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(661) 322-6019
Johnni Flesner - Hospital Manager
I majored in accounting in college, then worked in the accounting and administrative management fields. I have been with AEUC for 20 years.
I have a son, a daughter-in-law, and 2 adorable granddaughters.
Pets: 2 dogs - Buddy & Suzi; 2 cats - Spike & Rascal.
Interests: I love watching my grandchildren mature and going to the beach. I'm planning on obtaining my glider pilot license in the near future.
Frankie - Registered Veterinary Technician, Laboratory Coordinator
Frankie has been an Animal Emergency And Urgent Care Team member since December of 2001. She's a graduate of the Registered Veterinary Technician Program at Bakersfield College. Frankie resides in Bakersfield with her son, Conner - her pride and joy. Along with her love of animals and sense of humor, Frankie has the ability to get the job done. She is our resident laboratory specialist and ensures our lab equipment functions properly and lab results are accurate.
Hobbies: Fishing.
Pets: 2 dogs
Valerie - Registered Veterinary Technician, CVT, Imaging Coordinator
After the Hospital she was employed at burned down, Valerie began working at Animal Emergency and Urgent Care. Born in Ridgecrest, Calif, Val communted the many miles between Ridgecrest and Bakersfield to get to work each day. Now living in Bakersfield, Val and her husband, Will have two wonderful children.
Valerie is in charge of our imaging department and ensures our staff members are trained in using our radiology and ultrasonography equipment. With her gentle and caring nature, we are lucky to have her as a part of our AEUC Team.
School: San Joaquin Valley College
Hobbies: Include cake decorating, cross-stitching, knitting, beading, crocheting, and making scarfs and blankets.
Interests: Movies and dining out with her husband.
Pets: 5 dogs, 2 cats, and 2 goldfish.
Evelyn - Technician Assistant
Evelyn resides in Bakersfield with her husband and best friend Larry and 2 beautiful daughters. Evelyn came to Animal Emergency And Urgent Care first as a Customer Service Representative, but her fondness for animals prompted her to train as an AEUC Technician Assistant. "I love my job and the people I work with."
Hobbies: Reading, learning, driving, and eating foods she shouldn't.
Pets: 2 cats, and 3 dogs.
Christina - Client Service Representative
Christina is originally from Lancaster, California. She has been an Animal Emergency And Urgent Care Team member since 2007. She graduated from Cal State Bakersfield with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Her future plans are to become a Police Officer. Christina has worked in a music studio, as a roller hockey referee, and as a ramp agent at Meadows Field Airport.
Hobbies: Playing co-ed ice hockey, billiards, and working out at the gym.
Interests: shoes, SpongeBob, and skateboarding.
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Charleston's new heavy duty Coast Guard cutter is expected to arrive in port this November once all its test trials are over.
The National Security Cutter Hamilton will take up its mooring along the Cooper River in North Charleston for duties that include pursuing Caribbean drug smuggling and rescue/humanitarian efforts wherever they arise.
Delivery date to the Coast Guard is set for Sept. 15, with the local commissioning ceremony slated for Dec. 6.
In-between will be more testing, trials and training for the crew.
The 418-foot ship was built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss. While it is the fourth of eight National Security cutters approved by Congress, it is the first to be based on the Atlantic Coast.
The new fleet of security cutters are designed to replace the 378-foot high-endurance vessels that had entered into Coast Guard service during the 1960s. Those ships are considered to be outdated for American use though several of them have been given new life in the service of countries considered friendly to the U.S.
For instance, the previously Charleston-based Coast Guard cutter Gallatin was transferred to the Nigerian navy where it is now known as the NNS Okpabana. And the cutter Dallas, which was also home-ported in Charleston until a short while ago, was given to the government of the Philippines where it was renamed the Ramon Alcaraz.
The new cutters are 418 feet long with a 54-foot beam and displace 4,500 tons with a full load. They have a top speed of 28 knots, a range of 12,000 miles, an endurance of 60 days and a crew of 120 - or about 50 fewer crewmen than were needed on the Gallatin.
The Charleston-bound ship is named for Alexander Hamilton, the former treasury secretary credited for being the founder of what would become the U.S. Coast Guard.
Commander Alma Certa of Coast Guard Group Charleston said the Hamilton's crew is currently in Mississippi undergoing ship training.
"For Charleston, the impact is positive," she said, pointing to the economic benefit the new crew and their families will bring to the region.
The Hamilton is just the start. Charleston is slated to get a second new home-ported vessel next year when the cutter Joshua James goes on line. It is expected to arrive in late summer 2015.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551
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NYU Langone Medical Center, one of the nation's premier academic medical centers, seeks versatile, experienced freelance writers specializing in health, healthcare, medicine, or science for its bimonthly newspaper, News & Views, a publication for the NYU Langone Medical Center community.News & Views is viewable online at: http://communications.med.nyu.edu/publications/newsandviewsNews & Views articles are written in a clear, crisp, compact, compelling style that is accessible to a diverse general audience yet sophisticated enough to be appreciated by physicians, nurses, researchers, and other scientists and healthcare professionals. Its narrative approach is one of intimate storytelling rather than traditional feature writing. A strong background in health, healthcare, medicine, or science is required. On-site reporting is required, so only candidates within traveling distance to midtown Manhattan will be considered.Please send a resume, contact information, and several relevant, comparable writing samples or links.Please send a resume, contact information, and several relevant, comparable writing samples or links.


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Anyone within 50 yards of the Tulane baseball locker room on Friday night could hear just how unhappy the team was with Friday's 3-2 loss to University of Texas San Antonio.
Things were being tossed around in the clubhouse and angry voices sounded behind closed doors.
The frustration level of the program is high. Even the guys who played well on Friday left Turchin Stadium fuming over Friday's results and the medicore 10-10 season record.
Tulane senior outfielder Brandon Boudreaux was one of them. He finally broke through at the plate on Friday in front of the stadium's 1,842.
After coming in with a .209 batting average and two RBI's, Boudreaux doubled the RBI total with one hit in the fourth inning and finished 2-for-3.
"We didn't come here to Tulane to be a 10-10 club," Boudreaux said. "We didn't come here to play .500 baseball. We didn't come here to go four years without making the post season and that's not what we're going to do. I think guys that have been here four years can't settle in, can't just say, 'Oh here we go again.' The new guys need to realize that these past three years and what's gone on so far this year, isn't our program. That's not us, that's not us as players, that's not our coaches, that's not the support staff, that's not our school. That's not anything."
Green Wave ace Tony Rizzotti (3-2) experienced another night of gutsy pitching only to see his club fall short on supplying supporting runs.
Rizzotti got hit hard in the third inning – he gave up three hits and three runs. UTSA delievered two RBI doubles and one RBI triple in the frame to move to a 3-0 lead.
Rizzotti steadied from there, going eight innings. He allowed nine hits and struck out four in 105 pitches. Of those pitches, 77 were strikes."Just real frustrating for us to waste that pitching performance from Tony Rizotti tonight because we didn't swing the bats with any kind of confident approach whatsoever," Tulane Coach Rick Jones said.
Tulane's offense has averaged just 2.4 runs in Rizzotti's five Friday starts. It hasn't given Rizzotti much breathing room but Rizzotti was down on himself after the game – not the offense.
"There's nothing better than a good dogfight in baseball," Rizzotti said. "The hitters are going to come around, that's what they do. I have to pitch better next time. I'm not perfect at all. This was one of my worst outings. It's just how it works sometimes."
Rizzotti said there wasn't any one pitch that wasn't working in the third inning and led to the hard hits, it was all about location."I just kind of hit my spots better (after the third)," Rizzotti said. "I did a horrible job of that in the third inning."
The breakdown of the pivotal frame went like this: UTSA's Rodney Garza popped a ball up toward first base in foul territory that Sean Potkay couldn't glove – that resulted in an error. Later in the at-bat, he lined a single to left center field. He moved to second a sacrifice bunt and then was driven in on a Horacio Correa III double. RJ Perucki followed with a RBI double and Mike Warren drilled an RBI triple to left.
When the dust cleared, the Roadrunners had a 3-0 lead and Rizzotti took a visit in the inning from Jones.
Rizzotti stablized, sitting four of the next five batters.
The Green Wave bats livened in the fourth when Tulane mounted a two-run inning.
Blake Crohan kicked things off with a single down the right field line. Andrew Garner walked and then Boudreaux delivered Tulane's only runs on the game on his hit to left field.
"One bright spot of the night was Brandon Boudreaux looked like himself again," Jones said. "He'll be moved back up in the lineup (Saturday)."
Roadrunners starter Michael Kraft went 3 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and the two earned runs. But Jordan Pacheco (4-0) relieved him and held the Green Wave scoreless to earn the win.
Tulane stranded eight base runners in another night of missed opportunity.
"Very frustrating game. It was a winnable game . … I was extremely frustrated with our offensive approach tonight," Jones said. "We chased way too many balls out side of the zone, it was hard to even explain. Either we weren't focused enough or talented enough to be able to recognize a breaking ball in the dirt is something you cannot hit. We chased so many of them tonight in RBI situations that we really took ourselves out of it."
Even the guy with all the RBIs Friday agreed.
"Everybody has to buy in," Boudreaux said. "We have to do what we say we're going to do day in and day out that we haven't been doing. Just have good at-bats with runners in scoring position. We need to have good at-bats in general. It's baseball; you're going to get out, you're going to hit balls hard and not get hits, but just have good at-bats."
He offered this for Rizzotti, who left the field with an ERA of 0.95:
"He's a great pitcher, one of the best in the country for a reason," Boudreaux said. "I can't say enough about what he did. We kind of spoiled it as an outing for him. It's tough for him to get a loss in a situation like that especially after he fought back in that one inning and settled in and got (the final out)."


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Why conserve?
Here at Castaic Lake Water Agency, we believe the answer to that question is simple: We should conserve because it's good stewardship. It's the responsible way to manage a vital resource, and it's in the best interests of our community, our state and the environment.
Yet, proving the adage that no good deed goes unpunished, "rumblings of discontent" have been voiced about water conservation efforts, based on the argument that some people — including, ironically, so-called environmentalists — don't feel they should have to conserve water if some of that water may be used by future residents who will occupy new homes.
They're calling it a "water conservation conundrum," and their argument can be boiled down to something like this: "We shouldn't conserve water because then someone else might use it."
Huh? Water conservation isn't a conundrum. It's common sense.
Taking the "conundrum" argument to the extreme, should we water our lawns 24-7, take hour-long showers and run dishwashers with only three plates in them so that other folks would not have a reliable water supply? Of course not.
And by the way, isn't conservation something real environmentalists do as a matter of routine?
These same selfish "rumblings of discontent" go on to suggest water conservation isn't working anyway, citing a recent Signal article reporting water use in the Santa Clarita Valley is up 13 percent.
Unfortunately, the newspaper article was inaccurate. The article was based on a report showing a 13-percent increase in water revenue, not usage. Further, the increase cited in the report was not for the entire Santa Clarita Valley, but just for CLWA's Santa Clarita Water Division, which is one of four water retailers serving the SCV.
In order to keep pace with increases in ongoing service costs such as those for labor, materials, and compliance with safety and environmental regulations, SCWD enacted a rate increase in January that resulted in higher levels of revenue. Unfortunately, the newspaper article incorrectly assumed that since revenue was up, usage was also up, which is not the case.
Actually, water usage in the area served by Santa Clarita Water Division was down more than 11 percent in the first six months of 2008 compared to 2007. In fact, water usage by all SCV residents served by the four local water retailers was down about 7.6 percent.
So, contrary to the "rumblings," conservation indeed appears to be working. And, without reservation, we view that as a positive thing.
We're not conflicted about it at all. Every conservation success story not only helps our community weather the dry years caused by the current drought and other external factors, but also increases our flexibility and ability to plan for our community's future water needs.
The less each one of us uses now, the more we can hold in storage to extend our ability to withstand future dry years without resorting to severe measures.
Here at CLWA, we have the conversation every day about the best ways to manage and more efficiently use this valuable resource. Some folks might spend a few minutes (or seconds) chatting about it at the water cooler (drink all you want, by the way), but for water professionals, it's their raison d'étre, the reason they come to work every day.
The conversation is, of course, happening at the state level, too. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who issued an executive order declaring a statewide drought in June, is advocating a 20-percent-per-person reduction in statewide water use by 2020.
That is admittedly a lofty goal, but you'd be surprised how much water can be saved with a few simple changes in how you use water.
In fact, during the worst part of the drought of 1987-92, here in the Santa Clarita Valley we achieved a similar level of reduction advocated by the governor solely through common-sense practices that spared residents from water rationing or other significant hardship.
Those are the sorts of measures we're advocating now. They aren't draconian, expensive and they won't lower our standard of living; they are simply part of an overall effort to manage our water supply wisely.
It's water professionals' jobs to not only plan for water supply availability in good years, but in bad years, too. That's why we've been working so hard to store water for use in dry years, and to identify and acquire additional sources of water to enhance the SCV's water supply portfolio consisting of local groundwater, imported water supplies and recycled water.
Further, as we look years into the future, we have to plan to serve the community not just as it appears today, but as it is likely to appear in the future. Since water agencies don't regulate communities' residential growth rates — or, for that matter, birth rates or immigration rates — we base our planning on anticipated growth as reported to us by local land use agencies (i.e., the city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County planning departments).
That doesn't mean we stand idly by and allow new development to be approved without regard to water consumption. To the contrary, we are constantly advocating that developers create water-wise projects.
We're also working to support ordinances and regulations that will ensure future development that is more water-efficient and projects that use drought-friendly landscaping and irrigation techniques wherever possible.
In regards to growth in the Santa Clarita Valley, we are involved in an important cooperative planning process by the city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County.
The two entities are working together on "One Valley, One Vision," a new general plan for the SCV that will outline everything from roads to new development to public services, and more.
Citizens who are interested in the planning for growth in the SCV would be well-served to participate in the One Valley, One Vision process. The city and county are holding a joint environmental impact report meeting at 6 p.m. tonight at Santa Clarita City Hall, 23920 W. Valencia Boulevard.
This process provides you a golden opportunity to not just hear what is being proposed, but for the planners to hear what you think.
In short, this is the appropriate venue in which to ask questions like, "How much will this valley grow, and what is being done to ensure that it grows responsibly?"
Water supply is one of many factors City and County planners are taking into consideration as they develop their plan, and CLWA and the local water retailers are closely coordinating with the City and County planners to ensure they have all the relevant and up-to-date information they need about the SCV's long-term water supply outlook.
That is, after all, our role. As water suppliers, we don't regulate growth. Rather, we are responsible for securing and delivering water to the community to the best of our ability. As a result, CLWA and the retailers are constantly reviewing and updating our own water supply planning efforts to adjust for changing circumstances. We don't just plan year-by-year — we also look well into the future and take into account long-term water supply availability, including how to manage the invariable fluctuations that occur due to wet years, dry years and all of the years in between.
In fact, our current conservation efforts are much more about promoting a permanent ethic of using water wisely than they are solely about dealing with the short-term impacts of the current drought.
Yet, the "rumblings of discontent" persist, coming primarily from those who view water as a tool to prevent new homes from being built.
The questions have been posed:
n Why are we conserving?
n How will we conserve?
n Who exactly is it that we are conserving for?
The answers are simple:
n Why conserve: We are conserving because it's good resource management. We're obligated to use all of our resources wisely — not just water, but all natural resources. As water suppliers, CLWA and the retailers would be crazy to advocate the senseless squandering of an ever-increasingly valuable resource.
n How we'll conserve: There are many common-sense ways to use water more efficiently that cause little if any inconvenience to water customers. A recent Signal commentary by CLWA General Manager Dan Masnada outlined some of them, and we also offer easy-to-use conservation tips on our Web site, http://www.clwa.org/.
n Who it's for: We are conserving for ourselves and our children or, in other words, those of us who are here today and those of us who will be here tomorrow. Our community should conserve together and reap the benefits together. We believe all Californians have a right to a reasonable, dependable water supply.
We believe we have the supply management tools in place to ensure they will have it, and ongoing conservation is simply one of those tools.
The water professionals at CLWA and the four local water retailers embrace the challenge of securing our community's water supply, and they place a high value on not just conserving water, but also on efficiently managing the SCV's water supply portfolio in a manner that is environmentally responsible and will best serve the community's residents — all of them, now and in the future.
Water conservation is anything but a conundrum. It's just the right thing to do.
R. J. Kelly is the Vice President of the Castaic Lake Water Agency Board of Directors. His column reflects the Agency's views, and not necessarily those of The Signal.


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Car salesman Leo Emerson sits at his desk surrounded by a Chrysler 200 Limited and 300 at Bill Snethkamp dealership in Detroit, Michigan, yesterday.
DETROIT: The top four automakers in the US market missed December sales expectations, but 2013 will still easily be the best year for the industry since before the recession.
General Motors Co said that the US auto industry will have December US auto sales at a 15.6 million-vehicle annualised selling rate, well below the 16 million vehicles expected by 27 economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
The late December holiday season is generally one of the heaviest sales periods at US auto dealerships.
Sales that may have occurred in December were pulled ahead to November because of a late-month, four-day Thanksgiving weekend, said John Felice, head of sales at Ford Motor Co.
December auto sales were also hampered by snowy and icy weather over parts of the country late in the month, said Chrysler spokesman Ralph Kisiel.
Each month, auto sales are seen as an early indicator of consumer spending.
For all of 2013, US auto sales are expected to finish near 15.6 million vehicles, up about eight percent.
That would be the best sales year since pre-recession 2007, when 16.1 million vehicles were sold in the US market. At the height of the recession in 2009 sales fell to 10.4 million.
GM's sales fell six percent, to 230,157 new vehicles, below analysts' expectations of a slight sales gain. Sales of GM's Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck fell 16 percent in the month.
Ford's sales rose two percent, to 218,058, also below analysts' expectations. Its F-Series pickup truck, the best-selling model in North America, had an 8 percent sales gain in December.
Toyota's US December sales fell 1.7 percent to 190,843 vehicles, versus expectations of a slight gain. Chrysler expects the industry to show a December annualised selling rate of 15.8 million vehicles.
Chrysler yesterday reported a six percent gain last month in its US auto sales, to 161,007 vehicles. That was the automaker's best December since 2007, but still narrowly missed analyst expectations. Ram pickup truck sales rose 17 percent. Jeep sales rose 34 percent in the month, led by the new Cherokee, which sold four times as well in December as the vehicle it replaced, the Jeep Liberty, did a year ago.
The top four automakers by sales are, in order, GM, Ford, Toyota Motor Corp and Chrysler.
GM's sales for the year rose seven percent to 2.8 million vehicles, and Ford's US annual sales of 2.5 million vehicles rose 11 percent. For the year, Chrysler's US sales rose nine percent to 1.8 million vehicles. Toyota's annual US sales rose seven percent to 2.2 million vehicles.
While some economists and analysts expect 2014 sales to rise to between 16 million and 16.5 million vehicles, there is growing concern that competition will intensify, leading to higher incentives and lower profit for companies.


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Alcamo Appointed Special Science Adviser to UNFCCC Executive Secretary
4 June 2014: Former UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Chief Scientist and award-winning environmental modeling researcher Joseph Alcamo was appointed Special Science Adviser to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. He will be providing pro bono advice to the Secretariat.
Figueres said his invaluable advice will "strengthen our ability to understand developments in the fast moving world of climate research." Upon his appointment, Alcamo stressed the "need to maximize efforts to convey the important science messages coming from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to policymakers."
Alcamo is Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Systems Research at the University of Kassel, Germany, and Professor of Environmental Systems Science and Engineering. Since 1993, he has been active with the IPCC.
While at UNEP, he helped found the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, an alliance of governments and non-state partners dedicated to rapid action on pollutants that lead to air pollution, cause crop damage and contribute to climate change. He also: chaired the Scientific Steering Committee of the UNEP-convened series of emissions 'Gap' reports; started an international 'Foresight' process for identifying emerging issues; co-founded an organization for climate impact science (PROVIA); co-organized the UN Global Assessment of Water Quality; and played a key role in the founding of Future Earth, an international framework for global change research.
He received the Max Planck Research Prize for helping to develop the field of integrated environmental modeling and the Grand Prix des Lumieres de l'Eau de Cannes for his contribution to global water research. [UNFCCC Press Release]


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My family dressed up as Blue's Clues in 2000
Origin of HalloweenHalloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in) over 2000 years ago in what's now called Ireland. Halloween has long been thought of as a day when the dead can return to the earth, and ancient Celts would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off these roaming ghosts. You can learn more about the origin of Halloween over on History.com.
History of HalloweenIn the second half of the nineteenth century, America was flooded with new immigrants. These new immigrants, especially the millions of Irish fleeing Ireland's potato famine of 1846, helped to popularize the celebration of Halloween nationally. Taking from Irish and English traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice that eventually became today's "trick-or-treat" tradition. In the late 1800s, there was a move in America to mold Halloween into a holiday more about community and neighborly get-togethers, than about ghosts, pranks, and witchcraft. Here are several games for children to play on Halloween.
Halloween Games for Children1. Halloween Pumpkin Bowling - Darling bowling pins made out of empty formula cans. 2. Paint the Pumpkin - Have the kids paint a small pumpkin at your next Halloween party. 3. Halloween Mummy Wrap - The object is for each group to wrap their mummy faster than the other groups but doing a good job 4. Halloween Memory Game - Memory is such a fun and easy game to play with children of all ages. Play this game at home as a family or during a kids Halloween party.
Indoor Halloween Games5. Eyeball Relay
- 1 Ping pong ball for each team (painted like an eyeball)
- 1 spoon for each team
- Ball of black yarn
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Talking About Wilderness
Federico Cheever
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Denver University Law Review, Vol. 76, p. 335, 1999
Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the National Wilderness Preservation system, which, as Gregory Applet points out, has grown "beyond the wildest dreams of the early wilderness advocates" is how rarely it enters into our national conversation about the environment. There are no more than a handful of court cases about wilderness and wilderness preservation. While much ink has been spilt in Congress about specific wilderness areas in specific states, these debates now rarely examine the core assumptions of the wilderness system. They tend, instead, to revolve around specific resource issues, most commonly water and mining and roads, and questions of how much wilderness we should designate.
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BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME: Ocean Classroom Foundation (OCF) today announced a partnership with the University of Maine, Orono, whereby the University will provide academic credit for SEAmester, a full semester at sea for college students aboard a unique educational platform: a 19th century-style schooner. SEAmester is an open enrollment program of the Ocean Classroom Foundation, a leader in experiential education at sea. Seamester tuition is comparable to that of a traditional campus semesters.


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Hello Fleshlight Friends,
i've been interested in buying a fleshlight for a couple of years now, and I think i finally decided to do it.
However, i can't really decide which one / how many i should get.
I would like to get each of the three orifices (Ass, Mouth and Pussy), but buying three flashlights in my first order seems like a lot of money for something i have never tried. So I think maybe I will start with one Fleshlight, and when I like it I will buy more. Does that sound like a good plan?
My current favorites are:
Riley Steele - Nipple Alley
Stoya - Destroya
Kayden Kross - Bookworm
Jenna Haze - Forbidden
Tori Black - Swallow
Now, I've read a lot of posts in this forum, and it seems most people recommend to start with the Destroya. To me, it seems wiser to buy a less intense Fleshlight (like Bookworm) first, and then work my way up. What do you think?
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High-flying entrepreneurs Clara Shih, Gina Bianchini, Priya Haji and Rebecca Woodcock recognized as Silicon Valley Movers & Shakers.
High-flying entrepreneurs Clara Shih, Gina Bianchini, Priya Haji and Rebecca Woodcock recognized as Silicon Valley Movers & Shakers.
From Pokitdok to AliveCor, from Cake Health to Rock Health, female founders are emerging in the health tech space.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
In a recently released infographic, Rock Health reported that young women practicing medicine are more likely to shoulder the obligations of child and family care. They are also likely to face obstacles like self-confidence issues, time constraints and inability to connect with senior leadership. Education and skills are not often seen as obstacles.
Health tech startups utilize domain expertise in analytics and turn smartphone cameras into biosensors!
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Health startup accelerator Rock Health held demo day for their second class of health startups yesterday. If you didn't already know, Rock Health is a five month program and seed accelerator targeting health-related mobile and web applications and the entrepreneurs who are interested in building them.
Here are the women working on ground-breaking innovations in health – from utilizing their domain expertise in analytics to turning smartphone cameras into biosensors – and creating the next big healthtech startup. Digital health is quickly becoming a hot investment area.
Founder Institute's Female Founder Fellowship program increased 30% female graduates globally.
By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute)
Last year, we unveiled a new program – Female Founder Fellowship (FFF) – in an effort to grow the number of female technology founders by providing free course fees for our best female applicants.
At the time, 16% of our graduates were female, and our stated goal was to double that number and ultimately graduate 175 female-led companies a year.
The FFF program helped spur a 30% increase in female graduates globally in just a few months time.
By Joshua Henderson (Director of Programming, Springboard Enterprises)
Several weeks ago, I wrote about resources available to high-growth, women-led companies.
Besides missing a few important organizations like SmartGirlsWay, NewME Accelerator, Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs, BlogHer Entrepreneurs and ACTiVATE, I said that we wanted to partner with non women-focused groups/events to champion more women through the funnel from idea to startup to exit.
So when I saw that six companies in the latest TechStars NY batch are led by women, including Springboard
By Meghan Casserly (Writer, Forbes)
A recent Kauffman poll shows that Gen-Y may be poised to be the most entrepreneurial bunch the world has seen. "54% of the nation's Millennials either want to start a business or already have started one," says Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation.
Paired with data on the rise of female entrepreneurs, the outlook for young women is promising. As Lesa Mitchell, Kauffman's vice president of innovation pointed out "Women's entrepreneurship is an economic issue, not a gender-equity issue."
By Blake Landau (Blogger, What's Your Story)
Editor's note: Apply to the Women 2.0 PITCH Startup Competition for early-stage startups with at least 1 female on the founding team. Deadline to apply is November 30, 2011.
When I was a kid, I was your average millennial — by which I mean I was on a tight schedule of brownies, soccer practices, Hebrew school, mall outings and birthday parties.
In the context of AYSO soccer games, I was scary for someone only three and half feet tall.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Cake Health announced its public launch yesterday and presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011. We talked to co-founder Rebecca Woodcock about her experience finding a technical co-founder, building the product, and launching at TechCrunch Disrupt onstage.
Rebecca Woodcock: Since Founder Labs, the real making of Cake Health was finding the right co-founder — that was critical. Teaming up with Andy was the best thing that happened to the company and brought it all together. We work incredibly well together and we're a great team.
By Eve Phillips (Co-Founder & CEO, Empower Interactive)
The biggest chunk of US healthcare spending –- about 75% — is on individuals with chronic diseases: issues like diabetes, obesity, heart disease, lung disease, and high blood pressure. And the majority of those illnesses are directly related to individual lifestyle choices.
Yet, instead of helping teach people how to make better choices about stress, food, smoking, and exercise, our healthcare system has focused on treating people after they're sick –- the much more expensive option. While those efforts are very important, wouldn't it also make sense to try to avoid those outcomes
Competition heats up the space. You can use their successes to catapult yours. If you do your homework, you should have some idea as to their business plan, revenue or fundraising stage, so plan around those so you can leverage their announcements to drive attention to you. It shows potential partners and investors that something is happening and they need to pay attention. Of course, too much heat can burn your industry out. If you want to build a Groupon clone now, you already missed that train.
Read Why Competition is Good for your Startup by Rebecca Woodcock (Co-Founder, Cake Health)
By Rebecca Woodcock (Co-Founder, Cake Health)
Two weeks ago, my startup co-founder and I launched Cake Health's private beta on TechCrunch.
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I'm not a napper at all, but today I'm exhausted. Dh and I went out last night for his company event for the first time since ds was born (14 months).. We took full advantage, had a few drinks, stayed out late, etc. I don't feel sick today or anything, I just feel like I need more sleep today. How do you unwind to take a nap? Every time I try to I just lay there thinking of laundry and picking up ds's toys, vacuuming etc. any ideas??
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I don't nap. But I wouldn't have any trouble I don't think. I fall a sleep if I just sit and watch TV if it's quiet.
Hah.. good question! I don't even remember the last time I took one.
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I don't either!!! It's sad really lol! I have friends who can nap for 15 min and feel awesome.. I feel worse. I don't get nappers! Dh is one and it makes me jealous!
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Hah.. good question! I don't even remember the last time I took one.
If I nap usually I'm in a worse more bitchy mood than before I napped so I try not to.
by Angel on May. 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM
I just rest my eyes sometimes n sometimes if my hubby n kids are home on weekends we all take naps. We normal feel better.
I never really get to nap! My dd is almost 2 and fights naps so bad so unless I get really lucky it never happens! And even sleeping in is hard bc I got so much on my mind!
I don't, unless I have a migraine
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I so did but couldn't put my mind at rest to take one! Butttt once ds went to bed at 8:30 dh and I went right to bed haha!
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i dont nap , sounds like you need one now tho
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One of the research community's best-known and most bearish analysts, who has spent 15 years warning that the bursting of the US asset and economic bubble would be followed by a lost decade, has published a mea culpa in which he admitted: "I've been too bullish".
Société Générale's Albert Edwards, who has regularly featured at the top of industry analyst surveys over the past few years, yesterday published a note titled 'A 'mea culpa' from the sell-side bear: I have been wrong - I've been too bullish'.
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Today's guest post is by Whitney Adams.
Over the years, smartphones and tablets have changed how people shop, bank, chat with friends and family, and surf the web.
There are about 1.2 billion mobile web users worldwide, which accounts for eight percent of website hits globally.
In the United States, mobile web users make up about 25 percent of Internet users.
These numbers are very significant, but there are plenty of companies that don't think they need a mobile version of their website.
Companies that use their websites to inform their customers about business news, to sell products, or even simply have a blog, should seriously consider making their online content mobile.
Most companies (and web developers) work hard to create desktop websites that are visually appealing and easy to navigate. They understand that users want sites to look professional and trustworthy, and be simple to use.
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Well, the same concept goes for mobile sites. Mobile users are less likely to stay on a website that isn't optimized for their device. It is too difficult to read, click on links, or navigate menus. Traditional desktop websites normally have menus, pictures, logos, and ads that can take a while to load on a mobile device. Mobile users aren't going to want to sit and wait for your site to load. By developing a version of your site that is mobile-friendly, mobile users will be more inclined to stick around.
By optimizing your content for mobile users, you can cut down on the time it takes for them to open your web page. Something else that can change the download speed is reducing the bandwidth of your website. Scaling the bandwidth of your site lets mobile users with slow networks load the site a little faster.
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When you are creating the mobile version of your site, there are a few things to keep in mind.
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One simple answer – go responsive design and you don't need to worry about any browser, mobile or not. Much more cost-effective too.
@Danny Brown Agreed. I also like the way most responsive design pushes the desktop into a more simplified, visual mode. It's a win all around.
@creativeoncall Yep. The only time I've ever seen it look "weird" is on larger Mac screens. But then that happens on all sites, so… 😉
@Danny Brown Agree completely. A separate site is just asking for a headache. But overall good tips. Mobile needs to be considered and included in every single marketing facet and every single customer touch point.
@katskrieger Yep. Miss out on mobile, miss out full stop.
Beat to the punch again by @Danny Brown . That silly sheep shagger gets all the fun. 😉
In all seriousness, I find that, with few exceptions, responsive design handles the shift from desktop to mobile without issue, also adjusting for various browser and monitor configurations.
@jasonkonopinski Find your own sheep, goat boy.
@Danny Brown @jasonkonopinski I am going to pretend I know what responsive design means…
@jkcallas This is so important, and so many people don't understand. I told a local biz about how bad their website works on iPhone today!
This is so important! Rogers always send me texts- so clearly to my phone- where the links will NOT open via mobile!!! Then why the EFF did you just text me?!? Grr. Clearly a personal pet peeve…
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CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS -- Three volunteer firefighters were injured in an overnight fire that destroyed a house in Rockdale Township.
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Firefighters were sent to 20838 Saeger Road at 10:38 p.m. Thursday on a report of a structure fire. The residents of the house had gotten out uninjured by the time the first crews arrived, French said.
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Dallas Morning News reporter Evan Grant has been named Texas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
It's the second time in three years Grant has won the award.
"This state has a great tradition of colorful sportswriting, and I feel proud not only just to be part of the fraternity but also to be honored by my peers and the people I have so much respect for," Grant said. "It makes it even more humbling."
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The neighbors never expected to score Abbey seats for the wedding. "We thought, 'Of course we won't be invited,'" says Tim, 51, a former banker. "I shrieked when he said, 'I've got a letter from Buckingham Palace!'" says Sheila, 49. The college administrator bought Jimmy Choos to match her Paule Ka dress and Vivien Sheriff fascinator, and though Tim wore a waist-coat from his closet, he's just as thrilled: "We'll be at the [Old Boot Inn in Bucklebury] around 11 p.m. in our wedding clothes to say, 'We were there!'"
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"It was the most beautiful service, just magic," says Alex, 60. "Inside the Abbey was so colorful. My perfect moment was when she and Prince William came out from signing the registry. Just lovely." The founders of the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund, one of Wills's charities, were joined at the wedding by sons Tom, 28, and Charlie, 22. "Lots of their friends were there, and we all had a lovely natter," says Alex. As for the reception, he says, "Kate was in such good form, laughing and joking. They're a very, very happy couple. And Prince Charles and Prince William gave wonderful speeches that showed how close they are."
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"I'm a real romantic; the idea of building their life together is overwhelming," says Bradby, 42 (in a Jane Marcantonio headpiece and her own pearl bracelets). To help Will and Kate keep a cozy kitchen, she'll give them her three favorite cookbooks. Says Bradby: "They love each other. I get goosebumps just thinking about it."
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Tiffany Tagg, a sixth grader at Bellevue Christian School, Mack Campus last year, has been awarded the E.A. Mack Humanitarian of the Year Award.
The award was presented by Marie Mack in recognition of her husband's kindness, honesty and service to his community.
During the past year, Tiffany was a finalist in original speech at local and regional school speech meets, a member of the regional math Olympiad team and a participant in numerous track and field events.
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Tonight, however, the old master showed the rookie how it is done.
In a game in which the 22-year-old Chinn missed a gimme in front of the net, the 33-year-old Wolyniec scored two goals as the Red Bulls advanced to the Open Cup's final play-in game with a 3-0 victory over the New England Revolution before 1,935 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison.
The Red Bulls will host the Colorado Rapids May 26, with the winner advancing to the Cup's first round.
"I'm glad I got a chance to go out there and run around and make some plays," said Wolyniec, who scored the 33rd and 34th goals of his career in all competitions. "It definitely wasn't my best performance but I'll take it. I still got a little fitness to work on but, overall, a good step in the right direction.
"Sometimes it's tough when you don't get a lot of time, but it's a competitive team. We got a lot of great guys on this team. My opportunities to play might be limited, so I'm going to have to make sure that I make the best of it."
And he did, with a typical Wolyniec goal in the 36th minute. Midfielder Brian Nielsen sent a through ball between New England's central defenders onto the path of Chinn, who had a breakaway. Chinn dribbled in but his shot was blocked by goalie Bob Shuttleworth.
The rebound came out to Wolyniec, whose shot was kicked out by New England defender Chris Tierney. But Wolyniec pounced on the rebound and his second try deflected off Tierney's leg and into the net for a 1-0 lead.
"We have a deep team right now and everybody's fighting to get time," Wolyniec said. "We've had some success so far this year, so it's definitely going to be tough to get time because when you win they make less changes in the lineup. I'm definitely fighting for a spot and I'm happy with the performance."
The Red Bulls broke it open with two goals in two minutes in the second half.
Off a free kick on the left, Nielsen touched the ball to Sinisa Ubiparipovic, whose shot skimmed through a crowd into the far side of the net in the 62nd minute.
Wolyniec connected again in the 64th minute when he knocked home the rebound of a Ubiparipovic shot.
"I'm happy for John," Chinn said. "He was working really hard tonight and he deserved the two goals that he got. Whenever I get to play with John he's very quick to help me and guide me in areas that he sees that maybe I'm not quite picking up very well, so he's been a big help throughout the entire time that I've been here.
"He's been pretty good at telling me 'try this, try that.' I trust what he's been doing and he's obviously made a great career for himself playing soccer, so I think all the advice he can give me is awesome."
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The Alexander Cocktail
|Hugo Ensslin (1915)
|What To Drink?
|Diffords Guide
|Five O'Clock Cocktails
|1 part
|1 oz
|2 shots
|1.25 oz.
|Creme De Cacao
|1 part
|1 oz
|1 shot
|.75 oz.
|1 part
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|Use Ciao Bella Mint Chip Gelato
|Grated Nutmeg
|Fennel Seeds
Here's a cocktail that has ended up on the short end of the stick here on The Gin is In. I'm Lactose Intolerant. I don't drink cream, and I especially do not drink cream based drinks in bars.
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The Alexander is a peculiar drink in the gin cocktail canon. It is heavy, thick, and is fabulous at disguising the taste of gin. This contributed to its heydey during prohibition when the Alexander became a speakeasy favorite? The cream is great at disguising the taste of cheap (and bathtub) gin.
Six degrees of Buffalo: The Alexander
This is an interesting footnote. One "origin" story of the cocktail cites a gentleman by the name of Troy Alexander who worked at George Rector's restaurant in New York City. The cause célèbre? The DL&W (Deleware, Lackawanna and Western railroad) wanted to celebrate their newly launched and wildly successful advertising campaign which featured Phoebe Snow. Miss Snow was used to advertise the new "clean" railroads. They were so clean that she could travel in a white dress and read by electric light on the railroad. And where was Miss Snow going? Her character regularly traveled from New York City to Buffalo, New York.
About the Cocktail
As this is one of the very few gin cocktails that I do not drink, I don't have a lot of personal advice to offer you. Despite the drink's origin and relatively simple recipe (1:1:1 just like the Negroni), modern recipes seem to be a bit all over the place.
It seems that the modern variations have restored gin to a more prominent role in this cocktail, tending to skew the ratio of gin to cream upwards to 2:1. The modern recipes also tend to use less Creme de Cacao. One particularly interesting variation speaks to the state of the modern American kitchen. Use Ice Cream in place of Cream? Sure, why not. As long as the ice cream has a flavor which won't clash with the rest of the cocktail. Mint seems like a great choice, though I'd think that chocolate or vanilla might actually work fairly well too.
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Mercury, which ranks as Ford Motor Co.'s more upscale division, has a new model ready for 2006. The company unveiled the five-passenger Milan midsize sedan at the 2005 Chicago Auto Show. The Milan is related to the new Ford Fusion and Lincoln Zephyr.
Serving as Mercury's most-affordable model but billed by the automaker as upscale and expressive, the sedan is available in two trim levels: standard and better-equipped Premier. A 2.3-liter four-cylinder and a 3.0-liter V-6 are available. About a year after its introduction, the Milan will be offered with all-wheel drive in addition to the regular front-wheel-drive version.
The company says designers drew inspiration from large, modern cities when creating the Milan. Signature design cues include the waterfall grille and the use of trim with a satin-aluminum finish. Wide headlights wrap into the hood, and LED taillights are installed. The Milan has a short-/long-arm front suspension and a multilink rear suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes are used.
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Do Healthy Child Initiatives Promote Eating Disorders?Madeline Holler
Over at TIME, a father of three and doctor worries that healthy eating initiatives may have the unintended consequence of promoting eating disorders.
Anthony D. DeBenedet argues that while there's no evidence that initiatives like First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign actually produces healthier, normal weight kids, a recent study does show that a small percent of children and parents have weight on their mind. He acknowledges there's no clear link between the two, but that children are vulnerable to disordered eating.
DeBenedet argues that the blanket application of "Let's Move" and other anti-obesity campaigns could be the problem. He writes in TIME:
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 17% of all children and adolescents in the U.S. are obese. Yet the majority of obesity programming, especially in our schools, is applied to the child and adolescent populations as a whole. Sure, promoting healthy eating, regardless of one's weight or age, seems like a positive thing on the surface. But here's the potential downside: We know kids and teens react differently than adults to external pressures like persistent messaging. Sometimes these pressures can translate into incredible waves of anxiety and fear. At the extreme, a healthy-weight youth could be pushed to monitor his weight more frequently or even begin an unsupervised diet — behaviors that might represent an impending eating disorder.
I think DeBenedet's worries about broad healthy eating campaigns is misplaced. It's exactly those that cover entire groups, rather than singling out individuals, that have a better chance of not promoting disordered eating. I'd like to see initiatives that don't focus on obesity and weight in general and, instead, promote healthy food, water and regular physical activity for everyone — fat and skinny, child and adult. Better school lunches, fewer subsidies for sugar and corn, and regular affordable access to doctors are all steps our society can take to improve overall health of our communities, without thinking we're going to create an entire generation of bulimics for example.
The problem with how we approach health lately is that we're focused almost exclusively on weight and BMIs and never, on other indicators of general overall health (because scales are cheap and health insurance for all appears to be unattainable).


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JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli President Shimon Peres joined delegates in Jordan over the weekend at the World Economic Forum, where U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presented economic incentives for the Palestinian Authority.
Kerry wrapped up the forum Sunday afternoon by presenting a $4 billion stimulus plan to the Palestinian Authority.
The secretary of state said the plan could potentially allow the P.A. to double its gross national product in three years, bring a 40 percent hike in wages and reduce unemployment by two-thirds.
Such prosperity, he said, could even spill over to Israel and Jordan.
The funds would be raised from the private sector, with European Union Middle East envoy Tony Blair already working on opportunities in the tourism, construction, energy, agriculture and high-tech sectors.
But despite Kerry's enthusiasm, neither the P.A.'s Fatah leadership nor its counterparts in Hamas were buying it.
Officials from both parties said the prospect of economic growth would not alter their demands, which Peres referred to euphemistically as "some gaps."
"President Abbas, you are our partner and we are yours," Peres said. "What holds back the renewal of the peace negotiations are some gaps in the bridge between the beginning and the conclusion."
For the Palestinian Authority, these "gaps" are prerequisites that must be met before resuming peace talks with Israel. They include the following:
Release of all Palestinian prisoners, most serving time for terror-related crimes.While the United States and Israel believe financial independence and economic prosperity are keys to a sustainable peace, the Palestinian leadership says there will be no resumption of the peace process until Israel meets its demands.
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