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Stacey V.
Nanny in Belchertown, MA 01007.
Looking for full or part-time work as a nanny.
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- Age 43
- 0 years paid experience
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Last signed in: More than 6 months
Preferred Rate $10-$15 per hour
Stacey's Bio
I'm a stay at home Mom of 2 boys ages 5 and 8. I worked at Massmutual for 11 years before I decided to leave and be home with my children. Since being home I have regularly volunteered in classrooms, field trips. I'm currently a substitute para professional in the Belchertown schools. I will also be a den leader for my youngest sons Cub Scout den in September. We are very active with cub scouts, outdoors , reading and crafts. I have been background checked through the school system and have a valid cori card. My children will both be in school full days and I'm looking for a nanny position that will still enable me to be home for them. Please consider me to care for your child. We will keep busy and have lots of fun!
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0 years of paid child care experience with:
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- Toddlers (1 to 3 years)
- Preschooler (3 to 5 years)
- Grade School (6 to 11 years)
2 to 3 years of infant care experience
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- Instruction (proper swaddling, feeding, changing, bathing)
- Assist with setting a routine
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Special Needs Care Experience
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Physical Disabilities
- Medical/Special Healthcare Needs
- Social/Emotional
Special Needs Conditional Experience
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Learning Disabilities
Special Needs Services Experience
- Bathing
- Bed Baths
- Bladder and Bowel Assistance
- Dressing Assistance
- Feeding Assistance
- Grooming and Hygiene
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- Short-term (1 to 3 months)
- Temporary (4 to 12 months)
- Permanent (1 to 2 years)
- Permanent (2 or more years)
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- Will consider either a part time or full time position
- Start date is flexible
My availability is valid through 10/28/14
- Open availability on weekdays (M-F)
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Homework Help:
- Finishing homework
- Checking answers
- Studying for a test
- Proofreading
- Basic Math
- Elementary Science
- Science
- English
- Essay Writing
- Social Studies
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- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- Potty Training
- Willing to run errands as needed
- Willing to drive children to events, school, appointments, or carpooling
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New Year's Resolution: Make 'Em Laugh
As a young adult, Julie Bayley was inspired by Whoopi Goldberg to try stand-up comedy. Julie loved performing late night sets, but found herself limited by "a really horrific habit: I had to eat three times a day." Instead, she parlayed some of those skills into a career as a marketer.
Thirty years later, Julie's creative resolution for 2014 is to get back onstage and perform a 5-10-minute stand-up set. "I think it's my midlife crisis," she tells Kurt Andersen. "I can't afford a Porsche, I'm not going to grow a ponytail, so this is the next best thing." She admits that the challenge of making strangers laugh feels scarier this time around, but "I like the kind of fear that I'm feeling."
Task #1: Write a joke a day.
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New Year's ResolutionArtist: The Therapy SistersAlbum: Codependent ChristmasLabel: Clinical Records
Stand UpArtist: LudacrisAlbum: Chicken N BeerLabel: Def Jam

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DALLAS, July 23 – Two slight variations in a gene that helps maintain lung function increase the risk of high altitude sickness, a rare but potentially deadly breathing disorder, according to a report in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The findings may also help researchers find causes of other lung disorders. These include chronic mountain sickness, primary pulmonary hypertension, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) occurs in seemingly healthy people after rapid exposure to altitudes higher than 2,500 meters (8,175 feet), particularly when the people exert themselves.
HAPE causes fluid in the lungs, difficulty breathing, severe weakness and dangerously rapid heartbeats. Death occurs in 44 percent of people who are not treated with oxygen or drugs, or moved to a lower altitude. About 1 percent of the Japanese population is susceptible to the condition.
Researchers first recognized HAPE as a specific disorder in 1960. Before that, people who experienced its symptoms were diagnosed as having pneumonia or heart failure. "It is a hazard to mountaineers, trekkers, skiers and people moving to high altitudes," says study co-author Masayuki Hanaoka, M.D., Ph.D., a specialist in high-altitude medicine at Shinshu University School of Medicine in Matsumoto, Japan.
Japanese researchers found that two variations, or polymorphisms, in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene occurred significantly more often in people who suffered HAPE than in a group of mountain climbers who had never experienced the condition. eNOS is a key enzyme involved in the release of nitric oxide in the blood vessels. Nitric oxide regulates the tone of blood vessels by causing them to relax, or dilate, to increase blood flow. Drugs called vasodilators that elicit this response in blood vessels can prevent HAPE as well as treat it.
"This is the first report of a positive genetic association of the eNOS gene with HAPE," Hanaoka says. "The eNOS polymorphisms identified may help predict susceptibility to HAPE."
Although the exact mechanism by which HAPE develops is unclear, "We postulate that the production of nitric oxide in the blood vessels of the lungs may be impaired in HAPE as a result of the polymorphisms in the eNOS gene. Further studies are necessary to clarify this proposition," Hanaoka says.
Confirming the genetic link could also lead to new treatments and perhaps prevention, Hanaoka says.
"It is not a dream to think about transferring the healthy eNOS gene to the human lung to compensate for the insufficient production of nitric oxide," he says.
Abnormal constriction of vessels in the lungs appears to contribute to HAPE, and studies have shown that HAPE patients have reduced nitric oxide in their lungs.
"We did this study to try to decipher the genetic cause of the nitric oxide deficit in patients with HAPE," Hanaoka says.
Researchers drew blood from 41 healthy climbers with a history of HAPE and a control group of 51 healthy climbers from the Mountaineering Association of Nagano and the Alpine Club of Shinshu University who had no history of HAPE. The HAPE group was healthy and athletic at low altitudes but suffered HAPE that required hospitalization at least once while mountain climbing. The control group, on average, had made more than 100 climbs at elevations exceeding 2,800 meters (9,186 feet) above sea level without experiencing HAPE.
All participants were Japanese, unrelated to one another, and were born and lived at elevations of less than 610 meters (2001 feet).
Using the blood samples, researchers determined the DNA sequence of the eNOS gene in each participant. They found significant differences between the HAPE patients and the control group in two variations – designated Glu298Asp and 27-bp VNTR – that occur in the gene.
Only 9.8 percent of the control group carried the Glu298Asp variation compared to 25.6 percent of the HAPE patients. Variations at the 27-bp VNTR site on the gene occurred in 6.9 percent of the control group and in 23.2 percent of the HAPE patients.
The researchers then investigated how many of the 92 participants had both variations. They found that 26.8 percent of the HAPE group, but none of the control group, carried the two polymorphisms.
Co-authors are Yunden Droma, M.D.; Masao Ota, Ph.D.; Yoshihiko Katsuyama, Ph.D.; Tomonobu Koizumi, M.D.; Keisaku Fujimoto, M.D.; Toshio Kobayashi, M.D.; and Keishi Kubo, M.D.
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TESS VIGELAND: Today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled a plan to restore confidence in his country's economy. The Russian stock market has lost 40 percent of its value since May. Medvedev wants to make the Russian market a lot more transparent and give foreigners easier access to it.
Commentator Dan Drezner says economic modernization is a good buffer against war. Question is, for how long?
DAN DREZNER: In "The Lexus and The Olive Tree," Thomas Friedman proposed the Golden Arches theory of conflict prevention. Friedman wrote, "No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's." This was shorthand for saying that economic globalization reduced the likelihood of armed conflict.
Alas, the war between Russia and Georgia flatly contradicts Friedman's hypothesis. Furthermore, Russia has continued to act in a confrontational fashion. Moscow formally recognized the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. President Dmitri Medvedev articulated a new, aggressive foreign policy doctrine within Russia's "sphere of influence" -- and there are a surprising number of McDonald's franchises in the Russian periphery.
These events have led a lot of geostrategists to say that the rules of the global game have changed. A century ago, Norman Angell proclaimed that no country would be stupid enough think it could profit more from war than trade. A few years later, World War I broke out. Will Friedman become the Angell of this century?
Let's not throw out the baby with the Big Mac. In international relations, no country is perfect. Even if one McGlobalized country attacks another McGlobalized country, globalization still reduces the chance for war.
In important ways, the theory is working quite well. Even without economic sanctions, Russia is paying a price for its actions. Last week Russia's RTS Index dropped 7 percent, and has fallen by 33 percent since July. Last month $20 billion left Russian markets in search for safer havens. Moscow has had to intervene aggressively in foreign exchange markets to defend the ruble.
In the end, the war has resulted in losers on all sides. Through its aggressive behavior, Georgia has lost its breakaway provinces. While Russia has humiliated Georgia, every country in the region is now balancing against Moscow.
Angell -- and Friedman -- are right to say that economic interdependence makes war very costly. The 64,000 ruble question is whether Russia is willing to pay that price over and over again.
VIGELAND: Dan Drezner teaches International Politics at Tufts University.


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[quote:SolarSon:MV8yMDA3NTU0XzMzNzM2NjYyX0RDRTRENjVE] [quote:stillhere:MV8yMDA3NTU0XzMzNzM2MjUwXzFFQ0U0QzZF] Solar Sun-- 1. Where do you live--as in above ground or below. 2. Is there an inner earth as in the hollow earth theory 3. Do you eat meat? 4. Is english your primary language--you phrased some things oddly 5. If "fear" is an energy feast and delicious to them....what is the opposite? What repels them-- 6. Thank you for taking the time to share what you know. I think it is more than obvious that those that oppose us have a very unfair advantage in retaining their memories--like the [b]Dalai Lama[/b]--to which group does he belong? Which religion holds the most truth even though most are full of deception. Imagine the long term goals you could accomplish if one lifetime was not important--this is where we are deceived--we can not imagine the patience of those who take eons to put their plans in action--it happens so slowly we can't figure it out. We are brainwashed to believe things like "you can't take it with you", you have only one life, Bla, Bla, Bla-- But if you kept on coming back into the same group and remembered everything and could continue where you left off--you could keep your stuff and collect more--you might want it ALL. Which poison is the worst here to keep us enslaved and how best to clear it out? If you could list the order of danger--what shuts down our 3rd eye so we can't use it? Is it fluoride? Is circumcision used to traumatize baby boys and have them give off FEAR and live re-enacting that trauma in their lives? Are you circumcised? There is a book written in Australia about 8 years ago that was about people living in a place where they were trapped without their knowing. They were used as labor and they watched TV, with world events portrayed by actors to keep them enslaved. They were told the rest of the world was at war and unsafe and they were protected. They had to wear monitoring devices--like our smart phones.... Can't find the book now--something like Paradise lost--but not the popular book by that name--know anything about it? I assume that most events we see are planned. Did Bush senior kill Jon Bennet Ramsey? Satanic Ritual? So, my question would be are there people that rise to fame and fortune that are by accident and not planned? Can people access memories that belong to others through the collective consciousness? So, if I remember I was some famous person, I may not be--I just accessed part of their memory from the shared records??? Isn't there one truth, somehow related to holograms--where the truth can be found in anything because everything holds the whole and the parts. What about fractals, the theory that we are all just vibrations and music.... What about alternate realities--can we wake up in another one? Are the people we are in relationship with real or parts of ourselves? Is there such a thing as time travel? thanks for your time...:hf::hf::hf: [/quote] That's a lot of questions.. Let me try address them quickly. 1. I live above ground. If I lived below, I would probably not tell you that in either case. 2. There is some "inner chambers", to use that term. These seem to be ancient and may have been more populated in the past. A guy I know is behind a major discovery of this century, if not millennia , in Egypt. Unfortunately I can not tell much about that specific detail here and now since it is too narrow. 3. Yes, I eat meat and there is no reason not to. Any religion or spiritual belief system saying otherwise is simply wrong, as I have had more "spiritual experiences" than most of the leaders of any of those "vegetarian cults". I have met some that were not even able to astral project, which is one of the more crucial things to know and be able to do in life, if you really want anything worth of "spiritual experiences". 4. No, I speak many languages, english is not my first nor second language so sorry for any mistakes. 5. Most positive emotions and energies are less appealing to them. Love, Joy, Happyness, Confidence - those are the most important ones that is useful to be filled with. I will detail later on how to program yourself to instantly go into any wanted positive state of mind. There are some secret techniques for such. 6. You are welcome. Dalai Lama is keeping one part of the world busy in deceit, just as the Pope is doing with another. The Pope is the supreme evil of all men on Earth though, and the Vatican the hand of Satan on Earth, so to speak. Regarding poisons and toxic dangers, flouride is probably the worst of the most used ones yes. Generally, just eat your own naturally grown and self-processed food and you will be fine, that's what I do. Also get your own water from a natural source, don't buy it and dont drink tap water. When it comes to Circumcision I have really no idea how that came into being or who is behind it, never really gave it much deep thoughts nor looked into it. Personally I am not circumcised, nor do I see any use of it, but I have friends of great insights who are and swears to it being positive, so anyone must make up their own mind on that. Though I doubt it can be immensely positive or negative either way. The book you mention I have never heard of but the concept sounds interesting enough. Regarding Bush and rituals etc, those kind of people do NOT get their hands dirty themselves, they make sure other people do so they stay clean as far as the spiritual laws and karma etc goes. They are not except of such rules. In other words, they get other people to carry out the dirty stuff on their behalf, and thus whoever carries it out gets the slap back. Satanic rituals on their own, are not necessarily affected by karma, nor is it "evil" or "good" in itself, but its a bit complex topic that takes way too much to explain properly right now so I will try to get back to you on that later. The same goes for what is accident, and what is planned. When it boils down to it, nothing is really "accident" in the sense you most likely are refering to, but again it will take me too much time to explain it properly right now. For the memories part - yes, people can access other peoples memories, and people can implant false memories into other people. This is done all the time, even by regular people accidentally. Other groups of people are using this as a mind control technique, and to extract certain information they want to get their hands on. This does not you are walking around with your head open like a wet paper bag though, it takes lots of experience and knowledge to do something like that and the ones who do are very few. Past lives memories, are as you suggest, often false. You can learn to distinguish though and be aware of any "false" memories, and what are "real" memories. This will come on its own the more you practice with such and do past life regressions on yourself. It is important to always do it on yourself, do NOT let some hypnotist etc do a past life regression on you. Learn proper meditation techniques for it, I will try explain some later. The "holograph" effect in things you speak of is real yes, all physical objects have a "historical signature" embedded to them, meaning that you can access knowledge on where the object is from, who has been in contact with it, how it got to wherever you got it from etc. This is true for anything though, not only physical objects, and when connecting to the "akashic records" mentioned earlier, you can collect such information. Everything is vibration, everything has a frequency so yes you are right on that. Whether physical or non-physical, all energy is vibration of a frequency. This is something I am sure even modern science will acknowledge, since all atoms are always moving, the building blocks of anything is never still, thus confirming this. Alternate realities, yes they too exist, and yes you can wake up spontaneously in one, though it is not exactly common. On the other hand, you can learn to travel to such alternate realities on purpose, I can teach you more on that later on since it relates to astral projection, out of body experiences, teleportation and what you ask about next, time travel. So yes, Time travel is real, as is teleportation, and technically speaking the two are one and the same. Time travel is the effect of teleportation from our current timeline to an alternate dimension which is currently experiencing a timeline that is similar to either that of a past of future timeline in "our" current timeline. If that made any sense for you. Will try to expand some on the answers to you later since you asked so much, and I can teach you how to actually do many of the things you ask, such as how to "read" imprints on objects to "scan" their history etc, or how to experience the alternate realities, even how to do time travel. This is all something anyone can do, just knowing the right techniques. [/quote]
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I can not tell you too much about myself, simply because it would easily identify me in the groups I belong.
What I can tell you is that I am an active member of several secret orders, beyond the mainstream regions of Freemasonry into the higher forms of the inner order of Illuminati.
And I have come here to reveal some of the secrets that I feel are of immense importance to all, as well as certain matters that should be for the benefit of everyone and not just us select few.
None of you know anything of what you think you know - not about us, the ones behind the curtains, nor about yourselves. You have been mislead and led astray since before your birth.
The complexity of it all is so vast that it will take time to detail it for you. Thus I will have to start somewhere, and I will come back to add when the occasion lets me. If time allows, I will also answer questions some may have, as long those questions do not incriminate me or reveal for those who knows me from the inside who I am.
Being here at all is risky enough as it is - take what I tell you for what it is and decide for yourselves what you want to do with the information, or whether I am telling you the truth or not.
Let me start with a short introduction of myself, to at least give you the bones without the meat.
My family have been involved with the secret orders as far back in time I have been able to look back in any of our records. I stepped right into the same as soon I was born.
We have close ties with many of the groups and orders most of you will have heard of - and even more of the ones you will never even find the name of. A lot of the Light shines in the Darkness.
The family I come from has a leadership role and a greater importance within these orders. This has given me an unique access to information, understanding, knowledge and greatly guarded secrets that very few are privileged to.
Being in such a position is very rewarding, and you would probably not even believe all the things we oversee and are witness to - not to mention what we experience and are involved with directly ourselves. A lot of it can't be mention, since doing so would endanger my anonymity.
The reason I have decided to come here to open the lid on the door a bit, is because of both the horrific discoveries I have made during my time on the inside, AS WELL as the WONDERFUL discoveries.
Truly a lot can be said, and probably will, but for now in my first attempt at letting you in on the secrets I must detail the utter most important parts.
First of all: You are IMMENSELY deceived. NOTHING is the way you think it is, and not even close to it either. Everything is a lie, and a great hoax put upon you. This includes your own LIFE, your IDENTITY.
Everything around you have been created and put in place to BLIND you from the truth. The Media, is there to deceive you and keep you away from understanding, your job is there to keep you busy and away from discovering your true self, your favorite hobbies and past-time activities have been designed to maintain your business beyond your job to further mislead you from reality, religion is there to hide the truth, technology, science, medicine, all there to derail you from the truth. The person you love, your own family, they are there to keep you away from the truth.
The very Earth under your feet is in place to keep you away from the Truth.
That all may sound preposterous - and I can see why, since it really does sound insane.
But nevertheless, this is the way it really is.
Now this does not mean you are not "real", or that the world, or those things you see around you are not "real". But it does mean that your reality, that which is your everyday, is part of a greater design, spun around you in all its splendor, to maintain you in a level of status quo - to keep you in your current state. Compare it to cows in a field - the field and the farm they live on are real enough, and the cows take it for granted as their everyday life, yet it is still in the end artificially created for the cows to keep them there, as the slaves of the farmer. It is truly a perfect analogy since it is pretty much identical to what is really going on.
In that sense, in YOUR reality, you are the "cows", and the "farmer" is, well, call it the Great Architect of the Universe.
You can also call it the Devil, or Satan - but do NOT call it God.
God did NOT create the World. God did NOT create you. It was a different entity, far from God, in biblical terms you could say it was the "Fallen Angel" mentioned above.
With this I quickly jump through tremendous parts of History, and skip all the important bits in between. We go back to our "present" and Secret Orders - since what I have just mentioned now is one of the MOST guarded secrets of these orders.
And, at the highest level of most orders of any significance this is a well known truth - a truth guarded because of many reasons in itself, but not necessarily for Evil as I will get to in my next post.
It relates to the Secret Orders due to us being in existence since BEFORE the time of the Creation of the illusious world you live within, and the Orders exist on Earth today as the channel that allows for the connection and communication with the Divine, and that which still exists far outside the Spheres of the physical Universe you now experience yourself in.
This is all something I will detail soon, when I have the time to come back to further share some of the secrets I feel must be shared.
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The Hyde celebrates Dr. Seuss' birthday with reading event
Those who are six, sixteen, sixty-four, and more are invited to join The Hyde, event partner Red Fox Books, and the Cat in the Hat himself for a reading by the Hyde's Executive Director David F. Setford of Horton Hears a Who. After the reading, children will have the opportunity to make a Seussical flower, complete with their very own "Who", in the Museum's Louis P. Brown Art Studio. The art-making session will be followed by a viewing of the film version of the Seuss classic.
The Hyde event is part of the nationwide, National Education Association's twelfth annual observance of Read Across America. NEA is calling America's children, both young and old, to celebrate Dr. Seuss'sbirthday and the joys of reading.
According to Setford, "This is the perfect event for children to enjoy the written word and the marvelous illustrations of one of the nation's most beloved children's authors."
The reading will be held at 3 pm followed by the art-making session. The film, which will be shown in the Museum's Helen Froehlich Auditorium, is scheduled from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public but seating is limited, so reservations should be made by calling 518-792-1761.
For more information on how to generate excitement for reading and best practices for motivating and teaching reading, visit www.nea.org/readacross.


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HCA Power customer care 888-294-4134, very nasty people. I talked to Taanic rep. #385 ordered their product over the phone. I was specifically told I was being given a free trial of their product, and all I had to pay was shipping. Fine, I agreed. I was told I would be charged the full $79.99 for the next 2 months unless I called within the first 15 days of the order date, fine with me. I was told they would pay me for every pound I lost if I did their 90-day-challenge. I was told again, in this challenge - there is nothing mandatory and I could cancel anytime without a problem if I did not like or see results with their product. Upon calling today within the first 15 days, I was told a different story: That I must be charged first for the folloiwng 2 months and then I can cancel if I am not satisfied. I said, "that is not what you told me, and that is not the agreement. When I said I wanted to talk to the manager because I was never told of those, and that I specifically asked the following questions: Will I be charge anything beside the shipping cost? Replied: No. Can I cancel anytime? Replied: Yes, anytime after today. Is there any obligation to pay for more products with what am agreeing to receive? Replied: No.
Two reps on the phone rudely hunged up on me. I also have reported this matter to the Illinois and Ohio States Atorney General Office, The Better Busines Bureau and some other consumer complaint agencies.
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Gold Gloves were announced. Here's a chart comparing the various fielders (excluding pitchers) who performed the best at each position per fielding metric, where I assume the leader of a metric would receive a Gold Glove. I just want to here some input from the folks around here. Are the 2012 numbers reflective of the best fielders this year (I know 3-year numbers are suggested)? Which metric do you find to be the most accurate? Any you detest?
Though I specify the left/center/right fielders, some of these may group them as outfielders. All stats are based on Baseball Reference except Defensive Runs Saved and UZR, which is found on Fangraphs. I'm assuming Fangraphs' DRS is the same as the Fielding Bible's. For catchers, UZR isn't available so I put in CS%.
FP=fielding percentage
RF/9=range factor (per 9 inn)
DRS=defensive runs saved
TZR=total zone runs
UZR=ultimate zone rating (per 150 games). CS% for catchers
GG=actual Gold Glove winner
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With the introduction of Full Field Digital Mammography, what constitutes a mammogram for retention and transfer purposes, the digital data or the hardcopy film?
There are two sections of the recordkeeping requirement that are affected by the introduction of full field digital mammography (FFDM). The first deals with retention of the mammography films. For purposes of film retention, the facility must maintain, in retrievable form, either the original or lossless compressed full field digital data or hardcopy films of final interpretation quality for the time periods specified in the above regulation. The second section affected by FFDM deals with transferring films. For purposes of transferring films, the facility must be able to provide the medical institution, physician, healthcare provider, patient or patient's representative, with hardcopy films of final interpretation quality or, when it is acceptable to the recipient (e.g., a transfer between two FFDM facilities), with original or lossless compressed full field digital images electronically.


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Source: Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor
For six months last year, cyberspies infiltrated and siphoned key data from the computer networks of at least 20 organizations in the US, Australia, Canada, and Europe – all of them with policy, economic, or political interests pending in China – then laundered them through a coopted server in the US and transmitted the information to China.
Operating undetected from late March to mid-September 2011, the sprawling cyberespionage program targeted, among others, a mining executive doing deals in China during a steel shortage there, Canadian immigration officials dealing with a Chinese businessman fleeing prosecution in Canada, and an international maritime executive promoting a new vessel design standard to minimize greenhouse gas emissions – a move China had publicly refuted.
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Oh ****!!!
Finally Somebody gets it! Star Wars about to get the "James Bond" treatment
Team Thanos "Fine...I'll do it myself."
Team Thanos "Fine...I'll do it myself."
I've always been interested to see a film involving Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo. Ben too
I dont follow it heavy, but the length the Star Wars timeline goes is intriguing as hell
could turn star wars into the neext james bond type series
do it dizknee!
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This is really shocking. Why would Lucas sell something he himself founded. He could have stepped down and still had other people run the company.
This is a Power Move by Disney. 4 Billion dollars is a STEAL. For the entire Lucas Film Company?
That's Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Not to mention Lucasfilm has been the leading the industry in special effects since they were founded.
They're going to make that 4 Billion back back so fast.
I guarantee the films are going to great. Disney did justice to both Pixar and Marvel properties.
Feels like Star Wars is finally going to get the treatment it deserves.
The next 3 movies are sequels set after Episode 6. Apparently Lucas planned 4 more trilogies since the 80's.
enough of the lucas bashing. please cut that crap out. the prequels were NOT hot trash......were they underwhelming? did my imagination expect something more fun, more intellectual, more thorough? Of course! but my imagination was also greatly intrigued by the newfound fact that Darth Vader made c3p0 and therefore had a hand in his own redemption......man the prequels have some mind blowing stuff in it if u just need to get passed jar jar and the weak natalie portman/hayden christiansen dynamic.
Lucas is one of the greatest directors ever simply due to the fact that he wrote and directed the GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE - star wars episode 4: a new hope.
which book exactly?
dont worry, be happy. disney has some amazing talent at their disposa (writers/composers etc), they are going to do this series justice i can just about guarantee it......im beyond geeked this is incredible.


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I reuse canning lids only for various crafts. the canning lids when used again sometimes doesnt seal properly,
Canning is too much work to try to cut corners on lids...they are cheap and my labor and time counts too!
I reuse them for everyday use. If I am going to do canning with a pressure cooker I use new ones. But if you just use the jars and lids for something to put in the fridge no need to throw them away. Also freezer jams don't need new lids.
Always new lids, rings I use until they rust then recycle them...
You can re-use the jars and the rings but never the flats. Too much of a chance of botulisim. I have used them for freezer jam or to store salad dressing in a jar in the fridge but never for canning.


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3 RV Parks near Atwater, Minnesota
Spicer, Minnesota 11.21 miles NW
Litchfield, Minnesota 12.25 miles E
Willmar, Minnesota 13.02 miles SW
New London, Minnesota 15.79 miles NW
Eden Valley, Minnesota 17.18 miles NE
We did however find 3 campgrounds within 25 miles of Atwater. You can also find a list of cities with campgrounds or RV Parks near Atwater in the left hand column.
720 Agnes St NE Spicer, Minnesota 56288 (map) | (320) 796-0161
Sites: 84 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 5 Reviews
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Sep 2014 - $35.00
This is a very nice, quiet campground with large, green grassy sites. You have to drive through the lower campground to get to the office, which is a little confusing. All of the sites in the upper campground are seasonal, as well as several in the lower campground. There are only small trees on the sites which wouldn't provide much shade. We couldn't get the Wi-Fi to work. There is a pool, game room, large playground, volleyball court, and horseshoes. The restrooms/showers attached to the main lodge building are finished nicely and are clean, but were not well maintained, as at least one was out of toilet paper. The showers in the adjacent building are large but still bare concrete. All showers require quarters to operate. I would have given this campground a ten if they didn't charge you to use the showers after you've already paid to camp there, and if the Wi-Fi worked. - Juniper94
Aug 2012 - $35.00
This is a nice little park and a good value for the money. Owner is very friendly. Very nice lodge building, pool and playground. Restrooms and showers are clean and nice. They appear to have recently added a new shower building with two private-bath style showers. These are in service but still bare concrete: I expect that they will eventually be finished like the bathroom/showers in the main lodge. Plenty of good dog walking areas outside the park. An earlier (2009) review indicated no wireless internet coverage, but we had 5 bars of Verizon cell phone signal and good 3G data coverage. I would rate this campground 5 stars except for lack of trees and pesky quarter-in-the-slot showers, which strike me as chintzy for a $35 a night campground. - John45
Aug 2012 - $35.00
This is a nice park with a newer lodge with lots of games for the kids and a nice pool. The bathrooms were clean but not well stocked: several were out of TP or hand towels. The sites are much wider than normal but the pads are sand or gravel or just grass. The hookups are in good condition. There was no internet or cable but the TV reception was very good. My biggest complaint was that quiet time allegedly started at 10 but a loud party went several hours beyond that and the can recycling bin was overflowing with beer cans. This might not be the place to go for a quiet getaway! - backin15
14076 Bluefield Rd Paynesville, Minnesota 56362 (map) | 320-276-8843
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Very nice wooded sites. Lots of privacy. It was kind of inconvenient to have to cross a highway to access the baseball field and beach. There is no RV camping on the lake side, just tents. Very strict on quiet times, almost too strict. There was no complaints on us, but the manager came twice to tell us that we needed to be quieter. We were just sitting around the campfire talking, not being loud at all. Lots of games to keep the kids busy. We didn't go on any hikes, but there were numerous trails to go hiking on. Very nice campground, just remember to keep it to a whisper at quiet times. We would visit here again. - Kristine Birkholz
800 Sibley Park Rd New London, Minnesota 56273 (map) | (320) 354-2055
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We stayed here for the weekend. We liked the campground. Very quiet. Not very private, but that is with most State Parks in Minnesota. Lots of walking paths, near Lake Andrew. It was tough maneuvering with a motorhome. We will be back for sure. - jejmjj5
Jul 2016 - $35.00
Nice park on a lake with hiking and biking trails. Beach gets busy on a hot day. Mt. Tom observation tower was closed. Have to drive through campground to get to the dump station. - Shootecogo
Jul 2015 - $31.00
Looked likesa nice park and is advertised as a big rig friendly. It is not big rig friendly! Typical older state park with narrow roads, trees right next to the road and sharp corners. We were barely able to make it out of the dump station area due to trees and when we got to our pull-through site, there was no way to exit from it. You literally leave the spot and take a 90 degree right hand turn with trees on either side. We decided to abort and backed all the way out of the loop. We did get 1/2 our money returned. Campsites crowded together with little space between them. - Jerry and Betsy


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History on GOP side in Miss. presidential vote
By Chris Joyner, USA TODAY
JACKSON, Miss. It was like something out of a movie about Mississippi, the kind of scene that frames the state in historical terms of race and politics.
About 100 students and some faculty members had gathered in the student center at Jackson State University, a historically black university, to watch Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for president on a series of televisions hung around the room.
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During one of the night's down moments, local Democratic organizers lowered the sound on the sets and held a question-and-answer session. The crowd quieted as 9-year-old Taylor Carr, son of the university women's basketball coach Denise Taylor, took the microphone.
"I want to know if Barack Obama will be in my history book next year?" he asked the organizers.
A number of people in the audience assured Taylor that, yes, Obama would be in his history books. But if he does become the nation's first African American elected to the presidency in November, it's not likely Mississippi will be the reason.
While an American Research Group poll conducted in Mississippi in mid-September showed Obama with 88% of likely black voters in his camp, the same poll showed Republican nominee John McCain with 55% of the overall vote and 85% of the white vote.
Mississippi has not voted for a Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976. In 2004, President Bush took 59.5% of the state's popular vote against Democrat John Kerry. Brad White, executive director of the Mississippi Republican Party, said it is a safe bet that Mississippi voters will choose McCain in November.
"He's got overwhelming support," he said. "We can't keep enough material in our office from bumper sticker and signs."
U.S. Census data shows that African Americans in Mississippi take the right to vote seriously. One in three Mississippians is black, the largest percentage of any state, and they vote in large numbers. In 2004, 67% of voting-age blacks cast ballots, compared to 60% for whites, the data shows.
Only three states — Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri — had a higher black turnout in that election, Census figures show.
Keia Johnson, a 20-year-old political science major at Jackson State, said the importance of Obama's candidacy is not lost on her.
"We're in school in Jackson where we know so many struggles for civil rights took place. For us to be here doing what we're doing and for him to be doing what he's doing, it shows us that this is our America," she said.
"It's not just a place where we live," Johnson said. "It's a place where we can change things, make things happen."
White said Republicans in the state are as energized for McCain as Democrats are for their candidate. He said he has no worries that McCain's reputation as a moderate Republican will dampen turnout among social-conservative voters.
"The term conservative is a relative term," he said. Compared to Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, none of the GOP's candidates in the primary were as conservative, White said.
"I still have heard nothing that would lead me to believe that there is any Republican or conservative that has such a problem with Sen. McCain that they don't plan to vote," he said.
Democratic activists are not giving up on the state. Kelly Jacobs, a Democratic Party official in DeSoto County, which is located just inside the state line near Memphis, said county election officials were overwhelmed when 10,000 people voted in the Democratic primary.
Bush took 72% of the vote in 2004 in this heavily Republican county, so only 3,000 ballots were printed. "They just used plain paper in some places," Jacobs said.
Jacobs allows that a lot of the crush of voting came from Republicans who crossed party lines to vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton after appeals by conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Even though Jacobs believes McCain will carry the state, she thinks a lot of voters in north Mississippi are enthusiastic about Obama.
"I think he will do very well," she said. "But it's the white vote he needs."
As far as the black vote, White said Obama does not have it completely locked up. McCain's social-conservative stands appeal to Mississippians of all races, he said.
A case in point is Cyrus Webb, 33, president of a small entertainment company in Jackson. Webb, a black, conservative Republican, plans to vote for McCain, but he said he often feels pressured to explain why.
"That is pressure that I feel every day," he said. "The difference between me and a lot of people is I can tell you why I am going to vote the way I do."
Webb's opposition to gay marriage is a big issue for him and one he believes is important to a lot of people in the black community who normally vote Democrat. Webb hosts a regular group discussion of young African Americans from around Jackson who debate politics and social issues.
In one session titled "Blacks and Obama: Vote of Conscience, Conviction or Color?", Webb challenged the other members of the group to defend their vote for Obama beyond racial identity.
"Why is Obama worthy of the black vote?" he asked. "What has he done?"
Shontale Watson, a local activist who runs a youth education program, said he believes the senator is a man of principle.
"From one brother to another, I support that," he said.
Joyner reports for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss.
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What is COMPASS?
COMPASS is a computerized assessment in reading, math and writing that is part of Owens Community College's admission and advising process. It will help to identify what classes you should schedule your first semester.
Who needs to complete the COMPASS assessment?
All new full or part-time students who plan to receive a degree, certificate, take courses that require prerequisites or who plan to receive federal financial aid.
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Most students take about 2 hours to complete the assessment portion of the test. However, you should allow about 3 hours to complete the entire process. The COMPASS assessment is not a timed test.
When will I get my results?
Immediately! Your score sheet will be provided for you as soon as you are finished with your assessment test. Your advisor will use your COMPASS scores to advise you into coursework that will enhance your academic success.
When should I complete my COMPASS assessment?
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GOLDEN BEACH, Fla., Tuesday—We were very busy yesterday morning getting Jimmy off to his plane. His friends, the Ned Brandons from Boston, came to see him and sat in the sun for a while, and then offered to drive him to the airport. I went up to talk to him while he packed and finally, very reluctantly saw him leave.
A little while later, Franklin, Jr.'s wife, Ethel, called me up to say she had come down to be with her mother, sister and sister-in-law at the Boca Raton Club, and that they were driving over to the races and would stop to see me either on their way over or on their way home. I told her I would greet them warmly whenever they stopped, for I had no intention of leaving my own domain. It was nearly six o'clock when the young things turned up, all looking much too young and pretty to carry any responsibilities. We had a nice talk, and they thought I had picked out a nice place to hibernate. Ethel said that she knew that if Franklin, Jr., didn't have examinations staring him in the face just now, that I would have received word that they both wanted to come and stay!
The National Society for Crippled Children of the United States of America, which has its headquarters in Elyria, Ohio, sends me word that on the first of March they will open their annual Easter Seal drive. This national society has state associations and the Easter Seal drive helps to finance these state groups. They work on legislation upholding anything which will help to increase the state's responsibility for the cost, care and treatment of crippled children. They are most anxious to see federal aid extended for the education of physically handicapped children of all types. In 1937 it was estimated that a total of 1,873,231 handicapped children needed special education, and less than ten percent of that number were receiving it. At the same time that this society watches legislation the groups cooperate with social welfare agencies in making happier the lot of crippled children.
I mention this sale now instead of later, because while it extends through to Easter Sunday, I feel that many people awakened to the need will be willing to help and cooperate in making it a success.
Last night I read three stories about dogs by Alexander Woollcott, collected in a little book called:- "Verdun Belle". That is the name of one of these stories which the "Town Crier" read over the air. Everyone who likes dogs will enjoy these stories.
If you happen to be interested in the effect that schools can have on the growth of communities, I think you will enjoy reading Miss Elsie Clapp's book:- "Community Schools In Action." She is a most interesting and unique person who did a remarkable piece of work in two different schools for the communities in which she lived.


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Symmetric Diamond Anvil Cells (3)
Capable of studies high-pressure (>100 GPa) and high-temperature (>3000°C when coupled with laser heating) experiments.
Micro-drill (can drill 90–600 micrometer holes in Rhenium, Inconel, René 41, Stainless Steel, etc.)
Ruby Fluorescence Pressure System
Diamond Anvil Cell set-up for in-situ Synchrotron X-ray studies at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne national Laboratory (this photo is of the GSECARS beam line – hutch 13-BM-D)
My research group has conducted numerous experiments at synchrotrons around the world (APS – Argonne, IL; NSLS – Brookhaven, Upton, NY; SPring 8 – Japan; CHESS – Cornell University, Ithaca, NY).
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Arabian desert - Crossing the Empty Quarter
Written by Hajar Ali
The Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) has some of the world's highest sand dunes and a fascinating variety of sand and sand formations.
It is this sand that defines, and is the cause of both fascination and worry about, a modern-day expedition through the Empty Quarter. For with much of the tribal politicking and warfare which lent such colour to the expeditions of old now gone, and the issue of adequate water supplies resolved by the ability to carry much greater amounts of water on a modern-day vehicle, it is the shifting sands that strike fear into the heart of the modern-day adventurer.
Stories of near-death experiences and great panic from being stuck in the sands, and of search parties being deployed to find those lost 'in the sands', are the modern cautionary tales for those looking to venture out into the Rub' al Khali.
The first documented crossing of the Rub' al Khali was by Bertram Thomas, an English civil servant, in 1930–31. In 1932 Thomas published his popular book, Arabia Felix (Happy Arabia), describing the desert's animals and geology as well as its human inhabitants, the desert-dwelling Bedu. Thomas wrote of the Bedu's constant search for water and food, trekking from waterhole to waterhole and of their medical treatments using hot pokers to sear away illness.
Thomas pipped Harry St John (Abdullah) Philby, who had waited 14 years to obtain Ibn Saud's blessings, to be the first to cross the Empty Quarter. Described by Philby as 'this beastly obsession which has so completely sidetracked me for the best years of my life', he was bitterly disappointed to have been beaten to it, and swore he would cross the Rub' al Khali twice. A year after Thomas's expedition, Philby made it from north to south and back, then west – two true crossings.
As well as wanting to be the first westerner to cross the Empty Quarter, Philby had wanted to verify a Bedouin story he had heard in 1918 from his guide, Jabir ibn Farraj: that somewhere out in the desert lay a ruined city called Wabar. For Philby, the first sight of Wabar was almost as disappointing as the news of Thomas's crossing: he found himself gazing not at the ruins of a city, but into the mouth of what he took to be an extinct volcano with twin craters side by side. What Philby had actually discovered was the site of a rare cosmic accident – craters that result from the explosive collision of a stray meteor fragment with the Earth.
Ethiopian-born, British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's motives for crossing the Empty Quarter were not only to win distinction as an explorer, but to find "the peace that comes with solitude, and among the Bedu, comradeship in a hostile world".
Between 1946 and 1948 he crossed the Rub' al Khali twice, back-to-back, accompanied by local guides. During his yearlong journeys, he delved even deeper into the culture of the desert than his predecessors. Thesiger's Arabian Sands, a romanticised account of his expeditions through the area, highlighted his admiration of those who lived there. He described the Bedu as: "a people whose spirit once lit the desert like a flame" and "herdsmen who possessed, in so much greater measure than I, generosity and courage, endurance, patience, and light-hearted gallantry".
The book also reflects on the diminishing traditional Bedouin ways of life that had previously existed unaltered for thousands of years. Oil had been discovered on the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, and Thesiger predicted that the wealth that followed would change the traditional Bedu life of solitary independence.
The oil pipes that zigzag through the Empty Quarter, and the fences delineating the territory of the respective countries and consequently their rights to the oil found in the area (Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Yemen), really vindicate Thesiger in his prediction of oil forever changing the landscape of the Empty Quarter.
In today's Bedu life the government has spread oil revenues to the people, creating population centres in the desert called markaz, often with free housing, schools, and medical care. While some still choose to live traditionally, many Bedu have moved to these markaz, although the livestock they rely on for trade, food, and milk are kept outside the villages, so a Bedu can always go into the desert to taste the old life.
Despite its modernisation, the Empty Quarter still represents an alluring emptiness, quiet, and desolation. And with such a range of illustrious, colourful personalities and history associated with expeditions through the area, it is difficult not to be drawn into the possibility of being included within its very rich history.
A journey through the Empty Quarter offers a series of changing landscapes, each unique in its formation and sand characteristics. With few visual distractions, faint animal tracks jump out at you, while sandskiing gives you the opportunity to make your own temporary marks on the undulating terrain. The peaceful beauty at sunset and sunrise, when the sun's peculiar angle reflects off the mounds of surrounding sand while juxtaposed with unexpected strong winds and sandstorms. Though fully explored and charted over half a century ago, the desolation and remoteness that is the Rub' al Khali continues to enthrall adventurous travellers today.
The Empty Quarter
The Empty Quarter is the largest sand desert in the world, spanning the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. This doesn't refer to the land size; for the Sahara is some 15 times larger, but the amount of sand contained within it, approximating double the amount contained within the boundaries of the Sahara.
Rub' al Khali
Diversity in the Desert
Rub' al Khali consists of uruqs (large tracts of dunes), barchans, and sand sheets, which make up over a third of the desert, the infamous Umm as Samim (mother of poison) quicksands, and surprising findings of isolated waterholes in the arid desert.
The consistency and types of sand formation in the Rub' al Khali make for an interesting study and it has been the subject of academic speculation about the vastly different constitutions.


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Been searching for an STI and in my area they're very hard to come by. But i did see this at one of the lots
2006 Subaru Impreza - Used Car North Las Vegas NV | Amigo Auto Sales
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its going for 25k but does have 72k miles
also i noticed it did get modded with a cobb exhaust and intake and who knows what else i just havent had the time
to drive up and check it out.
But wanted to get you're guys' opinion on it? should i?
hoping to be a suby owner soon.


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hey mark, i love the pink bike, its just your colour!
pics look amazing, hoping to get to beijing next month. get in touch when you get to hong kong! maria (the brit)
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"hey - this place reminds me of somewhere."
"what - you mean Little China?"
"Nah - like that place with those river things"
"Nah - those canal types things all over the city"
"Oh yeah - you mean like that place in all those movies and shit..."
"Yeah - it's in the Bond where he blows up stuff..."
"Yeah - i know the one you're talking about..."
"Yeah - what's the city's name?"
"New York"
"No - not New York ya idiot (there's always one of the two complete idiots who is still significantly smarter than the other) - the one in Italy
"Oh yeah - Vienna."
"Yeah - reminds me of Vienna".
The more and more I consider the Venice v Suzhou comparison, the more and more I think it appropriate. At first, I was going to write - "Venice of the East? Not quite...". However, my final conclusion, after a 3 day deliberation, is that Suzhou lacks that amazing photogenic quality that Venice has, and certainly doesn't have the romance of Venice (but does Venice only have that because it's Venice?) but is every bit as charming and lacks the pretense of Venice, whilst maintain that unmistakable quality that makes a city Chinese. What is it? I don't know - It's not just dirt... Oh - and Suzhou isn't famous for blinds. On Suzhou's side is its relative calm - could you ever imagine strolling along the Venetian canals in virtual solitude? One wonders where the 6 million residents of Suzhou live. On my first day in Suzhou, I spent the majority of the day wandering along the canals and getting lost in the windy back streets, just as one should do in any good canal city. New and interesting finger food appeared here, including fried rice, battered and then deep fried
Do you know what's better than walking along canals? That's right. Cycling along canals. Brilliant. But let's start with my bike. Now, I've had some pretty dodgy bikes in China - from the average average bike that left me stranded in the middle of Beijing to the random pink bike featured in pictures in Yangshuo. Everything, of course, is relative. The bikes just mentioned are now considered fucking masterpieces of the biking universe following the abysmal excuse for a bicycle ("the Piece of Shit") that I hired from the hostel. Colour? Faded pink. Basket? Hole in the bottom. Left brake? Doesn't work. Right brake? Barely works. Wheels? Squeaky. Chair? Rocky. Steering? Rocky. The most amusing part is that it was the best bike on offer, the alternatives seemingly considering that functional brakes are not an essential part of a bike. Hostel bikes? Average. Whilst navigating the Piece of Shit through the extremely narrow and winding back streets of Suzhou, I nearly killed 2 people, 1 dog and 1 australian-chinese-indonesian. Thankfully, all survived.
To be fair, my hostel has been pretty good. Following the silly season in Yangshuo and Shanghai (where my dorms were full on both occasions), it's great to return to the real hostelling experience in CHina where your hostel rooms are entirely empty. I think there's only one other dude in this entire hostel
So what else does Suzhou have to offer? Well, Lonely Planet suggests that Suzhou is famous for its chinese gardens and lovely women. The gardens are beautiful - and many of them are blessed with brilliant yet plainly ridiculous names. THe Humble Administrator's Garden (he needs to be distinguished from the arrogant administrator - who didn't seem to get a garden) is good, but the name The Garden of the Master of the Nets is better. With names like these, a little bit of me held out hope that there may actually be a garden called The Garden of the Devil of the Death (with or without hell and with or without ice). Helped by the birds chattering, the occasional disturbance in the water by enormous man eating koi fish and the rustle of the wind, the gardens are just so peaceful. Every now and then, a french tour group momentarily detracts from the ambience, but it really is momentary. I've enjoyed the gardens immensely. Great to chill post Shanghai. I only visited 2 gardens, partly in hear of being gardened out, party due to budgetary restrictions (Lonely Planet has got the prices so so wrong), but I'm glad that I've just had the time to sit and, y'know, chill...
So, Suzhou. Well, I don't know if I can say that it's a must see city in China. Yes, the gardens and the canals are beautiful, but China has so much to offer. Definitely worth some time if it can be spared, but I can't honestly say that it's been a highlight of my trip in China. I must admit that I do miss Shanghai - perhaps Suzhou is suffering from this hangover. Suzhou has taught me that there are certainly advantages to not speaking chinese - after constant giggling and smiling from 2 girls across a restaurant, endlessly amused by my inability to speak chinese, they ended up paying for lunch without me even knowing
Anyway, due to the inescapable comparisons to Venice, I started to think about the things that Venice is famous for, which led me to art and ultimately film. So I started thinking about movies that were set in Venice - which made me think - I wonder what films could be set in Suzhou (for those at SSO, this was a very survey-like formulation of the Top 5). So, anyway, the topic is "Top 5 films that could have been (or perhaps should be) set in Suzhou:
5. The Talented Mr Ripley
4. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Officially the world's worst movie ever)
3. National Lampoon's Chinese Vacation
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1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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CXC Improves Cyberspace Presence
By Cleveland Sam
Where is the best place to meet people?
Wherever they congregate.
The young and the young at heart among us may even add, "duh, like that is so obvious" And where do the young and young at heart congregate? Not at the village market; not at the community centre and not at the play park either. 'They meet in cyberspace; on the social networks – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Hype web sites and blogs.
The good news is that CXC is meeting young people there too. On 10 May, with two taps on the URL www.cxc.org by Ondre Harper of Harrison College and Leslie-Anne Greenidge of St Michael School, the Council launched its new and improved third generation web site with more interactivity. But more than that, seven days later, on 17 May, the Council signalled its seriousness about its presence in cyberspace, when Jamaican Simone Pasmore joined the staff as CXC's first full-time Webmaster.
Dr Didacus Jules, Registrar of CXC often comments that, "one of the challenges for education in the Caribbean is that we are teaching digital children in an analogue classroom."
He believes that with CXC's multiple presence in cyberspace, CXC has moved one step closer to bridging the digital divide which exists between the education system and young learners.
Speaking at the web site launch, Dr Jules explained that today's web user is a digital native with expectations of multisensory, multimodal interactions. As such, the new website features videos – linked to CXC's YouTube channel, slideshows of students' artwork in the virtual art gallery, a media centre, a CXC store, the Registrar's Blog, forum and e-polling among other features.
"It represents a major leap forward in our drive to make CXC an IT-intelligent organization. By this I mean an organization that utilizes and leverages information and computer technology to work more efficiently, deliver better and faster service to its clientele and provide the means for its clientele to self-fulfil their needs."
While the site improves tremendously on its predecessor's visual appearance, Dr Jules noted that the site is much more than good looks and fast loads.
"This website will be in a permanent state of evolution as we intend to continually improve, upgrade and enhance its features," the elated Registrar explained. "As you post questions, our database of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) will grow and we will eventually be able to provide answers on everything you ever wanted to ask about CXC."
Dr Jules added that the look and feel of the site heralds the new substantive CXC. A CXC that is more service-oriented and more committed to maintaining and raising standards while improving performance and more receptive and responsive to the needs of the Caribbean public that it serves.
But the new cutting edge web site is one of the pillars in the CXC cyberspace architecture. With the fulltime webmaster on staff, CXC now has significant presence on the social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and You Tube.
These sites have placed the Council at the heart of where the conversation is taking place among one of its most important constituents-students. As a result, CXC is better able to respond to the needs of this target audience in a timely manner. Issues and concerns raised by users of the sites are addressed within a 24-hour period. The civil unrest in Jamaica in May was a good test of how powerful a tool, Facebook is for gauging feedback. Numerous candidates vented their feelings about having to write examinations during the unrest and what it could do to their performance.
The first week in August also saw a great surge in activity on the Facebook site and on the forum on www.cxc.org. Most users had one question: "When are results coming out?"
On CXC's Twitter site, visitors can follow what is happening with CXC in real time; what events are taking place, where and who are the main actors.
Referring to CXC's social networking presence, Dr Jules said, "The synergy of these three channels of communication and service will enable us to extend the reach of CXC and market our examinations and services in ways that we never thought possible and at virtually no cost to the organisation."
On 23 June, the Council raised the bar on its use of social media networks to reach its audiences. The Council in conjunction with the National Council of Parent Teacher Associations hosted the second of two town hall meetings at the Alexandra School in St Peter, Barbados. The meeting was streamed live on the Internet using the social media site U-Stream. This initial broadcast was very encouraging as the response from viewers was positive. The Council will be using this medium to broadcast future events, thus bringing its events at the mouse click of its stakeholders.
Speaking at the launch of the website on behalf of stakeholders, Mr Winston Crichlow, President of the Barbados Association of Principals of Public Secondary Schools, said with the new website and other computer technologies, CXC has transformed the way it does business.
"Communicating with teachers and schools has now become easier and more efficient," the Principal of Harrison College said. "Previously, in the paper-based system, a great deal of time was wasted in schools having to send personnel to CXC Headquarters in order to obtain SBA assessment forms, Order of Merit forms, manuals for principals and syllabuses. These items can now be downloaded online saving valuable time and resources."
Mr Crichlow, who sits on the School Examinations Committee and the Final Awards Committee of CXC, noted that in addition, schools are now able to keep up-to-date and informed as they have access to a CXC online calendar of events including deadlines for the submission of various assessment records, current fee structures, grading schemes and examination timetables.
"To my mind, an innovative gem has been the Online Registration System of students for examinations," Mr Crichlow told the audience at the launch. "Understandably, this new registration system has had a few teething problems, but it has proven to be vastly superior to the earlier paper-based system." The school administrator noted that as schools in the Caribbean grapple with the challenges of improving achievement levels in CXC examinations, "the new website certainly adds an exciting experience for all stakeholders."
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(Reprinted from CXC Examiner Vol 8 No.2 October 2010)
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Projector retro-fit
I'm going to order a new set of lights and put some projectors in. For those of you who have done this: Any suggestions? What projectors did you use and are you happy with them?
I'm looking at the Morimoto Mini H1. Any one use these?
Also, does any one make a projector that is a direct fit. I've heard that there are some (depends on bulb type?) that will mount directly with no cutting.
Any suggestions or direction would be appreciated. Thanks guys.
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I'm doing this myself, I lucked out and RTS gave me the cyber monday deal up till last friday so this kit (listed below) cost just $200ish. The kit thats a direct fit with the 05-07s (after you bake open the lights) is the H1.
This thread gives the same concept idea of how to do it. He had some of the parts I think but you'll need the bulbs, ballasts, shrouds, projectors and from what Andrew at RTS told me, they throw in a CANBUS compatible relay which knocks out any possible light-out error and also stops the flicker. The Morimoto ballasts that are included are very good quality. Also, you'll want some butyl resealing tape ($10).
FYI you'll want the 9006 for your lows (these are Bi-xenon) by the way. That means that there's a pigtail clamp you simply clip into your highbeams so that when you hit your high beams you retain the halogen lamp for "flashing" but if you're turning the high beams on the HIDs will activate a solenoid which then changes the HID pattern to a high beam (so you'll have four lights on) and then back to the two HIDs when the highs are turned off.
Alternatively you can go with what the DIY thread did and just get the low beams and make your own kit. Personally I liked the idea of the bi-xenon (some people go a step further and set up quad bi-xenon for 4 low and 4 high beams at all times.)
As noted in various threads you must specify the GATLING shrouds for proper fit and make sure theyre the shrouds with FOUR screw holes in the back.
Good luck!
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Yeah, I thought about the quad set-up but can't justify the cost. (how often do you use your hi-beams). I was thinking about using the bi-xenon for the lows as you stated and controlling the shield with the feed from the hi-beam but, also installing a HID kit in the hi beam position and controlling it with a seperate switch. So the projectors would function as both the hi and low beam while the hi-beam slot would now essentially be a HID flood on a seperate switch.
How is the light output with a 55watt HID in the stock hi-beam position??
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not sure but honestly, I dont think you'd even need the 55w in the high beam position. You also wouldn't need to use a separate switch, just turn off the smartbeams if you have them.
you could just get these morimoto 3five bulbs for the high beams
get the ballasts (or cheaper if you want to risk it)
and then get a relay. then you've got low beam bi-xenon and high beam flood HID in the reflector housing, same idea I want to implement once I want to spend another $200 or so. Remember to stick with one brand if you want the Kelvin temps on the bulbs to match. If you get morimoto HID for the lows and say DDM tuning for the high beams, chances are the cheap DDMs wont match
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I don't have smart beam. I want to use the extra switch (it's already there and wired with a relay for a secondary set of aux. lights) so the projector, and only the projector, functions as both my low and hi. The HID in the hi position would then be switched independently from the rest. Hopefully giving me a kick ass HID flood without having to clutter my grill with more lights.
I have KC daylighters on my Bull Bar now but I keep them covered. I was debating converting those to HID as well.
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i have my stock 07 head lamps in the "for sale" section right now...pm me if you're interested.
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I retrofitted Morimoto Minis into a set of rep headlights, it was a total PITA to open my lights, But I have been told that A1Auto headlights are very easy to open, you will need a dremmel tool to grind down the edge on the bulb hole of the low beam reflector. Other than that it was pretty easy, seal them up good.
IMO quads are too much, I like the look of single projectors.
Here's a couple pictures of the headlight I made.
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Yeah. I thought it would be plug n play but not fully. Aside grinding down the ring on the inside of the reflector and breaking off the humps on the outside of the hole on the back of the relfector, it's all very easy.
The A1 Auto headlights opened with no problems.
You will like the Mini H1's. Do your own thing with the shrouds though. Try a different style. I'd like to see that.
I also have a complete guide for this that will give you all the info you need.
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Here's one of my most recent pictures.
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Minnow posted a link to your thread above. Good info. Nice job.
What model PIAA lights do you have in the fog. I need to upgrade mine. Do you have the ability to adjust them like stock? Or are they fixed in their position?
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I can rotate them by hand but I would have to loosen them. It's not big deal to me because I never have to.
I've been thinking about taking the covers off and finally using them. Lol. I have to get the multifunction switch first.
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And they aren't literally fixed in one location.
I just wanted to do something other than HID. Just something different.
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BESE hears concerns about Common Core standards
BATON ROUGE - Groups of parents, tea party supporters and teacher union leaders are asking the state's top school board to change course on the use of tougher educational standards called the Common Core.
The debate comes up Tuesday before the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which approved the standards three years ago without controversy. But in recent months, the Common Core has become a target for criticism.
The Common Core is a set of grade-by-grade benchmarks to judge students' knowledge. Forty-six states are using the standards, which will allow states to compare their students' performance.
Supporters say the standards will better prepare students for careers and college.
Critics say they represent a shift to nationalized education, and they say school districts and teachers haven't received enough training to use the standards.