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I know this story too well! Nothing like looking in your fabric stash to find the perfect fabric for the quilt you're currently working on. Then a week later you pull out one of the UFO and look for the fabric you had set aside to make backing and binding with- you guessed it. It's in that other quilt.
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the traditional has the same problems, for me since I am a large saver, real estate has been a better vehicle for long term gains and deffered taxes and it fits my personality better
I would never vote
for hilliary but then I also know how to avoid much of taxes and worked diligently to do so for the last 40 yrs. I even have set up a family trust to put all my possessions in to avoid estate tax which in my bracket is higher than income tax. I didn't say I loved paying taxes but for me being retired to pay lots of taxes is not really in the cards as I can control my income easily.but to pay taxes you have to make lots of money and that I don'tt mind. UNDERSTAND? but let me blow
a bubble in most peoples thoughts Roth IRA s are not tax free.
and here is why: when you retire and withdraw they use up all your 15% tax braclet with "nontaxable "roth income and puch the rest of your income including social security into the 40% bracket. then they use this ROTH income to puch you into a higher bracket for your medicare payment which can increase as much as 3 fold even though you paid in 10X what the aveage person has paid in.
i have enough losses on oil and biotech right now that that is not my worry. just trying to work out of the hole then i look at cap gains and ordinary but I dont mind paying taxes. .
my guess is 58 to 60 cents
$8/$20 jan 2017 I am in the jan 2017 $8/$16 spread a couple of weeks ago
you buy it you lose more on the downside. Seems to me the better play and margin is not required.
lets say you are interested in buying HZNP shares then why not do it with options today you could have bought jan 2017 $8 calls and sold jan 2017 calls for about a $6 debit for each share which means you would if assigned get it for $14 instead of C$16.80 yes you are capped out at $20 but on a $6 investment that is a double If you bought the stock it would have to go to $33.50 for a double and you don't lose unless it closes below $14 whereas if
you know so little I have been doing these types of bull call spreads for over 6 yrs and 90% are profitable with great returns and limited risk when done in the money. I am covered until 13 ;price which means for me to lose money the stock has to go down 20% in 6 months, while possible and consequently 10% loss on spreads it is not likely and why 89% are profitable. Wise up and get off your ugly horse. You are an annoyance and most ignore you
gave me a chance to do a bull call spread for Jan 17 bought $8 calls and sold $16 calls at a debit of $5 if HZNP is above 13 in jan 17 I make money up to $16 were I max out at $8 on each $5 invested
personally, I love the hype. I have been able to reduce my cost over $4 per share by selling call options on this since entering and it is getting me closer to break even lol got lots of july 30s sold at 70 cents currently to lower me even more.and those options are way above my cost basis so bring it on.
I use eoption they charge $3 per trade on stocks and an additional 10 cents per contract on options
sounds wonderful but not practical, the end product is you have to make a living and while you are doing all that free labor because of the hoops that have to be jumped through you could be treating other patients who may die waiting for you to fill out someone elses forms because their insurance or the govt is worried about money and not anyones life. you sound like a newbie to the profession and not a business person, I hope you don't go broke or your wife leave you or you have an affair because you don't feel treated properly. talk to me in 15 yrs or after you are working for yourself and not on someoneelses payroll. To expect a dr to have to do all the ridiculous paperwork is what has caused their salaries to drop in half and many to quit practicing
If you are the doctor and have to spend a large amount of time getting no payment to do so then you are very unlikely going to take the time to do it. It is called econ 101
are you so stupid as to not listen to what he is saying.
why do liberals and govt feel that doctors should pay to work for a patient? when you put up obstacles to practice then they quit practicing and you get inferior doctors in the future. this is the way govt and ins cares about you, they want to make it hard to get care so that they can control costs and blame it on the doctor. Whatever profession you worked in how many items did you pay for to give away to the needy, how many hrs did you work for free? or did you ever pay so you could go to work. GET REALISTIC.
what he is saying is that he doesn't want to spend hrs and hrs of his and his staffs time doing paperwork with Vconnect to get a script filled. This is the way ins and the govt cares about your health. they want to control costs not make you healthy. It is why when I practiced dentistry before retiring I gave up doing medicare. You couldn't spend 5hrs to get a $5 reimbursement. Why do you expect the doctor to pay to get you a script or anyone else.
down 45 cents premarkey
it is either a well kept secret or the rumors have all been false, if a buyout was leaked and it was going to happen you wouldn't have seen the large sell off IMO I am sticking with my thought that nothing happens for at least 3 months or longer You may have rumors but they are selling opportunities until an actual announcement.
I hope you are correct topgun but three months will go by quickly and DD by a purchaser should take at least that long. If someone has already been doing DD the employees would have whispered it out by now and we would not have ever seen the 13s as we did.
did you see the premium disappear out of those june calls even with stock up $2 today
no offer coming for the next 3 months at least, I go with JO not wanting to sell as he is being paid handsomely


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Thesp to star, produce 'Dexterity' with partner Sternberg
Paramount Pictures has tapped Jude Law to topline "Dexterity," a romance that's been in development for more than a decade.
Law will also produce with partner Tom Sternberg, who produced "The Talented Mr. Ripley" with William Horberg at Paramount.
Karen Croner, who wrote "One True Thing," is scripting the adaptation of the Douglas Bauer novel, a story of a young couple set against the fortunes of a factory town in upstate New York after the husband is laid off.
Project was originally developed by Timothy Hutton as a vehicle for him to star in and direct. Attachments during the 1990s included Jason Patric and Matthew McConaughey for the lead, with Bridget Fonda and Ashley Judd as possible leading ladies.
"I'm delighted that the elements are coming together for 'Dexterity,' " Law said. "It's a great pleasure for me to be working once again with the folks at Paramount, which has become like a second home to me."
Law, who received an Oscar nom for "Cold Mountain," will appear in two Par pics this year — the remake of "Alfie" directed by Charles Shyer and co-starring Marisa Tomei and Susan Sarandon, and "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," with Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie.
Law is currently working on the film version of Col's "Closer," directed by Mike Nichols and co-starring Julia Roberts. He's also starring in Fox Searchlight's "I Heart Huckabees," directed by David O. Russell with Naomi Watts and Mark Wahlberg, and DreamWorks' "Tulip Fever," directed by John Madden with Keira Knightley.
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New 'Dreamyfish Art' portrait emerges!
Between Astrology, Politics, and the barndoor, it's been a while since I completed and published a tropical fish portrait…until last evening.
"New Dreamyfish Art portrait emerges"…from the depths of my 12th house imagination, that is!
For those scientist types who prefer botanical drawings to most any other genre of Art, a warning must go out: my Dreamyfish Art fish portrait collection combines the realism of a rendering done as botanically correct as I can muster (with colored pencils on black paper, a Disney-esque effect, some say) with oceanic Neptune's imaginative faculties, such as I may contain.
This is hopefully achieved by way of visionary, colorful surroundings for these deep-denizened creatures to wander about in…as if the viewer sees them surprised and ensnared within a dream…each fish's own fondest dream.
Often these species are found at such depths, it's a monchrome world for the brightly marked dearies, so I created Dreamyfish Art portaits to cater to their private dreams because after all: fish dream, too.
Astrologically this Saturn/Neptune mutuality has much significance within this artist's psyche:
Saturnian form is supplied by my natal Saturn in Virgo (details; science) in 12th house of behind-the-scenes work (and often of research.) In my natal chart are four planets in Capricorn and thus they are ruled by Saturn. They are: Sun, Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars. The latter two are posited in the 5th house of Creativity, I am glad to say, with Sun and Jupiter conjunct in 4th; Sun/Jup trine Saturn in 12th.
Artistic and mystical Neptune is in mid-Libra (she said, dating herself) and sextiles a Sagittarian Venus, also in 4th house. I like to be and to work at home on projects, as you might imagine.
Also for art-lover Venus is a trine with Pluto in Leo. When Pluto came calling on natal Venus all through 2003, I noticed a deepening effect on my drawing and I tended to know how each piece would appear as they were begun. Dreams of scenes and themes became more accessible to my waking consciousness, a neat trick improved upon by Pluto's transformative powers!
Plus, the sculpturist feel I had noticed when drawing on 2-dimensional black paper seemed to increase into a hyper-realism at times…something about bringing light out of darkness as opposed to loading up white or light paper with darker pigments.
Yet I do still use white paper for line illustrations, of course. Who doesn't?
That's the best I can do to describe how my drawing and experience of drawing changed internally during my Pluto-to-Venus transit. Sitting at my drafting table and staring at a blank sheet of paper, it sort of 'washed over me' the day of the first conjunction (of three.) And very obviously, too, for I had not been conscious of the date's significance until it happened–but soon suspected what was 'up' with my natal chart's transits…and the Pluto transit was the "biggie" for the year, exact on that day.
My Piscean Moon's hope is that outer results artfully tell the tale in symbols rather than mere words can do as watery Neptune sloshes into Saturnian form, and I hope you'll find the undersea realm half full at Dreamyfish Art:
And come on, world…Let's Save Our Oceans!


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No-Cook Recipe: Peach-Ginger Lassi
By Alexandra Fleischman | July 31, 2013
In the summer, my blender gets a lot of use; after all, you get to combine flavors without much work on your end– all in soups, smoothies, sauces, and drinks. When that gets boring, turning to another cuisine can help (especially for smoothies– I don't believe in the mix-in-all-the-fruit-around philosophy).
For guidance, then, take a look at the lassi. This cold, yogurt-based soft drink packs a load of probiotics into a a smoothie-milkshake hybrid. If you're not a fan of yogurt, consider trying your hand at horchata, which uses rice, almonds, or sesame seeds for its creamy base.
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Åbäke responded to a passage in the story in which the central character finds himself in a disused underground station surrounded by objects that he does not quite understand. Abake have entered the world of the story, imagining this society that is not allowed to preserve the artefacts of the past. They have assembled a vitrine of object mounts and a large sculpture support, as the knowledge of their original function is lost and could therefore be perceived of as precious as the objects they once held.
Åbäke is a collective of graphic designers formed in London in 2000. Their practice is hard to define and takes many multi-disciplinary outcomes, but much of their work concentrates on the social aspect of design and the strength of collaboration. Working under a number of different aliases they have curated exhibitions, hosted culinary events, founded a record label and a spy agency.
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By Col. Stuart J. McRae, Fort Rucker Garrison CommanderOctober 31, 2013
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (October 31, 2013) -- Teammates, over the past few weeks I have seen a significant spike in speeding tickets as we have begun enforcing the speed limits at our various gates. We recently reduced the speed limits approaching each of our active vehicle barriers to 25 miles per hour. It may seem that we are indiscriminately changing the speed limits but, in fact, the speed reduction is a requirement for the certification of our active vehicle barriers or AVBs. We have had AVBs installed at some of our gates for some time, but until this year they were not certified for use. This year we secured sufficient funding and have contracts in place to finish this project at every gate.
Active vehicle barriers are the devices installed which are designed to stop a would-be terrorist from gaining access to the installation. Based on engineering codes and safety standards, the speed limit of 25 mph allows drivers to safely stop if the barrier is activated. Additionally, security personnel working the ACPs are better protected when vehicles exiting the installation slow down.
Without getting into the technical specifics of the upgrades, one safety aspect in the operation of these barrier systems is tied into the traffic lights located at or near the barrier systems. When a barrier is activated in response to a security threat, traffic lights change from green to yellow to red, to alert drivers to respond appropriately. Should the gate system need to activate, drivers will need to reduce their speed, proceed with caution and stop as they approach from either direction so they have the appropriate time to react.
Although many drivers may find this lower speed limit annoying or inconvenient, the change is necessary, and makes for a safer environment for our Soldiers, Family members and civilians -- safety is paramount. And, in most cases, the increased travel time at these areas is less than two minutes -- a minimal impact on commuters when considering how much safer things are.
We will enforce the speed limit -- Fort Rucker police monitor the areas near the gates and will cite drivers who ignore the posted speed limit. As the garrison commander, it is my duty to ensure the safety of the thousands of people who travel on and off Fort Rucker daily, to live, work, visit and shop. And, although some drivers consider the reduced speed limit aggravating and unnecessary, when security and safety is weighed in the balance, I am convinced they will agree it is the right thing to do.
I will always endeavor to keep you posted of changes affecting you on this installation. Let's all do our part to ensure safe operations around the Post. We're one team on Fort Rucker!


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Paul reminded the Corinthians that they didn't lack anything, that God would keep them "firm to the end" (1 Corinthians 1:8), that God would make them blameless, that God called them into fellowship with Jesus. The Corinthians' salvation did not depend on them; it depended on God, and he is faithful.
When you feel poorly equipped to live a life that's pleasing to God or to endure a particular trial, remember that your salvation doesn't depend on you. True faith is not based on your ability to come through for God but on his faithfulness to keep his promises—which he'll always do because he's faithful.
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To compare the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic surgery with that of open laparotomy in pregnant patients.
Six-year case-control study.
Tertiary care, university and community hospitals.
Population-based sample. From 1990 through 1995, 16 pregnant patients underwent laparoscopic surgery (study group) and 18 underwent open laparotomy (control group) during the first or second trimester. Follow-up ranged from 1 month to 6 years.
In the study group, 4 patients underwent appendectomies and 12 underwent cholecystectomies. The control group included 7 appendectomies and 11 cholecystectomies.
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The 2 groups were compared for age, trimester, surgical time, oxygen saturation, end-tidal carbon dioxide, return of gastrointestinal tract function, duration of intravenous or intramuscular narcotics, postoperative stay, gestational age at delivery, 1- and 5-minute Apgar scores, birth weights, and complications.
Age, trimester, oxygenation, end-tidal CO2, gestational age at delivery, Apgar scores, and birth weights were not different between the 2 groups. The patients who underwent laparoscopy had significantly longer operative times (82 vs 49 minutes), shorter stay (1.5 vs 2.8 days), earlier resumption of regular diet (1.0 vs 2.4 days), and shorter duration of intravenous or intramuscular narcotics (1.2 vs 2.6 days) (all P<.01). Four complications were found in the laparotomy group vs 6 in the laparoscopy group.
Laparoscopic surgery in pregnant women significantly decreases hospitalization, decreases narcotic use, and quickens return to a regular diet when compared with open laparotomy in pregnant women. No significant differences between the 2 groups in perioperative morbidity or mortality were present. These data suggest that therapeutic laparoscopy during pregnancy in the first or second trimester is safe.(Arch Surg. 1996;131:546-551)
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Nokia Lumia 920 wireless charging pad poses for snapshot
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With leaks coming left and right about the Nokia Lumia 920, it appears that some of the accessories for the unit are also the subject of speculation that would include a wireless charging pad for the device which uses Qi technology...
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1. noriya (Posts: 12; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
look cute with the phone,love it.
14. noriya (Posts: 12; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)
thanks for like and not thanks to dislike :D
37. apocalypsebc (Posts: 148; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
I like and will be getting a yellow one!
36. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
I really hate it when people thumbs down comments that are just stating pure fact. Isn't it looks cute? And he/she loves it. Get over it. gahd.
45. Medel (Posts: 84; Member since: 31 May 2011)
I want the red one! if you thumb down my post... you'll get karma! :))
48. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3784; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Seems like everyone is afraid of your karma!! :D
2. redmd (Posts: 1269; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
so the curved screen is the 920 and the flat one is the 820? or it's the other way around just like the first gen Lumia. nice colors Nokia.
3. Osman (Posts: 44; Member since: 07 May 2012)
Just Beautiful :) Loving the colors!
28. kingpet13 (Posts: 139; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
How does a good and honest opinion warrant for 11 thumbs down? The trolls are crazy today
4. Peter27 (Posts: 233; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
I really hope they will sell because they look absolutely cool to me. Specially the one on the left. Would not want Nokia to go at this stage.
5. Apple-Royally- (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 Aug 2012)
Really nice coulours!
6. Peter27 (Posts: 233; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Oh we got again some troll thumbing down every post.
7. Hafiz (Posts: 78; Member since: 20 Dec 2011)
Argh! Android and apple fans thumbing down every comment!!
Guysss i am an android fan, but i still love windows!
8. zhiae (unregistered)
i love android but this lumia is wow
15. crankyd00d (Posts: 191; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Please don't lump us Android fans together with the Apple cultists, we are not as closed minded as they are, were we to make fun of people picking different choices we would be denying Android itself, because that's hat Android is all about, choice and freedom, exactly what Apple lacks, an as an Android fan I can tell you right now these Nokia phones are looking incredibly interesting :-)
I'm happy Windows Phone is finally bringing out the big guns
22. Ueliton (Posts: 34; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
thumbs up, you have my respect!
27. RyanM4g63 (Posts: 15; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
I agree my first smart phone was a 3GS, bought myself an EVO 2 years after. I loved both phones. Then went back to an iphone and I miss android lol. But a friend of mine just recently got hired at AT&T and he was given a lumia (he also still has his EVO LTE on Sprint for now due to term fee of a phone so new) Anyway I loved playing with the windows phone I am looking forward to seeing what the windows 8 mobile is capable of.
9. refreak (Posts: 29; Member since: 18 Dec 2011)
luks like andro fans are jealous
12. zhiae (unregistered)
what about apple thy really upset about taller screen,lol
10. zhiae (unregistered)
thumb up for lumia
11. boblight (Posts: 84; Member since: 28 Jul 2012)
Nice! Awesome products... Now.. Sept 5.. Here i come !
13. zhiae (unregistered)
(unlike)it really feels good
16. Apple-Royally- (Posts: 16; Member since: 24 Aug 2012)
A lot of Windows haters?
17. Yummy (Posts: 117; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
How come you guys thumbing everybody down? What is that going to do WOAH I GOT A THUMBS DOWN LOL DON'T CARE anyways I am really looking forward to that lumia
18. papss (unregistered)
Love the look and from what I can tell it looks to have a slight distinction between the two. As one android fan I'm sort of excited for these phones
19. zzzzz (Posts: 18; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
Come on Nokia..! Nice gadgets with lively colors. Waiting to grab one.
20. Gaurav008 (Posts: 328; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
That yellow lumia has got some class....looks abosolutely awsme...Hpoe WP8 and Nokia rises...again
21. Gaurav008 (Posts: 328; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
23. phonton (Posts: 65; Member since: 27 Dec 2011)
Oh Nokia! Please patent the colors for the phones. If someother phones come in colors like this, go after them. I'm pretty sure if rectangles and curved edges can win suits, this can well be. lol.
25. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
if u are a iFool + fandroid nerd + retard doushbag who thumbs everything down thumb this comment DOWN :P othervise thumbsup
38. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
hahaha 5 doushbags caught so far
26. Evil_SaNz (Posts: 259; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
Yellow colour attracts midges.
29. webOSlove (unregistered)
looks like touchstone to me :)
30. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
The charge pad I do not care for. The phone and the bluetooth headset is like a work of art. I would love to get my grubby hands on the 920 and the BT set up.
32. webOSlove (unregistered)
Why is everyone getting 6 thumbs down ?
33. Gaurav008 (Posts: 328; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
6 serial dislikers on the hunt..xD
44. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
thats most probably samsung sgs3 or iphone fans who are now angry that their device didnt had this feature while lumia may have it
34. Gaurav008 (Posts: 328; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
6 serial dislikers on the hunt..xD
35. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
i think its pretty... nokia will be on top again.. and WP shares will be 2-digit share in no time!!! WP will be a beast and Nokia Lumia is the one leading..
i hope nokia will bring WP8 goodness on mass market... not the rumored WP7.8 successor of Lumia 610
41. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
who are thes hoodlums thumbing down... hater much?
46. mobilefuture (Posts: 214; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
damn the red 820 looks real sexy!!
47. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2275; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
Ill take a red one... B-)
49. shadez10 (Posts: 427; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
The bluetooth headset is a Nokia Luna...
51. hameed1989 (Posts: 47; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)
Not impressed with the dual core…but the camera is so awesome!!! Esp the city lens feature


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Officers said shooting happened in 6600 block of Northwest 10th Street
Published 9:44 AM CST Dec 11, 2012
One man was shot in Northwest Oklahoma City Tuesday morning, according to police.
The incident happened in the 6600 block of Northwest 10th Street.
Officers said the victim was shot in the hand and is expected to be OK. Investigators said he is not being forthcoming with information and no description of the gunman is available at this time.
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BAY CITY, MI — A 68-year-old Bay City man has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor stemming from his calling 911 in search of food.
Terry L. Bush on Thursday, March 20, appeared before Bay County District Judge Dawn A. Klida and pleaded no contest to one count of using 911 for an unauthorized purpose, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $5,000 fine. Bush also pleaded guilty to an unrelated count of disorderly conduct.
At the same hearing, Klida sentenced Bush to 42 days in jail with credit for 41 days already served. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for the purposes of sentencing.
Bush's 911 charge stems from an incident that occurred on Saturday, Feb. 8, when he called Bay County Central Dispatch from his home in the 600 block of Polk Street. At his arraignment, Bush said he called 911 out of desperation.
"I had to go for it," he said. "I didn't want to bother them. That's my only excuse. It wasn't stupidness or being annoying to them."
Court records indicate Bush called Bay County Central Dispatch 33 times in January and 91 times from Feb. 1-8.
The arraigning judge, Timothy J. Kelly, had Bush held in jail on a $5,000 bond, "to make sure there aren't any more calls to 911, and you're not out in a situation where you're going to get yourself hurt."


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Missing child found safe in Orange County
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A missing child was found safe Thursday night, after deputies launched a search for her in Orange County.
Kamoria Hestor was last seen walking on Oak Ridge Road, and authorities said they were looking into the possibility that the girl was kidnapped.
Related: 62 people who vanished in Florida
Multiple units responded to the area to look for the girl. Deputies found that she had been picked up by her grandfather and was safe.
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Worth Mentioning... is a weekly roundup by South Jersey Online's own DJ McAneny of all the things you should know about on the Web. News tips, comments, concerns, disagreements, love mail and hate mail greatly appreciated and accepted at email@example.com or by calling (856) 686-3661.
Hey all! If you've found this, then that means you have discovered the new Voices page for the Gloucester County Times. This is where Worth Mentioning will live from now on, so be sure to bookmark this address now! This is where I will be spending my Fridays, hanging around and dishing out the goods - so this is where you need to come visit me from now on! Do it.
Now, as some of you may have noticed, there wasn't a Worth Mentioning last week. That's because I was running around like a mad man, in-and-out of meetings and training sessions and getting various new aspects of our site to drop for the general public. We've been working our rear-ends off trying to make this site better and more enjoyable for all of you to visit. So, that being said, it means we've got double the goodies for your perusal.
To celebrate our new digs, I shall be hosting the second contest in Worth Mentioning's history! Hooray for you! More on that later, though...
Allow us to begin yet another chapter together.
On with the show...
General News
— Someone with an awful lot of time and talent took all those different videos form Youtube about how to play various different instruments and spliced them all up together in one pretty awesome music video. He did it a bunch of times- and kindly made them all available for the general public to enjoy.
— Emma McLean decided to replace the bulbs at The Pub In The Square (nicknamed The Pits) in Buckie, Banffshire, in an attempt to ward off the dark and gloomy atmosphere stereotypical of small bars. So she replaced the blue strip bulbs behind the bar of the pub she managed – with high-powered ultraviolet tubes more commonly reserved for tanning salons. The lamps, which were only supposed to be used a few minutes at a time, left regulars and workers with sunburn and heatstroke - and a few trips to the emergency room. Now that's what I call "The Pits!" HEY-YO!
— So, you guys may or may not have heard (You've probably heard, I already mentioned it twice.) but I've got another contest for yooou! I felt bad for not being able to come see you guys last week, so you all deserve a treat anyway. Here's the deal: I'm about to give you a phrase. First three (3) people to email me the significance of the following phrase will win the prize of ME, DJ McAneny, at some point in the future we both mutually agree on, hand-delivering an autographed Sunday paper to your doorstep with coffee and donuts (or bagels, if you're not down on donuts) and, if you've got kids, maybe some goodies we've got lying around the office. Ok, so, here we go:
Good luck to everyone. And seriously, don't just run to Google. That's cheating. (Not really, since I had to use it, but try and think about it first BEFORE finally giving up and going to Google.)Here's my email again right here.
— What the heck
— PSA of the week: Don't learn to swim in Australia – unless you're absolutely positive you can out-swim a crocodile. That is all.
Science and Tech
— If anyone knows anything at all about me, they know what my two favorite things in the whole world are... Original Nintendo and Top 40 rap songs. Man, I love me some Top 40 rap songs while playing oldschool Nintendo. Well, some amazing genius over at ...shot then! went ahead and mashed them up together. So here, now, I include for you a treat as you finish perusing today's treasures. Ladies and Gentlemen, 8-bit Hip Hop medley. You can find the track list over at ...shot then for the songs that inspired the mix, but if you know anything about Top-40 hip hip, you know where these bad boys are coming from.
— Bad news, guys and gals. It has been announced that 22 is the peak age for reasoning, spatial visualisation and speed of thought and that, at 27, it's all downhill from there, as our powers gradually begin to decline from that point. This information comes from a study of 2,000 healthy people over seven-years ranging in age from 18 to 60 and published in the Neurobiology of Aging journal. I only have two years left in my prime, and knowing that kind of stinks. Luckily, just being happy is good enough for me.
— Weird.
— If you happen to have an event coming up and you need something unique for a gift because you're mom said if you bought her one more copy of The Dark Knight for a gift-worthy holiday then she was going to disown you, check out The Sound Advice Project. They are bracelets that are made based on the wavelength structure of a given sentence. Now, the idea is based around keeping kids off drugs, like being able to give your son or daughter a bracelet that is actually the phrase "don't throw away all your potential on drugs," or something, but you can order up just about any phrase that fits inside of six seconds. So being able to give you're mom a bracelt that says "You're an awesome mother," or your girlfriend on that says "You are beautiful," is pretty neat, too.
— Why do people drive around without insuring their vehicle? I have no idea, because one ticket for it is enough to make you wish you had taken the time to get it. And with the influx of red-light cameras coming to Gloucester County combined with the technology being initiated in places like Chicago that will be able to scan each passing car for whether or not it has car insurance, the future looks dim for those trying to squeeze by without being up to date and you'll only be giving more money to the government. However, there are new ways to keep our money. Like if it's the price of insurance holding you back, now $2000 cars are on the horizon, and it'll be cheaper than ever to be able to drive. Or, maybe you'd just like to pay one big amount upfront and never have to worry about red-light cameras again...
— Hahahahaha. Stupid Manatee.
Weekend Activities
— Ok, admittedly, this is kind of nerdy - but I totally thought it was really neat, so... shut up. Anyway, If you head on over to this deviantArt profile you'll be able to get a set of icons for your desktop that look like little moleskin notebooks (if you're on a PC running Windows). Look, I already said I know it's nerdy, jeez...
— I don't know how technologically accepting the business world has become, so, use this next tool at your own discretion, lest you be considered completely lame and unprofessional. But hey, you could also be considered on the cutting edge of the green movement, so, it might not be a totally bad move. You'll have to decided for yourself. Anyway, You can set up an account at Contxts (like 'contacts + texts') and plug all your info into there. Then, next time you make a new professional connection, you say, "Oh, just text DJMcAneny to 50500," and boom, your electronic business card gets texted right to their phone. Regardless of how you use this, make sure your account name is something professional – like your name – and not your Myspace profile name GreenSnookumPantsLovesBigCantaloupes or the like.
— If you think the time-wasting games I give you are sometimes too juvenile, I won't argue. But chew on this: Don't Look Back. It's a game created around the concept of the death of Eurydice, wife of Orpheus. It is a tragic story from Greek mythology. And the game, though built around the pixelated throw-back concept of old Nintendo games (For which I have already professed my love) it is difficult as all get-out. So take a crack at something slightly deeper in meaning if you're feeling the need for a more intellectual outing.The Mouse 101, and it tests five various abilities with a mouse through five different tests, including speed, accuracy, strength, consistency and movement. I've included my final chart for your review and attempt at beating. So have at it, and post how well you did in the comments.
— Here's a cool way to scan the news of some of the nation's top papers to see what headlines are running around the country and what is being considered important for the day.
— Finally, I found a new place to "get your read on" for free. Check it out and literate yourself over at Forgotten Books, who currently have over 1,736 books online.
Take care of each other, and thanks for stopping by.
— DJ McAneny
BONUS TREAT: Because I didn't have time last week, I was left with an abundance of things to try and fit in this week. While I think I've weeded through the stories to bring you only the most spectacular, there were just a ton of videos I couldn't fit in else where above. So, for your viewing pleasure, I present all the videos I just couldn't leave out.
So, to recap:
Tires – +1
Rabbits – +1
Snakes – -1
Squirrels – -1/+1 = break even
Cats – -3 (they get an extra negative point because their were two cats in that video with the squirrel outside)


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Ron Tindiglia, a broadcast executive in Philadelphia and New York for three decades, died Monday of cancer. He was 51 and lived in Harrison, N.Y.
Tindiglia, who carved a career of excellence in an industry where the product dissipates in moments and reputations may last little longer, left a legacy in the legions of broadcasters he mentored and helped from Philly newsrooms to New York executive suites. Among them was Dave Neal, an assignment editor at WCAU-TV (Channel 10), who in 1975 was assistant news director at KYW-TV (Channel 3). Neal was a street-savvy guy who was the quiet influence behind people such as Jessica Savitch and later Herb Denenberg and others. Then a new news director came in and Neal was out. Nothing personal. New bosses need to make room for their pals.


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Beijing's New Mission: Engineering Better Baby Formula
Beijing's city government has taken on a new and novel mission: improving baby formula. An official from the Beijing Science and Technology Commission this week shared with China Daily its $1.6 million budget for a newly launched program to "study the ingredients and active constituents of the breast milk of Chinese mothers" and to create a "breast milk database" for scientists and nutritionists to reference in developing formulas.
"The nutrition in baby formula can never reach the level of breast milk," Chen Lijun, deputy general manager of Beijing Sanyuan Foods, told the newspaper. "We can only try our best to make it similar." The Beijing-based company is collaborating directly with the local government on the research project.
One might wonder whether the question of nutritional value is really the main issue. Melamine-laced baby formula manufactured by a domestic company in 2008 sickened more than 300,000 babies; gave more than 6,240 babies kidney stones, a very rare condition in infants; and resulted in at least six deaths.
Since then, foreign-made baby formula has become hotly sought-after in China. Last year, a new law barred travelers from carrying more than two 2-pound cans each from Hong Kong into the mainland. In London, a sharp uptick in demand for baby formula from Chinese tourists has led some shops to ration how much formula each customer can purchase at a time.
Another aim of the project, as the commission official confided to China Daily: "boost domestic dairy brands." As Wu Guangchi, a child nutrition researcher, explained: "We understand consumers' concern, but the public can rest assured that the quality of domestic formula products is safe, as the government is paying great attention."


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I am not a frequent cruiser but my friend had never been on a cruise, so I thought a short one would be a great introduction.My friend really needed a wheel chair - we waited 1 hour 40 minutes and although we asked about this after 1 hour, they finally let us walk through the place where the wheelchairs go. When we asked the first time, we sort of got a shut up and sit down attitude. Some of the staff on the dock where nice, some very nasty.
Food was good and service in the dining room was excellent. Cabin was a bit run down looking. Steward was terrible leaving dirty glasses, not replacing glasses in the bathroom and not doing the smallest thing I ask; to leave me ice. Never unlocked the cabinet to the frig. No hot tub, the adult pool was hot enough to make tea (why salt water?) entertainment was good but nothing on the first night except a show at 10:30 to introduce us to the ship. Ship is hard to negotiate and find where you want to be.
Now about the service: I injured my foot on the first day and spent almost an hour trying to get some ice to keep the swelling down. I called every one and didn't get an answer anywhere. I was put on hold or there was no answer to the call, just kept ringing. Finally, and I realize this is terrible, I was in such pain, I called the 911 button and they told me how to get guest relations. It still took 15 minutes to get the ice. There are no public ice machines and if the steward doesn't get the bucket filled, you have to rely on the bartenders for ice or travel to Lido to get ice from the buffet, which, when you are in pain, is not the best idea - nor was walking on my VERY swollen foot! the cruise was cheap and I guess you get what you pay for but not so cheap that I would go on a Carnival Cruise again. Also, I answered their survey and didn't get ANY sort of response! We went to New Brunswick - St John. Quaint with not much to do or see.


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Q: The Deputy Oil Minister from Iran says he expects progress in
US-Iranian relations for a variety of reasons, mostly having to do
with business interests of American oil companies. Do you have
anything to say about that?
MR. REEKER: I did see some comments - both today, I think, and
yesterday - from others on that subject. I certainly can't try to
predict the future from where I stand, nor would I want to. What I can
tell you - and I don't think there is anything new in this for you --
is that we remain very concerned about a number of Iranian policies.
That includes Iran's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and
missile delivery systems; Iran's support for terrorism, including for
groups that oppose the Middle East peace process with violence; and
also Iran's human rights record.
So obviously, as we have said before, Iran must address these
concerns, and the US sanctions regime that is in place with respect to
Iran remains in place. So I really can't engage in any speculation
about what the future is going to bring. Secretary Albright, I think,
outlined our policy towards Iran clearly last March in her speech,
March 17th. I just don't think there is anything additional to add.
Q: Phil, you didn't mention the fact that she's reaching out to the
Iranians? That was a major part of her March 17th speech.
MR. REEKER: Precisely. And I would refer you back to that speech. We
have called for a dialogue with Iran with no preconditions in which we
could address - both sides address these concerns that we have. I
just outlined for you the major categories of our concerns regarding
Iran, and we have called for that dialogue and we continue to call for
Q: But the mantra has changed somewhat, though. You said weapons of
mass destruction, support for terrorism. And usually you say efforts
to undermine the Middle East peace process, and you didn't include
that one.
MR. REEKER: Well, I think - not to change any mantras - to the
support for terrorism, including for groups opposing the Middle East
peace process with violence. That has always been our position.
Q: So you linked the two together?
MR. REEKER: I'm not trying to indicate anything. I think we have
basically four things there: weapons of mass destruction, terrorism,
not supporting Middle East peace, and human rights.
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As Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu prepares to take office next week, an analysis of city finances by his transition team shows City Hall is on pace to end 2010 with an operating deficit of at least $30 million, in part because of overspending by a few key departments during the first three months of the year, top Landrieu aides said Monday.
Among the biggest drivers of the projected shortfall in the $461 million general fund appears to be a surge in overtime at the New Orleans Police Department. According to transition team sources, the NOPD spent $5.2 million for overtime in the first three months of the year -- more than double the $2.2 million allocated for police overtime for all of 2010.
Factoring in salaries, overtime, equipment and pensions, the NOPD's estimated deficit for the year balloons to between $10 million and $15 million, assuming spending continues at the current pace, said the sources, who requested anonymity because the administration has not taken office yet.
Another problem area is city vehicles and gas. Although the City Council cut the 2010 fuel budget to $3.1 million, a $1 million reduction from 2009, fuel use hasn't decreased, the aides said, adding that based on seasonal trends, the cost of gas, oil and other automotive products is only expected to increase through late September.
The sources stressed that their analysis, based on a months-long internal review of budget documents and briefings from top aides to Mayor Ray Nagin, assumes that the city's original revenue estimates for 2010 are accurate. Any changes in those numbers could be revealed at today's meeting of the Revenue Estimating Conference, the body charged with forecasting how much money City Hall can count on receiving in the current and next fiscal years.
The panel, which hasn't convened in nearly six months, is expected to shed light on a fiscal situation that Nagin recently acknowledged will be a "huge challenge" for Landrieu and City Council members who on Monday will begin a new four-year term.
But mayoral spokesman James Ross on Monday disputed the findings shared by the transition team, calling them "inaccurate" and "not consistent with the data compiled and analyzed by the city's budget office."
Mayor blames council
Citing warnings Nagin issued in budget presentations dating to 2007, Ross said the mayor has long predicted the city would face a $25 million budget deficit because of "dramatic" increases in the cost of pensions, workers' compensation and health care insurance costs, as well as increases in the city's debt-service payments.
Ross claimed the NOPD has not burned through its budget at an untenable rate.
"Early-year expenditures within the NOPD are not a reliable gauge of its year-end status because major overtime costs for events such as the Sugar Bowl and Mardi Gras are included," he said. "Measures can be taken by the department to control overtime for the remainder of the year."
He also cited the state-mandated increase from 21 percent to 26 percent in the employer share of police pension costs.
Ross did not dispute the claims regarding the fuel budget. But he noted that Nagin "warned that the reduction in the fuel budget would mean it would be exhausted by midyear," Ross said.
On the revenue side, "the budget office projects that any shortfalls in tax revenues will be made up as sales-tax collections come due for the increased amount of construction under way," he said.
In an interview last week with The Times-Picayune, Nagin blamed the City Council's decision not to grant his request for a 2-mill "roll forward," or increase, in property tax rates for 2008 for the current budget crunch.
"I wasn't talking about new taxes. I was talking about existing taxes," Nagin said. "To not do that, we lost $25 million a year, $75 million over three years. We would not be in the bad shape we're in today if we had done what we should have done. And we're going to pay for that.
"We're going to pay for it for the next two or three years," he said. "You still have huge challenges, with pension, and workers' comp and health care (costs rising). I mean, this is not about employees. We're down to about 1,000 flexible employees, period. The rest (of the general fund pays for) courts and public safety. There's only so much more that can be cut. You're really at the bone. It's going to be interesting."
Few amended contracts
Infuriating some council members, Nagin in 2009 spent tens of millions of dollars -- without informing the council or the public -- that he had promised to keep in reserve for emergencies and for this year's budget. Nevertheless, the mayor last week defended his use of the city's rainy-day fund.
"I did everything I could to make sure we would have an adequate fund balance," he said, "that we wouldn't be robbing Peter to pay Paul."
Against that backdrop, the council rejected Nagin's proposal that most city workers take 12 unpaid furlough days in 2010, a move the mayor said would have saved the city $4.6 million. Instead, council members cut 10 percent from most departments' expense budgets, a category that includes equipment purchases and contracts.
A review of contracts posted at the city's website, however, shows that among hundreds of municipal contracts, only a few show they have been amended to reflect a 10 percent reduction in compensation. The amended contracts include two high-dollar deals for trash-collection services were extended for three additional years to compensate for the cut.
Nagin surmised last week that little money can be saved by eliminating or renegotiating contracts.
"You talk about technology contracts. Man, you're going to find a couple hundred grand there, max. And you talk about crime cameras. The investment has been made. To maintain them, you're talking about $250,000 a year," he said, referring to a pair of the several controversial deals he has inked.
The transition sources pointed to recent glitches with two city contracts as evidence of City Hall's financial woes. Nagin aides acknowledged in March that a software vendor that processes building permits and other documents quit working for nearly three days because the city's bill was hundreds of thousands of dollars in arrears.
But while the administration has declined to say why its website went down for several hours last Tuesday, the transition sources said the incident also resulted from "unpaid bills."
Ross declined to comment Monday on the service outages.
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D ANE STANGLER has never owned a small business, and doesn't expect to. But as director of research and policy at the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation, in Kansas City, he's familiar with the issues that entrepreneurs and small businesses face. Part of the foundation's mission is to foster entrepreneurship through grants and research.
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Current laboratory member and Ph.D candidate Jonathan Pruneda was officially granted the 2012 Young Scientist Award for best talk given by a graduate student/post-doc at the bi-annual Saxtons River, Vermont FASEB Ubiquitin conference. The Young Scientist Award is granted to individuals early in their careers to acknowledge and promote continued excellence within the field of scientific research. Jonathan was recognized for his presentation, "Working outside the box: A non-canonical role of E2~Ub conjugates in the activation of bacterial effector protein OspG."
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It's become something of a tradition. And I'm an enormous fan of tradition. However, this one leaves me scratching my head. How come we pay money to do something that many people, often migrant laborers with no formal schooling, do for work?
I wonder what they'd charge me if I asked to rake their leaves? Or how much per pound of dung I'd have to pay to muck the stalls in their barn?
I wouldn't want to do any of those things. Yet somehow I'm willing to pay for the "privilege" of hoofing it out into the orchards and picking many pounds of apples and lugging it back to the parking lot.
I'm not sure why the kids love it, but they do, as is evidenced by the enormous quantity of apples they pick. I have 3 kids, and each will pick more than a bushel (and promptly hand over to me and my wife to haul back.)
I would make them carry the apples themselves, but that would prevent me from hiding two thirds of them before we get to the farmstand scales, where I get walloped with a bill that totals what I spend annually on all other fruits combined.
And, honestly, what to do with 30 pounds of apples? Will the kids eat ANY of these apples? I've never seen them.
Thankfully I like apples and there are a host of things you can cook with apples - applesauce, apple fritters, apple cobbler, apple pie and many many more. It helps take some of the monotony out of the weeks following apple picking day.
Also, over the years I've come to find other uses for these apples after my wife and I reach full saturation. For instance I sometimes hollow them out, carve faces in them and put candles inside for some quaint-looking and very seasonal "App-o-Lanterns.''
I've also constructed a weapon that hurls rotting fruit projectiles at devious children who think they're going to toilet paper the trees in front of my house on the night before Halloween: the Cat-Apple-pult.
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The CURT weight distribution hitch is a specialized towing system that provides improved vehicle and trailer control by leveling the trailer and more evenly distributing its tongue weight across the trailer's and vehicle's axles. Weight distribution hitches are commonly used on travel trailers and campers but can also be applied to other large loads. CURT WD hitches come with a 2" x 2" shank and are compatible with class 3, 4 and most 5 trailer hitches, including Xtra Duty and Commercial Duty (2 1/2" replacement WD shank may be required), as well as some RV trailer hitches. While a weight distribution hitch will increase the gross trailer weight capacity of most trailer hitches, the vehicle's weight carrying capacity must be taken into consideration before towing a heavier trailer (NOTE: Never exceed the lowest weight capacity of any towing component). This trunnion bar weight distribution hitch features a heavy-duty formed head and square spring bars constructed from forged steel. It offers a gross trailer weight capacity up to 10,000 lbs. and a tongue weight capacity of 1,000 lbs. It also includes hook-up brackets, spring bar safety chains and a pin and clip. To protect this hitch from scratching, chipping, rust and UV damage, it also comes with a durable black powder coat finish. A trailer ball must be purchased separately.
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The report of the subcommittee of the Committee on Prenatal and Maternal Care of the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection is the result of a thorough study of available statistics. It contains studies on the various complications of pregnancy, types of labor and the puerperium. Studies were collected on the immediate care of the new-born and the relation of trauma sustained at birth. The report places emphasis on the incompleteness of general statistical information, and this must be remembered in all studies of this nature. It presents the considered opinions and recommendations of the noted authorities who as members of the subcommittee devoted nearly a year and a half to the assembling and analyzing of these data. There is no doubt that the report represents the most complete analysis of available material and investigation of conditions in the United States that has yet been made.
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Better Capitalismby Robert E. Litan Carl J. Schramm
In the wake of the Great Recession and America's listless recovery from it, economists, policymakers, and media pundits have argued at length about what has gone wrong with the American capitalist system. Even so, few constructive remedies have emerged. This welcome book cuts through the chatter and offers a detailed, nonideological, and practical blueprint to restore the vigor of the American economy. Better Capitalismextends and significantly expands on the insights of the authors' widely praised previous book,Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, co-written with William Baumol. InBetter Capitalism,Robert E. Litan and Carl J. Schramm focus on the huge--but often unrecognized--importance of entrepreneurship to overall economic growth. They explain how changes in seemingly unrelated policy arenas--immigration, education, finance, and federal support of university research--can accelerate America's recovery from recession and spur the nation's rate of growth in output while raising living standards. The authors also outline an innovative energy strategy and discuss the potential benefits of government belt-tightening steps. Sounding an optimistic note when gloomy predictions are the norm, Litan and Schramm show that, with wise and informed policymaking, the American entrepreneurial engine can rally and the true potential of the U. S. economy can be unlocked.
The Entrepreneurial Imperativeby Carl J. Schramm
In 2004, Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's leading foundation for entrepreneurship, published a groundbreaking essay with a radical premise: that Americans literally have no conception of the secret that truly underlies our economic success, and that for the United States to survive and continue to lead the world's economy, it is imperative we learn to understand and employ that secret. The secret that has led the American economy to become the world's strongest? Our unparalleled skill as entrepreneurs. As Schramm compellingly shows in this sweeping manifesto, entrepreneurship alone-;not anything else-;can give America the necessary leverage to remain an economic superpower. Not technology, since everyone now has the same technology, or access to it. Not education-;we are years behind other nations in this area. Not basic manufacturing, long since moved overseas from the United States. And not capital markets, now truly global entities. Drawing on detailed research conducted by the Kauffman Foundation and on his decades of experience as an entrepreneur himself and as a leader and mentor to other entrepreneurs, Schramm persuasively demonstrates in detail what this entrepreneurial imperative means for the way we run universities and foundations, lead companies, make personal job decisions, and even conduct our foreign affairs. The Entrepreneurial Imperative will change not only the way our government, corporations, and nonprofits operate, but also our day-to-day lives as working Americans.
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We spent Christmas Eve day cleaning the house. I do love spending the holidays here but man it is not fun having to clean everything up only to have everyone leave a few days later and it's a total mess again! Guess that's what happens when you host the holidays.
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Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review by dogwalker501: Great Time
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Great Time
Destination: Southern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
We are not yet retired and are independent contractors, so we have no paid vacation. We have enjoyed the cruises we have been on so far. This year we were looking for someplace warm and relaxing. We experienced NCL freestyle dining and enjoyed it. So we decided to give it another shot. Most of the time we opted to "share" our table and liked meeting new people. There was only one occasion were we were very glad that this lady wasn't "assigned" to our table. What a complainer! A real Debbie Downer !!!!!
Cabin was excellent and the steward went above and beyond.
Entertainment was incredible.
Food was great. Not always as hot as I would like it but that was rectified when I requested hotter grits one morning.
Service in all areas of the ship was excellent.
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UNC and Nepal earthquake relief efforts
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- November 13, 1995
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Fallen Stars
When Rock Hudson Died a Decade Ago, He Was AIDS' First Celebrity Victim. Unfortunately, He Would Not Be the Last
Hudson's death on Oct. 2, 1985, 10 weeks after his condition became public, "was the turning point in terms of national awareness of the impact of AIDS," declares Dr. Mathilde Krim, cofounder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), which was established in 1985, partly with $250,000 from Hudson's estate. Says Tom Viola, producing director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a fund-raising group: "Because of Rock's celebrity...you could no longer deny that this was a problem, as you could with people who never touched your life."
If Hudson's death was a milestone, it was not universally effective as a warning. A quarter-million more Americans have died of AIDS since, and 40,000 new victims contract the HIV virus in the U.S. each year. For entertainers, whose jobs often depend on a fragile public image, candor about the disease is not much easier now than it was then.
Actress Amanda Blake, who starred as Miss Kitty on TV's Gunsmoke for nearly 20 years, spent her last two years with AIDS in seclusion on the Gait, Calif., ranch owned by friend Pat Derby. Even in retirement "she was terrified of what would happen" if people found out, Derby recalls. Blake feared she would lose support for a retirement home for performing animals she had founded with Derby. When she died at 60 on Aug. 16, 1989, even hospital officials publicly blamed heart failure; not until November did a doctor cite AIDS as the underlying cause. (Blake suspected she had been infected by her fifth and last husband, Mark Spaeth, an Austin, Texas, city councilman who had died several years earlier.)
Some AIDS victims, of course, have bravely used their visibility to add to public understanding of the disease. Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor-director Paul Michael Glaser, contracted HIV from a tainted blood transfusion in 1981 and unknowingly passed the virus to her two children during pregnancy and breast-feeding. She finally learned of her illness in 1986, two years before the death of her daughter Ariel, 7. (Her son Jake, now 11, remains asymptomatic.) Glaser founded the Pediatric AIDS Foundation a month after Ariel's death to raise money for research, and she remained the charity's most active booster until her death last year at 47.
Although such a foundation would have been unimaginable 10 years ago, AIDS is understood these days as a plague that knows no limits of race, gender or age. With an estimated 1 million people in the U.S. now living with the virus, there are few among us who have not been touched by the disease in one way or another. In the pages that follow, we remember some of the best-known men and women who have died in the years since Rock Hudson's illness was given a name.
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How do you keep James Cameron happy for 8hrs in a 1m diameter sphere 11 thousand metres underwater?
For many this may sound like an impossible challenge – but it didn't stop the D+I team. We love a tough design brief.
D+I were selected by James Cameron and Ron Allum of the Acheron Project as the preferred Australian industrial design team to develop the cockpit layout for the Deepsea Challenger's record dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Trench is 10,924 metres straight down and is deeper than Mount Everest is high. With such tremendous depths and extreme pressure conditions it all came down to risk and how we could minimise these critical factors to keep the pilot safe and well equipped to drive the sub.
We undertook research and exploratory assignments by firstly listening to the pilots and uncovering every process and anticipated need they required for the record dive. We then set about investigating and questioning the specialist engineers at Acheron Project to be clear on the critical risks involved with such an extreme dive. There were so many complex variables and constraints to work with, any fires and the pilot can't breathe or see, too much weight would compromise the sub's finely tuned buoyancy, any moisture build up would cause critical systems to fail and excessive fatigue and discomfort would affect the pilot's ability to control the dive.
With the necessary groundwork and research completed we could then build up a clear picture of the systems architecture and requirements. These requirements were fed into a series of concept development activities with key D+I technical designers working directly with the pilots Cameron and Allum and the Acheron engineering team. Through these brainstorming and development sessions a number of detailed spatial mock-ups were modelled within a purpose built simulator of the steel Life Support Sphere in the D+I Balmain studio.
Hours were spent with Cameron and the team moving foam models of hardware around the simulator, updating seat designs, throwing ideas out, trying innovative new ones.
The process involved pins and needles, bumped heads and sore backs. These invaluable mock-up sessions allowed us to follow the pilot through the dive – we were able focus on ergonomics and look at hatch entry/exit techniques, how we could launch the sub with the pilot on his back and then change their orientation during the sub's descent, what activities they'd run through during the dive, and how they'd then ascend. We took hours and hours of video, took literally thousands of photos and constantly reworked our ideas until a solid design solution began to form.
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{ LIUNA Station }
"You'll hear it in the click of your heels on the Italian marble floors. You'll see it in the towering walls of oak paneling. You'll feel it in the billowing Versace™ draperies." - with a description like THAT welcoming you to their website, how could you NOT want to visit LIUNA Station?
An acronym for The Laborers' International Union of North America, LIUNA offers classic, timeless luxury. This architectural masterpiece is testimony to rail travel's popularity and is reminiscent of the opulence of a golden era.
LIUNA Station has been lovingly and carefully restored to its original splendour. Complete with incredible Art Deco statues and paintings, Italian marble floors and ornate ceilings, this venue offers some of the most extraordinary detail available to brides in the Hamilton and surrounding areas.
{ the Grand Lobby }
LIUNA's Grand Lobby, complete with original marble columns and a unique gold and copper ceiling, is formerly the concourse of the train station. This immense room also doubled as the general waiting room for passengers or eager relatives. The Grand Lobby can comfortably accommodate groups of 150 to 300 guests.
Whether you choose for the Grand Lobby to simply greet your guests, host your cocktail reception or even provide the backdrop for your ceremony, its towering ceilings and lavish furnishings, are bound to leave your guests in awe.
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LIUNA Station offers two elegant ballrooms to host your group. For smaller, more intimate events, the Continental Express Ballroom provides seating for 75-150 guests. This space was formerly the cafe for the train station and served to accommodate many travellers for a quick bite to eat!
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If your wedding guest list tilts the scales at 250-700, the immense structure known as LIUNA's Grand Ballroom is one of the most lavish banquet halls you can choose. Formerly serving as the Station's waiting area, this majestic ballroom now provides brides with a gorgeous space to host their majestic day!
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Pristinely manicured hedges surround colourful gardens and a classic water fountain directly outside LIUNA Station. This space offers Newlyweds and wedding parties a gorgeous photo location without additional travel.
Located in the heart of downtown Hamilton, this venue is easily accessible from the QEW and offers your guests ample complimentary parking onsite, as well as various accommodation options in the immediate area.
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LIUNA Station is a full service catering venue, with service modeled after the world's finest dining destinations. Comprehensive menu and beverage packages allow brides to know that no detail has been spared, with all catering logistics (i.e. linens, tables, chairs, tableware, and flatware) covered in an inclusive per person cost. You can work closely with the LIUNA team to custom-tailor your menu to reflect your culture, your personal tastes, and even create signature bar drinks that match your colour scheme!
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St. Charles Parish Sheriff's authorities say arson may have claimed the life of an 88-year-old woman in St. Rose this morning and are investigating it as a homicide.
Authorities are on the scene in the 600 block of Mockingbird Lane investigating the fire that St. Charles authorities say killed Ophelia Shepard.
According to St. Charles Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Dwayne LaGrange witnesses say a man kicked opened the door to the house around 6:30 this morning and argued with Shepard's two grandsons, a 16-year-old and 20-year-old.
LaGrange said the man poured an accelerant inside the house and set it on fire before the two were able to force him out.
The grandsons were transported to St. Charles Parish Hospital in Luling. They were unable to get Shepard, who is disabled, out of the house.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities are searching for a "person of interest" who was seen leaving the scene ins a gray Chevy Impala with Louisiana license plate TGZ025.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's detective Ben Smith at 985.783.1135.