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10 Classic Songs For HalloweenWe've come up with ten spooky-ish songs that are classic yet not total novelty tracks.
Christina Aguilera, John Mayer & More to Perform at Prince Tribute ConcertIt's finally going down October 13th in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Michelle Obama Gets her Freak on with James Corden, Missy Elliott in 'Carpool Karaoke'"Do you mind if we listen to some music?" the First Lady asks Corden. "I rarely get to listen to music in the car. Crank it up."
Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé Speak Out Following Week of Tragedy"I am praying for a full recovery of the seven others injured. No violence will create peace. Every human life is valuable. We must be the solution."
Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson Attend Natalie Cole Funeral"I feel so blessed to have called you my friend, and my buddy, and many times my confidante," said Smokey Robinson.
Stevie Wonder Suing Dead Lawyer Claiming FraudWonder claims the late-Johanan Vigoda took advantage of a blind man.
Stevie Wonder Sings Carpool Karaoke with James Corden, and It's Awesome!
Stevie Wonder Announces Final 'Songs In the Key of Life' DatesThe shows feature Wonder playing the entire 1976 double album "Songs in the Key of Life."
Prince Did a Secret Show at the White House & Performed with Stevie WonderBasically, it was awesome, and we weren't there.
Stevie Wonder Jokes About the Advantages to Being Blind on 'Letterman'When Wonder visited David Letterman over at the Late Show he didn't just perform a few songs, he also did a little bit. Namely, a Top 10 list on the advantages of going blind.
Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande Honor Stevie Wonder at GRAMMYs TributeAfter a quick tribute during the GRAMMYs telecast, Stevie Wonder got an all-star salute.
Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl Among GRAMMY PresentersDave Grohl, Gwyneth Paltrow and Smokey Robinson will also be on hand giving awards out at the big show.

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Sherman begins his march to the sea, FDR lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial, and Elvis Presley makes his movie debut, all on this day.
1979: A package from the Unabomber, who later would be identified as Ted Kaczynski, begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. Twelve passengers had to be treated afterward for smoke inhalation. It was later determined that the bomb was powerful enough to have destroyed the aircraft, but a faulty timer stopped it from working correctly. Although the attack was not Kaczynski's first, since an airliner bombing is a federal crime it was the first to bring the Unabomber to the FBI's attention.


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Two years ago, in order to quell our insatiable desire for all-things baseball prior to Opening Day, my woebegone and oft curt colleague (Mr. Allen Krause) and I decided to get our baseball fill through glorious song. Said gloriousness was achieved by lip-syncing "Crush" by David Archuleta.
It was da bomb.
And it played a major role in making RSBS a household MLBlog name.
Everything was perfect…
Sony had the video blocked. About a year ago. They claimed we shouldn't be able to post the material because it was not our music. We acknowledged that — DUH — but retorted that ours fell under parody law, that we made no claim that it was our song. We gave credit where it was due and only asked that our interpretation of Archuleta's hit be given a chance to thrive, because other baseball beserkers would find it consoling during the antsy prelude to the long season.
Somehow, the baseball gods were appeased. And "Crush" is back online.*
For all of our dear readers — new, old, barely breathing — please, enjoy the show!
And don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Happy Friday!
**Apparently, some folks outside the US may still have it blocked. So, uh… guess you better move to 'Merica so you can see it.
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Now if you could only convince the Network Gestapo at my job that the awesomeness of "Crush" cancels out any lost productivity on my part from watching it, all would be well in the world. But alas, it is blocked. Homestein beckons.
Well, Jonestein, I can assure you that once it's unblocked, you will notice that after 2 years I'm still better looking than Al.
Watching you guys play catch (or try to) is extremely entertaining.
I laugh my *** off every time I watch this. A true classic. I never knew who sung the song though…I always thought David Archuleta was just a character in iCarly…
Virginia — Try is the operative word there😉
Russel — Thanks, man!
Mike — HAHAHA! iCarly… let's just leave it at that, eh? HAHAHA.
But did anyone ask you for larger pics of yourself in the interests of extra "promotion" after your song posting? And did said "anyone" lurk around the outskirts in a predatory manner before he was warned to step away?
Said "anyone" got the message if that helps.
It was a long time ago.
Good for you to fight for this! And win! The next time I'm blocked – and it's happened many times – I'll follow your example and contest my case.
This is awesome! Baseball deserves a love song. You guys really got your boy band jazz hands and angsty expressions down pat…oh, and now I don't feel so bad about how rusty I was playing catch.😉
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Pursuant to Section 257 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, Congress directed the FCC to identify and eliminate, through regulatory action, market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the provision and ownership of telecommunications and information services, or in the provision of parts or services to providers of telecommunications or information services.
- On June 15, 2004, the FCC's Media Bureau issued a Public Notice requesting for comment on ways to further the Section 257 mandate and to build on earlier FCC studies.
- The Media Bureau issued a Public Notice extending the comment period to expire on September 10, 2004 and the reply comment period to expire on October 8, 2004.
Report to Congress Identifying and Eliminating Market Entry Barriers for Entrepreneurs and Other Small Businesses
To gauge our progress, Congress requires us to submit, every three years, a Report that details our regulatory activity in these areas and that identifies statutory barriers to entry for entrepreneurs and other small businesses.
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Delaware's new zoning in a nutshell
October 23, 2013 —
It's not easy to keep straight in your mind just what the controversial new zoning law in the Town of Delaware is all about. I find this a helpful trick: Draw a square on a piece of paper and then draw a line across it so you have two parts, the top one smaller than the bottom. In the top part, write "DR," for Delaware River zoning district. In the bottom half, write "RU," for Rural Use zoning district. Before the changes, there were many parcels of land in Delaware like this.
It might seem strange to have one parcel of land in two zoning districts, but there was a good reason. The line you drew stands for the boundary of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Within that boundary, towns are legally required to write zoning laws that comply with something called the Land and Water Use Guidelines. Delaware's old zoning law did just that. The DR district has a set of Permitted and Special Uses that comply with the guidelines, while the adjoining RU district has a different, more permissive set.
The exact boundary of the river corridor can be hard to determine. In a particular case, a surveyor might be required. But this set-up existed without a hitch for over 25 years, until the town, for reasons never revealed, decided that you should cross out DR in the top part of the square and write in RU instead.
You might say "That's great, now the same more permissive rules apply to my whole property." No. The top part of your property is not governed by the clear list of RU Uses. Writing in "RU" is actually very misleading. The boundary of the river corridor stays exactly where it was and zoning within the river corridor still has to comply with those Land and Water Use Guidelines. What has changed is that under the new law you can no longer consult any clear list of uses. What the new law says is that if you want to know what you can do in the top part of your property you need to go take a look at the guidelines yourself.
Good luck finding the guidelines, since they are not on the town's website. And good luck if you do find them, because they are 20 pages long, and won't answer your questions about what you can do. The guidelines were not designed to be something landowners, or developers, or architects could usefully consult. Under the Town of Delaware's new law, it's anybody's guess what you can do in the top part of your property. Cross out "RU" in the top part of the square and replace it with a question mark. And you'll still need that surveyor, by the way.
That's basically what Delaware's new zoning law amounts to.
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Dual enrollment: No state funding at religious schoolsBy JOSH OGORMAN
Vermont Press Bureau | March 26,2014MONTPELIER The state will pay for a high school student to take college classes, as long as the student doesnt attend a religious school.
By a 76-65 vote Tuesday, the Vermont House defeated an amendment that would have opened the states Dual Enrollment program to students who attend religious schools.
The amendment to a bill addressing an array of miscellaneous education issues was offered by Republican Rep. Carolyn Whitney Branagan of Georgia, who had the support of many of her House colleagues during an hour-long debate on the subject Monday afternoon.
I rise to support this. This is a matter of fairness, said Republican Rep. Robert Bouchard of Colchester, who noted that parents of children who attend a religious school already pay for education twice; once when they pay property taxes and again when they pay tuition.
In 2013, the General Assembly enacted the Dual Enrollment program, which allows high school students in their junior or senior years to take up to two college courses. During the current and coming fiscal years, the program is paid for by the states General Fund at a cost of $800,000, as well as an additional $300,000 from the education fund.
Beginning fiscal year 2015-16, the cost each college voucher is $669 will be shared equally by the state and by the local school district.
The program is open to students who are enrolled in a public school, are home schooled, or attend one of the 92 approved independent schools in the state.
Approved is a specific designation made by the state, which approves schools based on a host of criteria, including finances, teacher qualifications and quality of facilities.
Branagans amendment sought to replace an amendment offered by Independent Rep. Adam Greshin, of Warren, who wanted to open the Dual Enrollment program to independent schools, whether they are approved or not.
Greshin discussed a constituent who pulled his child from public school because the child was being bullied. The child now attends an independent school, but not one with the approved designation.
This is not the type of child that I would like to disqualify from the Dual Enrollment program, Greshin said. Home school good. Independent school bad. Thats what were saying, and I dont think thats something we should say.
Greshins amendment was also defeated, by a vote of 74 to 67.
The topic of dual enrollment funding for students attending religious schools came before the Senate Education Committee earlier in the day. Donna Russo-Savage, legislative council for the House and Senate education committees, discussed case law as it relates to state funding for students in religious schools.
In 1999, the state Supreme Court heard the case of Chittenden v. Vermont, in which the town of Chittenden which does not operate a high school sought the right to tuition its students to a Catholic school, Mount St. Joseph Academy in nearby Rutland.
The Supreme Court ruled the town could not tuition its students to MSJ because there were no safeguards to prevent the public dollars from being spent for religious purposes.
Under the Dual Enrollment program, however, none of the state money actually goes to the high school religious or otherwise but is paid directly to the college.
Whatever you decide, it could get litigated either way, and it will be up to the Supreme Court to decide if you did the right thing or not, Russo-Savage told the Senate Education Committee.
Greg Glennon, general counsel for the Agency of Education, also raised the possibility that any decision carried the potential of a future lawsuit.
Its possible to make good-faith legal arguments either way, Glennon said.
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Hello, my DD is 3weeks old today. We've been working with a LC at my hospital since she was about 1week old because I had low milk supply then. Since then, I had pumped after each feeding and built up enough supply, so that now I no longer pump and only feed on demand. When she naps, or through the night, she can go 3 hours between feedings, however, if she's awake, she can't go much longer than 1-1.5 hours between feedings. In the evenings around 6-9pm, she often feeds every hour, and I can attribute that to perhaps cluster feeding, but sometimes in the mornings she needs to feed every 1.5 hours too.
My questions are: Why this sort of pattern? Is she getting enough milk? She is making plenty of wet diapers and has several BMs a day, but I'm concerned she isn't getting enough if she needs to feed every 1.5 hours while awake but only feeds every 3 hours when asleep. Also, is there any way to stretch out that time while she is awake or is time our friend, and hopefully as she grows she'll be able to last longer? Thanks in advance!


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The city's Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services says it posted Portuguese man-of-war warning signs along Ala Moana and Waikiki beaches Monday.
An Emergency Services Department spokeswoman says were a handful of stings, mostly in the Waikiki area.
Paramedics were called for a 56-year-old man and a 5-year-old boy for sting cases and both refused transport.
Lifeguards were treating the stings on the shoreline.
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Things looked bleak for Refugio Lady Cats when they trailed by four runs in the seventh inning, but Refugio Lady Cats recovered thanks to key hits in seventh from Irene Gallegos, Morgan Klavemann, and Michelle Rosas that tied the game 7-7 to head into extra innings. Then in the eighth inning from Cecilia Bauer also.
With the score tied at seven in the eighth inning, McKayla Ramos reached base on an error. Klaevemann brought her around with a bunt. Bauer then hit a hard ground ball and reached on an error which scored Ramos to pull out an 8-7 win in eight innings over Goliad.


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James Cameron's Avatar: The Game ReviewBy Jason D'Aprile - Posted Dec 01, 2009
Ubisoft tries to cash in on James Cameron's latest cinematic epic Avatar with a prequel game that's big on production values, but lacking in most other areas.
The Pros
- Some gorgeous visuals and scenery
- Great looking vehicles
- Lots of action among two campaigns
- Somewhat interesting multiplayer
The Cons
- Repetitive missions
- Clichéd gameplay
- Bad story
- Choppy controls
Ubisoft has been grinding the hype machine well into overtime with James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, touting the game's connection to James Cameron's Avatar, a movie complete with a development team of hundreds and no shortage of magazine covers. Now that the game is done, it's clear that Avatar: The Game would have been better served with less focus on the publicity and more time on the world's possibilities.
Easy Ryder's Big Adventure
Avatar isn't a terrible game; it's simply one that is nearly devoid of creativity beyond the alien landscape of Cameron's design. One of the most immediate problems is the lack of cohesive storytelling. So little focus is given to the setup and characters that there is no real connection to the interspecies war saga. Even worse, Avatar forces you to make a major decision about the plot of your game at the very beginning: whether or not to become a traitor to the human race. It happens at a point when you've played so little of the game, there's simply no motivation to make a decision either way. For what it's worth, you play a signal specialist -- a job description that apparently means badass, one-man army -- named "Easy" Ryder. Speaking of cliché...
Luckily for him, Ryder is special. Ryder has just arrived on the planet Pandora and his genetic code gives him the rare ability to take over the body of a vat-grown Na'vi -- the humanoids native to the planet. Throughout the game, you are seemingly the only capable soldier. Amazingly, everyone relies on you to do everything. There's almost never a logical explanation for most of what you do. It's all basic busy work like, "Go find items One, Two, and Three" or "Go kill commanders A, B, and C." Every location is occupied with people who are helpless without you and who constantly need you to go here and there.
Crysis of Design
Thankfully, as you travel there are plenty of battles happening around you, which helps make the war zone on the planet of Pandora feel more dramatic. A jungle world, Pandora has a real Crysis vibe to it, only with killer alien plants and animals and 10 foot-tall blue, angry natives running around. Graphically, it looks good in general, although the character models look a bit rough. Also, the scenery is somewhat angular; however, despite this, the game is mostly pretty.
Vehicles play a big role in the action. The maps for each location are relatively large, so grabbing an ATV or buggy to speed up the travel time is welcome. Controls both on foot and in vehicles are tolerable, but it's way too easy to get hung up on frustrating invisible walls and other obstacles. You can even get completely trapped, forcing a suicide and re-spawn. Likewise, aircraft controls are sluggish and unresponsive and these failed moments render the best portions of the game merely tedious.
There are two separate story-lines in Avatar. The human campaign is exactly what you'd expect -- a lone super soldier running around, killing things and completing tasks. Unfortunately, the alien side is pretty much the same. The main change is that the Na'vi have melee attacks and ride native beasts instead of vehicles. These savage natives are bigger, stronger and faster than the humans, so the combat mechanics feel different, but the mission structure doesn't.
And on the Plus Side...
In all fairness, the game can have a certain appealing rhythm. The familiarity of the gameplay works reasonably well for anyone who likes their third-person action set against an attractive and exotic backdrop. Each faction has special abilities, like cloaking, healing, super-speed and time-limited strength. Crysis-style stealthiness can add a little difference in how you approach some of the game's battles. Plus, teleport stations, once unlocked, let you pop back to other active stations on the map saving a lot of time and combat.
Also, there's a big focus on team-based multiplayer, which could prove to be the big draw for the game. Na'vi vs. human battles feel much more convincing with other humans instead of the horrible AI. In terms of multiplayer modes, there are quite a few variations on capture-the-flag and team deathmatch. The crux of the multiplayer relies on the differences in combat between the melee-focused Na'vi and gun-toting humans, providing a rarely-seen different feel to team-based multiplayer. If players can pry themselves away from Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3 long enough, Avatar may manage to provide an engaging--if minor--third-person alternative to standard sci-fi online battles.
Alienated Landscape
For fans of sci-fi action with lots of substance, James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is definitely not a must-have title. It's playable and entertaining in small doses, but there's so little originality in the game design that it feels like a quick -- if not highly expensive -- attempt to get the game out in time for the movie. The story is awful and the gameplay is far too repetitive to truly inspire and capture players. This is a real shame, because the source material clearly has a lot of unrealized potential.


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Spain is one of Europe's most popular travel destinations for its beaches, islands, UNESCO World Heritage sites, spectacular and diverse countryside, buzzing nightlife, delicious cuisine and world-famous fiestas. Divided into five autonomous regions, the most popular is Andalusia, home to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Seville and Cordoba, with incredible Moorish heritage. Its wide cultural and geographic diversity fascinates while the outdoor activities thrill and delight.
Spain's great, historic cities have sat at the crossroads between Europe and North Africa for centuries, and contain splendid architectural reminders of the country's powerful imperial presence during the Middle Ages. Many have Roman remains and even more, such as Granada and Cordoba, are treasure troves of Moorish design, with Alhambra the highlight. Seville is the cultural heart of the region with an amazing collection of cathedrals and medieval Toledo, famous for its blades.
The Spanish people are notably friendly, immensely proud of their heritage and eager to share their knowledge with visitors. Accommodations range from ultra-modern luxury hotels with spas to rural paradors, government-run historic mansions and former religious buildings converted into comfortable lodging. In between, there are resorts on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts and inns and guest houses offering good value and comfort.
Spain's overland transportation is modern and well-structured, with fast trains linking the major cities and comprehensive local bus services. The easiest and most economical way to travel around the country is by long-distance bus, with the major routes very frequent. Self-drive is fast due to the extensive expressway network and roads are in reasonable condition, with the wintertime exception of the passes in the high mountains.
Unless you're taking a six-month vacation, the best way to enjoy Spain is to decide what city to base yourself in and plan ahead for visits to sites of interest. There's simply too much to take in all on one trip, and in-depth exploration of a single region is straightforward with easily accessible daytrips. In regards to outdoor activities, there's a huge choice from watersports, golf, horseback riding, hiking, trekking, mountaineering, caving and more depending on the region.
- Marvel at Madrid's Palacio Real, the official residence of the Spanish Royal family
- Experience the running of the bulls in Pamplona
- Explore Segovia with its massive, perfectly preserved Roman aqueduct
- Wander the medieval city of Cuenca, clinging to a sheer rock face in the mountains
- Take a tour of Gaudi's magnificent, unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
- See Granada's breathtaking Moorish palace and citadel, the Alhambra
- Visit the vast palace, monastery and museum of El Escorial
- Take in history at Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum, a masterpiece of 20th century design


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- Title
- Adsorption of dispersants at a polyester resin-alkane interface
- Author(s)
- Notley, Shannon M.; Craig, Vincent S. J.; Fogden, Andrew; Evans, Drew R.
- Abstract
- Non-aqueous colloidal dispersions form the basis of many real-world applications, including electro-rheological fluids in automotive assemblies and inks in printing devices. The dispersion of particles within the non-aqueous liquid is typically stabilised by the use of dispersants, which adsorb to the particle/liquid interface and provide steric and/or electrical forces to prevent their aggregation. Importantly, the selection of the dispersant influences not only the inter-particle forces, but also their summation across many particles then defines the bulk properties of the suspension. Tailoring of these bulk properties is important in an industrial context, as each application will demand different bulk properties. In this study, the adsorption of three dispersants onto a polyester resin surface from a simple alkane is investigated. It is shown that the competition between the rates of adsorption from the bulk relative to that of the internal relocation of the functional groups of already adsorbed material defines the total adsorbed mass and structure of the film. Dispersants that have a slow rate of adsorption and a relatively fast rate of internal reorganisation produce soft visco-elastic layers with less total adsorbed mass. Conversely, dispersants with fast rates of adsorption and relatively low rates of reorganisation produce stiffer more elastic films and a greater total adsorbed mass.
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- Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 377, no. 1-3 (Mar 2011), pp. 318-324
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- 2011
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- 02 Physical Sciences; 03 Chemical Sciences; 09 Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Adsorption; Agglomeration; Alkane; Decane; Dispersion; Elasticity; Film; Functional groups; Hexadecane; Macrogol; Non-aqueous dispersion; Paraffins; Phase interfaces; Polyester resins; Polymer adsorption; Polypropylene; Povidone; QCM; Reconformation; Resins; Surface forces; Suspension fluids; Tetradecane
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Lawn Sprinkler Winterization / Blow Out
It is that time of the year to get your lawn sprinkler blown out. We are currently booking lawn sprinkler winterization appointments for October. We will start the irrigation winterizing process the first week of October for the Cleveland area. For the Columbus are we will irrigation start blow outs the second week of October.
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Norwich gets contract for cyber war gameAugust 22,2013
The Associated Press
NORTHFIELD - A nonprofit organization controlled by Vermont's Norwich University is getting a $9.9 million federal contract to continue work on a cyber-warfare gaming system that helps financial institutions and others learn how to respond to attacks on their computer networks, officials said Thursday.
Norwich's Applied Research Institute will use the money to further refine the program so more private and public groups can plan for cyberattacks through coordinated exercises.
The challenge of learning to respond to cyberattacks is there won't necessarily be a concrete action that is easy to recognize, such as when emergency responders stage mock accidents or the military stages an attack to test their response, said Phil Susmann, the president of the Research Institute.
"In a cyber event, there's not going to be `there was a bomb, respond," Susmann said. Instead, it could show up as an apparently innocuous computer problem or, in the financial sector, an issue with trading.
The program, known as the Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-making Exercises program, or DECIDE, helps organizations recognize that something is happening and respond appropriately.
"The first time they encounter these types of circumstances shouldn't be in a live event. It should take place so that you can make sure that your response plans are adaptable and flexible," Susmann said.
Norwich will use the money from the latest contract to continue developing the system used by financial institutions and other organizations to respond to attacks on their computer systems.
Advancements in DECIDE will allow multiple organizations to take part in cyberattack simulations. Earlier versions have already been used to simulate electronic attacks.
Norwich University offers undergraduate degrees in computer security and information assurance and a master's degree program in information assurance, but the Research Institutes is a separate nonprofit organization controlled by the university, said Norwich President Richard Schneider.
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My baby is 2 months old and exclusively breastfeeding. For the first month we were supplementing breastfeeding with formula (once a day) and she had no confusion between breastfeeding and bottle feeding.
For the past month we didn't use bottle at all. Also, she doesn't use pacifier.
I'm going back to work in 4 weeks, so we decided to give her breast milk in the bottle, so she can get use to it when I'm gone, but she wouldn't take it anymore.
We had my husband to give her bottle and also we tried to put her in the carseat and bouncer and distract her attention with toys while giving bottle, but nothing works so far.
I thought that it is in my baby's best interest to breastfeed only, but now I feel bad that we discontinued bottle feeding.
I desperately need help in this matter.
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Unisource's Ed Farley talks about green printing initiatives
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Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is comprised of many members of the community, and are dedicated to ensure that Biblical Seminary provides the best education for all.
2015-2016 Board Members
Dr. Karen L. Sawyer
Board Chair
- Board Member since: 1994
- Graduated from Biblical: 1991
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Arcadia University
Mr. Timothy Hyungrock Haahs
Board Vice-Chair
- Board Member since: 2008
Current Position:
Founding Pastor, Calvary Vision Church President and CEO, Timothy Haahs & Associates, Inc.
Mrs. Patricia Millen
Board Secretary
- Board Member since: 2010
- Graduated from Biblical: 2007
Current Position:
Counselor, Women's Prison Ministry
Dr. Frank A. James III
Seminary President
- Board Member since: 2013
Current Position:
President, Biblical Theological Seminary
Dr. James Arcieri
- Board Member since: 2010
- Graduated from Biblical: 1985
Current Position:
Senior Pastor, Community Bible Fellowship Church
Mrs. Rebecca Campbell
- Board Member since: 2012
Current Position:
Registered Nurse, Clinical Educator
Rev. Margaret (Nan) Clarke
- Board Member since: 2008
Current Position:
Associate Pastor
Dr. Damone B. Jones, Sr.
- Board Member since: 2016
Current Position:
Senior Pastor of Bible Way Baptist Church
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prison Systems
Mr. Thomas D. Kern
- Board Member since: 2009
- Graduated from Biblical: 1989
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VP of Product Administration and Program Management, Harleysville Insurance Co.
Mr. Joseph S. Longo
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- Graduated from Biblical: 1990
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Broker-Salesperson, Keller Williams Realty
Mr. Richard W. McDaniel
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Emeritus Vice President, Cornell University & President, Collegiate Retail Alliance, Inc.
Mr. Merrill S. Moyer
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CEO (retired), Univest Corporation of PA
Dr. James E. Owen
- Board Member since: 2011
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Clinical Psychologist and Church Consultant
Dr. Susan Post
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Mr. Gregory J. Tavalsky
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During the previous Dutch Scala Enthusiasts (DUSE) meeting some people mentioned the fuss about the Dynamic trait. Since 'method missing' was one of the features I enjoyed in Ruby and Groovy I decided to dig around and create some examples.
But, first of all: the example code in this post works with the latest RC (2.9-RC2) release… and only when the '-Xexperimental' flag is passed to the compiler. Previous versions of 2.9 actually used different names, so this stuff might change while you're reading this post.
Basically the using the Dynamic trait you can supply an exit-point to the compiler to invoke when a non-existing method is being called on a given object. Some interesting posts have been written about this feature in Ruby. A good overview of what to use the pattern for was written by Ola Bini a while back.
The following patterns caught my imagination in the past:
- Encoding parameters in the method name (heavily used by Active Record -> entity.find_by_name())
- Builders i.e. creating structured data without quote noise. There are various XML and JSON builders in the Groovy and Ruby world using this approach
Let's see some examples of the above using the Dynamic trait in scala:
Encoding parameters
ActiveRecord is one of the first examples I came across which really showed me the power of encoding parameters in the method name. It let's you write queries for your entities as methods:
The column name is extracted from the method and the call is dispatched to a generic find method.
Using the Dynamic trait in Scala we can do something very similar to the above:
There is a lot going on the the code above, but basically it:
- Calls a non-existent method on ParameterInMethodNameExample, namely 'findByName'
- Both the method name and the arguments are passed to applyDynamic
- I do some parsing of the method name
- Reflectively a suitable target is searched and invoked on the ParameterInMethodNameExample instance
Sure, this is not ActiveRecord yet… but demonstrates the possibilities very well. For something which is called a statically typed language this feels (is?) _very_ dynamic.
I've created a very simple builder to demonstrate how that could work:
applyDynamic just keeps appending new path elements to their parent, and using a recursive toString this prints the actual path. Not very useful, but illustrates how something more elaborate could work.
Do we want this?
A lot of people are/will be concerned about the disadvantages features like this bring to a language. I do however think it is a nice piece op equipment in the toolbox. And like other features (operator overloading?): handle with care… powerful tools can do a lot of damage when used incorrectly.


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Dear Members,
Keep in mind that Character Bashing is now prohibited. Making fun of certain characters/character pairings leads to a pointless thread filled with insults and general rule breaking.
Also, remember that Versus threads are allowed only in the Versus section.
Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
Originally Posted by Champ
Obito controlled Yagura with a regular Genjutsu. Only Danzo & Itachi had Shisui Ka
no ,itachi was caring shisui's eye in his pocket (naruto)then he burned it with amatrasu so he can't use it
Originally Posted by kakashi ms
no ,itachi was caring shisui's eye in his pocket (naruto)then he burned it with amatrasu so he can't use it
Danzo took Shisui first eye, then he gave the other to Itachi who then implanted it into his crow and gave it to Naruto. Obito Never had KA.
That doesn't make sense, as Obito wanted to get Shisui's eye from Danzo later and was almost in rage when Danzo destroyed it. Why want it if he has one?:confused:
Yagura was controlled before Shisui lost his eyes. /thread sorry.
Mhh, no he does not have KA, but it may be that Shisui used it on Yagura for whatever reason to help Obito. Perhaps as a favor to make Obito either stay away from Konoha, or make him help in the uchiha massacre.
The other option is that Danzo needed to do Obito some sort of favor. Shisui could had been in root, which would explain a lot of things, and thus Danzo ordered him to use KA on Yagura, with the command to obey Obito, but then again, this wouldn't make sense, since Danzo should then have known about Madara, unless he actually knew that Obito didn't die, and had Obito working for him secretly for some years.
Originally Posted by kakashi ms
i just tie some incidents which happened in the manga
it was showed in manga that yagura was controlled with ka(beyakugan's user said that about danzu)
then it was showed that obito is the one who controlled yagura
so i think obito has KA in his ms
And to add to your largest misconception. Nowhere is it said in the manga that Yagura was controlled by KA. It could be any other sharingan genjutsu, we don't know. I don't know, why you quote manga pages, which doesn't say, what you state, they say. Weird. Try reading them properly. You may interpret it, as if it was KA, but Ao said he fought Shisui, and then Shisui used it. It mentions nothing else.
Obito doesn't have KA. It's his genjutsu which is similar. I already created a thread about it that explains it: http://narutobase.net/forums/showthread.php?t=300053
What the heck is KA? -.-
Originally Posted by JBandaa
That doesn't make sense, as Obito wanted to get Shisui's eye from Danzo later and was almost in rage when Danzo destroyed it. Why want it if he has one?:confused:
if you noted obito have all uchiha's eyes so he wanted to save it as other eyes
both of shisui's eyes are destroyed, it's impossible for anyone to have KA now.
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We know E. Gordon Gee and Ohio State University are saying the university president is retiring to spend time with family, but that doesn't mean we cannot comment about recent events.
Gee is colorful for a major university president. He is well known and respected as an academic administrator and leader, but he also is well known for gaffes.
It's sad that his retirement comes after the revelation about anti-Catholic and anti-Southeast Conference comments made to an OSU athletic group toward the end of 2012, because he has done much more good than the negative results of the comments, which were, we're sure, a bad attempt at humor.
And we're sure of that because it's not the first time Gee has stuck his toe between his teeth in an attempt at making humor out of the sometimes tense world of being the president of one of the largest universities in the nation.
He once made a comment about the Polish Army when likening it to the work it takes to keeping the university's many departments working together. And, most famously, he attempted to inject humor into the situation involving football coach Jim Tressel when it came to light that Tressel had not been forthcoming about what he knew regarding NCAA violations involving his players.
His attempts at humor come from another era, a different time, when every word wasn't parsed on a 24-hour news cycle and folks didn't seem to function solely by waiting to perform a "gotcha!" on others.
He was dogged by those who said he spent too much during his tenure at Brown and that he tried to change the university's direction. He raised $1.25 billion at Vanderbilt but drew fire for eliminating athletics.
Still, his dedication to the cause of higher education kept him in demand.
He was among those last year launching a higher-education initiative to make sure those who start college complete their degree. He was president at Brown, Colorado, West Virginia and chancellor at Vanderbilt in addition to two rounds at Ohio State coming nearly a decade apart. As a young man, he was a clerk for Justice Warren Berger.
He was visible to students on campus, attending everything from high administrative functions to dorm pizza parties. He did his job well enough that Time named him the best college president as recently as 2010.
However, he also earned more than a million dollars a year for years, not just at Ohio State.
For that, a little less visible "character" apparently was needed, despite his being loved by students and his enthusiasm for higher education being a good contagion.
Even Gee's retirement including a comment that he still has a few weeks left "to wreck the university."
It's just his character to make the wrong one-liner at the wrong time. And characters are, sadly, not acceptable nowadays.


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"What do think about this," asked Dress for Success volunteer Brenda Abe, holding up a green and white silk blouse.
She's working with client and success story, Yvette Hamalian.
"Being suited, seeing myself in the mirror, and realizing that that's me, at first, I didn't believe it," said Hamalian.
Not long ago, she was spiraling downward, through an abusive relationship, incarceration, and drugs.
"When you're inside trying to get out you don't see it," said Hamalian.
But that was then.
"I saw something in me that sparked a light in me," she said speaking at the YWCA in Honolulu, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Hawaii's Dress for Success program.
Today she is clean and sober.
She is a graduate medical assistant.
And she said she is so grateful for Dress for Success.
"When you put it on, you become confident and you have this potential," she said about the new clothes it's provided for her.
At Friday's event, on the upstairs floor of the YWCA, Gov. Neil Abercrombie proclaimed March 22, 2013 as "Dress for Success Day."
Downstairs, volunteers proudly showed off the new, more than 5,000 square feet space -- six times larger than what they had to work with before.
"The women we're working with are coming from really challenging situations, where presenting themselves is really hard and believing in themselves is hard," said YWCA director of economic advancement Kelaulani Coleman.
"In many cases, it's one woman helping another woman get a second chance," said Dress for Success worldwide CEO Joi Gordon, who flew to Hawaii from New York for the event.
It is not just about the jacket, the shoes, and the jewelry.
It is an entire program to help women move forward in their lives, by learning how to write resumes, network and by helping them get a job.
"When Sheila spoke to me today and said, 'you dressed me and I have a job now,' it really was a very moving moment for me," said volunteer Jo Pruden after reuniting with one of her clients on Friday.
On Oahu, Dress for Success has 25 volunteers.
They held 200 suitings in 2011, but more than doubled that in 2012, with 550 suitings for women in need of professional clothes.
"It's so much better. It's so much brighter. I love it," said Hamalian of her new path in life.
On the table, sat a card from Hawaii Pacific Health.
"Who just offered me a position with Kapiolani," she said.
It is a woman realizing just how strong she's always been.
"We can do it. We can ultimately become the person we chose to become. It's in us," she said.


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By the end of the week, the downloads will be available.
We have 5 brand new wallpapers made by me, and a screensaver, made by a friend of mine who wanted to help out.
If any of you guys is interested in doing some artwork for the section (walls, screensavers, winamp skins, etc) please post a reply here, or send me a mail // [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
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simple and clean
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Hey guys i just joined this site but aint new to it.I just downloaded the new screensaver but am unable to register even after i typed the correct code and stuff.What should i do??
ooh, just noticed that, it seems that there is a problem
i'll try to fix it, and send you the code later this week
ThanksOriginally Posted by rady
they work just fine for me. what errors did you get?
the walls are linked from another site where i keep them and it was probably offline.
tell me, did you get some pop-ups, or just that message The page cannot be displayed?
If there were pop-ups, try right click and save target as
OneCentPenny, i'll upload a new screensaver this weekend
Thanks and i hope it has some pennynstarbury in em.
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Military benefits questionedJune 09,2014Perhaps the most surprising commentary to be found in American newspapers yesterday was written for The Washington Post by Tom Slear, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army.
His message: His military benefits are too generous.
Slear, a freelance writer who retired from the Army in 2001, makes it clear the situation he criticizes has absolutely nothing to do with the distressing imbroglio over the Veterans Administration and its many weaknesses.
Though I spent more than five years on active duty during the 1970s as an Army infantry officer and an additional 23 years in the Reserves, I never fired a weapon other than in training, and I spent no time in a combat zone, his essay begins. I returned to active duty for five months in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, but I was assigned to the Pentagon. My hazardous duty consisted of a daily drive on New York Avenue before its upgrade.
In short, he wasnt really in harms way, and yet his benefits were calculated on the premise that he was among those who daily put their lives at risk in the service of their nation.
I am hardly unique, he explains. Despite the extended operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, nearly half of the 4.5 million active-duty service members and reservists over the past decade were never deployed overseas. Among those who were, many never experienced combat.
He expresses respect for all those who served, regardless of their lack of exposure to the kind of threat we typically associate with the battle-hardened troops on the front lines. But he would ask his readers to realize that not everyone in uniform is in such jeopardy.
For every soldier, Marine, sailor or airman whose job is to engage the enemy, there are three or more service members in a well-guarded, reasonably comfortable bivouac area ensuring that the troops are fed, resupplied, paid, entertained and attended to medically, he reminds us.
These jobs are important, Slear concedes. Battles are won based on logistics just as much as tactics. But these support jobs arent particularly hazardous.
However, despite the low risk levels, he says the governments benefits (paid for by taxpayers) flow lavishly.
While on active duty, I received medical care without any premiums or co-pays, a substantial housing allowance, a small stipend for food, and a base salary that by todays pay scale would be $5,168 a month, he notes. Once I joined the Reserves, I started out receiving what today would be $11,000 annually for two days of drill per month and 13 days of active duty per year. That increased to $17,600 when I retired in 2001.
He concludes that Simply put, Im getting more than I gave.
(Coincidentally, thats also the case with several states whose politicians are the most vigorous critics of federal government spending.)
Slear points out that the federal budget agreement last year included a 1 percent reduction in the cost-of-living increase in military retirement pay for those under 62. That decision prompted protests from the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Military Officers Association of America.
The federal government was accused of breaking the faith.
Oh, please, he comments. One percent on a non-contributing pension while the retirees are still in their productive working years? Thats not breaking faith. It would be a judicious concession to the expanding federal deficit and would go largely unnoticed by recipients.
Slears views may anger many, particularly in the American military establishment, but ordinary taxpayers should give his argument careful thought.
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Capital City is ready for its closeup
Stefan Hard / Staff Photo Vermont historian and author Michael Sherman stands for a C-SPAN interview Tuesday in front of the Statehouse in Montpelier. C-SPAN is featuring Montpelier in two future broadcasts.
MONTPELIER The cable network that normally focuses on the nations Capitol is shining its spotlight on the nations smallest state capital.
C-SPAN, which mainly shows Congress in action, has been talking to authors and government officials around the city this week for segments to air next month.
It started covering cities around the country in May 2011 as a way to add content on the weekends when Congress is not in session. The network sends a team of two video journalists and a producer in a dark blue van dubbed the Local Content Vehicle to interview city government officials and local nonfiction authors about the city.
The Montpelier interviews will air on C-SPAN 2 and C-SPAN 3 on Nov. 3 and 4, respectively. C-SPAN 2 will show the interviews with nonfiction authors including Howard Coffin and Michael Sherman at noon. C-SPAN 3 will show coverage of the citys history at 5 p.m.
Deborah Lamb, the coordinating producer for the city series, said the crew shoots a community a month and will visit its 20th destination in December. Next will be Albany, N.Y., then Providence, R.I.
We decided to get out of Washington, D.C., spend a week in a city, and feature that city to show our national audience a little flavor about it, Lamb said.
Tuesday afternoon the crew set up with a view of the Statehouse for its interview with Sherman.
Lambs role is to coordinate with city officials and authors and set up interviews.
Monday the network hosted a forum with Gov. Peter Shumlin, Mayor John Hollar and students at Montpelier High School. The crew is going to attend the Montpelier City Council meeting today at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.
When the citys involved and everybodys working together, you get a lot of great programming out of it, she said.
The program has covered cities such as Tampa, Fla., Charlotte, N.C., Knoxville, Tenn., Beaumont, Texas, and Shreveport, La.
During the week when Congress is in session, C-SPAN covers the House of Representatives, C-SPAN 2 covers the Senate and C-SPAN 3 covers press briefings and other hearings.
Lamb said the network features American history and the authors who write about it because history affects politics. She said her favorite parts of the program have been going to cities she might have never visited otherwise and all the different people she has met.
You cant beat a job like this, she said.
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What I got in the mail has seen quite a bit of use, and shows signs of it all over: fraying, paint all over, smells like detergent. I took pictures that can be seen in this album linked here.
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GMP expands pilot heat program to Montpelier
MONTPELIER A pilot program that promotes the use of cold-climate heat pumps to save on fuel costs is expanding to Montpelier, according to Green Mountain Power.
Dorothy Schnure, GMP spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview on Monday that GMP has already installed about 140 of the cold-climate pumps, primarily in Rutland. Some people have inquired about the program in other areas of the state and GMP has installed some pumps in a handful of other communities, hoping to build on the initiative statewide.
Thats where Montpelier comes in as the focus of the second major thrust of the pilot program. Green Mountain Power is believed to be the only utility in the country offering rentals on the pumps, which are said to make it easier and more affordable to heat a home.
It costs between $44 and $53 a month to rent the pumps from GMP, Schnure said, and customers can save an average of 25 to 50 percent on their home heating costs using traditional fuels. Of course that would vary, she said, based on the home.
GMP announced Monday that Montpelier is now eligible to take advantage of the pilot pump rental program. Very shortly, she added, we will work with town energy committees across the state to roll it out to other communities, she added.
Schnure said GMP estimates it will install several hundred customers in Montpelier, and emphasized that homeowners are pre-qualified based on whether their home is a good fit for a heat pump installation. Not every home is good for a heat pump, she said. For example, a home with a lot of smaller rooms may not be ideal.We help them to figure out if their space would be good for an air pump, said Schnure.
The pumps, also known as mini-split heat pumps, are ductless heating systems which also provide air conditioning during hot weather. They can be installed in less than a day.
The very first customers to take part in the program launched late last winter were Mark and Sara Borkowski, of Rutland, who had two of the pumps installed in mid March. We really havent been through a winter with the heat pumps, but the air conditioning portion of it is working fabulous, Mark Borkowski said. We did have a little bit of cold weather towards the end of March, so I did get to use them a little bit.
GMP on Monday announced it was bringing the cold-climate heat pumps to Montpelier to help the capital city toward its goal of becoming the first net zero capital in the nation.
George Twigg, director of public affairs at Efficiency Vermont said, Efficiency Vermont is very supportive of this technology. Cold climate heat pumps cost about half of what you would pay for propane, for instance, for what you would pay to heat your home, so its a great price savings. Its also environmentally friendly. ... So from both a price perspective and an environmental benefit, its a great technology. Its something we have worked with Green Mountain Power for awhile on.
Twigg said consumers do need to be careful to choose a model that best fits their home and is the most efficient model possible, to make sure that the right equipment is being put in so that consumers can see the best possible benefit.
With GMPs announcement of the pilot program coming to Montpelier, Tim Shea, chairman of the Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee, said, Montpelier is poised to change how we meet our energy needs, and Green Mountain Powers commitment will help us succeed.
Another of the citys partners in its Net Zero Montpelier campaign, Andrea Colnes of the Energy Action Network also weighed in on the heat pump program, stating, Combined with the Citys new biomass district heating system, cold climate heat pumps will make Montpeliers heating more efficient and further reduce use of traditional heating oil.
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As the hours ticked down to the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, it was the question on everyone's lips: Who would Michelle Obama wear?
Part of the answer was finally revealed Tuesday morning when the incoming first lady stepped out of Blair House in a dazzling gold sheath and matching coat by Isabel Toledo. She paired the ensemble with green gloves from J. Crew and green shoes.
Her bright color, applauded by many as a cheerful message of hope as well as a vote for the American fashion industry, was all the more dramatic next to the simple red tie and white shirt her husband wore with his suit to his moment in history, topped with an overcoat adorned with an American flag pin.
Their daughters were style icons in their own right, with 10-year-old Malia in a double-breasted periwinkle-blue coat with a blue-ribbon bow at the waist, and Sasha, 7, in a pink coat with orange scarf and satin belt, a coral-colored dress peeking out at the hem. Their coats were from Crewcuts by J. Crew.
Still to be revealed, however, was the larger question of which designer Obama would wear to the inaugural ball Tuesday night.
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The fashion industry has anxiously looked to the election of Obama for months, embracing his wife as an emblem and ambassador of modern American style. She has won praise for her penchant for lesser-known designers and bold fashion choices, mixed with her unabashed love for mass fashion from mainstream American retailers.
Nicole Phelps, executive editor of Style.com, said that Obama has found an elegant silhouette that works for her: the narrow sheath dress and complementary coat.
The inaugural outfit is a "classic choice — rather conservative compared to some of the things she's worn so far," Phelps said. "This choice sends a great message to the fashion community. She could have gone with someone more obvious, like Ralph Lauren, but this sends a message to the American designers who are struggling."
Agreed red-carpet and editorial stylist Mary Alice Stephenson: "She is single-handedly breathing new life into designers like Narciso Rodriguez and Isabel Toledo, who have had a rocky past."
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It was not the first time Michelle Obama opted for the 47-year-old Toledo, an avant-garde designer born in Cuba and little known outside the rarefied world of fashion. Last June, Obama appeared at a Calvin Klein fundraiser in Manhattan in a black tunic and palazzo pants Toledo had designed. Obama bought the outfit at Ikram, a Chicago outlet for Toledo's clothing line.
The former creative director of Anne Klein, Toledo is known as a "designer's designer." She works out of a Manhattan loft at Broadway and 28th Street. When Obama was seen wearing her tunic and pants last summer, a flattered Toledo commented that Obama was "a visual message that read, 'I'm in control,' " the New York Daily News reported then.
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Obama has been noted for choosing unexpected fashion designers, including Narciso Rodriguez, Zero + Maria Cornejo and Chicago designer Maria Pinto. For the "Kids Inaugural" concert on Monday, she wore a J.Crew ensemble, including a metallic lace top, aqua-colored pencil skirt and cardigan.
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Obama's Inauguration Day choices continued to generate suspense right up to the event's eve. "It is going to shock women across the country," NBC News' Savannah Guthrie told TODAY's Matt Lauer Monday morning. "I am told by a very good source that Michelle Obama has not yet chosen what to wear for either the inauguration tomorrow or the inaugural balls."
Guthrie explained that Obama was not keeping the nation holding its breath on purpose. "The simple fact, as it was explained to me, is this is a woman who has moved her family three times in the last few weeks. She's got a 7- and a 10-year-old," Guthrie pointed out.
"Clearly, she has an array of choices, but apparently it's going to be a game-time decision and Michelle Obama tomorrow — not even today, but tomorrow — will be in a position that so many women have been in, looking in their closets the day of a big event and thinking, 'All right, which one should I wear?' " Guthrie added.
First ladies' footsteps
Whatever the reason they took so long, Obama's choices are sure to be the subject of debate and even sniping. It's not a recent phenomenon.
According the The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, historians say that 148 years ago, Washington society tut-tutted over the extravagantly showy off-the-shoulder dress Mary Todd Lincoln wore to Abraham Lincoln's inaugural ball.
The subject is important enough for the Smithsonian to have a collection of the gowns worn by first ladies going back to the white silk-chiffon gown Helen Taft wore for William Howard Taft's inauguration in 1909. More recently, the sleeveless ivory sheath that Jackie Kennedy designed herself for her husband's 1961 inauguration still makes fashion critics swoon.
Slideshow: Gown and country: Inaugural ball gowns through the years Current first lady Laura Bush wore a crystal-embroidered red gown to her husband's first inaugural ball. Nancy Reagan wore a $10,000 gown that designer James Galanos loaned her for the occasion.
And Rosalynn Carter, thinking she was being practical, got bludgeoned by the fashionistas for wearing the same blue chiffon gown to husband Jimmy's inaugural ball that she had worn six years earlier when he was sworn in as governor of Georgia.
Study in contrasts
Michelle Obama's sunny look Tuesday contrasted with that of Laura Bush, who wore a dove-gray skirt suit and matching coat.
On the podium with the Obamas, Vice President Joe Biden wore a bright blue tie, while his wife, Jill Biden, had on a bright red coat and high black leather boots.
Also catching style-watchers' eyes: Aretha Franklin singing to the immense crowd gathered at the Capitol in an over-the-top hat with an oversized bow and beading.
But Michelle Obama's key fashion decision — what she would wear to her husband's inaugural ball — was still generating suspense even as Barack Obama took the oath of office.
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Hitting coach and former Phillies player, Milt Thompson, was fired last night. In the wake of an extended hitting slump, the Phillies management probably felt that someone needed to take the fall. And that person is Milt Thompson.
In an interview on Comcast Sportsnet, Thompson said he was not mad about and understood they wanted to make a change. Thompson has been the hitting coach since 2005 when Greg Gross was fired. Oddly enough, the person taking Thompson's place now is Greg Gross.
Thompson told the press, "I'm the hitting coach and when the team doesn't perform, it lands on me. I'm not going to make excuses." He went on to say, "They want a new voice, so I have to respect that. I have nothing but good things to say about the Phillies. I have been a part of the organization for a very long time, and I had some good times."
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As for the players, I can only imagine what they might be thinking right now. They basically got him fired. In my opinion, these guys would not be in the majors unless they know how to hit. The hitting coach is an important part, but should he really take the fall for guys who are just not doing their jobs?
That is not up to me of course, but maybe this change will light a fire under them. Because once a team starts cleaning house, no one's job is safe. You have to think if the slide continues, that is possible the other coaches and even the manager may be next. If the players stop to think about that, maybe that will be some motivation for them.
Best of luck to Milt in the future! And good luck to Gross as well; he will have his hands full with this bunch.
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He was a sacrificial lamb all the way. Ya can't fire the players and Charlie shouldn't be on the hot seat so….guess Amaro had to send a message somehow. But think of it this way. I criticize the Mets for always being reactive. This was a very proactive move by the Phils. But the guy was batting coach for the better days. Being a sacrificial lamb sucks because you get fired for the wrong reasons. It's a shame especially as you said, how Milt took time out for you personally.


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I have done a cycle in the past and it worked great went from 165 to 210 loved the results. I was going to order some gear and get Test Pro & Tren. Can you only inject this in one site or does it work better in multiple sites?
If u r pinning prop I would think u should alternate sites, pinning that frequently to the same site would cause some serious scar tissue build up.
Spread it around, you'll def. get a lot of scar tissue and knots.
Thanks Bros for the help!!! I love this forum stuff getting a lot of good help!!!
Definitely rotate sites. Quads, glutes and delts are all pretty painless and easy to pin.
what kind of tren you planning on running ? How old are you ?
I am 33 yrs old and have done one cycle before. I was thinking of using Tren E 250. I want the best results I want to blow-up this time!!!!
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1st time with Tren, I'd start low & EOD, increase from there.
You don't wanna say you don't like tren, tren is your friend, enjoy him, he'll do wonders for you.
As far as "blowing up" I tend to think of tren as more of a "lean gain" compound
Sounds great! Thanks guys for all the advice!!!!!! Can't wait to get started going oto order gear end of February!
Should I start with another stack then finish with teen?
Start the test and tren at the same time, but run the tren only for 8 maybe 10 weeks, Run the test for a total of 12-14 weeks. If you felt like you wanted a finishing compound after the tren run some anavar would be nice.
You wont "blow up" like you think. whats your weight, bf% and height? I for one learned first hand diet is key to gaining mass. My workouts are killer but you must have a sound diet (calories, macros, etc). As for tren, im gonna start my first run next week. From researching i read that 50mg eod for the first 7-14 days is an ideal start then pin 50mg ed to keep sides low. Everyone's body is different, so id say see which works best for you. make sure you have an AI (I like arimidex on cycle and aromasin for pct), prolactin inhibiter (caber or prami), and a PCT before you start cycling. GL!
10-15 is a HUGE gap bro. but i pin the same sites every day just rotate between quats and I pin 3-4 times a day with oil in my quad. But I also use slin pins m-f and pin a 25g tues and fri. so there is not much scare tissue. I use to pin a 23g in my glutes every day and build up so much scare tissue that it hurts to pin them. Shoulders I cant reach them to pin. to much of a pain in the ass. So i stick between my tear drop 1cc mid quad 3 cc upper quad 1cc.
yeah slin pins are great u can just rotate on quad like jay said! I love test prop and tren ace if u can get mast p, throw it in too since thats the ALPHA stack for me hehehehehe
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alot of good info for you hear the only thing i can add is spend some time looking and asking questions on the diet forum, youll learn alot if you dont allready know about macros and carb cycling and all that good stuff for between cycles and on cylces but for me i eat really clean while not on a cylce but during a run of test and tren you can eat alittle less clean just to get the added calories in if your looking to bulk up
the only other thing i will add is look into getting proviron! i swear by it, i've done just test cycles and the same cycle with same food intake and traing routine but threw in proviron and the difference is amazing, i wont do another cycle again with out it but thats just my 2cents


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On this day (Nov. 4) in 1824, the 67-year-old French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette began a 10-day visit to the Monticello home of 81-year-old former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
On what would be Lafayette's last trip to America, he had accepted President James Monroe's invitation for a farewell tour of the United States to participate in the celebration of the country's 50th anniversary (July 1826), and, thereby, help instill the now 40-year-old "Spirit of 1776" among the growing number of Americans who were not participants in the "Glorious Cause."
During his highly emotional triumphant tour of the country he helped to create, Lafayette visited all 24 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Accompanied by a sizable entourage that included his son, George Washington Lafayette, and secretary, Auguste Levasseur (who later published a detailed account of the 6,000-mile excursion), the Marquis was enthusiastically regaled, honored, memorialized and "wined and dined" at virtually every village, city and historic site visited.
Also during the tour, which lasted 13 months (from Aug. 15, 1824, to Sept. 7, 1825), Lafayette visited with many of his famous Revolutionary War colleagues, which included most notably President Monroe, former President James Madison, and, after March 1825, President John Quincy Adams (with whom the Frenchman celebrated his 68th birthday at a banquet at the White House).
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