiness. And the more you feel that way, the more you'll actually become that way. Your hormone levels can actually change as your outlook starts to shift."
"When I do yoga and am reminded of how long and toned and flexible I am, that feels amazing," says Jodi Young, 44, a personal trainer in New York City. "No one has to tell me I'm hot. I know it when I see what my body can do."
Dare to be (a bit) bare
Because of L.A.'s enviable climate, I've gotten used to walking around in revealing tank tops or tees. My petite A-cups—along with the rest of my body—are often on display for everyone to see. You'd think that would make me more self-conscious, but one thing I've learned living here is that sometimes even the Beautiful People have little Buddha bellies. I can tell, because they're wearing next to nothing, too.
"The more bodies you see, the more you're apt to notice that everyone's body looks different—slim, curvy, round or angular," Schwartz says. It sounds counter?intuitive, but when we wear fewer clothes, instead of worrying that everyone else has a great physique, we may experience an adrenaline rush of excitement. That can lead to an urge to merge, so to speak. "Specifically, when your body releases adrenaline, that can trigger a domino effect of hormones, where levels of testosterone and dopamine rise, leaving you craving more emotional and sexual intimacy," Schwartz explains.
I seem able to find that connection even on a quick trip to the mailbox, which suggests that it's possible to switch on your sensuality practically anywhere. Every time Dixie Laite, a 47-year-old TV executive in New York City, visits her local lingerie store, she gets a burst of sexual confidence. "The salespeople dress like cheerful dominatrices," she says. "I'm not like that particularly, but nobody questions whether I'm hot enough to be there. I feel as if I'm a member of a sexy-girl club where I can let go of my insecurities."
You'll project the most confidence if you're wearing something you love, whether it's a short skirt or your college-era jeans. "The more comfortable you are, the more attractive you'll be," says Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D., director of the Cincinnati Psychotherapy Institute. "It's about flaunting your strengths instead of hiding. Look at Michelle Obama; she's always wearing sleeveless dresses, showing off her awesome arms—that's part of what makes her so gorgeous and sexy."
Studies suggest that there is an association between liking yourself in general and liking yourself during lovemaking. "Women who are content with their level of success tend to be more sexually self-assured," Schwartz says. "They're apt to try more positions in bed. Partly, that sexual self-esteem comes from having a sense of effectiveness in the world," she explains.
When you show off a favorite feature, L.A.-style, you're likely to emit an "I'm desirable" message, not because you're trying to show off but because you're sending a signal that you find yourself sexy. "I have a blue birthmark on my shoulder—it's in a very kissable spot," says Phuong Ky, a 33-year-old real estate director in New York City. Ky loves to wear racerback tanks that reveal her one-of-a-kind sky-blue marking. "It tends to get me a lot of attention," she says.
Go ahead—regress!
I live in a land where grown men and women skateboard as a matter of course, although my own default setting tends more toward harried, intense and intellectual. But I regularly turn off my goal-oriented side to notice the lighter aspects of life in L.A.—after all, who wouldn't appreciate being stopped at a light next to a guy bopping to Radiohead in his convertible, sun glinting off his Ray-Bans, especially when he catches your eye and says, "Wanna dance?"
Indeed, a knack for having fun may be an important factor in conjuring up an "I'm sexy" mood. Brain scans show that for women to be orgasmic, the amygdala (the region associated with fear and vigilance) must be suppressed. "Feeling sexual," Dr. Holstein says, "is partly based on finding ways to snap out of a serious state and replace it with playfulness."
For me, doing some car-to-car flirting gets me there, but you might also play upbeat songs on your iPod—or even imagine something more overtly erotic. "I daydream about people on the train when I commute," says Kathy, a 31-year-old researcher in Washington, D.C., who doesn't want to use her last name lest she make her fellow passengers blush. "Mostly it's for kicks, but it's also a genuine turn-on."
Adopting a friskier point of view may help you reduce anxiety, an emotion measured by the hormone cortisol. "For most of us, anything that lowers stress and cortisol is good for lovemaking, because being in a state of emotional angst is generally incompatible with arousal," Schwartz says.
As so many people do in L.A., "you want to go out in the world relaxed and moving through space with pizzazz—that's sexy," Kearney-Cooke says. Acting childlike—in the best sense of the word—can help shift you from business to anything but. "I hula-hoop in my living room every day," says Chrissy Reese, 24, an office assistant in Philadelphia. "I put on high-energy music, close my eyes and pay attention to the hoop revolving around my waist and my hips. The motion makes me aware of how my body can move, but it's also a way of having a great time!"
Come to think of it, maybe the celebrity doppelgängers who smile at me on the street, the perpetually perfect weather and even the scantily clad men I admire aren't what's essential to keeping me in a desirous state. By appreciating the salt of the Pacific on my skin, showing off my legs instead of worrying about my less-than-voluptuous chest and flashing a friendly grin at strangers as I do errands, I've been cultivating my confidence and nurturing my sensual side all along.


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If the horrifying events surrounding the Penn State football program have taught us anything, it is that the "tail has been wagging the dog" for way too long.
And, all of us share an equal part of the blame.
I can't help of thinking back in the very near past when The Ohio State University's president G. Gordon Gee was asked at a news conference if he would fire then-head football coach Jim Tressell.
The entire world laughed when Gee announced that "he hoped the football coach would not fire him.'' But, the truth in his words are becoming more and more evident.
Ask any fan who the head football coach at his favorite college is and he, or even she, will spout the name out without a moment's hesitation.
Ask that same fan to name the school's president and you might as well ask that person to name the capital of the state of North Dakota - that would be Bismarck.
And, it may not be the football coach that wields the most power at the school. It could just as easily be the men's, or women's if you are at the University of Connecticut or at Tennessee, basketball coach that holds all of the cards.
The point being the individuals responsible for making the day-to-day decisions involving the behavior of the student-athletes rarely are the same people handling the discipline for the thousands of other students on the campus.
Is this the right way?
Obviously, the answer to this question is no seeing the situation at State College as well as in Columbus and on numerous campuses across the nation.
And, it is not only a collegiate problem. It has filtered its way down to the high school level and even below.
Just look at the most "high-profiled" job of the summer - the head wrestling coach at Parkersburg South. Sad is the only way to describe the scenario surrounding this position and the amount of dissension that has followed its process.
No teaching job, or for that matter administrative hire, has stirred these kinds of emotions.
For one moment remove the rose-colored glasses that we all wear as fans and ask yourselves if your school is doing everything it can to treat all of its students and employees equally.
Sadly, the answer will be no more times than yes.
As sports writers our job revolves around writing about sports - both on-field and off-field. Unfortunately, it would appear that the latter has been making more headlines these days.
Fans want to put the lion's share of the problem on the powers that police athletics, the NCAA on a national level and the Secondary School Activities Commission locally.
While these groups are not void of responsibility, it becomes almost laughable to believe that an SSAC made up of four individuals can police more than 120 high schools and thousands of athletes. Numbers that are just as preposterous on the college level.
And, we, the fans, still sit back and wonder why the "tail is wagging the dog".
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Alexandra McCullagh Newman was born in San Francisco and trained at Marin Ballet with Cynthia Lucas and at San Francisco Ballet School prior to joining the Company in 2006.
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-- Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron recently returned from deployment training at the NATO School in Oberammergau, where they put their engineering skills to work.
Various projects were completed by members of the 153 CES including: laying asphalt and lumber for a new deck at the NATO School recreation center, mixing and pouring concrete for multiple projects, knocking down a chimney of an old steam plant and re-roofing the area, and building a car port at the recreation center.
The hands-on training offered the 153 CES an opportunity to put their skills to use in a real-world environment while providing the NATO School with needed construction.
"This training was a win-win situation for both us and NATO," said Lt. Col. Stan White, 153 CES commander. "We received real-world training and the NATO School received free labor."
The skill sets Airmen brought to bear were a cross-section of the civil engineering career field including: structures and power production specialists; plumbers; heavy equipment operators; heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration craftsman and firefighters.
The NATO project did not afford all members a chance to practice their particular skill set, but everyone involved was able to jump in and learn new a new skill or brush up on old ones.
"Everyone had to overlap and chip in," said White. "Everyone had their turn at the shovel."
Even when things didn't go as planned, with weather or materials, the members of the 153 CES remained flexible and accomplished the job.
"I have to brag on these guys a little," said Senior Master Sgt. Carl Hocking, operations superintendent. "They always make good use of the opportunities they are given and that's one of the strongest points of the unit."
With the unit's work completed and new skills acquired, the trip was an overall successful training mission, command said.
"The guys were able to receive excellent hands-on training and were able to see the direct results," said Hocking.
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PHOENIX - Attorney General Tom Horne and Rep. David Stevens, R-Sierra Vista, are pushing a plan to let principals, teachers and janitors at public schools carry guns.
Stevens said his goal is to make public schools safer, believing more people with guns and training should do that.
But Stevens stressed nothing in HB 2656 requires any school district to go along. He said it simply provides an option, with locally elected boards having the final decision.
Stevens also said it is less expensive than providing an armed police officer in all of the approximately 2,000 public school buildings across the state. And with cost a non-issue, the legislation shouldn't get bogged down in overall budget negotiations.
But Andrew Morrill, president of the Arizona Education Association, said it's a mistake to believe school employees with just 24 hours of training can replace a properly trained officer.
"What I hear is passing the buck on training until we get it down to an affordable model," he said.
School resource officer training requires a licensed police officer, with added training "to know how to be a police officer on the unique beat of a campus full of children, adolescents, preteens and teens," Morrill said. Stevens' measure "waters down" safety and taking a comprehensive approach, he said.
Tucson Unified School District Superintendent John Pedicone has strong reservations about the proposal, saying it's not something that the district would embrace.
"On one hand, there is the issue of wanting that extra level of security to make our schools a little bit safer, but I can't imagine putting that responsibility on school personnel," Pedicone said.
Even with training, Pedicone - a gun owner who served in the Army - feels it is difficult to have a controlled response when faced with someone who wants to do harm.
Pedicone has discussed the legislation with TUSD board members, and he said the majority prefer to use school resource officers and security guards.
He noted that there is one positive - the possibility of a school shooter being discouraged from carrying out an attack because someone on campus may be armed.
Horne said if it were up to him, he would prefer to have police officers rather than armed teachers, but the political and fiscal reality is that that isn't going to happen.
So this is better than nothing, Horne said. It ensures "if a bad guy gets in and starts shooting, there's somebody there to stop them."
Stevens said the way the measure is crafted should blunt criticism from local school boards and their staffers.
"All it is is a voluntary program," he said. "If they don't want to do it, they don't have to do it."
Although Arizona has not had the kind of school shootings that have happened elsewhere, Horne said, that doesn't mean it couldn't happen.
"It strikes people at random. And it strikes schools at random," he said.
He also said parents would feel safer knowing there is someone on the site who could respond.
Horne and Stevens are seeking to sidestep the education association criticism, promising to have teachers at a press conference today to support the legislation.
Under the plan, the staffer would not be walking around the school armed. Instead, he or she would lock the weapon up in a place where it would be accessible if needed.
One likely issue for debate is whether the training requirements Horne and Stevens want are sufficient.
To carry a weapon onto campus, an individual would need to pass a 24-hour course. Issues to be covered include the legal situations where someone can use deadly force, and the care, maintenance and safe handling of weapons. There also is a mandate for marksmanship training and "scenario-based training."
Districts would have to provide the Attorney General's Office with a list of employees who are authorized to use a gun.
Horne said he believes 24 hours of training is enough.
"If you look at police training and you eliminate all the stuff that's irrelevant, like how to give a speeding ticket and so on, I think you might find that the training is similar," he said.
Morrill said the problem with this legislation, and similar plans, is they are knee-jerk reactions to headlines and are not well thought out.
"These horrifying situations come up like in Connecticut or Colorado, and they're unthinkable," he said. "And all of a sudden, those are the situations we base our responses on. What we need are comprehensive safety plans for the day-in, day-out safety of students."
That would include not just school safety officers, he said, but ensuring there are sufficient counselors to deal with students, school psychologists to diagnose students who might be struggling with anger issues and "an aggressive anti-bullying campaign."
Star reporter Alexis Huicochea contributed to this story.


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As pablo waited patiently for someone to call him, a car suddenly careened through the walls of his house and into his backyard.Omar: Schizo, as your lawyer, I advise you to drive away right now.Schizo: Hold on, I think I recognize that guy. Hey, pablo! Is that you?pablo: Yeah, it's me.Omar: Drive, dammit, drive!elvenlass: Aw c'mon, be nice. Hop in, pablo!Schizo: Actually, I agree with Omar on this one. Let's get the hell outta here!pablo: Um, would someone mind telling me what's going on?elvenlass: TW halloween party. Wanna come?pablo: Sure! Do I need a costume?Schizo: Well, it might be nice if you actually put on some pants.Omar: He's right. You could get arrested for sauntering around like that.pablo: Alright, just wait a minute...Nyeeeeeeaaaagh.
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Meanwhile at Helsinki-Vantaa airport, Sugar is dragging a protesting Sys towards the American Airlines check-in desk."But Sugar, do you honestly think a handpuppet is going to fool them?""Oh yes", Sugar says sunnily and proceeds to drag Sys to the inevitable confrontation with airlines personnel.Luckily for them, a mysterious hooded figure has been following their antics for a while, and now, taking pity on them, comes to their aid.When Sugar and handpuppet-Brad wave hi to the check-in lady, the mysterious stranger brings mysterious jedi mind tricks to work!"See, I told you it would work!" Sugar says to the stunned Sys when they are running to make it to the soon-departing plane."But how the hell...""I told you! Handpuppets! Gets them every time!" If Sugar's grin wasn't so frighteningly manic, Sys would object.What they don't notice is the hooded and cloaked figure that slips into the plane unseen and, being unnoticeable, takes the liberty to stash away most of the alcoholic substances on the service trolley...I like to pay attention to the men behind the curtain.
Sugar and Sys are escorted to their first class seats.Sys: "Wow, there's actually enough space to stretch my legs! Have I even told you my ears start hurting in an aeroplane?"Sug: "Yes, you have. But this is the only way we're going to make it to the party in time."Sys: "Yes, but they hurt."Luckily for all concerned, at this point Sysiyo's whining was interrupted by the announcement that the plane would take off. Unluckily for all concerned, Sysiyo wailed miserably during the entire takeoff, pushing his hands to his ears. The wailing continued long time afterwards, too. It didn't help that Sugar's hand-puppet Dourif was wawing to people and even gave a stewardess and autograph. In other words, the mismatched pair drew far too much attention. Just as a stewardess was walking up the duo (with a half-empty booze trolley, to be used as defensive barrier against physical violence, those people seemed weird), a somewhat swaggering man in a jedi robe turned up next to Sugar...KArt | Project Michelangelo | LiveJournal
Dressed Like a Jedi guy: ... yu really shouldn't <hip> call so much attention on yourself ... you're making me incredibly dizzy ...Sugar: Excuse me, are you talking to me or to Mr. Dourif.DLaJG: Actually, to Mr. Dourif ... sir, would you mind coming to the back of the plane, someone needs to speak to you?Sys (fearing their supposed cover might get blown): Brad is a bit tired now ... would you mind speaking to him here.DLaJG looks around suspiciously ... and suddenly, from under the cloak pops a Cat puppet, with one blue eye and one green eye.Cat: Brad, it's me ... thinly-moustached-man contacted me. All the stuff for the tests are under the cloak ... you just need to be sure that ......and suddenly, the drunken figure drops forward in a mist of alcohol and as both Sys and Sugar are staring at the fallen figure, he starts to snore ...`Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'`That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.`I don't much care where --' said Alice.`Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
TC sat at her computer, typing away. It had been years, no just months since she had given them any thought, but recently they had come up in odd places- a search engine there, a reference here. 'I wonder how everyone is... or if anyone survived that last house party...' Suddenly remembering, she got up from her chair, went to her closet, and found a set a bunji cords. She smiled foundly.**ring**ring**TC: "Hello?"Man's voice: "Is this TC?"TC: "Yes..."Man's Voice: "TC formerly of TW, currently of BWW and Vh1.com?"TC:"The one and only."Man's Voice: "The TC who finds Bowie's album Young Americans to be his sexiest album?"TC: "Yep, that would be me. Who the heck is this?"Man's Voice: "I am the terror that flaps in the night, I am the jelly bean that sticks to your teeth, I AM-"TC: "Dark Wing Duck!"Man's Voice: "No, actually I'm Adam from TW. I thought you might liek to know there's a party going on."TC: "Hmm, will it involve reincarnation, pies, and music?"Adam: "More than likely."TC: "Come and get me!"Fads they come and fads they go, and man, I love that rock'n'roll
TC is standing at her closet deciding on a costum when Adam arrived. She let him and drug him back to her room to help her decide. Adam is slightly distracted by the amount of Bowie and ROXY memorbilia scatered about her room.TC: "So what should I be?"Adma: "I don't know. Go as a woman."TC: "I am a woman."Adam: "Oh. Sorry."TC: "Forget it."Adam:"Faeires are always acceptable."TC: "True, but I'm that every year. Hey how about this?"Holds up a Brian Eno costum complete with ROXY days face mask.Adam: "Brilliant!"The two decide to consider Adam's costum on the way to the party. TC: "If anything you could go as a...bumble bee or... I don't know Garry Glitter...? Fads they come and fads they go, and man, I love that rock'n'roll
Feeling a little squished in schizo's car, Elvenlass adjusts herself between RealThing and Pablo. Elvenlass: Uh, Schizo, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to pick up soooo many people. I mean, do you REALLY need your laywer here?Schizo: Yes.Elvenlass: I see. Ummm...do you know where you're going, little freak?Schizo: No.Elvenlass: Would you like to know where to go?Schizo: Yes.Elvenlass: Make a right turn towards that small little street over there. Keep going on that street for a while. *after 30 minutes on that street, the carload of TWers approach a sign pointing them to the right direction, or the wrong one, it all depends*Schizo: The sign reads, "Mansion on the hill, turn left. Dark, Deadly, and Evil Cave, turn right." That's weird. There's a dark cave to our LEFT, and I see a mansion on a hill to our RIGHT. Maybe the person who made the sign screwed up.RealThing: Uh, I don't know about that. You're right, the places are in the opposite directions the sign says, but I don't know if...Elvenlass: Maybe you should just follow what the sign says.Schizo: Are you crazy? Look! To the left is a scary cave. To the right is the mansion on top of a hill. I may be a silly random dude, but I'm not blind!Omar: Calm down, Schizo.Schizo: No YOU calm down!!! I'm going to the right, where I see the mansion. Screw this sign! As then drove past the sign, the scenery began to change drastically. Schizo thought he was driving towards the hill and away from the cave, but in fact, he drove straight into it. The air suddenly felt and smelled hot, damp, and fetid, like steaming carcasses have been decomposing here for ages. Yet it was so incredibly dark that no one could see anything past their noses. Elvenlass: Uh, question: Doesn't this place look an awful lot like the cave the sign was pointing to?Schizo: Answer: Shut up.Elvenlass: You should have trusted the sign, my friend. Put your headlights on.Schizo: Uh, they don't work.Pablo: Try to back up, maybe we could just get out of it.*Schizo backed up and up and up and up, but he didn't seem to be getting anywhere.*RealThing: Are you even pressing the gas?Schizo: *mimicking obnoxiously* Are you even pressing the gas? Of course I'm pressing the gas! We're just not going anywhere!After Schizo uttered that last word, everyone in the car heard a strange sound. A sick, spine-tingling, breathy whisper that seemed pass into each of their ears. All the TWers suddenly felt the hairs on their body stand up as they searched around in the darkness for a sense of what violated them with that eerie noise..."Caroline, the day you see anything through to the end, I'll stick my own dick in my ear." - Kevin Spacy in The Ref
Blacktropic84 stood against a wall, sliding himself between two rocks rapidly. As he did this, he moaned, starting with a whisper but then as the intensity grew, he moaned even louder. Elvenlass: Hello?! Is somebody there?Blacktropic84: Dammit! How do i keep getting caught !?!?!Schizo: I hope you dont mean what i think you meanBlacktropic84: me tooElvenlass: Who are you?Blacktropic84: Why, it's me, Blacktropic from TW, i can recognise your sexy voice ElvenlassSchizo: Come again? Who are you!Blacktropic84: Blacktropic84 from TeenageWildlife!Pablo: I dont think i know youRealThing: Didn't you eat a puppy dog?Blacktropic84: No ..... im the bisexual pervert who writes crappy songsSchizo: OOOH! Blacktropic84!!!Elvenlass: I remember you now!Pablo: So what are you doing in this cave?Blacktropic84: Uhh .... making an art project for classRealThing: You got supplies?Blacktropic84: I have some glueElvenlass: Well, we are lost, we are trying to go to a TW partyBlacktropic84: TW party! Why wasnt I invited?Schizo: B'cos noone likes youAt that, a creepy old voice from deeper in the cave began speaking . . . . . Andy! Can I have a cup of coffee? ..... And a drummer? All Sliced Up And Sealed Tight In Baggies Guess Love Makes You Do Funny Things
Meanwhile..Jarethsgirl hustled to the study, an overnight bag in hand with her homemade costume packed inside. She went over her mental checklist, "Coffee machine - off, Garage door - closed, Mapquest directions to the mansion at the top of the hill - check, Fed-Ex package filled with explosives on route to Strawman's house - check.... I'll give him Kaboom, AHAHAHAHAHA! ....::clears throat::..... Ha..... and I left enough food in the fishtank to last Hootie a week.. ::hums "Taking Care of Business" for a few minutes::She stepped to the bookcase and searched for the spine labelled, "Pull This To Get To Top Secret Laby-Lair." She tilted the book and was twirled into a darkened cave. "To the Labyrinth-Mobile!" The decked out silver VW came bolting from the shadows, "Scary Monsters" blasting from inside. She jumped in and flew from the cave like a bat outta hell and soon was coasting through the streets of Pittsburgh. After a short time, she faced the same fork in the road Schizo's troup had come to. "Well.. the sign SAYS... No, no, that's ridiculous. Why would I drive into a scary ass cave all by my lonesome just because the sign SAYS it's the mansion. I can clearly see that it isn't... but still, why would anyone want to mislead the partygoers? This is a doozy... OOO! A butterfly!" She sped up the hill towards the mansion, hanging out the window with a net in hand. But the butterfly was gone. And soon, everything around her became dark and ominous. "Onstar! Where am I!?" she called out. Her dashboard replied, "Run bitch, ruunnnnn!"JG abandoned the Labyrinth-Mobile and started running through the cave.. then after several paces decided a brisk walk would be just as good. She pierced through the shadows, guided by one of those pumpkin lights trick-or-treaters carry around. "Helloooo? Anyone there? ...Please somebody, answer me!!!!!" PMs make my pulse quicken.


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Incontinence Products Competitive Bid Initiative: Conclusion
In its role as the state's bookkeeper and main purchasing agent, the Comptroller's office is engaged in a continuous effort to ensure Texas receives the highest quality goods and services at the best possible price. As part of this effort, our agency worked with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to examine Texas Medicaid spending on incontinence supplies. The initiative was tasked with finding opportunities to reduce cost while improving the quality of care received by the state's Medicaid population. Given the alarmingly growing cost of care and an ever expanding Medicaid population, the primary mission was an important undertaking.
After numerous interviews with key HHSC personnel and subject matter experts, the Comptroller's office identified four major goals for this initiative:
- Reduce the cost of Medicaid incontinence supplies;
- Reduce opportunities for fraud, waste and abuse;
- Ensure strong product quality standards; and
- Maintain or expand client access to care.
The Strategic Sourcing Division, of the Comptroller's office, initially proposed to solicit a Request for Proposal (RFP) to competitively procure incontinence products for Texas Medicaid.
After identifying competitive procurement as a possible solution the state began to conduct open and private meetings with the stakeholder community. The stakeholder community is informally defined as current durable medical equipment (DME) providers, DME manufacturers, advocacy groups and individual Medicaid beneficiaries. The meetings were designed to gather feedback on the possible competitive procurement and to solicit input on alternative solutions to meeting the initiative's four goals.
The public and private meetings were hosted by the Comptroller's office and HHSC over an eight month period starting in September 2010. As is typically the case, talking to the stakeholder community proved to be extremely fruitful. The stakeholder community offered both positives and negatives to a competitive procurement. In addition, stakeholders were able to identify many alternatives the state could take to improve the program.
The Comptroller's office now believes the primary mission can be met without a competitive procurement. As a result of the collaborative effort with the stakeholders, the state was able to develop a number of measures, many of which have already been implemented. These measures will assist the state in meeting the four major goals and are a direct result of the initiative's efforts.
- The initiative identified savings opportunities by benchmarking the fee-for-service (FFS) rates of other states. HHSC has already instituted FFS rate reductions earlier this year. Further rate reductions are also under consideration.
- The initiative, with the help of stakeholders, identified the possibility of reducing maximum allowables. HHSC has already instituted a 20 percent reduction in the maximum allowables for diapers, briefs and underpads.
- The initiative, with the help of the stakeholder community, identified several measures that can help reduce fraud in the program. HHSC has already begun analyzing its ability to implement new requirements such as accreditation and surety bonds. All measures are designed to reduce opportunities for fraud by dissuading unethical vendors from entering the market.
- The initiative identified the need for product quality standards. The state is currently participating in a national council to develop uniform performance measurements for all state Medicaid programs.
- The initiative recognized the importance of maintaining access to care for Medicaid beneficiaries. The Comptroller's office also believes that access to care may actually be increased with the elimination of unethical vendors from the Medicaid program through proposed enrollment requirements.


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By Mrs. Melissa K. Buckley (Fort Leonard Wood)August 16, 2012
Civilian to Soldier begins with Basic Combat Training
(Editor's note: This is the first of a 11-part series on Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood. From reception station to graduation, Melissa Buckley will follow four Soldiers with interviews and photographs each week of their 10-week transition from civilian to Soldier.)
By Melissa Buckley
GUIDON staff
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Still wearing sneakers and jeans, the Soldiers-in-training stumbled into formation outside the St. Louis International Airport's USO. As the bus, carrying 46 Soldiers-in-training, rolled away from the terminal the hum of the engine howled over the polite conversation forming between newfound acquaintances.
Sitting in the bus, Aug. 7, was Pvt. Andrew Jobes.
"I am very excited. I'm not sure what to expect," Jobes said.
Soldiers started waking each other as the bus charged by the Fort Leonard Wood exit sign. Almost simultaneously the chatter quieted down, the glow of texting cell phones lit the seats, as the females began slicking their hair into place.
Upon pulling into reception at the 43rd Adjutant General Battalion, Staff Sgt. Amanda Black, drill sergeant, boarded the bus and sternly delivered instructions. The Soldiers hastily followed her from the bus, stepping foot onto Fort Leonard Wood to begin their ten-week journey from civilian to Soldier.
Soldiers arriving at reception are split into two groups, A Company -- typically One Station Unit Training Soldiers, and B Company -- typically Basic Combat Training Soldiers.
"B Company's mission is to process Soldiers medically and administratively for Initial Entry Training. B Company focuses primarily on Soldier that ship to BCT, but we have the agility to do both processing for BCT and OSUT units," said 1st Lt. Matthew Hina, Company B commander, 43rd Adjutant General Battalion. "Between A and B Company we have received 25,000 Soldiers this year."
Soldiers immediately began learning how to stand, how and when to speak. After initial paper work, Soldiers with cell phones were allowed to make one last call before handing the devices over.
"Tell them these things and these three things only. 'I have arrived at Fort Leonard Wood. I am safe. I will call you when I can.' That is it, do not answer their questions and hang up the phone. If you need to speak a different language other than English, keep in mind I speak three languages, so don't try to pull one over on me," Black said.
The Soldiers turned in prohibited items, changed into their new Army Improved Physical Fitness Uniforms and were sent to their barracks. This group was lucky to be in bed before midnight, some busses drop-off Soldiers well into the morning hours.
On the next morning, day one of reception, the Soldiers were eating chow by 5:30 a.m.
Pvt. Renato Rodriguez didn't sleep well his first night on post, but was perked up by his morning meal.
"I think I got a 20-minute nap. I am so use to California time. I was just thinking the drill sergeant was going to come in at any moment," Rodriguez said. "Breakfast was good. It was quick, but it tasted good. Now that's what I call fast food."
The Soldiers have to get an early start because they have a demanding schedule while at the 43rd Adjutant General Battalion.
"There are 32-stations we have to get them to within three days," said Staff Sgt. Kenneth Gibson, Company B drill sergeant. "On the first day, they are usually doing some soul searching. Reality starts to smack them in the face that they are no longer home. We try to instill into them that there are deadlines that we have to make, so they need to move at a fast pace to meet medical and administrative requirements."
For the cadre at the 43rd Adjutant Battalion, it can often feel like time is working against them.
"We have a very tight schedule in order to get all the Soldiers fully processed. Any hiccups in processing, i.e. a system goes down; a Soldier arrives with color in their hair; a Soldier needs to go to sick call, and we are really pushing in order to ensure the Soldier ships on time," Hina said.
After breakfast on the first day, the Soldiers had their blood drawn, got paid and lined up for haircuts.
"When the males get their heads 'buzzed' it eliminates the last piece of the civilian world they arrived to Fort Leonard Wood with, the last piece of individualism they brought with them," Hina said. "If needed, the females are taken to the hair salon to have their hair brought in compliance with AR 670-1."
Jobes had "Justin Bieber" hair before joining the Army.
"I used to have long hair, like really long hair, but I cut it off before I came here," Jobes said.
During the remainder of their first day on post, they had their teeth and eyes checked, and blood drawn.
"All Soldiers go through a 'Medical Moment of Truth' screening on day one that gives the Soldiers one last chance to come forward and tell us anything they omitted during their Military Entrance Processing Station Physical," Hina said.
On day two, Soldiers had a hearing test, completed administrative processing and received their military ID cards.
By this time Jobes was already understanding how to act like a Soldier.
"I've learned to do what I'm told; walk with a purpose; don't slouch and don't put my bag on my shoulder. I've also learned to know where my stuff is and what I need to do with it before I need it," Jobes said.
On day three Soldiers received their immunizations, ID tags, and picked up their glasses if needed.
"For the most part by day three, you will see them begin to operate as a group, utilize the battle buddy system and the beginnings of what right looks like," Hina said. "The Soldiers learn the very basics to begin the Soldierization process: Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention training, Army Values, Army Song, Warrior Ethos, and the position of attention/parade rest."
On the morning of the fourth day on post, the Soldiers were sent to their battalions to begin training.
Gibson said he likes seeing new faces every few days, but seeing 200 to 400 new faces each week can be a double-edged sword.
"It's starting all over with a new group," Gibson said. "It feels good. I just wish I could see them all graduate. That would be fulfilling."
What the drill sergeants accomplish with the Soldiers in such as short time pleases Hina.
"The Drill Sergeants that come to the 43d Adjutant General Battalion will have already completed one or two years as a BCT or OSUT drill sergeant. I am very proud of my drill sergeants. They work long hours with lots of moving pieces, and see the same 3.5-day process every week. Their hard work and dedication keeps me motivated," Hina said.


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> phenomenon and have spent weeks with first Ubuntu 7.10/8.04, and more
> recently Mandriva 2008...both running under VirtualBox.
Virtualbox. Have you configured it to emulate a soundcard?
Have you installed the provided guest tools to make use of enhanced
graphics, network and, last but not least, sound?
> They install beautifully and look fantastic. Internet configs itself,
> email is a breeze...hey this is really cool.
> Then I try to play an audio CD...!
> Initially Ubuntu popped it onto the desktop and fired up a CD
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Most probably you had no sound installed at all. Did you check with system
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> OK I'll Google a fix. Lots and lots of command line ways to achieve my
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Freshman says internship was greatWatch out Michael Krop High School youve got a Miami Times intern coming your way! Jayvon Ricketts, an incoming 9th grade student who comes from a family of six spent his summer interning in the editorial department at The Miami Times. Rather than soaking in the sun during the past three, scorching months,he has been investing in his future. Ricketts, 14, was sponsored by the Florida Christian Association of America [FCAA]. I got in that program through DFYIT (Drug Free Youth In Town), he said. We were asked to do a project about what college we wanted to attend and what wed major in. I was one of the few that did the project and the people that did the projects were able to be placed into an internship at a facility that would best help them in their search for that job and to show how that job would greatly affect them. Ricketts will stay on with the FCAA during this fall as part of their after-school program. When I first came to The Miami Times, I expected to be writing, Ricketts said. I cant say that I didnt expect a lot of work but I expected easier work. I didnt think that Id have to do as much research as I did. It wasnt hard interning here, but it wasnt easy either. Ricketts wants to go to Florida State University and hopes to double major in English and drama. With his eye set on the English field, he says being in the editorial department at The Miami Times was perfect for him. This experience has helped me, he continued. First, I learned how to use a Mac computer, I learned how to pull different stories from website and I learned how to do intensive research. This was time well spent.
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Anyone who worked in the same room with Ricketts could tell that he was all about business. But everyone has to relax sometime. And when he does, he has a list of favorite to dos. I like reading, watching TV, playing video games and writing, Ricketts said. Now that the internship is over, he says, Im kinda just going to finish up my school shopping and wait for classes to start. To anyone who has been offered an internship, I would say go for it because it can really prepare you for the real world and a full-time job. By Janiah AdamsMiami Times intern


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VINCENT- If a 3.45-mill bond issue and 5-mill permanent improvement levy are approved by voters in November, Warren Local school district residents won't have to wait until the 2013-14 school year to have high school busing restored.
"As soon as I can get enough qualified drivers," Superintendent Tom Gibbs said when a resident asked how soon busing would be brought back Tuesday during a special board of education meeting at Warren High School. "I'll have positions posted the very next day."
Busing was one of the items discussed at Tuesday's meeting, during which board members and administrators outlined the proposal that would raise the local share of a nearly $29.8 million project to build a high school, along with about $1.15 million a year for improvements to other district facilities.
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Warren Local Board of Education member John Nichols, left, makes a point during a special meeting to discuss a proposed bond issue and permanent improvement levy to build a high school and repair existing facilities.
The board gave unanimous approval to place the issue on the general election ballot.
The bond issue would be paid back over 20 years, while the permanent improvement levy would be collected for 10. That means the cost to taxpayers would decrease by more than half after the 10th year if the levy expired and was not renewed.
It's the latest attempt to address the district's aging facilities after five bond issues to build multiple schools have been rejected by voters over the last two years.
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The costs for school repairs Gibbs presented totaled $7.5 million, although the bond issue would raise $11.5 million over 10 years.
He said he did not budget out all of the money to account for inflation and additional needs that will arise.
The elimination of high school busing to free up money for facility repairs has been a divisive issue in the district since it was first approved last year.
"I think there will be an argument amongst the board over who wants to make the motion to bring back busing," board President Bob Allen said.
All five board members said they would vote to restore busing if the issue passed.
Fleming resident Paula Hendrickson, one of 17 members of the public in attendance, asked whether busing would be threatened again in the near future by fiscal concerns.
"If this passes right now and busing's cut again, you're never going to get another (levy)," she said.
Board member John Nichols noted there is one hurdle to clear in the near future to avoid significant cuts - the renewal of an emergency levy set to expire in 2015.
"If we can count on the (emergency) levy revenue, then it's a pretty secure future as far as I can see," he said.
Treasurer Melcie Wells said passage of the permanent improvement levy and renewal of the emergency levy in two years would have the district's five-year financial forecast "in the black for all five years, which has not happened in a long time."
The emergency levy generates $1.75 million a year that goes to utilities, buses, textbooks and other costs, not salaries and benefits, Gibbs said.
"If we lost $1.75 million in funding, busing's going to be the least of your concerns as a community," he said.
While the precise location of the new high school has not been determined, it would be on the current campus shared by the existing high school and Barlow-Vincent Elementary. Barlow-Vincent would be demolished and the current high school would become an elementary school.
Gibbs outlined the work that needs to be done at schools, with the permanent improvement levy funds. That includes roof repairs of $500,000 at Warren Elementary, $350,000 at Little Hocking and $460,000 for three roofs at the high school, as well as boiler replacements, electrical upgrades, plumbing replacements and more.


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