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Garden to Honor Breast Cancer Awareness
June 17, 2008
In honor of efforts developed at Franklin Memorial Hospital by the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center and the Oncology department, space has been designated for the establishment of a tulip and iris garden, which when completed will symbolize breast cancer, strength and love, and other cancers.
The iris and tulip garden will be located in front of the new Franklin Health Medical Arts Building, at the center of its circular entrance. "The iris was chosen as it is the flower of the Breast Center and demonstrates strength and courage, while the tulip's meaning is perfect love," said Rita Porter, an employee who has volunteered to lead the project. "A heart of pink tulips will be planted to represent those who have had breast cancer, while a multicolored tulip ring will represent other cancers."
Representatives from the Breast Care Center, the Radiology department, Franklin Health Access, Healthy Community Coalition, the Mt. Blue Garden Club, Community Concepts, the breast cancer support group, and the community-at-large have all committed to help with the project. The minimum goal is to raise $500 for a 10 by 10-foot garden.
Bulbs may be purchased for a nominal fee of $1 each in honor of, in support of, or in memory of a person with cancer. The planting of the garden will take place in the fall.
To show your support and place an order, mail a check to Rita Porter at 111 Franklin Health Commons, Farmington, ME 04938. Checks should be made payable to FMH with a note in the memo section "for the tulip project." For additional information contact Porter at 779-2772.
Charles Allison: New Sharon : To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
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Jan Bell RN. Farmington , Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
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Leigh Brown: Jay, Me. Honor of Lynn LeSeur, Susan L. Brown and Michelle LeBlanc
Patricia Chick: Farmington, Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
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Carol and Henry Davis Chunchila,AL : In honor of Judith Quimby, Mary Lynn "Mickey Field: Shellie Presby
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Leonard and Carol Ellis: New Vineyard, Me. In honor of Margaret McBride
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Celia Flint, New Vineyard, Me. In memory of my brother Donn R. Barker
Frances Fowler: Farmington, Me. In memory of Maria Henderson and Meredith Prior
Jane Frechette: Wilton, Me. Memory of Ellie, Donnie, Aunt Martha
Gaston and Brenda Grondin Jay Me. In memory of family members
Marco and Nancy Grimaldi Jay, Me. In memory of loved ones
Donna Grondin, Turner, Me. In memory of Danny Grondin
Marcel and Linda Grondin, Jay, Me. In memory of family members
Franklin Health Access Staff : Wilton Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Joan Haley.. Farmington, Me.: In honor of her niece
Anita Hedstrom: Farmington, Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Sylvia Ingerson, Farmington Me. In memory of Helene and Nelson Ingerson
Lori and John Ireland: Industry, Me. In honor of Cathie Wallace
Jean Jones: To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Patricia Kilkenney, Jay In memory of Georgette Jewett,Robert Brainerd, Reney Therrian, Lori Chase, Beverly Therrian
Lisa Park Laflin New Vineyard, Me…In memory of Joseph Park
Lisa Laflin…New Vineyard , Me In honor of Dixie Hosea
Lisa Lemieux:: Wilton, Me In honor of the Lemieux family
Eileen Liddy: Wilton , Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Anne and Eric London, Bath, Me. In memory of James Vaillancourt and Robert Ramsey
Germaine Morabito; Buxton, Me In memory of Roland St Cyr
Diane and Jeff McDonald: Jay, Me. Memory of family members
Rachel Marble: Wilton, Me. Memory of Colby Ryder, Nat Marble, Marion Ryder.
Gail Mazzone: Westbrook Me. In Memory of Albert Proctor may he find peace: In behalf of my sister in law Sandi whose disease is always present, but her faith, family, friends and her giving spirit support contribute to her healing and positive attitude: On behalf of my friends Rita Poter, Terry Baker, Amanda Henson who have shown me how strong friendships, perserverence and faith can cure anything..
Barbara Miroballi: Mesa ,Arizona. In honor of John Miroballi, June Wood and Beverly Wright
Germaine Morbaito, Buxton, Me. In memory of Roland St Cyr
Flora and Karl Neilson , Milford NJ In honor of Rita Porter
Nancy and Robert Morris, South Portland Me.. IN support of the tulip/Iris garden
Mary O'Donal: Farmington, Me. In honor of Pat Ellis, Mary O'Donal. Carol Wiley and in memory of Jim Mills. Jessie Mills, Dana Richard RN, Bill Lambert MD, Paul Brickman MD
Jean Orr: :Mercer , Me. In memory of my brother Warren LaRachell
Amy Ouellette: Newton, Ma Honor and memory of family members
Denise Ouellette, Jay Me. In honor of Rita Porter
Fred and Denise Ouelette: Jay, Me In honor and memory of family members
Jeff and Kay Ouellette : Wells. Me Memory of Barbara Ouellette
Sarah Ouellette: Newton, Mass. $10.00 Honor and memory of family members
Rejeanne Paradis Farmington Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Rita Porter::Farmington. Me. To thank my family and friends
Rita Porter, Farmington Me. In honor of Kathy Bonneau, Carol Tucker. Lucy Sorensen, Marilyn Morin
Rita Porter, Farmington Me. In memory of Peter Fredericks, James Morin, Leon Vaillancourt
Rita Porter, Farmington, Me In honor of Kathy Bonneau, Carol Tucker, Marilyn Morin and in memory of Leon Vaillancourt, James Morin, Peter Fredericks
Tom Robinson, Worcester, Mass. To support the tulip and iris garden
Ronald Stolulonis, Worcester,Mass In memory of my wife Claire
Dale and Kate Quimby : Rangeley, Me. In honor of Judy Quimby
Louise Shaw, Quitman AR. In memory of my husband Robert Shaw
Louise Seames: Kingfield,Me. : To honor all breast cancer survivors
Sheila Shaffer :Industry Me. Honor of those who died from cancer
Suzanne Showstack:Charlestown, Ma: To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Julie and Rob Taylor: Jay, Me. Memory and honor of family members
Valerie Taylor: Farmington, Me. Memory of Sabra Sterling and Martha Taylor
Dr. William Taylor MD: E. Waterboro , Me In memory of Neal Taylor MD
Barbara Vaughan: Peru, Me In memory of her mom
Dorisann Wagner: Fairfield, Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Anne Wehrman: Farmington, Me. In memory of Dick bell, Sara Folger,: In Honor of Rosalie Perry
Dylan and Destiny White..:Jay, Me. In memory of Arthur Belanger and Lester White
Burt Whittier :.. Chesterfield, Me. In memory of Burt Butterfield
Cindy Whittier :Chesterfield, Me… In honor of Glennice Cottle and Lois Seaman
Cindy Whittier: Chesterfield, Me .. In memory of John Cottle
Samatha Whittier: Greene Me. In memory of Jeanne Pinkham
Nancy Wilder and Ruth Wright:: Cumberland , Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Carol Wiley:: Wilton, Me. To support the Tulip/Iris Garden
Edna York ,Longview, Texas To support the Tulip / Iris Garden
Nancy York, Farmington, Me. ..In memory of Jill York Bowen
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HONG KONG - At least eight people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry packed with more than 120 passengers collided with a tugboat and sank south of Hong Kong on Monday night.
More than 100 have been lifted so far from waters off Lamma, an island south of Hong Kong popular with tourists and expatriates, but it was not immediately clear how many were dead, a government spokeswoman said.
A spokesman for the Hospital Authority said: "Eight are dead so far, we do not have their identities and it is not clear how many are adults or children."
The ferry, belonging to The Hongkong Electric Company, was carrying company staff and family members on an evening cruise to watch fireworks at Victoria Harbour. It sank quickly.
"Our ferry left Lamma island at 8.15 pm to watch the fireworks display out at sea, but within a few minutes, a tugboat smashed into our vessel ... which then left without stopping," Yuen Sui-see, operations director for the company, told reporters.
Television pictures showed the red and blue bow of the ferry pointing skywards, surrounded by rescue vessels as government helicopters with search lights circled overhead.
Survivors were being taken to hospitals on Hong Kong island and Lamma island. "Some of them are suffering hypothermia and four had to be resuscitated," a paramedic at the Queen Mary Hospital on Hong Kong island said.
"We will do all we can to find those who are still missing," Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying told reporters at a pier on Hong Kong island where many of the survivors were brought ashore.
The accident occurred over a long holiday weekend in Hong Kong, which is celebrating the mid-autumn festival and China's National Day on Oct. 1.
Thousands of Hong Kong residents live on outlying islands such as Lamma, which lies about 3 km (2 miles) off the southwest of Hong Kong island.
Hong Kong is one of the world's busiest shipping channels, although serious accidents are rare.
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Description: Ernest Hemingway and his sons, Patrick "Mouse" and Jack "Bumby" Hemingway, posing with a tuna at the docks in Bimini, Bahamas.
Credit Line: Ernest Hemingway Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
Return to Gallery: Key West Years 1928-1939
Date: Circa 1930s
Copyright: Public Domain
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The Sports Emmy nominations are in. The NBC Sports Group leads with 58 nominations, as would be expected for an Olympics year, with 43 for ESPN, 27 for Turner Sports, 17 each for Fox Sports Media Group and HBO Sports, 16 for NFL Network and 15 for CBS.
Among individual programs, leaders are 14 for NBC's Olympics coverage, six each for the NBA on TNT and HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel," five for ESPN's "E: 60" and four each for HBO's "24/7" and "Hard Knocks," MLB on Fox, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and "Sunday Night Football" on NBC.
Of local note, Ross Greenburg's "Still Standing: The Earl Campbell Story" was nominated for outstanding edited sports special. Documentary finalists include HBO's Joe Namath film and ESPN's "The Announcement" on Magic Johnson's HIV diagnosis.
Talent nominees for studio host are James brown, Bob Costas, Rich Eisen, Ernie Johnson and Dan Patrick. Play-by-play nominees are Mike Breen, Mike Emrick, Al Michaels and Jim Nantz. Up for studio analyst are Charles Barkley, Tony Dungy, Boomer Esiason, Harold Reynolds, Bill Ripken and Kurt Warner. Event analyst nominees are Ato Boldon, Cris Collinsworth, Jon Gruden, Jim Kaat and Mike Mayock. Reporter nominees are Andrea Joyce, Pierre McGuire, Lisa Salters, Michele Tafoya and Tom Verducci.
Awards will be presented May 7 in New York.
The February Arbitrons were pretty much status quo regarding the local sports talk stations. KILT's (610 AM) morning drive show remains in the top 10 at No. 9 with a 3.7 audience share among men 25-54. KFNC (97.5 FM) has a 2.3 share, KBME (790 AM) is at 1.8 and KGOW (1560 AM) once again does not show up in the ratings.
The top two stations in morning drive among men 25-54 continue to be Univision's KLTN (102.9 FM) with a 10.8 share, followed by KTBZ (94.5 FM) at 10.2. The Buzz is definitely closing the gap.
In middays (10 a.m.-3 p.m.), KILT ranks 13th with a 3.2 share to 1.3 for KBME and 1.0 for KFNC. In afternoon drive, KILT is seventh with a 4.4 share to 2.6 for KBME and 1.4 for KFNC. KBXX (97.9 FM) is tops in afternoon drive with an 8.0 share to 7.0 for KLTN and 6.7 for KTBZ.
KILT's 2.2 share from 7 p.m. to midnight outpaces KBME at 1.0 and KFNC at 0.3.
The most listened-to stations in town, in terms of average weekly listeners age 12 or over, continue to be KODA (99.1 FM) with 1.7 million, KBXX at 1.29 million and KRBE (104.1 FM) at 1.28 million. KKBQ (92.9 FM), KKHH (95.7 FM) and KHMX (96.5 FM) also cume at over a million.


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Samuel T. Adams always wanted to be an artist. As member of the ever-growing Bushwick crew, he is hacking out a living with his paintings and collages that display his evolving style. Adams' latest technique involves transferring paint from plastic to canvas. But we'll let him explain. On a brutally hot day in late June, we sat in his studio, drank Budweiser out of American flag cans, and discussed making it in NYC.
You could be in your studio all day and all night creating masterpieces, but if no one sees them, then there's no point.
Did you always want to be an artist?
Yeah, always. When I was a little kid, I would take pottery classes and draw. By the time I was a freshman in high school, I was on my way to being an artist. In 12th grade I was in the AP class. I knew I wanted to study art.
What does success look like?
For me, success is the ability to just keep making work. I work a couple days a week at a gallery on the Upper East Side, but I'm able to support myself by making art as well. To me, that's success. It would be great to have a bunch of shows lined up, but I don't. Being in [Bushwick] is a privilege as well because there are so many artists living in this building. I have a lot of good friends. We are able to go to each other's studios and shoot around ideas. I feel pretty good about that.
Is that sharing a formal thing or an informal one?
Definitely informal. Sometimes it's just someone stopping by to say hello and they will see something that starts a conversation. Or sometimes I'll have a group of five artists over. It's still informal, but that's even more of a conversation.
How much time do you spend making art?
On my three days off, I'm in my studio all day, and I'm usually working during the evenings as well. But being an artist is basically a full-time job. If I'm not in my studio, I'm going to openings, seeing stuff, or doing research online. A really important part of being an artist is getting out there, meeting people, and seeing what's going on. That's how you create a community and how you get people to know you and your work. You could be in your studio all day and all night creating masterpieces, but if no one sees them, then there's no point.
How did you develop your style?
My newest painting are made indirectly. I'm painting on plastic, and then the paint is transferred on to the canvas. I studied printmaking as an undergrad, so this is an indirect way of mark-making. I make paper collages on the side. That's my vacation project, but it's something I really enjoy. Aspects of collage are creeping into my new work as well.


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Moving to a new country is going to be very stressful and needs to be planned for. There are many reasons to move to Tenerife whether it is the weather, cost of living, a different work and life routine or just a new start. In the months prior to your move you obviously have to sell your house (unless of course you intend to keep a house in the UK and not live permanently in Tenerife). Over the years you will have accumulated a lot of "clutter" which needs to be disposed of. In the months before your move you will need to decide what to keep and what to take with you, don't forget that everything you take will cost you in removal and storage costs and many items can be replaced in Tenerife. Its a good idea to start de cluttering your house before you put it on the market in that way your house will look tidier for the potential purchasers. You can sell unwanted items at car boots and send things to the auction or just give some items away.
Depending on what you intend to take with you for example your car you will have to decide how you are actually going to get to Tenerife, you will find information on this page Travel To Tenerife No doubt you will have been to Tenerife on a number of occasions and you will have an idea of the area you want to live in. Many people rent a property for 3 to 6 months before they buy a property, that gives them time to look around at properties and truly decide whether the move is for them. There are a number of companies in Tenerife offering long term rental.
Jobs are not easy to come by in Tenerife and there is high unemployment, if you do not speak Spanish you will have problems finding employment. You could be restricted to Bar and Cafe work, PR work, Timeshare etc. not well paid jobs. Research the market and buy a business in Tenerife or start in self employment.
Before you move you must be aware that living in Tenerife is a more laid back lifestyle, nothing happens today it is all tomorrow and you can't expect to get such things as a phone line straight away it all takes time. We have added a page of web sites that may help you in Tenerife such as the Tax office, Telephone companies where you can find out essential information Useful Websites in Tenerife
You will find further pages relating to living and moving to Tenerife and we will be adding more shortly.
One final thing to remember about moving to Tenerife, if you want to make a fortune you had better take it with you.
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By MHundal on May 10, 2012
Recordings are available to provide an overview of the ETPM Case Management Module. The recordings provide an overview of the Collections and Compliance features.
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If you don't know who Kevin Durant is, here's the five-second background: He's not only one of the best basketball players around (hence winning the MVP award this season), but the member of the Oklahoma City Thunder is also known to be one of the greatest guys in sports. And last night, Durant proved that he's not only an awesome guy, but a true gentleman, too — and every mother's dream.
In the video below, Durant fights back sobs while talking about his roots, the Oklahoma City fans, his teammates and — in the most sob-worthy moment of all — tearfully calls his ever-supportive mom "the real MVP." Watch the snippet now.
Can you stop crying? We kind of can't.
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by Patrick Williams - October 7, 2010 1:55 PM UTC
The second best league in the world gets set for puck drop Friday night and we prepare you with a ranking of the teams from 1-30.
The American League's 75th season gets going Friday evening. Hershey, coming off back-to-back Calder Cup championships, is aiming to become the first club to spin off three-straight since the Springfield Indians' 1960-62 reign.
by Patrick Williams - June 16, 2010 2:55 PM UTC
After a dominating performance all season, Hershey finished on top, despite facing a resilient Texas Stars club in the final.
HERSHEY, PA. – The Calder Cup will be adorned with the Hershey Bears' name for the 11th time. The American League does not engrave the names of individual players and coaches on the Calder Cup, but for all the big-name AHLers and prospects like John Carlson and Karl Alzner who dot the Hershey lineup, the Bears have their fair share of players whose names once shone far less brightly.
by Patrick Williams - June 10, 2010 2:07 PM UTC
After gaining a 2-0 series lead against the powerful Hershey Bears, the Texas Stars dropped two in a row at home.
The Texas Stars have themselves a fight with the Hershey Bears now. After an open to the Calder Cup final that few observers anticipated, the Stars will need every possible advantage to wrestle the Cup away from the American League's defending champions.
by Patrick Williams - June 4, 2010 12:15 PM UTC
The Texas Stars stunned Hershey's home crowd in Game 1 and now the Bears will play in their first series deficit this spring.
HERSHEY, PA. – Two themes emerged early in the 2009-10 American League season as the Hershey Bears tore up opposing defenses and threatened to completely rewrite the league's record book: 1.
by Patrick Williams - May 26, 2010 11:50 AM UTC
The Texas Stars are looking for a Calder Cup final berth, but the Hamilton Bulldogs added a couple key players to their roster for Game 7.
For now, the Hershey Bears can be content to sit back, practice and take in the warmer weather that May brings, while the Hamilton Bulldogs and Texas Stars beat on each other one more time for the right to face the Bears in the Calder Cup final.
by Patrick Williams - May 19, 2010 11:45 AM UTC
While the Manchester Monarchs are giving the favored Hershey Bears a serious run, while Texas' Stars try to return from a 2-0 deficit.
Life looked good for the Hershey Bears as they packed the team bus and headed to New Hampshire last weekend after taking the first two games of their conference final series with the Manchester Monarchs.
by Patrick Williams - May 12, 2010 12:05 PM UTC
Can Bernier stop powerful Hershey?; Can Hamilton take a bite out of Texas?; AHL well represented at worlds; and more.
The American League and its swift-moving playoff bracket is already into the conference finals, with Wednesday night marking the end of a long lay-off for the powerhouse Hershey Bears.
by Patrick Williams - May 5, 2010 12:40 PM UTC
Rochester has its season end in an unflattering way... Keane's future with the Moose... and more from the development league.
For a club that made the Calder Cup playoffs after a two-season drought, the Rochester Americans hardly ended their season on a positive note.
by Patrick Williams - April 28, 2010 11:50 AM UTC
Penalties are killing Albany in their showdown against Hershey; the playoff wrap; and Devils moving?
The Albany River Rats are in tough in their second round series against the defending Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears. If the River Rats can't avoid repeated trips to the penalty box, they will see a quick exit.
by Patrick Williams - April 21, 2010 10:35 AM UTC
Backup Tyler Plante assumes No. 1 job for Rochester in the playoffs; Lowell snaps Jersey playoff curse; and more.
A week of American League playoff hockey is finished and the post-season is unfolding pretty much as expected. But surprises can be found and the Portland Pirates' collapse is at the forefront.
by Patrick Williams - April 17, 2010 8:25 AM UTC
Can Hershey continue its domination... Wolf Pack mentality... league leader rundown... coaching jobs... milestones... and more.
The 2010 Calder Cup playoffs have started amid a batch of intriguing storylines. As it is, this spring's post-season will be missing some familiar entries.
by Patrick Williams - April 10, 2010 10:05 AM UTC
The final weekend of the regular season will decide the fate of several teams and impact personnel and even affiliations.
The American League regular season wraps up this weekend and the playoff picture, of course, remains unsettled. In the AHL, where development sometimes holds equal footing with wins and losses in the minds of most GMs, making the playoffs still matters.


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The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories, by Prajwal Parajuly, Quercus, RRP£12.99, 272 pages
Parajuly's accomplished debut collection is set among the people of Nepal and the Nepali diaspora. Though its recurring themes – the conflict between tradition and modernity; the squirming of the individual under the community's oppressive gaze – may be familiar, Parajuly's wry humour and deft handling of voice point to a distinctive talent.
In "The Cleft" a servant girl's disfigurement serves as a metaphor for class distinctions in a Kathmandu household. The title story recounts a Gurkha's troubles from a child's touching perspective. Other tales feel overplotted: "A Father's Journey", which concerns a daughter's gradual estrangement from her family, and "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie", narrated by a disgruntled Kalimpong shopkeeper, are strangled by exposition. But in the best stories here, such as the gorgeously subtle "The Immigrants", in which Nepalis in New York bond over momo dumplings and memories of home, Parajuly gives his characters room to breathe.
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How to Be a Good Wife, by Emma Chapman, Picador, RRP£12.99, 288 pages
Marta Bjornstad is a housewife in an unnamed Scandinavian village. Prescribed medication that dulls her mind, Marta cannot remember her life before she met husband Hector, and begins to suspect that his story about her background – that her parents died in a car crash – disguises a more sinister truth.
Chapman's debut can be read both as a taut thriller and an allegory of the female experience in an unhappy marriage, the waning sense of self felt by the woman who attends to the needs of her family before her own. Though the dialogue can be banal, and Chapman doesn't make as much of the bleak Nordic setting as she might, Marta's gradual slide into madness is brilliantly convincing.
As with Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, the narrator's psychological torment contrasts disconcertingly with the detached language in which it is described ("there it is again, that strange echoing fear, slipping through the cracks that have formed in the memory"). It makes for a darkly fascinating debut.
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Sex is fun, feels good, and is a great way to be physically and emotionally close to your partner. But without an orgasm, it can be a less satisfying experience for both people involved. There could be physical or emotional reasons why you're not experiencing a sexual climax, but the right diagnosis and possibly sex therapy can teach you how to orgasm and have a satisfying sexual relationship.
Help is available for both sexes because this isn't always a female orgasm issue. While some women may have difficulty achieving an orgasm and may never have truly experienced one, men can have orgasm difficulties as well, especially if there are physical or emotional issues at play in the relationship.
Problems That Keep People From Having Orgasms
The variety of problems related to a lack of orgasm include:
- Not having an orgasm at all
- Having a delayed orgasm — taking a long time or needing a lot of stimulation to achieve orgasm
- Not having a satisfactory orgasm
- Delayed ejaculation
- Ejaculation without orgasm
Some potential causes of these problems in women and men are:
- A problem in the relationship
- Boredom in the bedroom
- An emotional or physical trauma, like rape or abuse
- Health conditions that affect nerves or hormone levels
- Being shy or embarrassed about sex
- Lack of education about orgasms, sex, and what stimulation works best for you
- Side effects of certain medications, including some antidepressants
Fear can keep both sexes from experiencing orgasm, says marriage and family therapist Isadora Alman, MFT, a board-certified sexologist and psychotherapist in private practice in Alameda, Calif. "Being afraid of letting go, afraid of going crazy — fear, in other words," says Alman.
Another explanation: "Physiologically, it may just be that they're not getting the right stimulation," says Alman. If either a man or a woman is used to achieving an orgasm with his or her own hand, someone else's touch and body part might seem strange, she explains.
Diagnosing the Problem
Many doctors and even certain therapists don't have training in sexuality and sexual problems, says Alman. If you're experiencing difficulty achieving an orgasm, seeing a sex therapist may help root out the reason and get the right treatment. A sex therapist can also help determine if you're having a physical problem, says Alman, and recommend that you see a physician.
To help identify the problem, says Alman, a sex therapist will ask about your sexual history. Be prepared for topics to include a frank discussion of your current partners, your masturbation practices, and the nature of your symptoms. A sex therapist will also ask about your expectations of sex and what you want to achieve in your sex life.
Solutions That Will Help
If there is a medical problem to blame, you doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment. And if the cause is psychological, working with a sex therapist can help.
For the female orgasm, Alman says a woman should learn how to orgasm by herself and realize exactly what kind of stimulation it takes, including whether she needs to fantasize in order to have an orgasm.
Says Alman, "Once she knows physically that she needs 'x' amount of stimulation, she should look at what's going on in her relationship. Is she comfortable asking for what she wants? First it's physiological, and then it's relational."
For men, the process is similar. Alman says she'll ask about a male patient's masturbation processes and what feels different when he's masturbating than when having intercourse with a partner.
Part of the solution is the same for men and women — when it comes to sex, Alman says you've got to talk about it with your partner. Whether you want to achieve multiple orgasms or just feel uninhibited in the bedroom, you've got to be open about your wants and needs. "There's just no way to get from here to there without talking about it," Alman explains.
While it's very normal to be embarrassed to talk about these intimate issues or be afraid of your partner's reaction, you have to open up. If you can't relax because of some unresolved problem between you — even if it's because the house is a mess and that bothers you, you must address it if you want to have a satisfying sexual experience.
Talk about what you want, what you like, and what you need because if orgasm difficulties are affecting you, they're also affecting your partner. Talking about sex and intimacy will only bring you closer together, and help ignite the fireworks you're looking for in the bedroom.
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Child's Wintery Cape by Kristin
Hello Britex readers, I'm Kristin from skirt as top and I'm so thrilled to be here today! I have wanted to sew a cape for my 4 year old daughter for about a year now, and partnering with Britex Fabrics was the perfect opportunity for me to sew a soon-to-be-released cape pattern by Oliver + S with some truly wonderful wool.
I chose this peacock blue midweight wool for a playful twist, since my daughter is only four years old and I always aim to make her clothing both beautiful and fun. Sewing with this gorgeous wool was a dream, and in person it almost shines. My husband even remarked on how nice it looked – it's a level above the fabrics I typically sew with and the fabric quality is apparent at first glance!


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Perfect for today's high-performance Android smartphone and tablet users who want to get the most out of memory-intensive activities like 3-D gaming and apps, the SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSDHC UHS-I card drives transfer speeds of up to 30MB/s for faster app response times. For shooting Full HD video and high-megapixel pictures, it delivers two times the speed of typical microSD memory cards and a class 10 rating for the highest video recording performance available. In addition, the included Sa
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I have tested dozens of SDHC and micro-SDHC cards. One disturbing trend I noticed is that: the speed class rating for micro-SDHC is typically inflated. For example, a 'class-10′ rating means the card must deliver a sequential write speed of at least 10MB/s. But somehow, a class-10 microSDHC cards is always slower than a class-10 SDHC card from the same manufacturer. Case in point: the PNY 32 GB microSDHC Card (P-SDU32G10-EFS2) claims to be 'class-10′, yet it can only write at 8.6MB/s maximum, while the full-size PNY P-SDHC16G10 achieved 13.4MB/s according to CrystalDiskMark v3.01.
This SanDisk Ultra 32 GB microSDHC Class 10 card (SDSDQUA-032G-U46A), however, proves to be the exception. It achieved a sequential write speed of over 10MB/s according to two different benchmark programs (11.8MB/s in "CrystalDiskMark", 10.6MB/s in "H2testw v1.4″). This is faster than all my other microSDHC cards, including two 'class-10′ cards from PNY and Polaroid.
A closer look at the file transfer speed using "Flash Memory Toolkit" revealed another nice surprise: For writing small files, this Sandisk Ultra microSDHC card performed just as well as its full-size counterpart, the SanDisk Ultra SDHC (SDSDU-032G-AFFP). In contrast, all my other class-10 microSDHC cards perform poorly while writing smaller files. See the benchmark results I uploaded to 'Customer Images' for details.
When you use a memory card in a digital camera to record HD video, it needs to store a huge video file each session. That means its sequential write speed is most critical. When used in a tablet or a smart phone, however, the card's random write speed for small files is more important. That's why in such applications, the Sandisk microSDHC will perform faster than the PNY and Polaroid cards, even though they are also rated as 'class-10′.
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As of this writing, the Sandisk Ultra microSDHC card ia actually priced lower than other class-10 cards from PNY and Polaroid. This makes the Sandisk the best value – especially if you need honest class-10 performance across all platforms.
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- Do not confuse this Sandisk Ultra card with SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSDHC (SDSDQY-032G-U46A). The latter is rated for class-6 only.
- The size of this '32GB' card is 29.7GB according to my computer. This is actually normal because computer people count one Gig as "2 to the power 30″, which is 7.3% larger than one billion. So 29.7GB translates to 31.9 billion bytes, which is '32GB' according to marketing people.
Initially when I inserted the card into the Samsung Galaxy S3 it recognized it but it wasn't able to format it correctly. After doing some research I found a free program EaseUS Partition Master […] that will format the card into FAT 32 since Windows no longer allows you to do it by default. After formatting it into fat 32 the phone recognized the card and it works great now. I hope this helps anyone else that might run into this problem.
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The legacy wiki pages are here for reference purposes only.For up-to-date information make sure to check the documentation section.
This Package action will Add a new url rewriting rule to the UrlRewriting.config file. The undo option makes sure that the rewriting rule can be removed again at uninstall.
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Social media resources
This selection of resources does not aim to be comprehensive, but it is updated regularly. Suggestions and feedback are welcome at email@example.com.
Clinical Cases and Images: CasesBlog : "Health News Updated Daily by an Assistant Professor at University of Chicago, Internist and Allergist"
Evidence eMended : provides expanded commentary on articles reviewed in the American Academy of Pediatrics publication, AAP Grand Rounds
Evidence Express : written by Anna Joseph, Communications Officer at the South Asian Cochrane Centre
Evidence-Informed Musings : written by Prathap Tharyan, Director of the South Asian Cochrane Network & Centre
Evidently Cochrane - sharing the latest Cochrane Reviews : written by Sarah Chapman and Harry Boardman from the UK Cochrane Centre
Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog : a blog by the publisher of HealthNewsReview.org, a site assessing the accuracy of news stories about medical treatments
(the) health informaticist : a blog about knowledge translation, Web 2.0 and evidence-based medicine
iMedicalApps : independent reviews of mobile medical technology and applications by a team of physicians and medical students
Liberating the Literature from the TRIP Database
NPC Rapid Review : a service from the UK National Prescribing Centre, offering access to "quick and succinct commentaries on recent newsworthy health issues related to prescribing and/or medicines"
Official Blog of Cochrane: Presenting Cochrane news, information, resources & issues
Therapeutics Education Collaboration (TEC) : Medication Mythbusters: Practical Evidence-Based Therapeutics by James McCormack & Michael Allan, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC, Canada
TrustTheEvidence.net from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), Oxford, UK
News & Networks
Cochrane on Facebook
Cochrane on Twitter
Cochrane on LinkedIn
Students 4 Best Evidence, a network for students interested in evidence-based healthcare, supported by the UK Cochrane Centre
Professional networking websites for scientists
CKS (Clinical Knowledge Summaries) Podcasts
Healthcare 411 : podcasts from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (USA)
NPC Rapid Review Podcasts from the UK National Prescribing Centre
Podcasts from The Cochrane Library
The New England Journal of Medicine Podcasts and Feeds
Therapeutics Education Collaboration (TEC) podcasts
RSS Feeds
Most newspapers, magazines and professional journals now offer RSS feeds of their news headlines, table of contents or other pertinent information. This section includes only a few examples.
NPC Rapid Reviews via RSS from the UK National Prescribing Centre
The Cochrane Collaboration RSS feeds include current news, opportunities, workshops, and more
The Cochrane Library RSS feeds : Special Collections; Editorial; Highlighted New and Updated Reviews
TheLancet.com RSS Feeds
The New England Journal of Medicine Podcasts and Feeds
Webicina PeRSSonalized Medicine : offers lists of specialized RSS feeds
HLWIKI Canada : "an open, freely-accessible wiki with entries about health librarianship, social media and current information technology topics"
Medpedia : "an open platform connecting people and information to advance medicine" supported by Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading global health organizations
WikEM - The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki: "a global community of emergency medicine practitioners that via wiki-software features continually updated emergency medicine information" under the editorship of Ross I. Donaldson, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, USA.
This selection of resources does not aim to be comprehensive, but it is updated regularly. Suggestions and feedback are welcome at email@example.com.


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Trends: What's In, What's Out in Kitchens and BathsPosted: 02.23.2012 Filed under: News, Trends | Tags: baths, kitchens, trends 2 Comments
The National Kitchen & Bath Association recently released the results of its 2012 NKBA Design Trends Survey, which analyzes the materials, products, and styles being specified by more than 350 member designers. Here are the key trends revealed:
- Not So Cherry: Consistently the No. 1 or 2 go-to wood for cabinetry, cherry has seen a slow downward shift, with only 69% of designers having recently specified the species versus 80% in 2010.
- Delighting in the Dark: For natural cabinetry, 58% of designers are specifying dark finishes today versus 43% two years ago. In contrast, natural light finishes sit at 30% and medium natural at 55%.
- White's Bright: For painted cabinetry, white still leads the way, recently specified by 59% of designers.
- Classy Glass: The use of glass for backsplashes is on the rise, though it still trails natural stone tile and ceramic tile.
- LED-ing the Way: Specification of energy-efficient LEDs soared to 70% this year, up from 50% two years ago.
- Plenty of Pull: Pull-out units have established themselves as the dominant type of kitchen faucet, with a whopping 93% of designers specifying the models coming into 2012.
- Best Medicine: On the decline in recent years, medicine cabinets appear to be making a comeback as designers look for ways to increase storage without increasing footprint. Just 43% of designers specified them in 2010 and 36% in 2011; this year the figure surged to 66%.
Kitchens & Baths:
- New Transitions: For the first time, traditional design is not the most popular, getting pushed aside for transitional styles that blend traditional and contemporary elements.
- On Solid Ground: The use of solid surfacing continues to climb in the kitchen (from 11% in 2010 to 30% in 2012) and the bath (from 26% last year to 34% this year). It's likely taking share from granite and quartz, although those two materials still lead the pack by a significant margin.
- Gone Gray: Gray color schemes have skyrocketed over the last two years, specified in kitchens by only 9% of designers in 2010 but by 33% this year, and climbing from 12% to 40% in baths. Whites, off-whites, beiges, and bones continue to be the most popular hues.
- Take a Shine to: Polished chrome, once pushed aside by brushed finishes, is gaining back some ground, specified for kitchens by 52% of designers this year versus 34% last year and for baths 65% versus 46%. Polished nickel also is up slightly.
For more detailed descriptions of these trends, view the full NKBA report here.
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• Box score | Photos from Coors Field
DENVER – Brett Myers used to be invincible against the Colorado Rockies. He used to have his way with the Rockies like nobody else in baseball. Ever.
There are a lot of used tos cropping up for Myers during this anguished season. He used to be the go-to guy of the Astros' starting rotation, the one manager Brad Mills could count on above all Astros to deliver a quality outing.
The Rockies stripped Myers of his cloak of invincibility in a 9-5 victory against the Astros on Monday night at Coors Field.
A crowd of 27,166 witnessed an abrupt end to Myers' dominance – in the form of a six-run, 10-batter onslaught by the Rockies in the first inning. The Rockies built such a comfortable lead in the first eight innings, the Astros pushed across four runs and had six batters reach safely in the ninth without getting the tying run to the plate. The Astros did have the satisfaction – hollow as it may be – of turning a laugher into a serious enough threat for Rockies manager Jim Tracy to bring in closer Rafael Betancourt to get the final two outs for the save.
"We saw a lot of good at-bats, especially there in the ninth inning," Mills said. "Anytime you're down 9-1 going into the ninth inning and you make the other team bring in the guy they're using for a closer, there's some battle there. There's some fight there."
Led by Brian Bogusevic (3-for-4, with a home run and a double) and J.D. Martinez (3-for-5, one double), the Astros had a 15-11 advantage in hits. And that still wasn't enough to prevent Myers (3-13) from losing his career-high seventh consecutive decision.
Myers (3-13) took the mound with a 7-0 record against the Rockies – the most victories against them without a loss since their inception in 1993. He left after five innings, having allowed seven runs on nine hits. His ERA ballooned to 4.95 – third-highest among National League qualifiers.
"The first inning, the ball was flat and they were getting good swings on it," said Myers, who had been 5-0 in six career starts at Coors. "It's one of those things where the ball didn't have any life on it. It was just straight. It can be on the corner and it doesn't matter if it doesn't have any angle on it."
The Rockies had parlayed a walk by Eric Young Jr. and doubles by Dexter Fowler and Carlos Gonzalez into a 2-0 lead before Myers got around to retiring a batter in the first inning. Adding to Myers' early aggravation, if that's possible, is that the Rockies piled on their final two runs in the first by way of the first career extra-base hit by Rockies pitcher Jhoulys Chacin – a two-out, double, just out of the reach of center fielder Jordan Schafer.
"The double by Chacin was huge," Mills said. "Timely hitting."
Chacin (10-10) brought out the untimely in Astros hitters. He scattered 11 hits in seven innings, with the only run on his watch coming on Bogusevic's fourth home run in a 24-at span. The Astros stranded eight base runners and went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position in the first five innings alone. Oh, and Chacin also induced three double-play grounders.
"He gave up his hits, yeah," Martinez said. "But when there were guys on the base, he would lock down, which is something good for him and bad for us. When he had the lead, he would go after guys. When pitchers come after you, sometimes they get hit around. When you get guys on base, you have to lock it down, and that's what he did."
The Rockies took the lead to 7-0 in the second when Gonzalez homered to right (No. 22) in the second, giving him an NL-leading 23 RBIs in August. Bogusevic cut the lead to 7-1 when he led off the fourth with an opposite-field homer to left.
Again and again, the Astros had chances to do more damage against Chacin. Again and again, Chacin foiled them. Chacin stranded Astros in scoring position in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. The score was 9-1 when Matt Downs struck a three-run blow – his third pinch-hit homer of the season – off lefthander J.C. Romero in the ninth inning. Betancourt eventually had to clean up the mess, but he did.
So much for Myers' mastery of the Rockies. So much for the Astros' 21-game winning streak when getting 15 or more hits in a game.
"That's the story of this season: We fight until the end," Downs said. "Our whole thinking is, `Try to get the closer in the game every night.' We got Betancourt in the game, and he got his arm hot, and maybe he won't be as fresh tomorrow."


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The global air freight industry experienced modest year-over-year growth in April, which helped to offset the more sluggish growth recorded in March.
According to an article on Air Cargo World, air freight markets grew 1.4 percent between April 2012 and April 2013. Though this does not necessarily mean that the struggling industry has returned to stable growth, it appears that a major slowdown has been avoided for now.
"We saw a brief rally in cargo markets at the end of 2012," said Tony Tyler, International Air Transport Association director general and CEO. "But that has clearly stalled. Fortunately, the small improvement in April means that economic conditions have not deteriorated to the point of starting a market contraction."
The largest growth occurred in Latin America. The article states that the region saw more than 12 percent year-over-year growth in April, well above the slight loss it recorded in March. This has been attributed to growth in perishable exports, as well as increased domestic demand. The second fastest-growing region was the Middle East, according to the article. Thanks to the opening of new carrier lines, the region saw nearly 10 percent growth in March and 8 percent growth in April.
Africa is also becoming a prominent area for the air freight industry, and carriers are expanding within the country. Air Cargo World recently reported that AfricaWest will open operations this month in Douala, Cameroon and Brazzaville, Congo and Pointe-Noir, Congo.
Freight carriers must increase efficiency in order to stay competitive and maintain growth. Proof of condition services like CargoSnapshot can make it easier to track freight in the event of damage or theft, thus speeding insurance claims and giving customers peace of mind.


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Black 'Generation X' gets geared up for 2012 election
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Florida is one of 15 states that has changed its election laws since GOP-dominated legislatures took over in 2010. And while the rhetoric is that these laws were necessary to avoid voter fraud, many critics say that the changes only make it more difficult for certain voters to exercise their rights as U.S. citizens. These voters include minorities, senior citizens, those who have recently moved and college students people who helped President Barack Obama secure victory. Now a Generation X-led national movement, Young & Powerful for Obama (YPO), geared at re-electing Obama in 2012, has established a Miami base. Their members say that changes in election laws and Republican opposition at the state and national levels have only increased their determination to keep Obama in the White House. Young & Powerful for Obama started in Chicago back in 2008 and in just four days we were able to raise $150,000 in seven cities, said Fabiola Fleuranvil, chair for Miamis YPO. Our goal is to duplicate those efforts and to begin to fan out into other cities. We started in September and there are now groups in LA, New York City, Washington, D.C., Springfield (IL) and of course Chicago. We will have the official kickoff in Miami in February and in Charlotte (NC) in March. This is a movement founded by young professionals who are civically-minded. Fleuranvil says one of the goals of the group is to reduce voter apathy. When the president was elected young people were excited we have to generate that same kind of enthusiasm again, she said. We have to get grassroots organizations to get busy now, persuade young adults to volunteer their time and of course, donate money. Its imperative that we talk to our friends those who are closest to us and get them fired up about the 2012 election. New media is key in communication Social media is one of the primary tools used by the members of YOP. They employ Facebook, Twitter and a host of other online services to communicate with one another. In addition, they focus on peer-to-peer contact which as one members says, makes for more personal interactions. Alex Casillas, 32, is another co-chair for the Miami contingency who says he is optimistic about the 2012 election. This is all about making sure President Obama gets another term, he said. Hes doing the right things. Now there are things we must do as well like making sure people know how to register to vote and talking about the new barriers that make it tougher for people to vote. LaTanya Casillas, 29, believes that the mission of young voters like her and the other YOP members is to refocus citizens on the real issues. We see a lot of propaganda about the new voting laws and the voting process we have to share the truth with members of our community and with our friends, she said. Its vital that we make sure every vote counts. The president still needs us and it will be more challenging this time around for him to win thats why we are starting now, Fleuranvil said. By D. Kevin McNeir firstname.lastname@example.com


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text: On 9th September and 1st October at the Teatro Gobetti in Turin, as part of INCANTI, the International Figure Theatre Festival, a rather unusual version of Aida will be presented. Drawing inspiration from the subtlety and the dream-like aspect of shadow theatre, Alberto Colla has written a reduced version for chamber ensemble of Verdi's masterpiece: "Although containing material which has inspired some of the most spectacular staging in the world of opera, (Aida) also contains elements characterized just as markedly by restraint and intimacy, subtle moments of genuine reflection", explains Colla. The dramatic structure remains unchanged, while instrumental interludes "are substituted for the grand choral passages and accompany the shadow puppets which, thanks to their immense evocative power, are able to engage the audience's imagination with a drama that is solemn yet paradoxically both vibrant and ethereal". Additional performances: on 25/10 at Figurentheaterfestival in Mistelbach (Austria), on 16


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Pixel tracker
In situations where you can't or don't want to use JavaScript (for example, HTML emails), the pixel tracker is a simple solution for capturing front-end log data and metrics. It works by embedding a 1×1 transparent image with the log data appended to the URL. To log through the pixel tracker API, you need:
- A log token
- An encoded payload (see below)
- A web page or HTML email to embed it in
How to encode your log dataTo ensure what you're logging doesn't get mangled in a URL, you need to base64 encode it. In a browser, you can convert your data from the JS console as a one-liner. Taking the "Hello, Logentries!" string:
var encoded = encodeURIComponent(btoa("Hello, Logentries")); // => 'SGVsbG8sIExvZ2VudHJpZXM%3D'will give you a properly encoded & formatted payload. If you're building the URLs on the server-side, chances are your language / framework can easily generate a payload. Here's an example using Ruby:
require 'base64' encoded = Base64.urlsafe_encode64("Hello, Logentries!") # => 'SGVsbG8sIExvZ2VudHJpZXM%3D'
Using the APIYou can make a call by building a URL like this:
https://js.logentries.com/v1/logs/TOKEN?e=DATAwhere TOKEN is the log token and DATA is the base64 encoded string. DATA must be assigned to the '?e=' query parameter (you'll get a HTTP 'bad request' response if you leave it out). You change the URL to use unencrypted http as opposed to https, but we don't recommend it unless you have to.
ExampleTo log the string "Hello, Logentries", the URL would look something like:
https://js.logentries.com/v1/logs/13a65478-4fae-42bb-8ce0-a01dd11di50q?e=SGVsbG8sIExvZ2VudHJpZXM%3DYou'll probably want to embed this url in an HTML <img/> tag like this*:
<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Pixel tracker example</title> </head> <body> <img src="https://js.logentries.com/v1/logs/13a65x78-4fae-42bb-8ce0-a01dd11di50q?e=SGVsbG8sIExvZ2VudHJpZXM%3D/> </body> </html>*we made up that token- you'll have to change it for one of your own!


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The TED Conference: 3 Days in the Future
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Published: February 28, 2002
MONTEREY, Calif., Feb. 23 — What preternatural power can prompt Rupert Murdoch, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Richard Dawkins, Neil Simon, Art Buchwald, Frank Gehry and Quincy Jones to sit for hours in a hot room contemplating the nano-sized split ends on gecko toes?
It can only be the TED conference, the three-and-a-half day, $4,000-a-pop annual roundup of brains and glitter in which deep wisdom and technological derring-do are served up on an intellectual pu pu platter by 70 speakers and performers.
This year's conclave, the 17th and the swan song of TED's founder, the impresario Richard Saul Wurman, was billed as "Simply the Greatest Design Conference There Ever Was" (modesty not being one of Mr. Wurman's many attributes). TED stands for Technology Entertainment and Design, a synergy the 66-year-old Mr. Wurman, probably best known for his Access series of travel guides, detected quite early when he dreamed up the conference in 1984.
Lake Wobegon it isn't. In the self-referential utopian community that is TED, even the juggler has a MacArthur fellowship and the neighbors, if not good-looking, are brilliant, fascinating and sometimes astonishingly rich.
Where else but at TED would Mr. Katzenberg, standing Armani-deep in sawdust with Spirit, his stallion and the namesake of his new animated film, be upstaged by Rex, a biologically inspired robot with springy legs and gecko-like feet capable of navigating the outer reaches of the Amazon — specifically, the leg of the Amazon.com founder, Jeff Bezos, a longtime Tedster?
It can get deep. Very deep. Steven Pinker, the eminent cognitive psychologist, found himself deep in conversation with the singer Naomi Judd about the role of the amygdala, the part of the brain that colors memory with emotion; something, he aptly noted, "that would not happen at the meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society."
It happened here one night last week over chicken and polenta at the annual private dinner, given by the New York literary agent John Brockman, formerly called the Millionaires' and Billionaires' Dinner after the rich techies who traditionally flocked to TED. There were still a few members of that endangered species scattered about, among them Nathan Myhrvold, the retired Microsoft chief technology officer, who gave an electrifying discourse at the 1997 TED about dinosaur sex, and Jeffrey Epstein, a financial adviser to billionaires, who flew a bunch of Tedsters to Monterey in his Boeing 727, outfitted with mink and sable throws and a high-altitude lunch catered by Le Cirque 2000.
The formidable galaxy of stars and "deep-headsters," as the brainiest Tedsters are called, however, is eclipsed by the gravitational pull of the event itself. Mr. Wurman, a larger-than-life figure who dresses in white with Missoni scarves, ensures that TED's sweep is vast. Although the presenters included the designers of the Aeron chair and the Audi TT roadster, Mr. Wurman defines design broadly, as the design of life, embracing music, sensuality, understanding and humor. Beneath the zaniness — at one point, Mr. Wurman was swaddled in a musical sumo wrestling costume by the comic Raspyni Brothers — TED is really about the design of creativity and what it means to be human (except when Keith Bellows, editor in chief of National Geographic Traveler, discussed what it means to be a camel).
It is about the inner life of people and things. From the micro (nano-aluminum particles one-50,000th the width of a human hair) to the macro (the design of a country — Afghanistan), this year's TED concerned the search for "common rhythms," as the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who came with eight musicians, put it to a packed crowd in describing the Mongolian fiddle and other exotic instruments from the Silk Road, "the Internet of antiquity."
Presenters whose normal fees often run to tens of thousands of dollars speak for free. They are simply told to tell the truth. "Their groin is unprotected," as Mr. Wurman put it (correctly, since only 3 out of 70 presenters were women). At times, the confab resembled a mass confessional presided over by an overbearing father figure. "It's about what you've overcome," said Rick Smolan, a photographer. "What people want to hear about is how you screwed up."
TED has become a place, perhaps the only place, where, nestled in the warm bosom of fellow elites, luminaries bare their deepest passions and innermost souls. Kary Mullis, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist, spoke of his childhood dreams of launching a frog into orbit, and how he figured out how to do it in his backyard. Josef Penninger, an immunologist and genetic researcher, confessed that the reason he became a geneticist may have had to do with an adolescent mouse phobia. Niels Diffrient, the legendary chair designer, admitted that as a society, "we shouldn't be sitting."
Thus ensues the cult of TED. "He gets all of us to stand up there naked and hope for the best," said Mr. Katzenberg, who resisted going to TED for years. "Inspirational moments are few and far between in any of our lives. When they happen they tend to fuel you in ways you don't even understand."


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Soben R. Huon (born c. 1983) is a beauty queen from Los Angeles, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.
Huon won the Miss Utah USA 2006 title in late 2005 in her first attempt. She represented Utah in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2006. She was also the first minority to win the Miss Utah title. The pageant was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky. Huon was one of twenty six Miss USA Delegates who appeared on a Miss USA special of Deal or No Deal in April 2006, prior to the broadcast of the pageant.
Huon graduated from Millikan High School in Long Beach, California as an honors graduate in 2001. She has since attended Brigham Young University where she will complete a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and International Relations in 2006.
Huon is principal dancer for the Cambodian Classical Ballet, plays the violin and is a self-taught piano player. She is Cambodian-American and speaks fluent Khmer and Deutsch. She is also learning Spanish and French.
From 2004-2006 Huon volunteered for such charities as United Way, Red Cross, MAC AIDS Fundraiser, and Sub-for-Santa, building up over 1500 hours community service. She plans to spend a month in Cambodia and Thailand speaking against and raising awareness on human trafficking.
- BYU student wins crown, BYU NewsNet, 28 November 2005 (accessed 1 May 2006)
- Miss Utah Competing for Miss USA, BYU NewsNet, 28 March 2006 (accessed 1 May 2006)
- Miss Soben Huon Competes For Miss USA Title, Voice of America, 20 April 2006 (accessed 1 May 2006)
- Miss Utah USA vies in Baltimore, Deseret News, 27 April 2006 (accessed 1 May 2006)
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Marin Poole
|Miss Utah USA
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Chalkbot and Angus Beef!
Thanks to Adam Heathcott for calling in today from the Tour de France. He helped develop something for Nike through his work at ad agency Wieden and Kennedy in Portland, Oregon. It's called Chalkbot and you can learn more about it by this link. The cool thing for him is that he has been able to see the impact of his creation live and in person over in France! Here is our interview with Adam when he called in today to explain the effort.
Also-our frinds from McDonald's came by with the company's new Angus Burgers. Moooooo.
Justin also terrorized Pat for clowning on him during a round at Stonelinks Golf Course as part of their "Buzzish Open" event. The course looks and plays beatifully this time of year and was a great jumping off point for the Open Championship watching we all took part in today. John Daly (-2), Bryce Molder (E) and Ken Duke (+1) all performed solidly on day one!
We will continue to update the tournament tomorrow as we wrap up another great week in The Zone!
Tonight join Pat from 5-7pm tonight at Mexico Chiquito on Highway 10 and then Pat and Baz will be at Dickey-Stephens tonight for the annual Diamond Dig after the Travs game!


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Slavic Opera Arias
Beczala has become a welcome guest at Covent Garden in recent seasons, excelling as Rodolfo (La bohème) and in the title role of Faust. In this recital, recorded in his native Poland, he sticks to the east European music that has moulded his finely bladed tenor, finding ample character and variety in a well-balanced programme.
Next to favourite arias from The Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin and The Bartered Bride are jewels from little-known Polish composers (Nowowiejski, Moniuszko) and a string of Russian rarities.
Beczala's open-throated vocalism suggests his ultimate destination may be dramatic tenor repertory.
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Book Recommendation: The Frugal Foodie Cookbook
The focus of The Frugal Foodie is on eating better on less money by making many things from scratch and not wasting food. The recipes are quick and simple and the book is filled with helpful hints and tips, such as how to make your own breadcrumbs, why nonfat milk foams the best, how to make your own salad spinner, and how to grow your own ginger. There are even DIY non-meal recipes for making your own shower gel, coffee scrub, and bathtub tea.
The meals are very inventive and offer a lot of variety. In the pasta chapter, there are several recipes for delicious sauces from Greens and Garlic Sauce to Squash and Sage Sauce. Don't miss the recipe for Exponential Chicken, in which one whole chicken feeds two people for five days. All meals are covered, from breakfast to dinner, including midnight snacks, kids' meals, party planning, brunch and ladies' luncheon ideas. Plus, Starr includes recipes for homemade gifts and homemade candies, which will make this cookbook really useful in the upcoming holidays.
Interested? Get the book at Amazon. The Frugal Foodie blog is at http://frugalfoodiecookbook.blogspot.com.
Frugal Cooking: Eight Ways to Use Leftover Chicken
More With Less: Frugal and Budget Cooking
Tough Times Ahead For Food Snobs?
On Recession Eating & Cooking (It's Not Depressing)
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, said the coronavirus victim was also being treated for "a long-term, complex unrelated health problem" and already had a compromised immune system.
A total of 12 people worldwide have been diagnosed with the disease, six of whom have died.
The virus was first identified last year in the Middle East. Most of those infected had traveled to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Pakistan, but the person who just died is believed to have caught it from a relative in Britain, where there have been four confirmed cases.
The new coronavirus is part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS. In 2003, a global outbreak of SARS killed about 800 people worldwide.
Health experts still aren't sure exactly how humans are being infected. The new coronavirus is most closely related to a bat virus and scientists are considering whether bats or other animals like goats or camels are a possible source of infection.
Britain's Health Protection Agency has said while it appears the virus can spread from person to person, "the risk of infection in contacts in most circumstances is still considered to be low."
Officials at the World Health Organization said the new virus has probably already spread between humans in some instances.


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Sotomayor: Judiciary is Missing a 'Huge Amount of Diversity'
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor thinks a lack of diversity in the judiciary is undermining the public's confidence in the legal system.
After reading passages from her book 'My Beloved World' to an audience at American University's law school in Washington, D.C., the high court's first Hispanic justice fielded questions from students, some of whom brought up the issue of diversity.
The Blog of the Legal Times, which covered the Tuesday event, reports:
"We're missing a huge amount of diversity on the bench," she said, and not just racial or gender diversity. It bothers her that judges rarely come to the bench from the defense bar, from civil rights experience, or from solo or small practices. She stressed that she did not think a more diverse bench would necessarily decide cases differently. "None of us speak in one voice." Instead, enabling the public to see their own backgrounds reflected in the judiciary would "give the public more confidence" that they are getting a fair hearing.
Justice Sotomayor was also asked if there's still a "glass ceiling" in the legal profession, according to the BLT. "Certainly, there is," she replied, telling the audience that "every area of the law is missing diversity."


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Rawson began her career with TxDOT in the Design Division in 1986. She then joined the newly formed Traffic Management Section of the Maintenance Division in which she was a key contributor in the development of the Intelligent Transportation System initiative. She later served as the branch manager of field coordination in the division's Traffic Engineering Section. In 1999, she was promoted to Traffic Operations deputy director. In 2010, she became Traffic Operations division director.
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Adolf Hitler, Directive No. 16 (16th July, 1940)
As England, despite her hopeless military situation, still shows no sign of willingness to come to terms, I have decided to prepare, and if necessary to carry out, a landing operation against her.
The aim of this operation is to eliminate the English motherland as a base from which war against Germany can be continued and, if necessary, to occupy completely.
Adolf Hitler, Directive No. 17 (1st August, 1940)
The Luftwaffe will use all the forces at its disposal to destroy the British air force as quickly as possible. August 5th is the first day on which this intensified air war may begin, but the exact date is to be left to the Luftwaffe and will depend on how soon its preparations are complete, and on the weather situation.
PDF Documents
- Translations of OKW and Führer HQ Directives for the Invasion of the UK
- German Plans for the Invasion of England 1940
- Notes on German Preparations for the Invasion of the UK
- Review of the Possible Scale of Invasion of the UK
William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw), Germany Calling (6th August, 1940)
"I make no apology for saying again that invasion is certainly coming soon, but what I want to impress upon you is that while you must feverishly take every conceivable precaution, nothing that you or the government can do is really of the slightest use. Don't be deceived by this lull before the storm, because, although there is still the chance of peace, Hitler is aware of the political and economic confusion in England, and is only waiting for the right moment. Then, when his moment comes, he will strike, and strike hard."
Gerd von Rundstedt was interviewed by Basil Liddell Hart about Operation Sea Lion in his book The Other Side of the Hill (1948)
As the first steps to prepare for an invasion were taken only after the French capitulation, no definite date could be fixed when the plan was drafted. It depended on the time required to provide the shipping, to alter ships so they could carry tanks, and to train the troops in embarking and disembarking. The invasion was to be made in August if possible, and September at the latest.
The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group. The 16th Army under General Busch was on the right, and the 9th Army under General Strauss was on the left. They were to sail from ports stretching from Holland to Le Havre. The 16th Army was to use ports from Antwerp to Boulogne, while the 9th Army was to use the ports between the Somme and the Seine. No landing was to be made north of the Thames.
We were then to push forward and establish a much larger bridgehead along an arc south of London. It ran up the south shore of the Thames to the outskirts of London, and then south-westwards to Southampton Water.
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Here is the remainder of the section begun in the last post.
Here is the remainder of the section begun in the last post.
Here is the next instalment — a partial section. The rest of the section will likely follow in two days.
So, to make up for yesterday's long text, today's is rather short. It all evens out over the long haul, though.
The next instalment is below. It is slightly longer than the normal post will be (13 verses), but I hated to chop an episode into parts.
Again, feedback is most welcome.
One of our doctoral candidates, John Screnock, and I are finishing our grammatical commentary on the book of Esther for the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible series. As we do final revisions before submitting, I thought it would be useful to post much of the commentary here, in sections of 5-10 verses, in order for potential readers to ask questions, seek clarification, or point out confusing comments or typos. We thus hope to make the product cleaner and more usable. (We posted a shortened version of a section of our introduction, dealing with the historical linguistic profile of Esther, here.)
So, without further ado, below is the commentary for Esther 1:1-9, with subsequent sections to be posted one per day for the next three weeks. Consider yourself solicited for feedback!
*Note that the cross-references to our Introduction are not filled in.
A doctoral student in my department, John Screnock, and I are co-presenting a paper in the SBL Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew section in Baltimore on Sunday. The paper is a much shortened version of a large section of our introductory chapter in the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible volume on Esther that we are writing (the volume is now 99% drafted).
Since we have finished the paper much sooner than I typically do, I have posted the paper and handout below. (It's a relief to anticipate a flight without finishing my paper—what an odd feeling.)
See you in Baltimore!
To follow suit of my co-blogger, here are links to the offprints of my contributions to EHLL that arrive a couple of weeks ago. Without yet having read many of the numerous EHLL offprints from these volumes available on academia.edu, it will be interesting to see how they are received considering the articles appear to at times take diametrically opposite viewpoints on overlapping topics.
One such example came in the immediately-following article to my "Aspect: Pre-Modern Hebrew," the article "Aspect: Modern Hebrew." This latter article quite curiously begins with introducing, among other things, Vendler's four categories of situations. This seems odd only because there is an entire other series of entries on "Actionality (Aktionsart)," to which I contributed the Pre-Modern Hebrew entry, and which is arguably the more suitable location for discussing Vendler's situation categories.
The other curiosity I noticed is that Jan Joosten begins his "Verbal System: Biblical Hebrew" article (which he kindly sent me and has posted on academia.edu) with the statement that the analysis of the system as consisting of a central opposition between qatal (Perfect) and yiqtol (Imperfect) "has proved wrong headed." This stands in direct contrast with my statement about this central opposition in Biblical Hebrew in my "Verb" entry, which surveys the historical development of the Hebrew verb from the ancient period to Modern Hebrew. These volumes would appear to promise an interesting potpourri of perspectives on the Hebrew language.
2013. Actionality (Aktionsart): Pre-Modern Hebrew. Pp. 25–28 in Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Volume 1: A–F, ed. Geoffrey Khan. Leiden: Brill, 1.25–28. (PDF)
2013. Aspect: Pre-Modern Hebrew. Pp. 201–5 in Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Volume 1: A–F, ed. Geoffrey Khan. Boston/Leiden: Brill. (PDF)
2013. Verb. Pp. 896–901 in Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, Volume 3: P–Z, ed. Geoffrey Khan. Boston/Leiden: Brill. (PDF)


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In yet another twist in the beleaguered finishing of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, the state's newspaper trade group is up in arms about a pending bill it says would create a task force to assess the safety of the remaining construction, but shield its work from prying eyes.
The California Newspaper Publishers Association expressed its dismay this weekend about Senate Bill 110, particularly a clause that exempts the prospective "East Span, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Safety Review Task Force" from the Bagley-Keene Act -- which mandates that state agencies' work be conducted in the public eye -- and the California Public Records Act.
It's a hot subject in state government as of late, in light of a proposal by the Legislature and governor to pull state funding for local municipalities to comply with public-records requests. The maneuver was abandoned after generating a torrent of controversy from newspapers and advocacy groups across the political spectrum.
The bill was introduced in January and last amended in mid June. Now, the exemption for the Bay Bridge task force has prompted the CNPA to respond, in advance of the bill's review before an Assembly committee on Tuesday.
"It is through the (public records act) that journalists obtained the information about falsified inspection reports as well as defective bolts and reinforcement rods that was used in the investigative stories published by California newspapers alerting the public and the legislature to the safety hazards that the defects pose in the East Bay span," the organization, which represents the Bay Area News Group, said in a statement.
The group specifically called out bill sponsor State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, in its objection.
But DeSaulnier said the exemption is a routine procedural move dictated by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, which will receive a final report from the task force -- to be composed of seven handpicked experts -- which will then be subject to public-records laws.
"It all becomes public when they issue their report," DeSaulnier said in a telephone interview Sunday. "(The task force) is not taking any action, it's just a report."
DeSaulnier likened the task force to an extension of LAO staff conducting research, which is typically not available for public consumption until their work is finished.
"These aren't appointed or elected officials," DeSaulnier said. "They're only helping the LAO compile the report."
The exemption clause, DeSaulnier added, is "boilerplate language."
It's not the first time work to replace the eastern span has stirred controversy about transparency. In 2005, a state Senate bill to form an oversight committee to speed up and streamline the stumbling project fell under fire from similar watchdogs and advocates. Major recommendations by the committee would have been subject to approval by a larger body, much in the way the new task force would be under the auspices of the LAO.
The CNPA does not appear to be mollified by the government's assurances. It plans to oppose the bill "unless it is amended to remove the exemptions."
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IDEAL: Tammy
DOLL: Tammy by Ideal
MARKS: c IDEAL TOY CORP.//BS12 on head and "c IDEAL TOY CORP.//BS-12//1" on back
DATES OF PRODUCTION: 1962 to 1965
PRICE: $24 to $40 mint no box, $75 to $90 MIB
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COMMENTS: This fashion doll was produced to compete with Barbie. She was never as popular as Barbie (despite wonderful quality clothing) and was discontinued after only a few years of production. Many mothers in the 1960s preferred Tammy to Barbie because of her more--ahem--realistic proportions.
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