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Children take pet pythons for walk in Orlando
Instead of cooking out in the back yard or hanging out on the beach, an Orlando family decided to mark its day off from school with a walk to show off its pet snakes.
The family's Labor Day walk took them down the Orange Blossom Trail. Each of Tifanny Garcia's four children held his or her own pet ball python.
Why keep snakes as pets?
"They don't bite. They are better than dogs. They live in a cage, and they eat once a week," Garcia said.
Garcia's daughter, Leilani, said she loves to play with her slithering pets.
"(I) put it on my neck and put it on my waist and let it crawl over my arms," she said.
The children, ages 6 to 13, said they have no fear of their pet pythons.
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Virgil Kisabeth, 83, of Tiffin, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, July 31, 2014, at St. Francis Nursing Home, Tiffin..
Virgil was born June 4, 1931, in Siam, to Chester A. and Fay Lucinda (Day) Kisabeth. He married Mary McKevitt May 15, 1954, in Southport, England, and she preceded him in death Nov. 4, 2006.
Survivors include his children, Michael (Alice) Kisabeth of Tiffin and Yvonne Schock of Tiffin; four grandchildren, Matthew (Brianne) Schock of Republic, Adam Schock of Perrysburg and Jennifer Schock and Tina Bour, both of Tiffin; and two great-grandchildren, Anthony and Amanda Bour, both of Tiffin.
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Virgil was a 1949 graduate of Old Fort High School. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and met his wife, Mary, while stationed in England.
Virgil retired in 1996 from Webster Manufacturing, Tiffin, after 47 years. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church and Tiffin AMVETS. He was a Cleveland sports team fan along with an avid OSU fan. He also enjoyed being a part of harness racing, going to his grandchildren's activities and playing cards with his brother, Forrest, and many friends at the Allen Eiry Center and the AMVETS.
Virgil also was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Forrest J. Kisabeth.
His funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at Engle-Shook Funeral Home & Crematory, 135 N. Washington St., Tiffin, with the Rev. Gary Hicks officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Tiffin, with military honors being rendered by the United Veterans Council.
Visitation for family and friends will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church or to DaVita Dialysis Center, Tiffin.
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Toxicokinetic (TK) studies play an important role in the preclinical phase of the drug discovery process, determining the relationship between the systemic exposure of a compound in an animal model and its toxicity. Parameters such as bioavailability and dose proportionality of the compound are analyzed, from which the toxicity may be predicted and on which the doses to be used in clinical trials can be decided.
Plasma or serum samples have traditionally been used for generation of TK data due to the difficulties associated with handling whole blood. However, this approach requires relatively large volumes (100–500 µL) of blood in order to produce the required volume of matrix for bioanalysis, which makes it difficult to generate serial profiles in rodent test models. Composite profiles are therefore necessary, which can result in lower quality data and requires the use of a greater number of animals.
In recent years, dried blood spot (DBS) assays have received increasing attention as an alternative to venous blood sampling. Although the technique has been around for over 40 years and is widely used in the screening of newborn babies for metabolic abnormalities and clinical trials in remote areas, it is only now starting to be adopted in preclinical safety assessments.
Sample collection for a preclinical DBS assay involves spotting a small volume of blood (typically between 10-20 µL per sample) onto the DBS collection card (Whatman FTA DMPK from GE Healthcare). These cards consist of a specialized matrix that lyses cells on contact, denatures proteins, and inactivates bacteria and viruses. The resultant samples can then be air dried and stored or shipped at room temperature.
When required, a disc of typically 3 mm in diameter is punched from the card and the analytes isolated by liquid extraction. Analysis can then carried out by LC-MS/MS, which offers great sensitivity, analysis speed, and selectivity.
DBS assays offer many advantages in TK studies, from ease of sample collection, storage, and post-collection processing, to quality of data generated. While plasma samples must be stored in a freezer, DBS cards can routinely be stored at room temperature.
Stability may be analyte-specific and should be checked, but experience has generally been good. Successful analysis after 56 days on DBS at room temperature has been shown. In addition, the use of DBS presents a low biohazard risk, due to minimal handling of the whole blood and the inactivation of viral and bacterial contamination when the blood sample comes into contact with the card. This pathogen inactivation results from the chemical coatings of FTA DMPK-A and FTA DMPK-B cards and is not available with uncoated cellulose cards.
The number of animals required for rodent toxicity/TK studies can be drastically reduced by using this approach, as less blood is required per time point and a full time point profile can be collected from each animal. This reduction in animal use is both ethically and economically desirable. Serial sampling also enables better correlations of exposure with toxicity to be drawn, which leads to higher quality rodent TK data than would be possible with plasma or serum sampling. Figure 1 shows an example of a TK profile of dexamethaone in rats over a time period of 24 hours.
Researchers have also compared DBS sampling with the traditional whole blood sampling method and demonstrated that quantitative analysis of a drug extracted from DBS provides higher quality PK data while reducing the volume of blood required by an order of magnitude lower than the current practice used in the pharmaceutical industry.
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The mood may be downbeat given the perilous stat of European economies but there is still some new metal on display at this year's Paris show.
So far, after a dozen press conferences and unveilings it's the new Jaguar F-Type that still holds the lead in terms of a talking point. One of those cars that is never done justice by the press photographs, in the metal the car looks amazing. Whatever about ambitions of reflecting the heritage of the E-Type, the new car has the looks of a small Maserati roadster. The two-seater convertible has lines that would normally be lost in the process of converting concept models to production cars. It's a really tidy, striking package.
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Jada Renee' Monceaux and Gabriel Elliot Anderson were united in holy matrimony during a one o'clock afternoon ceremony on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Crowley
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The bride is the daughter of Randy and Natalie Monceaux of Rayne. Her grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Monceaux of Crowley, and Clement O. Lejeune, Sr. and the late Dorothy Natali Lejeune of Oberlin. She is a 2003 graduate of Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish, obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in December of 2008 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Elementary Education, and is employed at E.K. Key in Sulphur.
The groom is the son of Spencer and Ann Anderson of Sulphur. His grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Anderson of Sulphur, and David LaFleur and the late Lois Blair LaFleur of Sulphur. He is a 2000 graduate of Sulphur High School, received a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science in 2005 from Louisiana State University, and also earned a commercial helicopter pilots license at Bristow Academy in New Iberia. He is currently employed by Era Helicopter's in Lake Charles.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore an elegant A-line ivory tissue taffeta gown featuring a sweetheart neckline with a pleated and fitted ruched bodice accented with delicate crystal beads. The gown was completed with a chapel length train. She wore an ivory fingertip length veil trimmed with small crystal beads and carried a hand tied bouquet with ivory miniature calla lilies surrounded by green cymbidium orchids.
In keeping with tradition, the bride selected items to represent something old, a handed-down rosary from her maternal great-grandmother and grandmother, and wedding rings of her grandmothers. Her wedding gown represented something new, the rosary and the wedding rings represented something borrowed, and a Miraculous Medal given to her by her mother and twin sister served as something blue.
Attending her twin sister as maid of honor was Jana Monceaux. Bridesmaids included Jessica Courville, cousin of the bride; Candace Paschall, cousin of the bride; and Kimberly Kleiser, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids each wore a tea length black tissue taffeta dress of their own selection. The maid of honor carried baby green hydrangeas with green cymbidium orchids hand tied with black ribbon. Bridesmaids each carried green hydrangeas tied with black ribbon.
Serving as junior bridesmaids were Caroline Monceaux, godchild of the bride, and Emily Petross, niece of the groom. Caroline and Emily each wore a tea length tissue taffeta black dress and carried matching baby green hydrangeas hand tied with black ribbon.
The bride's niece, Kendyll Monceaux served as flower girl. She wore at tea length ivory organza dress tied a the waist with a black tissue taffeta sash, while carrying matching baby green hydrangeas hand-tied with ivory ribbon.
Best man for the occasion was a friend of the groom, Cade LeDoux. Other groomsmen included Taylor Armistead and Logan Armistead, friends of the groom; and Casey Anderson, brother of the groom.
Wyatt Petross, godchild of the groom, served as ringbearer.
Ushering guests to their seats were Jamey Monceaux, brother and godfather of the bride; Jared Monceaux, brother of the bride; and Cody Zigler, cousin of the groom.
Scriptures were recited by Jeanne Fontenot, godmother of the bride, and Leslie Petross, sister of the groom.
Giftbearers for the Nuptial Mass were William Joseph Monceaux, Connor Anthony Monceaux and Jack Thomas Monceaux, nephews of the bride.
Serving as Eucharistic Ministers were David Lafleur, grandfather of the groom, Beverly Maloz and Arlene Albarado, friends of the bride.
Musical selections were provided by vocalist Karen Melancon, violinist Yang Yang Li, trumpeter Will Green, and organist Alberta Lyons.
For her daughter's wedding day, the mother of the bride wore a champagne-toned, floor-length crepe dress featuring a satin ruched bodice with tiny pearls and three quarter-length sleeves trimmed in satin with a slight satin train. A corsage of green cymbidium orchids tied with ivory ribbon completed her ensemble.
For her son's special day, the groom's mother wore a floor-length, dupioni grey silk selection with a fitted jacket. She was also presented with a corsage of green cymbidium orchids tied with ivory ribbon.
After the ceremony, the wedding guests enjoyed refreshments at the Crowley Ballroom. Noted among the refreshments was the bride's cake, a three-tiered butter creamed confection, with black ribbon and green cymbidium orchids trimming each layer. The creation was topped with a Christogram, which also topped her parent's wedding cake.
The groom's cake was a three-layered chocolate cheesecake topped with granage icing. Chocolate covered strawberries were noted throughout the layers.
Friends of the bride, David and Judy Dugas, entertained the guests with music throughout the reception. A video of photos throughout the years, produced by the bride and groom, also entertained the guests. A "candy bar" with green, black and ivory candy selections was displayed in crystal jars for the guests' enjoyment.
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EDINBORO, Pa. — A handwritten card, propped against the steps of Nick's Place, asked the question on everyone's mind yesterday in this quiet community south of Erie.
``Where have all the innocent children gone?'' it says.
Yesterday, Andrew Wurst, 14, was charged with fatally shooting John Gillette, 48, a science teacher at James Parker Middle School, as Gillette was chaperoning a prom for Wurst and his eighth-grade class at Nick's Place.
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Dragons Dogma is a perfect example of thinking outside the box and what a crazy game this is, yes it has a lot of typicle aspects to other rpgs but for the most part it really is a different experiance.
Capcon of all publishers are very well known for awsome fighters like street fighter etc but not to known for rpgs so when I first saw this game I was skepticle and really not sure then I found an article on the pawn system and it really intrigued me,its really a great idea for thoughs of you who dont know you essetially have characters you can hire that belong to other players, so you could actually have someone hire your character to fight for them while your off line and when you come back you will get a percentage of the loot and experience for doing nothing but loaning your character to other players, pretty cool idea if you ask me.
At any rate the story for dragons dogma is solid im really enjoying it, and the way the itro you into the story it draws you in, and the customization and indaviduality of your character makes you feel important and not just a npc in a game, now im not very far in the game at all, I have heard its a pretty long game and then theres the dlc which makes it even longer, now the graphics are actually really good, I thought the dragon looked relly good , and the creatures in the game are very unique with a greek mythology about it ,the sound and music is a mixed bag, I actually thought the music kinda a rockin tune was kinda out of place for a game set in BC but its not bad i just felt it was kinda out of place, but the music and voice acting in game is right on track, the game play was an awsome experence theres very few rpgs that let you climb on the back of a huge creature and lets you wail on him while hes trying to throw you off, actually shadow of the collossos is about the only one that comes to mind.
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Welcome to Wayne State University, and the University Libraries. WayneDirect/Pathway students are eligible to receive the following services from the University Libraries. Please explore all we have to offer to assist you in your studies.
Walk up reference service
At any of our reference and information desks, you can receive assistance with research and paper writing. Reference hours are available here.
On Site Access to Article Databases and Online Journals
Find relevant sources for any research need.
Computer Use
In the libraries, computer use is available at any of our Visiting Researcher Terminals
Borrow Materials from the Libraries
Bring library materials to any WSU library checkout or circulation desk and present your WSU OneCard.
Getting your Library Card
Your library card is your WSU OneCard and you can obtain that from the OneCard office in the Welcome Center at the corner of Woodward and Warren.
Loan Periods/Renewals
The loan period for regularly circulating books in the collection to WayneDirect/Pathway students is 28 days, with no renewal. The due date will be stamped in the back inside cover of the books. DVDs and Videos are not available for WayneDirect/Pathway borrowing. View what you currently have checked out by clicking on "My Library Account" from the library's homepage.
Reserve materials are loaned for a shorter loan period, and are usually "Building Use Only."
Returning Library Materials
All books checked out from the University Library may be returned to:
- Any library
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- Anthony Wayne Dr. in front of DeRoy Apartments
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- Purdy Library Cass entrance
- Shiffman Medical Library 1) by front steps 2) next to parking lot
Overdue Library Materials
- Overdue fines are assessed at:
- $0.25 per item per day for non-reserve materials
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Courtesy overdue notices are e-mailed to the email address we have in your patron record to borrowers who have not returned an item. Patrons are responsible for fines and returning materials even when notices are not received. The maximum overdue fine is $20.00. A bill for the replacement is sent 42 days after the due date. When the item is returned, the borrower will not be held accountable for the replacement cost, but is responsible for overdue fines.
Schedule of replacement cost:
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A Look Back at a Vogue Legend's Bold Photographs
A big Horst P. Horst show opens in London.By Hattie Crisell
A big Horst P. Horst show opens in London.By Hattie Crisell
The French Vogue editor exemplifies uniform dressing.
Well, why not?By Charlotte Cowles
How does this cover stack up to American Vogue's Olympic athletes?By Charlotte Cowles
And it'll be New York-based! She's officially one of our own.By Charlotte Cowles
Plus, Doutzen Kroes covers the new issue of French Vogue, Dover Street Market's Tokyo debut, and more fashion news.
Just in time for you to start feeling bad about all that leftover pecan pie you ate last night.By Charlotte Cowles
She matched her eyeshadow to her braid feathers!By Charlotte Cowles
Spilling secrets is by far the best use for Twitter.By Sharon Clott


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We're working on a story about teaching kids to cook, and we're looking for families who would let us visit as they prepare a meal together. We also would be glad to talk to parents and children on the phone. If you're interested, write to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 870-1885.
With the start of school, it seems everyone spends more time in the car getting from practice to concerts to parties to the store. And kids can get hungry anytime. To avoid having to hit a drive-through window somewhere, pack a little sack with banana pancakes. (No syrup required.) We found this recipe on the With a Spin website.
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 egg
1 cup whole milk
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 tablespoon butter
1 spoon honey (optional)
1. Whisk together mashed banana, egg, honey (if using) and milk. Add flour to the mix.
Batter will be slightly lumpy.
2. Heat a griddle/fry pan on medium high heat (coat pan beforehand with cooking spray, or add a little butter to pan).
3. Pour about 1/4 cup of batter onto the heated griddle. Once bubble starts forming, flip and cook the other side.
Note: Each pancake takes about 2-3 minutes in total, depending on the size. You can make these pancakes as small or as large as you want.
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On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Car54
> After upgrading to Perl 5.8.8 from 5.8.0 the following happens...
Any time you change to a different perl, you must recompile mod_perl.
> 2) When trying to install mod_perl it can't find "apache src directory" and
> neither can I.)
Download it from apache.org and install your new apache server along
with mod_perl.
> 3) Searching for mod_perl.pm I find it here, and I update the $PERL5LIB env
> variable with this...
> export PERL5LIB=/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
Don't do that. You no longer have a valid mod_perl after changing to
a new perl. You have to recompile it. Then modules that depend on
mod_perl will stop complaining.
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NEWLY CROWNED heptathlon gold medalist Jessica Ennis of Great Britain has the lean and muscular body you would expect of a world-class athlete who competes in seven events over 2 days.
She has six-pack abs on her 5-5 frame to die for.
Still earlier this year, an unnamed British athletic official called Ennis "fat."
-John Smallwood


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On a beautiful day in Washington D.C., The Redskins did their fans and even the nation proud in the nation's capital. With a lengthy pregame ceremony commemorating the events of 9/11/2001, the Redskins had the look of a team that could contend in 2011. Almost every part of the game they played last Sunday was solid en route to a 28-14 victory over the injury-bitten New York Giants.
In recent years (since 2007), the Redskins have shown almost no signs of life or even a hope of competing with the heavily-favored Giants. In their past seven meetings, the Giants have held the hapless Redskins to very little production on offense and have rampaged through the defense without much effort. This year in Game 1, all that changed.
The Redskins came out with more determination and fire than has been seen in previous years. Although it wasn't perfect, the Redskins looked like a team reborn from just one short year ago. There was plenty to look at in terms of the good, but also what needs to be fixed if the Redskins have hopes of contending in 2011.


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Pre-Cut Piecing Made Simple taught by Camille Roskelley
Camille Roskelley teaches her tricks for a quick start to quilting success. Even brand-new quilters will see immediate results using pre-cut fabrics.
Other projects made as part of this class:
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After tonight, T-minus ten,…
It's a little strange to look at the schedule and see just ten games remaining after tonight's tilt with Winnipeg. Another season that's absolutely flown by, it feels like just yesterday we were sitting in the stands at those opening camp practices, giving Crosby a standing ovation upon his return just to practice, watching Malkin tearing up practices as some sort of sick precursor to what we'd see from his this year, or getting our first glimpse of the skating brilliance of Joe Morrow.
Fast-forward some 71 games, and we get this past Sunday's Flyers tilt. If a game like that didn't catapult you directly into playoff mode, maybe we'll let CBC work their magic with this clip from last year.
(And as someone who still cheers for the Canucks as well as the Pens, not even the clean-ringing backdrop of The Edge's guitar melodies can keep parts of that clip from sucking out loud to watch again, but that's just me.)
(And feel free to leave that clip on continuous loop as you read the rest of this.)
So many good things in these clips. So much great imagery, and then you start remembering all of the things that come with hockey this time of year.
Games on every single night. Doubleheaders, most of the time.
Games so intense, not even Pierre in between the benches or Edzo in the booth can ruin it.
Cheering for anyone playing the Flyers, Rangers or Caps. If two of those teams are playing each other, cheering for the meteor.
Weighing the pros of staying up to watch a Western Conference series versus the cons of going to work or class on four hours of sleep the next morning.
On game days, you're a wreck. You get through the work day as quickly as possible knowing the game is on that night.
Talking yourself into that first game of the first series, knowing that everything that just transpired over the previous 82 games doesn't really mean so much anymore now, does it?
Every win feels like your team has wrestled absolute control of the series from the opposing team.
Every loss feels twice as damning to the hopes for a Cup, and equally awful is that sinking feeling knowing that you now have to wait another two days for your team to get back another shot. And by the way, your team can only afford to do this again maybe three more times. Maybe two. Maybe just one. At least for this series.
You jump to edge of your seat with every scoring chance your team gets and retreat to the fetal position with every chance they allow. Every celebration of a goal scored for is offset by the crushing fear that the bottom doesn't somehow fall out.
If your team scores the first goal, you start bargaining aloud with the hockey gods to somehow make the game end now. If your team allows the first goal, you wonder if your team can get two pucks past the opposing net-minder without your goalie allowing another.
If your team is ahead by just a goal in the third period, you count down minutes until the 1:30 mark, knowing an empty net awaits.
Each win is followed some strange blend of euphoria, something borne of a seven-game series and a sense of relief that only comes with 150 minutes of holding your breath.
There are those moments – those singular moments, and with them the names that only need to be mentioned to bring a smile and an appreciative nod from your fellow fans.
Neal in overtime from the wall (the last great moment of the 2010-11 season).
Crosby behind the net against Ottawa.
Malkin against all of Carolina.
Tic-tac-toe to TK.
Staal winding it up shorthanded against Detroit.
Fleury stoning Ovechkin.
Roberts challenging the Senators.
Sykora in however many overtimes.
Kasparaitis against Hasek.
Jagr against the Blackhawks. Jagr against the Devils.
Lemieux so many times, from the Immaculate Deflection, to the puck in Bourque's skates, to splitting the defense against Minnesota and that unbelievable goal against Chicago.
And of course, Talbot and then those last six seconds culminated by Fleury diving across the crease.
In three weeks, we get to do it all over.
Welcome to your next three months, Pens fans.


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In Brief: Hear spring concert by Young People's Chorus
Chorus to sing Friday at church
"Where Beauty Comes From," the spring concert by the Young People's Chorus of Erie, is set for Friday, 7 p.m., at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, 2401 W. 38th St. The Concert Chorus, Young Men's Ensemble, Chorale, Cantare, and YPC satellite groups will perform.
Cost: $10; $5 children 7-12; free for children younger than 6
Info: Call 898-6789 or send e-mail to email@example.com.
Opera to screen at Mercyhurst
The New York Metropolitan Opera's performance of Rossini's "La Cenerentola" will screen live on Saturday, 12:55 p.m., at the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Mercyhurst University.
Cost: $18; $15 seniors and students; $10 children 12 and younger
Info: Call 824-3000 or visit http://miac.mercyhurst.edu.
Chorale to perform spring concert
The Presque Isle Chorale, featuring soloist Gabriel Borrero, will perform its spring concert today, 3 p.m., at First United Methodist Church, 707 Sassafras St. The group, directed by Brenda Dolwick, will also perform May 11, 7 p.m., at Lakewood United Methodist Church, 3856 W. 10th St.
Cost: Free
Book signing set for Saturday
Author Victoria Norvaisa will sign copies of her book "Desire and Red Wine, a Life's Journey" on Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Harborcreek Giant Eagle, 4265 Buffalo Road.
Info: Visit www.victorianorvaisa.com.
Shimmy Mob benefits SafeNet
The Shimmy Mob Erie team, featuring 102 registered dancers, will perform a belly dance flash mob on Saturday, 7 p.m., near the Bicentennial Tower at Dobbins Landing. The flash mob benefits SafeNet.
Cost: Free (donations accepted)
Info: Call 774-3558 or visit www.shimmymob.com.
Prep, Villa to stage 'Tarzan'
Students from Villa Maria Academy and Cathedral Prep will stage the musical "Tarzan," based on the Disney film with music by Phil Collins, on Thursday, 7 p.m., at Prep's H. David Bowes Auditorium, West 10th and Myrtle streets. Performances continue Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and May 11 at 2 p.m.
Cost: $7; $5 seniors and students ($1 off tickets from school offices)
Info: Call 838-2061, Ext. 0, or 453-7737, Ext. 0, or visit www.prep-villa.com.
Asian films featured at fest
The Erie Asian Pacific American Association and the Film Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania will present CinefestAsia, a festival of films from Asian countries, on Friday and Saturday at the Erie Art Museum, 20 E. Fifth St. There will be a reception on Friday at 6 p.m., followed by two screenings and a filmmaker Q-and-A. Three films will screen Saturday, beginning at noon.
Cost: $5 for both features on Friday; $5 per film on Saturday
Info: Visit www.erieapaa.org.
Enjoy shopping at Findley Lake
"Taste of Findley Lake" will take place Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m., in downtown Findley Lake, N.Y. There will be food and wine pairings by regional restaurants and Lake Erie Wine Country wineries, shopping, a raffle and more. Attendees will receive a custom Findley Lake wineglass.
Cost: $10
Info: Call (716) 769-7852 or visit www.visitfindleylake.com.
Youtheatre show to open Friday
See the musical "A Little Princess," based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett children's book, on Friday, 7 p.m., at the Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10th St. The musical, presented by the Youtheatre, continues Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through May 18.
Cost: $13.50
Info: Call 454-2852, Ext. 0, or visit www.erieplayhouse.org.
-- from staff reports


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CBNNews.com - CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama promised Monday to keep the commitments the outgoing Bush administration has made to rescue financial markets.
Obama also urged the new Congress to pass a major stimulus package "right away" to restore growth and create jobs.
"Most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year," Obama said at a news conference announcing his economic cabinet picks, including New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner to be his treasury secretary. He also chose Lawrence Summers as director of his National Economic Council. Summers was treasury secretary under former President Bill Clinton.
How Big a Plan?
While the president-elect declined to say how big a spending package he wants to revive the economy, he said "It's going to be costly."
So far, Obama's rescue plan pitch, being crafted by his advisors and some in Congress, could cost between $500 and $700 billion. During the presidential campaign, Obama said he thought it would take about $175 billion.
"This economic recovery package that he's describing is every bit in keeping with exactly the philosophy he outlined throughout the campaign for pretty much two years," Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee said on CBS Face the Nation Sunday. "And that is we've got to make investments in the future of this country and we've got to provide relief to ordinary Americans."
The New FDR?
That relief will come in the form of middle class tax cuts and the plan probably won't call for increasing taxes on wealthier Americans - at least not in this stimulus plan.
Instead, the bulk of the spending would be on infrastructure and public work projects so as to create jobs and kick start the economy. Obama said he would like to see the package passed by Congress by the time he is inaugurated in late January.
"It's reminiscent of Franklin Roosevelt's public works administration, putting people to work to green the country, to rebuild roads and post offices," said Robert Dallek, presidential historian.
Beyond the stimulus package, Obama will also surround himself with new key economic players. The big name - Timothy Geithner - the president of the New York Federal Reserve will become Obama's new treasury secretary, the key government point man. When his name was leaked Friday, the stock market took off, gaining 500 points.
"Tim Geithner has been at the center of all the efforts to handle the problems on wall street over the last 18 months. Nobody knows better than he exactly what's going on, who's in trouble and who needs what kind of assistance right now," said Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT Sloan School.
Rescue Me
And speaking of assistance, the government is coming to the rescue again - this time for Citigroup. The financial company is on shaky ground so they'll get $20 billion and a guarantee on hundreds of billions of dollars in risky assets.
But during his press conference today, Obama was critical of the Big Three automakers, saying he was surprised they did not have a better-thought-out plan for their future before asking Congress to approve $25 billion in emergency loans.
Meanwhile, at a two day summit for Pacific Rim countries, leaders pledged to restrict any new tariffs in the next year that might hurt free trade. They also released a statement assuring the world that this global financial crisis can be contained in 18 months.
That statement, however, is not something anyone in America or around the world will probably be taking to the bank.
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Weather can be awful, with hurricanes, tornadoes, or other extreme storms. It can also be gorgeous, with a shining sun and a light breeze that cools you off if it's a touch too warm. But most of the time, the weather sits in between these extremes: Call it average weather. And if it gets to be too windy, rainy, or snowy, you can be certain it will return to average weather sooner or later.
This is the concept of reversion to the mean. And if you apply it to the current stock market, you might find that some of your investments aren't exactly poised for positive returns.
Jeremy "Mean Reversion" Grantham
A big proponent of this theory is Jeremy Grantham, predictor of the tech bubble, credit bubble, and China's recent slowdown. Through his investment management firm GMO, Grantham constructs predictions for the next seven years for a variety of asset classes based on current conditions. The latest numbers don't bode well for some widely held securities:
|Asset Class
|7-Year Return Forecast
|U.S. Large Cap
|U.S. Small Cap
|U.S. High Quality
|International Large Cap
|International Small Cap
|Emerging Markets
Both U.S. large- and small-cap stocks are predicted to have negative real returns over the next seven years. The only American asset class predicted to beat inflation is high-quality companies, which typically have large competitive advantages, high profit margins even in poor economic conditions, and diverse sources of revenue. Otherwise, investors will have to look abroad for positive returns, and would have to stomach the higher risk of emerging markets to enjoy a higher return. But even GMO is cautious of emerging markets, due to what they believe is a bubble in Chinese real estate.
But timing is an issue
Back in February, Grantham wrote that most things were "brutally overpriced." Since then, the S&P 500 has risen more than 10%. At an investment conference in May, James Montier of GMO said that the firm allocated 50% of its holding to cash. Since then, the S&P 500 is up more than 3%. While things may end up reverting to the mean in the long run, figuring out how long of a run is the crucial aspect to this investment theory.
Focusing on quality
However, even if you don't possess oracle-like timing or a firm grasp of emerging markets, the forecast for high-quality U.S. companies still beats inflation. When interest rates on the most generous savings or checking accounts barely return 1%, and the latest inflation rate was reported at 1.8%, high-quality companies seem like a great place for investments.
The largest holdings in GMO's own Quality Fund include Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ ) , Oracle (NYSE: ORCL ) , and Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) . All three have profit margins above 15%, worldwide operations, and strong respective moats. For Johnson & Johnson, its scale and name brands like Tylenol and Band-Aid lend it power over competitors. Oracle's advantage comes from the lock-in its customers experience, represented by its near-50% market share in database management. And Google's dominance knows no industry bounds. Its search engine holds a 66% market share in the U.S., while its Android mobile phone platform holds 64% market share of global smartphones.
Mean reversion
If large-cap and small-cap U.S. stocks revert to the mean and return less than inflation over the next several years, take solace in the fact that great companies can also revert to their own mean of market-beating returns. Even if you don't believe in any link between past performance and future performance, noting the high-quality characteristics of a strong competitive advantage, high profit margin, and diverse revenue sources -- all of which J&J, Oracle, and Google have -- can help you earn a greater return.
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A briefing of people, issues and events around the country
Obama gives Secret Service its first female director
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director, signaling his desire to change the culture at the male-dominated service, which has been marred by scandal.
Pierson, who most recently served as the agency's chief of staff, will take over from Mark Sullivan, who announced his retirement in February. The agency faced intense criticism during Sullivan's tenure for a prostitution scandal during preparations for Obama's trip to Cartagena, Colombia, in 2012.
The incident raised questions within the agency -- as well as at the White House and on Capitol Hill -- about the culture, particularly during foreign travel.
N.J. police: Emaciated boy, 4, found with dead mom
UNION, N.J. -- Police in northern New Jersey found an emaciated 4-year-old boy in an apartment Tuesday morning with the body of his mother, who appeared to have been dead about five days.
The boy told police he tried to get food from the refrigerator but couldn't open the door, Union Police Director Daniel Zieser said. The boy also had rubbed lotion on his mother in an apparent attempt to help her, leaving behind his handprints, Zieser said.
"He made a statement to the officer that 'There's plenty of food in the refrigerator, but I couldn't open the door,'" Zieser told New York radio station WCBS. "So that's kind of sad that nobody checked on him, no family members. It's sad, very sad."
The discovery was made Tuesday after a maintenance worker reported a bad odor coming from the apartment. The door was ajar but locked with a chain.
Mom, aunt of Georgia baby slaying suspect arrested
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The mother and aunt of a teenage suspect in the fatal shooting of a baby in his stroller have been arrested on charges that they lied to authorities, police said Tuesday.
After their arrests, both women gave police new information that helped lead investigators to a small saltwater pond where they found a handgun, Glynn County police Chief Matt Doering said. He said the gun was being tested to determine whether it could be matched to the slaying last week of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago.
The new arrests targeted relatives of 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins, who is jailed on murder charges. The slain child's mother, Sherry West, said she was pushing her baby in his stroller Thursday near their home in Brunswick when a gunman shot the child in the face and wounded her after she refused to give money to him and a younger accomplice.
Singer Warwick files for bankruptcy in N.J.
NEWARK, N.J. -- Singer Dionne Warwick claims in a recent bankruptcy filing that she owes nearly $10 million in back taxes and her monthly expenses exceed $20,000.
The South Orange resident and singer of classics such as "Walk On By," "I Say a Little Prayer" and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" filed a Chapter 7 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey last Thursday.
In the filing, the 72-year-old Warwick listed liabilities that include nearly $7 million owed to the Internal Revenue Service for the years 1991 to 1999 and more than $3 million in business taxes owed to the state of California.
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Handling text is an important aspect of software development. The C++ language has two methods of handling text: C-Style strings and C++ Strings. Converting between the two is often necessary when using functions from older libraries. If you need to convert a C++ String into a C-Style string, one approach is to extract the individual characters from the C++ String and place them one at a time into the C-Style string.
Things You'll Need
- C++ Compiler, such as GCC
- C++ Integrated Development Environment, such as Eclipse CDT
Create a new C++ source code file.
Import the C++ String library by writing the following line at the top of your source code:include <string>
Create a new C++ String in a source code file by writing a line like this:
string str ("C++ String");
Define a character type to hold the characters in the C++ String:
char temp;
Assign a character to temp by using the [] operators of the C++ String. The number between the square brackets will select the character at that location in the C++ String, with the first character starting in index 0. In the example below, the fifth character of string str ('S') is assigned to temp.
temp = str[5];
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- Without a doubt, language immersion is probably the most effective way to learn another language: such as extended travel to a Spanish-speaking country. This is not always the most practical solution.
- Rosetta Stone is truly an immersion program.
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Photos. In the very best of cases, it is not always easy to learn what a photo is trying to indicate. For instance, it takes quite a bit of creativity to provide the contextual clues that show the difference between say, a sister and a friend. The quality of photos in Rosetta Stone is uneven. Some photos are not only pleasing to the eye but very clever in their design. Others are poor in quality (both composition and lighting). This is not a fatal flaw, as either way, sooner or later we begin to uncover the meaning of the puzzle. Perhaps Rosetta Stone could provide, hidden under an icon, the meaning of the word or expression in the target language. It would be wonderful if the photos had more face validity, so that one could imagine that the people in the photos are from the target language one is learning.
Vocabulary. Rosetta Stone would be even more powerful if it was designed to increase or decrease our exposure to words and expressions as we make mistakes or learn them. For all practical purposes, one has to repeat the complete lesson rather than focus on target vocabulary.
Speed. Rosetta Stone moves somewhat slowly to the next screen after receiving our input. Although we are talking about fractions of a second, it sometimes feels like the lesson is dragging.
Rosetta Stone provides the lessons in audio files. At first I was surprised that these were completely in the target language. At one time I had used Language 30 audio, which would provide the word in the known language, and repeated twice, after a pause, in the target language. Over time, I have come to find great value in the Rosetta Stone immersion approach and the importance of listening to these audio files. As we listen to the audio files during commute, exercise or at other times, our brain will pick up certain words and expressions. It does not matter at all if we know what a particular word means. As we come across that word or expression during our regular computer practice sessions, we will learn these faster. Also, these audio files are an excellent review of materials learned.


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A game played by a group of people where everyone is in a circle striking a ninja pose. the goal is to hit someone elses hand in one solid, quick ninja movement. The opposing players can dodge your hit with one solid, quick ninja move. You cannot have your hands behind your back and you can only get people out by hitting their wrist or hand. The game is played until there is one person left.
Me and my friends played ninja destruction with 11 different people. it was so intense!
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On March 20, four gunmen smuggled weapons past multiple security checkpoints and opened fire on those inside the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan. Nine people were killed. Howland native Rokey Suleman said he should have been the 10th victim.
"Dumb luck and the help of three different individuals helped me get through that," he said.
Two of those individuals didn't survive the night.
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Two gunmen hide during the assault,
as captured by a security camera.
The job
Suleman, who was deputy director of the Trumbull County Board of Elections from 2004 to 2008, was in Afghanistan working for the National Democratic Institute, an international organization with the mission to promote openness and accountability in government.
Since 2005 Suleman, 45, has traveled to Kazakhstan, Belarus, Macedonia, Mongolia, Russia, Egypt, Nepal and the country of Georgia on short-term and long-term missions for NDI as well as the Carter Institute and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
He arrived in Afghanistan on Feb. 26 and expected to be there for 2 1/2 months for the country's elections, which were held Saturday. Suleman said it was the first opportunity for the country to have a peaceful transition in its government decided by a vote of its citizens.
He was the only American on an international team of about 18 members.
"Each person had a different role," he said. "My role was security analysis."
In addition to ensuring the safety of voters, Suleman was investigating the integrity of the election itself, making sure the proper protocols were in place to prevent ballot stuffing and any other election tampering.
They traveled to meetings in armored SUVs with private, unarmed security forces.
"If you want armed security, you must hire the Afghan National Police Force, and a lot of people don't trust them."
The Serena Hotel
The international NDI workers stayed at the Serena Hotel in Kabul. It is located behind a protective wall. All the exterior windows have glass designed to withstand a bomb blast.
Guests were told that 60 armed guards patrolled the perimeter of the hotel at all times and another 30 guards were stationed inside. Any vehicle entering the complex had to go through four checkpoints, and all vehicles and passengers were searched for bombs and weapons.
"It met United Nations standards for security protection," Suleman said. "It was considered the safest hotel in Kabul. That's why we were staying there."
His first day at the hotel, Suleman was briefed on security protocols and was shown how to access a "safe room" with steel doors located below the hotel kitchen in the basement.
"It was my first time in Afghanistan, and I felt safe. I felt it was a secure enough area,'' Suleman said.
''We all expected any attack to be an external attack on the hotel, a suicide bomber, that kind of thing. No one saw an attack being perpetrated from inside of the hotel."
However, NDI gave each of its international staff members a helmet and a flak jacket to keep in their rooms.
Rising tension
There were signs the Taliban was increasing its efforts to disrupt the upcoming elections.
In January, 21 people were killed by a suicide bomber and gunmen at Taverna du Liban, a popular restaurant with Westerners.
On March 11, a Swedish radio correspondent was gunned down on the streets of Kabul while interviewing people about the Taverna bombing.
"It was the first time when a civilian was targeted on the street, so things were changing," Suleman said.
Among the precautionary measures taken by NDI, workers varied the time they left the Serena Hotel each morning to make the three- to four-mile drive to their offices so as not to follow a predictable routine.
And no one could travel without security.
"We weren't allowed free travel at all in the country."
Luis Duarte
One of the co-workers Suleman spent time with was Luis Maria Duarte, 33, a former diplomat from Paraguay on his third NDI mission in Afghanistan. Duarte played bass in a Beatles tribute band in Paraguay, and the two bonded over their mutual love of music.
"I told him I had 36,000 songs on my iPod and computer," Suleman said. "Music is an important part of my life. Music is what brings me comfort and joy, and it was nice to find a kindred spirit over there who loved his music as much as I did."
Along with music, the two would talk politics - Duarte had dreams of being president of Paraguay and Suleman joked that one day he would go to his homeland and help run his campaign - and he would tease him about his girlfriend, especially after Duarte shaved off his scruffy beard when his girlfriend objected to his appearance following a Skype conversation.
March 20
Nothing out of the ordinary happened that day at work. Suleman met with the minister of the interior and the Afghan police, and worked on reports before they made the trip back to the Serena Hotel around 4:30 p.m. Because Afghanistan is a Muslim country and Friday is a holy day, the work week runs Sunday through Thursday.
Suleman was working out in the hotel gym when he got a text from Duarte. Some of their co-workers were going to the U.N. compound, but others decided to stay at the hotel and celebrate the Persian New Year. Duarte invited him to meet them in the coffee shop. Suleman took a shower and headed downstairs.
"One thing I did do that I'm really thankful for is I had dress shoes on with jeans. I thought, 'It's the weekend. I'm putting my Chuck Taylors (tennis shoes) on (instead).'"
There was no alcohol at the hotel, so they "celebrated" the new year with milkshakes, but the group enjoyed a quiet night off work and even took a photograph together to remember the occasion.
About 8:30 p.m., the women decided to go back to their hotel rooms. Suleman said he wanted to get something to eat in the restaurant. Duarte said he'd go with him.
The attack
Suleman and Duarte were eating and talking about the music of Harry Nilsson and his connection to The Beatles when they heard shouting and what sounded like plates breaking.
"I looked over my shoulder and saw a guy, and it looked like he was flipping over a table, and I heard popping sounds. I thought there was a fight breaking out."
Then they saw what appeared to be a body on the ground and realized the popping sounds were gunshots.
The two scrambled for safety. Duarte hid behind a dessert station at the buffet.
"I looked to my right and there was a family huddled around a table. I looked over, and the man motioned for me to come over where they were. I scrambled on my hands and knees to get over and huddle with the family."
The man was Sardar Ahmed, a well-known Afghan journalist who was there with his wife and three children, ages 6, 5 and 2.
The two gunmen started walking up to the people in the restaurant and shooting them at point-blank range.
"There was no emotion in these guys' faces. No joy, no dread, no sadness. Completely emotionless eyes. Just walking around. Pop, pop. Shoot twice. Shoot twice, then stop to reload."
He saw one of the men walk up to where Duarte was and fire. He couldn't see him behind the dessert island, but Suleman thought his friend was shot.
Seconds later, Duarte got up and ran into the kitchen.
Then one of the gunmen approached the table where Suleman and Ahmed's family were.
"At that moment, the journalist says something. I don't know what he said But it made the gunman walking directly to the table pause, turn and shoot two other people. These were the two Canadian women who were killed.
"Then he had to reload. At the time both were reloading, I had the most clear thought I've ever had in my life: I'm not going to die here today. And I ran."
Suleman dashed to the kitchen. A cook pointed to his right. Suleman felt someone grab him, and he took a swing at him. It was another kitchen worker, who led Suleman down the hallway to the safe room.
Duarte wasn't there. He apparently ran through the kitchen to the lobby, where the other two gunmen were looking for people.
Only one other person made it out of the restaurant and into the safe room, Suleman said. But it soon started to fill with other hotel employees, and they spent four hours there while the Afghan Army and Norwegian Special Forces looked for the shooters, who were killed at the scene.
"It got a little nerve-wracking. There had been reports of stolen military uniforms and police uniforms to be used by suicide bombers for attacks. When the guys started coming in, I got really paranoid. It was hard to trust anything going on in the first hour of the attack."
When they finally exited the safe room, the floors of the lobby were smeared with blood where the shooters' bodies had been dragged across the floor to be hauled away.
"One of the terrorists was lying dead in the parking lot waiting for another ambulance."
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. Nine people were killed, including Duarte, Ahmed, his wife and two of their children. His 2-year-old son Abuzar suffered four gunshot wounds but survived.
"I'm assuming it happened directly after I ran. They didn't run. They were huddled under the table seeking protection. The first reaction was to hide from that. When Luis ran, it cleared my head."
Duarte running, Ahmed's words and the kitchen worker's assistance are the only reasons he survived, Suleman said.
The aftermath
NDI immediately evacuated the international workers from Afghanistan. They were flown to Istanbul on March 22, and Suleman was back in Washington, D.C., on March 25.
NDI still has Afghan citizens working on the mission, and the international workers are using Skype and email to keep gathering information and writing reports.
"They don't get to win," Suleman said. "We're still going to complete the mission."
Two days after returning to D.C., Suleman was back on an airplane, this time to Paraguay for Duarte's funeral, where he met Duarte's family, friends and his girlfriend.
"I told them about the mission, what we were doing and how we spent our last night. Until the last moments, we were laughing and joking and having a good time I needed to say goodbye after that incident."
The only physical injury Suleman suffered in the attack was a banged-up knee from scrambling on the floor.
"I'm glad I had my Chucks on. If I'd had my dress shoes on, I would have been slipping and sliding all through the restaurant."
Emotionally, Suleman said, "I'm doing as well as anyone can be expected who's gone through an event like this Each day it's a little easier.
''There's no way to prepare yourself as a civilian for this type of event. Guys in the military deal with PTSD all the time, guys in the military train for these types of events. We don't train for this."
When he lived in Trumbull County, Suleman worked as a Red Cross volunteer on local emergencies and went to Oxford, Miss., to help people displaced after Hurricane Katrina in 2007. He believes the training he received to help others in a crisis situation is helping him now.
But earlier last week, Suleman was with a friend in a bar in D.C., when a group of people watching a soccer game on TV cheered when someone scored a goal. The noise made Suleman jump.
"Then I laughed. OK, this is what my life is going to be like for a while."
He's already thinking about returning overseas with NDI.
"There are a couple upcoming opportunities to go on another mission in the next month or so. I enjoy the work and I do believe the work is important. I'm honored to be among an incredible group of folks."


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A YouTube video from 2004. Watch the whole thing, even though it's 3 minutes long. (thanks, for once, Frenemy)
I'm VERY disappointed that Slate.com has not done an Explainer on tiger attacks, but I blame these stupid holidays. You can't get anything done. I did find this story about the first time Tatiana the tiger went postal. Very interesting.
Meanwhile, you'll have to content yourself with something new to worry about: global dimming.


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A S.W.A.T team is sent in to take out Alucard. Boy, do I feel bad for these guys. The rogue vampire Alucard is the Hellsing Organization's deadliest instrument in its mission to protect the British Empire from satanic ghouls and Nazi freaks. He is not alone in his assault on the occult; the master has a servant. Policewoman Seras Victoria accepted Alucard's gift of dark salvation after falling in the line of duty, and now the remnants of her human soul struggle against her growing vampire urges. Together, they haunt the shadows as a sinister force of good – and tonight the foggy streets of England shall flow with the blood of their evil prey.
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Koubachi takes its Wi-Fi Plant Sensor to the great outdoors
Black thumb? If you're tired of sending your plants to an early compost heap then you might want to thank the industrious gnomes at Koubachi who have released an outdoor version of their Wi-Fi Plant Sensor. Like its indoor stablemate, the new model unveiled at this year's IFA in Berlin measures soil moisture, light and temperature, sending the data to the cloud where you or anyone you've shared your account with can check on the needs of your botanical buddies. What's new is an IPx4 certification, making this sensor fully waterproof and ready for the great outdoors.
Apparently the Japanese are going crazy for the it but, despite its Japanese inspired name (Kouba=plant; chi=diminutive), the Koubachi was developed by two computing students at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. According to spokesman David Kurmann, Moritz Koehler and Philip Bolliger kept killing their new office plants. Instead of remembering to water them they did what any tech genii would, they experimented with a plant sensor to "give their plant a voice." The young startup set up in 2009, by autumn 2010 it launched an app and as of four months ago the indoor sensor was available for purchase worldwide. The outdoor model will be available next month.
As the Koubachi system allows users to check the status of their plants online, keen gardeners can go on vacation and know if their plants are being cared for. The battery-powered device will even send out an alert when weather conditions threatening the health of the plant arise. There's also access to a "Plant Cyclopedia," which provides information about growth form, vegetation cycle, blossom time, etc.
Still looking similar to the business end of a 3-wood, the new model will sell for €129 (approx. US$165) in Europe when it becomes available in October. This matches the launch price of the original, which has recently seen a price drop to €89 in Europe and $99 in the States. Once you have the sensor (which can analyze multiple plants), lifetime membership to the cloud service and the app are free.
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Embedded Darkness Tattoo's is a new, modern shop with state of the art equipment. The atmosphere is dark, yet elegant and offers a warm and inviting presence to all that enter. The shop uses the latest state of the art sterilization equipment and is sanctioned by our local Health Board ensuring the highest standard of excellence for our clients. The main working area is set up so that everyone can see the cleanliness standard we have set.
You were tattooed in a modern studio with sterilized instruments and pigments. If you follow these simple instructions, you will have a quick healing and attractive tattoo.
Gently remove the bandage after approximately 4-6 hours. If the bandage is sticking, use water to moisten it. Wash it with warm water and a mild antibacterial soap. Gently pat your tattoo dry with a clean paper towel. Allow your tattoo to air dry for 24 hours. Apply a super thin layer of POLY-SPORIN OINTMENT. Your tattoo may "weep" for the first few days, this is normal. Don't' be alarmed if there is ink in the weeping, this too is normal. Also DO NOT re-bandage your tattoo.
Wash and apply POLY-SPORIN OINTMENT to your tattoo twice daily for the first 3-5 days or until the weeping/scabbing stops. This is when you start to apply a non-scented (fragrance free) moisture such as Curel or Aveeno. Be sure to keep it as clean as possible. Always wash your hands before applying ointment or touching your tattoo. It is an open wound and can get infected without proper hygiene.
Absolutely NO sun for at least 3 weeks. Should you expose your tattoo to the sun be sure to apply sunscreen after it is healed with is approximately 14 days after the procedure to prevent damage.
No swimming or soaking in water, including baths for at least 3 weeks. Soaking in water harbors bacteria as well causing premature lifting of scab tissue, which will result in color loss. However, it is okay to shower with a fresh and healing tattoo. Don't penetrate the area with too much water try to keep it out of direct water as much as possible.
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BREAKING BAD. 10 p.m. Sunday, AMC.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. 8 p.m. tomorrow, NBC 10.
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! ZEN. 9 p.m. Sunday, WHYY.
FOR WEEKS NOW, people have asked me if there's still time to get in on "Breaking Bad," the AMC series about a high-school chemistry teacher-turned-meth dealer that enters its fourth season Sunday.
Here's what I say: Where there's life (and Netflix and AMC's late-night reruns), there's hope.
Even for Walt White (Bryan Cranston), whose lung-cancer diagnosis initially triggered transformation from milquetoast to monster.
Each of the first three seasons yielded an Emmy win for Cranston, a string that will be broken this year if for no other reason than that the show's premiering too late to be eligible.


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Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry and Paramore's Hayley Williams Finally Joined Forces Onstage
The two sang "Bury It" together in Nashville.By Dee Lockett
The two sang "Bury It" together in Nashville.By Dee Lockett
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Presenting 'The Green Album.'By Chadwick Matlin
From the 'Transformers' soundtrack.By Mike Vilensky
"We didn't understand why Hayley was the only one signing the contract since we were told this was a 'band', but we were too young to grasp all of this."By Amos Barshad
But it's not the lady.By Mike Vilensky
Work work fashion baby; get your Halloween costume ideas here...By Alex Rees
Spare, but colorful visuals from the genre-bending rapper and Paramore singer.By Edith Zimmerman
Remember when Hayley Williams tweeted a topless picture?By Edith Zimmerman
What songs can you rock a furious air guitar to all summer long?By Amos Barshad
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Making beautiful music, etc.By Nick Catucci
Is this the greatest lady-fronted rock band in the country?By Nick Catucci
Tennessee pop-punkers Paramore are about to take things to another level with "Decode," the Twilight soundtrack's lead single.By Ehren Gresehover
Presenting the top ten churchgoing, non-drinking, promise-ring-wearing singer-actors — along with their great shames and potential for corruption. Yes, we remembered Miley Cyrus.
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The Met's New Exhibition Shows Fashion's Impact On Impressionist Art
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A new exhibition opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday (February 26) that seeks to explore the role fashion played in the works of Impressionist masters and their contemporaries. Called 'Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity', the show brings together a trove of paintings from greats like Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and others and displays them alongside fashion popular at the time. "We're looking at a period from the mid 1860's to the mid 1880's when Impressionism came of age and Paris emerged as the style capital of the world," said Susan Alyson Stein, curator of European Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "With the rise of department stores, the advent of ready-made clothing, the proliferation of fashion magazines, artists took a fresh look at contemporary dress as a way to invigorate stale conventions with modern sentiment." While some society artists produced extremely accurate paintings of their clients wearing their very fashionable attire, the major Impressionist artist looked to capture something more fleeting, the "look of the moment." "It's not so much that meticulous precision or detail in every thread and hemline and so on, as much as it is to capture that here and now. The things that are here today and gone the next," added Stein. A good example of this feeling for the moment can be seen in work such as Monet's 'Women in the Garden', which shows a group of well dressed women having a picnic on a sunny lawn. In the painting one lady wears a white dress with decoration on the hem, very similar to a real dress on display just yards away. The exhibit brings together more than 80 major works from over 40 locations around the world. Stein says the Met has added to the show with items from own collection including art, costumes and supporting documents like photographs and fashion magazine clippings from the era. The show runs through May 27th and will then move on to the Art Institute of Chicago. Video Source: Reuters
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