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Relief agency to end aid to N. Korea The World Food Program will halt efforts at year's end. The nation says it can take care of the hungry.
December 16, 2005
By Tim Johnson INQUIRER FOREIGN STAFF
The World Food Program will halt humanitarian aid to six million North Koreans at the end of this month because the North Korean government says it now has enough food to feed its hungry people, the program's director said yesterday. The director, James Morris, said his agency believed that "there still is a food shortage in the country" and that as many as a third of North Korean women remained anemic and in need of nutritional help. The closure of the humanitarian assistance comes as North Korea is expelling about a dozen nongovernmental aid groups after European condemnation of its human-rights record.
U.N. to cut off food aid to North Korea
December 21, 2003
By Tim Johnson INQUIRER FOREIGN STAFF
Food rations for more than three million hungry North Koreans will end within weeks because the country's leaders refuse to let donor nations adequately monitor how food aid is delivered, the chief of the U.N. World Food Program said yesterday. "Progress is seriously at risk, especially to feed children," said James T. Morris, the U.S. executive who now heads the U.N. food agency. "It's a very serious problem. " Sometime in January, Morris told reporters in Beijing, emergency food handouts to three million North Koreans will halt.
Aid for Somalis stymied
July 23, 2011
By Abdi Guled, Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda-linked extremists in Somalia vowed to keep most international aid workers out of the country despite a worsening famine, and the United Nations warned Friday that 800,000 children could die in the region from starvation. Frustrated aid groups said they wanted to deploy more food assistance in Somalia but did not yet have the necessary safety guarantees to do so. The anarchic country has been mired in conflict for two decades, and its capital is a war zone.
The crisis outside the spotlight Niger's plight goes unnoticed
August 15, 2005
By Ken Dilanian INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Last fall, long before millions danced the night away at Live 8 concerts designed to spur action against Africa's poverty, experts were predicting that large numbers of people would go hungry this summer in the West African nation of Niger. And just a month before Jay-Z and Dave Matthews wowed huge crowds on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a top U.N. official warned that 150,000 of Niger's children would die unless a major relief effort was mounted. His statement got almost no media coverage.
N. Korea's Food Supply Exhausted, U.n. Says Starvation Looms Without ``urgent'' Aid, According To The World Agency. U.s. Officials Are Skeptical.
June 5, 1997
By Peter Slevin, INQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU
In its grimmest assessment yet, the United Nations reported yesterday that North Korea is quickly running out of food, leaving the government food system "on the verge of collapse. " Recent donations by the United States and other countries are too small to feed a hungry population, according to the U.N. World Food Program, which said Koreans would starve without "urgent" international action. "We're seeing a lot more malnourishment now than before. It's increasing very quickly and spreading very rapidly," said U.N. spokesman Michael Ross.
U.s. Visitor Says N. Korean Secrecy Hurts Aid
August 27, 1997
By Jennifer Lin, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Back from a trip to reclusive North Korea, a Republican congressional aide warned yesterday that the Communist nation's obsession with secrecy was hampering world efforts to help solve its food crisis. Mark Kirk, counsel for the House International Relations Committee, said North Korea must allow foreign relief workers to track how aid is delivered to the hungry. The issue is important because of suspicion that while North Korea faces mass starvation, the government is diverting food from hungry children and giving it to its army, one of the largest in the world.
Video games get serious, with a niche to promoting social awareness
December 5, 2011
By Carolyn Davis, Inquirer Staff Writer
The helicopter hovers over the troubled nation of Sheylan, which is limping from drought and civil war. An aid worker turns to you and tells you to conduct an aerial assessment of the crisis and find those in need of food. You nod to the avatar, hunker down in front of your computer, and move your mouse to guide the chopper and scour the fictional scene. It's a video game - but not just any video game brimming with animated adventure. Food Force is part of a broad genre called serious games, and a niche within it whose mission is social awareness and change.
As World Views Somalia, Sudan Slips Into Disaster Its Suffering Is Almost Unseen By Outsiders.
September 18, 1992
By Rick Lyman, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
In Sudan, 900 miles to the west of Somalia, famine and war are, almost without world notice, producing the same kind of horrific conditions that are ravaging Somalia. Hundreds of thousands are trapped in squalid refugee camps, slowly starving to death because sufficient food cannot reach them. Dead bodies litter the roadside, while all around an endless civil war rages. At the other end of the Horn of Africa from Somalia, in the southern Sudanese town of Juba, an estimated 300,000 people are steadily descending into a Somalia-like nightmare.
U.n. Official: N. Korean Food Crisis Worsening Floods Have Ruined Crops For The Second Straight Year. Food Supplies Should Run Short By April.
September 14, 1996
By Jennifer Lin, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The food crisis in North Korea will drag into next year and cause more malnutrition-related illness and deaths among children and old people, the outgoing head of the U.N. food program in North Korea warned yesterday. Robert Hauser, who spent the last five months in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for the U.N. World Food Program, said a flood this summer had ruined 10 percent of the country's harvest, which for the second year in a row will leave North Korea without enough food to feed its 22 million people.
Crisis in Niger Slow to react - again
August 17, 2005
A fateful gap usually occurs between the early warning signs of a hunger crisis and the moment international donors begin to address the rising calamity. Most donations of money and food come after the media broadcast images of emaciated suffering, not in the early days when timely effort could reduce or avert suffering. How many more hollow-eyed children must stagger into feeding centers before wealthy nations and international organizations learn to take a proactive approach to poverty and hunger?
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June 8, 2013
By Loveday Morris, Washington Post
BEIRUT - The United Nations made the largest humanitarian appeal in its history Friday, sharply increasing its estimate for the funds needed for Syria, as rights groups said it must do more to ensure its aid cannot be used by President Bashar al-Assad as a weapon of war. U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said that with half the Syrian population - more than 10 million people - expected to need aid by the end of the year, the U.N. and its partners will...
Video games get serious, with a niche to promoting social awareness
December 5, 2011
By Carolyn Davis, Inquirer Staff Writer
The helicopter hovers over the troubled nation of Sheylan, which is limping from drought and civil war. An aid worker turns to you and tells you to conduct an aerial assessment of the crisis and find those in need of food. You nod to the avatar, hunker down in front of your computer, and move your mouse to guide the chopper and scour the fictional scene. It's a video game - but not just any video game brimming with animated adventure. Food Force is part of a broad genre called serious games, and a niche within it whose mission is social awareness and change.
'Like unplugging life support'
November 30, 2011
By Malkhadir M. Muhumed, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya - Aid workers and Somalian residents expressed outrage Tuesday after the extremist organization al-Shabab banned 16 aid groups from its territory, a decision that officials said puts tens of thousands of sick mothers and malnourished children at risk. Tens of thousands of Somalis have died from drought and famine-related causes this year, and the United Nations estimates that 250,000 people still face starvation in a country plagued by violence. Somalis expressed sadness and anger at al-Shabab's decision, one that could further damage a group highly unpopular in many Somalian circles because of its strict social rules and harsh punishments such as amputations and stonings.
Inquirer Editorial: Help a nation that can't help itself
August 17, 2011
What do you do with a Somalia? Americans have wanted to have as little to do as possible with the East African nation ever since 19 U.S. soldiers were killed in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, made famous in the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down , which was based on a book by former Inquirer reporter Mark Bowden. But Somalia won't let this country, or any other, it seems, forget that it is still here. It has become the very definition of anarchy, with only a semblance of a government that can do little to control the terrorists, pirates, and warlords who make life in the country miserable.
U.N. plans Somalia food airlift
July 26, 2011
By Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
DOLO, Somalia - The United Nations will airlift emergency rations this week to parts of drought-ravaged Somalia that extremists banned it from more than two years ago - a crisis intervention to keep hungry refugees from dying along what an official calls the "roads of death. " The foray into the famine zone is a desperate attempt to reach at least 175,000 of the 2.2 million Somalis whom aid workers have not yet been able to help. Tens of thousands have trekked to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, hoping to get aid in refugee camps.
Aid for Somalis stymied
July 23, 2011
By Abdi Guled, Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda-linked extremists in Somalia vowed to keep most international aid workers out of the country despite a worsening famine, and the United Nations warned Friday that 800,000 children could die in the region from starvation. Frustrated aid groups said they wanted to deploy more food assistance in Somalia but did not yet have the necessary safety guarantees to do so. The anarchic country has been mired in conflict for two decades, and its capital is a war zone.
N. Korean food need is urgent, U.N. says
March 25, 2011
By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The United Nations reported Thursday that more than six million North Koreans, about a quarter of the communist state's population, were in urgent need of international food aid. The findings, the result of a needs assessment conducted in February and March, will add to pressure for the United States to resume food aid to North Korea suspended in 2009 after its monitors were expelled. But doing so could be seen as aiding a government that has since advanced its nuclear-weapons programs and is accused of twice attacking U.S. ally South Korea.
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October 7, 2010
Chronic hunger in 22 nations ROME - U.N. food agencies said Wednesday that 166 million people in 22 countries suffer chronic hunger or difficulty finding enough to eat as a result of what they called protracted food crises. Wars, natural disasters, and poor government institutions have contributed to a continuous state of undernourishment in the 22 nations, including Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Operation and the World Food Program said in a report.
Amid food shortage, reason to be hopeful In West Africa, I saw grassroots solutions for grassroots problems.
May 5, 2008
By Ban Ki-moon
There was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumper harvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fell by 10 percent. By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 two months ago. The expectation is that the prices will rise still higher. Such is the volatility of today's markets. We do not know how far food prices might go, nor how far they could eventually fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plentitude to one of scarcity.
Hunger Feed the world
April 26, 2008
If the Bush administration is looking for a foreign-policy "win," it has a golden opportunity right beneath its nose. What's this big chance? It's the global food crisis. If the White House grabs this brass ring, it could sweeten the bad taste of two failed terms of world leadership. And feed some people in the bargain. The food crisis is the single biggest news event now in the world. For a variety of reasons (oil, ethanol, Chinese demand, etc.), prices are climbing, and fast.
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Tumors in the kidney region of children may be either benign or malignant. Cystic enlargements of the kidneys are fairly common. The benign growths may appear as adenomas, angiomas, lipomas or fibromas. Cysts occur as congenital cystic kidney; acquired as results of hydronephrosis or of pyonephrosis, or as hydatid cysts. Reports of cases of congenital hydronephrosis without malignancy are included in this study.
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The malignant tumors of the kidney region are the kind which usually occur in young patients. The greatest number of cases occur between the ages of 6 months,and 6 years. Of all malignant growths affecting children, those affecting the kidneys appear to be second in number. D'Espine and Piso constructed a table which sets forth in order of
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There is something both silly and haunting about Moonrise Kingdom. Ordinarily, this would not be good news, but with director Wes Anderson in charge, it's a perfectly normal combination.
Of course, you should understand that in Anderson's films, plot and acting usually take a back seat. What's more important are the tangled human and family connections he reveals — sometimes ironically, sometimes as farce, sometimes under great duress and pain.
The film, set in the late summer of 1965 on a small New England island called New Penzance, is about two troubled kids, Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward) and Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman). Suzy is a parent's worst nightmare, and Sam is a lonely orphan camping with a group called the Khaki Scouts.
By chance, they meet during a local theatrical production about Noah's ark. After corresponding by mail, Sam asks Suzy to run off with him and hide out on the island. She agrees and packs her suitcase. The hunt is on.
Their disappearance sets their small town abuzz. Suzy's parents, Walt (Bill Murray) and Laura (Frances McDormand), appeal to Capt. Sharp (Bruce Willis), the island's police chief, for help. Sam's straight-laced troop leader, Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton), rallies his troops and sends out a search party. Meanwhile, the film's narrator (Bob Balaban), warns of an approaching storm of epic proportions.
It might sound cheesy to say that this film is about capturing a moment of innocent love, but that seems to be Anderson's point. In his mind, it's too late for adults to go back and find that feeling. They're already overwhelmed by insecurity and exhaustion.
But Sam and Suzy might still have a chance. Anderson hints that maybe there's a single point in time when all kids discover and understand love, that is, before it lazily drifts off across the murky waters of adulthood. For Sam and Suzy, this is that point in time.
This is not about adult love. Their straightforward approach is more in the moment. Money, kids, career, not in the picture. Camping and catching fish, music, swimming, stories — this is what fills their lives.
As for the adults, their world is squared off and suffocating. Even the act of talking has become labored and stilted. When Suzy and Sam run away, the grownups' predictable world order shatters like a dropped wine glass. Yes, the adults desperately work to put the glass back together, but it's too late. Love has divided and conquered.
If you've seen other Anderson films like The Darjeeling Limited or The Life Aquatic, you'll know what I mean when I say that understatement is his mode of operation. Anderson always runs a fine line between subtle and dry. In this case, he's successfully navigated subtle and even thrown in a bit of slapstick.
It works. The film is touching. Suzy and Sam manage to win the day with performances that are equal parts funny and tender. And while their earnestness may collide with the absurdity of an adult world that has bound itself to structure and given up on love, at least Anderson builds in enough emotional truth on both sides to make his premise plausible.
It also works because the writing of Anderson and Roman Coppola is sharp, and the cast play their roles straight. No one is allowed to preen or smirk, not even Murray. The dialogue may be funny. The ingrown reality of this isolated world is not.
This is not a screaming ha-ha kind of film. This is a watch carefully and catch the joke kind of film. It requires patience and a willingness to go with the flow. Its observations remind us of what learning to fall in love was before all our grownup expectations piled on. Anderson seems to recall this fondly. The question he asks us is: Do we?


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CLIFFSIDE PARK — A Garfield man and his girlfriend may face additional charges in the weekend shooting of 33-year-old Hector Zabala.
Michael A. Sampson and Jacquelin Pierro were arrested late Sunday in connection to Zabala's death following an alleged argument outside an Anderson Avenue bar.
Police say that several residents called 911 around 2:41 a.m. Sunday to report gunfire near the corner of Anderson and Columbia Avenues. Zabala's relatives told The Record that the Fairview resident and father of two was leaving TJ's Boom Sports Dining Lounge on Anderson Avenue when he got into an argument with another man.
Officers arrived to find Zabala shot several times and "bleeding profusely," Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. He was rushed to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, where he was pronounced dead.
Zabala's shooting, the first homicide in Cliffside Park this year, shocked residents, one of whom told 1010 WINS she thought initially thought the gunshots were fireworks.
Sampson and Pierro, who have a four-month old child, allegedly fled the scene in a dark-colored car, but were apprehended hours later at a Garfield residence following an extensive manhunt.
Molinelli said that Pierro faces charges of child endangerment and hindering law enforcement for putting the couple's child into the care of Sampson while she allegedly "took measures to impede law endorsements' ability to locate and apprehend" Sampson.
Sampson faces murder charges in addition to charges of possession of a handgun with intent to use and possession of a handgun with no permit. He is being held at Bergen County Jail on $3 million bail.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Dr. Frank Six, assistant manager of the Academic Affairs Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville the man responsible for Marshall's Great Moonbuggy Race, recently was honored with the Dr. Wernher von Braun Aerospace Educator Award. Six received the honor Oct. 26 at the 23rd annual Dr. Wernher von Braun Memorial Dinner at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville.
Six, a native of Tampa, has been assistant manager of Marshall's Academic Affairs Office since 2008. He manages Marshall's NASA Academy, Robotics Academy and Propulsion Academy projects.
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BOCA RATON, FL (January 10, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University's department of mathematical sciences within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science recently received $10,000 from Wachovia in support of the FAU Math Day series, "Encounters with FAU Math 2011."
The series includes five separate mathematic events for middle and high school students which are designed to encourage and promote student interest in mathematics, recognize and reward mathematical excellence, as well as inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in mathematics and science. Recently, the department of mathematical sciences added the American Mathematics Competition for middle school students (AMC-8) to the series. Other events include an FAU Mini-Math Day, Internet Competition, American Mathematics Competition for senior high school students (AMC 10/12), and the FAU Math Day Extravaganza, which will be held on Saturday, April 2.
At a recent event, more than 80 middle school students participated in AMC-8. FAU is the only Florida university to offer the AMC-8, which provides an opportunity to apply the mathematical concepts taught at the middle school level, and promotes enthusiasm and excitement toward the future study of mathematics.
For more information, visit www.math.fau.edu/faumathdays.html .
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Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .


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In preparation for its fall 2012 reaccreditation visit from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association, Malone University has launched an 18-month self study process titled, "Reflect, Renew, & Commit: Building on the Foundations, Preparing for the Future." The self study will demonstrate how Malone's Foundational Principles form a framework by which the University fulfills and enhances its mission. Self-study teams are formed around five criteria outlined in the Higher Learning Commission's Criteria for Accreditation.
These criteria are:
The self-study, a collective process of reflection and renewal for all members of the University community, will allow Malone to explore new frontiers of innovation in the university experience -- identifying its strengths, challenges, and opportunities -- while serving as a reference point in the search for refreshing directions the University plans to pursue in the coming years.
University administrators acknowledge, "We anticipate the self-study process to be an important and useful opportunity for reflection, renewal, and commitment to a future of innovation and excellence in University education."
Interested parties may follow the University's progress throughout the self study by referring to the following website link:
Malone University first achieved accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association in 1964. Typically, a university repeats the reaccreditation process every ten years or so.


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The University of Toronto will host a major international conference on labour feminism from 29 September through 2 October 2005. Brining together over a hundred scholars from a range of disciplines, the conference centres upon several key themes: labour feminism and female activism; feminism and the gendering of working-class history; race and ethinicity; sexuality and bodies; home, workplace and community struggles; and the fostering of critical conversations across borders, theories and generations.
Plenary sessions include "Feminism and Gendering Working Class History," "Labouring and Consuming Bodies," "Labour Feminism and Women's Activism." A full program detailing the plenaries, the twenty-three panel sessions, and listing the participants and their paper can be found at the conference website.
Registration for the conference is now open. The organizers have consciously held down the registration fees so as to attract a wide audience. They are set at $50 for faculty and those with jobs, and $20 for students. The registration form is available on the website in both printable and downloadable formats:
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Warwick Brussels places you within a 5-minute walk of popular attractions such as La Grand Place and Manneken Pis Statue. This 267-room, 5-star hotel has a restaurant along with conveniences like free in-room WiFi and a fitness center. It's in central Brussels and also a short walk from Cathedral of St. Michael and Museum of Musical Instruments.
In addition to a meal at the onsite restaurant, you can also enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with 24-hour room service, or get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café. For your convenience, breakfast is available for a fee.
All 267 air-conditioned rooms feature minibars, free newspapers, and safes. Flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels and pay movies, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Beds are dressed in premium bedding and bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries. Phones and desks are other standard amenities.
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At Warwick Brussels, guests have access to a fitness center, a sauna, and free WiFi in public areas. If you drive, self parking is EUR 25 per day, and there's also limo/town car service. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this luxury hotel include 13 meeting rooms, conference space, and a business center.
- Walking distance to La Grand Place and Manneken Pis Statue
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Warwick Brussels features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and 13 meeting rooms. This luxury hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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This applies to what I stated happened on my sealing. Lovely aunt flo came and visited even thought I never mailed her an invitation. So here we were ina beautiful tropical paradise and it really sucked. So what happened on yours? We did still try to fool around but our housekeeper had impecable timing. I love hearing crazy stories.
S/O What went wrong on your honeymoon?
Nothing went wrong. We went to Cancun. Fifteen years later we haven't been anywhere without the kids, so I'm glad we went (I paid for the honeymoon-had a decent job for a young 20 something).
our honeymoon was great. We were poor (I was student teacher and he was a security guy)- anyway, we just went to Jackson Hole, a few hours away from where we got married. We stayed there for three nights and went skiing two days. It was great. The hotel was a cute bed and breakfast and it was really cozy and romantic and they had a hot tub, gourmet breakfast included, and a sauna.
The thing that went wrong was that DH's car was horrible. It shook and shook all the time, a lot of the gadgets didn't work, the windshield wipers and spray didn't work and it was the middle of December so DH kept having to pull over and clean off the windshield. Also, the passenger window got stuck when I accidnetally rolled it down when I fell alseep leaning on the button. We couldn't get the window back up and it was a blizzard outside! I was so cold! So we ended up spending one entire day at the car shop in Jackson getting the window fixed.
Our destination was a days drive. The morning after the wedding we ended up getting up late, going to a late lunch and stopped by my parents to open a few gifts, so by the time we got on the road the whole last 36 hours caught up with us. We drove an 1 and 1/2 maybe then decided to stop at some no where place for the night becuase we were just so tired. I wished we had just scheduled the honeymoon suite at the nice place we stayed that first night for two nights knowing we would just want to take it easy.
Also we ended up kind of in between seasons at our destination. It was a ski resort and it wasn't ski season, there was a lake, but it wasn't summer. So it was all just kind of a little odd. But it was a gift given to us that we didn't choose. If we had to do it again I think we might choose a different destination.
these are all making me laugh!!!
For our honeymoon we stayed in SLC for 3 nights. DH dad got us a suite at his hotel the first two nights and a room at a neighboring hotel for the 3rd. We went to the zoo, mall, aquarium etc just pretty laid back. Well the 2nd night of our honeymoon we took a bubble bath in our HUGE (literally could easily fit 4 people) jetted tub. It was taking forever for the bubbles so we kept adding bubbles... It overflowed and we were laughing hysterically trying to scoop up bubbles and take them into the bathroom. We were seriously so hysterical sex was far from our minds even though we were butt naked haha. Then there was a knock at the door. Then someone said "Security! Open up!" DH ran to the door wearing nothing but bubbles and a skimpy towel and the security guard was standing there and told him he had gotten complaints about us being too loud. DH apologized and closed the door and we busted up laughing!!
The morning after our wedding DH family was flying back home and so we were meeting them in the hotel lobby to say bye (DH dad hooked them up with a room as well...) It was a very awkward good bye because everyone knew what was going on and without thinking his mom said "did you guys have a good night?" hahaha
The second morning of our honeymoon DH started fooling around with me and we ended up DTD then after we were done he asked if we just had sex? I told him yes and he admitted he was sleeping!!! I have since found out he has crazy sleep issues (Eating, talking, walking etc) We laugh about it now though. He slept through the second time we ever had sex, and i thought he was awake!
married since 2/13/09
DD joined us 2/6/11
no other honeymoon mishaps?
married since 2/13/09
DD joined us 2/6/11
We were at my aunt and uncle's beach house in California. First night there, someone starts rattling the front door trying to get it open. I grab a knife, ready to defend my bride. Then they get the door open, and in walks a nice family. Apparently they had just stayed there and left some stuff behind. Nice.
The next morning is Sunday, and the car won't start. Turns out it was a dead battery, and I was able to walk to a place and get a new one, but it was still a ways away.
That night my mother calls with this deadly serious apology. My uncle decided it would be just dandy if he and their family drove out there to join us. As in, same home, same everything. Even more lovely. Oh, and they'll be there in a few hours.
Somehow we get the home next door, so the joyful extended family reunion / honeymoon is somewhat averted. And then . . . we lock ourselves out. Turns out I'm pretty good at breaking into a home without breaking anything.
I'm going to stop now. But, hey, 20 years later, we're still going strong.


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Hi all,I did a search here on IxDA for "Persona" and to my surprise nothing returned.There has been some artcles around the website for the last bit stating that Personas are dead, or out dated.
What are your thoughts?1) If you are someone who uses/creates personas what are your thoughts on this?2) If you are one of those who think this is a dead and out dated method, process or tool, Why?Better yet, what in your mind replaced it?3) Are you using personas in the retail products/market research area, or for software/online applications side of things?
I have mixed feelings about Personas, because a lot of times it seems like they get created and then are not used. I always do user research at the start of a project, because otherwise I can't do my work, but I don't always generate personas from this work--it depends on the audience in terms of who I'm working with and how I anticipate they will use the information, and whether they want them or not. If they are more interested in me just handing over a set of conclusions or a design, then personas are not necessarily critical even though the research that is done to generate them is. For some clients, personas are a "deliverable" that helps them justify/understand the investment they are making in the user research I'm doing up front.
That said, personas have proven a very helpful way for me to coalesce disparate findings from my user research into a format that is easy to digest and share. It is very unusual for the whole team (much less people outside the inner circle) to read the research report that I produce after conducting user interviews or other research, but it is comparatively easy to get everyone to read/review/discuss personas and then to share them more broadly and use them as a reference as the design project goes forward.
Hi Maurice,
you didn't anything - strange - there are a lot of discussions regarding personas,
here are just a few:
and many more:
and I wrote an article about personas, the article might give you a few answers:
Elizabeth Bacon (who used to work at Cooper, where Personas where practically invented) summed up the debate and ultimately when and why Personas are useful in this presentation:
We use personas for both software/web dev projects and with our marketing team as they produce content like blog posts, articles, e-books, whitepapers, webinars, etc.
Our use of them is a bit hit-and-miss though. For some dev projects we use them well, others not so much. I think that has more to do with the composition of the project teams than the personas. Marketing is using them well, and I've seen their content quality go up in part, I think, because of the empathy and focus that personas bring to the projects.
Crucial to our personas is that they are based on real research. It's surprising how accurate-feeling they can be when you base them on real interviews, observations, discussions with customers. Doing this helps prevent them from being a stereotype and instead being an effective persona.
Cooper mentions two good reasons for personas in About Face. 1. Avoids mirror-imaging and, 2, Diminishes the elastic-user tendency. Both of those are behaviors are very common in teams, and they tend to short-circuit effective design.
So, no, personas aren't dead.
But if you have not done your user research homework, perhaps you should just stick with a more generic audience profile until you can imbue reality into a persona. Otherwise perhaps you'll create a persona that guides the project team based on a too flawed understanding of your users. Debatable I suppose.
A final thought: I wasn't a huge fan of personas until we started using the persona mapping technique as taught by Menlo Innovations. The idea is to take a big sheet of paper (think one of those huge sticky notes that you stick to walls), draw three concentric circles on it to make what looks like a target, and then get a project team together to look through your set of personas and figure out which one should be in the innermost circle (a primary persona), which two should be in the middle ring (two secondary personas), and which three should be in the outermost ring (three tertiary personas). You might place some personas outside the rings but on the paper. This exercise makes the team think about who they are designing for and who they aren't designing for. The team has just decided who to serve and in which priority order. This exercise makes personas far more helpful, in my view.
A final, final thought: Now that the team has just debated and decided on the persona map, you could pull up a whiteboard, write the name of the primary persona in the middle, circle it, and ask the team something like "What process or feature does Persona Name really need from our system?" Then you write those answers down and start a concept map that can be used to seed user stories for the project. This is a good way of getting off on the right foot by putting the primary persona at the center of the design of the service you're creating.


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First off, the graphics for this game are absolutely gorgeous. Especially outdoors. All hand drawn and the multi-layered parallel backgrounds are amazing to look at.
Sound wise, the music is perfect. It sets the mood amazingly. You WILL catch yourself listening to the music in depth at some point of the game. It's also possible that you'll stop just to listen to it. It's really that good. Playing wise, you'll be entertained for a long time. The main game will take you about 10 hours if your a begginer or about 6-7 if you're a pro at videogames. So you're thinking "what next"? well, that's not all, the game once you finish it will leave you with three options,
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3. Play it using different charecters. I love this because it is DIFFICULT and introduces an entire new story to the game.
all in all, i've got almost 100 hours on this game. For those of you who don't know videogames, that's a lot for a 1 player game.
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I just got some wii component cables and the only difference I noticed was that my whites have a very slight yellow tint. Is this normal? I don't understand why this would happen
Did you make sure of all of your TVs color settings?
I have both AV and Component cables and the AV picture's color is perfect so I don't think its the tv settings.
AV and Component are 2 seperate ports; your TV would have seperate color settings for each port. If your color settings are the same as each other, then one color setting is wrong. I'm trying to help you solve this in steps, first try your TVs color settings if that does not fix anything. Make sure all cables are inserted in the correct corresponding colors, and fully inserted.
make sure you have properly connected every f***ng cable and then configure your wii's display to component HDTV etc..etc... you'll notice that your colors levels are much better and well the overall image quality will improve a lot... enjoy your wii with component a/v cables not with the standard composite. (:
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1. Q. Do I really have to be 18 and a high school graduate (or equivalent) as it says in the Catalog?
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The physical (incl. drug screen) and background check (FBI and DOJ databases) MUST be completed within the first few weeks of school, so please plan your finances accordingly. We will offer details of how and where to obtain the physicals and background checks in class, so you do not need them prior to beginning class.
Additionally, we also include the BLS for Healthcare Providers (HCP) course as part of the class in the first month on a skills day. While it is worth studying the American Heart Association BLS for HCP text in advance, there is no need to complete a class on your own prior to registering for EMT (we waive the course fee to decrease costs for our students). We only charge the AHA card fee.
4. Q. I have some concerns regarding my background. What are some of the things that could legally disqualify me from program entrance or employment?
A. According to Health and Safety code, fire departments, private ambulance services and hospitals at which our students complete their hospital and pre-hospital experience, there are a number of offenses that can threaten your future career. A few of those are convictions of:
- Threats or commissions of violence upon another person
- Sex offenses
- Theft - including Petty Theft
- DUI, especially if this is a recent occurrence - within the last 5 years. (** Many EMS provider agencies cannot insure EMTs or Paramedics who have EVER had a DUI)
- Reckless driving
You are entering a professional atmosphere that requires you to act in a responsible manner as an adult. You will be responsible for human life and property; this privilege comes with great responsibility. Please see the links below and contact the appropriate EMS agencies for specific questions regarding these topics. If you are considering employment with a specific agency (fire department, private ambulance company, medical school), it is well worth your time to contact them directly to verify their requirements before beginning your educational career toward that goal.
5. Q. I have heard that this program is very challenging. Is this correct and how can I prepare?
A. Our curriculum does uphold the standards mandated by the National Standards EMS Curriculum dictated by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Los Angeles County EMS Agency. Together, these standards demand a level of excellence of EMTs educated throughout the nation ! We are merely teaching to these national standards, and they demand that EMTs be competent in lifesaving skills and knowledge.
Preparation is best achieved by:
1) Setting your goal of success ; how does getting your EMT Certificate benefit you? YOU have to "buy-in" to your own success and work for it!
2) Be sure that this goal is YOUR goal - that you are not doing it for someone else (father, girlfriend, boyfriend, etc.)
3) Come prepared to work hard - and this means having good study habits (including decreasing distractions in life that could knock you off your path to success). Many of our students admit to never having opened a book in high school and they still "succeeded" with apparently high grades. Unfortunately, this relaxed approach sets students up for failure and they are then shocked thatcollege is very different, let alone our 10 unit course!
6 . Q. I want to take this class, but when I tried to register, it was full. Can I still add?
A. Yes. EMT is a very popular class that fills extremely quickly. Be sure to register at the earliest possible time. If the class is already full, come to the first class meeting for an add code. Do NOT be late! All adds will be done in the first hour of class.
7 . Q. What does "Arrange Hours" for Clinical mean?
A. You will be on campus two days per week in class and you will complete an internship in a local emergency department during those "Arranged" hours. There is some flexibility for you to select one of three local hospitals with which we have a contract (Citrus Valley, Intercommunity Campus, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center and San AntonioCommunity Hospital). You may also choose the day of the week and time of your shift.
8 . Q. What type of job can I obtain with an EMT-B certificate?
A. Many options are available for you upon receipt of your EMT-B certificate. Traditionally, this certificate has enabled students to get a job with private ambulance companies or fire departments. Additionally, there are positions within emergency departments as "E.D. technicians," lifeguards, search and rescue team members and others.
9. Q. I finished an EMT program elsewhere and would like college credits for having taken your program. Can I do this?
A. There are a few surrounding community colleges that offer EMT and we look at those on an individual basis. The college does not see private programs as "equivalent" in units and/or content.
You can , however, use your EMT card as a requisite course for entry into our Fire Science Program and academy (please see Fire Technology link below).
10. Q. How do I renew my EMT Certificate?
A. This and other answers regarding renewal requirements (such as what to do in the event of a certificate lapse) can be found on the EMS Agency website . The renewal application can be found here as well. In addition to your Continuing Education hours requirement, you will required to pay the renewal fee and submit the CA State Skills Verification Form that will typically be provided by the course instructor if you are taking a refresher course. The same form can also be found on the CA EMS Authority website .


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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama -- Jacksonville State University signed 21 mostly Alabama and Georgia players on Wednesday.
"We had some real priorities," JSU coach Jack Crowe said in a press conference. "We needed some offensive playmakers and we needed some defensive secondary players."
He said there's still work to do at offensive tackle.
"I think in the skill areas, corner, wide receiver, running back, wide receiver, quarterback, I think we got exactly what we went after." [JSU Signing Day Central]
The signees listed by JSU:
Calvin Baker, OL, 6-3, 295, Oxford, Ala./Oxford HS
John Clark Barefied, OL, 6-2, 268, Duluth, Ga./Lambert HS
Joshua Barge, WR, 6-0, 170, Carrollton, Ga./Carrollton HS
Dushonta Broughton, DB, 6-0, 165, Jonesboro, Ga./Lovejoy HS
Telvin Brown, WR, 5-9, 167, Carrollton, Ga./Carrollton HS
Erick Butler, DE, 6-7, 215, Tuskegee, Ala./Booker T. Washington HS
Trey Coleman, OL, 6-5, 321, Dorchester SC/Dorchester HS
Blake Glaze, LB, 5-11, 195, Lanett, Ala./Springwood HS
Jermaine Hough, CB, 5-9, 163, Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy HS
Tyler Hughes, SAF, 5-11, 185, Northport, Ala./American Christian HS
Elijah Jenkins, QB, 6-3, 190, Birmingham, Ala./Parker HS
Nick Johnson, OL, 6-2, 250, Dadeville, Ala./Dadeville HS
Leon Jones, LB, 6-1, 225, Madison, Ala./East Limestone HS
Miles Jones, RB, 5-10, 204, Kennesaw, Ga./Allatoona HS
JaJuan Lee, OLB, 6-1, 195, Montgomery, Ala./Jeff Davis HS
John Mark Mintz, TE/DE, 6-2, 235, Ragland, Ala./Ragland HS
Austin Parker, OL, 6-2, 295, Sugar Hill, Ga./North Gwinnett HS
Troymaine Pope, RB, 5-9, 198, Anniston, Ala./Anniston HS
LaDarius Rodgers, RB, 5-10, 215, Leeds, Ala./Leeds HS
Dalton Screws, WR, 5-11, 170, Anniston, Ala./Wellborn HS
Steven Snyder, DL, 6-4, 200, Stockbridge, Ga./Stockbridge HS


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Plenty of overlap certainly within gene pools and lifestyle habits. Still, all my experiences have been that men are driven by more logical impulses, and women are still driven but sometimes muddier in their logic.
This is such pseudo-science... Although, it's still interesting to talk about.
right, but we don't have nearly the same infant mortality rates they did. in our society, most babies survive past infancy. in HG groups, generally one died for every one that was alive. menarche occurred at a later age, and fertility was highly dependent on food availability, which might change sharply from year to year. so what you have is a nomadic people, with women giving birth to maybe 6-10 babies in their lifespan and keeping 1/2-2/3 of that number. when groups became too big, they split and went their separate ways to other food sources.Because when you reach an equilibrium of food availability and population, you try to keep it in the wild. If you don't, bad stuff happens. If this happens in our society, we just plow a little more land, overfish a little more, and make our slaves work a little longer.
true. that's an interesting hypothesis to explore.Plus, I mentioned the Mt. Toba explosion about 70,000 years ago. This could have altered our evolutionary path and selected for those which re-populated areas the fastest.
is it possible that they typical "women's logic" is just something that you, as a man, don't understand? it's not that it's muddier, but different?Plenty of overlap certainly within gene pools and lifestyle habits. Still, all my experiences have been that men are driven by more logical impulses, and women are still driven but sometimes muddier in their logic.
thank you for pointing that out.This is such pseudo-science...
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lol. from my husband, i don't think it's disrespect, but something else entirely out of the scope of this conversation. i generally don't talk BS with my husband, if i speak it means that i'm serious. if i start to get a tone in my voice, it means i'm pretty pissed, and if i stop asking him to do it, it means that i've already done it myself and he's going to have to deal with whatever consequences arise (i haven't made dinner because i was busy doing what i had asked him to do, or the trash isn't being collected this week, or whatever) and i don't really want to be around him for the rest of the night. we've lived together for 10 years, if he doesn't get that simple bit then he's a dunce.This I am calling bs on. Men hear women's voices like music? WTF? Womenfolk are chattering like birds? Please. If you respect someone you listen. If you don't you don't. Many women I ignore as they do not have shit to say. I do the same to men. It is about the person and the subject not the pitch/timbre of their voice. I am going to presume your husband listens when you sound like a b' because he can tell by your tone you are serious so he focuses. The fact he does not listen other times shows to me that he does not take you seriously and that shows a lack of respect.
Oh, WHY can't a woman be more like a man?
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d I had tickets to the Saint's game Saturday, room reservations at the Roosevelt Hotel and plans to tailgate with friends. The hotel was great, and the tailgate party was unbelievable. I saw the Unknown Who Dat, and my wife and daughter danced with Elvis. Then the game started. Enough said.
After the game, weak voices rang out in the cold, dark night trying to put the loss in perspective. The words seemed empty and pathetic as the throngs of fans tried to comfort each other. On Bourbon Street, we drank to drown our sorrows. It didn't work. We just got drunk.
Waking up the next morning with a headache, the front page of the paper said it best: "Ain't that a shame." Pulling myself out of the hotel bed, we went to Mass at the Cathedral. The archbishop celebrating Mass tried to put the loss in perspective in his homily. But it didn't work. The fans sat in church silently praying that Saturday night was just a bad dream.
Not until Monday was I able to put the loss into perspective. It took my 6-year-old grandson George to tell me. "Pa Pa, 13 is a much bigger number then one."
George, I thank you for those words of wisdom and hope to pass them on to the rest of the Who Dat Nation. Yes, George, 13 is a much bigger number than one, and it's even bigger now that the Vikings have lost.
Go Saints!
Jimmie Martinez


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A FORMULA made from medicinal mushrooms, traditional Chinese herbs and other natural ingredients inhibits aggressive, triple-negative breast cancer and breast-to-lung metastasis in an animal study.
It decreases metastasis, slows cancer growth and suppresses pro-cancer genes, with no signs of toxicity, say US researchers at the Cancer Research Laboratory, Methodist Research Institute, at Indiana University Health.
"Patients with triple-negative breast cancer often die from metastasis," says study co-author Dr Isaac Eliaz.
"This formula, taken as a health supplement, may offer new hope for patients who are struggling to overcome an invasive, deadly disease which has been so difficult to treat."
The formula hits cancer with a powerful combination therapy, Eliaz says.
It may be an important adjunct in treating the most aggressive type of breast cancer and other forms of this disease, he says, as it dramatically decreases the metastatic process, slows the growth of primary tumours and favourably alters oncogene expression.
"It achieves all this with no side effects," he says.
Preclinical research shows excellent results alone and in combination with other natural anti-cancer preparations. The first phase of human clinical trials may start as early as next year.


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Seeing and Writing (4th edition)by Donald Mcquade Christine Mcquade
Seeing & Writing 4, with a new look, new features, and new essays and images, continues to lead the way as a visual, flexible, and above all, inspiring tool for the composition classroom.
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The readings in The Writer's Presence are selected exclusively for the quality of the writing. Editors Donald McQuade of the University of California, Berkeley, and Robert Atwan, Series Editor of The Best American Essays scoured hundreds of essays in search of teachable readings with strong voices and clear points of view. The result is a blend of classic pieces by favorites like James Baldwin, Annie Dillard, and Amy Tan; and fresh pieces by rising stars like Michael Pollan, Geeta Kothari, James McBride, and Daniel Harris. The voices in The Writer's Presence represent different communities, time periods, levels of difficulty, and fields of study, and the topics intersect in intriguing and nuanced ways, giving students the opportunity to think critically and develop their own voices. Organized by type of writing and with minimal apparatus, The Writer's Presence gives instructors unsurpassed teaching flexibility. With so many exceptional readings and so many ways to teach them, the possibilities are endless.
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The Royal Oak Hotel3 Self rated
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This 18th-century coaching inn is 500 metres from the town centre and a mile from Sevenoaks Rail Station. It offers free parking and good access to central London and Gatwick Airport. The Royal Oak is a few minutes' drive from the M25 and M23 motorways.
Central London is 32 minutes away by train and there are regular trains to Ashford International Rail Station for the Eurostar. Queen Victoria stayed at the Royal Oak when she visited nearby Knole House and deer park. Food is available in the bar, in the conservatory and in the restaurant. 24-hour room service is available. The hotel has FREE unlimited WIFI throughout.
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Inspiring you? Au contraire....you are inspiring me. Left a note on your thread this morning.
Last night's dinner was SO GOOD! Lamb liver, fried with bacon and onions, YUM.
Busy day today: have to call lawyer re: my older son's disability trust and social security issues; have to take him to an initial VESID orientation for supportive employment; have my appointment with my therapist/teacher; and so on...............
I feel strong. At least emotionally, if not physically. I have all these incredible stresses to deal with, and I am dealing. I am certain that eating clean is helping me. I am certain that my meditation practice sustains me. I feel trust in the Ground of Being that at some still, central point....all is well.
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Canadians, correct me if I'm wrong, but (despite my lack of knowledge on Canadian politics) I've always understood that Canada has stronger unions than the U.S... Is it this reason, along with the fact that the NHL has more Canadian teams and Canadian influence than any other sport, that the NHL has more labor disputes? Or at least one of the reasons?
The NHL has labor disputes for one simple reason: because the BOG always expects by players to give, give give but at the same time locate into non hockey markets where a fanbase needs to be build from the groundup if you then add in owners who are crying poor...a receipe for disaster is born. In terms of labor rights the US could learn a thing or two from other nations for sure.
Actually they are I believe. I thought they played in Japan and/or Australia. There also ISNT A SALARAY CAP IN BASEBALL LOL.
And every sport has labor disputes. In other sports owners make more then 50% of the profit so why is it in hockey I was a 50/50 split are close to. It should be like 70/30 IMO. In favor of owners. They're the ones putting the money into and making a risk. The players have it just fine. They're equally if not more responsible for each lockout then what the owners(Bettman) is.
Caps lock doesn't change the fact that there is one, it's just different and way better you can get over the cap by a large margin, the money will just go to some struggling franchises which is a great compromise for both sides and that's why nobody complains about it. As for 70/30 hope that was sarcasm...
Anyway Quebec has been waiting for so long to get a team, their fanbase is ready instant rivalry with the Canadiens and a potential owner loaded with tons of cash, to me thats a no brainer.