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Rain overnight. Brightest in the north on Saturday.
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Cloudy and breezy with extensive hill fog and occasional rain during the evening. Becoming drier, clearer and colder during the early hours, however despite the clearance, frost is not expected. Minimum Temperature 7 °C.
Brightest in the north, with some hazy sunny periods. While some sunshine is possible further south, in general it will be cloudier with a chance of rain for a time. Maximum Temperature 11 °C.
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Rather cloudy with a little rain at times, but probably brighter for a time on Tuesday. Mostly on the mild side, although perhaps colder to start Tuesday.
Updated at: 1437 on Fri 9 Dec 2016
UK forecast for the next 5 days
The mild theme continues with temperatures above average.
This Evening and Tonight:
For England and Wales it'll be cloudy and mild with rain at times. For Scotland and Northern Ireland it will be clearer with a scattering of showers in the west, feeling colder then recent nights.
A north-south split. It'll be fresher than of late in the north with sunshine and showers. Further south it'll be mild, cloudy and often wet with rain moving eastwards.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Fine and mostly dry on Sunday bar the odd shower in the west. On Monday rain will push slowly east, leaving a legacy of cloud on Tuesday. Still feeling mild.
Updated at: 1512 on Fri 9 Dec 2016
Outlook for the UK over the next 6-30 days
UK Outlook for Wednesday 14 Dec 2016 to Friday 23 Dec 2016:
As we move through next week we are mostly likely to see a north-west to south-east split developing. During this time periods of wet and windy weather are expected to approach the UK from the west, however their eastward progression at this stage is fairly uncertain. In this type of scenario the most unsettled conditions are likely across the north and west, with drier and brighter weather for southern and eastern areas. It'll be windy at times, with the possibility of gales in the west and northwest, but it will be much less windy further south and east. It'll generally be mild with temperatures above average, however, in between weather systems temperatures will return closer to normal.
Updated at: 1222 on Fri 9 Dec 2016
UK Outlook for Saturday 24 Dec 2016 to Saturday 7 Jan 2017:
There is a good deal of uncertainty for this period as the UK remains in a battleground between higher pressure across the near continent and lower pressure in the Atlantic. The exact orientation of these will dictate conditions across the country. Currently western parts are most likely to see outbreaks of rain at times, along with relatively mild conditions, whilst eastern areas will see drier and perhaps colder conditions. There will probably also be some milder, unsettled interludes though, especially into early January, with the greatest likelihood of changeable conditions in the northwest, giving rain here at times.
Updated at: 1223 on Fri 9 Dec 2016
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The second longest tenured employee at Park City Mountain Resort is Clark Parkinson.
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We all hear debates about the relevance and plausibility of a healthy work life balance. What we are really calling out for is how we can improve our quality of life both at work and at home. But to address this we first need to understand what actually has the greatest impact on our quality of life.
In 2002 the South Australian Department of Health surveyed 3012 South Australians to measure their health status and to ascertain what particular areas of health most affect your quality of life....
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Fatigue is a condition that very few of us seek professional help about it because a lack of energy, by itself, is not fatal. Meanwhile the impact fatigue has on our quality of life goes on unabated. Poor productivity, poor communication, errors of judgment and skill have the capacity to drain profits and bring companies to their knees. Add to that the impact that fatigue has on moods and relationships and you can see that the fabric of families is continually under strain from the scourge of poor energy levels.
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Robert "Bob" McMath, 78, of Portales, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, at his home in Portales.
He was born Nov. 27, 1927, in Mulberry, Ark., to Vicie and Robert N. McMath. He grew up in Wagner, Okla. In the late 1950s he moved to Hagerman where he worked hauling hay. On Jan. 10, 1967, in Roswell, he married Oma Looney. In 1969, they moved to Portales.
From 1970 until 1975 he owned and operated the Portales Security Patrol. In 1975, he began driving trucks for Southwest Canners. He retired in 1990. Since then he worked odd jobs with trucking firms, but most of his time was spent traveling and fishing. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Edward McMath.
Survivors include his wife, Oma; sons, Archie (and his wife, Ann) McMath and Luther McMath both of Portales; daughter, Judy McElroy of Oklahoma; 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Bertha Hancock of Roswell; step-sons, Jimmy Looney (Brenda) and Dearil "Dink" (Susan) Looney, both of Portales and step-daughter, Twana (Floyd) Hancock of Portales.
Bishop Merlyn Carling along with various family members will officiate.
Burial will take place in the Portales Cemetery.
Ryan McMath, Eric McMath, Todd Looney, Darrell Looney, Jimmy Looney, Jr. and Scotty McMath will serve as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Joey Looney, Mickey Looney and Floyd Hancock.
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Melo, Knicks start fast before holding off Lakers
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Carmelo Anthony scored 22 of his 30 points in the first quarter, and the New York Knicks held on after he departed with a sprained left ankle to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-107 in coach Mike D'Antoni's return to Madison Square Garden.Share Tweet
Giants vs Falcons — Matchups to Watchgiantsgab.com Dec 13, 2012The New York Giants will face the Atlanta Falcons in another must win game. If the Giants can win, they will continue to hold a one game lead in the division with just two games left to play. If they can't, there's a very good possibility that they wiShare Tweet
Jets Insider: Gang Green leads NFL in fake Twitter followersThe Jets (@nyjets) have many more fake twitter followers compared to other NFL teams, according to a report at The Big Lead. According to StatusPeople.com, 38% of the Jets' followers are fake, compared with just 13% of the Giants' (@giants) followers.Share Tweet
Knicks' Anthony leaves with sprained left ankleKnicks forward Carmelo Anthony sprained his left ankle in the third quarter and was not expected to return to the game against the Los Angeles Lakers.Share Tweet
Giants Insider: Dirty birds clean up their actThe Giants believed last season that the Falcons were taught by their offensive line coach, Paul Boudreau, to cut block. And many defensive players around the league agreed.Share Tweet
Vacchiano: Giants' Wilson speeds out of doghouseDavid Wilson didn't exactly come out of nowhere. Behind the closed doors at practice, the rookie had long been flashing his uncommon speed. He was combining that with moves that Victor Cruz said, "we only see guys that are Hall of Famers make."Share Tweet
No sad sack: Giants' pass rush just finenydailynews.com giantsfootballblog.com Dec 13, 2012Nobody seems to fear the Giants' pass rush as much as they did in previous seasons, but maybe they should. Even though they've slipped to 12th this season with just 31 sacks, several of them insisted that those numbers don't tell the whole story.Share Tweet
Source: Ichiro accepts less money from YanksIchiro Suzuki and the New York Yankees are closing in on a contract that would guarantee the outfielder between $12 million and $13 million.Share Tweet
LeBron, Kobe lead All-Star votingLeBron James and Kobe Bryant are the leading vote-getters, while Jeremy Lin has a chance to bring Linsanity to the NBA All-Star game.Share Tweet
The Houston Rockets Singing "The Dreidel Song" Is Simply FantasticWhen paraded one after the other, it's really easy to see which Houston Rockets were ready to bring the Hanukkah spirit and which ones were sorely lacking. (Good job, good effort there, Jeremy Lin.) More »Share Tweet
BGA Extra: Jets at JaguarsThis analysis is based on watching and re-watching TV footage. As such, it is not always possible to accurately determine everything that was going on. However, every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is as complete and correct a…Share Tweet
Wheelhouse: Michael Boley on Facing His Old TeamMichael Boley is in the WheelHouse to discuss the Giants preparation for their match-up against the Falcons on Sunday. Sorry, this video could not be loaded…Share Tweet
Braylon as surprised as anyone Jets signed himnydailynews.com ESPN.com profootballtalk.com Dec 13, 2012A week and a half after Edwards criticized the organization's braintrust by calling them "idiots" for the handling of Mark Sanchez, the wide receiver admitted that he didn't think he'd ever come back. "After the tweet," Edwards admitted, "Share Tweet
James Dolan, according to Madison Square Garden lore, had to be told who Fmr. Attorney General John Ashcroft wasyahoo.com Dec 13, 2012It is incredibly easy to feel good for New York Knicks fans, as their team races out to a superb 16-5 record as they prepare to take on the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. Not only did Knicks fans have to sit through the unea…Share Tweet
D'Antoni clarifies: 'No bitterness' toward KnicksESPN.com nydailynews.com Dec 13, 2012Mike D'Antoni says coming to New York in 2008 to coach the New York Knicks wasn't a bad thing -- but leaving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns was.Share Tweet
The Yankees' Lineup Is Going To Be Very Sad And Old This SeasonThe Yankees finally made their big free-agent splash this week, when they signed Kevin Youkilis, an aging third basemen with bad hips, to fill in for Alex Rodriguez, their incumbent aging third basemen with bad hips. OK, maybe it was less a "splash…Share Tweet
Section 15: Four Blocks AwayThe Off the Dribble team was interested in learning about Nets fans now that the team is in Brooklyn. David and Jen Gordon waited three years to get their tickets in Section 15.Share Tweet
Knicks' Smith Is on the UpJ. R. Smith is giving the Knicks some quality minutes.Share Tweet
AccuScore: Jets-Titans previewPrim Siripipat goes inside the numbers for the New York Jets-Tennessee matchup.Share Tweet
Ryan: Tebow healthy, but won't run any WildcatCNNSI.com Dec 13, 2012FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) Tim Tebow's days of running the New York Jets' wildcat-style offense appear over for now.Share Tweet
Giants not sure how long Kenny Phillips will be outprofootballtalk.com Dec 13, 2012Giants coach Tom Coughlin had the status of several injured players to update on Thursday and there wasn't much good news for three of the team's starters. Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPNNewYork.com reports that Coughlin said safety Kenny Phillips did suffer aShare Tweet
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Jet QB the butt of jokes during 12-12-12 concertMark Sanchez made a surprise appearance (of sorts) at Wednesday night's 12-12-12 concert for Hurricane Sandy victims, although it probably wasn't the kind he would have preferred.Share Tweet
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Defenses will decide the NFC EastCan the New York Giants' pass rush perk up and help a Big Blue defense that held the Falcons offense scoreless during the playoffs last season repeat that performance Sunday in Atlanta? Can the two men the Dallas Cowboys brought in to be shutdown corner…Share Tweet
Giants bring outfielder Torres back to the Bay AreaMLB.com Dec 13, 2012The Giants have signed free-agent outfielder Andres Torres, a member of the 2010 World Series championship team who was traded to the Mets last winter, to a one-year deal pending a physical.Share Tweet
Outsider's Look: Tennessee TitansWe try to look at the Jets opponents every week and take some of the statistical numbers from Football Outsiders to better understand what the Jets will be facing on Sunday. Reminder, positive percentages are good on offense and specials, bad on defenShare Tweet
A Battle of Quarterbacks: Eli Manning vs. Matt RyanTwo of the NFL's top quarterbacks will square off Sunday in Atlanta: Eli Manning and Matt Ryan. Both players addressed the media in anticipation of the game. Manning acknowledged that the Falcons are a tough team to beat at home, having won 10 straightShare Tweet
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Giants wary of Falcons' receiving corpsEarlier this year, Falcons wide receiver Roddy White Victor Cruz when he called the Giants wide receiver … a bit soft. White went on to call himself and Julio Jones to best receiving tandem in the National Football League. Fast forward about three monthShare Tweet
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Breakfast links: RG III on raceNew York Giants Justin Tuck, who is apparently something of a Nervous Nellie, would like David Wilson to stop doing backflips after he scores touchdowns. Eli Manning, who's more of a bottom-line kind of guy, likes the backflips because it means there's …Share Tweet
Week 14 N.F.L. Film ReviewAmong the impressive players in Week 14 were Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie and resurgent Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers.Share Tweet
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Yanks' Rivera: 'I'll be ready' for Opening DayMariano Rivera said Wednesday he'll be ready to pitch for the New York Yankees on Opening Day.Share Tweet
Carmelo Injured In Knicks' WinDec 13Knicks hold off Lakers, 116-107.
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Both obesity and eating disorders are major problems for our youth. Making matters more complicated is the worry that talking about obesity with a child or adolescent might actually trigger eating disorder symptoms. This concern can feel somewhat paralyzing both for parents and medical professionals alike to the point that both topics get ignored.
Is there a solution to this mental health Scylla and Charybdis? New data from the Eating and Activity in Teens Study, recently published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, suggests that there is. In the study, over 2000 teens from 20 public schools around the Minneapolis/St Paul area were assessed using school based surveys. Parents were also surveyed about the home environment.
Most parents reported having some kind of discussion with their children related to eating behavior. Among nonoverweight teens, these conversations were directly about weight in about one-third of families while in families of overweight teens, the rate rose to 60%. Compared to conversations about that centered around "healthy eating," maternal discussions that focused on weight were significantly more likely to be associated with dieting and unhealthy weight control behaviors for both overweight (64% versus 40%) and nonoverweight teens (39% versus 30%). However, when it came to more "extreme" weight loss behaviors, reported by about 9% of adolescents, the association with specific content of family conversations was less apparent.
The authors concluded that parental discussions to prevent or address obesity should happen but be focused on healthy eating habits and not the child's weight or size. To do otherwise, they warn, could raise the risk of the child engaging in unhealthy weight loss tactics such as those present in eating disorders.
While this is a useful study that offers data about a common dilemma, it is important not to go overboard with the conclusions. For one, the study was cross sectional (i.e. it collected data only at one point in time) and consequently cannot really address questions of causality. In addition, the survey asked the parents and not the kids about the content of these eating behavior conversations, so parents may have been tempted to answer in a more socially desirable way. The findings also seemed to get weaker as the adolescent behaviors became more extreme, not to mention the fact that no actual eating disorder diagnoses were made. Finally, it is worth noting that eating disorder symptoms were quite common among teens whose parents focused their discussions on healthy eating too.
Nonetheless, the study does offer some empirical support to a practice that many parents and clinicians already advocate, namely to make weight a secondary issue and instead focus discussions on healthy eating and good choices.
David Rettew is author of Child Temperament: New Thinking About the Boundary Between Traits and Illness and a child psychiatrist in the psychiatry and pediatrics departments at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
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Miami's big 3 are such a connection of homos!
Not even homo thugs, just plain homos!
F em, I wanna see Lebitch retire with 0 rings.
NYK for life baby!
Not Knicks related, but I figured during the Lockout I could share some entertainment.
DJ Steve Porter is a Genius.
After watching, replay the video again and press 7 repeatedly to laugh out loud. I did.
"It's gonna be easy!"
"No one ever said it was gonna be easy."
"Everybody out there gonna wake up tomorrow with the same problems they had today!"
Including you, LeBron...
I was having a conversation with my father though about this and he said "Well i love it and all and it makes me laugh, but this is somewhat disrespectful for ESPN to have this on its show because its obviously hatred towards Lebron. If it was on a channel dedicated to cleveland then it would make more sense"
I disagreed but how do you guys feel
I agree with your father, he made a decision that was best for him. we have ALL done that before.Now I dont agree with how he did it but thats another thing.
Its time we leave Lebron alone.
*lol I am NOT a Lebron or Heat supporter, I just think its time to leave him alone*
"I mean, it's gon be easy" ----------a couple of months later----------"No one ever said it was gonna be easy."
Really dude? Cause we forgot what you said on that stage last summer?
I'm kind of tired of people with the "oh man, he did what was best for his family" spiel. We get it, it was his decision. But this has very little to do with his decision and more to do with everything that came afterwards.
But it's just too easy to poke fun at a guy who denies he ever suggested contraction in the league, and that he didn't even know what that word meant until he saw the articles online.This comes after his comments about taking Kevin Love off of the T'Wolves, and both Brook and Devin off of the Nets, and place them on other teams with other "stars" and how it would be "better" for the league. Like it was back in the day when there were fewer teams. So not knowing the definition of a word makes us instantaneously forget his comments and we don't realize that he just described...contraction.
And what about the "Karma is a Bitch" quote aimed at Cleveland, and when asked about it...his explanation is that he saw someone tweet it...and instead of retweeting it....he sat there and typed out the message letter by letter, verbatim, and tweeted it as his own message. I don't have a twitter, so I dunno how easy it is to retweet something...but I assume you click a ****in button...seems a lot simpler.
People are clowning on this dude, because he's easily giving us the opportunity to. When he's all excited and hyped up..."it's gonna be easy," and then when adversity hits, out comes the "Media Relations for Dummies" and all the cliches. His decision aside, he's a dum-dum and it's funny.
I guess he'll be making another "list" this summer and not doing a damn thing with it, just like his last list.
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
lol Another classic from DJ Porter.
I don't even remember the "It's gonna be easy." part. What a fool.
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I haven't watched the whole of that welcome to Miami party but the "it's gonna be easy" quote sounds to me like it's taken out of context in this video. Dunno what he was referring to when he said it but unless he hit new heights of nihilism I doubt it was in relation to winning championships.
EDIT: Didn't he say he was "hacked" when the twitter incident happened?
Bosh is a soft-spoken player with an equally deft touch. He only needs to mature as a player. (Having a Robinson to his Duncan would help.)
LeBron is an explosive point-forward the likes we haven't seen since Magic Johnson. But he needs to mature as a person first. (Hopefully a year of eating crow will do it. If not, then he'll be the next Starbury.)


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Prime Minister David Cameron is to be the guest of honour at the annual Conservative Friends of Israel dinner in London on December 6.
This may be an opportunity for Mr Cameron to mend fences with the community after he criticised Israel's behaviour during his visit to Turkey in July.
Mr Cameron described the Israeli assault on a Turkish flotilla blockade-breaking vessel as "completely unacceptable" and said that Gaza "cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp". He came in for criticism from both inside and outside the Conservative Party, including new Tory MP Robert Halfon, former party treasurer Lord Kalms and CFI director Stuart Polak.
It will be Mr Cameron's first appearance at a communal event since he entered Number 10.


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Museum fundraiser; 'Fondy Soulbration' market; 'Walk, Run and Wag' 5K
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Milwaukee's historic house museums are offering patrons a seat at their annual fundraising event Wednesday. And, afterward — guests can take the chairs with them. The Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum and the Charles Allis Art Museum have been blessed with chairs — or artistic riffs on chairs — created by local artists for this auction at 6 p.m. at the Villa Terrace. The seats range from an old easy chair dressed as a cozy grandmother to a pew made from doors to a partial-chair that's now totally sculptural. Other seats for auction are ones at theatrical productions, sporting events or a table in a local fine dining establishment. The evening also features live music, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $25. Making a reservation would be appreciated and can be done by calling Ann Steinbach at (414) 278-8295 Ext. 5, but it isn't mandatory. Visit www.charlesallis.org/cavtgalleryofchairs.html »Read Full Article
Lady Antebellum headlining Wisconsin State Fair Aug. 9
The Wisconsin State Fair has locked in Lady Antebellum for Aug. 9, the fair's first main stage headliner to be announced for 2014.
The country-pop act has come a long way since an early morning gig at the Mayfield Mobil gas station in Richfield. Winning record and song of the year Grammys in 2011 for its smash breakthrough single "Need You Now," on top of many other awards in the past few years, the trio of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood saw its last three albums at the top of the Billboard charts, with 13 million digital singles to date sold in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Included in that tally is the playful hit "Downtown," the lead single off the band's latest studio album, "Golden," released last May. An opening act has yet to be announced. »Read Full Article
New DVD releases January 28
RUSH (Universal) Ron Howard's fact-based tale set in the 1970s world of Formula One auto racing isn't just for gearheads. It's also a look at the rivalry of two wildly different drivers — a buttoned-down and unlikable perfectionist played by Daniel Brühl, and a glamorous and handsome playboy played by Chris Hemsworth — who reject each other's lifestyle but develop grudging respect for each other's driving skills. (R; sex, nudity, language, drug use, intense scenes) ★★★1/2 »Read Full Article
Milwaukee movies off the grid: Jan. 24-30
A quick look at alternative movie offerings in town:
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"American Psycho": Christian Bale kills with style in the 2000 dark comic thriller. Midnight Friday. $5. »Read Full Article
Longer format lets WMSE's 'Local/Live' listeners get to know Milwaukee bands
It was the third time that the West Bend-based Americana act Blessed Feathers had been live on WMSE-FM (91.7). But the experience was definitely different.
In previous years, the station's "Local/Live" program ran a half-hour, largely consisting of live in-studio performances from Milwaukee bands, with about five minutes to spare for an interview. »Read Full Article
Oscar watch: Where to see this year's Academy Award-nominated movies
Time to start catching up on movies to fill out your Academy Awards brackets.
Most of this year's contenders are available, either still in theaters or available digitally. Sometimes you can see a bunch of them in a bunch: Marcus Theatres and AMC Theatres, for example, are both showing all nine best picture nominees in nightlong programs set for Feb. 22 and March 1. See their respective websites — marcustheatres.com and amctheatres.com — for details. »Read Full Article
This week's concerts
LORD HURON »Read Full Article
25 local acts headed to South by Southwest for Milwaukee showcase
Pop-rock band Vic and Gab, alt-country act Hugh Bob and the Hustle, and rapper Klassik are among the 25 local artists playing a 15-hour Milwaukee showcase in Austin, Texas, during the music portion of South by Southwest this March.
The massive music festival and conference attracts thousands of bands from all over the world for official and unofficial showcases, in pursuit of media exposure and potentially lucrative connections with managers, booking agents, publicists and record label representatives. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee taps into bounty of new craft breweries in area
Seven new craft breweries opened in late 2013 or plan to open this year.
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Lots Schmunks ...
I am stuiffed...is it bed time yet........
I am on holiday tomorrow for a few days and have seemed to have forgotten to prepare for it
uniforms..... Hope......you are too generous....i haven't ironed for my kids in years...hurts my back./thats my excuse.....
I'm only going about 20 miles away in the beacons but it is local just incase my mother is ill and it was a cheap groupon deal
TMW......that is brilliant.so many on the wing are doing well......
Well done that chav!Its almost time for me to log off and bog off, I shall be glad to get home ... i've been here so long I have forgotten where I parked the car
1 stone, that's fantastic TMW! Glad you've had a good day.
thanks all
There'll be nothing left of any Wingers at this rate! Skillz TMW
Risking getting shot by Meldy for posting but I'm up late and will go to bed now, straight away.
It was lovely to see TMW today and you can really see the weight loss. Well done and keep at it. We had a very pleasant run (you're not as slow as you think you are!) and took in a few Bristol landmarks.
Swam this morning, biked yesterday, back to work tomorrow *sigh*.
Have a super time on your few days away, Seren.
Congratulations, Cas. I shall commence knitting shortly and hopefully should have a little layette done in time for the birth.
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There have been several posts in this forum which mention that jet aircraft normally fly with a few degrees of Nose Up angle of attack (AOA), in order to maintain level flight.
Recently a member asked about why some airliner's engines are angled downward a few degrees in comparison to the airliner's fuselage centerline (longitudinal axis). It was explained to him that the reason for this was because most jet aircraft fly with a few degrees of "positive deck angle" (nose up pitch), while in level flight, so the downward angled engines are better aligned with the relative airflow while cruising enroute.
My question is ......
Is this photo of a 737-7 a good representation of the nose up pitch angle that jet airliners use (a least the 737), while cruising in level flight? Or is this 737 actually climbing?
I suspect that this 737 is in a slow rate of climb with that angle of attack, however, I also suspect that an airliner's AOA probably increases with higher altitudes in order to maintain level flight because of the thinner air creating less lift. So, I'm not sure if she's climbing or not.
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By Kelli Steele, Delaware 105.9 3:01pm, October 31, 2013What started as a challenge in 1986 has turned into an epic, world-class competition drawing hurlers and mega crowds from miles around - even overseas.
The 2013 World Championship Punkin Chunkin kicks off Friday morning in Bridgeville.
For three days, engineers, both serious and home grown, bring their huge contraptions and give it all they've got to chunk their 8- to 10-pound pumpkin as far as it can go.
Event Organizer Frank Shade says an international machine has arrived for this year's competition.
"We have a machine from New South Wales in Australia that is going to be competing this year," Shade says.
Shade says there is a packed schedule every day, starting Friday at 8 a.m.
"We'll party right on through until about 7 or 8 o'clock Sunday night. The entertainment stage has a packed schedule full of entertainment coming on. The Myth Busters are going to be back. We have a few other celebrities that are going to be there," Shade says.
The Chunk runs from Friday through Sunday at Royal Farms in Bridgeville - rain or shine.
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Splendor In The Bra Cups!
Katerina Hartlova aka Katarina and Klaudia Hot
Splendor In The Bra Cups!
So much happens here! Katarina blows David. Then Katarina lays on a table and gets licked and fingered by David while Klaudia sucks Kat's 34DDs. Then David fucks Katarina but Klaudia sucks his meat when he slides it out momentarily from Katarina's quim. Katarina rides David's dong cowgirl-style while Klaudia sucks her nips. Then David sucks Klaudia's nubs while Katarina throats his pecker. She looks over at us, maybe to make sure we're jacking off like crazy at her antics, especially when she starts tit-fucking this perfect example of Man In The Right Place At The Right Time!!
The threesome moves to the scarlet-carpeted floor, where Davey bangs Klaudia. Then Katarina sucks David to prepare his prick for some cowgirl action from Klaudia. The girls kiss as Katarina sits on David's face as Klaudia fucks him. We get magnificent shots of Katarina's tits as she presses them together between her upper arms as she holds Klaudia's butt while the newcomer rides David. Katarina gets it doggie style a few moments later from the gent. See what we mean when we say "so much happens"? And of course it concludes with lots of cum between Kat's cleavage, which Klaudia gets to play with. Phenomenal scene--don't miss it!!


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Recollections of John Singer Sargent, 1973-1983
Kamp, Anton, b. 1898 d. 1984
Artists' model
Active in N.Y.
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Typescript: 30 p.
Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (45 min.)
Collection Summary: A typescript, "John Singer Sargent as I Remember Him," 1973 Feb. 23; and an interview of Kamp conducted by Barbara Buff, 1983 Mar. 11. Kamp recalls modelling for Sargent.
Donated 1983 by Anton Kamp via Barbara Buff. Photocopied typescript was discarded after microfilming.
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Mustafa Elogbi, 60, a U.S. citizen of Libyan origins, poses for pictures with children from a refugee camp during a visit to Libya in 2011.
Remember Jamal Tarhuni, the U.S. businessman whom msnbc.com reported on last week because he was denied boarding on his flight home from North Africa and summoned to the U.S. Embassy for questioning by the FBI? It turns out a second American is in the same security limbo in Tripoli — also a Libyan-born businessman from Portland, Oregon. In some ways, the story of Mustafa Elogbi, 60, is even more harrowing.
Now both are in limbo in Tripoli, saying they don't know why they were targeted, nor whether they will be allowed to proceed home.
"My husband has been traveling (to Libya) for the last three years, regularly," Elogbi's wife, Annie Petrossian, said in a phone interview from Portland. "Now suddenly the regime changes in Libya, and it becomes an issue. How come it was not an issue just three months ago before the regime changed in Libya? And now it became a problem?"
The secrecy that surrounds security investigations makes them extremely difficult to assail. But civil rights activists say these cases suggest a troubling pattern — or two of them — that the federal government should address.
The nonprofit Muslim civil rights group Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for the Department of Justice to investigate "a pattern of unconstitutional activity emanating from the FBI's Field Office in Portland."
The Libyan League for Human Rights says it is looking into a pattern "of American citizens of Libyan descent who traveled to Libya during the revolution (and) have been detained and interrogated by the FBI, TSA, and CBP in recent months …. The individuals in question were asked about their activities in Libya as well as their political and religious leanings."
Elogbi, like Tarhuni, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and longtime Portland resident. He first came to the United States as a student in the 1970s. Elogbi met and married his wife in Portland, and they have raised five children there, while running a small retail business.
US aid worker: US bars my return
A few years ago, toward the end of the decades-long dictatorship of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, when Washington and Tripoli improved ties, Elogbi finally returned to Libya to visit family, Petrossian said.
"It was his father (in Libya) who was always saying, 'Don't come back, don't come back, there are no rights here,'" said Petrossian. "It had been about 30 years since he had been to Libya before he went to visit."
During the revolution to topple Gadhafi in 2011, Elogbi got involved in humanitarian work in Libya, traveling there several times over the past year, visiting hospitals and refugee camps.
UK officials and 'Brian' from Portland
This time, Elogbi boarded a flight from Tunisia to London on Jan. 8 after spending more than two months in Libya. He planned to spend a one-night layover with relatives in London before flying to Portland.
But when Elogbi stepped off the plane at London's Heathrow Airport, he was met by four British agents who told him to hand over his passport and cell phone.
"They said, 'The order is coming from your own home country,'" said Petrossian.
He then spent several hours being detained, questioned, photographed and searched. The UK asked him questions about what he was doing in Libya, the whereabouts of his siblings in and outside Libya, and with whom he spent time on his last day in Libya. Petrossian said the last day of her husband's trip happened to overlap with that of a friend from Portland, so they spent it together. Security officials wanted to know that man's job.
"(The officials) said that they weren't going to let him fly back to the U.S., and that protocol was that he was to be sent back to Tunisia," she said.
Elogbi reportedly spent three days locked up in Colnbrooks— an immigration removal center near Heathrow Airport — before he was put on a flight back to Tunis.
"They transported him in the back of a truck; it was nighttime and it was a very frightening situation," said Petrossian. "He was being treated … like some sort of a criminal. It was really, really traumatizing. … He was stripped of his rights. It was horrific."
From Tunis, Elogbi returned to Tripoli to be with relatives, and has remained there since. When someone who identified himself only as "Brian" repeatedly called Elogbi on his cell phone saying he wanted to interview Elogbi, and that he should go to the embassy in Tunisia, he refused.
It later became clear that Brian was an agent from the FBI field office in Portland — one of three agents who had flown in to question him and Tarhuni.
Elogbi did not go to Tunis, about a one-hour flight from Tripoli, for what was being billed as an interview.
"He wasn't well enough to travel," according to Petrossian, who said her husband had a bad case of bronchitis. "And he wondered why he should be interviewed by the FBI outside the United States … and why they would send three agents across the world to see him. Interesting. My husband is somebody who is always available when he's in Portland."
Muslim travelers say they're still saddled with 9/11 baggage
Is mosque the nexus?
The lack of information on these cases and others like them has the families, civil rights advocates and lawyers grasping for an explanation.
For Portland Muslims, it's easy to characterize the Tarhuni and Elogbi cases as an extension of FBI focus on their community, and on the As-Saber Mosque, where many of them worship, in particular.
Lina Tarhuni, 23, subscribes to this theory to help explain her father's ordeal.
"(The FBI) is running into a dead wall. … They just want to find just one person so they can say look we caught a bad guy … went to this mosque. They have no more information here … now the only way to do it, is by saying that we need to tap into people who are traveling."
Some of the Portland Seven, who were indicted in 2001 on allegations that they were plotting to work with al-Qaida and wage war against the United States, had attended As-Saber.
Another terrorism suspect, "Christmas Tree bomber" Mohamud Osman Mohamud, was known to pray at the mosque.
The FBI tracked Mohamud, a Somali-American teenager, for several years and then swooped in and arrested him when, at 19, he allegedly tried to detonate a bomb at a crowded Christmas tree lighting event in Portland on November 2010. The bomb was a fake provided by an FBI undercover agent posing as a member of a ring of Islamist extremists.
When the case goes to trial in April the prosecution is expected to lay out Mohamud's alleged efforts to contact al-Qaida and his radical beliefs. The defense will argue that the FBI used entrapment to net the young Mohamud.
Another As-Saber worshipper is Brandon Mayfield, a Portland attorney whom the FBI erroneously linked to a 2004 bombing in Spain that killed 191 people. Mayfield, a convert to Islam, was held as a material witness in a Portland detention center for two weeks without charges on the chance that he might have information about the bombings. Ultimately, a court dismissed the case, and the FBI apologized and admitted to faulty fingerprinting.
Michael Migliore, a Muslim convert who attended the mosque, found he was — apparently — on the government's no-fly list when he tried to leave Portland to visit his mother in Italy. Migliore took a train to the East coast, then boarded a cruise ship to London, because he could not fly. Even then he was questioned by British authorities and detained for about 10 hours before being allowed to travel on.
The FBI is cornering subjects like Elogbi and Tarhuni overseas, where they are under pressure to talk without legal counsel or become informants because their passage home is at stake, according to Gadeir Abbas, a staff attorney for CAIR who has worked on many no-fly cases.
"It's a way to get consent to an FBI interrogation that otherwise would not be forthcoming," said Abbas, who has had dozens of cases involving Muslim Americans who were detained and questioned overseas and, in a number of cases, denied the right to fly home to the United States.
Interrogating by proxy sometimes also has advantages for U.S. investigators, he said.
"In this case, British customs officials have been enlisted to do what the FBI would not be allowed to do in the United States — to detain Mr. Elogbi without due process and to intimidate him into giving up his constitutional right to silence," he argued.
Are Libyan Americans a new target?
There may be another trend represented by Tarhuni and Elogbi's plight, according to Yasmeen Ar-Rayani, the North American spokeswoman of the Libyan League for Human Rights.
"I think the tactic that CAIR is highlighting is most likely being employed here," said Ar-Rayani. "But the motives they have for employing it are different than in other cases."
"The U.S. has a real strategic interest in controlling the outcome of the Libyan revolution. One way of exerting that control is to find ways of intimidating problematic people in the community … or to infiltrate these problematic circles with informants."
After Tarhuni's daughter posted his plight on line two weeks ago, the human rights league started receiving reports from other Libyan Americans of seemingly similar encounters with security officials in recent months — at borders, some when visited by agents in their homes, and some where the subject was prohibited from flying. They are exploring about 15 complaints to see if they support a strong hunch.
Initially, at least, Ar-Rayani says questioning seems to focus on the political affiliations, contacts and religious persuasions: With whom did they spend time with in Libya, where are their siblings, what role did they play in the revolution, did they have contact with Islamist parties or extremist groups such as al-Qaida, did they have contact with or see the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya?
Testing the water
Elogbi and Tarhuni have booked new tickets and are scheduled to board a flight back to the United States on Feb. 13, arriving in Portland on Feb. 14. Their Portland attorney, Tom Nelson, is traveling to the region so he can accompany them on the flight.
The two men do not know whether they are included on the U.S. government's secret no-fly list. As per government security policy, the FBI will not confirm or deny it.
The FBI field office in Portland also declined comment on the case involving the Portland men.
Thus they do not know if they will be prevented from boarding in Tunis, or in Paris or Amsterdam, where they change planes. They say that Mike Sweeney, consul at the U.S. Embassy, in Tunis told them, to go ahead and book their flights home, making sure to inform of their itinerary.
Sweeney responded last week that he could not comment on the cases of Tarhuni or Elogbi, out of privacy concerns. He did not respond to further queries about the travel status for the two men.
They do not know if they face FBI questioning if they get to Portland, nor whether they will be barred from further air travel, said Petrossian, Elogbi's wife.
"I don't know what to expect until they are on that very last flight," she said. "Even when they land here, what is going to happen next? We really don't know what to expect."
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Oscar Bluemner letter to John Davis Hatch, 1935 Oct. 26
Physical Details: Letter : 1 p. : handwritten ; 29 x 22 cm.
Sender: Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938)
Recipient: John Davis Hatch (1907-1996)
Description: Bluemner discusses politics and his application for government funding, as well as a painting that he sent to the Worcester Museum Biennial.
Forms part of: John Davis Hatch papers, 1790-1995
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Oscar Bluemner letter to John Davis Hatch, 1935 Oct. 26. John Davis Hatch papers, 1790-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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The first Rites of Eleusis was held at Caxton Hall last night by the mystical society of which Mr. Crowley (of the "Equinox") is the chief. It was the rite of Saturn. The rites of Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus, Mercury, and Luna follow on successive Wednesdays, and unless a more cheerful tone is imparted than Saturn gave, the people who have paid five guineas for the whole lot will have committed suicide before they reach Luna.
The "Leader" worshipper, sneezing through a fog of incense, entered the temple of Saturn, which was lit by one feeble blue light. Most of the ritual was held in total darkness, though once there was a methylated spirit fire, which betrayed an audience of ladies and gentlemen in evening dress, sitting most uncomfortably on very low bamboo stools.
After a litany of lamentation, the lights went out. After that it was all lamentation - though once there was a jolly interval when a traitor in the temple was discovered, and slain, howling bitterly. The ritual is totally an appeal to Saturn to explain the riddle of the universe. He explains it, "Death." "There is no God." "There is nothing behind the Veil but a pinch of dust."
In the end, the veil is rent asunder, and the Master of the Temple is found dead, having recited, "O melancholy brothers, dark, dark, dark !" and committed suicide.
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Enfants Terribles: Live At The Blue Note
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Even by the high standards alto great Lee Konitz has set for spontaneously remaking songs we've heard a million times, this beautifully recorded live performance is brimming with invention and surprise. Much of that owes to the interplay between Konitz and guitarist Bill Frisell, whose framing or extension of the alto saxophonist's spare inventions with sun-streaked chords and floating single-note lines is a delight.
But this leaderless (and, notably, piano-less) quartet also thrives as a cohesive whole, spreading out in the open field with its spatially minded takes on such classics as "I'll Remember April" and "Body and Soul." Breaking down into duos and trios, the musicians rarely indulge in anything so mainstream as comping, establishing fresh parameters while basking in their familiarity with each other. (You get a real sense of mutual engagement here, something you didn't always get on Konitz's recent Live at Birdland summit with Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.)
Baron's contribution shouldn't be overlooked. His remarkable touch and exceptional range are in full evidence, whether he's dropping depth charges behind Konitz's Ornette-like opening notes on "What Is This Thing Called Love?" or changing the atmosphere of "Stella by Starlight" with his flat-textured strokes. Peacock's lyrical power is felt throughout. There is a youthful quality to the playing, and plenty of humor. "Enfants" Konitz and company are not, but "terrible"—in spirit, you bet.


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Mafia Stories 2
Published on February 1, 2014. Played 208 times. Editors' rating 2.0
Mafia Stories 2 is the sequel of fun action-adventure game with simple pixel graphics. The story is: Newspapers just wrote the stories about the sad ending of the Mafia boss Don and now you are called to take revenge. Your mission is to find out who killed the head of the mob.
Use Arrows or WASD to Move, Mouse to Shoot and Interact, F to Attack, Space to Change Weapon.


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There will be presents under Rose O'Carroll's Christmas tree this year.
The owner of Rose's Wheat Free Bakery and Cafe in Evanston struck an 11th-hour deal Saturday with Camping World and Good Sam CEO Marcus Lemonis to keep open the struggling confectionery. The gluten-free shop was slated to close Christmas Eve unless it raised more than $100,000, which would have resuscitated it through March.


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Suppose that X and Y are independent Poisson random variables with parameters
and μ respectively. Find P(X+Y=n).
My attempt so far:
I use the fact that P(X=k,Y=m)=P(X=k)P(Y=m) because of independence. I then set about finding this probability when k+m=n but my solution still ends up with k's in it. Any thoughts?
You have to sum through all the possibilities, but it's easier to use moment generating functions to
compute that the sum is a Poisson with mean MOO + Lambda.
IF you must sum, then...
insert the Poisson dsitributions and play with the algebra.
This can be found in many books, but I'd go with the MGFs.
It's really easy using the binomial...
It took 30 seconds, IF you know its a Poisson that is.
Next pull out the exponential and multiply and divide by n!


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In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparators against Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from severe infections in Italy
Abstract number: 1734_17
Mezzatesta M., Trovato M., Nicolosi V., Nicolosi D., Nicoletti G., Cassone A., Fadda G., Schito G., Stefani S.
Objectives: In a recent multi-centre survey (20032004), conducted in 45 laboratories throughout Italy with the aim of monitoring microrganisms responsible for severe infections and their antibiotic resistance, Acinetobacter baumannii was isolated from the ICU of 12 centres as the third most frequent pathogen. Due to the increasing importance of this microrganism in hospital epidemiology, which is partly due to its success in acquiring resistance to carbapenem or showing a multi-drug-resistance (MDR) phenotype, it is mandatory to look at the activity of new antimicrobial agents.
Methods: Included in the study were 88 clinically significant strains of A. baumannii. Tigecycline and comparators were tested by MICs following the CLSI guidelines. For the carbapenem resistant strains, a preliminary phenotypic screening for the presence of metallo-enzymes (MBL) was performed by Etest, and PCR was used to investigate the presence of blaOXA, blaIMP and blaVIM genes. PFGE was performed to test clonality.
Results:A. baumannii was a frequent cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and bacteraemia. Resistance to ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin and aztreonam was widespread in almost 90% of strains; resistance to imipenem was 51% and resistance to meropenem was 64%, amikacin and gentamicin were active against 30% of strains and colistin was very active.
Tigecycline had a MIC90 value of 2 mg/L and our strains showed a unimodal distribution of susceptibility, demonstrating that this new drug is more active than other tetracyclines. Among the 45 imipenem-resistant isolates (MIC gt; 16 mg/L) only 17 strains showed a reduction in the imipenem MIC with EDTA indicating MBL activity, but no PCR products for blaIMP and blaVIM were obtained from the strains analysed. Further studies are in progress for the characterisation of the blaOXA resistance determinants. PFGE analyses showed the existence of a multiresistant A. baumannii clone, widespread in different hospitals.
Conclusion: In conclusion, tigecycline showed a potent activity against the MDR A. baumannii strains maintaining the same MIC90 of 2 mg/L against the majority of carbapenem-resistant strains. The use of additional molecular techniques to fingerprint isolates will provide further information on these clinically important MDR A. baumannii.
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I have attended, or helped to throw, many many bachelorette parties. And they've been pretty darn fun if you ask me. I've gotten it down to a science at this point.
My latest Tablespoon post was full of ideas and recipes for throwing one.
Check it out here.
The perfect bachelorette party has a few key elements. These can be tailored to any group of girls…adjust this list to an at-home party vs a night out on the town, a nonalcoholic party vs a boozy bash, etc.
Here is my recipe for the perfect bachelorette party:
1. Fun food and drinks
Millions of appetizer and drink recipes here. Great place to start your planning.
2. Something fun for the bachelorette to wear
You want her to stand out! My favorite simple, non-embarrassing ensemble involves a feather boa & tiara.
Though you can go the traditional route and have her don a veil. (We decorated this one with some colorful fabric flowers.)
Or an embarrassing handmade t-shirt. 😉 (All in good fun of course!)
3. A little game
This post explains my favorite bachelorette party game.
4. Dancing!
5. Party Favors
My favorite? Ring Pops! Fun and easy.
And that's it!
Here's 2 bachelorette parties I've shared here in the past that had all the necessary elements: (check them out if you haven't seen them already!)
Since I've been all about disclosure lately… here's a picture from own (a million years ago).
Yes, my friends made me wear this embarrassing shirt around Las Vegas. (I cannot believe I am sharing this!)
Happy Friday Everyone!


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Lauren E. Carpenter, M.D.
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Career Interests: I enjoy providing care to patients with complex medical illnesses as a geriatrician and palliative care physician. Some of the most rewarding aspects of my role are providing patient-centered care, facilitating difficult conversations, and working with interdisciplinary care teams. At the VA, I provide care to veterans in outpatient clinics, the inpatient hospital, and a subacute nursing facility. I enjoy teaching medical students, residents, and fellows and working on curriculum development.
Education and Training:
College: 2000, University of California, Davis
Medical School: 2009, University of California, San Francisco
Residency: 2009-2012, Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track, University of Washington
Fellowship: 2012-2013, Geriatric Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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I've struggled with my weight all my life. It stinks. It's no fun. Over the last 6 months I've come across some conversations about Shaklee180. I hadn't the foggiest as to what it was. Last March when I was in San Jose, CA with the EBAY Parent Panel, a fellow blogger, Sommer Poquette (greenandcleanmom.org), responded to a compliment about how great she looked and instantly explained how she's been doing Shaklee and had lost around 30 lbs! Then I remember Jackie Cross (WithJustABitOfMagic.com) and member of a blogger Facebook group that I belong to, posting stuff about Shaklee last fall. Again, I thought, what on Earth is this Shaklee thing? Finally I remember Jennifer Spink (OneMomsWorld.com) mentioning something about how she was loving Shaklee when we were on our cruise press trip in December. I nodded my head and smiled, because I still didn't know what it was.
The Final Sign on Facebook
A few weeks later I saw a Facebook status posted by Sommer about joining the Shaklee180™ Team! Ok, enough was enough. I needed to see what it was all about. I watched the following video and proceeded to apply! I had to, who wouldn't!
Mid January I learned that I had been accepted as one of only 90 Shaklee180™ Bloggers! Over the next 6 months I would follow Shaklee180™ Turnaround! I'm now in my 5th week in the program and am so happy – even with my rotten twisted ankle that allows me to only walk for a month, I've lost a few pounds and my clothes is already fitting far better. Best compliment actually came from my cleaning lady at the end of week 4, who I hadn't seen since I started. When she came to the house that Saturday she exclaimed, "¡Wow, Caroline has perdido! ¡Mira eso!" Translates to: Wow, Caroline you've lost (weight!) Look at that! Those are the best compliments EVER!
How I'm Starting
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Crew, MLS Assessing Higuain Passport Charges
The Columbus Dispatch - July 02, 2013 04:15 PM
The Crew is working with Major League Soccer to determine the validity of reports from Argentina that designated player Federico Higuain is facing charges of passport falsification, a team official confirmed this afternoon.
According to several news reports, Higuain and 32 other soccer players from Argentina are being investigated for falsifying documents allowing them to play European soccer. Higuain spent part of the 2007 season playing for Turkey's Besiktas before being loaned to Club America of the Mexican Primera league, where he finished out the season before returning to his native Argentina.
The Crew is in the fact-gathering stage along with the league, the spokesperson said, and is taking the allegations seriously. There is no timetable for the investigation, but for now Higuain's status with the Crew has not been affected.
Higuain, 28, signed with the Crew last summer as the third designated player in club history and has recorded 10 goals and 11 assists in 30 games including 28 starts. He is the captain of this year's club.


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First-team coach Michael Stone admits that he is facing the biggest challenge of his career with strugglers Barnet.
Stone, 32, has been retained by the club who sacked manager Mark Stimson following the 2-1 defeat at home to Aldershot on New Year's day.
The Bees lie bottom of the table with 19 points from 23 games and Stone will now work alongside caretaker-manager Paul Fairclough and continue
his role with individual player
Stone said: "We didn't expect to be in this position going into the new year. It's never nice to see someone get sacked but at the same time, Paul was the person responsible for bringing me to the club so I'm trying to look forward, not back.
"It's up to Paul and myself to get the team up for the challenge. We're working harder than ever to ensure that we get more points.
"It's definitely the biggest challenge of my career but I'm right in the thick of things which I enjoy. It's during these tough periods that you build up your mechanisms to deal with the pressure and I'm enjoying the challenge."
Stone joined the club last summer when he and Stimson attempted to rebuild the squad with only four players retained. A poor run has seen them record only five league victories all season but Stone is urging fans to stay behind the team.
"Now we have a squad," he said. "We need to find consistency of performance. The message to supporters is don't panic. The team needs them now more than ever. We're in for a run of tough games but I'm confident that we will be OK if we can add to the squad. We are doing everything we possibly can behind the scenes.
"The challenge now is to see how we can climb the table and to see who we can bring in during the transfer window."


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Indian Energy Tribal Summit with American Indian and Alaska Native leaders kicks off this morning in Arlington, Virginia, with welcoming remarks from ARPA-E Director and Senior Advisor to the Secretary Arun Majumdar, National Nuclear Security Administration Principal Deputy Administrator Neile Miller, and Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Tracey LeBeau.
You can watch a livestream of their talks below, from approximately 9:30 to 10 AM ET today.
And then check back again tomorrow for a livestream of all of Thursday's events (pdf), from 9 AM to 5 PM ET. (The stream works best when viewed in the browser Firefox.)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011:
Thurday, May 5, 2011:
Secretary Chu has invited the leadership of all 565 federally recognized tribes, as well as national and regional tribal organizations to attend the summit.
Thursday's speakers include Secretary Chu, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, White House Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Kim Teehee.
If you have any questions for Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs Tracey LeBeau, or anyone else in the program, please send them to email@example.com and we'll do our best to get them answered during or after the event.


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In Anne McCaffrey's No One Noticed the Cat, young Prince Jamas is just about to take his place on the throne when his regent, the magician Mangan, dies. Mangan has left behind his cat, Niffy who take a liking to the prince. Eventually Jamas come to trust the cat and even seek out his advice on matters of state, as well as well as whom to marry. Although many find his reliance on Niffy a bit odd, it proves valuable when an ambitious queen threatens his life.
em>No One Noticed the Cat is a cute little fairy tale and at just over 100 pages long it's a quick read. This book captures the wonder of a children's tale with a villainous queen, a gallant prince and a happy ending. Although the plot is somewhat predictable and the ending is obvious, the writing carries the story. In addition to the convincing world McCaffrey creates, she has done a wonderful job of illustrating the nature of cats in Niffy's behaviors and mannerisms.
My Recommendation
No On Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey is a nice tale for both children and adults. This title would make a great addition to any fantasy collection and like any good fairytale this story is fun to reread every now and then. I recommend picking up you own copy (or at least borrowing one from the library) and finding out for yourself.
No One Noticed The Cat by Anne McCaffrey
Published by Wildside Press
160 pages
No One Noticed the Cat is available at Amazon.com
I borrowed a copy of No One Noticed the Cat from the library


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A federal magistrate judge has ruled that Idaho's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote in the ruling Tuesday evening that Idaho's laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutionally deny gay and lesbian citizens of their fundamental right to marry.
Dale says marriage works a fundamental change on the lives of all who experience it, and holds immense personal and spiritual significance. She says Idaho's laws wrongly stigmatize gay and lesbian couples and relegate their families to second-class status without sufficient reason.
Gov. Butch Otter issued the following statement shortly after the ruling:
"In 2006, the people of Idaho exercised their fundamental right, reaffirming that marriage is the union of a man and a woman. Today's decision, while disappointing, is a small setback in a long-term battle that will end at the U.S. Supreme Court. I am firmly committed to upholding the will of the people and defending our Constitution."


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Marketing strategies keep changing; and it should. As Internet became equally influential as print media and television, people changed their marketing strategies and started promoting products, services, brands online. Though Internet penetration in India started quite a few years ago; Indian brands were not that active online until recently. In spite of having all the qualities to lead the organic results, many Indian brands are still lacking online visibility. They can actually enjoy good returns from Google's recent algorithm updates if they make an effort to use it to their advantage. Google keeps on changing its algorithm to offer better search experience. The latest Google updates, Penguin and Panda updates, created a lot of buzz in the market, especially among the SEO people. As the easy techniques stopped working any further most of them stood up against the updates, except a few . A lot of people blamed Google for making it difficult to rank organically; when the truth was, Google took a step to improve the search experience. The new algorithm actually favors authoritative, informative and popular websites. Perfect for large companies and popular brands; with huge clientele, strong local presence and significant amount of knowledge, big brands can easily win the rank game. Information, Social and Local are the areas to focus now. If you provide informative content, if people talk about you, if your readers share your content – you are the winner; you can enjoy greater chances to rank high in the search engines. A small or new company may struggle to achieve this but larger companies can leverage their existing reputation and work on these areas and improve online visibility. But why these three things are important? Simple; they bring you to the level where Google wants you to be. Google wants to offer better search experience to their users; if you are doing something that is in line with Google's objective, you are covered. Information: Internet is primarily a source of information. Hence, websites offering informative content will get preference. With years of experience and knowledgeable industry leaders on board, large companies can easily offer exclusive information. Now the question is how to evaluate the quality of content? How search engines can understand if the information is authentic? Authorship can help; social is a major player too. Social Signal: If you offer accurate and helpful information, people will share it. Social signal plays an important role here. Website owners need to reach out to as many people as possible through social media. Creative social media campaigns can really be a game changer. The distance between SEO and Social Media activities is getting shorter by day. Social media is not only used for branding or affiliate marketing any more; it has started taking a major role in direct match marketing, which means, reaching out to the audience who are looking for what you offer. Local Presence: Search engines show highly localized results now. It not only depends on the user's IP or search terms; many other factors are there. Websites with a strong local presence and mentions within local groups, directories etc. have higher chances to show up. As the web converges into mobile devices, this part will become more important. Now is the time to see how Indian brands make the best out of it. Non-tech brands were not the early adopters of Internet marketing strategies in the country but many large companies from different sectors have started pushing their brands through Internet of late. Along with Social Media, recent Google updates can help them get long term and more stable returns . Right time for the Indian brands to think over the marketing mix they are following. Image Courtesy | varnmedia Looking For A Social Media Agency?? – Contact WATConsult – India's Leading Social Media Agency
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Figgy Fest, which Ace of Cups hopes to establish as a Christmas tradition, could be considered A Not So Silent Night's rowdier cousin — the "Bad Santa" to the Lincoln Theatre event's more-traditional "It's a Wonderful Life," if you will. The boozy affair features groups like Figgy & the Scrooges, The Dirty Krampus Biscuits and Mistletones bashing through raucous, punk-leaning takes on Christmas classics. Rudolph, quite possibly the ultimate Christmas outsider, would totally dig this event.
Also performing are Ebeneezer Booze, Placenta Clause & The Human Santapede and Windowless Salvation Army Van, and there will be Christmas-themed karaoke with Parker Paul before, between and after the bands. The suggested donation is $5 at the door, and all proceeds from the event will be donated to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.
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Like most folks, Labor Day for me represents the last fling of summer.
I did my flinging on Seneca Lake on Monday, as Carol and I traveled up to Lodi Point State Park to see if the fish were also in a celebratory mood.
As it turns out, only a few were. We weren't there more than 20 minutes before a smallmouth bass slammed my Senko plastic worm.
Only a few minutes later, Carol landed another bronzeback with a nightcrawler.
I thought we were off to a good start, but unfortunately we only had a few more sporadic hits after that.
The good news is the expected thunderstorms never materialized, except for a brief period when skies to the north of us darkened and we took shelter briefly while some thunder rumbled in the distance. But we never had a drop of rain.
We also had a nice picnic, and even if the fishing wasn't superb, it was still a good sendoff to summer.
I'll still be doing a lot of fishing in the coming weeks, but my thinking will also start turning more and more to hunting season. The leaves are already showing signs of change.


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How Long Will Intel's Acquisition Binge Continue?
5. McAfee goes away
Just as likely as it is that Intel does little with McAfee, the company might decide to absorb the security firm altogether. For now, it's saying that McAfee will remain a separate entity, but as past technology acquisitions have shown, that's not always the case. Depending on Intel's goals and how it plans to accomplish them, the chip maker might decide to simply pick the aspects of McAfee's business that it cares about, and let the others die. All the while, the McAfee name could go the way of the Dodo.
6. Intel slows down its acquisition craze
As Intel noted in the press release detailing its McAfee purchase, it has been on an acquisition spree as of late. In fact, the company said that it has recently acquired companies in several different markets, including "gaming, visual computing, embedded device and machine software, and now security." Considering how much it paid for McAfee, look for Intel to slow down its acquisitions.
7. Uncertainty in the desktop-security market
The desktop-security market is still the foundation of McAfee's operation. But with Intel now taking the lead, it's possible that consumers and enterprise customers will be loath to acquire new McAfee software until they know that the security firm is fully invested in that space. Prior to the acquisition, McAfee had stated goals. Now, Intel has different goals. That could have a direct impact on desktop security. And given how important it is for consumers and especially enterprise customers to safeguard data, it could be enough to send some customers elsewhere.
8. Intel loses its way
With Intel acquiring McAfee, some might already be wondering what the company was thinking about. After all, it makes processors and now, it's trying to get into the security business. Depending on how Intel manages McAfee, the company might lose its way. It might get caught up in security to the detriment of its chip operation. It might also get distracted by the many other firms it acquired. Intel is big and it's successful, but that doesn't mean a major acquisition can't derail its vision.
9. AMD buys a security company
Although the focus of the McAfee acquisition revolves around Intel's vision, it's important to not forget that AMD is still a major player in the chip market. And due to Intel's acquisition of McAfee, it's possible that AMD will follow suit and acquire a security firm of its own. Given its recent financial woes, it likely won't be able to afford a major firm such as Symantec, but it's possible that it picks up a smaller company. Intel's McAfee acquisition puts AMD on notice: the future is in security.
10. Consolidation in the security market
If (or perhaps, when) AMD acquires a security firm, look for smaller companies to start banding together. In some markets, when a major acquisition is made and a huge firm looms, smaller companies attempt to bolster their services by buying other, even smaller companies. That doesn't necessarily mean that the security market will consolidate, but that possibility seems more likely than ever. In a few years, it's possible that just a handful of paid services will be available to combat the world's security threats. And the market will have Intel to blame for it.


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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - February 12, 1882
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Sunday, Feb 12, 1882 Jamie and Gertrude Tomkins came down today. Calvert, Jamie and I took a walk down town to see the Brooklyn bridge. It has advanced considerably since I saw it last. The floor beams are nearly all laid and it looks as though it might soon be completed. We came back through Wall St. to see some of the new buildings. Came over to my studio with Julia, Gertrude, Marion, Edith and Helen Rood and Jamie to see my picture. Maurice went to Newport on Thursday to see Pumpelly about getting a situation on his survey in the West. He came back yesterday and stopped at the house. He is going and is to report in April. I hope he will be equal to the occasion but have my fears, while I am glad he has another opportunity to try to do something. Called at Pinchots in the evening. Met the Misses [blank] and their brothers and Rev Dr. Bartlett from Indianapolis. He had just been telling a story about me which Mr. Taylor, the Episcopal clergyman told. It was all wrong and I had to tell it new. The story of the hog coming into Vaux's room at Connellys, of Vaux meeting old Mr. Connelly a year after and asking him how the "old hog" was. The old man who had forgotten the incident and thinking he was inquiring about his wife said "I am sorry to say Mrs. Connelly is not well." On my way down called at Platts.


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Group puts bullying prevention in hands of students
© Times-Herald photo by Nathan Frank
Abbi Flanagan, left, of Students 4 Action, addresses a packed gym at Vanier on Wednesday afternoon. Flanagan and the rest of the Students 4 Action team are visiting schools across the province about how students need to take leadership to stop bullying.
program, which showed students how to educate other students, explained what bullying is and distinguished the difference between bullying and harassment.
Nathan Frank can be reached at 306-691-1263.