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Nikkei 225 Gains as Aso Says Japan Escaped G-20 CensureYoshiaki Nohara
Japanese stocks rose, with the Topix Index paring a weekly loss, as Tokyo Electron Ltd. led chip-equipment makers higher and exporters rebounded after Finance Minister Taro Aso said global policy makers wouldn't censure Japan for the currency's slide.
Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest company, added 0.6 percent. Tokyo Electron climbed 7.1 percent after topping estimates for operating profit. Capcom Co. jumped 9 percent after saying it will buy back shares.
The Topix gained 0.3 percent to close at 1,126.67 in Tokyo, capping a 1.9 percent weekly drop, the most since November. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 0.7 percent to 13,316.48, rebounding from a 0.3 percent drop, as the yen weakened against all 16 of its major peers. Canon Inc. and Nintendo Co. are among more than 200 companies on the 1,698-member Topix due to report earnings next week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
"Now that investors see the yen isn't going to rise, stocks are rebounding," said Isao Kubo, a Tokyo-based equity strategist at Nissay Asset Management Corp., which oversees the equivalent of about $51 billion. "There are expectations companies will report strong earnings on the back of government policy and a weaker yen."
The Topix surged 56 percent from mid-November amid confidence Kuroda and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would take steps to tackle deflation. The gauge traded at 17 times estimated earnings, compared with 13.9 for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and 12.3 for the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg
Aso said policies carried out as the currency dropped to a four-year low went unopposed at the Group of 20 meeting in Washington. A draft statement prepared for the end of the meeting today suggested members will withhold direct criticism of Japan's stimulus while affirming a commitment to avoid weakening their currencies to gain a trade advantage.
Exporters Gain
Exporters advanced. Toyota added 0.9 percent to 5,480 yen after dropping as much as 1.5 percent. Toyota is preparing to start production of Lexus cars in the U.S. for the first time, two company officials said.
Mazda Motor Corp., the Japanese automaker with the highest proportion of exports, gained 1.9 percent to 320 yen. Sony Corp., Japan's No. 1 exporter of consumer electronics, rose 1.7 percent to 1,623 yen.
Futures on the S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent. The gauge yesterday dropped 0.7 percent as earnings from UnitedHealth Group Inc. to EBay Inc. disappointed investors. A measure of manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded at a slower pace and the Conference Board's index of U.S. leading economic indicators unexpectedly fell.
Earnings Reports
Tokyo Electron gained 7.1 percent to 4,535 yen after reporting full-year operating profit of 12.5 billion yen ($127 million), better than its forecast of 9.5 billion yen. The equipment maker cited lower costs for the improvement.
Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co., a Japanese maker of machines that clean semiconductor wafers, gained 9.3 percent to 482 yen. Advantest Corp., a maker of memory-chip testers, added 2.3 percent to 1,366 yen.
Capcom jumped 9 percent to 1,703 yen, the biggest gain since July 2009, after saying it will buy back as many as 1.5 million common shares.
JX Holdings Inc., Japan's second-biggest oil producer by value, dropped 2.3 percent to 503 yen after the Nikkei newspaper reported profit for the year ended March fell about 20 percent to about 340 billion yen from a year earlier. Warm weather weighed on the firm's kerosene sales, the report said.
The Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index slid 2.7 percent to 25.21, indicating traders expect a swing of about 7.2 percent on the benchmark gauge over the next 30 days.


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Omar Gudino
Please note Dr. Gudino is interested in taking students in the Fall 2017
Areas of expertise/Research interests
- risk and resilience in minority youths exposed to violence
- racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use and delivery
- evidence-based assessment and treatment with diverse populations
- dissemination of evidence-based practices in public sectors of care
Current research and projects
- development of a cognitive behavioral intervention for adolescents exposed to trauma
- symptom trajectories and patterns of service use in a national sample of children in contact with the child welfare system
- risk and resilience in Latino children exposed to violence
Professional work synopsis
Youth exposure to violence is a major public health problem that increases risk for a wide range of mental health and adjustment difficulties. Ethnic minority youths are at disproportionate risk of being exposed to violence and having their mental health needs go unmet.
The ultimate goal of the Services for At-Risk Youth And Families Lab is to develop and disseminate clinical practices and service delivery models that are grounded in the latest scientific research, can be feasibly delivered in challenging clinical settings, and are well aligned with the values and preferences of the youths and families who receive the services.
By focusing on three overlapping areas, the work of the Services for At-Risk Youth and Families Lab aims to understand and meet the needs of vulnerable youths and their families.
- Our work focuses on understanding patterns of risk and resilience in ethnic minority and immigrant youths exposed to violence. Guided by a culturally informed developmental psychopathology framework, we seek to understand how multiple factors (e.g., immigration, cultural values, adversity, trauma exposure, temperament) come together to promote or inhibit the adjustment of Latino youths.
- Our work examines the extent to which public systems of care are meeting the mental health needs of youths. In particular, we focus on examining racial disparities and patterns of service use for youths in the public mental health and child-welfare systems.
- We aim to translate knowledge of mental health risk, service use patterns, and service systems into improved mental health services for vulnerable youths. For example, our research on racial disparities has highlighted the need to develop improved strategies for identifying mental health needs and linking youths to services.
As a result, our applied research examines the implementation of evidence-based assessment as a means for improving identification of needs and reducing disparities.
Similarly, we focus on developing and evaluating evidence-based interventions that can address the diverse needs of youths exposed to trauma and can be delivered in challenging, real-world settings. In an effort to generate knowledge that can have the greatest public health impact, our research is conducted in close partnership with the community agencies, and public service systems ultimately responsible for serving vulnerable youth and families.
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002
Selected Publications
- Gudiño, O.G. (2013). Behavioral Inhibition and Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Latino Children Exposed to Violence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41(6), 983-992.
- Chemtob, C.M., Gudiño, O.G., & Laraque, D. (2013). Maternal PTSD and Depression in Pediatric Primary Care: Association with Child Maltreatment and Frequency of Child Trauma Exposure. JAMA Pediatrics. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2218
- Martinez, J.I., Gudiño, O.G., & Lau, A.S. (2013). Problem-specific Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pathways from Maltreatment Exposure to Specialty Mental Health Service Use for Youth in Child Welfare. Child Maltreatment, 18(2), 98-107.
- Gudiño, O.G., Martinez, J.I., Lau, A.S. & (2012). Mental Health Service Use by Youths in Contact With Child Welfare: Racial Disparities by Problem Type. Psychiatric Services, 63(10), 1004-1010.
- Havens, J.F., Gudiño, O.G., Biggs, E.A., Diamond, U., Weis, J.R., & Cloitre, M. (2012). "Identification of Trauma Exposure and PTSD in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients: An Exploratory Study." Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25(2), 171-178.
- Gudiño, O.G., Nadeem, E., Kataoka, S.H., & Lau, A.S. (2012). "Reinforcement Sensitivity and Risk for Psychopathology Following Exposure to Violence: A Vulnerability-Specificity Model in Latino Youth." Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 43, 306-321.
- Liu, L.L., Wang, S., Fung, J., Gudiño, O.G., Tao, A.X., & Lau, A.S. (2012). "Psychology of Asian American Children: Contributions of Cultural Heritage and the Minority Experience." In E. Chang & C. Downey (Eds.), Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health (pp. 147-167). New York: Springer.
- Gudiño, O.G., Nadeem, E., Kataoka, S.H., & Lau, A.S. (2011). "Relative impact of violence exposure and immigrant stressors on Latino youth psychopathology." Journal of Community Psychology, 39(3), 316–335.
- Lau, A.S., Fung, J.J., Ho, L.Y., Liu, L.L., & Gudiño, O.G. (2011). "Parent training with high-risk immigrant Chinese families: A pilot group randomized trial yielding practice based evidence." Behavior Therapy, 42(3), 413-426.
- Gudiño, O.G., & Lau, A.S. (2010). "Parental culture, shyness, and anxiety in Hispanic children: An exploratory study." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31(3), 202-210.
- Gudiño, O.G., Lau, A.S., Yeh, M., McCabe, K.M., & Hough, R.L. (2009). "Understanding racial/ethnic disparities in youth mental health services: Do disparities vary by problem type?" Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 17(1), 3-16.
- Gudiño, O.G., Lau, A.S., & Hough, R.L. (2008). "Immigrant status, mental health need and mental health service utilization among high-risk Hispanic and Asian Pacific Islander youth." Child and Youth Care Forum, 37, 139-152.
- Gudiño, O.G., Liu, L.L., & Lau, A.S. (2006). "Race matters: Maltreatment identification and impact among high-risk adolescents." In S.M. Sturt (Ed.), Child Abuse: New Research (pp. 115-132). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

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The singer, 67, gave his first full account of how he had even released a single under a false name in a desperate attempt to win some airtime.
He said that although the song was a hit it was withdrawn when he revealed his identity.
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"I was proved right - my name can be a terrible drawback," he said.
"The contemporary presenters of music or even the people who buy it are not interested in longevity.
"When I hear myself on the radio I pretty much phone a friend and send a bottle of champagne round.
"I'm so excited to get one play. If your name doesn't fit the bill, they will never give you a listen."
The stunt was cooked up in 1998 by his then producer Clive Black, who had hoped to introduce the singer to a younger audience.
DJs believed they were championing the work of a cutting-edge artist known only as CR and the song, Can't Keep This Feeling In, went to the top of the rhythm and blues charts.
Played on Climax Radio, Choice FM and BBC Radio 1, it made the top ten in Music Week magazine.
"Because it was a slow, black rhythm and blues style and had a lot of falsetto, I felt I wasn't too recognisable," said Sir Cliff in an interview for Icons Revisited on BBC Radio 2.
"I wanted to test this out because I was not being played on the radio.
"They said he's Cliff Richard, he's the guy who does Summer Holiday, he's not our audience.
"Well, I found myself in three soul charts and I thought, you see?
"One comment came back saying "we don't know the band but the singer's wicked".
"I thought, look at this, I'm wicked."
Believing he had shed his staid image, Sir Cliff made the mistake of owning up on Choice FM and promptly saw the track removed from playlists.
In the same year, Radio 1 DJ Chris Evans announced he would not be playing the singer's records on his breakfast show and even went as far as to smash up his discs on air.
In 2004, Tony Blackburn was suspended from his show on Classic Gold for defying an order not to play Sir Cliff's tracks.
The radio "ban" put a hole in Sir Cliff's earnings and royalties, forcing him to turn to merchandise sales.
His fans can buy Sir Cliff T-shirts, mugs, pens, keyrings, signed calendars, four types of perfume, teddy bears, a miniature gold juke box and an embroidered ski hat.
There is even a diamantÈ belt buckle.
His Vida Nova rose and tinto wine is sold online by Waitrose.
Mr Black said: "These projects are all hobbies of his. He's just lucky that he is able to make a living from them.
"He has a strong army of believers in his fan club and he doesn't want to be at the beck and call of anyone except himself.
"He doesn't want his career dependent on record labels."
Sir Cliff has had seven number ones over five decades and first topped the charts in July 1959 with Living Doll.
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text: LATROBE, Pa. | Edward L. Quick, 63, of Latrobe, Pa., passed away Monday Oct. 8, 2012 at Westmoreland Hospital. Edward was born in Auburn, the son of Effa Wilt Warsevecz and the late Charles H. Quick. Edward was a U.S marine Vietnam war veteran. Edward was employed at Auburn Memorial Hospital for over 15 years as a nurses aid. He enjoyed spending his time researching family and historical history, diving into a good book, and using his metal detector equipment to find hidden objects. Surviving are three brothers, Edwin C. Quick and his wife Michelle, of Waterloo, John and Pat Warsevecz, of Moravia, several cousins, nieces, and nephews. In addition to his father, Edward was predeceased by his sister, Ethel Lawton; brother-in-law, Sanford Lawton; companion, Sonya; and stepfather, Chester Warsevecz. Friends are invited to call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Brew Funeral Home, 48 South St., Auburn, with a service following at 7 p.m. with the Rev. John Forgham officiating. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, at Soule Cemetery, Sennett.


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SK Telecom to Spend $2.25 Billion on New Technology
SK Telecom said it will spend 3 trillion won ($2.25 billion) on the development of next-generation technologies and services by 2014 in a bid to revitalize Korea's stagnating ICT service and software industries.
SK Telecom CEO Man-Won Jung said the company will focus on technologies and services which have the potential to become a global standard and promote cross-industry convergence.
These include wired and wireless technologies including LTE, smart technologies such as smart grid, as well as ICT services including cloud computing.
Speaking at a press conference, Jung said he returned to SK Telecom after six years absence to find a dire situation. "[The] Korean mobile telecommunications market is experiencing stagnant growth and the situation is much more serious than what I thought from the outside," he said.
While Korean handsets hold 25% of the global market share, the software industry's revenue accounts for just 2% of the world's total, he added.
SK Telecom's four-pronged strategy will aim to secure technological leadership; develop new markets; promote globalization; and expand the use of ICT infrastructure among consumers, industries, business and government.


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New Zealand shares fell yesterday, paced by Telecom, which has failed in an attempt to overturn a record $12 million fine for historic antitrust violations. NZX fell after reporting a decline in the value of cash market trading.
The NZX 50 index fell 16.11 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 3548. Within the index, 24 stocks fell, 11 rose and 15 were unchanged. Turnover was $124.4 million.
Telecom, the largest company on the exchange, fell 0.7 per cent to $2.65. The telecommunications company failed to overturn a record $12 million fine imposed for breaching competition law by misusing its market power. "It's immaterial quite frankly when you look at the size of the company," said Grant Williamson, director at Hamilton Hindin Greene.
Separately, Telecom announced its head of retail Alan Gourdie will leave at the end of October, just two months into the company's new era under a new chief executive. New Zealand was swept up in an Asia-wide sell-off amid disappointment European Central Bank president Mario Draghi failed to deliver immediate steps to help shore up Europe's debt crisis.
Shares in NZX fell 1.7 per cent to $1.17 after the exchange regular announced its cash market trading rose in volume while falling in value last month. That reflects a global trend driven by increased use of automated trading that lets computers decide how to execute trades at the best levels.
Australian lender Westpac fell 1.9 per cent to $29.97 along with rival ANZ, down 1.1 per cent to $30.27.
Contact Energy, the biggest power company on the NZX, shed 1.4 per cent to $4.93.
The decline was led by PGG Wrightson, down 3 per cent to 31c.
The biggest gainer was would-be bank Heartland New Zealand, up 1.9 per cent to 54c. That was followed by Cavalier, New Zealand's only listed carpet market, rising 1.3 per cent to $1.60.
Briscoe Group, the homeware and sporting goods retailer, rose 2.3 per cent to $1.82. The stock has gained 31 per cent this year. Its result is due to be released on September 7.


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Social Networks -- or the "Informal Organization" -- at Work
There's so much buzz about social networks of the online kind — MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn. But what about old fashioned human-to-human, face-to-face "social networks," and how we use them in the physical world, especially in the workplace? I just read some stats in a new survey that reveals that employees of large companies (with 1,000+ on staff) rely on their self-generated social networks of co-workers for advice, rather than turn to their bosses and superiors.
The survey calls the web of employees' self-made connections within a company the "informal organization," but I'd argue that these are social networks, too. It would be great to discover how people are using internal or external social networking software to leverage these contacts and relationships within a corporation. Any anecdotes? Do write in. More on the Katzenbach survey after the jump.
The survey, released on July 31, polled 510 employees at large companies via telephone, was conducted by Katzenbach Partners, a management consulting firm founded by a former McKinsey director and the co-founders of the McKinsey Change Center. (Katzenbach's client list includes Pfizer and Aetna). Some nuggets:
- 65% said they rely on co-workers rather than managers to solve problems
- 90% say they have someone in their informal network at the office whom they turn to for advice on completing a project or task. 52% of this majority say they turn to a co-worker rather than a boss (in comparison, 45% turn to a supervisor)
-Only 8% think the CEO or president has the best ideas. And even fewer -- 7% -- believe senior managers have them. But 10% believe middle managers' ideas trump those of their superiors. And 15% of those polled think lower-level managers and employees have the top ideas. (Note: Of course it would be interesting to know if the majority of survey participants were, say, lower-level managers.)


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The Client. The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) is an association comprised of more than 10,000 CPAs and accounting professionals. The organization lobbies at the state level, and provides resources, referrals and networking opportunities for its members.
The Challenge. MSCPA needed to upgrade its aging telephone system. The organization's 20 employees worked between two floors of office space in downtown Boston and had relied on their traditional POTS system for years. However, old-school telephony was losing its efficacy. Older phones were becoming difficult to replace. Voice quality and uninterrupted service were taking on higher importance as MSCPA workers communicated with the organization's thousands of members.
The Solution. Bill Townsend, president and CFO of MSCPA, called on the organization's long-time channel partner, Intelliphone. Chuck Garabedian, founder and owner of Intelliphone, recommended MSCPA make the move to VoIP technology. He provided four vendors for MSCPA's review; the association chose Whaleback Systems and its cloud-based managed voice service, CrystalBlue.
The Result. After installing CrystalBlue, MSCPA has discovered a number of advantages over its old POTS system. First, thanks to unified communications, MSCPA has increased employee productivity while saving money and time – "easily hundreds of staff hours and thousands of dollars each year," Townsend said.
Plus, he added, "[Whaleback's] single fee approach, which includes phone replacement, repair, trouble shooting and programming, has decreased the overall costs of running our phone system," he added. "Because we no longer have costs associated with hardware replacement, programming and support, we are saving several thousands of dollars a year."
There are several other improvements, as well. For example, the OrcaDial feature lets users click to dial from various applications, including Microsoft Office programs and Adobe PDF files.
"I use Excel to manage my own list of 600 people, with separate tabs for each category, like friends, family and business contacts," Townsend explained. "Using OrcaDial, our team members also easily call any of our members by dialing them directly from our central database."
Voice mail-to-email also has turned out to be useful for MSCAP employees, who can get their messages regardless of whether they are in the office. Townsend said this helps MSPCA's small team meet expectation that voice messages will be answered right away. The OrcaFax option, which delivers faxes as emails, further helps in this regard. And call forwarding has made reaching staff easy, no matter where they are located.
"Forwarding calls is very easy and team members who move around a lot can keep their phones at their sides, thereby eliminating phone tag," Townsend said. There's also a Web/conference call feature MSCPA employees use to host last-minute and other kinds of group meetings.
In addition, Whaleback's management portal allows MSCPA to easily update email addresses, add phone extensions, obtain detailed call reports and analyze call volume.
"Whaleback has loads of features that are otherwise cost-prohibitive for small businesses," said Intelliphone's Garabedian. "Plus, because the solution is managed by Whaleback, there is minimal onsite equipment and virtually no need for laborious on-site maintenance."
Townsend agreed.
"Whaleback knows when there is a problem before we do – they can pinpoint it accurately right down to each handset – knowing whether the issue is the router, the phone or the connection to the phone," he said. "It is a far cry from the days when a line went down within a hunt group and the whole hunt group went down with it. We have enjoyed a trouble-free experience since we moved to Whaleback."


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Here's a quick look at some of the players who have been excelling recently and helping the Brewers minor league clubs keep on winning.
Jimmy Nelson (Nashville) – Nelson has worked at least six innings in each of his eight starts this season. His last time out, on May 12th, he threw six innings of two hit baseball without allowing a run. For the season, Nelson is 4-1 with a 1.76 ERA and has struck out 53 batters in 51 innings.
Chris McFarland (Wisconsin) – McFarland strung together a ten game hitting streak from May 3rd-10th and is batting .368 with two home runs and five extra base hits in his last ten games. For the season, the 21-year-old second baseman is batting .291 with six home runs and 14 stolen bases.
Adam Weisenburger (Huntsville) – The 25-year-old catcher is batting .481 over his last ten games and has also drawn ten walks during that span. He has a season average of .325 with an on base percentage of .475.
Tyler Wagner (Brevard County) – Wagner has not allowed more than two earned runs in any outing this season and tossed five scoreless against Fort Myers his last time out. On the year, Wagner has a record of 3-2 with a 1.80 ERA.
Tyler Cravy (Huntsville) – Cravy has a record of 7-1 with a 1.87 ERA and has struck out 42 batters in 43.1 innings. He has won his last six straight starts, and has only given up more than two runs in a game once all season.
Sean Halton (Nashville) – The former big leaguer is batting .448 over his last ten games, including a pair of 3-for-4 performances against Iowa on May 4th and May 10th. Halton has a season average of .280 with three home runs for the Sounds.
Omar Garcia (Wisconsin) – In addition to having the #1 play on ESPN SportsCenter on Wednesday night, Garcia is also doing it at the plate, batting .351 over his last ten games. That boosted his season average to .252 and his 21 stolen bases are tops in the Brewers system.
Josh Prince (Huntsville) – Prince is batting .412 over his last ten games and hit his first two home runs of the season this past week. The speedy utility man has racked up 19 steals in 24 attempts for the Stars.
Brad Mills (Nashville) – Mills hasn't given up a run in any of his last three starts. On May 1st against New Orleans he went six scorless, then tossed seven shutout innings on May 8th at Colorado Springs. He followed that up with six more scoreless innings against Iowa on May 13th. The lefty has a record of 3-0 with 1.45 in eight games this season, with six of his appearances coming as a starter.
Trevor Seidenberger (Wisconsin) – Seidenberger has not allowed a run in his last five relief outings for the Timber Rattlers. For the season he is 2-1 with a 1.72 ERA and hasn't given up a run since April 17th.
Nick Ramirez (Huntsville) – The Stars first baseman is batting .326 over his last ten games with two doubles, two triples and two home runs. For the year he's batting .287 with eight home runs and 33 runs batted in. 21 of his 45 hits have gone for extra bases.
Tyrone Taylor (Brevard County) – Taylor has racked up seven doubles and a home run while hitting .310 over his last ten games. Through 37 contests this year, Taylor has posted a slash line of .267/.329/.487 with 24 extra base hits, including 19 doubles.
Casey Medlen (Huntsville) – The 24-year-old Medlen hasn't allowed a run since April 13th. He is 3-0 this year with a 1.64 ERA in 16 relief appearances.
Hector Gomez (Nashville) – Gomez is hitting .333 with two home runs in his last ten games. He went 9-for-19 from May 9th-13th and 15 of his 27 hits have gone for extra bases this year.
Shawn Zarraga (Huntsville) – Zarraga continues to hammer Double-A pitching, batting .333 in his last ten. That actually lowered his season average to .420. He has also drawn 17 walks while striking out just eight times and has an on base percentage of .515.


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EVE Online Ships - UCS Reaper
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This is my first ship I built on LDD from the MMO of EVE Online. I give you, the Reaper. Basically the rookie ship, or noobie ship of the Minmatar race that you are given as you are taught the rules of space. After one of the later patches of the game however, this ship (along with the 3 other race's rookie ships) were given a complete redesign in their looks. I don't think this ship though can be found ingame anymore (tried a mission that had it before and it was changed), but many veteran players still find that flying these noobships can be fun and challenging.
A description from the EVE Online wiki,
"The Reaper is the one of the most basic ships and oldest ships for the Minmatar. Often called a rookie ship due to enjoyment for lack of complexity makes it amazing simple for thought processes for even the freshest of pod pilots to familiarize themselves with the concept of starship piloting. Its cheap construction, crewless requirement, modest utility, and old technology makes it freely available."
What got me to start building this? It started when I first started playing EVE Online about a year and a half ago. Alongside the Vigil, another cool frigate, the Reaper was a fun little ship.
As a past time when I was unable to play the game during my 2010 deployment (Navy guy here) so I started building on Lego Digital Designer and ended up building just the engines. I had plans to build a ship that would rival the UCS Millenium Falcon.
I also started on a technic looking frame of the starboard half of the ship and a simple build to the other half. After that, the project fell to the dark depths of my PC never to be touched again until Czar brought out the Rifter. Seeing that, I felt I needed to continue the project.
More on that can be found here on my MOCpage in more detail ...and on my Flickr page with more pictures.
A new update to the ship. With some minor changes, I have managed to get its single drone bay fairly built. Might not be the final design, but it is a start. Thank you Guindel for allowing me to use your scout drones for it. I tried not to change the drone too much to get it to fit. Anyways, here is the link for the LDD file for that which also includes the Reaper's drone bay.
Quick statistics,
Lenght: 160 studs long
Width: around 170 studs
# of Bricks: Little over 7000
So, on to some pictures!
During the build, I wanted the Reaper to have it all. Be as most detailed as possible while still be playable and structurally sound. It is still a WIP however... as I want to build a cockpit that can fit a capsule like it would within the game. Right now it has a cockpit like any other normal human ship would that is filled with controls.
Another idea I had was to have retractible landing gear and wings. A further step was to connect all those by gears so the landing gear will retract at the same time the wings will fold with a simple press of a button or turn of a knob. That idea never got off, but may someday in the future. The landing gear does have suspension, so that's cool.
Here you can see all the detail of the starboard side, along with most of it being studless. After past builds, I wanted my next one to be faily studless. Something I never tried before.
There were some slow points during the build, like the middle and making it strong. I feal it should do the job now... I used some backwards designs under all that dark grey to make it not as weak.
One of the cool things I love about it is that it has a detailed interior. Since there is no way to see the inside of the ships, I went with the power of imagination. It has the cockpit, a lounge/main room, the pilot's cabin, and the cargohold.
The cargohold looks a bit bigger then from the game, but lets say it just has a cargo extender. It has a dual door setup... only prolbem is there is no elevator or ramp from the bay. So I went with a packable speeder that has a flatbed on the back to carry the cargo in and out.
There is also a small secondary cargobay on the starboard half that is about 8x8 studs long and is 3 bricks tall. Was thinking it could be the drone bay, but might be too small for the job. Can't think of anywhere else for one at the momment... the ship is able to hold one small scout drone that is 7 meters long. But only idea I have is one that would litterally pack up into a box to fit in it.
Next is the main room that also doubles as the kitchen and as a lounge. The boarding ramp also enters through there and is hidden under the lounge table that can fold up when the boarding ramp lowers.
Last is the pilot's cabin in the back. It has a working dresser, a computer and other nice things... like a toilet/sink & mirror setup in the corner. It also has a door leading to a compartment underneith for those smuggler-type pilots that can fit a nice amount of stuff.
A teaser picture of the inside.
Hope you enjoyed the ship!


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Happiness On Cayo Costa
We saw a LETTERED OLIVE "garden" on Cayo Costa during our iLoveShelling boating adventure with Captiva Cruises!
It took a little walk to the north of our boat to find this massive mound of seashells but… Wow! There it was…. a big fat beautiful pile of treasures washed up on the beach.
Quite a few OLIVES were rolling around in the water as well.
And a WENTLETRAP!
So much fun to experience this shell hunt with folks that feel the same way about shelling as I do…
And sharing shells and experiences…
Always makes me happy to spend time with great friends…
And to catch special appearances of wildlife like this pair of BALD EAGLES as we passed North Captiva island on the way back to McCarthy's Marina. Thanks to captains John and Elliot for getting our boat close enough to see these majestic creatures.
And thank you to all of these amazing shellers!
PS- My apologies to these awesome folks for this delayed post (before Thanksgiving)… as this was a very bitter sweet day for Clark and me. After only 3 years of age, we lost our sweet, smart, funny, entertaining, amazing little PuppyCat to kidney issues this same day. I'm grateful to each and every person on this cruise which gave me laughter and much needed heartfelt happiness helping me more than you can imagine.
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Golden Day On Cayo Costa
We had a golden opportunity to watch a healthy, live GOLDEN OLIVE that Sara found in the water on our iLoveShelling adventure boating to Cayo Costa with Captiva Cruises on Friday. It's always so thrilling to see a GOLDEN OLIVE (which is the not-so-common yellow color form of the LETTERED OLIVE) much less, be able to the live creature come out to say hi. Of course Sara placed it back in the water where she found it after I quickly snapped a few photos. So cool- good eye Sara!
The Shellucky Bucket of shells really works! On each of my shelling trips, I have a bucket of shells that pass around so everybody can pick a lucky shell to put in their pocket to give them a little bit more luck on our day together. Most shellers are already lucky but I feel like Clark and I are lucky enough so we want to share our luck by putting our shells we collect in the Shellucky Bucket so shellers like Barbara (CA), Judy and Bill (Fort Myers) to tune into even more Rambo shellapathic senses. haha
Every single time I step on the beach at Cayo Costa, there's a special feeling I get. I think it's called… peaceful and easy.
And it's exciting! Sharon, Gina, Sue and Barb from Kansas City, MO all found SAND DOLLARS.
So did local sheller Dale from Ft Myers.
Dave and Becky (Kansas) found SAND DOLLARS too along with some other nice finds too.
Kelli (MN) was searching in the high tide wrack line for the mini shells.
She found a few shells that I haven't found in a while… a MORTON'S EGG COCKLE (golden!) and a SPECKLED TELLIN. She was also happy to find her first BABYS EAR.
Susie and Chris from Oregon found sweet little COMB BITTERSWEETS in this same shell line pictured above.
I love how each of the COMB BITTERSWEETS have their own unique patterns and golden colors on them.
This was a special girls trip for Irma and Joyce who were visiting SW Florida from Canada. Joyce knew every single shell name so it was so much fun to see what they were finding.
Bivalves! Be still my heart. They were thrilled to have found quite a few Purplish Tagelus and to realize how many different colors of JINGLES and COQUINAS are found on Cayo Costa.
Jackie and Ritchie visiting from Flagler Beach found a few faves… COCKLES and CONCHS.
It's always so much fun to hang out with so many fabshellous beach combers together in one place to really see how we all find so much joy on the beach.
I looooove to see all of the different treasures and identify the ones that are firsts time finds for folks. The largest white shell is a BABYS EAR, the brown shell to the left of it is a COFFEE MELAMPUS and the small white shell is a WHITE MELAPUS.
Teresa from North Carolina found all sorts of gifts from the sea and is also showing off her other gifts too- a new bumper sticker and $25 gift certificate from Sealife By Congress .
On every iLoveShelling shelling trips, each passenger receives that $25 gift certificate from Congress Jewelers on Sanibel (and the iLoveShelling bumper sticker- heehee). Oh happy days!
It was so much fun to see friends Cliff and Tina on our trip too with their family Scott and Tracy. It was such a beautiful day and seeing y'all made it that much better!
You can join us on one of our iLoveShelling adventures too! For dates and info CLICK HERE
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We Passed Lots-a-Shells at Pass-a-Grille Beach
Shell trip! Clark and I took a beach combing road trip from Sanibel Island to Pass-A-Grille over the weekend … and had blast finding lots of shells. We found all of the shells in this next photo as we walked from our hotel Inn On The Beach, down to the south tip of the island at jetty rocks to the Pass-a-Grill North Channel.
It was like an OLIVE garden just at the water's edge but we even found some of my faves…. WORMIES.
There were lots of shells to pick through on the gorgeous beach as well…
I was tickled to find a teeny tiny BROWN-BANDED WENTLETRAP hiding in the mix.
There is an island right across the channel from the jetty rocks called "Shell Island". What? Shell Island? Of course we had to explore it! There are ferries to take people over to the island but since we wanted to spend all day on the water, we rented a boat. Look at the color of the fabshellous LIGHTNING WHELKS we found. Gorgeous!
We actually had more luck on the back flats of Shell Island instead of the beach on the Gulf Of Mexico side. There were lots of those empty LIGHTNING WHELKS, oodles of double SUNRAY VENUS shells and some really funny live KINGS CROWNS scooting all along shallow waters so I did a little time lapse video of one of them to show you. Ha! Groovy KING CROWN dance moves coming up….
So in between the KINGS CROWN congo, Clark found one of the prettiest orange colored LIGHTNING WHELKS we've ever seen. It is really the color of a carrot!
Ok- I took another video too of all of those empty LIGHTNING WHELKS. I couldn't believe my eyes!
We also boated over to Egmont Key to find a beautiful sandy beach island.
We didn't find as many shells on Emont Key but we found a couple of ROSEATE SPOONBILL FEATHERS. Ohhhhh such treat to find these pink feathers!
At the end of the day, we sat our on our lovely porch to admire all of the beautiful colors and patterns of so many different shells we ended up finding.
We had a lovely time shelling and then relaxing in our beautiful room at Inn On The Beach.
Not a bad way to celebrate our 19 year wedding anniversary, huh?
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Happy Beach Heart
Finding one beautifully detailed SCALLOP on the beach can set me off on a whole evening of combing the beach for just a few more special SCALLOPS with different patterns and designs.
Dont get me wrong, I still like to see and find OLIVES, CONCHS and such.
I found most of my treasures on Sanibel's Gulfside City Park beach while stopping to giggle at the flocks of IBIS birds wading in the surf bobbing their heads while strutting along the water's edge.
At the end of the day, collecting a few spectacsheller SCALLOP shells makes me smile and fills my happy beach heart every single time.Read More
Seashells And The Gulf Of Mexico
After meeting with some friends at Island Inn Sanibel, I stepped out on their beach to watch sunset… spectacsheller.
Even the RUDDY TURNSTONES were enjoying the seashells and the warm gentle waves of the Gulf Of Mexico.
It still takes my breath away to look at this view.
Espeshelly when I find a hidden treasure.
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Shelling at Crystal Clear Cayo Costa
The waters surrounding Cayo Costa yesterday on our iLoveShelling Adventure with Captiva Cruises were so calm and crystal clear, we could see all sorts of amazing live creatures like this TWO-SPINED SEA STAR…
… And live LETTERED OLIVES…
As well as huge live HORSE CONCHS with several colonies of different hitch hikers making their home.
It was shellsational!
Sylvia from PA was thrilled to find quite a few empty FALSE ANGEL WINGS.
It was an ANGEL WING kind of day! They may not look like much here in this next photo, but trust me… they are very special finds when they have just come out of the water still little dingy and packed with mud with both halves still together. These were only just a few of all the ones we found. It was so cool!
Sally, Kathy, Lynda and Mary from MI were some of the lucky ones to have gotten handfuls of them.
Lynda also found some other favorites too.
Carrie and Valerie (KY) couldn't help but stay in the water to hunt for treasures.
They were both finding ANGEL WINGS plus some other awesome shells.
Rock hounds from Michigan- Nicole, Joe and Steve were happy to hunt for gems in the warm clear water. It was so much fun hearing about their PETOSKY STONE treasure hunts compared to hunting for shells. Thanks for the lesson!
They found a variety of goodies but I especially loved Nicole's JUVENILE SOUTHERN QUAHOG with the zig zag pattern (bottom left). When the Southern Quahogs get older, they lose that great pattern so its always fun to see it at this stage.
Kathy from NC was a-dorable all dressed in her aqua and shelling sister tee. So much fun to meet you!
And talk about a-dorable… real true shelling sisters Cindy (Ohio), Teresa MD and Margie (Ohio) are only 3 of 7 sisters… with 7 brothers. They are the sweetest happiest gals and it was a pleasure to meet y'all!
Local sheller Deena found a bucket full of double SUNRAY VENUS shells. Thank you for coming with us Deena- just know Im thinking about you this week.
Vanessa, Ana, Marta and Alice came to SW Florida all the way from California to find shells… and they were ready! Ana, it was so much fun to compare notes with you on some of the shells and beach adventures.
Shelley, Kianna and David (MI) were very lucky that the water was so calm and clear to have spotted a huge perfect ANGEL WING and to get it back to the CAPTIVA CRUISES dock safe and sound.
It's always fun to meet families that shell together like Eddie, Bill, Donna, Isabella, Steve and Michele from Delaware. They all have great shelling eyes that they must have gotten from Donna.
They had asked me where they could find WENTLETRAPS on Cayo Costa and I told them they were there but we don't find the very often on that island. Low and behold Donna found a WENTLETRAP and her granddaughter Isabella found one too. Isabella inherited her gramdmoms shelling eye! Congratshellations!
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Landmark Trust USA (LTUSA), as owner of the 571 acre Scott Farm, is well aware of its connection to and reliance on the local community and the good will of the Farm's neighbors and, therefore, we have looked for those opportunities that can enhance relationships as well as provide opportunities.
For example, we have partnered with The Stone Trust, that works to enhance understanding about dry-stone walling and provide certification to those interested in learning this age-old skill. They hold workshops on the Scott Farm repairing dry stone walls like this one near the Dutton Farm House. Dry stone walling is their passion and they have created displays, features, of their craft in easily accessible locations on the Farm near the Farm Market, across the ponds, and under the 1862 Barn. We invite you to explore their work and this link to our historic landscape.


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Hamilton: I'm Glad I Left McLaren
Lewis Hamilton says that he is glad he made the decision to swap McLaren for Mercedes over the winter.
The Brit swapped the Woking squad for the Silver Arrows after a disappointing 2013 campaign, in the shock move of the off-season.
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After winning his first race for Mercedes in Hungary, Hamilton says that he is happy with his decision:
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"To think about leaving there, it's like leaving home – [and] it's not easy to leave home, home cooking and people that you know, people you're comfortable with.
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I shot a 2 part epoxy primer on the firewall of my Model A coupe and after it dried I found imperfections under the primer.
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if it's adhesion issues then take it down to metal. It all depends on the damage. In a perfect world I'd do some rough metal work BEFORE epoxy then finalize it. In a normal world I block it, determine what needs to be pulled up with stud pins or dolly's and what can be simply filled. I like to sand my epoxy with 80-180 grit after blocking cause I'm not secure with filler edges that don't properly feather out, which is a true sign of bad adhesion. My opinion hinges on whether or not the epoxy was applied thick enough to do that. If you get it epoxied at a blasting company that sucks it will be thin, sucky adhesion, and I'd rather just take it off. If it's epoxied in house and there's a tad to block out AND get in some good scratches then that's what I do.
I'm not a paint expert but because of that I read the data sheet that comes with the product. It should tell you exactly what you can and cannot do with their product including filler. If you don't have the sheet just plugin the primer product descrip/number on google and the data sheet should be right there as a PDF. At least this is true with PPG product.
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I'll give you a couple of examples of just how handy Automator can be in daily life. I've set up an Automator application (yes, Automator lets you easily create real*applications) that opens every file, application, web site and remote machine I rely on each day at work, all from one dock icon I casually click as I walk away to make my first morning coffee. By the time I get back to start the day with mug in hand, it's all there. It even automatically closes a handful of favourite apps I've come to know as distractors.
Here's another. As a recording musician, every last MHz of CPU matters to me. When you're mixing a session, real time plugins can suck the life out of your Mac and if you could just squeeze an extra 2% of available headroom out of OS X, you would. Before I start or open a session, I run an automator application that not only closes all open applications (those visible in the dock), but even those services and menu bar items that can be closed only by manual termination from Activity Monitor (safe ones, of course). By doing this once and recording my keystrokes with Automator, I've turned it into something I can kick off and walk away from while I go and (again with the coffee) get fuelled up for a day in Pro Tools.
Let's learn some basics to get you started. We'll create applications that open apps and files, resize images and even one that watches you do things on your Mac, then repeats them.
Opening and Closing Apps
Open Automator and choose New Application when prompted. You'll be greeted with the main Automator window, displaying a list of action categories in the leftmost column, then actions within that category in the column to its right. The blank area on the far right is the workflow area. It's the canvas into which you'll drag each action (in the order they'll be performed) from top to bottom.
Select the*Utilities category and drag the Launch Application action into the workflow area.
Choose an application from the drop down list. Click Run in the toolbar and you'll see the selected app's dock icon come alive. Congratulations, you've created your first app! Save the app and try launching it from your Dock.
You can drag as many instances of Launch Application into the workflow area as you like, selecting a different application in each one, to launch as many apps in a single automator workflow as desired.
To quit apps rather than launching them, choose Quit Application or Quit All Applications instead (also in the Utilities category).
Launching Files
Creating a workflow that launches files takes an extra step. From the Files & Folders category, drag Get Selected Finder Items into the workflow. Click Add to specify a file location (can be a document, image, anything at all) and continue to add as many files in this way as you like.
Now drag Open Finder Items into the workflow below the specified files, choosing Default Application from the drop down menu.
Now you can save and test your application!
Resizing Images
It's fun to automate image operations with Automator, and the ways you can interact with created Automator apps' icons make it very easy to apply the selected change to a batch of files. We'll start by creating an application that resizes images.
Select and drag the Scale Images action from the Photos category into the workflow area. When you try, you'll be prompted to choose whether you want Automator to create new copies of these files for preservation of the originals. Let's choose Add to see this in action.
Automator has added the Copy Finder Items action to the workflow for you. From here you can select a destination for the copies from its drop down menu. In the Scale Images action, choose By Percentage and set to 60%. Save the application. Let's see it at work. Drag the icon into the Dock or Finder toolbar. Select multiple images from Finder and drag them into the app's icon.
You'll see Automator's gear icon in the menu bar (right)*working away on performing your Automator operations (which won't take long if you've only selected a few images). After this disappears, your application has done its work. Browse to the destination folder you set in Automator and check the image size. Magic!
Recording Your Actions
Here's a fun one to sit back and watch. See the recording and playback controls in Automator's toolbar? Yes, they do exactly what you'd hope. Click Record and start doing stuff on your Mac. You'll see Automator's Recording notification panel appear (right)*which can be used to stop the recording when you're done. Then, you can click Run from the toolbar. Automator will attempt to repeat your steps, including mouse and keyboard input, to automate the same action.
A couple of tips;
- Keyboard input is more reliable than mouse input, especially when whatever you're trying to automate isn't always in the same screen position. Automator will drag the cursor to the same screen position you recorded no matter where the file or window is on screen next time.
- Insert pauses into the workflow using the Wait For User Action action (in Utilities) to give your Mac some time to perform operations if you're finding it can't keep up with your recording. This can be particularly important for when your Mac is under heavy load.
Scheduling Automator Actions
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Original post made on Oct 3, 2008
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a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 3, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Let me get this straight: woman shoots self; police are called; she tells them some man dressed in black broke in and shot her; the emergency call tree is activated and everyone in the neighborhood is alerted to a man dressed in black who is armed and has shot someone; hours later (after 5:30, the phone tree call came at about 4:00), she says, "only kidding. I shot myself." The Sheriff says, "Okey dokey. See ya."
This woman must at least be made to pay the cost of the police call, and oh, $1000 bucks or so for causing a nuisance and lying to a police officer (didn't Martha Stewart go to jail for that crime?). Imagine if a neighbor or a police officer spotted some poor schmuck dressed in black who didn't respond to the "freeze" correctly; serious injury or death to that innocent may well have occurred.
I don't care if she does live on the tony Goya street, a night in the pokey and a significant fine will discourage her and anyone who hears about it from lying about such things.
Sheriff: do you duty!
a resident of Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley
on Oct 5, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I heard it was one of the residents at the west's house
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 16, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I understand that she did lie and caused major complications following the shooting, but having her pay for causing a nuisance in Portola Valley? First of all Martha Stewart went to jail because she lied to a grand jury, (not a police officer) there's a little difference between the two. It is absurd for you to consider this. Don't you think the family is suffering enough from this happening? Why don't you put this in your own perspective. What if someone you loved shot himself or herself? Would you want your loved one to be charged?
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on Oct 17, 2008 at 10:24 am
David Boyce is a registered user.
Lt. Ray Lunny of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said that the resident who shot herself will not be charged because the incident did not involve the filing of a false police report.
Things never got to the point of having the victim sign a report because the officers quickly figured out what actually happened, Lt. Lunny said.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Feb 24, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Eddie, wow. I'm glad I just saw this now, years later, and not after it happened. It's pathetic how it seems you get so much pleasure out of cyber-bullying an 18 year old girl who was obviously experiencing an extremely difficult time. And Jimmy, Portola Valley's a small town, I think anyone could have figured that out. But thanks, just in case no one knew. Thank you to the anonymous user who said something nice....it's good to know that not everyone living in this small town is completely mindless and aggravated out of boredom.
I do not belong here, I know that. And the police were very nice and understanding considering the circumstances. It has not been easy and things have been very difficult. I am back in Portola Valley now, after several years of treatment, trying to move on with my life, but I do not think I belong here at all. Never have. Good luck to you, and thanks for being such insensitively cruel individuals in a time a several sadness.
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Start your day right and eat a healthy serving of your favorite breakfast meal. Oh wait, don't forget to take a quick picture before munching it all up!
May it be cereals and milk or bacon and pancakes, we all have our favorite breakfast food that we are always excited to gobble down until there's nothing left but a sparkling clean plate. Well, it's time to share how much you love what they say the most important meal of the day, the ever scrumptious breakfast, with this week's rumble!
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With the office Christmas party season just around the corner(seriously how quickly has this year gone!), Dublin's comedy venue the Laughter Lounge launched today a new survey into the truth behind end of year work celebrations and the festive faux pas committed by employees across the country. We can only begin to imagine the embarrasing stories this is going to unearth...
Have you ever had a secret snog with a co-worker, or do have your eye on the new skirt or shirt in the office for this year's Xmas bash? Are you guilty of falling over while attempting to do the Dirty Dancing jump and flashing your Bridget Jones knickers to the whole room? Do you think that a relationship started at the Christmas office party can last?
To confess your work shindig shenanigans and take part in the survey, log onto the comedy club's website www.laughterlounge.com or click here. Not only will you be entertained during your Elevenses but one lucky person who carries out the short survey will win a VIP Christmas party including pre show dinner, a bottle of bubbly and the best seats for the show.
Whether you want a 3 course meal or finger food, the Laughter Lounge offer a great selection of recession-busting food and beverage deals to accompany the world class comedy entertainment. DJ Father Funk kicks in after the comedy so you can be like a frog in a blender and throw shapes on the dance floor while throwing the eye at the office prey. In true season of giving fashion, Laughter Lounge is entering everyone who books a Christmas party this year into a draw to get their 'claus'(sorry couldn't resist!) on a fancy iPAD 2!
Christmas parties run from Thursday November 24th to Thursday December 22nd at the Laughter Lounge (Basement 4 - 8 Eden Quay, O'Connell Bridge, Dublin 1). Dates are selling fast so please call 01-878 3003 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to hold seats with no deposit necessary and avoid disappointment.


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Unlike other mansions recently in the news, a turn-of-the-century residence on the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and 72d Street, which has been sold to a realty investment group, seems destined for preservation rather than demolition.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that people living with the HIV virus carry a positive legal obligation to disclosure their HIV-positive status, regardless of the circumstance, prior to engaging in sexual relations with a new partner. If they do not, they could be charged with criminal offence -- most commonly of which would be aggravated sexual assault.
The full spectrum of how the HIV epidemic has impacted women in Ontario is a relatively new topic. This is, of course, despite women having been affected by HIV since the beginning. These are some of the challenges that face the women who live with or are at risk for HIV. They are manifold and they are ingrained, but they are not insurmountable.
Adhering to medications has the potential to bring about very positive results in the overall population. The thinking is that if you increase the number of HIV-positive people on treatment, you lower the total amount of virus circulating in a community and, ultimately, reduce the number of new HIV infections.
Racialized women and children, especially from the Global South often become the face of health issues as their faces (literally) are plastered on the websites and brochures of global health organizations. Their images usually accompanied by indicators of poverty and rural geographies and are offered to an audience as the justification for much needed programs.
HIV is a development issue not simply because of its detrimental impact on economic productivity and the health status of a community, but because low levels of socioeconomic development are actually creating a context in which HIV continues to be spread. When youth perceive their future prospects as exceedingly bleak, they are more inclined to partake in high-risk behaviour.
I am a woman living with HIV, but I am a woman first. As a woman, I have similar hopes, dreams and desires as women who are not HIV positive, including having a family. Twenty years ago when I was first diagnosed, people living with HIV were discouraged from having children due to lack of methods to prevent our children from becoming infected with HIV. Today, highly effective methods are available which, when taken correctly, can reduce the risk of HIV transmission to an infant to almost zero. Yet, despite volumes of medical evidence and thousands of children born HIV free globally, people living with HIV face judgement and condemnation when we choose to have children.
World AIDS Day is Saturday. How will you remember and commemorate? Last year alone, 1.7 million people worldwide died as a result of AIDS-related causes. Their deaths must not be in vain. In their memory let us take a more proactive stance in observing this special day this year. End HIV stigma now is a good message. But how? Complacency about AIDS is a major problem and education is still our only vaccine. But sometimes, somewhat surprisingly, even the educated need educating.
What relationship comes with a lifetime guarantee? So back in 1990, I was a man on a mission. I answered an ad from someone HIV-positive in Toronto looking for a serious relationship. Even today, people still have a reaction when you tell them you've dated an HIV-positive person. My friends were supportive of this relationship but my mother for years worried about my contacting HIV. Robert passed away a decade ago. Our relationship opened up a space in my heart that wasn't there before. Risking that initial date with fear taught me existence without love is as a lifeless as a corpse.


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BEND, Ore. - On Sunday, Feb. 2, several Central Oregon law enforcement agencies participated in a one-day high visibility enforcement campaign to detect and deter DUII drivers during and after the Super Bowl. The results are as follows:
-3 DUII arrests made during grant funded overtime (2 OSP-Bend & 1 Redmond PD).
-5 DUII arrests made on 02/02/2014 by officers not on grant funded overtime (all Bend PD).
-Jefferson County Sheriff's Office investigated a rollover motor vehicle crash.
Central Oregon law enforcement reminds everyone not to drive impaired. Please designate a driver or make other arrangements. People are encouraged to report suspected impaired drivers to their local law enforcement agencies.
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2 May 2011An Open Letter to Donald TrumpIt is time to grab the moment, Donald. Recent events have provided you with a wonderful gift that only someone with your abilities and talents can take proper advantage. Now that birtherism is dead (thanks to you, of course), and trutherism is relegated to a few kooky academics, this is the moment of truth for the birth of deatherism, whose working slogan should be, "Where is the death certificate?" They say Osama Bin Laden is dead. But do we really … [Read more...]
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text: Republican presidential rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are ramping up their references to Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as they make a final pitch for the votes of Cuban Americans in Florida. A Univision/ABC poll on Thursday showed Romney with a 15-percentage-point advantage over Gingrich among likely Hispanic Republican voters in the must-win state of Florida. But Gingrich,who has been toughening his stance on Castro, is gaining ground, especially among Cuban Americans. Castro has rowed into the debate with a column in a Cuban newspaper, claiming the Republican presidential race is the greatest competition of "idiocy and ignorance" the world has ever seen. In the video below (picture from which is above), Gingrich accused Romney of using a Castro soundbite.


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- Brad Pendergrass returned to Knoxville in 2010 as UT's director of football operations.
- Pendergrass' primary role at Tennessee is to oversee the day-to-day administrative operation of the football program in the areas of budgetary management, team travel, pre-season training camp and bowl planning, as well as serving as head coach Butch Jones' liaison to all athletics department support units that assist the football team.
- In 2012, Pendergrass was named to serve on athletic director Dave Hart's senior administrative staff.
- Prior to his return to Rocky Top, Pendergrass held the same position for one season at Wisconsin after a five-year stint at Mississippi State. His first full-time position, however, was at Tennessee with his alma mater in football recruiting.
- Pendergrass made the move to Wisconsin in 2009 as the Badgers' director of football operations and handled the team's administrative operations, budget, travel, and nonconference scheduling as well as other administrative duties under head coach Bret Bielema.
- At Mississippi State, he spent his first three years as assistant to the head coach for Sylvester Croom. Pendergrass was named coordinator of football operations in 2007, and then was promoted prior to the 2008 season to assistant AD for football operations. In that role, Pendergrass was part of athletics director Greg Byrne's senior staff, while maintaining his responsibilities with the football program.
- Pendergrass spent 10 seasons with the Vols under head coach Phillip Fulmer -- rising from student manager, to graduate assistant for the coaching staff, to graduate assistant in football operations and later to full-time recruiting assistant.
- During that 10-year period, the Vols enjoyed 10 consecutive bowl game appearances, highlighted by winning the 1998 national championship and back to back SEC championships in 1997 and 1998.
- A native of Huntingdon, Pendergrass received his bachelor's degree in business/marketing from UT in 1998. He earned a master's in human performance and sports studies in 2001.


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Rex Ryan humble, but New York Post takes shot at Bill Belichick
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Jets coach Rex Ryan has been abnormally subdued this week, leading up to Thursday's Patriots-Jets game at MetLife Stadium. Ryan, known for his brash behavior, has been complimentary of the Pats and said he needs to worry about his 4-6 team that trails New England by three games in the AFC East.
"We can only focus on ourselves and just find a way to punch out," Ryan said Monday. "We earned where we are, and we just have to find a way to punch our way out. That's it. I'm not even worried about tweaking New England or anybody else. It's to the point where we have to focus on us."
Added Ryan: 'We put ourselves in this spot. Without question [the sense of desperation], it's there. Again, it's not a panic thing, it's just the fact that we just have to be focused and tight, and whatever the next challenge is, to face it head on. That's what we'll do.'
Ryan said he would not tell his players to avoid any bulletin-board material, but he's not planning to offer any himself, especially considering the limited preparation time this week.
"We're just trying to punch our way out, so I don't know how much of that there will be," he said. "But it's not something I'll bring up to the team."
Jets linebacker Calvin Pace said his team needs to avoid the errors that have played New York this season.
"We know them. They know us," Pace said of the Pats. "I'll say this until I'm not in the league anymore: You have to beat New England, because they're not going to beat themselves. We've just got to limit our mental mistakes and our turnovers. We've got a good chance if we do that."
Considering the lack of headline material, the New York Post created some on its own, taking a shot at Belichick for sending Rob Gronkowski in for an extra point late in Sunday's rout of the Colts. Gronkowski reportedly suffered a broken forearm and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. The Post pictured Belichick as a turkey and referred to the situation as "butterball Belichick's brainlock."
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Ability dancing with Mencap's Young Ambassadors
Northern Ballet's Ability is taking part in an exciting project with some of Mencap's Young Ambassadors from the region. As part of the Look Beyond the Label campaign the two groups have been meeting to create a dance piece that will be performed as part of National Mencap Day.
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Queen Amina, the greatest military strategist, warrior queen and a nation builder. Courtesy anheuser-busch
The preeminent Princess (gimbiya) Amina of the Hausa city state of Zazzau was born around 1533. The Arabic female name Amina means truthful, trustworthy and honest. One source postulates that Amina was a daughter of Queen Bakwa Turunku, who founded the city of Zaria, West Africa, in 1536. It must be noted that the seven original states of Hausaland were Katsina, Daura, Kano, Zazzau, Gobir, Rano, and Garun Gabas cover an area of approximately 500 square miles and comprise the heart of Hausaland. In the sixteenth century, Queen Bakwa Turunku built the capital of Zazzau at Zaria, named after her younger daughter. Eventually, the entire state of Zazzau was renamed Zaria, which is now a province in present-day Nigeria.
However it was her elder daughter, the legendary Amina (or Aminatu), who inherited her mother's warlike nature. Amina was 16 years old when her mother became queen and she was given the traditional title of magajiya ( the heir apparent) in 1549. With the title came responsibility for a ward in the city where she convened daily councils with other officials. She also began training in the cavalry.
Queen Bakwa, died when Amina was 36 years old, leaving her to rule over Zaria. She was also said to have taken a lover from among the conquered people after each battle, and to have killed him in the morning following their night together.
In 1576 she became the undisputed ruler of Zazzau. Distinguished as a soldier and an empire builder, she led campaigns within months of becoming ruler. She built walled forts as area garrisons to consolidate the territory conquered after each campaign. Some of these forts still stand today. She is credited with popularising the earthen city wall fortifications, which became characteristic of all Hausa city-states since then. Towns grew within these protective walls, many of which are still in existence called "ganuwar Amina", or Amina's walls. Amina subdued the whole area between Zazzau and the Niger and Benue rivers, absorbing the Nupe and Kwararafa (kororofa) states ,a Jukun Kingdom. Under her remarkable leadership, Zaria became the most powerful state in Hausaland. Eventually her holdings stretched down to the sea. The Kano Chronicle, an important Hausa history, speaks of her with great respect: "At this time Zaria under Queen Amina conquered every all the towns.... Every town paid her tribute. The Sarkin Nupe [i.e. king of Nupe] sent her forty eunuchs and ten thousand kolas to her. She was the first to have eunuchs and kolas in the Hausaland. Her conquest extended to over 34 years." The kola nut, which she introduced, is one of the great luxuries of Western Sudan; it is prized for its bitter taste, slightly aphrodisiac properties, and its ability to quench thirst.
Queen Amina never married though she had men in her life. After Amina`s death, her sister Zaria succeeded to the throne, but Zaria, the kingdom, soon faded from history as a great West African power. Amina is remembered today as "Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana," meaning "Amina, daughter of Nikatau, a woman as capable as a man."
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Woh! Now we're talking death! We're still learning about the effects of multiple concussions and how they impact people 10, 20 or 30 years down the road. I take it you've personnally interviewed and medically assessed the 1000s of hockey players you've coached, played with and scouted?
There's no Little Johnny Hockey because there wasn't this awareness around concussion 15 years ago! They weren't diagnosed or understood like they are today (and today they're not well understood either). Post-concussion symptoms range from dizziness to memory loss to headaches (and more).... losing the ability to speak is not a symptom.
You think you're the only guy on here that's been around hockey for decades? You think none of the cuys on the Hockey AB panel have been around hockey for decades? You don't think the Mayo clinic has any hockey background?
Rick Martin had one diagnosed concussion and autopsy on his brain showed degenrative brain disease. Talk to Wayne Primeau and Eric Lindros and Brett Lindros about it.
There's an example for all you teach it younger. Lindros played in ON where checking was allowed in PeeWee and he's one of the worst for having his head down.
You are talking about adults. They suffered these concussions when they played as adults. They also knew the consequences of playing with a head injury and continued to do so.
There isn't a state of emergency in pewee hockey of kids getting concussed left and right because it doesn't happen to them.
It is knee jerk reaction. The simple answer is if you or your kid doesn't want to play a contact sport then go do something else.
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