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Call me a prude, or a helicopter mom, or stuffy, or whatever. The truth of the matter is, our household was on pins and needles during the Super Bowl. Not because of the game, but because I spent all the commercial breaks and halftime freaking out about what our toddlers were seeing on the television.
We are a one TV home. Our only TV is in the family room, visible to all. Since we wanted to watch the game, our kids were bopping in and out of view of whatever was on TV. They generally ignore commercials, but at halftime, when my 4-year-old daughter started staring in rapt attention at the bedroom-activity-simulation-"dancing" at halftime, I just about went bananas.
Of course, if I'd have made a big deal out of it for her to hear, it would have only made her more curious, so I shot my husband a "you better pause this right now" look and we got her distracted somehow.
I strongly believe in the "garbage in/garbage out" theory. I also strongly believe in keeping my kids as protected from the world as I can, for as long as possible. I know, this will not last forever, and I also know that I might be a little naïve in this (vain?) effort.
Frankly, I don't care.
It's my job as a mom to talk to my kids about age appropriate things and answer questions honestly. In my opinion, however, a 4-year-old should not have any kind of understanding about why "those ladies aren't dressed warmly enough" or what all the (ahem) bouncing is about. And believe me, my 4-year-old is the one who will ask and not be satisfied with pithy, dismissive answers.
It is a sad commentary on our society that we have to worry about watching the Super Bowl with our young kids because they will likely see something we don't want them to see. It is too bad that advertisers, promoters, entertainers and the network don't see this as a chance to put forth a family friendly event that could bring all generations together.
I can't be the only parent out there who feels this way, can I?
Allyson Zadeh is married with two children and another on the way. Read her Wednesdays on Greeley Moms.
It's my job as a mom to talk to my kids about age appropriate things and answer questions honestly. In my opinion, however, a 4-year-old should not have any kind of understanding about why \'those ladies aren't dressed warmly enough\' or what all the (ahem) bouncing is about.


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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are shacking up, US Weekly reports.
According to the magazine, the expectant couple purchased a 10,000-square-foot Bel Air, Calif., home for $11 million. Some of their new neighbors include Jennifer Aniston and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
West, 35, first dropped the bomb that Kardashian was pregnant during a concert on Dec. 30. "Stop the music and make noise for my baby mama," he said referring to Kardashian, who was in the audience. The reality superstar then confirmed the news on her website, writing, "It's true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky ... Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family."
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Gran Turismo 5 & Resistance series to be taken offline
Online multiplayer servers to close this year.
No more single-player-only games from Insomniac
"I can't imagine that any game we'd do from here on out will be single-player only," reveals Ted Price.
Future of Resistance franchise in doubt
Successful PlayStation franchise Resistance, which spawned three Insomniac-developed shooters on PS3 plus two handheld games, could be over.
Insomniac boss explains departure from Resistance
Insomniac head Ted Price has offered an explanation as to why the studio will no longer be working on the Resistance franchise.
Insomniac isn't making another Resistance game
Insomniac has confirmed it won't be making another Resistance game, leaving the future of the franchise on PS3 in doubt.
Insomniac dev wants to develop Resistance 4
Not everyone at the now-multiplatform studio is necessarily ready to say goodbye to the Resistance franchise.
Insomniac not slated to work on Resistance 4
A future instalment in the primary Resistance series could well end up in the hands of a studio other than Insomniac Games, creative director Marcus Smith has revealed.
Insomniac Games announces F2P Global Resistance Online
The developer behind the Resistance: Fall of Man series has announce the strategy MMO Global Resistance Online.
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Antarael, if you have an active Gold subscription, the codes won't work, I don't think. At least, I once tried to redeem a 48-hour code while I had active Gold and it kicked it back and told me I couldn't use them.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
February represents a month of hope.
It represents a month of empowerment.
We are, because they were ... The Moncks Corner Branch of the NAACP celebrated the beginning of Black History Month with a commemorative breakfast on Saturday before a standing room only crowd at the Moncks Corner Masonic Lodge on Hwy. 52.
Part fellowship gathering, part meal and a whole lot church service, the two-hour celebration offered hope, presented personal challenges for area youth to change, and reminded those in attendance that the fight was not yet finished.
The keynote speaker, South Carolina State Representative Joe Jefferson, offered words of hope and reflection
Joe is a man who needs no introduction, said Berkeley County Councilman Caldwell Pinckney during Jeffersons introduction. He is home grown. He is a true public servant. He is a true public servant because he has no love for power but he does have the power of love.
Jeffersons philosophy in life, service to mankind, is a must, he said.
Joe Jefferson is a great role model, not for of himself, but because of what he does for his people, Pinckney said.
Pinckney also challenged his constituents to stand up and shoulder the burden of change.
If we are going to make things better for ourselves then we need to start voting, and change happens one vote at a time, he said. Dont ever say to yourself, that we dont have to go vote today. We need to find ourselves in a voting booth and cast our own vote.
Jefferson spoke about his past during the first signs of change that swept over the South during the 1960s, times Jefferson referred to as, Thank God moments, in his life.
I had the privilege to attend the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, he said. I had the privilege to integrate the bowling alley in Orangeburg back in 1968. I had the privilege to be standing on the front line when they started shooting at us in Orangeburg back in 1968. We realized when they started shooting that they werent shooting over our heads, they were shooting at us and we needed to run.
It was during these moments, and the car accident Jefferson survived a few years back that taught him about lifes precious thread.
There is such a thin line between life and death, he said. Waking up in that wrecked car and not knowing if I were dead or alive ... it taught me that life is but a slip of the moment and the next youre gone.
You need to pray every morning, noon and night, Jefferson added.
Jefferson reminded those in attendance that change didnt come without fight.
I remember going to a restaurant to order food and I had to enter through a side door in order to place my order, he said. I had to wait though until others were served first. And I said to myself, My goodness, this is not right.
I remember going with my uncle, who was sick, to the doctor and sitting in a side waiting room and waiting until the others there were treated first and I thought to myself, My goodness, this is not right.
Jefferson said being a minority was not limited to the color of ones skin.
I realized if you were minority back then, you were a black or a Jew back then, you went through a hard time in America. Those were hard times back then, but things have improved, thanks to the work of the NAACP.
The fight isnt over, Jefferson continued, saying the burden of responsibility rested on the shoulders of today and tomorrows voters.
Theres a saying, that absolute power corrupts absolutely, he said. There should be a balance of power in South Carolina, but there isnt. There shouldnt be one party holding every office in South Carolina, but there is. Something is wrong when a man stands up in the middle of congress to call the President of the United States a liar and then the state elects his son to be the Attorney General.
Jefferson has introduced a bill to the state house that will allow the Sargent at Arms to remove anyone, either Democrat or Republican, who disrupts the assembly and interrupts the Governor. You may not respect the person, but you respect the office.
Jefferson said people today have too many buts in their lives. I would come to the town council meeting, BUT. I would have listened to the Presidents speech last week, BUT. I would have come to the county school board meeting, BUT. Dont let anybody tell you your vote doesnt count, because it does.
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|Substrate-Induced Band-Gap Opening in Epitaxial Graphene
Prospective challengers to silicon, the long-reigning king of semiconductors for computer chips and other electronic devices, have to overcome silicon's superb collection of materials properties as well as sophisticated fabrication technologies refined by six decades of effort by materials scientists and engineers. Graphene, one of the latest contenders, has a rather impressive list of features of its own but has lacked a key characteristic of all semiconductors, an energy gap (band gap) in its electronic band structure. A multi-institutional collaboration under the leadership of researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California, Berkeley, have now demonstrated that growing an epitaxial film of graphene on a silicon carbide substrate results in a significant band gap, 0.26 electron volts (eV), an important step toward making graphene useful as a semiconductor.
First produced as a free-standing layer in 2004, graphene's characteristics—ballistic electron transport (i.e., without electron scattering), electrical conductivity controllable by chemically doping or by an electric field, high thermal conductivity, and high quality and strength—quickly stamped it as a possible material for future generations of semiconductor devices that are faster, smaller, cheaper, and more durable than today's silicon-based devices. However, as a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern, graphene lacks a gap between the top of its valence band and bottom of its conduction band because the two carbon atoms in its crystallographic unit cell see the same atomic environments, a symmetry that causes the two bands to just touch at the vertices of the Brillouin zone (a kind of unit cell in reciprocal or momentum space).
Several promising efforts are underway to induce such a gap by breaking the symmetry (see ALSNews, Vol. 275), but the Berkeley-led group has taken a new approach. In brief, the group grew epitaxial layers of graphene on silicon carbide substrates by thermal decomposition of a silicon carbide surface oriented so that the silicon atoms were exposed. The interaction between the remaining carbon atoms and the underlying substrate resulted in a graphene layer configured in such a way that one of the carbon atoms in each unit cell has a neighboring atom in the atomic layer below and one does not, thus breaking the symmetry.
Working at ALS Beamlines 12.0.1 and 7.0.1 (the Electronic Structure Factory), the group members used angle-resolved photoemission to investigate the electronic structure of the epitaxial graphene. Measurements of the photoemission intensity as functions of the photoelectron kinetic energy and the photoelectron momentum (derived from the angle of emission) yielded a map of the electron band structure (energy vs. momentum) with a sizable energy gap of 0.26 eV at the Brillouin zone vertices. However, the Fermi energy (maximum energy occupied by electrons) was well up into the conduction band, whereas for a normal semiconductor the Fermi energy would be in the band gap.
In additional experiments with increasing numbers of graphene layers, the team found that the size of the energy gap decreased with thickness and all but disappeared at four layers. Finally, detailed measurements of the change in photoemission intensity symmetry around the vertices from six-fold to three-fold near the energy where the extrapolated valence and conduction bands would just meet (known as the Dirac point, see ALSNews Vol. 277) were consistent with the proposed symmetry breaking mechanism, provided that the expected buffer layer of carbon atoms was present between the graphene and the silicon carbide.
Next on the agenda are finding ways to control the width of the band gap, perhaps by using a different substrate material with a different graphene–substrate interaction strength, and to move the Fermi energy from the conduction band into the band gap to allow transistor action.
Research conducted by S.Y. Zhou and A. Lanzara (University of California, Berkeley, and Berkeley Lab), G.-H. Gweon (University of California, Berkeley and Santa Cruz), A.V. Fedorov (ALS), P.N. First and W.A. de Heer (Georgia Institute of Technology), D.-H. Lee (University of California, Berkeley), F. Guinea (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain), and A.H. Castro Neto (Boston University).
Research Funding: National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES); and Berkeley Lab Laboratory Directed Research and Development. Operation of the ALS is supported by BES.
Publication about this research: S.Y. Zhou, G.-H. Gweon, A.V. Fedorov, P.N. First, W.A. De Heer, D.-H. Lee, F. Guinea, A.H. Castro Neto, and A. Lanzara, "Substrate-induced bandgap opening in epitaxial graphene," Nature Materials 6, 770 (2007).


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Ninja and delicious put into one. Being as delicious as a ninja.
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YumeChan, this is my word, I made it up long, long ago and you have no right to use it. So for the time being, you are now my bitch. And if you don't like it, TF.
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Sean Lowe & Catherine Giudici's PDA-Packed Night Out
Arriving around 11:30 p.m., Lowe wore a black leather jacket over a white shirt, while Giudici opted for a little black dress. Although Lowe's DWTS partner Peta Murgatroyd was also in attendance, the couple didn't spend much time with her.
As the night continued, Lowe and Giudici were "very affectionate with each other," an onlooker tells PEOPLE. "At one point around midnight, Sean rubbed Catherine's neck. Later, Catherine grabbed Sean's face and gave him a peck on the lips."
When the deejay played Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," Giudici "got really excited and started dancing" while Lowe watched from a couch.
Even though the pair seemed to be having fun, they called it an early night, leaving around 12:50 a.m.
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to pinch a loaf whilst facing the wrong way on your toilet (facing the cistern)
omg i just hung a fat revert
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Go back to the old way, even if the new way is so much better and more efficient.
Revert that program back to COBOL, C# is just way too cool for this process.
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Someone who used to believe in one thing (Christianity, for example) and who then became a Muslim. In other words, someone who returned to the religion (Islam) that Allah gave to all humantiy.
I became a revert 10 years ago.
dodane przez Karen Hanson styczeń 17, 2004
a retard/pervert hybrid
the ignoramus revert molested another child right in front of a security camera.
dodane przez isdd styczeń 23, 2011
A recidivist pervert.
William was a sick revert...he couldn't resist the urge to expose himself to interns.
dodane przez harry flashman sierpień 09, 2003
Write back, reply: in other words divert my attention back to you. Indian English
I will revert to you in due course. (sign-off for a business letter)
dodane przez Scalytail maj 23, 2005
A person who is very stupid/ignorant. Someone who does not understand anything, or is a loner.
Anders is such a revert.
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Source: Boston Business Journal
quote: Cutting mail delivery down to five days per week will save USPS about $2 billion annually. For fiscal 2012, USPS saw a net loss of $15.9 billion (three times the loss record one year previous).
quote: Good afternoon Mr. Negative
quote: today is Febuary 6th and guess what its still sitting there.
quote: So, go get it. You've known where it is for 10 days. If it's that important go get it.
quote: I don't agree with #2, that is the only thing keeping them alive is bulk mailers.
quote: A lot of the time you can do this sort of thing and wind up making the same overall revenue number, but have much better margin on it.
quote: Make it cost more to send bulk mail, and the volume goes down - meaning you need fewer resources to process it.
quote: The USPS attitude about bulk mailers seems to be we loose money on every transaction but we'll make it up in volume.
quote: 7. Stop using FEDEX as your #1 supplier, by a HUGE margin. Not sure, but when your direct competitor is your top supplier there are some pretty big f'in problems.


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Program Goals | Objectives | Requirements | Academic
Major | Political Science Minor (PLSC) | Pre-Law Emphasis | Course
Political Studies offers an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts academic major. With political science as its core focus, the major includes relevant courses from a number of disciplines, among them economics, geography, history, languages, management and philosophy. The curriculum stresses student mastery of a variety of allied subjects covered within such fields to enhance understanding of the historical, philosophical, methodological, environmental, economic, legal, geographic, linguistic, organizational, international and domestic contexts of politics. The major prepares students for further study in law or graduate school; to enter public service careers in government; to work in the private sector, the policy arena, and/or the political/legislative process; or to conduct research.
The Political Studies academic major requires completion of 48 credit hours selected from a common core of required political science courses and one of five major emphasis fields consisting of economics, environmental studies, history, management, and philosophy, all of which are discussed below. Students must maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA in courses required to complete any one of the seven major emphases. Additional recommended coursework may be taken in a number of disciplines, depending upon approved student interests. It is strongly recommended that students take MATH 150 (Elementary Statistics); PSYC/SOC 390 (Research Methods); and 16 hours (two full years, four semesters, or equivalent preparation) of a foreign language, eight of which are required.
Students choosing a double major or minor in any of the fields included within the political studies major may not apply a course to more than one major or minor.
The courses listed below are required of all political studies majors, regardless of their chosen emphasis.
For course prerequisites please refer to the course descriptions.
Liberal Education Courses
Credit Hours
The following courses, which fulfill LE requirements, are required for
the Political Studies major.
PLSC 101 Introduction to Political Science, LE
PLSC 121 American National Government, LE
Note: Additional LE courses are required depending on the chosen emphasis.
Requirement Description
Foreign Language Requirement
Political Studies majors must complete eight credit hours in a single
foreign language.
Lower Division Political Science Courses
PLSC 101 Introduction to Political Science, LE
PLSC 121 American National Government, LE
Upper Division Political Science Courses
PLSC 303 Public Administration and Bureaucracy (4)
PLSC 348 Congress and the Presidency (4)
PLSC 306 Comparative Political Systems (4)
PLSC 414 International Relations (4)
PLSC 355 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
PLSC 440 Internship in Political Science
PLSC 490 Research Seminar in Political Studies
Students must complete 20 hours of coursework from their chosen emphasis. The following are possible emphases: Economics, Environmental Studies, Globalization, History, Management, Philosophy, and Pre-Law. See listing below for classes included in an emphasis.
The courses listed below are those from which a student can select the remaining
20 hours needed to complete one of the political studies major emphases.
COMM 201 Principles of Editing
COMM 203 Writing for the Mass Media
COMM 240 Introduction to the Mass Media
COMM 306 Principles of Layout and Design
*COMM 310 Professional Writing
COMM 326 Introduction to Web Writing and Design
COMM 336 Public Relations Principles
COMM 337 Public Relations Writing and Campaign Planning
COMM 338 Principles of Advertising
*COMM 340 Communication Theory and Persuasion
COMM 350 Business and Professional Communication
*COMM 201 and/or 203 are prerequisites for these courses
ECON 105 Introduction to Economics as a Social Science, LE
ECON 253 Elementary Macroeconomics, LE
ECON 263 Elementary Microeconomics
ECON 311 History of Economic Thought
ECON 321 Political Economy
ECON 325 Environmental Economics
ECON 418 Economics and the Law
ECON 420 Labor Relations Economics
ECON 449 American Economic Development
PHIL 201 History of Philosophy I (3)
PHIL 202 History of Philosophy II (3)
*PLSC 367 Contemporary Political Philosophy
ANTH 252 Cultural Anthropology, LE
BIOL 210 Environmental Biology, LE
ENGL 357 Environmental Literature
ESS 101 Introduction to Geography
ESS 205 Earth Systems and Global Environmental Change
HIST 320 Environmental History of the United States
PHIL 307 Environmental Ethics
*PLSC 327 Environmental Politics and Policy
ANTH 355 Indian Peoples in the U.S.
ANTH 366 Political Anthropology
*PLSC 306 Comparative Political Systems
PLSC 414 International Relations
SOC 350 Gender in Society
SOC 372 Race, Ethnicity, and Class
HIST 113 Western Civilization, LE
HIST 212 World History to 1500, LE
HIST 220 United States History, LE
HIST 301 Early Mod Eur: Renaissance and Reformation as Gateways to the
Modern Era
HIST 302 Modern Europe: Revolution and Reaction in Modern Europe
HIST 313 United States History Since 1945
HIST 330 Middle Eastern History
HIST 341 Latin American Hist: Revolution in the Americas
HIST 343 History of Mexico: The Quest for Stability
HIST 381 History of Russia
ACCT 213 Accounting Principles
ECON 263 Elementary Microeconomics
MATH 150 Elementary Statistics, LE
MGMT 305 Principles of Management
MGMT 325 Business and Employment Law
MGMT 433 Organizational Behavior
*PLSC 303 Public Administration and Bureaucracy
PHIL 100/100D Introduction to Philosophy, LE
PHIL 102 Critical Thinking, LE
PHIL 206/206D Introduction to Ethics, LE
PHIL 300 Special Topics in Philosophy
1 - 4
PHIL 302 Great Philosophers
COMM 310 Professional Writing
ENGL 371 Advanced Expository Writing
JUST 350 Criminal Law
PHIL 303 Formal Logic
PHIL 312 Applied Ethics
PLSC 367 Contemporary Political Philosophy
SOC 305 Contemporary Issues
*Indicates a required class.
Political Science offers an academic minor focused on the study of political behavior, organizations, theories, research methodologies, and governmental institutions. The curriculum prepares students to enter public service, graduate school, law school, the corporate world, the political campaign process or the legislative process. The minor stresses understanding and analysis of the American political system as well as the examination of changing global political conditions.
Students must maintain a cumulative 2.5 GPA in courses required for the political science minor. Students choosing a double major or minor within the Social Science Program may not apply a class to more than one major or minor except in the case of core requirements.
For course prerequisites, please refer to the course description.
Required Courses
Eight hours of upper division PLSC course work
Four hours of additional political science coursework or coursework in
a related field approved by political science faculty
The term "Pre-Law" does not designate a specific major or preferred undergraduate program at Westminster College as law schools do not favor one major over another. While it is possible to prepare for law school while fulfilling the requirements for any academic major, it is important to take courses that are intellectually demanding and substantive.
Students planning to enter the legal profession should obtain a broad liberal arts foundation. Law schools today are adopting entrance requirements which emphasize the ability to think and write clearly and to read and speak the English language proficiently. Students also need to develop the capacity to think analytically and creatively as well as to understand human values and institutions.
Most students are best advised to pursue a rigorous program that will be challenging and demanding as well as interesting. A double major or a major and minor are recommended. The career plans of some students can affect their choice of major and minor. Preparation for tax law, for example, would be facilitated by an accounting background. Students planning to practice in criminal or family law should concentrate on class work in the social sciences. International law students should master one or more foreign languages. Those interested in corporate law could major in business or management.
During the first semester after admission to Westminster, pre-law students are responsible for requesting from the law school(s) of their choice a list of courses required for admission so they may plan their programs accordingly with the pre-law director in the Social Science Program.
Students who intend to apply for admission to law school should consider the courses listed below to develop skills in areas important for law school success.
Education for Comprehension and Expression in
Recommended Courses
The purpose here is to gain both perception and skill in the English language. Language is the lawyer's working tool. In the drafting of legal instruments, students must be able to convey meaning clearly and effectively.
In oral and written advocacy, students must also be capable of communicating ideas convincingly and concisely. In reception no less than in expression, language is fundamental as the lawyer's medium of communication.
Professional Writing
Introduction to Creative Writing
Creative Writing: Fiction
Advanced Expository Writing
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Public Presentations, LE
Business and Professional Communication
Education for Critical Understanding of Human
Institutions and Values
The purpose here is to develop insight into, rather than merely provide information about, the institutions and values with which man is concerned. Students pursuing a legal career encounter all sorts of these institutions under circumstances in which their conduct necessarily affects the conduct of others in their value choices.
Business and Employment Law
Introduction to Ethics, LE
American National Government, LE
Public Administration and Bureaucracy
Environmental Politics and Policy
Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties
Introduction to Psychology, LE
Social Psychology
Introduction to Sociology, LE
Introduction to Social Theory
Race and Ethnicity
Education for Clear and Creative Thinking
The purpose here is to develop a power to think clearly, carefully, and independently. A large part of the work law-trained people are called upon to do calls for problem solving and sound judgment. This is true regardless of whether they devote their lives to the practice of law, to governmental administration, or to some other endeavor.
Accounting Principles
Managerial Accounting
Quantitative Reasoning, LE
Elementary Statistics, LE
Critical Thinking, LE
Formal Logic
Research Methods


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A favorite print on my wall and one of my favorite children:
Ivy giving LeapFrog a shout out.
Me in the mirrors above my kitchen sink (a la The Nester). This is more than a mirror reflection of me wearing my Joshua Radin tee from Beth and liking my hair today. So fitting with the broom behind me and dirty dishes about to be washed. True reflection of my every day.
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What's at Stake in the 2012 Elections?
By Beth Anne Hendrickson, NAMI Policy Intern
What does this year's election season have to do with mental health? The answer is everything. Candidates elected into office during this time of critical health care debate and reform will make decisions with lasting impact on access to mental health treatment and services. New reforms make mental health parity a requirement and care more affordable, but these policies are still being debated. We need leaders who are ready to move forward to ensure that individuals receive the full effect of intended benefits. For people living with mental illness and their families, much is at stake in these elections. Now is the time for you, NAMI voters, to weigh in and tell candidates, "Mental health care gets my vote!"
We have the opportunity to impact how the nation and health systems view mental illness.
Exercising the right to vote is important in each election, but there are several opportunities in the 2012 elections that make this campaign season imperative to mental health: the timing, NAMI policy priorities, local leadership and the opportunity to connect with candidates.
Timing Is Everything
Reactions to the Supreme Court's June ruling upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) range from cheers to backlash, and everything in between. The debate itself is more than hype and headlines, though. The hot-button issues align with the heart of NAMI's advocacy priorities: protect public mental health funding, expand access to care, and make prompt, effective mental health care available to all in need.
For mental health advocates, these coverage, access and care concerns are nothing new. NAMI, NAMI State Organizations and NAMI Affiliates have been working to advance mental health issues in national, state and local policy for decades. Although the fight for better mental health care is ongoing, these issues are currently in the spotlight, making this election a moment of opportunity to connect with candidates.
The PPACA debate has built a platform for mental health advocates to promote better mental health policy to a wide audience across the political spectrum, including candidates who want to know voter priorities. That means we have the opportunity to impact how the nation and health systems view mental illness.
Candidates and incumbents up for re-election need to become aware of NAMI's mental health policy priorities and form positions on these issues, which affect millions of Americans.
Policies in Limbo
Key legislation and funding measures currently in debate add to the significance of the elections. The bipartisan initiatives included in PPACA mark key victories toward a uniquely American solution, being good for business while reforming a health care system that inefficiently drains the budget and ill-serves those who need care.
Candidates and incumbents up for re-election need to become aware of NAMI's mental health policy priorities and form positions on these issues, which affect millions of Americans.
Yet as the health care debate blazes on, principles that are the foundation of health care reform could be in jeopardy, lost in "who said what" political clash. With this pivotal moment in health care reform, current and future policy-makers need to know what issues take priority in the debate for voters, including mental health. NAMI's trifold policy agenda sets forth key focal points to get the message across to candidates: protect mental health funding, expand coverage, and improve and increase access to mental health services.
Priorities: Protect Funding
Because federal, state and personal pocketbooks are stretched thin, officials at all levels seek to cut excess spending. It is vital to communicate that mental health services have been seriously eroded during the recession and cannot be cut further without serious consequences for individuals, families and communities. The stress of hard economic times should provide incentives to strengthen, not drain, necessary mental health supports. Short-term skimping on the care and services Americans need to live healthier, fulfilling lives undercuts recent advances in recovery-oriented care that now offer a brighter future to people living with mental illness.
Medicaid: Under fire in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on PPACA is the plan to expand Medicaid to cover all Americans with incomes at or below 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Medicaid, a federal- and state-funded health coverage program, currently provides health care services to children, parents and adults with disabilities living in poverty. Medicaid covers more mental health service costs than any other insurer, public or private, and helps children access critical early-prevention care.
The June Supreme Court ruling struck down penalties for states not complying with the PPACA provision extending Medicaid coverage to all individuals with incomes at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty line. Medicaid expansion would provide health care coverage to more than 17 million more Americans.
To some, the decision has provided wiggle room for states not only to refuse to expand Medicaid, but to continue to trim current programs. Budgets remain tight, and states are worried about their ability to pay for Medicaid while maintaining quality of service for more members once federal funds scale back.
The new Medicaid qualifications mean that many more Americans would receive coverage (although a slimmer set of benefits) through what is already America's broadest insurance program. This worries states, which are feeling budget crunches and looking for ways to shave excess spending. While federal funds would pick up the entire tab for new enrollees for the first few years, states would eventually be required to pay 10 percent of expansion costs in addition to an average of 43 percent for current Medicaid enrollees.
As this article goes to print, 13 states are making plans for hefty Medicaid cuts. Some states are tightening eligibility, making it harder for people to qualify for Medicaid. In states not expanding Medicaid, people with incomes below the Federal Poverty Level could be most disadvantaged. These individuals would not qualify for Medicaid but would be required to purchase health care, even though there is no provision for federal insurance subsidies in private health insurance exchange plans for incomes below 100 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
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For the last four years, thirteen year-old Richard Pittsinger has attended Saint Thomas Choir School, the only church related boarding choir school in the United States, and one of only a few choir schools remaining in the world. He is the son of opera singers, David Pittsinger and Patricia Schuman, and has a twin sister, Maria.
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In October 2012, Richard will perform and record the soprano solo in Brahms' Requiem under the direction of John Scott, with the St Thomas Men and Boys Choir and St Luke's Orchestra. In both 2011 and 2012, Richard received the esteemed Donald S Candlyn Award for outstanding solo work, from St Thomas Choir School. He has also recently received the voice ABRSM level 5 with distinction, and piano ABRSM level 3 with merit.


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P 131 E1 upright piano
P 131 E1 upright piano is ranked in highest, master built upright piano series. These are upright pianos with the greatest sound potential that are therefore favourites of demanding professional pianists. They are suited not only to apartment interiors and music schools, but also presentation piano recitals within an orchestra or in different public stages.
The E1 model has a non-traditional music stand, which allows the score to be placed within a wider area and at the height of the pianists eye
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605 mm ° 23,82"
1310 mm ° 51,57"
Width - 1462 mm ° 57,56"
Weight – 230 kg ° 506 lb
Black, high polish 0801
Walnut, satin 2357
Technical description of the PETROF 131 E1 upright piano
upright pianos
are designed by and produced in PETROF company in the
Czech Republic
. P 131 E1 upright piano is the
highest upright piano
model with the
greatest equipment
and is fit for
demanding players
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professional use
, for
specialized music schools
. As with all
PETROF upright pianos
, the P 131 E1 is marked a "
European Excellence
" label, which guarantees the
European origin of the instrument
Technical parameters of the PETROF 131 E1 upright piano
Robust construction from spruce, 5 vertical posts, made in PETROF company.
The solid stable rim supports the tuning stability of the instrument and ensures its total stability. The special constructive modification of soundboard mouldings enable clear and long-lasting tone of upright piano.
Iron plate
PETROF construction, harp shape, agraffe construction, robust, made from grey cast iron in the Czech Republic. Plate working is done in PETROF factory on special CNC machines. Top surface finish is consistent with surfacing of grand piano plates.
Agraffe construction of the iron plate enables exact scale of strings and is the sign of the most advanced upright piano construction.
Hardware fittings
Massive polished brass, lacquered. Made in the Czech Republic.
Hardware fittings are lacquered, corrosion resistant and do not require any maintenance.
Special beech plywood type Multiplex. Original veneer thickness 2 mm compressed to the density 800 – 850 kg/m3 (= 6 veneer layers/cm). High moisture resistant glue.
The pinblock is highly resistant to atmospheric changes (e.g. humidity). It guarantees high stability of tuning.
Sound board
The soundboard is made from solid spruce wood in PETROF company. It is shaped into wedge block. Its active surface is 1,2222 m2.
PETROF sound boards have to go through a special long term moisture conditioning and care during the whole production process which guarantee their exact and equal moisture content. This process increases its resistance to cracking due to climate changes. Surface treatment with PUR lacquer raises its resistivity against climate changes.
The ribs are circular shaped and are made from European spruce wood in PETROF factory. The cross rib is produced from beech wood. The board is enforced by 10 ribs.
The ribs from European spruce supports a crown stability of the sound board.
The bridges are made from solid beech wood in PETROF company.
Agraffe construction in the whole range of 88 tones.
The agraffe construction enables the exact scale of strings and is the sign of the most advanced upright piano construction.
Tuning pins
Steel, nickeled. The pins are produced with high exactness in the Czech Republic.
The tuning pins are corrosion resistant.
Steel wire Mapes USA, Röslau Germany.
Copper winding Degen Germany.
Made in PETROF factory.
Longest string 1135 mm.
The strings are made from string wire of the world´s finest quality.
Hammer heads
There are used top German hammers Renner or Abel in the P 131 E1 upright piano.
Hammer heads are voiced for romantic rounded tones, characteristic for PETROF instruments.
Renner original action.
Petrof moderator.
Action is installed and regulated in PETROF factory.
Renner action is very quick, with good repetition, enables good control in creating tones, provides great feeling from play.
Renner original dampers.
High quality special French felt (Laoureux).
70 dampers.
Keys are produced from the finest spruce wood in PETROF factory.
White and black acrylic tops - Polyplex Sweden.
The keys are carefully individually balanced for 50 - 53 g. The keyboard provides very good feeling from play.
Key bed
Robust spruce sandwich board, two-sided covered by thin chipboard and counterveneer.
The key bed is highly resistant to deformation which is a prerequisite for stable regulation.
Pedals are made from solid brass, produced in the Czech Republic.
The upright piano is equipped with 3 pedals: the right (forte pedal) lifts the dampers, left (piano pedal) draws the hammers near to the strings, the middle controls moderator rail.
Assembly, regulation, voicing of the upright piano
Whole production and assembly of the P 131 E1 upright piano is held in
PETROF factory in the Czech Republic
Mechanism of the upright piano is carefully and repeatedly regulated for standard values so that
stable in the long term,
upright action provides
good feeling during play
, characteristic for
European upright pianos
Hammers are voiced for
soft romantic tone
characteristic for PETROF upright pianos
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Mei Liang returns to the show this week to demonstrate the latest version of the Sample Browser extension for Visual Studio. This extension provides a way for developers to search and download more than 3500 code samples from within Visual Studio, including over 700 Windows 8 samples and more than 1000 All-In-One Code Framework customer-driven code samples. Mei shows us not only the extension, but also the standalone version of the Sample Browser.
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November 21, 2012
Tygarts Valley standout Shanda Howell has signed a letter-of-intent to play college basketball next season at Davis & Elkins College. "We're excited to get her," D&E coach Jason Asbell said....
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More than two dozen KeyBank card users, mostly from the Town of Tonawanda and a few from Amherst, have had their accounts breached, according to local police, in what may be the latest round of fraud stemming from a breach at a prominent local fast-food restaurant.
KeyBank debit cards or credit cards of area residents have been used recently to make unauthorized purchases all over the country, and police are investigating the possibility that, as with similar cases last year, the breach in security may involve Ted's Jumbo Red Hots.
The purchases have involved everything from Visa cards to pool supplies and were made in Florida, North Carolina, California, Montreal and other cities, as well as locally. The purchases were made between Jan. 20 and Sunday.
"I've got 24 reports of people's cards being used all over the country," Tonawanda Police Capt. Peter Klipfel said Monday.
Tonawanda police posted an alert to residents on the department's Facebook page and encouraged all KeyBank customers to check their accounts to make sure they weren't victimized.
Amherst police said they received three or four similar reports, all involving KeyBank cards, during the last week. Cheektowaga had one report of someone using a KeyBank credit card to make two purchases totaling $688 at a Tops store in Buffalo. The victim was still in possession of the credit card that was charged.
Some police investigators suspect a problem on KeyBank's end, but corporate officials at the Cleveland-based bank were adamant Monday that the breach occurred at an "area merchant," though they could not explain why only KeyBank customers were contacting police.
"There was no breach at Key," KeyBank spokeswoman Therese J. Myers told The Buffalo News. "Key's systems are safe and secure." Instead, she said that industry sources have told the bank that the breach "occurred over some weeks at multiple locations of a local fast-food chain."
There were rampant reports of such a breach late last year that also affected customers of other banks, including Buffalo-based First Niagara Bank and Angola-based Evans Bank. In both cases, that chain may have been Ted's Jumbo Red Hots, the region's best-known hot-dog retailer.
A Ted's spokesman acknowledged Monday that the company was hit last year by a security breach that was identified by First Data Corp., its national credit card and debit card transaction processor.
First Data notified Ted's on a Friday in late September and directed the chain to take several specific steps to "make sure that our systems were fully secure," said the spokesman, who did not want to be identified because he also does work for other companies.
"We didn't discover specific problems, but we definitely tightened up our security," he said. The spokesman said the processing company thought that the data theft was the result of computer hacking and not an "inside job" by a Ted's employee.
More recently, the Ted's spokesman said the company received calls within the last week from First Data and the U.S. Secret Service, which investigates financial crimes. The Secret Service was inquiring about credit card fraud in any of the company's restaurants, while First Data told Ted's that authorities had someone in custody in connection with the thefts.
Meanwhile, Myers said, KeyBank has "elevated our monitoring on all potentially affected debit and credit cards in the area." She also said the cases involve "compromised cards" and not identity theft, because it doesn't appear that personal ID such as Social Security numbers or dates of birth were involved.
Any Key client who may have been affected would be contacted by Key officials by phone, Myers said.
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Miranda Lambert: Dog Betty Is a Daddy's Girl
"I have two small dogs, Delta and Cher, so they are usually the ones who go on tour," she told PEOPLE.
Though sometimes, it's not always her the dogs want to be with.
"Betty is one of our dogs that we take on tour with us as well, but she's kind of a daddy's girl," Lambert said, "so she hangs out with Blake a lot."
But while the couple's pooches tend to play favorites, the Grammy nominee says she has no such preferences, referring to her home as a "full-on farm." "I have a huge passion for rescuing animals," she notes.
That attitude is part of why on Jan. 23 in Glendale, Calif., the singer helped launch The Pedigree Feeding Project, a new initiative by the company to supply one pet shelter in a worthy community with a year's supply of dog food. And having rescued a shelter pup herself, Lambert personally understands the campaign's importance.
"I have a Chihuahua that I got at a shelter at 4 weeks old and I have to remind her of her roots," she said. "I tell her that she did not grow up in Bel Air. She came from a shelter in east Texas. I have to keep her humble."


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Educator receives statewide recognition
September 29, 2012
Tygarts Valley Middle/High School is proving to be a leader in tobacco-use prevention and reduction. The charge is being led by Joan Tacy, who was recognized Friday with the Sue Niestroy Wilson Award....
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I'll start with my five favourite Joshua performances:
1. 2012 Lake Placid Junior Grand Prix - Long Program (Rachmanoff's 2nd) - the first quad toe, a gorgeous program, and smashing the competition by 36 points!
2. 2012 Junior World Championships - Short Program (Clair de Lune) - this is just gorgeous, and so effortless, so light.
3. 2013 US National Championships - Short Program (Bach Cello Suite) - such a mature, fantastic program
4. 2013 Junior World Championships - Long Program (Rach again) - apart from the fall, just magnificent.
5. 2013 Junior World Championships - Ex - "Ain't No Sunshine" - I wish he'd quit the emo ex's, but this one is quite lovely.


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KAANAPALI - The EA Sports Maui Invitational has been good to North Carolina.
The last two times the Tar Heels have won the event, in 2004 and 2008, they went on to the NCAA championship in the same season.
"It does give you a great deal of confidence," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said at a news conference Sunday morning at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa, a day before play was to begin at the Lahaina Civic Center. "In a field like they normally have here and in a field like they have here again, it gives you some confidence straight out that you are going to be a very good basketball team."
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Roy Williams, shown during a news conference Sunday, guided North Carolina to Maui Invitational and NCAA titles in the 2004-05 and 2008-09 seasons.
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The coaches in this year's Maui Invitational (from left) — Butler's Brad Stevens, Marquette's Buzz Williams, Mississippi State's Rick Ray, North Carolina's Roy Williams, Texas' Rick Barnes, Chaminade's Eric Bovaird, Southern California's Kevin O'Neill and Illinois' John Groce — pose Sunday at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa.
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ESPN's Jay Bilas has a laugh while moderating a news conference.
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The Tar Heels won Maui titles on their last two trips with stars on the mend.
"In '04-'05, Raymond (Felton) went down and we thought he might have broken his wrist and, you know, he plays with a cast on most of the whole tournament," Williams said. "In (2008), we were concerned about Tyler Hansbrough, about how much he could play. We didn't play him in the first game.
"You have to handle some adversity and you are playing some really, really good teams. If you are successful in all of that, I do really believe that this tournament will give you a great deal of confidence."
North Carolina, ranked 11th in the nation by The Associated Press, opens with Mississippi State at 1 p.m., and Williams plans to use most of his roster.
"We will be playing 10, 11, 12 guys the first half of every game and we will continue to do that," he said. "I think each game your freshmen are going to take it right between the eyes, they have no idea what is going to happen,"
The Tar Heels arrived on Maui after two easy wins at home and a 78-63 victory at Long Beach State on Friday.
"When we went to Long Beach I told the team the level of competition is being raised and so now I told them again yesterday, 'Now, it is raised again,' " Williams said. "So we will know a lot more about our team because it is a lot better competition, doing it three days in a row without a lot of scouting time, a lot of preparation time, we will see how they make adjustments on the fly because that is what you have to do in this kind of thing."
Mississippi State is making its tournament debut, as is Butler. Both teams bring 1-1 records to Hawaii.
"We have a pretty good idea of what we are capable of in a good way and what we are capable of doing in a bad way already in a young season," said Butler coach Brad Stevens. "I want to see if (a loss to Xavier on) Tuesday was an aberration or if it was something that we have real valid concerns with."
Butler opens with Marquette today at 10:30 a.m.
"We have a really good opportunity in playing Marquette, they will test us and challenge us as much as anybody would," Stevens said.
Butler lost the 2011 NCAA final to Connecticut, which had also won the Maui title earlier that season. That was the second of back-to-back NCAA finals for the Bulldogs, success that Stevens feels has delivered appearances in events like this one.
"I think it happened because of it," he said. "I think that our scheduling in general has elevated itself every year because of the notoriety and I think that is a really good thing. When I first started, when I was a young assistant, I couldn't get games. I sure as heck couldn't get a sniff in Maui and so being able to be here is really a bucket list type thing for our program. We have experienced a couple of those in the last few years and this is as good as it gets in the preseason."
Texas, which like Butler and Marquette received votes in the AP poll without cracking the top 25, will meet host Chaminade today at 4:30 p.m.
"I really feel that this is the premier event, and along with about everybody who knows anything about college basketball, this is the start of the college basketball season," Longhorns coach Rick Barnes said. "You come with different teams every time, but this year being as young as we are, the competition is there for us to grow in a lot of different areas."
Today's final game is at 7 p.m., between Illinois and Southern California.
Barnes said the event can springboard a team to a successful season.
"When you get to that time of the year when you get to the NCAA tournament, you may think that this tournament was so far back in the season, but I do think that there are a lot of good things that can come out of this tournament at this time of year," he said. "You are going to see teams that leave here that are going to continue to get better."
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MOVIES: Opening Friday, "Cirque de Soleil: Worlds Away 3-D (PG), "Jack Reacher" (PG-13); opening Wednesday, "Les Miserables" (PG-13); "Parental Guidance" (PG).
NEW ON DVD: "Pitch Perfect" (PG-13), "Trouble With the Curve" (PG-13), "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days" (PG); "10 Years" (PG-13).
CONCERTS: Jeremy Hoyle with Alun Piggins and Kevin Greene, 8 p.m. Friday, Tralf, 622 Main St.
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, 9 p.m. Saturday, Tralf, 622 Main St.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, 3 and 8 p.m. next Thursday, First Niagara Center, 1 Seymour H. Knox III Plaza.
THEATER: "Max and Ruby in the Nutcracker Suite," 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda.
EXHIBIT: "The Science of Sports," through Jan. 6, Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway.
It's that time of year again … the holidays. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus or just the New Year, consider these tips when planning your next holiday party.
1. Have a theme. Having a themed party makes the planning much easier. You can buy themed supplies such as Christmas lights, appropriately colored streamers, and even the beverages can be dyed with food coloring. You don't have to spend a lot to spread a little holiday cheer!
2. Shed light on the subject. Decorating your venue with Christmas lights may sound cheap, but nothing can brighten up the room more than a few strings of twinkling lights to make you feel festive.
3. All gamed out? If your guests grow tired of playing games then you can always resort to holiday movies and reruns of holiday episodes from sitcoms. Showing the Christmas episodes of "Friends," "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Frasier" is always a hit.
4. Tunes. You don't always have to play "Jingle Bell Rock" while exchanging gifts. Stick to a playlist that's classic, varied and not obnoxious. The smooth melodies of a saxophone can be just as effective in setting the winter mood to your party versus blaring vocals or modern remakes of old songs.
5. Sweets for the sweet. Holiday parties are the perfect place to serve homemade cookies, hot chocolate and candy canes. If you don't have time to labor over the stove and perfect those cookies, make it a potluck so each guest is responsible for bringing a treat. Guests are always glad to bring their own traditions to the table, and exchange recipes with one another.
6. Oh, goody! Goody bags are a must at every party. "I always give a small inexpensive hostess gift for everyone to go home with," says party planner Denise Christopoulos. "It always brings a smile, and people love going home with something."
Symphony Spaces' Selected Shorts is sponsoring the 2013 Stella Kupferbery Memorial Writing Contest. The theme is "Complicated Famlies." The winner will receive $1,000. Entries must be no more than 750 words. The story must have a title and never previously published. The deadline is March 15, 2013. For more information, visit www.selectedshorts.org/.
"I met Aretha Franklin at Clive Davis' birthday party. I was totally freaking star-struck, and my husband was like, 'Go say hi,' but I didn't want to bother her. I turned into a 3-year-old – she's up there with Frank Sinatra for me."
– Alicia Keys on the last time she was star-struck, in People magazine
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Top Definition
to feend exesively , to crave heavily
i'm jones'n for a line
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Can you define these popular missing words?
To really crave something. Such as a food or drug that gives you pleasure or relief.
"I'm really jones'n for a cigarette right now."
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to engage in conversation with the opposite sex, both on the phone and in person, or to spend time with them. due to this, there is a severe decrease in the amount of time spent with one's bros. sometimes, a disease can develop which leads to one becoming addicted to jones'n which is called jones mcnasty aka james yi or erinn knox.
matt: yi, you have been jones'n all day with that girl, and you haven't gotten anything
yi: man shut up you a beech
matt: JONES MCNASTY
yi: man shut up you a beech
matt: JONES MCNASTY
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chillin, or having fun
AJ: yo let's go to the party, mad girls are going to be there son.
Ed: aiite man, we jones'n tonight!!!
Ed: aiite man, we jones'n tonight!!!
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To excessiveley masterbate in one day until the shaft is brutally raw.
Damn all that jones'n made me tired.
Only if I jones'd more I'd be like Long Dong Silver
Only if I jones'd more I'd be like Long Dong Silver
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Early this afternoon I stepped out and saw this sky. I could watch clouds forever. At night, during the day, watching them pass. Wondering where the sky begins and ends. Beautiful. My favorite.
November 28, 2007
Clouds Today
Early this afternoon I stepped out and saw this sky. I could watch clouds forever. At night, during the day, watching them pass. Wondering where the sky begins and ends. Beautiful. My favorite.
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It went from sunny here to looking like it would rain any second. I didn't even see this sky you photographed!ReplyDelete
Great cloud picture. :) I like taking pictures of them, too.ReplyDelete
Cactus was a good guess, but not quite right. :) The whole picture is here: http://writingmom.bravejournal.com/entry/29129
Hear Hear - I totally agreeReplyDelete
the sky is one of my all time favorite things! im obessed with taking pictures of it :) nice to see someone else appreciates it too!ReplyDelete
what a beautiful picture Steph... you are really good at this.ReplyDelete
"wondering where it begins and ends"ReplyDelete
so true. thanks for the pretty pic!
im tagging you for a meme (if thats ok) its the first letter of your name one on my blog - if you dont have time to do it thats ok, let me know & ill nominate someone elseReplyDelete
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Yes they are very beautiful..Gods nature.ReplyDelete
That is a beautiful shot. Breathtaking!ReplyDelete
That is beautiful! It's rainy here this morning (which is a welcome treat since we live in Southern AZ where the sun shines almost every day of the year...).ReplyDelete
This is one of the most beautiful pictures of a sky I've seen!ReplyDelete
Beautiful... here the skies are just grey, snow-filled heavy things.ReplyDelete
It's a different kind of beautiful. I used to take the Indiana skies for granted. Thanks for reminding me how great they really are!ReplyDelete
what a gorgeous sky!ReplyDelete
I *love* clouds and cloud watching! If I could paint, I would just paint clouds and skies.ReplyDelete


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Aquatic invasive species (AIS) are known by many names—nuisance species, exotic species, non-indigenous species, or just pests. These plants and animals, like purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and the European green crab (Carcinus maenas) have forever changed the ecology and economy of Massachusetts. To address these threats, a variety of state and federal agencies and nonprofit organizations have formed the Massachusetts AIS Working Group. With leadership from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), this group works to prevent new introductions and manage the impact of AIS already established in the Commonwealth.
To achieve this goal, the AIS Working Group published the Massachusetts Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan in 2002 and is focusing on:
- Prevention and Education - The most effective approach to managing AIS is to prevent introductions in the first place, and Massachusetts is involved with several prevention and education efforts to preempt arrivals.
- Early Detection, Monitoring, and Species Identification - Early detection and citizen monitoring efforts increase the possibility of successful management.
- Data and Information Sharing - Data collected through CZM's AIS program is accessible through web-based data management tools.
- Rapid Response - If an aquatic invasive species is perceived to be an ecological or economic threat, a rapid response is critical for a successful eradication.
- Control - When a species cannot be eradicated, continued control efforts are necessary to minimize ecological and economic impacts.
This website also includes:
- Background on Aquatic Invasive Species - This section includes information on the problems caused by AIS and what is being done locally and regionally to address these problems.
- Project Partners - Numerous state, federal, and local partners are involved in the Massachusetts AIS effort.
- Links/Resources - This page includes links to additional resources for species identification, research, management, and other initiatives.
- Publications - This page includes an annotated listing of all CZM publications related to AIS.
- Contact Us - If you are interested in getting involved or have any questions about AIS, please see this page for information on contacting the CZM AIS program.
If you think you have identified a NEW Aquatic Invasive Species, take a picture and report it.


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Dear Reader,
In October 2011, Chosen By Fate, Book 2 in the "Para-Ops series", releases. One only has to look at the book's fabulous cover to know this story's a tad different, even for a paranormal romance. The heroine, Wraith, is literally the walking dead, a female with no memory of her human life, no pulse, no fingerprints, and no monitorable brain activity. Worst of all, she can't be touched without feeling pain. So what's a 5'9″, blue-skinned, white-haired, hazy-eyed female to do? Talk loud, kick butt, and never show she's afraid.
Only…Wraith is afraid. Afraid of dying (again) before finding out who she was and afraid of dying without truly mattering to someone. That's where the hero, human shaman Caleb O'Flare comes in. Caleb cares for his teammate Wraith and will do almost anything for her—but he can't stand the thought of touching her and causing her pain. It takes a mission investigating crimes in the feline community for this pair to finally accept that love is worth any risk, be it pain or death.
Sometimes it's hard to remember that the absence of pain doesn't necessarily equate to happiness. In fact, some of our most cherished life experiences cause us pain at one point or another, whether it's physical or emotional. Even so, is pain a necessary ingredient for joy? For a life well lived? I'm not quite ready to concede that either. But I enjoyed exploring this issue through Wraith and Caleb's eyes. When I was done writing their story, I was even more convinced of one thing—love heals. I hope that's one message readers will take away from the story, as well.
In this series, each member of the Para-Ops team challenges the other; in the process they shed light on the things that bind us: flaws, attributes, primal fears and basic desires. I look forward to hearing what you think of Chosen By Fate and its predecessor, Chosen By Blood.
Follow the link below to an excerpt of Chosen By Fate. Thanks so much for taking the time to learn about me and my books! Wishing you all the best.
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Football Names Captains for 2014 Season
Ball State fourth-year head football coach Pete Lembo has announced the team captains for the 2014 season – Jahwan Edwards, Ben Ingle, Brian Jones, Nick Miles and Jacob Richard.
"We discuss leadership with the entire team and the player's leadership council on an ongoing basis," Lembo said. "As far back as the start of the spring semester, I asked the players, assistant coaches and support staff to consider who our most visible leaders should be for the 2014 season. I greatly appreciate all the consideration they put into this important decision. We have had some excellent captains the last three seasons and I am sure this group will meet the high expectations that have been established."
Edwards, a senior running back, was a All-Mid-American Conference Second Team choice last season after setting the Ball State career record for rushing touchdowns (39) despite being only a junior. Edwards has 12 career games with 100 or more yards rushing and is only the sixth player in Ball State history to rush for 3,000 or more yards in a career and now has 3,306.
Ingle, a junior linebacker, was a 2013 All-MAC Second Team selection after starting 11 games last season. Ingle has tallied 128 career tackles and has added one interception and one sack for the Cardinals in his first three seasons.
Jones started 12 games in 2013 and has made 18 career starts in his first three seasons. The senior safety had a career high 13 tackles vs. Toledo and has managed 164 in his career. Jones also registered his first career sack in 2013 and has one career interception.
As a defensive end, Miles started 12 games last season and managed 42 tackles with five sacks a year ago. Miles tallied his first career fumble recovery at Akron and his first career blocked kick at Eastern Michigan last season.
Richard, a junior center, was a 2013 All-MAC Third Team selection. He started 12 games last season and has started 16 games in his career. Richard began his Ball State career as a walk-on for the Cardinals in 2011.
"It has been very beneficial to have our captains in place prior to the start of summer workouts," Lembo said. "This gives them an opportunity to work closely with strength coach Dave Feeley and allows them to take ownership of the team before preseason camp begins. It is also important our new players have some veteran leaders to connect with when they arrive for the bridge program in the second summer session."
Ball State, which finished the 2013 campaign with a 10-3 overall record and an appearance in the GoDaddy Bowl, will open the 2014 season Aug. 30 at home vs. Colgate.


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Windows Scenic Animation Overview
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Smooth animations are fundamental to many graphical UI applications, and Windows 7 introduces a native animation framework for managing the scheduling and execution of animations. The animation framework supplies a library of useful mathematical functions for specifying behavior over time and also lets developers provide their own behavior functions. The framework supports sophisticated resolution of conflicts when multiple animations attempt to manipulate the same value simultaneously. An application can specify that one animation must be completed before another can begin and can force completion within a set time. The new framework also helps animations determine appropriate durations
Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Windows Ribbon Scenic Animation product team members Paul Kwiatkowski and Paul Gildea as we explain Windows Scenic Animation, why we need it, and which components of Windows use this amazing technology. Paul also has few cool demos that show the real power of this technology.
For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.
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So now we have yet another way to draw things on the screen? Why not focus on WPF and managed code? The animation system in there is easy to use and is very capable.
RHM has it pretty dead on. I have been a huge MS fanboy forever (even worked for them for a short while). For the last year I have been heavily investing in learning WPF and was extremely excited as to the potential, yet disappointed at the immaturity.
Yesterday I got my first Mac. After one day experience on the Mac as a multiple developer/engineer certified MS professional I am in shock how far behind windows is. I finally understand why Mac usage is on such a quick rise lately.
I know major projects take years at MS (at one time I was offered a sr position on the Win32 replacement team, 5 years later WPF was announced). If MS does not already have a major step beyond WPF in late development they can kiss their market lead goodbye. I was semi interested in Windows 7, but after one day with a Mac I am not even going to bother.
Why there's so much latency there? If you look when he drags the object with finger they come far behind, quite annoying and establishes a "slow piece of ..." feel. There have been touch ui's with faster reaction so it's possible..
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Pest Control Products: Fly Traps, Fruit Fly Traps
Fly control Traps can include fly lights that require glue boards, executors and sticky fly traps. There are large selections of fly control products that are very effective in attracting and controlling flies in and around a structure. Catchmaster offers different size glue board traps with added attractants for luring the flies onto the glue surface.
The Spider Web trap is a 8 foot glue surface that can be hung above the floor to capture flies as they land to the rest of the surface of the trap. It is recommended to use multiple methods of fly control to be more effective.
Multiple methods will reduce the number of flies in an area quickly and effectively. When looking for fly control methods fly traps are an effective, cost effective and efficient method of fly control.


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quote: The biggest challenge to both Microsoft and Apple is how to price their products cheap enough to defeat this incredible price undercutting strategy.
quote: The same will happen to mobile devices as Android is already a competent "good enough" platform with plenty of developers support. The low price strategy will win the war unless Microsoft and Apple do something quickly.