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Celestial Events of 2013
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No matter where you are in the world there is a great beauty to be seen if you merely turn your attention … up. Our pale blue dot is a miracle suspended in a great expanse of wonders that can be observed by all who take time to appreciate and be humbled by our place in the cosmos. Past the skyscrapers, the smog, and the city lights is a night sky filled with colorful meteorites, roaring comets, neighboring worlds, and the pale signal of stars that may have long since burned out. The right telescope peers into the great unknown to bring back an image that inspires awe and ignites the imagination. That's why we've assembled our calendar of 2013 celestial events … so that you never miss the great marvels our milky way has to offer.
January 3 - 4, 2013: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
With up to 40 meteors per hour at their peak, the Quadrantids puts on an above-average lightshow. This shower peaks on January 3rd and 4th, but you could see a few shooting stars as early as New Year's Eve. After midnight, look to the northeast and the constellation Bootes.
January 21, 2013: Jupiter and Moon Conjunction
North Americans, tilt your heads up toward the heavens! There's no need for a telescope here and even those living in brightly lit cities can appreciate the waxing gibbous moon, 78-percent illuminated as it passes less than a degree south of Jupiter. These two bright luminaries will make their closest approach high in the evening sky for all to see. Even more interesting is the fact that this will be the closest moon and Jupiter conjunction we'll see for another 13 years!
February 15, 2013: Asteroid 2012 DA14 Doesn't Destroy Us
Get out your star charts! Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within 35,000 miles of the Earth and while small telescopes and mounted binoculars are powerful enough to witness this asteroid fly by it will take a considerable amount of skill to locate it properly. Although Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be well within the orbit of the moon, there will be no disruption of the tides or erupting volcanoes either so fear not!
February 16, 2013: Greatest Eastern Elongation of Mercury
Mercury is almost impossible for amateur astronomers to see due to the intense glare of the sun but throughout the month of February it will grow increasingly easier to find as we lead up to February 16th. On this day the first planet in our solar system will travel just far enough away from the sun to be readily visible in the western sky. You should find Mercury with ease after sunset.
March 10, 2013: Comet PANSTARRS
Commet PANSTARRS is comet just discovered in 2011, but come this March everyone will know its name. Why? Because on March 10th, Comet PanSTARRS will cross the orbit of Mercury, absorb the heat of the nearby sun that will in return will cause it to glow as brightly as a 3rd magnitude star! This comet will be visible for most of the month via telescope, but on this day you should be able to see the bright comet with the naked eye. Look low in the west/northwest sky shortly after sunset.
April 14, 2013: The Moon Pairs with Jupiter (again)
The waxing crescent moon and the planet Jupiter are in conjunction before the constellation Taurus the Bull. This event will be visible all over the globe just after dark, but won't be as impressive as the January 21st pairing.
April 20, 2013: Astronomy Day, Part 1
This isn't so much a celestial event as much as it is an important time for pulling your friends into your favorite hobby. And Astronomy Day comes twice a year! Since 1973, Astronomy Day has served as a wonderful way to get the general public involved with astronomy enthusiasts and professionals eager to share their passion for the universe. The theme is "Bringing Astronomy to the People" and countless stargazing clubs will be offering special activities that anyone can enjoy.
April 21-22: Lyrids Meteor Shower
An average shower, the Lyrids Meteor Shower produces around 20 meteors per hour at its peak with bright dust trails that last several seconds. Although this shower peaks between the 21st and 22nd of the month, you can observe these shooting stars all the way from the 16th on through the 25th. Look to the constellation Lyra for the best view, but don't get your hopes up - this shower also coincides with a full moon, making even the most impressive meteor hard to see.
April 25, 2013: Partial Lunar Eclipse
You'll be sitting this one out, western hemisphere! The first of 2013's three lunar eclipses will be visible to most of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. At maximum eclipse only a sliver of the moon will be covered by the Earth's umbral shadow while the northern half will be slightly darkened by the penumbral shadow. It may not sound like much at first, but it will be the second shortest partial eclipse of the moon for the entire 21st … that has to count for something!
April 28, 2013: Saturn at Opposition
Prepare your telescopes and cameras, folks! Saturn will be at its closest approach to Earth making this the best time of year to observe and take jaw-dropping photographs. The ringed planet will be visible to medium-sized telescopes on up, making it a great evening for amateur astronomers as well as professionals.
May 5-6, 2013: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
This is one of the more romantic meteor showers, because these shooting stars are made from castaway pieces of Halley's Comet. These meteors tend to be bright with dazzlingly long trails but they fall at a rather slow pace on average - 10 to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. However, uncommon surges can happen, during which we could see up to 100 meteors per hour! Regrettably, 2013 also brings a waxing gibbous moon on the same night, probably washing out the fainter streaks of celestial light. Look to the east at midnight.
May 10, 2013: The Ring of Fire Eclipse
Always a big event, the Annular Solar Eclipse begins this year in Western Australia and will move east across the central Pacific Ocean to create what is known as a "Ring of Fire" eclipse. Australia, Papau New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands will all have a great view come morning, but the rest of us will have to wait until another year. At the point of greatest eclipse, the ring phase will last a mere 6 minutes and 4 seconds. Hawaiians will get to witness a partial eclipse at 3:48 p.m. when the moon still blots out 32 percent of the sun's disk.
May 25, 2013: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse #2 or Be Prepared to Squint
This will be the second of three lunar eclipses this year, though it'll be shrugged off as a non-event most because of it being, well, virtually imperceptible. The May 25th penumbral lunar eclipse has such a small entry into the penumbral shadow that it could be said that the moon's contact with the darkness is nothing more than a slight grazing. Still yet, the event marks the beginning of the Saros Series and can be observed by most of North America, South America, Western Europe, and Western Africa … just try not to strain your eyes!
May 28, 2013: The Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
Venus and Jupiter will be within one degree of each other tonight, and if you look close enough you may even spot Mercury nearby as well. Look to the west at sunset. These bright planets will only be in conjunction for two hours so cherish the moment.
June 12, 2013: Greatest Eastern Elongation of Mercury, Take 2
If you didn't get enough of Mercury back in February or perhaps missed that night entirely, you'll be pleased to know that this little planet's revolution around the sun only takes 88 days so there's more than one chance to get a glimpse.
July 28-29, 2013: Southern Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Like clockwork, every July we can count on this dazzling shower to light up the skies. The Delta Aquarids can produce 15 to 20 meteors an hour and typically peaks on July 28th and 29th, but you'll catch a few stragglers streaking across the night's sky as late as August 18th. As always, the Southern Hemisphere has the best seat for this. Look to the constellation Aquarius after midnight.
August 12-13, 2013: Perseids Meteor Shower
Once every 133 years we get to see the Swift-Tuttle comet, an impressive Halley's-like comet that stands a great chance of colliding with Earth in 4479, but let's stay positive! Swift-Tuttle might take 133 years to swing by but its debris gives us the most dazzling and dependable light show of the year, the Perseids Meteor Shower. It produces up to 60 meteors per hour and can last as long as July 23rd through August 22nd - its peak comes on the 12th and 13th. Look to the northeast and the constellation Perseus.
August 27, 2013: Neptune at Opposition
Closest proximity to Earth? Check! Full illumination by the sun? Check! Ladies and gentlemen, we have optimal conditions to see the blue giant, Neptune. Make sure you have a powerful telescope though; Neptune is staggeringly distant and to most optics it will appear as little more than a blue dot.
October 3, 2013: Uranus at Opposition
Keep all jokes to yourselves, please. Uranus at Opposition is a powerful sight that requires a powerful telescope. As with all other opposition events, the titular planet is at its closest approach to Earth and - when the light hits it just right on October 3rd - you'll get the best view and clearest pictures possible of those very unique rings.
October 9, 2013: Mercury at Greatest Easter Elongation, Take 3
Hey, it's Mercury again! Has it been 88 days already?
>October 12, 2013: Astronomy Day, Part 2
Here's one more chance to get your friends involved in stargazing! The whole community will get involved so check with your local astronomy club or planetarium for special events.
October 18, 2013: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse #3
The October Penumbral Lunar Eclipse is the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013 and will be visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and most of Asia, which is where the eclipse will begin. The moon will not vanish but it will darken slightly. If you are in Australia or the eastern portion of Siberia, you'll notice no difference in the moon whatsoever.
October 21, 2013: Orionids Meteor Shower
Last year we couldn't get a good look at this meteor shower due to a waning crescent moon obstructing the view, but this year … really? As it turns out, a waning gibbous moon will block the view of many meteors. Luckily, Orionids are rather bright remnants of Halley's, Comet so surely you'll get to wish on a few shooting stars if you look to Orion this Monday.
November 3, 2013: Hybrid Solar Eclipse
When the moon is nearly too close to the Earth to totally block out the sun, that's when a hybrid solar eclipse occurs. Sure, it will look like a total eclipse to some parts of the world (Off the eastern coast of the U.S.A and east across the Atlantic and finally central Africa) but to everyone else it will appear annular.
November 17-18, 2013: Leonids Meteor Shower
Every 33 years we pass through the densest patch of this cloud of space debris and the people of Earth get to witness a show of hundreds of thousands (yes, you read that right) of meteors per hour! Sadly, this year isn't our anniversary and we'll have to wait for 2023 to get here to see the big show. In the meantime we'll have to settle for the annual Leonids meteor shower, which is usually a display of 30 meteors per hour that are an impressive yellow and blue. Even with its more modest numbers, the Leonids Meteor Shower is one of the most beautiful, however there's more bad news - a full moon will be obstructing your view this year. Look to the constellation Leo after midnight, but don't get your hopes up.
November 28, 2013: Comet ISON
For an entire two month span our inner solar system will host a new guest, ISON. This comet learned nothing from the story of Icarus, and will definitely fly too close to the sun. Comet ISON will pass within 800,000 miles of the sun's surface on November 28th and, if it survives the experience, will become one of the brightest objects in the sky. How bright are we talking? Brighter than the moon! It could even become visible in broad daylight, but again - that's if it survives its run-in with the sun.
December 13-14, 2013: Geminids Meteor Shower
Better known as "Winter's Fireworks," the Geminid Shower is always a great way to cap off a year of stargazing. Simply by looking to the east you could see flashes of red, yellow, white, blue, and green! It's the most colorful of the year's showers and up to 60 multicolored meteors are guaranteed to fall every hour! But wouldn't you know it, the moon will get in the way for some. Rather than a waning gibbous, this year some meteors will be blocked by the reflections of a waxing gibbous moon.
December 22, 2013: Ursids Meteor Shower
Earth moves through the center of Comet 8P Tuttle's dust trail. What follows is the Ursids Meteor shower, a brief display of tiny streaks of light. This consists of 5 to 10 meteors per hour at most so you'll need to be quite patient to catch a glimpse of a really good meteor's fall. Gaze up at Ursa Minor for your best chance, but know that if you're in South Africa you won't be able to see this show at all.


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Cupcakes make great gifts and, one could argue, they make even better gifts when they come all wrapped up in a neat little package. Cakes made with this Gift Cakelet Pan come out of the oven already wrapped and ready to go. The nonstick, cast-aluminum Nordicware pan is designed to produce 6 package-shaped cakes, each wrapped with a lovely ribbon. The nonstick interior of the ... Read More »
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Buttercup Cakelet Pan
If you like flowers, you cannot beat this Buttercup Cakelet Pan for cuteness. The hard-annodized aluminum pan is made by Nordicware, is very durable, and also has a nice nonstick finish to make it easy to slide out the flower-shaped cakes. You can easily dress them up with a little icing, but these look great on their own or with a simple dusting of confectioners' ... Read More »
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Bundt pans are cake pans that bake up a cake that isn't quite like anything you can get from another pan. They are usually 10 or 12-inches in diameter and are up to 5 inches deep, with a hole in the center that ensures that the deep cake bakes evenly while it is in the oven. The sides of a bundt pan are almost vertical ... Read More »
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My experience was not a good one, so i don't have any real pros to mention. Cons however, are: Scars and lumps that wont go away.
The results were not that great. Soarness lasted a pretty long time - at least mine did! Compression garments have to be worn for a while, so depending on what your having done, you have to wear clothes that will hide the garment underneath!
Wish i would have saved my money. I won't be doing this again.


text: LAS VEGAS, Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aruze USA, Inc. today announced it has filed a notice of appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court asking for a reversal of an October 2, 2012, district court ruling denying Aruze USA's motion for a preliminary injunction against the unlawful action by the Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ: WYNN) Board of Directors purporting to redeem Wynn stock held by Aruze USA. The company also announced it is terminating its efforts to solicit proxies and elect a slate of independent nominees to the board of Wynn Resorts, Limited. In a statement, the company said: "Given the district court's October 2 ruling, we recognize that any relief that may come from the Nevada Supreme Court will not be in time for our independent director nominees to be presented for election at the November 2 shareholder meeting. That said, we continue to believe that Aruze USA, Inc. is a shareholder of Wynn Resorts, Limited, that Wynn Resorts' purported redemption of Aruze's shares was wrongful and invalid, and that Aruze is wrongfully being denied its rights in connection with the November 2 shareholder meeting. The district court's denial of Aruze USA's motion for a preliminary injunction did not determine that Aruze USA is not a Wynn Resorts shareholder, and we remain confident we will ultimately prevail in our action against Wynn Resorts, Limited, its CEO and its directors to reverse the unlawful redemption of our holdings in Wynn Resorts, Limited. "While we are discontinuing the proxy contest, and do not intend to solicit proxies in connection with the November 2 shareholders meeting, we will continue to evaluate our options regarding how we may contribute to assuring that Wynn Resorts, Limited's shareholders are protected from questionable actions by its management and Board." MEDIA CONTACTS : Steve Getzug, H+K Strategies, 1-310- 633-9444 (office), 1-213-219-8990 (mobile) Chris Gidez, H+K Strategies, 1-212-885-0480 (office), 1-914-319-6582 (mobile) SOURCE Aruze USA, Inc.


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Webster targets cup glory
Hearts defender Andy Webster knows the importance of Saturday's Scottish Cup final with local rivals Hibernian.
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Last Updated: 18/05/12 10:59pm
Hearts defender Andy Webster knows that there is a fine line between success and failure as he prepares to face local rivals Hibernian in Saturday's Scottish Cup final.
Both Edinburgh-based clubs have struggled this season, with Hibs narrowly avoiding relegation and the Jambos missing out on a place in Europe.
However, the victors of their Hampden Park clash have a chance to end on a high with silverware up for grabs and the Scotland international told Sky Sports that the 'favourites' tag will not faze them having beaten their rivals three times already this season.
"It is an absolutely huge game and everybody associated with both clubs will be aware of the significance and importance of it all," said Webster.
"It will be a great day and occasion for everybody involved, but hopefully we'll be the ones looking back at it as a successful day too.
"It is difficult to judge how much of an impact this season's matches will have on the cup final, but it is a one-off occasion at a neutral ground, so it is a completely different scenario.
"It will still be a derby, with the fundamentals that come with that, such as the high tempo and the competitive nature of the matches.
"So, I don't think it matters too much about who has had the upper hand in previous meetings because it is all about who performs best on the day.
"Both teams will fancy their chances and it is a great chance for one of us to claim some silverware."
The 30-year-old helped Dundee United lift the trophy two years ago during a successful loan spell at the club and he hopes to use that experience to his advantage this weekend.
"I'm sure that my personal experience will stand me in good stead on the day because any time you have had a good experience previously you can recall it and use it to your advantage," added Webster.
"The more times you get to a cup final the more it becomes a habit and when it is a winning habit then it can help you on the big day."


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Just a quick blog today to see what people's thoughts are.
I had a realisation today that the last 3 big title games that I have played this year have all been developed by the same company Ubisoft! Those games are Child of Light, South park: the stick of Truth and AC4: Black Flag (yes I know it came out last year but close enough to the end that I will count it). They have all been knock-out games in my opinion and each of them I would highly recommend to my mates.
I think that in a year when there has been not many releases and most companies are holding their cards until the end of the year, I have been amazed out the frequency and quality of games being developed by Ubisoft. Furthermore there is a smaller lesser known game releasing this month called Watchdogs....
Guess who is developing it? That's right Ubisoft.
So only halfway through the one company will already have released (arguably) the 3 biggest titles of the year. Not to mention that there will be 2 more Assassin's creed games, the Crew and less likely but fingers crossed for The Division. WOW!!!!!
Even before writing this I didn't realise that the list would keep growing from what I had initially thought. Maybe people knew this already but its just a little something I felt like writing about. I hope that they keep up the great quality that they have so far achieved this year and can keep making super fun games. I don't think that any other games company comes close to even competing so far. Good on them!
*Side note: How do you pronounce it? I have always thought it was 'yoobisoft' but I hear most of the Americans saying 'oobisoft'. If it was pronounced literally wouldn't it be 'abisoft'? Random thoughts feel free to ignore....


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Adam Alter is an author who has given speeches on human behavior. Alter is the assistant professor of marketing and psychology at NYU's school of business and psychology department. Alter has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of New South Wales.
Alter's first book is entitled 'Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors.' It focuses on the calming effect that the color pink has on inmates, students, athletes and more. This book was released in March of 2013. Alter discusses why pink has a calming effect as opposed to other colors and provides readers with various examples of tests that have been conducted on the drunk tank pink theory.


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I would use it only if it were based on barcodes or rfid tech. I'm pretty lazy when it comes to paperwork, and entering a bunch of stuff on my laptop on a hot july day out in the bee field, well I probably wouldn't do it. nor would I do it when I got home.
If you take your laptop to the beeyard with you be sure to take along some rubbing alcohol to removed the proplis and honey from the key borad when your done.
i'm with cindi, except for the good handwriting part. :-)over the years i have kept log books on all of the horses that have gone through our place. included in the logs are pictures and detailed records of breeding, injuries, treatments, etc. they are fun to go back and read and barring a fire or something, they will last much longer than records i keep on the computer.besides.....as bad as my handwriting is, my notes constitute a rather secure code that even i sometimes can not break on review.
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Thanks all for your comments and tips. I had multiple issues that, in the end, I decided to tackle all at once. CCV went after starting my car after getting gas - filled the service station with oily gas. Some guy said something like "oh o-that don't look good. Proly blew your engine.".
I drove the car about 1/2 mile back to my work and ended up renting a uHaul car carrier for $60 to get it 27 miles home. Some say it'd be ok to drive the car but honestly I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened due to my laziness, so I pulled it home with my Ford Expedition.
After pulling the error codes (7) and reading these forums, I narrowed my problem down to the CCV. Come to find out, the culprit was actually one of the hoses attached to the CCV that had blew a hole. It created quite an oily mess. (
- clean everything real good while you have things apart. Makes for easy diagnosis in the future). I came home from the dealer with about $200 in parts (new CCV, 5 hoses) to add to my already growing pile of parts that had accumulated on my bench (belts, oil filter gasket).
Took me probably 6 hours of slow methodical progress just to get the CCV done. It's a 4 wrench job and it's tight in there but doable by shade tree mechanics. I never took my intake manifold off and opted to work around/under it.
- label all the electrical connections as you are taking them off. Take the tags off when you're reconnecting. I used masking tape and a sharpie. As I began to put it all back together I decided now was the time to do the oil filter housing gasket and belts as well. So off with the power steering reservoir, alternator and other misc parts to get at the oil filter housing.
I used the sharpie again to write numbers on the head of each bolt and wrote the number on the housing next to the hole since there are 8 or 10 bolts. Now for the controversial item - After spending 3 evenings working on this, I decided I didn't want to do this job again on this car so I bought the high temp copper RTV (sensor safe) and laid a bead just outside of the gasket as shown in other posts. I was ok with a very VERY thin bead not touching the gasket as I'd like both to work without the other.
About 2 hours to put everything back together (intake hoses, air box, MAF, Oil Filter housing, Alternator, Fan and shroud), now I get to sit and wait. The RTV takes 24 hours before it's completely dry so tomorrow afternoon will be my test start. fingers crossed. It'll be nice not leaving little half dollar sized oil spots on the ground everywhere I go.
Thanks again to everyone for their comments. People like us wouldn't be able to do them without great forums like these.
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text: Attilio Maranzano, Courtesy the ArtistFall Art Exhibitions: Warhol, 'Pacific Standard Time,' and MoreWarhol in Washington, da Vinci in London, and a huge festival taking over Los Angeles. By Blake Gopnik.Blake Gopnik09.03.11 1:00 AM ETAttilio Maranzano, Courtesy the ArtistCourtesy of the The Museum of Modern Art / The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Warhol in Washington, da Vinci in London, and a huge festival taking over Los Angeles. Blake Gopnik picks the exhibitions to keep an eye on this fall. In addition to the Museum of Modern Art's blockbuster retrospective on Willem de Kooning, opening Sept. 18, here are seven more art exhibitions to note on your calendar. Sept. 17. Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, takes a rare look at the design work of a figure much better known as an architect. Hadid herself created the immersive display for her objects. Through March 25. Sept. 25. A Warhol double-header in the nation's capital: Warhol: Headlines at the National Gallery of Art through Jan. 2 and Andy Warhol: Shadows at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum through Jan. 15. Warhol is probably the most important artist of the last 50 years, but these shows suggest that his famous soup cans and Marilyns may not matter as much as his more subtle works, such as those that riff on the news and on illegible details from everyday life. Oct. 1. Pacific Standard Time is a festival of postwar art in Los Angeles that, with help from $10 million of Getty Foundation grants, will be filling almost all the city's art venues. Through April 2012. Nov. 4. Maurizio Cattelan: All will present the complete works of this Italian trickster at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His statue of Pope John Paul II felled by a meteor should be there, as should some version of the piece where he duct-taped his dealer high up on a wall. Through Jan 22. Tim Brakemeier, DPA / LandovLeonardo da Vinci Nov. 9. Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, at the National Gallery in London, will be the most complete display of Leonardo paintings ever presented—which means there might even be a dozen of them on view. (His drawings, and works by his pupils, will round out the show.) Through Feb. 5. Nov. 18. HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture, a show about gender identity that is touring to the Brooklyn Museum, caused a ruckus last year when the Smithsonian censored one of its works. In its New York incarnation, let's hope the focus can turn back to the fascinating art it presents. Through Feb 12.


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NEC to Bestow Honorary Doctorate on Sir Roger Norrington during Handel and Haydn Society Concert, April 9 in Symphony Hall
Degree Pays Tribute to Conductor's Extraordinarily Vital Interpretations, Historically Informed Performance Practice
New England Conservatory will bestow an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts on conductor Sir Roger Norrington during the Handel and Haydn Society concert, Friday, April 9 in Symphony Hall. Sir Roger will be conducting an all-Beethoven program that night composed of the Fourth and Sixth ("Pastoral") Symphonies. The degree recognizes the conductor's career-long achievements in the discovery and modern-day application of historic performance practices and the extraordinary vitality and insight of his interpretations.
NEC President Tony Woodcock will award the degree from the Symphony Hall stage.
A native of Oxford, England, Sir Roger has been a pioneer in the field of historically informed performance since he founded the Schütz Choir in 1962. He went on to create the London Classical Players in 1978 with whom he toured and made numerous seminal recordings, including a renowned series of Beethoven symphonies. Sir Roger's work on scores, sound, orchestra size, seating, and playing style has had a profound effect on the way 18th and 19th century music is now perceived. He is in great demand by symphony orchestras world wide and regularly conducts orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, Salzburg, Amsterdam, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. Since 1998 Norrington has been Chief Conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart.
Sir Roger Norrington was Artistic Advisor of the Handel and Haydn Society from 2006-2009 and continues a strong collaboration with H&H that brings unique interpretations of the classical repertoire on period instruments. While Artistic Advisor of the Society, he took the ensemble to the BBC Proms in London for performances of Haydn's The Seasons, and led several programs that shaped the Haydn anniversary celebration in 2009. Sir Roger helped guide the Society as it mounted its search for a new Artistic Director, which culminated in the appointment of Harry Christophers, who took over this season. He has also performed frequently and memorably in Boston as a guest with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and with the Boston Early Music Festival.
Known as a musical maverick, Sir Roger has famously contended that contemporary audiences have little idea how seemingly familiar works actually sounded when they were written. Throughout his career, he has set himself the task of rediscovering those sounds—something that many listeners and fellow musicians have sometimes found unsettling. 'I don't set out to be shocking," the conductor said in a Boston Globe interview last year. "I set out to find the truth - that's all it's about. The music is more important than our nice feelings about 'That's how music goes.' "
Sir Roger is among six eminent musicians being honored by the Conservatory this year. At its Commencement Exercises on May 23, NEC will also bestow honorary doctorates on jazz great/music education leader Quincy Jones, author/critic Alex Ross, composer Louis Andriessen, master viola teacher Karen Tuttle, and NEC-trained pianist-composer-orchestrator Roger Kellaway.
For further information, check the NEC Website or the Handel and Haydn website.
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader among music schools, New England Conservatory offers rigorous training in an intimate, nurturing community to 720 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral music students from around the world. Its faculty of 225 boasts internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. Its alumni go on to fill orchestra chairs, concert hall stages, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts management positions worldwide. Nearly half of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is composed of NEC trained musicians and faculty.
The Handel and Haydn Society is a professional chorus and period instrument orchestra internationally recognized as a leader in the field of Historically Informed Performance, a revelatory style that uses the instruments and techniques of the time in which the music was composed. Founded in Boston in 1815, the Society is the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States and has a longstanding commitment to excellence and innovation: it gave the American premieres of Handel's Messiah (1818), Haydn's The Creation (1819), Verdi's Requiem (1878) and Bach's St. Matthew Passion (1889). Under the leadership of Artistic Director Harry Christophers, the Society is committed to its mission "to perform Baroque and Classical music at the highest levels of artistic excellence and to share that music with as large and diverse an audience as possible." The Society is widely known through its local subscription concerts, tours, concert broadcasts, and recordings. The Society's Lamentations and Praises won a 2002 Grammy Award, and its two most recent CDs, All is Bright and Peace, appeared simultaneously in the top ten on Billboard Magazine's classical music chart. Since 1985, the Society's award-winning Karen S. and George D. Levy Educational Outreach Program has fostered the knowledge and performance of classical music among young people including in underserved schools and communities. This school year alone, the program will bring music education and vocal training to more than 10,000 students in the Greater Boston area.
Contact: Ellen Pfeifer
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Michèle Campbell, Senior Marketing Communications Manager
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Since I stay away from the built in app for videos and want more options on file formats, I've tried AVPlayer, VLC and Movie Player.
I was frustrated that all three use different "Documents" folders and I couldn't just keep all my videos to watch using whatever app I want. So, I found an easy way to share them together and upload to the same folder.
AVPlayer likes to have a "real" Documents folder so I left it as is, then installed VLC and Media Player. Note DO NOT open these programs until you delete some folders and create symlinks.
You can use SBSettings, under "More", then "App Folders" to learn the real name your apps are in. I'm sure there are many other ways too.
go to VLC's folder and delete the Documents folder. Create a symlink to AVPlayer's Documents folder:
ln -s -T ./Documents /private/var/mobile/Applications/AVPlayer(lookup real name)/Documents
Repeat the same for movie player.
Create a symlink from your "home" folder to AVPlayer's folder to easily copy/delete movies/videos.
ln -s -T /User/Media/Movies /private/var/mobile/Applications/AVPlayer(lookup real name)/Documents
Now I can watch any video from any of the three app with the same videos.
Now that I've found that this works, I'd like to extend it to categories of apps where I have multiple programs that might open .doc/.html/.xls/.pdf/.txt/etc.
I think it is kinda sad that every program has separate folders for *their* documents.
Has anyone else messed with symlinks to make common Documents folders? This could make it alot easier to email/bluetooth/Wi-Fi files to other computers and devices.


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George Michael denies special treatment in jail
LONDON (Reuters) - Jailed singer George Michael has denied newspaper reports that he is receiving special treatment while in prison for driving under the influence of drugs.
In a statement, the 47-year-old former Wham! frontman said he felt compelled to address what he called "the usual rubbish" reported in the press.
Michael was sentenced to eight weeks in jail last month following a car accident in London in July. He was also banned from driving for five years and fined.
The singer was told he would serve four weeks behind bars and spend the rest of his sentence on license.
"Much as I would prefer to rise above the usual rubbish that I'm reading day after day about my time here in prison, I think it's only fair to my fans, family and friends to respond in some way even though I will be home soon," he said.
"So please believe me when I tell you that in the last three weeks, there have been no tears, no anxiety, no bullying -- in fact, not so much as a sleepless night for me.
"On the contrary, I've been treated with kindness by fellow inmates and prison staff alike and, as far as I can tell, have received no special treatment of any kind whatsoever, unless, of course, some of the guys here are letting me win at the pool table.
The star behind hits including "Careless Whisper" and "Faith" also hinted he would return to the recording studio after years without releasing new material.
"Most of my days have been spent reading thousands of letters and postcards of incredible support from people around the world. I promise to repay their kindness with new music as soon as I possibly can," he said. Continued...


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The Saskatoon office allows you to collaborate with industry experts, business leaders and the best in the field. Joining our team will help you build both your professional and personal network.
We dedicate time to giving back to the community, including work with Habitat for Humanity Saskatoon chapter and Saskatoon Interval House Inc. Volunteering our time to these charities helps support our local community and fosters a great team-building culture within our office.


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A Hard Climb In A DownturnEric Schine
The gleaming corporate offices of Hughes Aircraft Co. are just a few miles down the freeway from the gritty slums of south-central Los Angeles. David Barclay knows both worlds well. In the 1960s, he worked as a parole officer in Watts. Now, as a black vice-president in a company that once epitomized white male clubbiness, he is trying to pull those two worlds a bit closer.
Barclay, who joined Hughes in 1971, was named last year as vice-president for workplace diversity. His assignment: to come up with a program that would get minorities the top jobs that had so far eluded them. That would be a tough mission even in good times. But the defense industry is retrenching, and Hughes has eliminated 14,000 jobs in the past two years, with more cuts to come. Says Barclay: "We're doing all we can just to hold the line."
Today, minority employees make up one-third of Hughes's work force. That compares with only 13% 20 years ago. About 10% of the company's 51,000 workers are black. When it comes to the choice executive jobs, however, they still are rarely filled by minority employees.
BACKSLIDE. Part of the problem is a scarcity of minority professionals: Only 4% of Hughes's entry-level engineers are black, reflecting the relatively small pool of black engineers nationwide. But there is no such shortage of Asians. They make up 24% of Hughes's 5,000 junior engineers--yet only one has risen as high as division head.
Barclay concedes that despite recent efforts, the Hughes corporate culture hasn't completely licked racism. "Not everyone is fully supportive of what we're trying to do," he says. And, while restructurings involving attrition and early retirements can often enhance minority opportunities, forced layoffs affecting less senior workers usually hurt. Hughes has not yet replaced most of the high-level women and minority executives who left. Just two years ago, the company had 12 women and minority vice-presidents, says Barclay. Today, there are 8 out of 92: two women, two Asians, two blacks, two Hispanics.
Hughes's cutbacks have forced Barclay to take the long view. He persuaded the defense contractor to provide about $1.5 million worth of financial aid and lab equipment to seven black colleges in 1990. He has also launched an internship program that brings both students and faculty to Hughes to work with company scientists. And Barclay got Hughes to invest $250,000 to help start a new mathematics and engineering public high school on the California State University campus at Domingus Hills, where most of the students are black.
These financial commitments are not huge. Still, "this is not a PR effort or window dressing," insists Barclay. "We are making a difference." The question is how much of a difference Barclay can make at Hughes while its business is shrinking.


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Green & Serene: Discover Stuy-Town
If you haven't been there recently, you must check out the "new" Stuyvesant Town. The residential community houses thousands of New Yorkers, but also has acres of outdoor space for the enjoyment of everyone who passes through.
Over the last few years management has paid particular attention to grounds, and their efforts have paid off. New saplings stand trimmed and tall, and fresh flowers and manicured lawns abound. Truly a refuge from the concrete. The grounds are filled exercise space, including b-ball, hockey, and squash courts. Not to mention, plenty of playgrounds and green space.
The Stuy-town Oval stands at the center of it all, and Fall is the perfect time to sit on one of the many benches and enjoy a little serenity. Just because cooler winds are blowing, does not mean it's not a great time to take in a little bit of mother nature's work. Sure the scattered lawn chairs of summer, and blankets filled with sunbathers, are long gone, but the Oval still provides a perfect place to enjoy. They even are celebrating the season, and pumpkins and hay bales line the trees making it truly feel like Halloween is just around the corner. And on a blue skied day, the benches that surround the fountain are the perfect place to sit, and relax, and let the sun warm your face.
Oh–one more thing! Don't forget about the Green Market that goes through fall either! Every Sunday through November Stuy-town hosts a market filled with organics and fresh fruits and veggies. Get out and enjoy it all the good stuff soon!!
Motherhood: Embrace the Theory of Natural Consequences!
October 18, 2009 by Rene Syler
Filed under Featured, Motherhood
I woke kids up and then got them headed in the general direction of running water, and once immersed, I went downstairs to burn breakfast. The mornings are pretty predictable around here; washing up, head downstairs where man child Cole, a small framed 10-year old boy proceeds to eat his weight in waffles. The delicate flower, Casey, picks and stares at her food, more staring than actual picking or eating.
Now, in between buttering waffles and making PB and J (Cole had 3, along with 2 waffles this morning and yes he ate all of it) I am repeating myself to Casey, who has eaten exactly two, starving model bites of her Special K Fruit and Yogurt cereal.
"Eat Casey"
"Eat Casey"
"Eat Casey"
"Take a bite, Casey"
"Casey, EAT!"
And that's when it dawned on me. Natural consequences. I wrote about it in my book, Good Enough Mother; the Perfectly Imperfect book of Parenting. Then, I was talking about allowing my children to pick out their own clothes; how I didn't see the harm and it wasn't a reflection on me as a parent as much as it is a reflection of them and what they like. As long as it was age and weather appropriate, what was the problem?
In fact, the Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services says this: The use of natural and logical consequences is an effective form of discipline. It helps your child develop responsibility and a positive self-concept. It helps your child learn to problem solve ways of getting more rewards for positive behavior. It promotes self respect. It helps maintain a positive relationship between you and your child.
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Ready to Cook? The Natural Gourmet Institute is!
October 6, 2009 by Rachel Lerner
Filed under City Food Finds, Featured
In an effort to expand my cooking skills I recently attended a 4-part cooking series which focused on several different cooking and cutting techniques. The classes were taught at The Natural Gourmet Institute For Food & Health in NYC. I absolutely LOVED the school and of course the classes.
I learned a tremendous amount of useful techniques I can add to my personal and professional library of recipes. The first session we covered pressure cooking, steaming, braising and blanching. The next session was on boiling, simmering, wilting, poaching, reducing and caramelizing. The third session focused on roasting, grilling, par-boiling, sauteing and melting. My last session focused on stir-frying, broiling, baking and toasting.
My favorite new recipes include: several different bean spreads (lentil, fava and edamame), white bean soup, quinoa herb salad and homemade vegan chocolate truffles.
Whether you are new to cooking or just want to brush up on your skills I highly recommend indulging yourself in a cooking class or two, especially ones that match your cooking personality!
The Natural Gourmet Institute is located on 48 W. 21st St., 2nd floor (between 5th & 6th ave.)
Classes change periodically. Current classes include:
Current Classes
- Health-Supportive Cooking & Specialty Classes
- Pastry Arts & Desserts
- Lectures & Demonstrations
- Continuing Education
For more information on the Natural Gourmet go to www.naturalgourmetinstitute.com. Happy cooking!
About our Contributor: Rachel Lerner is a certified nutritional consultant and fitness nutrition coach. Rachel's passion for health and healing combined with her knowledge and expertise in nutrition inspired her to create Personal Web Nutrition, a company that designs custom online nutrition services. For more information on Rachel head to http://www.personalwebnutrition.com
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Residents of La Grange Park or non-residents who own property and pay taxes within the Library district are eligible to apply for a library card.
Non-residents who do not own property in the Library district may apply for a card for an annual fee of $305.
How do I get a card?
Come to the Circulation Desk at the Library with proof of residency or property ownership.
Parents or guardians must sign the application for children under 18 years of age, and are responsible for materials checked out using their children's cards.
Download a PDF of our Library Card Application.
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Published: 2015-03-24, by Manu Galvez.
The official fan app for WWE, this gives you everything you want and more. Not only do you get videos, pictures, and WWE news, but it also gives you 24/7 streaming of all WWE pay-per-view events and a huge on-demand video library.
It notifies you when there are WWE events in your area and you can even buy tickets. With wrestler's profiles and WWE shopping, it's hard to believe it's only $9.99 a month.
This app gives you everything WWE you want all in one easy app. And you'll never have to miss a pay-per-view again.
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Humans and Hybrids Print
After day dreaming all summer of Mermen and Minotaurs, our Humans and Hybrids print is finally here, and it's even better on paper. Fauns, Mothman, and Medusa all vie for attention on this lovely three-colour screen print produced right here in Vancouver, Canada.
Open edition screen print, 50 x 70 cm (19.69 by 27.56 inches), on white 250 gram Rising Stonehenge paper with a deckled edge, signed on the back. For ease, fits a standard Ikea frame.
Unframed, this item will be shipped rolled in a sturdy mailing tube.
We now offer gallery-worthy Custom Framing with our US partner Simply Framed. Please allow an additional 2 weeks for delivery as each frame is custom made one at a time. At this time custom framing is available only for USA addresses.
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Confused, is this a Android or Windows mobile handset? Why do all the pictures show Android
The phone in the first page image is quite blatantly running Android...
My bad. The Acer NeoTouch and BeTouch have identical hardware and while adding in the pictures during editing I got the two mixed up. Fixed now.
And the thumbnail?
Don't mean to be pedantic, but that should be "bears" a resemblance, and not "bares" (i.e. "to shoulder" as opposed to "to reveal all"!
And while we're not being pedantic... is 'grippier' a technical term? CHALLENGE ON 'grippier'!
wouldn't it be cool if it could dual boot into android or windows.
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Beautiful three-storey building in one of the most beautiful places of the old Danube offers 10 apartments of extra class.
Right in front of the house there is a green area with old trees.
The inner space of the apartment is decorated with high quality materials.
The apartments have places on the underground parking, some apartments have private gardens, loggias or balconies.
Location and nearby objects
Excellent location — one of the undoubted advantages of this property. The house is located in a quiet side street, but at the same time, all the conveniences of modern life just a stone's throw away. Right under the door there is a beach and a park.
Purchase costs regulated by law
- Transfer tax 3.5%
- Agent commission 3.6% (incl. VAT), for buy-to-let investors 3%
- Registration fee 1.1%
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South African Wine a Hit at Mauna Lani
We poured wine for an event at our Mauna Lani Foodland Farms last weekend for about 200 Big Island wine enthusiasts. The hit of the show was definitely the Ernst & Company Pinotage.
Pinotage was created in South Africa by crossing Pinot Noir with Hermitage (Cinsaut). Pinotage is a uniquely South African grape variety, and has now achieved international success. Produced by a husband and wife team, Ernst and Gwenda Gouws, together have created a gem of a wine. Ernst captured the essence of this wine as he shared, "We wanted a wine designed to meet American tastes, so we offer a juicy plum and cherry fruit carried by silky tannins over a basking of integrated oak. You can enjoy it with meaty dishes or on its own."
Most of our Mauna Lani friends had never tasted a Pinotage, or even any wine from South Africa, so it was fun to get their comments on this brand new wine experience. Throughout the event, the Ernst & Company Pinotage was the most asked for and most repeatedly poured wine at Mauna Lani.
We're happy to find such a fantastic wine from South Africa, and you can find the Ernst & Company Pinotage offered exclusively at our stores modestly priced at around $10.
The Gouws family standing in front of their Pinotage vines in South Africa:
Our Top 5 Cocktails of the Moment!
Now is the time to try them!
You don't need to be friends with a bartender to find the latest and greatest cocktails - we've done it for you. The following are our top 5 cocktails that we encourage you to try now!
Keep Cool with These Top Summer Wine Picks!
Keep Cool with These Top Summer Wine Picks!
Wine is fine this summer and Ed the Prince of Pau Hana has his top 5 summer wine picks for 2015.
Calling All Cigar Aficionados - J.C. Newman & Arturo Fuente Cigar Smoker
We invite you to join us on Friday, May 30th at the Hawaii Prince Hotel for the J.C. Newman & Arturo Fuente Cigar Smoker!
Our special guest Rick Zunt is the regional representative for J.C. Newman and Arturo Fuente Cigars.
Weekend Special - A Trio of Red Wine Favorites On Sale!
Looking for some awesome quality wines at super prices? Well, we are excited to share some info about these three wonderful favorites on sale this Friday, Sept. 26 through Sunday, Sept. 28 for just $11.99 a bottle.
Avalon Napa Cabernet
Five Favorite St. Patrick's Day Beers
Ireland and Hawaii are over 7,000 miles away from each other, but based on the celebration of St. Patrick's Day on the islands, you would think they were much closer. It's always a special celebration for our team here at Foodland, considering our Irish roots with our founder Maurice "Sully" Sullivan.
The wines you have to try!
We set out on our latest trip to California wine country with one goal in mind: find a new, outstanding, but very affordable wine that our customers will not only enjoy, but LOVE. The trip took us through the famous wine regions of Napa, Sonoma, and Central California, where we explored a variety of vineyards from the well-known and established to smaller, less recognizable, family-run operations.
Tips to Toast in the New Year with Champagne!
The New Year is just around the corner and here are some helpful tips to ring in the New Year with nice glass of bubbly Champagne!
Pouring sparkling wine doesn't have to be complicated. First off, the best thing you can do for your bubbly is to keep it extremely cold. The colder it is, the more you are preserving the bubbles and the less messy it will be to open and pour.
Wines that Rock at Princeville Wine Festival
Have you tried Wines that Rock? We introduced these wines at our Princeville location about three months ago, and as soon as we put them on the shelves, customers were picking up the bottles and even taking pictures with their favorite iconic rock albums featured on the labels.
New Skinnygirl Ready to Serve Cocktails available now!
We had heard the buzz about Skinnygirl® Margaritas a while back and several of our customers were even asking us about when we were going to start carrying this hot new low calorie ready to serve cocktail at Foodland.
Well, we brought in Skinnygirl® Margaritas late last year, and it surprised us in two ways: 1. How great it tasted for a so called "low calorie" beverage and 2. How hard it was to keep it on the shelves!
Ashton Cigars Smoker Event - June 9th
Cigar lovers can puff on premium cigars and enjoy fine spirits, wines and beers at our Ashton Cigars event on Saturday, June 9th at the Gentry Pacific Design Center. On hand will be special guest Chip Goldeen, Director of Sales Worldwide for Ashton.


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Got this today. Not sure how I became a MoveOn member.
"Tragedy in ColoradoFriday, July 20, 2012 9:30 PM
From: This sender is DomainKeys verified"Justin Ruben, MoveOn.org Political Action" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Dear MoveOn member,
We all woke up to the tragic news of the killing of at least 12 people and the wounding of many more at a late-night screening of the new Batman movie in Colorado.
Reports indicate that the disturbed individual who committed this horrifying act had a bulletproof vest, used some kind of gas canister, and had multiple guns when he opened fire in the crowded theater.1 A three-month-old is among the injured.2
We are immeasurably sad for those who lost their lives, those wounded, and their familiesand for all those who experienced the horror of those terrible moments. Let our thoughts and prayers go out to them today.
We're also so angry. From children's lives lost in school shootings, to Trayvon Martin, the Representative Gabrielle Giffords attack, and this latest slaughter of innocents, we are not safe from gun violence.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns has been campaigning to put a stop to senseless gun violence like this with commonsense measures, like fixing gun checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. They've started a petition in SignOn.org to demand action on ending gun violence.
Sadly, it often takes moments like these to bring politicians to their senses about guns. And while signing a petition seems so inadequate in the face of what happened last night, it's important to do what we can. Today that means taking a small step toward preventing this kind of tragedy from happening again.
Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence."
The people who died at the Colorado theater last night are only 12 of the 34 people statistics tell us will die from gun violence todayand among 19,000 murdered with guns since the attack on Representative Giffords in Tuscon.3
And yet today isn't about statistics. It's about the pain of human lossthe loss suffered by the community of Aurora, Colorado. And the losses to gun violence suffered today and every day by other communities, whose tragic stories won't be covered on the news.
It's in the power of Congress to greatly reduce these senseless shootings and make tragedies like today's far less possible. They can start by enacting commonsense measures, like fixing giant loopholes in gun checks, that are supported by the vast majority of Americansincluding gun owners.4
Let our anger today help give them the courage to act tomorrow.
Sign the Mayors Against Illegal Guns petition to our leaders: "Join me in standing with the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado shooting and pledge to end gun violence."
The strength and support we draw from our friends, families, and communities are never more important than on days like today.
Thanks for all you do.
Justin, Robin, Ryan, Elena, and the rest of the team
1. "Gunman turns movie into surreal horror: 'This is real,'" CNN, July 20, 2012
Gunman turns movie into surreal horror: 'This is real' - CNN.com
2. "Gunman turns Batman screening into real-life 'horror film,'" CNN, July 20, 2012
Gunman turns 'Batman' screening into real-life 'horror film' - CNN.com
3. "Background Checks," Mayors Against Illegal Guns, accessed July 20, 2012
Background Checks
4. "Poll: Majority Of Americans, Including Gun Owners, Support Tougher Restrictions," The Huffington Post, January 18, 2011
Poll: Majority Of Americans, Including Gun Owners, Support Tougher Restrictions
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QVC to Acquire Ooodle Classifieds Site
Posted on December 6, 2012QVC announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Oodle, an online classifieds marketplace. QVC says the Oodle Marketplace has over 11 million monthly users. It can be accessed on the Oodle website, as well as Facebook and through iOS and Android apps.
Claire Watts, QVC U.S. CEO, said in a statement, "The QVC shopping experience is fundamentally social in nature. With this acquisition, we can fuel our evolving social commerce experience. Oodle brings a great team that shares our values and passion for creating a rich customer experience."
Oodle says on its blog that it is profitable and cash flow positive. TechCrunch says Oodle uses Facebook authentication to add real identities to its social classifieds listings.
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Re: 6.0 Standard Packages?, New Style Documentation?
On 6/8/07 at 5:37 AM, djmpark at comcast.net (David Park) wrote:
>1) Is there anyplace in the documentation where one can find all the
>'standard packages' listed together in one place like they were in
>the 5.2 Help Browser?
I don't believe so.
If all that is desired is a list of the standard packages that
can be obtained with
Last[StringSplit[#, $PathnameSeparator]] & /@
ToFileName[{$InstallationDirectory, "AddOns", "Packages"}]]
Last[StringSplit[#, $PathnameSeparator]] & /@
ToFileName[{$InstallationDirectory, "AddOns",
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for the legacy packages.
Of course, this provides no link to the documentation for these packages.
To get to the documentation for the standard packages, the best
thing I seen so far is the palette Selwyn Hollis created and
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As another year comes to an end, security experts are looking back at the trends and most notable breaches in 2015. From Anthem to the Office of Personnel Management to top security vendors falling victim to infiltration, 2015 was a banner year for malware, data breaches and advanced persistent threats (APTs).
Using what they've learned from the past year, cyber security experts are looking at what's ahead for 2016. With the ever-changing threat landscape and cyber criminals always working to stay one step ahead, it's important for organizations and consumers to take proper security measures. In this slideshow, experts from AppRiver, Cyphort and CounterTack look at what trends we can expect to see in the year ahead, as well as tips on how to prepare.
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Court in Northern Ireland grants Maltese father custody of his son, 10
A Maltese man has been given custody to his 10-year-old son by a High Court in Northern Ireland.
The Belfast Telegraph has reported that Mr Justice Gillen granted an application brought under the Hague Convention on the grounds of the child's wrongful detention.
The judgment was delivered last month but has only been published now.
The judge held that although the boy spoke of wanting to remain in Northern Ireland, his views were influenced by having spent the last three months living with his mother. The judge warned of the potential consequences of a boy having to choose between "warring parents".
The couple lived in Northern Ireland for five years before settling in Malta in 1996.
They split up a year after their son was born in 2002. The boy continued to live in Malta with his mother until May 2011 when an alleged drunken incident led to him being placed into his father's care.
He went to Northern Ireland in July of this year for a one-month summer holiday with his mother.
But when he was not returned to Malta, proceedings were triggered under the Hague Convention
The boy's mother argued that her son objected to being returned and was old enough for his views to be taken into account.
The child said he liked living in Malta but had not enjoyed living with his father's girlfriend. At one stage he started crying and spoke of not wanting to go back to Malta as he would miss his mother.
However, Mr Justice Gillen detailed a series of undertakings by the boy's father, including paying for flight tickets for the mother and son's return.
Mr Justice Gillen also took into account how the boy said he liked living with his dad and said he did not consider the child's asserted objection sufficient to dissuade him from ordering a return.
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Unable to tell anyone about your DC?(34 Posts)
I'm just wondering how you all cope with other people's reactions to your DC?
DD is gifted I think, although not to the extent of some of the DC mentioned here. All the usual things - talking early, walking early, asking questions to get more and more detail, never forgetting anything, able to use information thus gleaned to combine with other information previously obtained to ask more detailed questions, reading early and now reading for information - she's basically turned herself into the data-processing version of the Very Hungry Caterpillar, and every day is Saturday. I'm sure you're all familiar with the routine!
The thing is I feel I have to sort of hide it from everyone else, because their kids aren't like DD in that they tend not to know more than their parents in their many fields of interest, and they tend not to just sort of accidentally let you know that they've taught themselves to read, for example. Even my parents seem to not really get DD, and talk to her as though she were perhaps younger than her chronological age, whereas we talk to her at a level appropriate for her mental age, so she doesn't 'get' it when they talk to her. They will ask her the sort of questions you might ask a little kid to get them to talk like 'What colour is x?' and she will look totally flummoxed. I'm not sure if she's trying to work out if it's a trick question, or why they need to ask her something they must know, but it develops into a downward spiral because when she doesn't answer, or asks one of us to tell them, my parents then assume she doesn't know, so ask her an 'easier' question. I guess it doesn't help they don't see her as often as I'd like and she tends not to let on how much she knows unless she's totally relaxed. I've told them the things she says and does and the questions she asks, but it's like it doesn't sink in.
Obviously a lot of my friends have children too, but I don't tell them either because I don't want them to think I am being boastful. I've put videos on facebook of her running about the park that have had lots of likes, but when I put a video of her reading her first reading book that pre-school gave her it got almost completely ignored. I don't want to project too much, but it's as though people can relate to a pre-school kid running about and climbing on stuff, but when they see the same kid reading fluently they get uneasy.
I guess I am just upset (with myself or society or both, I'm not sure) that when she does things that make me burst with pride I feel I can't tell anyone. And I can't even tell you lot of strangers because with her specific areas of interest it'd possibly maker her identifiable. It makes me more sad that she seems to have picked up on it a bit, and since she started pre-school seems a lot more wary of expressing herself unless it's with one of us.
Anyway, that was a lot longer than I anticipated. Thanks for reading, those of you who still are
To be honest, I think you just have to not talk about it. Its British culture, really, isn't it:
child plays in England under 8 football team - parent "X is quite sporty, yes, but he's so behind with his reading, I really worry"
child writes published novel age 10 - parent "X does like her little projects, but she needs to get out more"
I would say the only acceptable response when people say 'your dd is so bright / articulate / knowledgable / etc' is 'oh, she does ok, how is your little Johnny, he is always so polite & charming when he comes to visit' or similar
There is a gifted kids forum, one of the moderators I think is on here, maybe she could point you towards it as its a good outlet for anonymous chat!
I agree with Emma. It is simply Not Done to talk proudly of your children's achievements in any field. Feel free to moan about their behaviour but do not say anything that can be interpreted as boasting.
All your friends have probably got "gifted" children too but you'd never know because they're busy feeling they have to hide their achievements -- or they regard their achievements as normal. I mean, I know we're all amazed by our children, but in my family, for example, absolutely everyone for generations has been an early reader. It just seems to be the way we're made and therefore it's a baseline -- not even worth mentioning.
I keep on going on about this, but having a bright child is not a problem. Its not being socially acceptable to boast about your children is annoying, but more or less everyone is living with the same thing.
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Totally fair point, TSC. I'd say being top 10% - fab; top 1% - PITA.
I wouldn't worry about the hanging out with the other 'exceptional' kids though - I did that throughout school and it was a good place to be & I got to know some great people (similarly maybe hanging out on the computer alone might be downtime that she needs?)
Why do we parents need to mention it, unless explicitly asked? It's their achievement not ours. Be proud of your own achievements, whatever they may be. A much better example for DCs .
I guess that the OPs issue is when parents are together chatting about what their dc are up to / how they are doing? Parents/children do comment IME about other dc in their class.
I don't have the parents issue as dd is older now so well past that stage. Also as dd has dyslexic/dyspraxic stuff going on which meant that she took a very long time to write at all she was never noticeably advanced in class, just very, very articulate & an early reader.
DD has said to me recently though 'X / Y / Z always say that I'm clever, & I don't know what to say' I have to admit to having fudged it with 'hard work is what matters anyway for everyone'.
Thanks for all the replies.
I'm not looking to find a way in which I can be boastful as some of you seem to imply - it's just that in conversation it gets awkward - sometimes it feels like you have to choose between sounding boastful or aloof. For example just before the holidays I was chatting to a mum I know a bit at an indoor play area thing who was telling me how pleased she was that her school age (and therefore not present) child had been moved up to a level above his chronological age on the reading scheme. I didn't say that DD (18 months younger) has been put on the same scheme at pre-school and was five levels higher, but with a note that she could read to a higher level, because you can't, can you? Not without sounding like an arse. I just sort of said how good it was and that DD had started to be interested in reading. It feels like it's socially acceptable to say 'my child is above average' but not 'my child is, in some areas, a lot above average'
I accept what Emma says - that's it's probably true if your kid is very good at anything, although I can imagine it's more socially acceptable to say your child is the county cup holder for running rather than chess. Maybe that's just me.
Parents talk a lot about their kids and often share concerns they have. But having concerns related to a child being unusually able academically is not the kind of thing you can share - unless you have friends with similar kids. I do have friends with similar kids at other schools and that helps. Even if they don't have the same concerns I'm at least at ease talking about mine without them thinking I'm boasting.
I had a similar situation recently Hatty. A child in dd's class told another child their high reading level - the child's mother told me and and was anxious to know if this was normal. Well it's not - but dd is on an even higher level - so what do you say exactly
I have a child that her school say is very gifted.
I now do not talk to anyone ever about her abilities etc (apart from family) as it back fired when she had just started nursery and I thought it was normal for a child to be able to read and write.
It always seems to be angst over reading levels (in DD's school also) and I get mothers proudly boasting that their DC has been moved up a level in reading and asking what level DD is on as they know she is bright. I play the disorganised mother as in "Oops, silly me, I have not checked her book bag yet" etc as I am not going to tell them she is free reading and has been for ages.
As TSC says, it can feel a bit lonely sometimes (LP so no H to talk it through with) as DD is a handful: wilful, defiant, tantruming, demanding, intense and her behaviour definately deteriorates at home if she is not kept ticking over at school. Going to leave her till she is 6 (Jan) and then assess what to do...
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My friend's son is fantastically gifted in maths, expected to receive a scholarship to some posho school.
My friend posts on Facebook all the time when he wins prizes and gets 100% in everything. Best marks in the state etc. She is in the US these days.
I am happy for her, she is justifiably proud! Everyone says "Well done friend's DS!" or something similar, likes it. And yes I do mean her British friends! Why do you think your friends won't share your pride? Surely they'll be happy alongside you? Give them a chance!
(A video of someone else's child reading sounds a bit boring, I have to say.)
If its a friends child I knew well I would be interested but human nature is bound to compare your child against theirs.
I would never put a video of DD reading on FB or mention academic stuff for either DC but that's because I keep it private
apart from posting on MN
I quite like looking at other people's holiday snaps <nosy> as long as they have people in them and not boring buildings/scenery etc.
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I guess 5 is too young to tell if its normal. DD's school say they have never met a child like her but I suspect that's her drive to read/write rather than her ability.
I remember DD at 3 doing DS's spelling tests alongside him (he was 6 - yr2) and at first it was scribbles and then out of the blue she wrote "said" and "alfabet" and I did not help/show her or tell her she was right/wrong. Tbh I just wanted her to
shut the fuck up be quiet whilst I concentrated on DS, so just gave her a pencil and paper.
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tsc, i know what you mean but perhaps it is personality not giftedness that causes the problems. all mine get high grades, but one is exactly as you describe, perfectionist, shy, hides ability, whilst the other, with exactly the same grades, is totally unfazed and a bit away with the fairies happy go lucky
i've never been particularly 'proud' of their achievements when toddlers/young children as it just seemed one of those things, mind you mine never read early or anything so maybe that is why! i was always proud they walked at 9 months for unexplainable reasons. afaik neither walking early nor reading early is anything very exciting or special apart from for the parents. if i saw a fb video i would probably assume it was reciting off by heart tbh.
op, i dont know, in the examples you give i see no need to talk about your child's abilities, if someone isn't asking you directly. if asked directly, i would just say they were doing well, unless speaking to someone whose child was at a similar level. its just a culturally acceptable way to deal with it in the uk.
I would love DD to be taught the violin at school
Her HT is very firm about her not going into year groups above her age.
Not too bothered as long as they keep her ticking over really.
DD is not into numeracy so I guess that will be pushed, she also has OT at school 3 times a week (hypermobile).
Quite frankly anything to stop the
hellish temper tantrums at home is good.
lol i feel a need to point out mine are prob somewhere in the top 10 to 5 percent not the top 1, no child geniuses here, just your bog standard clever. how very british of me
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maybe, tsc, it runs in our family too and i see traits in ds1, the neurotic, perfectionist one.
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