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As the winter chill has settled in on south Louisiana, warmer temperatures in late April seem a long way off. But if you're Steve Worthy, the CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, business is hoping as he and his staff begin preparing for the 2014 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
The annual PGA Tournament, contested at TPC Louisiana, is still more than three months off, scheduled for April 24-27. But this is when it's time to start cementing plans and gathering in commitments for the tournament.
Worthy will make his first recruiting trip of 2014 to his old stomping ground at Pebble Beach, Calif., Feb. 3-9. That's the week of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Worthy was CEO of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, which runs the Pebble Beach event, before coming to New Orleans in 2012.
He also has Florida trips planned to the Honda Classic late February and to Bay Hill in the middle of March.
Though it's early, Worthy said he thinks the 2014 field will be good and deep and feature some players that haven't been to New Orleans in a while.
"I feel good about where we are,'' Worthy said. "I'm confident we're going to have a good field. We're talking to some guys that haven't been here in a while. Some guys who are very recognizable. I feel like we'll have some new editions this year that will interest fans. I think we're going to have a very deep field. When you look at the guys in the top 50 and the top 25 I feel real good about that depth.''
Barring unforeseen injuries or other events, the Zurich will likely have at least two of last year's four majors winners. Justin Rose, who won the U.S. Open in 2013 and is currently fourth in the world, and Jason Dufner, the PGA Championship winner and 13th in the world, have been regulars at the Zurich.
Rose has Zurich as one of his sponsors so he looks pretty solid as does Dufner, who played collegiate golf at Auburn and won the 2012 Zurich championship.
Worthy said he's also making a strong run at Master's winner Adam Scott. Drawing Phil Mickelson, last year's British Open titlist, will be a long shot as he plans to scale back his schedule this year.
"We feel very good about seeing both of those two guys (Dufner and Rose),'' Worthy said. "We're doing all we can to appeal to (Scott). He would be very high on our target list and we are having conversations with him.''
Last year's Zurich winner, Billy Horschel, currently 40th in the world, seems to be a good bet to come back as well.
The 2014 PGA season actually began in 2013 with the fall series events. The PGA went to the wrap-around schedule for the first time last fall. Worthy said he doesn't think it will have much impact – if any – on the Zurich.
This year's event falls where it did last year, two weeks after the Master's and two weeks before The Player's Championship at TPC Sawgrass. The RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, S.C., is the week after the Master's and the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C., comes the week after the Zurich.
All three tournaments can face challenges sandwiched between the Master's and TPC, considered the fifth major. Quail Hollow, site of the Wells Fargo, could face an extra burden because of last year's problems with the greens, which have been completely redone.
But the one thing that helps the Zurich is that is can be a good prep for the The Players, Worthy said. The courses, both Pete Dye designs, are similar.
And golfers in last year's Zurich raved about TPC Louisiana's greens despite all the rain the course took during the tournament.
"The last two years, the feedback that I've gotten is that it's (TPC Louisiana) been in the best shape it's ever been in both of the last two years,'' Worthy said. "With the rain we had last year, it drained very well. The other thing that we continue to talk with players about is, you know Justin Rose talked about it, is prep for the Player's course. It's a Pete Dye course, the lines off the tee are similar. The grass is the same. Justin talked about how it is a great preparation for the Player's Championship.''
One thing the Zurich won't have to worry about this year is the Korean Championship in Seoul, South Korea on the European Tour. The tournament antes up some pretty big appearance money for American golfers. Dustin Johnson and Zach Johnson were scheduled to play in it last year but pulled out the week before the event.
This year, however, the Korean tournament is a week after the Zurich.
PETERSON MOVES UP: Former LSU golfer John Peterson, who will be competing in this week's PGA Tour Humana Challenge in La Quinta, Calif., moved up to 86th in the FedEx Standings with his tied for 20th place finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii last week.
Peterson, who will be full time on the PGA Tour for the first time this season, earned about $55,000 for the finish and has earned about $107,000 from two events in the 2013-14 season. Expect him to be in the 2014 Zurich field.
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I could not help but remember the trips we made to New York City during the holidays as I watched Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving Day. Last year we arrived just after the Rockefeller Center lighting ceremony so we got to experience the excitement that the ceremony brings to the city. Hotels were filled. We made our reservation well ahead of time so all was well for us.
During the parade I got a glimpse of the fabulous windows at Macy's. Last year I took pictures of the windows as we oh-ed and ah-ed. We spent a long time looking at the windows because there is so much to see. I got a real nice picture of a young family with a toddler who was so excited she could not stand still.
We also visited with Santa Claus. At Macy's Santa is the final stop as you wander through a wonderland of elves and trees. We stopped to have our picture taken. One of the elves even volunteered to take a picture for us with my camera. Santa is not only for the young, he is for the young at heart too.
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On our visit to the city we saw two plays. "Billy Elliot" was wonderful. It must be still playing because I see blurbs on television about it. That young man could sing and dance!
There is just something about seeing a live production. You are immersed in culture when you attend the theatre; however, people wear anything and everything as they attend. You have the very lavish dressers as well as those in blue jeans and tee shirts.
A highlight of our trip was dinner at Sardi's near the theatre district. The walls were filled with memorabilia. Throughout our leisurely dinner we visited and relaxed. The meal was wonderful. I could not have asked for tastier fare.
When we visit New York there is always time to shop. The styles in Macy's in the city are much different than the ones in the store in Erie. It was fun to look, but nothing was appropriate to wear at home. We could shop in the gift shop and the housewares department. That stuff was normal. We all found things at Macy's so we had to make a trip back to the hotel to drop off our purchases before we began our trek to other stores.
If you go to Macy's do not plan to eat in their restaurant. We made that mistake just once. The food cost an arm and a leg and my burger was as hard as shoe leather! It was not even warm when it arrived. Although we complained, the second time was no better.
Dinner on a boat that traveled under the city bridges was delightful. When we got up close to Lady Liberty it gave me goose bumps. As she stands with her extended arm welcoming weary travelers she is lit from head to toe. It is hard to imagine how immigrants feel when they first see that statue.
Each time we go to the city we see something different. When we got close to where the twin towers used to stand, it was a funny feeling. I remember that day so well. Now, there is little to see.
We went to Grand Central Station on one trip; we toured the Intrepid on another. An aircraft carrier is a really large ship. One trip we took in the Top of the Rock. You can look from all four sides and see the entire city. We were up there just before sunset so lights were beginning to come on.
A trip to New York City for the holidays would not be complete without seeing the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Extravaganza. The theatre is magnificent. The organ is majestic. The production was light-hearted and fun complete with 3D glasses.
As we walked the streets of New York we saw many decorated store windows. We went in and out of all of the big stores just to say we had been there. We watched the ice skaters at Rockefeller Center.
In 2007 the displays in the city went to LED lights. The giant ball that would be in Times Square that year was on display in Macy's so we got to have a picture taken by it.
When you visit the city you never know what you will see. Each time we have gone the weather has been decent. Although I really enjoy visiting the city at Christmas, there is nothing like a country Christmas. This year I will enjoy the sights and sounds that this area has to offer. I will attend school Christmas concerts instead of plays.
One of my treasures that I purchased was a book about the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and its history. There are photographs of the early years as well as pictures up to the present. Just think the first tree was erected when they were building Rockefeller Center in 1931 during the Depression. Next year will mark eighty years.
On our last trip we sat in Central Park people watching as we waited to eat lunch at the Tavern on the Green. That we will not do again since the restaurant closed before the year ended.
While it is fun to visit, it is always nice to come back home where life is a slower pace.
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As I listen to yet another description of an American school shooting, I am awestruck that the country I love and live in is unable to appreciate the fact that our "gun culture" is making us the industrialized nation most victimized by gun violence in the world.
Equally puzzling is our inability to realize that an amendment to our constitution written in far different times is of little or no relevance to today's society and needs extensive revision to make it applicable.
There are two main arguments used by gun advocates to justify the presence of so many deadly weapons in the hands of questionably qualified citizens:
1. Everyone should have the right to protect their families and property with a firearm.
This is a no-win situation since in order for a gun to be effective deterrence it must be loaded and available — an indefensible risk to children and any other residents of the house.
To increase safety the gun must be locked in a secret location separated from any ammunition making it useless as protection.
2. If everyone carried concealed weapons, innocents would be protected and the bad guys wouldn't know who was safe to attack.
This patently ridculous attitude means that whenever any yahoo on his or her way home feels threatened or disrespected we could have the "gunfight at the OK Corral" with inexcusable collateral injuries.
It seems clearly intuitive that fewer guns and bullets and more restrictive access to these deadly materials would decrease this inexcusable danger to innocent Americans.
Hopefully the atrocity in Connecticut will finally awaken my fellow citizens and their leadership to do something definitive to correct this situation.
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The business owner told police on Tuesday, Oct. 29, he went to the bank to make a deposit when he discovered a missing check in the amount of $950. The man said he had a receipt showing his employee, a 34-year-old woman, had collected the check initially.
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I am the CEO of
STIC, a Paris-based system integrator specializing in the provision
of services and networks relating to 107.7 FM — the highway traffic
information radio service broadcast on a single frequency throughout
France. We operate an extensive network with transmitters installed
on average every 7–10 kilometers (4–6 miles) along a
5,000-kilometer (3,000+-mile) stretch of highway.
We provide our
broadcast customers with turnkey solutions — everything from the
transmitter itself to the buildings where they are installed and
through to the tower and antennas.
Our latest project
involved installing a 107.7 FM network along the A63, a recently
opened 120-kilometer (75-mile) stretch of highway linking Bordeaux
and Bayonne. This required the installation of a single-frequency
network encompassing a network head-end and 10 synchronous
transmitter sites — all of which would require close supervision.
The information
provided by the 107.7 FM broadcast is of strategic importance and we
are required to provide 99.99 percent service availability. Therefore
the selection of suppliers is of critical importance to us to ensure
that we can meet this requirement.
For the A63 project,
Audemat made us a proposal incorporating both a hardware-monitoring
platform — the FM Monitoring Silver and a software server package
called the Broadcast Manager — which could aggregate the
information from each transmitter location and provide us with a
global overview of the network.
After careful
consideration and research we selected this Audemat solution as the
most appropriate for the A63 installation and the only one on the
market that provided all the functionality we required. We went live
in February 2013.
We have an FM
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broadcast and can stream or record the audio as required.
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other information to let us know what is happening at the site. For
example, using the contact closures, we are able to monitor the door
contact at any given site and be alerted to the presence of any
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French foreign ministry bureau studies faith issues worldwide
France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, one of the original "French doctors" who has been active in humanitarian causes for decades, once said the only major conflict he knew that had nothing to do with religion was the 1969 "football war" between El Salvador and Honduras. With a perspective like that, he naturally asked when he took over the foreign ministry in 2007 where religion figured in its diplomatic analysis and strategy. The answer was that it didn't really figure in it, at least not in a systematic way. Laïcité — France's trademark separation of church and state — had created a kind of "we don't do God" reflex in its diplomacy. Kouchner began a series of internal discussions about the new challenges to diplomacy, issues such as global warming, terrorism, sustainable development or religion. One of the results was the establishment last summer of a religious affairs bureau at the Quai d'Orsay.
France retreats from burqa ban plan amid burst of hot air
French Communist parliamentarian André Gerin, a leading proponent of a ban on full facial veils here, is an old hand at avoiding answering unwelcome questions. One that has become increasingly difficult for him is whether France should prohibit Muslim women here from wearing the veils, known as burqas and niqabs, as a way to combat Islamic fundamentalism. He got a real grilling about this on Europe 1 radio today. After ducking the persistent question "will you propose a legal ban?" several times, he finally admitted that, well … uh … there wouldn't be a ban after all. There would be "recommendations" that could be supported by Muslim leaders here, i.e. would not include the ban they oppose.


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Lindsay Lohan Apologizes For Using The N-Word On Social Media While Referencing New Kanye Song
Lindsay Lohan has found herself in some hot water for getting a little too comfortable on social media recently.
According to the Daily Mail, the actress and troubled starlet is in Paris for Fashion Week and attended a performance by Kanye West where he did his new song, "All Day." In case you haven't heard it yet, the lyrics for the chorus alone go like this:
How long you ni**as ball? All day, ni**a/How much time you spent at the mall? All day, ni**a/How many runners do you got on call? All day, ni**a/Swish, swish, how long they keep you in court? All day, ni**a/Take you to get this fly? All day, ni**a/Tell your P.O. how-how long you been high? All day, ni**a/You already know I'm straight from the Chi, all day, ni**a/South, south, south side! All day, ni**a
Well, she was having so much fun at the show that she posted the following caption to a picture she shared of Kanye on stage:
After realizing the error in her ways, the 28-year-old went ahead and edited her caption, replacing "#kanye&kimAlldaynigga$" with #kanye&kimAlldayn$." But it was too late. Her followers took notice of the tweet and IG caption, and immediately asked her what the hell she was thinking. After trying to carry on and posting pictures in Paris as if the whole snafu didn't happen, Lohan decided to put out a statement through her rep. She apologized for her mistake and said that she didn't intend to offend since she's 'friends' with Yeezy.
"She is a friend of his, it is his new song, her intention was not to offend anyone and she apologizes!"
She has since dropped any reference to the N-word in the photo's caption.
This isn't the first time a white actress has found herself in trouble for quoting Kanye lyrics. Gwyneth Paltrow was heavily criticized when she posted a picture backstage at Jay Z and Kanye's Parisian Watch The Throne tour stop in 2012. In the pic, she smiled while posing next to Jay, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, Spike Lee and The-Dream, and captioned it with "Niggas in Paris for real." When people quickly blasted her for the tweet, she said, "Hold up. It's the title of the song!" Paltrow's famous friends tried to defend her, including The-Dream, who even initially claimed that he sent the tweet while drunk from her Twitter account.
It's an interesting conversation, the whole topic of non-black people using the N-word while trying to make reference or rap to songs that have the word in it. This is especially interesting at a time when artists often encourage their audience to say the word during shows. But what we've learned is that what people seem to get away with at packed concerts they will get blasted on social media for if they get too comfortable…
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Wait A Minute – Did Lindsay Lohan Handle Whitney Houston's Body Bag At A Morgue?
In an interview with Telegraph, Lindsay Lohan opened up about her experience doing community service and made an interesting claim.
Lohan says she was forced to work 12-hour shifts from 4am to 4pm for four months and had a very "F'd up and inappropriate" experience. It was inappropriate "because a lot of other people were meant to do it, and they were like: 'No, they can't handle it. Lohan can.' It's different for me than it would be for other people – like, no one would really have to work at the morgue in LA and roll a body bag for Whitney Houston."
Wait. What? Did Lindsay Lohan say she rolled a body bag for our beloved Whitney?
Lohan also mentioned that appearing on Oprah's docuseries forced her out of New York City. It made her a target. "After the Oprah show it was kind of hard for me to be in New York," says Lohan. "There started to be paparazzi, and I didn't have that in New York in the beginning…Every time I left my house, they were at the corner."
Okay guys, what do you think? Did she really handle Whitney's body bag? Is Oprah the blame for her troubles in NYC? Sound off!
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Birthday Is Comin' Just Wait On It: Celebs Born In July
While we celebrate America's Independence on the Fourth, we also wish these celebs born in July a very Happy Birthday.
Wendy Williams
Some women have been known to lie about their age but Wendy Williams has been forthcoming with every aspect about her personal life and age is no exception. Celebrating her 50th birthday on July 18, Williams will be checking off something on her bucket list that she's never done but always wanted to do. The talk show host will step outside of her comfort zone and perform a 70-minute stand-up routine. Making her comedic debut at The Venetian in Las Vegas, "The Perfect Shade Of Stand Up" will feature an all-female cast that includes Joy Behar and Lisa Lampanelli.
Is Blood Thicker Than Business? Feuds That Scorched Famous Family Brands
Not all business is good for a company, especially when dirty laundry becomes public knowledge. There are many reasons why families choose to go into business together, and it's a great way to create a dynasty. You just need to make sure it lasts, or at least avoid crazy drama during the life of the company. These family feuds could tear a brand apart, or has in the past. We'll give the Jacksons a break on this one.
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Does Black TV Have Less Sympathy For White Celebs? Did Oprah Let Go Of Lindsay Too Easily?
I spent last Sunday keeping up on what might be the only season of Lindsay on the OWN Network. The docu/reality show followed troubled child star turned tabloid favorite Lindsay Lohan as she struggles to get her life and career together after several very public run-ins with the law and a few stints in rehab. For some reason, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the ginger teenage drama queen. And the series showed that's exactly what Lindsay is like off the set too. But when it comes to stars like "Lilo", I feel like it's one thing to have to go through growing pains and parents who seem two "Danny Tanner" talks past adolescence themselves even when you're not famous. But for some reason *cough* money *cough* the media sticks to these stars and milks every scrap of a story they can find to exploit them, which makes any progress they may be making that much harder.
If you aren't familiar with the tension between the show and the network, you may recall an interview that took the Queen Bee of media completely out of character. Oprah tells an assistant how people warned her not work to with Lilo. During the interview Oprah tells Lindsay to "cut the bulls**t". She cautions her in a friendly but "don't F with me way" that if Lilo wants to let the show go to just say so. She reassures her, "If that is the case, then you're not going to be f—ing up."
Lilo probably should have taken O up on her offer and left with some dignity. After countless episodes that barely feature the star because she isn't willing to wake up for call time and lengthy texts to the production staff with the same excuse ("I just need this day to myself") Oprah gave Lindsay the boot. Not to mention her shallow sobriety which left her sponsor even saying no comment and now the latest Lilo walk of shame: The Sex List.
I'm torn. On a network like VH1 Lindsay's sloppy shenanigans would've been a ratings inferno giving viewers a front row seat to the downward spiral. It kind of makes me respect Oprah's integrity to not support someone whose life doesn't seem to be improving. At the same time rumors flew that the show was being canceled because of poor ratings (the finale pulled in only 335,000 viewers and ratings dropped a whole 52% since the show's premiere). I can't help but feel if Oprah was so concerned, she'd give Lilo (who is clearly failing at getting her acting career on track) another chance. But Oprah seemed more concerned about her own ruined reputation as the talk show save-a-heaux than Lindsay actually getting better. It was even said that she was offended that Lindsay was so private on the show, yet all of these stories about her partying were in the headlines all the time. It was like she caught feelings because she couldn't get an an exclusive on the train wreck to rack in ratings for the network.
I'm not going to assume it's necessarily a race thing as much as it was a ratings thing, but I couldn't help but feeling like if this was Whitney Houston we would've gotten all the interviews she was willing to give no matter how many times she relapsed. I almost felt like Oprah felt Lindsay was just another entitled TV star and there was something very transparent about her support. Oprah treated Lindsay just like the tabloids we witnessed stalking her: Like an easy headline. And when the starlet's mishaps failed to turn into profit, Oprah cut her loose. She wanted a big name to draw in ratings and the opportunity to say she broke through to a star that no one else could. Instead Lindsay made a cool 2$ mil by staying in her bedroom, and partying and BS'ing for most episodes. Some might say that makes her the loser, but I think it says a lot about when attempting to exploit someone goes awry.
I mean seriously: Oprah knew what she was signing up for, but when Lindsay's diva demands didn't turn into ratings, Oprah backed out and suddenly decided she wouldn't or couldn't help. I'm not saying Lindsay didn't dig her own grave, but if people really want to help her they should do just that and not back out when their abilities get tested or when it isn't advantageous to them.
The show in some ways says more about the Harpo honcho's failures than Lindsay's. People expect things when a star sits across from the media maven. There will be tears, words of wisdom, a dash of Oprah "keeping it real", secrets revealed and revelations. It's like Dr. Drew meets MTV Cribs. But Lindsay didn't give Oprah that. She did exactly what she's known for and proved that not every celeb falls into the fetal position when in Oprah's presence. I think Oprah realized that and shut down shop before anyone else did too.
Toya Sharee is a community health educator and parenting education coordinator who has a passion for helping young women build their self-esteem and make well-informed choices about their sexual health. She also advocates for women's reproductive rights and blogs about everything from beauty to love and relationships. Follow her on Twitter @TheTrueTSharee or visit her blog, Bullets and Blessings.
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Busted: 13 Of The Most Entertaining Celebrity Mugshots
Tisk, tisk, these naughty celebrities. Everyone has had some wild times that could have ended in a visit by the po-po, but these celebrities weren't able to wiggle their way out of those compromising positions. From violent outbursts to the downright ridiculous, these celebrities' brushes with the law checkered the gossip pages and, admittedly, put a smirk on our faces at times. Madame Noire takes a look their trinkets from a trip to the big house with our collection of the most entertaining celebrity mugshots.
"I Couldn't Move, I Was Sick:" Lindsay Lohan Reveals Miscarriage On Season Finale Of OWN Series
Last month, we reported on the Lindsay Lohan docu-series "Lindsay" which appeared on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. Throughout the season, we observed Lohan struggle with sobriety, family issues and cancelling photo-shoots. Although Lohan's behavior was met with much criticism, last night she garnered much sympathy when she revealed she suffered a miscarriage during the season. When Lindsay was asked to reflect on the what she learned during filming, she said:
"No one knows this — I had a miscarriage for those weeks I took off. I couldn't move, I was sick. Mentally, that messes with you."
Lohan also noted the reason why she declined to film on certain days was because of how she felt after the miscarriage. Speaking in third person, the recovering actress claimed:
"Watching this series, I just know how I felt at that moment and I can relate to that girl, which sounds kind of crazy. But I'm like, 'Oh my god, this is really sad. Who's helping her?'"
After the season finale, Lohan's mother Dina apparently tweeted Oprah Winfrey: "Oprah call me." Her tweet was shortly deleted and most likely in reference to the cancellation of her daughter's docu-series. The Daily News relayed, Winfrey onsidered canceling the show because of the poor ratings it received. Initially, the season premiere received less than 700,000 viewers.
Lindsay never identified who would have fathered her child but did state she is filming a new film that will be in theaters in June.
Below, is a clip of Lindsay's revelations.
What did you think of Lindsay's season finale?
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Get Your Popcorn Ready: The 13 Best Biopics About Women
Over the years Hollywood has paid homage to some of the most influential, and sometimes controversial, women of our time and in honor of Women's History month, we take a look at some of the best movies about these important figures.
The Josephine Baker Story
Dancer/singer Josephine Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture film and become a world famous entertainer. Known for performing the banana dance, Baker would wear the fruit covering her bottom while remaining topless. She was also known for her contributions to the Civil Rights movement. Actress Lynn Whitfield stepped into the shoes of Baker for the 1991 HBO biopic The Josephine Baker Story. Unlike most biographical films, this one dug as deep into Baker's personal life as her public one. Whitfield took home an Emmy and an NAACP award for her role in the film.
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Diva Alert! Celebrities Who Are Notoriously Hard To Work With
Being a celebrity definitely has its perks: lavish salaries, cushy dressing rooms and an arsenal of people hired to ensure your happiness, among other things. But even with all the extras some fussy celebs are just too hard to please. Their bad attitudes, outrageous demands and rude behaviors have branded them the worst of the worst celebrities to work with.
Casting directors beware! Here are 12 on-set divas who are notoriously difficult to handle on a professional level.
"Cut The Bullsh*t" Oprah Checks Lindsay Lohan In New Docu-Series
For some time now we've known about Lindsay Lohan's docu series coming to OWN. And while people attempted to warn Oprah that Lindsay was going to cause problems for her, she forged ahead. In their "Next Chapter," sit down, Oprah told Lohan that she believes in her talent and is rooting for her. So perhaps, in that spirit, she decided to give Lindsay an opportunity to, as Oprah would say, "tell her truth."
But in the trailer for the series that will air this Sunday, Lohan is up to her old stunts and shenanigans, canceling shoot dates, having minor freak outs and then when Oprah's crew asks her Sober Coach whether or not he believes Lindsay is substance free, he hesitates before simply sighing.
But ish gets real when Mama O makes a special trip to speak to Lohan about her behavior. She says:
Oprah: My truth is that I really do want you to win. I really do. If that isn't what you want, I'm ok with that. I will tell these guys to pack up and leave today.
Lindsay: No it's not that I'm not ready to do that. I do want to.
Oprah: You need to cut the bullshit, you really do.
Church stomp and an amen. Hopefully, Lindsay will be able to receive the message this time around.
Check out the trailer in the video below.
The series premiere of Lindsay airs Sunday, March 9, at 10/9c only on OWN.
Will you watch?


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I found this vid one youtube of a guy playing a high note on the trumpet, he listed it as the G above a double high C, but I'm thinking it's the G above the triple high C. YouTube - TRIPLE G!!! This can't be good for your health. Is it a G above a double high C or triple high C, and I think he went to a G sharp. I've heard stories about jazz players going so high, that one of them ruined his lip for good (I'd never forgive myself if I did that) and another about a guy playing so high he punctured his brain and went crazy. I don't think attempting to go that high is a good idea. Anyway, however high that was, I think this guy has a good octive above the previos link: YouTube - Playing high on a trumpet However, I don't know if bugles can go higher than trumpets, this one certainly did. How high would you say the bugle on is? I think it is higher than the trumpet one.
Can any of you guys get close to that? That is insane, I never knew a trumpet could go that high.


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Volume 33, Issue 6, June 2006
- Imaging Continuing Education Course: Room 330 A
- CE: Breast Imaging Physics and Technology ‐ I
MO‐A‐330A‐01: Recent Advances in Digital Mammography33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241387View Description Hide Description
Digital mammography was developed to address several technical limitations of screen film mammography with the goal of improving the accuracy of detecting breast cancer. The recent publication of the results of the ACRIN DMIST study has demonstrated such an improvement in a subset of women, notably, younger women and those with dense breasts. Nevertheless, the study also indicated that a significant fraction of cancers were not detected by either film or digital mammography. This is likely due to a number of reasons including the biology of the cancers, inadequate conspicuity of the lesions and variability of the skills of the radiologists. While it probably is not possible to detect all these cancers with mammography there are promising new techniques that can be developed on the platform of digital mammography to improve detection. One of these is computer‐aided detection, the use of computer artificial intelligence algorithms to identify patterns in the digital images that are suspicious for the presence of cancer. These provide some of the advantages of double reading of the mammograms (interpretation by two different radiologists), a process known to improve the sensitivity of cancer detection. Another new technique is contrast‐enhanced digital mammography (CEDM), which images leakage of an iodine contrast agent from microscopic vessels formed in the vicinity of a growing tumour. By imaging this tumour angiogenesis, cancers that are invisible on mammography might be seen. In addition, better information about the extent of the disease will be helpful in planning therapy. In mammography all of the anatomy in the 3‐dimensional breast is superimposed in two dimensions to form the image.Tomosynthesis and breast CT provide three‐dimensional images to separate the structures within the breast, possibly allowing tumors to be seen more easily and eliminating the overlap of structures from different parts of the breast that can falsely resemble a cancer. Telemammography can help improve the accessibility of high quality mammography in sparsely‐populated communities. In this presentation, the current status and the potential of these exciting new techniques will be considered.
Martin Yaffe's laboratory carries out research on topics related to digital mammography in collaboration with GE Healthcare. Martin Yaffe is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of XCounter.
Educational Objectives:
1. Become familiar with current challenges in breast cancerimaging.
2. Learn about new techniques that are available or under development to address these challenges.
- CE: Breast Imaging Physics and Technology ‐ II
TU‐A‐330A‐01: Digital Mammography Quality Control and Accreditation33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241479View Description Hide Description
Since 2003, the number of full‐field digital mammography (FFDM) units in the United States has been increasing by about 4% per month. As of May 1, 2006, there were 1379 full‐field digital mammography units at 977 MQSA‐certified facilities in the United States. With the fall 2005 announcement that FFDM increased the effectiveness of detecting breast cancer in women with dense breasts (as well as premenopausal women and women under the age of 50), the rate of increase for digital units is expected to increase even further. FFDM systems are subject to the Food and Drug Administration's mammography regulations, as are analog systems). This presentation will discuss the steps medical physicists must take to ensure their facilities may expeditiously accredit their FFDM units. In addition, the presentation will cover preliminary QC recommendations made by the ACR's Subcommittee on Digital Mammography in preparation for their upcoming Digital Mammography FFDM Quality Control Manual.
- CE: Breast Imaging Physics and Technology ‐ III
WE‐A‐330A‐01: Breast CAD in the Digital Era33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241662View Description Hide Description
Use of output from a computerized analysis of a breast image by radiologists may help them in the tasks of detection or diagnostic, and potentially improve the overall interpretation of breast images and the subsequent patient care. Many factors motivate the attempts to aid or automate radiological diagnosis. Inadequacies in interpretation performance may be due to the presence of imagenoise or normal anatomical structure as well as to known limitations in the human search and perception process. Developments in breast CAD have led to clinically‐used detection systems in screening mammography and preclinical classification systems for diagnostic breast imaging.Diagnostic breast CADsystems provide output for the characterization of lesions on special‐view mammography, breast sonography, and breast MRI in order to aid in patient management decisions, such as biopsy decisions. As imaging continues to expand in the digital era, computer‐aided diagnosis(CAD) may become an integrated tool in the online diagnostic workup of suspect breast lesions using multi‐modality images and advanced PACS. This presentation reviews research in computerized analysis of mammographic, sonographic, and magnetic resonance breast images for detection and diagnosis. It will include the characterization of lesions and the estimation of the probability of malignancy for use in the diagnostic workup of suspect lesions. CADsystems in diagnostic workup usually involve having the computer extract the margin of the lesion from the surrounding parenchyma, extract characteristics (features) of the lesions, merge these computer‐extracted features into an estimate of the probability of malignancy, and as an option, retrieve automatically similar lesions from an online reference library. The aim of CAD in diagnostic workup is to increase classification sensitivity and specificity as well as to reduce intra‐and inter‐observer variability. While the breadth and depth of CAD is increasing, continued and expanded efforts are needed for collecting and confirming databases, establishing methods for evaluation, integrating effectively and efficiently with PACS and RIS systems, and providing means for clinical evaluation.
Learning objectives:
1. To appreciate the development of CAD in multi‐modality imaging for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.
2. To understand the benefits and challenges as CAD moves into the digital era and is integrated with PACS and HIS.
3. To recognize the necessary steps for advancing and integrating CAD clinically.
COI: Maryellen Giger is a shareholder and consultant, and receives research funding from R2 Technology, Inc.
- CE: Breast Imaging Physics and Technology ‐ IV
TH‐A‐330A‐01: Optimizing Mammography Image Quality and Dose33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241821View Description Hide Description
Digital mammography is quickly becoming the technology of choice for breast imaging with several FDA‐approved systems already available and more on the way. Digital detectors in mammography have different characteristics than the traditional screen‐film systems and care should be taken when implementing these systems into a clinical environment. This lecture is going to discuss the practical issues for the medical physicist who wants to learn how to optimize dose and image quality in mammography primarily focusing on full‐field digital mammographysystems (FFDM). The lecture will be broken into several parts. The first will review currently available FFDM equipment including an overview of automatic exposure modes, quality control pertaining to image quality and dose, and system technique selection. The second part will discuss techniques for measuring dose and image quality in FFDM. The third part will discuss factors affecting image quality and dose and ways to optimize FFDM systems in a clinical environment.
- CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management ‐ I
MO‐B‐330A‐01: Patient Radiation Doses in Diagnostic Imaging33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241394View Description Hide Description
The main goal of this presentation is to discuss factors which affect patient radiationdose delivered during various diagnostic radiology imaging examinations and to relate these radiationdoses to potential biological risks. Measurement methods to estimate patient radiationdoses and some examples of dose reduction for radiography,mammography,fluoroscopy,angiography and CT will be reviewed. Applications of these measurements to patient dose estimation will be shown. Procedures to obtain quick computational estimates of patient doses for IRB submissions, patient inquiries and fetal dose estimations will be provided. Approaches to convert entrance skindoses,dose area products and dose length products to effective doses and risks will be discussed. Typical patient radiationdose values for common diagnosticimaging procedures will be given. Limitations, uncertainties and ranges for patient radiationdose estimates will be examined. The utilization of "reference values" for patient radiationdoses will be reviewed. Some guidelines to aid physicists with relating radiationdose issues to the public and informational media will also be included. The material is intended to provide a brief overview of one crucial aspect of the responsibilities with which diagnosticmedical physicists and medical health physicists must routinely handle in their jobs. Our expectation is to stimulate introspective assessments and to expand the manner in which patient radiationdose determinations are viewed and performed.
Educational Objectives:
1. To review fundamental X‐ray dosimetry quantities.
2. To identify important factors that affect patient dose delivered by various X‐ray imaging modalities.
3. To describe common methods to measure patient dose and review strategies in developing patient dose charts for routine diagnosticimaging procedures.
4. To examine the limitations of some current dosimetry methodologies.
5. To present a practical guidance to physicists in providing day‐to‐day clinical support service such as IRB submissions, patient inquiries and fetal dose estimations.
- CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management ‐ II
TU‐B‐330A‐01: Shielding Design Workshop: R/F Rooms33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241486View Description Hide Description
The application of the structural shielding design techniques and goals as outlined in NCRP Report 147: Structural Shielding Design for Medical X‐ray Imaging Facilities (2004) will be the basis for this practical course. The wide variety of facilities installing medical imaging equipment requires the medical physicist to consider an array of radiation protection concerns for the installation of radiographic/fluoroscopic equipment. To meet the challenge of maintaining construction costs to a minimum while providing adequate radiation shielding protection requires the physicist to utilize all available materials to reduce radiation exposure to surrounding personnel and the public. Estimating future workloads as well as considering current workloads for radiographic/fluoroscopic equipment as the medical imaging community transitions from a film/screen based world to a digital world can present challenges. Practical examples of these methods of structural shielding designs will be explored in this course.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the radiation exposure protection limits for surrounding areas of radiographic/fluoroscopic installations.
2. Understand the effectiveness of various shielding materials found in facilities to provide required structural shielding necessary to reduce anticipated radiation exposure levels to acceptable limits.
3. Understand the calculation of anticipated workloads for radiographic/fluoroscopic equipment and the effect of these workloads on structural shielding evaluations.
- CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management ‐ III
WE‐B‐330A‐01: Shielding Design Workshop: PET/CT33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241670View Description Hide Description
The application of the structural shielding design techniques and goals as outlined in AAPM Task Group Report 108: PET and PET/CT Shielding RequirementsMedical Physics (Vol. 33., Issue 1 (2006)) will be the basis for this practical course. As the use of PET and PET/CT units expands rapidly in the medical arena, the requirements for providing adequate radiation protection for both occupational personnel in these facilities and the public in uncontrolled areas around them necessitate the involvement of a qualified medical physicist. The many areas involved in implementing a PET/CT program including the Hot Lab, Patient Uptake Rooms, Patient Restrooms, Scan Rooms, and Disposal areas will be used as practical examples of typical structural shielding designs and evaluation methods. The testing of PET shielding insures that the shielding is properly installed and that individuals do not exceed the radiation exposure levels required by applicable regulations and ALARA policies. Testing of PET and PET/CT shielding is a complex multidimensional problem since there are multiple sources and the radiation is emitted isotropically from the patients. Thus efficient testing can both save time and reduce radiation exposure to the physicists doing the testing. This course will discuss efficient methods for shielding testing. It will also review the instrumentation available to physicists for making the measurements. Practical methods of testing of a PET/CT facility will be presented.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the exposure factors to be used for currently used PETisotopes to determine required structural shielding to meet exposure limits for occupational personnel and the public.
2. Understand the effectiveness of existing and additional structural shielding materials that provide radiation protection and methods to calculate the required amounts of these materials.
3. Understand the methods to be used to evaluate the adequacy of PET and PET/CT installations to insure adequate shielding has been provided to meet applicable state and ALARA requirements.
- CE: Radiation Safety and Risk Management ‐ IV
TH‐B‐330A‐01: Shielding Design Workshop: CT33(2006); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2241829View Description Hide Description
The application of the structural shielding design techniques and goals as outlined in NCRP Report 147: Structural Shielding Design for Medical X‐ray Imaging Facilities (2004) will be the basis for this practical course. The wide variety of facilities installing CTimaging equipment requires the medical physicist to consider an array of radiation protection concerns for the installation of these units. To meet the challenge of maintaining construction costs to a minimum while providing adequate radiation shielding protection requires the physicist to utilize all available materials to reduce radiation exposure to surrounding personnel and the public. Estimating future workloads as well as considering current workloads for uses of CTscanners as the ability to perform many more scans more quickly can present challenges. Practical examples of implementing multi‐slice scanners with a variety of imaging purposes into facilities with a wide variety of existing shielding materials will be explored in this course.
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the methods of structural shielding design to use for sing and multi‐scan CTscanners.
2. Understand the radiation exposure limits for surrounding areas occupied by the public and occupational personnel.
3. Understand methods to predict applicable workloads for various types of facilities and CTscanners.


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No glaring omissions from where I stand.
Hi folks, here is what I ended up with as my lifting schedule for 3x a week. After a lot of experimenting, I don't think I recover if I lift >3x a week or if I squat on all the days. However, I want to milk 5x5 again, switching to 3x5 later.
From cardio, I do daily walking/gardening (from 45 min to 2+ hrs); 1 x a week - a run (30 min), 1x a week - a swim (30 min) and 1 hap ki do class (~ 1.5 hrs) & plan to see if I can add 20-25 min boxing every week. Some play, like shooting hoops or playing with my kid.
Does this look functional or does anything looks superfluous? I did not include warm-up sets.
Day 1
SQT 5x5 + Walk-Out, Lift Off
Barbell Back Row 5x5
weighted hip raise with back on the bench 3x12
Turkish Get Up w KB: 3x5 each side
Day 2
SQT 5x5 + Walk-Out, Lift Off
BP 5x5
KB 2-handed Swing or Snatches (depending on my wrist) 5x15
Planks 3 to 5
Day 3
OHP 5x5
DL 1x5
Split & Jerk 5x5
Pull-ups/chin-ups 5 sets of 2 to 4
Overhead Barbell Walk (building up to 100 steps)
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No glaring omissions from where I stand.
That looks like a great program. You have all the important stuff (squats, deadlifts, presses, rows, and chinups). Feel free to change the assistance exercises to suit your goals.
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Thank you for the check, folks. Just wanted to add that we do push-ups weekly in some shape or form in my MA class, so I keep them out of the programming for now. I was paranoid about not squatting 3x a week, but seems to be a good decision actually, since it feels like they always get tired out in the garden and in the MA class.
I do change up or cut out assistance depending on what's available equipment-wise, time, my mood and how wiped I am.
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Day 1
Squat 5x5 Moderate intensity, about 85% of your 5RM
OHP/BP (alternate each week) 5x5 Moderate intensity, about 85% of your 5RM
Pull-ups/chin-ups 5 sets
Turkish Get Up w KB: 3x5 each side (left from your workout)
Day 2
Squat 2x5 Light, about 80% of your Day 1 weight
BP/OHP (if you did bench on Day 1, this is OHP, and vice versa) 3x5, light intensity
Split & Jerk 5x5
Planks 3 to 5 (left from your workout)
Day 3
Squat 1x5 heavy
OHP/BP 1x5 heavy
DL 1x5
Overhead Barbell Walk (building up to 100 steps)
This will allow you for more recovery, since you're not squatting 5x5 two workouts in a row, and should let you progress better. This is the general Texas Method template, by the way. The deadlift is on day 3, which is the intensity day, officially, it's on day 1, the volume day. You can play around and see which is better for you.
That's a very interesting suggestion. I need BBR, as I find that my back is my limiting factor in basically all lifts. I also achieve the best muscle growth when I do 5x5 even if it is lighter than less sets of heavier reps. I heard that women need more sets, maybe that's why, just dunno.
I wonder if I can do 1 set of heavy squats, 5x5 BBR and 1x5 DL on Day 3, if I put 2 days recovery between Day 1 and Day 2?
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Day 3
Squat 1x5 heavy
OHP/BP 1x5 heavy
DL 1x5
BBRs 5x5
I would be careful adding other lifts, in general. Many times, less is more.
By the way, why do you think your back is the limiting factor and why do you think BBRs are a necessity to fix it? Hard to imagine heavy deadlifts and chin/pull-ups would leave you with insufficient back strengthening.
I am very much with you on not adding lifts, and actually taking unnecessary ones down. I think I will give a shot to your suggestion of subbing overhead walk and keeping 3 OHP/BPs.
I keel forward on sqt, and have tough time keeping upper back strong on the BP as well. BBR seem to help with the upper back. I started on the older version of 5x5 back when BBR were out, but when they were added back in, I seem to have improved. I seem to feel that movement in the upper back when I row, and it is heavier lift than BP or OHP for me. Does it make any sense or am I totally confused?
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Barbell rows being stronger than bench press (which should be stronger than standing press) is not abnormal, and you should indeed feel them in your upper back.
So if you bench 100lb 5RM and press 60lb 5RM, two weeks would go approximately as follows:
Day 1 - Bench 85lb 5x5
Day 2 - Press 40lb 2-3x5
Day 3 - Bench 100lb 1x5 (when this fails you can switch to triples, doubles, singles, and eventually reset to 5s)
Day 1 Week 2 - Press 45lb 5x5
Day 2 Week 2 - Bench 75lb 2-3x5
Day 3 Week 2 - Press 60lb 1x5 (same as above)
Add weight every week. So if you succeed at the above, next bench is 87.5-90lb 5x5 and 102.5-105lb 1x5, depending on how much you are able to add. If recovery from Day 1 is an issue, consider using a bit less weight, or not going up in weight on Day 1 every week, or doing fewer sets.


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How 2013's partisanship hurt us abroad, as well as at home
The furious partisan debate that erupted this week after a New York Times investigation questioned the central tenet of the Republican assault on the White House regarding Benghazi was a fitting end to 2013.
John Kerry has not yet saved — or destroyed — the Middle East
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry appear to have run the table in Middle East diplomacy. An interim nuclear agreement with Iran has been reached, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are underway and peace talks to end Syria's civil war are slated to begin in January.
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A historic phone call Friday between the presidents of the United States and Iran could mark the end of 34 years of enmity.
Iran's offer is genuine — and fleeting
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TRENTON — New Jersey's budget will take a big hit in April to the tune of $600 million, state officials announced today, warning that one of the best months for tax collections has been seriously behind Gov. Chris Christie's expectations.
The state Treasury Department said today it is bracing for bad economic news when the month of April, typically one of the best for reaping tax dollars as residents file their yearly returns, wraps up Wednesday.
"April revenues for the sales and use tax, the gross income tax and the corporate business tax are anticipated to be approximately $600 million below budgeted expectations," Treasury officials said in a statement today.
State officials said their estimates were blown off course by the "fiscal cliff" agreement struck by Congress last year, explaining that New Jersey underestimated "the impact of the imposition of higher federal taxes at the end of calendar year 2012."
"Typically, a significant portion of April income tax receipts come to the state in the form of physical checks mailed by extremely high-income taxpayers," the Treasury said. "These payments, which are not normally received until some days after the April 15 deadline for final settlements and extensions, are heavily affected by swings in capital gains and business income, which are volatile and difficult to predict prior to processing."
The estimated $600 million shortfall will only compound the problems Christie and Democratic lawmakers were facing already with the state's beleaguered budget. Nonpartisan analysts in the Office of Legislative Services were already predicting a two-year budget gap of $526 million through June 2015.
State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff had announced in February that the state would end up spending $694 million less than planned, what he called "fund lapses." More of those lapses may be coming, he said today.
"The state will take any and all actions necessary to offset the reductions in anticipated revenues, including the identification of additional lapses and savings opportunities, as well as the exercise of the full range and scope of executive authority, including, but not limited to, reserving and/or impounding budgeted appropriations," Sidamon-Eristoff said. New Jersey would end the year with a balanced budget regardless, he said.
The early warning was rare coming from Treasury officials, who usually wait a few weeks after the month has ended to provide a revenue update.
The treasurer will testify next month before the Assembly and Senate budget committees, which are holding hearings on Christie's proposed $34.4 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) called the April shortfall "everyone's problem to solve."
"We're now going to have to roll up our sleeves and get to work solving this without damaging the valuable programs needed by residents," Prieto said in a statement.
Last month, the Wall Street rating house Standard & Poor's downgraded New Jersey's debt rating, citing a pattern by Christie of overshooting revenue estimates, among other reasons.


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Fresh on the heels of Obama's earlier declaration, "Obama: "Egypt is not US ally, nor an enemy," comes this reversal hot off the wires. *Whiplash*
State Dept: Egypt's still an ally Politico
The State Department affirmed Egypt's legal status as an ally Thursday — an apparent contradiction to what President Obama said in a Wednesday interview.
Asked repeatedly if the State Department still considered Egypt a major non-NATO ally — a designation they were awarded in 1989 — State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said simply: "Yes."
President Obama, asked by Telemundo if he considered the Egypt to be an ally or an enemy said that they were neither. Instead, he called them a "new government that is trying to find its way."[...]
"I'm going to refer you to the White House for the parsing on this," Nuland said. "I am not going to parse the president's words."
But Obama says that it's Romney that "shoots first and aims later." That's an interesting canpaign strategy. Blame the opponent for your mistakes. With an enemedia doing your bidding, anything is possible.


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NC Import for AutoCAD - Numeric Control NC file import plug-in for AutoCAD - Windows Software $200. NC Import for AutoCAD is a plug-in for AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, 2002 and 2004. This plug-in gives AutoCAD the ability to import Numeric Control files. CNC Machines worldwide use Numeric Control files (.nc or .ncc) to convert programmed instructions to tool movement. NC programs consist of a sequence of codes with parameter data to arrive at a precise description of the toolpath.
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Update: Dish and DirecTV stocks surge on merger reports
Shares of Dish Network and DirecTV soared higher Wednesday following reports that the two satellite television companies are considering a merger.
Bloomberg broke the news. Dish shares surged 9% following the report, while DirecTV rose 7.5%.
Dish Network Corp. Chairman Charlie Ergen recently contacted DirecTV Chief Executive Officer Mike White to discuss a merger of the two satellite television companies, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.
Dish and DirecTV declined to comment.


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If an International has 700+ scores in SAT I and II in Maths/Maths IIC/Physics, does it count a lot if he has less then 650 on the Verbal and less then 600 on the Writing ?
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LIVINGSTON -- A 40-year-old woman arrested on burglary charges out of West Orange on Thursday escaped this morning from St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston where she was being treated for a swollen hand, West Orange officials said.
Lisa Meiners, who is described as white, with blond hair and blue eyes, is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.
The Budd Lake woman was picked on double burglary warrants in Mt. Olive, a West Orange spokeswoman, Jessica Glicker, said.
"We are aggressively pursuing her with the assistance of the New Jersey State Police and various other county and municipal law agencies," Glicker said.
The escape is also under investigation by West Orange Internal Affairs, she said.
Meiners had admitted her role in the burglaries, Glicker said.


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The principal of a West Bank school for high-performing students defended herself Thursday against charges of testing and admissions irregularities that favored some students over others at the school, district officials confirmed.
Patricia Wilty was suspended Oct. 15 with pay from her duties at Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies and had until Thursday to respond to allegations of 83 irregularities, including missing test records, questionable scores, admission of students who did not meet requirements and inaccurate reporting of scores to the central office.
"Mrs. Wilty met with district officials to respond to a personnel action taken last month,'' district spokeswoman Beth Branley said. "The district has an established policy to review and consider the response before making any final determination or taking any further action.''
Wilty could not be reached for comment.
The problems at Gretna No. 2 sparked a districtwide probe into admissions and testing at the parish's eight advanced academies. An independent team, led by Baton Rouge attorney Robert Hammonds and LSU education professor Paul Mooney, is culling through 11,000 applications to the advanced schools filed over the past three years. They must submit a report on their findings to the federal court, which is overseeing Jefferson's desegregation order, no later than Dec. 10.
After Wilty completes her response, the Jefferson Parish public schools human resources department will issue a report to Superintendent Diane Roussel, who will make a recommendation to the School Board. When the board meets Dec. 8, it could fire, demote or retain Wilty as principal.
Wilty has worked in the school district for more than 30 years, starting out as a teacher. She served as principal of Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School before moving to Gretna No. 2. The Algiers native holds a bachelor's degree from Our Lady of Holy Cross College and a master's degree from Nicholls State University.
She is married to Jefferson Parish 1st District Justice of the Peace Vernon Wilty III.
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As you would expect from an island, Phuket has an extraordinary supply of fresh sea food and shell fish that is unmatched in Thailand and the number of restaurants serving seafood reflects this.
Nearly all restaurants offer you the opportunity to choose your seafood from an ice counter or tanks with live fish proving the freshness of what they have on offer. You can choose a variety of cooking styles such as steamed, grilled or fried together with a variety of herbs or sauces such as ginger, lemongrass, coriander, chilli or garlic.
There is a great difference in price depending on where you are eating, so it is often worth looking around before making your choice. Alternatively ask your hotel to make a recommendation.
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January 24, 2012
In accordance with its operations policies, on November 17, 2011, the AACE International Board of Directors approved the Fiscal Year 2012 budget projecting $3,113,053 in income and $3,129,896 in expenses for a net operating deficit of $16,843. According to VP Finance John J Ciccarelli, PE, CCE, PSP, AACE International's budgeting philosophy continues to employ the conservative revenue assumptions and the use of underlying cost factors in projecting expenses that were used last year to develop the FY2011 budget. Ciccarelli cited the example of using no net growth in membership in 2012 compared to 2011 as an example of this conservative approach (while noting that net association membership increased by 5.6% in 2011 and more than 50% in the past seven years).
Ciccarelli commented that the slight deficit projected in the FY2012 operating budget is reasonable considering: a) the association's strong investment reserves, b) its multiple year pattern of exceeding budget expectations, c) the momentum created in key revenue producing areas such as membership, certification and annual meeting registrations, and c) the exclusion of interest and investment revenue from the FY2012 revenue projections. This prudent approach to budgeting helped us report a preliminary year-end FY2011 that was actually $7,021 better than projected. The amended approved budget for FY2011 called for gross income of $2,765,043 and gross expenses of $2,798,499 for a planned deficit of $33,456. Actual gross income was $2,837,390 while gross expenses totaled $2,885,760, creating a net deficit of $48,370. Ciccarelli noted that, considering this deficit includes a $22,867 loss in investment income, this was a positive variance against the anticipated deficit budgeted for FY2011. Ciccarelli also noted that the reported loss for 2011 included the one-time legal fees and expenses associated with the move to the new headquarters office.
John stated that the FY2012 budget approval process "was very efficient and completed timely as we used the process established last year and just like last year, the Board was able to fulfill almost every funding request and provide funds to implement expanded programs and initiatives, like the International Total Cost Management Conference, to meet the needs of the AACE membership."


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Susaopez has not received any gifts yet
I just type of shuffled around, hoping Slim Vida would go away. I'm the manager of the Slim Vida department at work.As usual, that works. It's a lot harder to help other licensed professionals who feel that Slim Vida may be worthwhile. Let's sit down and talk about that relevant to Slim Vida.


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The Reading Royals snapped a four-game losing streak to Elmira Saturday night, beating the Jackals 4-3 at the Sovereign Center.
The Royals' win avenged a 4-3 loss to the Jackals in Elmira on Friday.
Reading extended its divisional lead over the Jackals to 16 points in the ECHL's Atlantic Division.
The game was held on Pink in the Rink night to support Breast Cancer Support Services.


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Pittsfield Township Police are investigating a string of alleged theft incidents at The Place With Space self-storage facility, and have identified the owner of the facility as a suspect in the crime.
According to a media release, the thefts occurred between March 22, 2014 and April 9, 2014 at the 5200 W. Michigan Ave. facility in Pittsfield Township, and a "58-year-old Augusta Township resident" has been identified as the only suspect in the case.
The owner is suspected of entering several storage sheds without renters' permission, and items were taken and possibly sold, police said. A Pittsfield Township police employee said she could not provide additional information about how many units were entered or how many renters filed claims about missing property or why the owner of the storage facility was implicated as the only suspect in the investigation.
The release stated that some of the missing items have been recovered and returned to the storage renters.
Warren Heldt, the longtime owner of The Place With Space, died less than two weeks before the alleged larcenies took place.
It's uncertain when the new owner took over, but Heldt filed paperwork with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs of Michigan on Nov. 20, 2013, as the owner.
Police said that anyone who currently rents a storage unit at the location is encouraged to ensure its security. Anyone with information or concerns should contact the Pittsfield Police Investigative Services Unit at 734-822-4950.


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'I was about to become the world's best kept secret; one that would never be told. What a thrilling enigma for posterity I should be.' Thus does one of Anna Kavan's characters describe herself in an unpublished short story, and we know that, as in much of Kavan's writing, she was describing herself. An enigma the author remains, but her talent was none the less remarkable, and her works have been compared to that of Doris Lessing, Virginia Woolf and Franz Kafka and acclaimed by writers from Anaïs Nin to J.G. Ballard.
Born Helen Woods, in Cannes, Kavan spent her childhood in Europe, the USA and Great Britain. Her life was haunted by her rich, glamorous mother, beside whom her father remains an indistinct figure. Having begun her carer under her married name Helen Ferguson, it was only after she had a nervous breakdown that she became Anna Kavan, the protagonist of her 1930 novel Let Me Alone, with an outwardly different persona and a new literary style. She suffered periodic bouts of mental illness and long-term drug addiction – she had become addicted to heroin in the 1920s and continued to use it throughout her life – and these facets of her life feature prominently in her work. She destroyed almost all of her personal correspondence and most of her diaries, therefore ensuring that she achieved her ambition to remain a mystery. She died of heart failure, soon after the publication of her most celebrated work, the novel Ice.
'Anna Kavan's life was another metaphysical adventure, often of a dangerous kind. The sliding panels of her fiction had their counterparts in her life. She was more than one personality and the shift from one aspect to another can only have been accomplished at real cost. Like her unnamed heroines, she was little girl, witch, and victim all at once.' – Brian Aldiss
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May 17, 2010
Must interest rates rise?
There seems to be general agreement that interest rates will rise over the next year because the economy is recovering and the Federal Reserve's efforts are keeping a lid on inflation. But does everyone accept this forecast?
Dr. Mike Walden, North Carolina Cooperative Extension economist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at N.C. State University, responds:
"Not really. ... The conventional wisdom is that interest rates will rise, and ... they will rise because loan demand will come back as the economy improves. And also because the Federal Reserve wants to head off higher inflation, they have kept their interest rates very, very low and so they will push their benchmark rates up.
"But although that is the majority opinion, there is a minority opinion that says, 'No, interest rates either will stay as they are or they may actually go down.' And this opinion is pinned on something called consumer de-leveraging. Translated: On what we've seen over the last couple of years, ... consumers have actually been paying down their debt. I know that is hard to believe, but they have been doing it. Because of the recession, because of the change, (the) situation in personal finances, consumer debt is actually going down.
"And the thought is that consumer debt is going to have to continue to go down. Because this recession has so devastated household finances, people are not going to be able to borrow like they used to. And they are actually going to have to pay down on debt.
"If that happens, then what we are going to see is consumer borrowing potentially go down, which could potentially negate any increase (in) the federal government or business borrowing. And that we would not have the demand there for new loans and that would put downward pressure on interest rates. Or at the worst hold interest rates where they are.
"So this is a very interesting battle between forecasters of where interest rates are going to go."
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A Latin square of order n is an array of n symbols in which each symbol occurs exactly once in each row and exactly once in each column.
Here is a Sudoku with a difference! Use information about lowest common multiples to help you solve it.
The puzzle can be solved by finding the values of the unknown digits (all indicated by asterisks) in the squares of the $9\times9$ grid.
Whenever a monkey has peaches, he always keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long could he make his peaches last for?
Given the products of diagonally opposite cells - can you complete this Sudoku?
This package contains a collection of problems from the NRICH
website that could be suitable for students who have a good
understanding of Factors and Multiples and who feel ready to take
on some. . . .
You are given the Lowest Common Multiples of sets of digits. Find
the digits and then solve the Sudoku.
If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and
multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the
difference between these products. Why?
A mathematician goes into a supermarket and buys four items. Using
a calculator she multiplies the cost instead of adding them. How
can her answer be the same as the total at the till?
Each clue number in this sudoku is the product of the two numbers in adjacent cells.
A student in a maths class was trying to get some information from
her teacher. She was given some clues and then the teacher ended by
saying, "Well, how old are they?"
Find the smallest whole number which, when mutiplied by 7, gives a
product consisting entirely of ones.
The clues for this Sudoku are the product of the numbers in adjacent squares.
Given the products of adjacent cells, can you complete this Sudoku?
This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.
Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
A Sudoku based on clues that give the differences between adjacent cells.
Ben passed a third of his counters to Jack, Jack passed a quarter
of his counters to Emma and Emma passed a fifth of her counters to
Ben. After this they all had the same number of counters.
The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which
are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of
neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on. . . .
Mr McGregor has a magic potting shed. Overnight, the number of
plants in it doubles. He'd like to put the same number of plants in
each of three gardens, planting one garden each day. Can he do it?
Find a cuboid (with edges of integer values) that has a surface
area of exactly 100 square units. Is there more than one? Can you
find them all?
A pair of Sudoku puzzles that together lead to a complete solution.
You need to find the values of the stars before you can apply normal Sudoku rules.
Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...
A Sudoku that uses transformations as supporting clues.
A cinema has 100 seats. Show how it is possible to sell exactly 100 tickets and take exactly £100 if the prices are £10 for adults, 50p for pensioners and 10p for children.
This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four
surrounding cells.
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary
This second Sudoku article discusses "Corresponding Sudokus" which are pairs of Sudokus with terms that can be matched using a substitution rule.
Special clue numbers related to the difference between numbers in
two adjacent cells and values of the stars in the "constellation"
make this a doubly interesting problem.
Imagine a stack of numbered cards with one on top. Discard the top,
put the next card to the bottom and repeat continuously. Can you
predict the last card?
A Sudoku with clues given as sums of entries.
Each of the main diagonals of this sudoku must contain the numbers
1 to 9 and each rectangle width the numbers 1 to 4.
Solve the equations to identify the clue numbers in this Sudoku problem.
A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.
Take three whole numbers. The differences between them give you
three new numbers. Find the differences between the new numbers and
keep repeating this. What happens?
A pair of Sudokus with lots in common. In fact they are the same problem but rearranged. Can you find how they relate to solve them both?
This sudoku requires you to have "double vision" - two Sudoku's for the price of one
Try to solve this very difficult problem and then study our two suggested solutions. How would you use your knowledge to try to solve variants on the original problem?
Use the clues about the shaded areas to help solve this sudoku
This Sudoku combines all four arithmetic operations.
This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?
This is a variation of sudoku which contains a set of special clue-numbers. Each set of 4 small digits stands for the numbers in the four cells of the grid adjacent to this set.
In this Sudoku, there are three coloured "islands" in the 9x9 grid. Within each "island" EVERY group of nine cells that form a 3x3 square must contain the numbers 1 through 9.
The challenge is to find the values of the variables if you are to
solve this Sudoku.
Arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 and 3 so that between the two 1's
there is one digit, between the two 2's there are two digits, and
between the two 3's there are three digits.
Find out about Magic Squares in this article written for students. Why are they magic?!
We're excited about this new program for drawing beautiful mathematical designs. Can you work out how we made our first few pictures and, even better, share your most elegant solutions with us?


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The Newton Theatre presents an Intimate Evening with Vanessa Carlton, whose first single, 'A Thousand Miles,' was one of the biggest songs of 2002, on Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m.
Raised in Milford, in eastern PA, Carlton took piano lessons and composed her first song as an eight-year-old. Later she was accepted into the School of American Ballet in New York. Despite being one of the best dancers in her class, she began to look elsewhere for inspiration, eventually winding up at the piano located inside her Manhattan dorm. Carlton began writing songs. When it came time to graduate, she gave up her dancing career and enrolled at Columbia University, where she worked on her songwriting.
She waited tables in Lower Manhattan and played open-mike events before signing with A&M Records. She was discovered by legendary record executive Ahmet Ertegun when she was still a teenager, signed by Jimmy Iovine, and exploded onto the pop scene with major-label debut, Be Not Nobody in 2002. A Thousand Miles was the album's crown jewel, topping the pop charts, dominating radio playlists and earning three Grammy nominations, while Ordinary Day also enjoyed success as a Top 40 hit. Carlton toured heavily in support of the platinum-selling album, sharing stages with bands like Third Eye Blind and Goo Goo Dolls along the way. She continued releasing albums, fine-tuning a sweeping, cinematic pop sound that featured her vocals and piano skills at the forefront.
"I was very lucky to be offered a lovely piece of property to build a career on," says Vanessa Carlton. "I started building a house on it, but it wasn't necessarily a house I would want to live in. So I ripped down that house, and I worked with these great lumberjacks to build a really cool cabin - a place I want to drink whiskey in and hang out until the sun rises."
For her fourth album, Rabbits on the Run, Carlton needed a fresh start. At Peter Gabriel's Real World studios in Box, England, she created something that harks back to a different era of music-making: ten intimate, evocative songs, recorded direct to tape with a close-knit team of collaborators including producer Steve Osborne who co-produced one of her favorite albums, Lost Souls, the 2000 debut by post-Britpop band Doves.
She had made it a mission to locate Osborne. While visiting her friend, singer/songwriter KT Tunstall Osborne himself turned up at a bonfire party at Tunstall's house - where, incredibly, he asked Tunstall if she happened to know Vanessa Carlton. Once she got over her shock, Carlton described some of her ideas for a new album, saying that she heard the sound of a "creepy children's choir" on some songs and that she knew she needed to record with analogue equipment. After this auspicious meeting, she began to send Osborne her home demos, which became Rabbits on the Run.
Tickets for Vanessa Carlton are $39 for premium seating, $34 for the orchestra and $29 for the balcony. Purchase tickets by visiting thenewtontheatre.com or contact the Box Office at 973-383-3700.