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All the rumors and speculations of a mid-April/late April/May launch of the Palm Pre doesn't appear to be too far of a stretch. Stated in an email from Sprint, "Employees can expect training to start in April as well as multiple communications to get them excited and ready to help our customers." I was wondering if the training has begun -- so I asked for a confirmation on that thought.
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The fact that Sprint employees are already training up on the Palm Pre, pretty much implies that the release date of the Pre should be near. On top of that, early this week, Sprint began getting the word out about the Pre with their new marketing campaign. So don't be surprised when the Palm Pre launches within the coming 5 weeks or so!
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Charles W. Grover Sr., 80, of Tavares, Fla. passed away January 15, 2012.
Charlie is survived by his wife, Shirley; sister, Rebecca Cannady (John) of Camilla, Ga.; six children, Chuck Jr. (Janice) of Grand Rapids, Michael (Mary) of Grand Rapids, Susan Wilson (Jim) of Chippewa Lake; stepchildren, Cathie D'Itri (Ken) of California, Leslie North (Dan) of Florida, Dana Miiller (Kevin) of Florida; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Charlie was born May 15, 1931 in Big Rapids, Mich. Upon moving to Rockford he started grade school. Prior to starting high school, he and a few of his buddies at the age of 14 drove from Rockford all the way to Georgia one summer to visit his father.
After graduating in 1949 from Rockford High School, Charlie served as a sergeant in the Armed Forces during Korean War. After his return from the war, he worked for Lear Seigler for several years. Charlie then owned and operated his own body shops for many years, including Grover's Body Shop in downtown Rockford and another shop located on Northland Drive. His body shops were always a popular place where his friends liked to stop by and talk about their cars, work and families. Chuck also worked for Chevy dealerships as their body shop manager for several years before moving to Florida to somewhat retire. But his love for restoring old cars kept him busy up until the age of 79. There is no doubt he loved not only working on cars but teaching others the trade as well.
Charlie was a past Mason and Shriner during his years in the Rockford area. He served part time for the Rockford City Police Department and was instrumental in starting the Rockford Ambulance Service back in the mid 1960s when he was an EMT volunteer for several years. He was a member of the Golden R Club at Rockford High School. Most every year he would plan his summer vacation with his daughter Sue and her husband to attend the reunion and visit with classmates, friends and family.
Charlie made many friends over the years. He was always willing to offer a helping hand and good sound advice for those who asked and a lot of time even if they didn't.
Many will remember the home that he purchased for $1 from Pederson's Funeral Home and moved from Monroe Street to the corner of Lincoln and Courtland. He was amazed that three drywall screws placed on a window sill, standing on their heads, never fell over during the over eight-hour move down the street and set on the new foundation. He was a man of many talents, who took great pride in finishing and restoring this old home as his own.
Charlie was passionate about restoring street rods. He was a past and present member of several car clubs in Grand Rapids and in Lake County, Fla. and was an NSRA member. He was honored to have pictures of two cars he completely restored featured in Rodder's Digest car magazine. We will all remember Charlie as a generous person who never met a stranger who didn't end up as his friend.
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BMW Motorrad USA is offering current and prospective racers even greater incentives to compete on its bestselling BMW S 1000 RR superbike this year. More than $1 million in contingency money is available to racers piloting a 2015 or 2016 model year S 1000 RR in several 2016 race series.
BMW Motorrads Contingency Program, Rider Support Program, and International Race Trophy reinforce our commitment to supporting privateer BMW motorcycle racers throughout the world, commented Kris Odwarka, Vice President, BMW Motorrad USA.
This year, were spreading the wealth beyond podium finishes by rewarding racers who qualify for the start grid and finish in the MotoAmerica series and ASRA Team Challenge, said Odwarka.
"BMW Motorrad is providing riders with all the tools they need to succeed on the racetrack a class leading liter bike at a substantial savings, with the added incentive of HP Race Parts!" observed Professional Racer Nate Kern, who will serve as a BMW Motorrad Motorsports Advisor at MotoAmerica series races this year.
BMW Motorrads Contingency Program is managed online via XTRM, which provides real-time distribution and management of contingency money payouts, results tracking and social media marketing. Racers competing on a 2015 or 2016 S 1000 RR can enroll by creating a profile at www.xtrm.com/contingency/bmw to cash in on their performance.
For racers who want to get on board a new 2016 S 1000 RR this year, BMW Motorrads Rider Support Program offers substantial savings (over $6,800 off the MSRP) on a 2016 BMW S 1000 RR with Race Package and HP Race Power Kit, as well as a monetary rider incentive. Racers holding current licenses for MotoAmerica, WERA National or CCS series races and who have earned top finishes in those series are eligible to apply for the program at their local authorized BMW Motorrad USA dealer.
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In older dogs (and although she's only 9, this is considered older), the first thing I think of when I hear that they're drinking a lot of water is that they could be diabetic. Polyuria (increased urination) and polydipsia (increased drinking) are two of the hallmark signs for diabetes.
The symptoms you describe: polydipsia (excessive water drinking) of course can be due to a number of different causes. The most common causes of PU/PD in dogs include kidney disease, Cushing's disease (excessive blood cortisol levels), and diabetes mellitus (excessive blood glucose levels). In an 15 year old dog, any one of these disease processes could be occurring.
Getting her to your vet for a thorough physical examination and blood work is the best thing you can do. Try to collect a urine sample as well so that your vet can evaluate kidney function and look for signs of urinary tract infection. Since your dog is a female, allow your dog to begin urinating and when you are sure she is peeing you can slip a shallow bowl or soup ladle into the urine stream to catch your sample. Put the urine in a clean, dry container and refrigerate until your vet appointment. It's best if the sample is less than 24 hours old.
Other possible causes for PU/PD include inflammation of the prostate (rare in a neutered male), liver problems, or diabetes insipidus (a disorder of water metabolism in which part of the brain does not secrete the hormone which tells the kidneys to re-absorb water, or the kidneys do not respond to the hormone). In addition, there is a condition called psychogenic polydipsia which means the excessive water drinking is all in his head. If he exhibits other symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea or lethargy, other causes should also be investigated. Blood work often helps narrow the field.
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I apologize, I was answering another question at the same time...I did make the comment that she was 9 in the first paragraph.
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Stylius said
LandonWilson said
Why are people so impressed when Envato does things they should have done light years ago?
Light years is a measure for distance, not time.Back to your question, Envato is great, and the team is doing a very good job to keep it a high-quality market. nuff said.
Love this one.
And yet, time is relative.
So is excellence, accomplishment, success, and just about everything we can conceive of subjectively.
Just relatives.
That 'just' means both "only", and "balanced in proportion i.e. A just cause".
And aren't we are all just relatives here?
All of the community, one way or another, are just relatives to one another, be it buyers, authors, visitors, staff. Our degree of expression of satisfaction is.. yeah.. just and justly relative, to our user experience, based on expectations and outcomes, and in some part due to the attitudes we ourselves project, I imagine.
Why are some people so impressed? Because they are happy? Better late than never? Hope for future? I think it's been summed up by the many responses in this thread.
All I can say is I know Envato strives for excellence, yes. Does it always hit the nail on the head every single day? Should some things have happened sooner? You know the answer.
Which would you rather come first, though? The fail, or the win?
Concretely though, The hectic pace of managing so many ongoing projects means there is chaos in any attempt to improve order, as with most growing systems, and due to the relative and sometimes shifting priorities of issues, it can mean that intentions and plans don't always eventuate in a completely predictable manner. Yet when they finally happen, often delayed, people will either be happy, or see it as too little too late, or anything in between.
I guess that's why we get this flurried mix of voices time and again.
In this case, The way I see it is that without a negative expression to begin with, there's one less opportunity for positive reinforcement, to celebrate the virtues of this community.
Just sayin', it's just relatives.
So thanks Landon, you've brought out the good in quite a few people here, in a roundabout way. Reverse win.
@VF – take a look at this: http://techjobs.envato.com/roles/marketplace-development-manager.html It's all about not having enough resources to do everything. Envato is trying to fix that which will in turn make it easier for them fix everything else
^ Don't dig their internals. As authors we supposed to share our perspectives not to research/hear what causes what. Landon managed to save his time but many of us wasted again on the infinite loop.
Edit: Btw, is that "Captcha Not repeatedly needed" is something to be conveyed openly on a blog / forum?
"Not needed" is fine, cool but conveying the same openly is awkward from buyer point of view. Not sure this is what Landon tries to point. Also I have seen few more memebers asking for https after seeing this "New feature". I won't blame the criticizers / demanders!
You have to remember Landon, that the devs have to manage over 25 different sites.
Great thread. Who could have possibly foreseen the discussion about reality?
I must say though, I understand people complaining about certain features that need to be implemented and haven't been. But to complain when things actually do get done? Really?
doru said
cmt saidDid you arrived at home on your bike or did you walk?
For example, I fell of my bike on a tram way a few hours ago. I dusted myself off, thanked the kid who asked me if I am OK, had a quick thought about what I did to fall off, thanked the universe for making this happen so I know I should be more careful when riding and continued towards home.
I biked. The most remembering thing about the whole situation was that among 20 people on the street (I fell off in front of a bus stop), the only one who asked me if I was OK was a 7-year old boy. After a small thought he went on to tell me I should not be riding in such a bad weather. Please, listen to the kids more often.
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You have to remember Landon, that the devs have to manage over 25 different sites.
This is similar to saying Wordpress team have to manage 100000 different possibilities, so let them settle where they are now for few years. Or an author getting excuse from a buyer by saying "I have 200+ items to manage, so understand my problems".
Everything is broken down enough to be managed by individual human beings before scaling, right? Issues due to quantity is not users mistake. Getting excuses with such reason is worse than having a long silence.
Actually I have to back Landon for one reason, even though I am not interested. The reason is to point how unproductive the "positive party" is. Just equals blind negative.
Kronen said
I understand people complaining about certain features that need to be implemented and haven't been. But to complain when things actually do get done? Really?
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Kronen saidBrilliant!
I understand people complaining about certain features that need to be implemented and haven't been. But to complain when things actually do get done? Really?
What better feature added as of now? The issue we see is small features overcoming the absence of most needed ones. It is natural to show bitterness with such things.


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Begonia, Niki, and Shane are in the make-up room. While Shane does Begonia's hair, Niki chatters about the Subaru Pink Ride. When the make-up artist pulls Niki's blouse off her shoulder to cover the tattoo underneath, she quickly replies that she's not taking her shirt off today. Begonia says Niki doesn't know what she's talking about: they're shooting a love scene today. Niki's adamant – she doesn't want to take her clothes off. "Sweetie, I don't wanna get naked with you, either", Begonia retorts. Niki storms out of the room to get to rehearsal while Shane tries to calm Begonia down. "Today's going to be a fun one", she says to herself when the actresses have left.
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Shane: Oh, fuck Niki.
Jenny: I did.
Bette: There's been something that's been missing for me. Something that's hard to define. And I have been desperately just trying to create this thing, and just looking for it. But I... I've been just flailing. And I realize now that you and I, we're never gonna find it.
Jodi: How do you know?
Bette: Because I have it with someone else.
Bette: (to Jodi) I love who you are. I love how you stand in the world. I love your passion, your anger. But you and I are fundamentally different. We have different core values.
Jodi: You said you weren't going to let me go. You said you were going to fight for our relationship.
Bette: I meant a friendship.
Jodi: I don't want a friendship with you!
Alice: Oh come on, Mary, you know you want to try it. All the straight girls do.
Mary Lamm: Well, I don't.
Alice: Tsk, tsk, don't protest too much.
Mary Lamm: I don't know what you're insinuating. Not everyone is gay.
Alice: And thank god for that.
Tasha: Because our relationship will be unbalanced if you pay a bigger portion of the rent.
Alice: I will be out of balance if you make me live in a shithole.
Sam: I never thought I'd say this, but I actually think that Jenny's got some...
Tina: Talent?
Sam: She's making some interesting stylistic choices.
Tina: Last I was watching dailies, and I thought 'Oh my god, we might have a really good movie.'
Alice: We don't have to split the rent exactly down the middle.
Tasha: Yes, we fucking do.
Alice: If I get this job, I'll be making a lot more money.
Tasha: Alice, can we just keep looking?
Alice: I hope you bleed soon. I really do.
Jodi: Are you in love with her?
Bette: It's very complicated.
Jodi: Of course it's complicated. I'm asking if you love her.
Bette: Yes. I love her.
Jodi: Do you love me?
Bette: Yes, I love you, I do.
Bette: (about her meeting with Phyllis) Just tell her I have wicked P.M.S. I don't know. She probably doesn't even remember what that feels like.
Jodi: (walking into The Planet, seeing the table flipped over) Looks like somebody got here before me.
Tina: Jodi, I'm so sorry--
Jodi: (to Bette) Why is she talking to me? Doesn't she know I'm deaf?
Dawn: What's up, ladies? What's wrong, you all look a little down? PMS? Did you all sync up on the Subaru Pink Ride?
Bette: (about Jodi) She hasn't returned any of my messages.
Kit: (scoffs) Well, do you blame her?
Jenny: Ladies, ladies, please don't fight. I can't stand it when sisters do that.
Alice: Jenny, this isn't a scene in your movie. You don't have to direct it.
Jodi: (to Bette) I'm not gonna kill myself over you! Don't flatter yourself.
International Airdates:
- Latin America: August 20, 2009 on Warner Channel
Music Featured in This Episode:
- Medicine Bend by Margie Joseph
- I'm a Big Girl Now by Mable John
- Love Comes in All Colors by The Staple Singers
- Film Noir by BETTY
- Slightly Elevated (Fila Brazillia Mix) by Beef Wellington
- Only Women Bleed by Alice Cooper
- You Were Wrong by Castle Project
- Living a Life Without Love by Veda Brown
- Choices by Bettye LaVette
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Update Wednesday: Fox News is reporting on another complication in the attempt of Jahi McMath's family to move her to a new facility:
A California hospital is unwilling to allow an outside doctor to fit a 13-year-old declared brain dead after tonsil surgery with the breathing and feeding tubes that would allow her to be safely transferred to another facility, its lawyer said Tuesday.
Children's Hospital Oakland will not permit the procedures to be performed on its premises because Jahi McMath is legally dead in the view of doctors who have examined her, lawyer Douglas Straus wrote in a letter to the girl's family.
"Performing medical procedures on the body of a deceased human being is simply not something Children's Hospital can do or ask its staff to assist in doing," he said. Full story
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On Monday, a judge ordered Children's Hospital Oakland to keep the brain-dead, 13-year-old Oakland girl on a ventilator past the 5 p.m. deadline set in a previous order, prolonging it to Jan. 7. In a motion filed Tuesday with the California First District Court of Appeal, the hospital is requesting that order be overturned.
From the Oakland Tribune:
The hospital's motion states that Nailah Winkfield, Jahi's mother, has had enough time to find a facility that would accept her daughter. "No such facility has been identified and it's not plausible that a medical facility will be identified to care for such a person," according to the hospital.
The family's court filings said a facility in Medford, N.Y., is willing to take Jahi and provide 24-hour medical care, but the facility did not return calls for comment on Tuesday.
The hospital is also fighting the family's request for a federal court to order Jahi be kept on a ventilator. The hospital's filing argued that because she had already died, no irreparable harm would be suffered from turning it off.
Jahi's brain damage occurred after she went into cardiac arrest following post-surgical bleeding. The procedures aimed to cure severe sleep apnea.
Meanwhile, the Contra Costa Times is reporting there's a Terri Schiavo connection in the case: the Medford brain-injury treatment center that will take Jahi is dedicated to Schiavo:
On Tuesday, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network said publicly for the first time that it has been helping Jahi's family for weeks to find a place to transfer the 13-year-old Oakland girl declared brain-dead by doctors. The network has worked "in relative silence for the sake of the sensitivity of her case…."
The brother and mother of Schiavo participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the first medical facility in the country dedicated to the Florida woman.
Schiavo, languishing in a persistent vegetative state, was the subject of fierce and prolonged legal, political, and cultural battles in the 1990s and 2000s. She died in 2005 after her feeding tube was removed. Her case is different from McMath's because she was not declared brain dead.
Here's the link to the New Beginnings Community Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation, where the family wants Jahi to be moved. Its online mission statement says the organization's goal is "to help develop state of the art long-term rehabilitation services to survivors of traumatic brain injury and other cognitive and physical disorders. In order to help those who are on a journey of recovery, New Beginnings will help facilitate a holistic approach to survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other physical and cognitive disorders, offer support for their families, and raise awareness for the needs of this growing community."
The website says owner Allyson Scerri started the center after her father suffered a traumatic brain injury in an accident. Her bio says she "has worked with the public for three decades as owner of a thriving beauty salon and successful hair and make-up platform artist. Her work as a social advocate and leader in the health field began years ago when she started a support group for women with infertility problems."
From NBC Bay Area:
In a Dec. 29 letter to (the family's lawyer) Dolan, Scerri wrote that she was "aware of Jahi McMath's dire situation and we are willing to open our outpatient facility" to her in a new facility called The Brendan House, which is "near completion." She wrote that she would provide Jahi with nursing staff, licensed respiratory therapists and a pediatrician. Her letter does not address cost, or who would pay for the services. On a New Beginnings Facebook post, the organization notes that "this child has been defined as a deceased person yet she has all the functional attributes of a living person despite her brain injury."
New Beginnings has been posting about the case on its Facebook page, where some commenters have been leaving confrontational posts.
Two California facilities have previously turned down requests to take Jahi.
NBC Bay Area has posted a video of an interview with Dr. Paul Byrne, who filed a declaration with the motion by Jahi's family in federal court. AP reports that Byrne states that he visited Jahi's bedside and observed her responding to her grandmother's voice and touch by moving. In the video, Byrne, who does not believe brain death is equivalent to the end of life, says Jahi is "not truly dead."
ABC7's Dan Ashley spoke yesterday with a grief-stricken Nailah Winkfield, Jahi McMath's mother, after the court extended the restraining order against removing the ventilator. Winkfield says she believes Jahi will wake up. "There's too many cases that I've read, that I've seen, of people having brain damage and they're waking up. And it's not like a myth, these are actual things that have happened. So I just feel like why can't they happen to my daughter?"
Arthur Caplan, director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, told CNN last week that this particular case is "giving the impression that dead people can come back to life."
Notes from Paul Graham Fisher, the Stanford doctor who assessed Jahi's neurological activity, state there is a "complete absence of cerebral function and complete absence of brainstem function. Child meets all criteria for brain death, by professional societies and state of California." The notes were obtained by NBC Bay Area.
Finally, KPIX has posted raw video of a finger-pointing confrontation between family lawyer Chris Dolan and Children's Hospital Oakland spokesman Sam Singer. Singer said Dolan was helping to "perpetuate a hoax." Dolan, a personal injury attorney who said he had taken the McMath case for free, called Singer a "spin doctor." Click here for that video.


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When Homer Jordan led Cedar Shoals past Clarke Central 12-3 in 1978, it helped spur the Jaguars to one of their best seasons ever.
Cedar Shoals won its first 11 games before falling in the region championship game to Lakeside, 6-2. That was the best in a remarkable string of early success for Cedar Shoals, which won at least seven games in its first six seasons of varsity football, including three wins against its archrival.
''Nothing else matters in this town because that game's going on,'' Jordan, now a quarterbacks coach at Cedar Shoals said. Jordan went on to star at Clemson, where he quarterbacked the team to the 1981 national championship on a team that included current Clarke Central head coach William DeVane and Gladiator assistant Terry Kinard.
''It was big back then,'' Jordan said. ''A lot of those guys that played on both teams went on to major colleges. ... There was nothing else going on but that game.''
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Anyone who has heard Missoula author William Kittredge read knows the bard-like quality of his baritone voice. There's a glory embodied in his spoken prose that can make a steaming cow-pie seem like a pivotal point in the existential cosmos. In his recently published book, Southwestern Homelands, part memoir, part travelogue, Kittredge makes fine use of his grandiloquent oratory when relating his experiences of Southwestern landscapes and of the people who call it home.
"Most of us spend a lot of time telling ourselves stories in which our homeland is defined and located," writes Kittredge. "Homelands are specific, but their qualities have to do with much more than landforms."
Early on, we learn that Kittredge's personal attraction to the Southwest has to do with his need to escape the fierce blast of Montana's winters. As the narrative continues, we learn that he is seeking a quiet haven where he can explore the territory, write, and loll in the shade watching the winter's migratory birds in the trees beyond the patio.
It is a second home he is trying to find and, ultimately, trying to come to terms with. Southwestern Homelands explores time as well as terrain, personal history as well as anthropological theory. It is more than a travelogue and less than a full memoir, exploring the diversity of desert landscapes, and the clashes of disparate cultures, fusing these elements and speculating on inner worlds.
Kittredge is not a native of the Southwest and makes no pretense to knowledge he does not have. Like most travelers, he depends on many sources of understanding, from barroom chats to authoritative written accounts. Kittredge's forte is in asking questions, both of himself and of others, and then ruminating on the answers. Weaving together his personal experiences past and present, with scientific and historical records, and anthropological interpretations of culture, Kittredge's narrative meanders like a river in spring flood, cutting new channels, in a Kerouac-inspired style that, for all its wandering, is surprisingly cohesive. Kittredge's story reads like a tourist's diary, but a well-educated, and often a profoundly thoughtful one.
The journey has an easy-going pace. Kittredge travels in a compact Honda with his "life's companion" Annick Smith. Crossing the desert, there is plenty of time—watching "distances fading into distances"—for Kittredge to tell his story starting from the beginning. We learn of his early attempts at writing fiction, emulating William Faulkner at the University of Iowa, coinciding with his initial travels in the Southwest and Mexico, where he almost, accidentally, started a brawl in a Tucson biker-bar, saw his first Gila monster and was surrounded by a pod of gray whales while fishing off the Mexican coast. He tells us of his grateful transition to writing essays in the late 1970s, which also coincided with his second trip south from Montana with his newfound love, Annick.
Attempting to understand the life-ways of the desert, Kittredge explores works by many scholars, scientists and authors, studying interpretations of desert life from the Pleistocene era to the present.
Two chapters are devoted to the anthropological history of the Southwest. He describes the Clovis and Folsom cultures (when humans shared the continent with giant sloths, mastodons and saber-toothed tigers), the Hohokam, Mogollon and Anasazi cultures (characterized by cliff dwelling, horticultural settlement), and progresses to a description of the failed attempts by the Spanish to subjugate the Hopi and Pueblo people.
Though much of the history may be common knowledge to readers who have studied already extant accounts of Southwestern culture, Kittredge's eloquent and introspective musings lend some fresh insights to these well-worn subjects.
Further on, we find our two intrepid adventurers admiring the faux volcano erupting in the Mirage Hotel parking lot, in Las Vegas. From there they venture to Havasu Canyon, but because it is winter, and the rain is threatening to turn to snow, they dare not go hiking and drive on to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Kittredge marvels at their luck: "some traveler cancelled at the elegant El Tovar Hotel. Instead of huddling in the car…and freezing on the high rim of the canyon above Havasupai…we were sampling desserts before a big fireplace, and then bundled in for the night."
Kittredge is not the world's most daring explorer. Several times in his travels, he misses or forgoes opportunities, often due to inclement weather, substituting, instead, the accounts of other travelers for his own.
Beyond searching for the next colorful meal of "baked brie and lingonberries" or "authentic Navajo cafeteria cooking," or a chance to relax in the local taverns, Kittredge's main concern is ruminating upon the meaning of "homelands." He finds homelands everywhere, in the mysteriously abandoned ruins of cliff dwellings, in isolated Navajo hogans, in racially segregated, golf-happy, retirement enclaves, in tourist-ridden Zuni pueblos, in the solitude of the Hopi Mesas, in slowly dying farm towns, in snooty, upscale suburbs and NAFTA-stricken border-town barrios.
For much of the book Kittredge seems uncomfortable, out of his element, apparently seeking his own temporary homeland. "Entering my seventh decade," he says, "I usually opt for quiet pleasures and diversions." When he finds safe haven it is on a patio at the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa. Down the hill beyond the fairway, he tells us "coyotes roamed along the Cañada in search of rabbits and poodles to devour." He says, in closing, "Homelands are made, I think, of reverence and intentions."


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Guest speaking on one of America's most controversial chief executives is Dr. Gregory Cumming, Supervisory Archivist at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Calif.
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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Campbell (14-8, 8-2) returns to the road this week riding a 4-game win streak into Thursday's 7:00 p.m. tip-off at Gardner-Webb (9-12, 4-5). CU is the midst of playing 4 out of 5 games away from Gore Arena, but has won its last 3 road contests.
The Camels are coming off an 80-73 victory Saturday over VMI. Eric Griffin scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked 4 shots, while Darren White added 22 points, plus career highs of 16 boards and 8 assists. Lorne Merthie chipped in 14 points, while Marvelle Harris had 10, plus 8 caroms and 4 rejections for CU.
Less than two weeks ago, the Camels defeated Gardner-Webb 74-68 in Buies Creek, thanks to a 12-6 game-ending run. White (18), Trey Freeman (14) and Rico Ferguson (12) and Griffin (10) led a balanced Camel attack.
Max Landis led Gardner-Webb with 18 points, while Tashan Newsome (17) and Tyler Strange (13) also hit double digits.
In the quirks of the Big South schedule, Campbell has played 3 times since meeting Gardner-Webb on Jan. 14 (including wins at Winthrop and Radford, plus Saturday's victory over VMI), while the Bulldogs have played only once, last Thursday's 56-54 loss at Winthrop.
CU has won its last 3 on the road to improve to 5-7 away from home this season. Gardner-Webb is 6-1 at Paul Porter Arena, 3-1 vs. Big South teams at home, and has won its last 5 home contests.
Campbell enters Thursday's action ranked 4th in the nation in field goal percentage (.501) behind only Creighton (.514), Missouri (.509) and Coastal Carolina (.505) and ahead of Indiana (.500).
Junior wing Darren White stands 3rd among Big South Conference scoring leaders (18.6). He has topped the 20-point barrier 9 times -- most among all Big South players.
Senior forward Eric Griffin leads the Big South in field goal accuracy (.617, 7th in the nation) and blocks (2.4), while ranking 2nd in rebounds (8.8) and 7th in scoring (17.0).
Senior guard Lorne Merthie was named Big South player of the week after averaging 16.3 points and shooting 54.5 percent from 3-point range in 3 victories last week. He tallied all 14 of his points in a comeback win at Winthrop after the Eagles led by 13 with 6:27 left in the 1st half. He had 19 of his season-high 21 points (5-7 threes) at Radford and added 14 vs. VMI.
Camels and Bulldogs Quick Notes:
- Campbell and Gardner-Webb have played each other on three different levels. The teams squared off twice as junior college members in the '50s, then played 3 times as NAIA members in the late '60s-early '70s.
- Campbell has won 5 of the last 9 meetings with GWU with each team winning on its home floor. CU's last win at Boiling Springs was a 79-76 triumph on Jan. 13, 2006. The Bulldogs won 8 of 12 games in the series when both schools were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
- Each of Gardner-Webb's nine league games has been decided by 6, or fewer, points.
- In 9 conference games, Gardner-Webb leads Big South schools in offensive rebounds (13.0 per game), ranks 2nd in rebound margin (+3.2) and scoring defense (65.6 points allowed) and is 3rd in defensive field goal percentage (.423). GWU is scoring 65.0 points per outing in league play (9th).
- Gardner-Webb is shooting just 40.8 percent (208-510) from the floor in Big South Conference play, last in the league. The Bulldogs have connected on just 63.5 percent (115-181) of their foul shots in conference action, 10th (of 11 teams) in the Big South.
- In conference play, Campbell stands 2nd in defensive field goal percentage (.417) and leads the Big South in blocks (5.2).
- Campbell has not won 4-straight road games since Feb. 1996 when the Camels defeated Stetson (53-50), Central Florida (70-69), Centenary (75-58) and Southeastern Louisiana (69-65) in the regular season, then won on Stetson's home floor (67-59) in the opening round of the Trans America Athletic Conference tournament.
- Thursday's game marks a homecoming of sorts for Camel freshman Jihad Wright, who led Gastonia's Hunter Huss High School to the 2011 North Carolina 3-A state title.


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Newcastle have lost four of their last seven games in all competitions, and three of the last four in the Premier League – so we must start putting some wins together if we are to survive in the Premier League.
Alan Pardew – in Lisbon on Thursday
There are only seven games to go and two successive home wins against Fulham and Sunderland over the next nine days would be huge and would almost guarantee us safety in the league.
And make no mistake about it – after Mike Ashley brought in five good players in January, Alan Pardew is expected to use those resources to get us to safety in the Premier League.
This is what the Newcastle manager had to say in the Daily Mail:
"It is one of the biggest weeks in my period here. Momentum will be key for the whole of next week. It is important that we get ourselves in a real positive place."
'It is a big week in terms of the season, for sure, and we need to win. We will have to cope with the pressure. Can we? We are going to have to and I am confident that we have the ability in the squad to get ourselves into a position in the league where we will be a Premier League side next season."
"That is the focus for Sunday and then we switch back to Thursday to try to climb what will be a difficult hill, not what I would call a mountain, but a decent hill, to try to get up it."
"I think we have actually gained confidence from the way we played in Lisbon." "When you go away from Benfica having been beaten 3-1, and you are really disappointed because you have gifted them two goals, you have got to take that into the next game."
A win on Sunday will be a huge relief – and that wills et us up for giving it our best shot against Benfica on Thursday night to a sold out St. James' Park.
And whatever happens on Thursday – and it's unlikely we can save the tie there will be a sell out on Sunday when surely we have to beat Sunderland.
We are looking for two league wins at home against Fulham and Sunderland.
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Earlier today, Microsoft released Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solutions Accelerator.
This free tool, first blogged about here , will enable you to do the following:
- Identify computers that are Vista-capable,
- Identify Office 2007-ready computers,
- Identify servers that are capable of running Windows Server 2008, and
- Capture performance metrics for servers and workstations.
It will also prepare recommendations for server consolidation using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Virtual Server, and for application virtualization using Microsoft Application Virtualization.
This is a welcome development, and with the releases tomorrow of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and SQL Server 2008, coupled with the public release of Windows Vista™ Service Pack 1 in a couple of weeks, your need for a precise and detailed assessment of your computing environment for upgrading has never been greater, or more urgent.
The ability of Microsoft Assessment & Planning to identify and assess which server assets are ready for virtualization, and also what installed software is ready for application virtualization is inspired functionality, since most of us are looking to high server utilization rates to reduce the direct and indirect costs associated with running servers.
In fact, we intend to do just that: use Microsoft Assessment and Planning to reduce costs up and down the line, and boost server utilization internally and at all customers' sites.
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CINCINNATI - In their first road meet of the season, the University of Pittsburgh men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeated the University of Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon at the Keating Aquatic Center.
The men defeated the Bearcats by a score of 237-63, while the women topped Cincinnati 181-119. Both the men and the women are 2-1 this season, and both are now 1-0 in Big East competition.
"This meet was very satisfying seeing this young team perform well on the road," head coach Chuck Knoles said. "We traveled only 17 swimmers and four divers on each side, forcing them to swim outside of their comfort zone. Our women stepped up nicely, turning in some season-best times and our men showed nice improvement from last week. It is a good sign as we head into our dual meet with Notre Dame next weekend."
The Panthers men and women diving were dominant as both went 1-2-3 on each the 1M and 3M boards. Aaron Snyder led the men with victoties in both, while freshman Samantha Winkelmann took the top spot for the women in both events.
In the pool, senior Joanna Budzis captured the 100 Yard Backstroke in a season-best time of 58.22. She then won the 400 IM in 4:29.27 as the Panthers went 1-2-3 in that event. Veronica Lee took second place in 4:31.51, while Tatyanna Sarjeant touched third in a time of 4:36.57.
Pitt also went 1-2-3 in the 1,000 Yard Free, led by Lauren Matevish who finished first in a time of 10:19.65. Dani des Tombe won the 50 Free at 23.98, while Kelsey Herbst swam to a first place finish in the 500 Yard Free in a time of 5:01.98.
Lee, the reigning Big East Female Swimming Athlete of the Week, won the 200 Yard Breaststroke for the third-consecutive meet in a time of 2:19.16.
On the men's side, Adam Maczewski, who has never lost the 100 Yard Backstroke in his career at Pitt, took first place in the 100 and 200 Back in times of 50:09 and 1:50.79. Sophomore Luke Nosbisch took first place in the 100 and 200 Yard Breaststroke, and was second in the 400IM to Mack Rice who won that event in a time of 4:07.40.
The Panthers are back in action next weekend when Pittsburgh travels to Notre Dame for its second-straight Big East contest. The meet is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. on Friday evening.
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Katie Hazelton Announced as Pitt Diving Coach
Pitt's Samy Helmbacher Shines at French Nationals
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PERTH, Australia - A concentrated air and sea search was underway in the Indian Ocean today after an Australian ship detected faint pings deep underwater in what an official called the "most promising lead" yet in the search for Flight 370.
Up to 14 planes and as many ships were focusing on a single search area covering 77,580 square kilometers (29,954 square miles) of ocean, 2,270 kilometers (1,400 miles) northwest of the Australian west coast city of Perth, said the Joint Agency Coordination Center, which is overseeing the operation.
Chinese, Australian and British ships were taking advantage of forecast good weather to continue the underwater hunt with sensitive acoustic equipment for the plane's black boxes in the northern end of the of the search zone, the center said.
The Boeing 777 vanished March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing with 239 people on board. The focus of the search changed repeatedly. It began in the South China Sea, then shifted toward the Strait of Malacca to the west, and then to several locations in the southern Indian Ocean as an analysis of satellite and radar data indicated the plane veered far off course for a still-unknown reason.
"We are cautiously hopeful that there will be a positive development in the next few days, if not hours," Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in the capital of Kuala Lumpur.
But Angus Houston, the retired Australian air chief marshal who heads the search operation, added: "We haven't found the aircraft yet." The Ocean Shield, an Australian ship towing sophisticated U.S. Navy listening equipment, detected two distinct, long-lasting sounds underwater that are consistent with the pings from an aircraft's "black boxes" - the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, Houston said.
Navy specialists were urgently trying to pick up the signal detected Sunday by the Ocean Shield so they can triangulate its position and go to the next step of sending an unmanned miniature submarine into the depths to look for any plane wreckage.
Geoff Dell, discipline leader of accident investigation at Central Queensland University in Australia, said it would be "coincidental in the extreme" for the sounds to have come from anything other than an aircraft's flight recorder.
"If they have a got a legitimate signal, and it's not from one of the other vessels or something, you would have to say they are within a bull's roar," he said. "There's still a chance that it's a spurious signal that's coming from somewhere else and they are chasing a ghost, but it certainly is encouraging that they've found something to suggest they are in the right spot."
Houston said "nothing happens fast" in deep waters, but added that "probably in the search so far, it's probably the best information that we have had." Houston said the signals picked up by the Ocean Shield were stronger and lasted longer than faint signals a Chinese ship reported hearing about 555 kilometers (345 miles) south in the remote search zone off Australia's west coast.
The British ship HMS Echo was using sophisticated sound-locating equipment to determine whether two separate sounds heard by the Chinese patrol vessel Haixun 01 were related to Flight 370. The Haixun detected a brief "pulse signal" on Friday and a second signal Saturday.
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Cillian Murphy enjoys wearing good quality clothing.
The Irish actor makes an effort with his choice of outfits and goes for a particular style when dressing for star-studded events.
However, he still likes to keep things simple and prefers quality over appearance.
"[My clothes are] not flamboyant, just well-made, well-cut stuff," he explained to British magazine ShortList Mode. "I like the classic elements: leather jacket, denim jacket, desert boots, good jeans, good T-shirt. Good belt. But I don't really go beyond that."
While Cillian is widely regarded as a style icon he admits it wasn't always that way. He moved to London in 2001 and remembers how his dress sense would make people question his well-being.
"I stick with the things that work. Probably in my teenage years I made a few errors," he told gq-magazine.co.uk earlier this month. "When I was acting in a play in the West End I was wearing a knee-length woolly jumper and I got asked if I needed shelter for the evening."
Cillian is currently starring in UK TV show Peaky Blinders, which is set in 1919 Birmingham. The 37-year-old star enjoys embodying his character Tommy through his costume and noticed distinct differences in fashion between then and now.
"You always need to put your stamp on a character, but we were clear from the beginning that they had to be sartorially distinctive," he added. "They don't have that much money, but the money that they do they spend on their clobber. Little things like Tommy wears the collar but without the tie, while some of the others wear a tie or a dicky bow. Every actor can really find a character through the costume."
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don taylor wrote:I don't have a problem with this, the money supports more gamelands and the PGC.
My problem is the PGC and the fish commission and spending. They have little or no oversight.
For example, the fish commission has to trim 9.1 million dollars in the next 3 years. The victim? The trout program. 700,000 less trout will be stocked, 2 hatcheries will close. Tell me again about why we needed a trout stamp? To prop up the rest of the fish commission, I suppose.
In this, no state employees will lose their jobs, they won't be cutting overhead that way.
Funny, the reason they need to make these cuts is because of the pay, pension and benefit packages those same employees are contracted to receive.
Also, in order to save a cool MILLION dollars, the fish commission stopped recruiting the next class of fish cops. 13 of them. We train 13 recruits for a million dollars? That's it?
The whole system needs oversight, both fish and game. The use of the word 'incidentals' in the description of where the gas money will go is way, way too open ended for me.
don taylor wrote:I said there isn't enough oversight in the PGC, not in gas drilling. Pa was one of the first states to allow drilling, one of the nations first oil wells is located in Murrysville, Pa. We only recently started to take avantage of our natural resources and often, gas and oil companies donate land back to the state for new game lands. I have yet to see any gamelands trashed due to drilling and i personally welcome things like logging and road cutting in the SGL. Old growth forests only support certain species and with the decline in small , diverisfied farming, our landscape is becoming two dimensional. Old growth forests and massive stretches of grain crops. Turkey flourish, quail and grouse suffer.
We always come out ahead of the situation and damage from mining is not so much of an issue like it was. Now, we're cleaning up AMD from mining operations 50 years ago, like the project I helped on Blackleggs creek.
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Organisers of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have 24 hours to raise at least $200,000 or face voluntary administration, the president of the troubled event said today.
Julie Regan said the Mardi Gras could be placed into voluntary administration after a private backer pulled out of a deal to provide up to $400,000.
Ms Regan said organisers of the event were desperately trying to raise between $200,000 and $400,000 in the next 24 hours.
"The short timeframe is limiting. We were advised of this on Tuesday afternoon," she said.
"That has given us little time to speak to people and for them to access funds.
"We are working against the clock."
Ms Regan said organisers were meeting potential backers today and would have a clearer idea of the event's future later this afternoon.
The annual bill for the Mardi Gras totalled about $450,000, organisers said.
The internationally known parade costs about $300,000, with additional costs incurred by keeping organising teams running year-round.
Most of the parade costs were met by the proceeds of two parties - the Sleaze Ball, held in September last year, and the after party following the Mardi Gras parade.
But figures were well down at the post-parade party on March 3 this year as a result of the global tourism downturn after September 11.
Other reasons behind funding crisis are understood to include the falling sponsorship market, over-extension of festival activities and rising insurance costs.
Last month the board of directors approved an arrangement to raise the money needed for next year's event via a $250,000 bank overdraft guaranteed by event supporters and a private loan offered by one individual.
In June, officials said they expected the Mardi Gras to post a $500,000 debt, but the amount was reduced to $250,000 through fundraising.
Representatives will approach the government for help today, as they did when it first became clear the event was in financial strife
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Redesigned Flatware Makes It Easier For Patients With Nerve Disorders To Eat
An award-winning design by I-Ting Chan and Ting-Yin Yeh is elegant yet highly functional.
Now here's a design that's so thoughtful and elegant, it's a wonder no one has come up with it before: a dining set designed for those with cerebral palsy and other nerve disorders. Every item in the Benefeat tableware set, designed by I-Ting Chan and Ting-Yin Yeh, has subtle improvements for stability and ergonomics, making tremors and uncontrollable movements less of a problem when dining.
The inclination of the bowl and plate faces the user and allows food to be easily scooped up. The profile of the bowl and plate changes from concave to convex at either end to support this inclination. The spoon, with its easy-to-grip handle keeps food from falling out of it. The bowl, plate and cup also have interchangeable non-slip pads that are removed before washing. A placemat contains spills within its grooved lip and makes cleanup easier. The cup also includes a straw so that it doesn't have to be picked up.
The set, which has won a Red Dot Design Award for international design this year, looks good enough for ordinary people to use too. Winners of this award are exhibited at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany. The difference that this product could make for society makes it easily deserving of museum display.
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CHICAGO - Shane Davisknows he has a team loaded with talent. Entering his tenth season as head coach of Loyola University Chicago, Davis expects nothing short of success. The 2013 Ramblers are a team characterized by a unique mix of experience and youth as they return six starters and debut six newcomers. With fresh faces and seasoned veterans, Loyola has a well-balanced team with a single expectation: to win.
After finishing 19-12 overall in the 2012 campaign, the Ramblers have settled into their positions and continue to improve as they look to make their first NCAA tournament appearance in program history.
Fifth-year seniors Eric Daliege and Kyle Nail, anchor the Loyola squad with their experience at middle hitter. The two players led Loyola in blocking during the 2012 season with Daliege averaging 0.98 blocks per set and Nail with 0.86 blocks per set. Freshman Nicholas Olson adds youth to the mix as he looks to enter the rotation after gaining invaluable experience during the fall season. Also acting as key reserves are redshirt freshman James Zaluski, junior Danny Podkowa and senior Pat Adler.
With the graduation of Mike Bunting, junior Dainis Berzins and sophomore Cody Caldwell look to step up and fill the role of outside hitter. Both players accumulated significant playing time last season as Caldwell posted 200 kills (.229) while Berzins had 188 kills (.254). True freshmen Trevor Novotny and Thomas Jaeschke add considerable depth to the outside hitter position and will battle for playing time along with senior Jeff Patton and sophomore Ryan Baine.
Redshirt junior Joseph Smalzer returns as the top opposite for the Ramblers, garnering Second-Team All-American recognition after being ranked sixth in the nation with 0.49 aces per game and leading Loyola with 337 kills (.279). Smalzer is backed by redshirt sophomore Matt Phillips and junior Torey Darinwho look to continue gaining experience on the court.
In his third year at libero, redshirt junior Peter Jasaitis gives Loyola experience in the back row after ranking second in the nation with 2.73 digs per game. As Jasaitis looks to continue growing in his role he will have the support of redshirt freshman Robert Chilcoat, who makes the transition from outside hitter to libero, and senior Pete Aronchick.
The Ramblers return starting setter Matt Mirick in 2013, but also look to debut true freshman Diego Rodriguez. Mirick saw action in 30 matches last season, recording a career-high 60 assists against Lewis (3/27). The setters will help to define Loyola as both players look to spark the Rambler offense and are backed by freshman Peter Hutz and junior Kevin Maxwell.
As the 2013 season is set to begin, Loyola is poised for success. The Ramblers will battle top teams in the nation as they look to contend for the MIVA championship while also hoping to earn their first NCAA Tournament berth. Loyola opens the season on Friday, Jan. 4 in Santa Barbara, Calif., where the Ramblers will take on Long Beach State at 12 p.m. CST.


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New York City Specialty apparel chain New York & Co. reported a drop in third-quarter results. For the third quarter of fiscal 2008 ended Nov. 1, the company reported net sales of $249.0 million, down from $276.4 million for the same quarter last year.
Net loss from continuing operation was $8.0 million, compared to $5.3 million last year. This year's loss includes a pre-tax charge of $2.5 million that is related to a management change.
Same–store sales fell 14.0%, compared to a 4.8% decrease in the prior year's third quarter. The company reported that this drop includes shifting a key promotional program from the last week of the quarter into early November.
"While our third quarter financial performance is in line with our revised guidance, it is well below our original expectations," said Richard P. Crystal, New York & Co.'s chairman and CEO.
"Our November sales trend has significantly improved vs. October, with the movement of our City Cash promotion and the introduction of our holiday floor set," he said. "However, we are still cautious as we begin the holiday season and are preparing for a highly promotional environment."
During the remainder of fiscal 2008, the company plans to have opened 25 stores, closed 15 stores and remodeled 14 stores, ending the fiscal year with 588 stores and 3.3 million sq. ft. of selling space in operation. The new stores will represent approximately 105,000 sq. ft. of selling space. Capital expenditures are estimated to be approximately $50.0 million in fiscal year 2008 vs. $75.5 million in fiscal year 2007.


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The pharmaceutical and life sciences industry is facing a convergence of significant trends - from pricing controls driven by soaring public healthcare costs, to patent lifecycles, parallel trade issues and local marketing intangibles. Many of these changes are driving industry players to reconsider their transfer pricing planning, documentation, and controversy strategies.
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