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SYDNEY — Minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia received a raise Monday, the fourth such increase since 2010.
The provincial minimum increased Monday by 1.5 per cent to $10.30 an hour, while the wage for someone who has less than three months of experience also increased to $9.80 an hour.
Nova Scotia now has the highest minimum wage in Atlantic Canada, and one of the highest in the country, behind Nunavut and the Yukon.
While the increase is sure to put a smile on the face of workers, some small business owners are sporting a frown as they try to keep their heads above water in an economy that is producing less-than-stellar results.
"This will hurt a lot of rural businesses," said Parker Stone, president of the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce.
Stone said island business owners are faced with some of the highest business taxes in the country while trying to generate revenue in a region plagued with double-digit unemployment.
For many business owners in the Strait area, the past two years have not produced a wealth of business opportunities, stemming largely from the closure of the community paper mill. The mill has reopened with a reduced workforce and reduced salaries.
There was also the closure of a call centre and reductions in other businesses.
"It has been a tough winter," said Stone, noting this year's winter was colder than most, which adds yet another stress on workers who already pay the highest electrical rates in the country.
Stone, who operates hardware stores in Port Hawkesbury and St. Peter's, said while he is expecting to see an increase in new home construction this year, the same can't be said for the home renovation market.
"At the end of the day, the sun will shine and we will survive but these won't be easy times," he said.
A person earning the minimum wage and working a 40-hour week will earn a gross pay of just over $21,000 per year. Minimum wage increases now occur annually and are based on the previous year's national consumer price index.
The increase was a recommendation to government from the minimum wage review committee, which includes representatives from business and labour. The committee filed its report in January and its recommendation was accepted by the provincial government.
In its report, the committee noted that in 2011, an estimated 23,600 employees earned minimum wage in Nova Scotia, which represents about six per cent of workers.
The majority of such workers are in the retail sector followed by food and accommodation industries and most are under the age of 25.
The committee noted that most work part time and go to school full time, and that a high proportion of minimum wage earners are living with their parents.
Almost two-thirds are women and very few minimum wage workers are unionized.
As of the end of last December, minimum wage offerings in Alberta were $9.75 — the lowest in the country — while British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario were at $10.25.


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In MMA the kicking range is similar to the takedown range, with regard distance between fighters. Therefore, I would imagine punching is more desirable as it allows a better sprawl and takedown defense. However, in the clinch range again takedowns are possible (Greco/Judo) but punching isn't as effective as knee and elbow strikes.
I know that comment bears little significance, just thought I'd say it as I have to kill two mintues before I leave for training.

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Shields Street Bridge to Reopen Thursday Morning
The Shields Street Bridge just south of Rolland Moore Park will reopen all lanes of traffic to motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians on Thursday morning, June 13.
The Shields Street Bridge has been under construction since September 2012. While the bridge remained open to traffic, travelers experienced lane reductions and redirection. Construction on the project included old bridge demolition, utility relocation, new bridge construction, and surface improvements. Replacing the bridge was a necessity after it was identified as being structurally deficient. New bridge girders, curb and gutter, decorative concrete sidewalks and parkways, bridge rails, and concrete pavement were installed as part of the bridge replacement.
Travelers will still notice crews on site while pedestrian rail and landscape work is completed.


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1) He can sing
2)He can dance
3) He's a good looking kid, better than Justin Timberlake and some other teen heartthrobs at his age. Some people make fun of his style, but there are a lot less attractive/worst dressed people out there than Bieber.
4) He's nice to his fans
So, whats the problem? Do some people dislike him just because he's popular? Is it the r&b/pop sound that sets people off? What is it?


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A friend asked me a couple days ago if I had any profound thoughts about life and death during the last week as I faced open heart surgery. I said that while I'd like to say that I had discovered Christopher Hitchens-style insights during my travails, the answer is no. I was certainly terrified but I was too busy actually being terrified to think much about it.
I am a bit embarrassed, in fact, to admit that the only thing I learned from it was the most predictable cliche of all and that is the value of family and friends. Yes, it sounds like a Hallmark card line, but that really is what impressed itself upon me more than anything else in the past week and a half. It really is deeply moving to me that my family and friends came together in my time of need to give me the support I needed. It meant so much to me seeing my three closest friends do whatever they could do to help.
Rick was the first one to the hospital and he had already made sure my family was called and kept updated. He'd already talked to the doctors and nurses and made sure they knew who they could give out information to and he was collecting every bit of information he could on my condition to keep everyone in the loop. Connie, who was (and is) in very bad health herself, was at the hospital the first night, in her wheelchair next to my bed holding my hand. Julie is now capably watching over me as I recover from the surgery, doting on me like a nosy mother and making sure I follow the doctors' instructions to the letter.
Jeff and Chip and Tiffany from CFI Michigan came to visit, and Tiffany's son Loki brought me a picture he colored of me (in the appropriate form of a devil fish). My brother Jack was on the phone from Colorado every day and he'd have been on a plane in a heartbeat if I'd asked him to be. My sisters Susie and Jill and my nephew Nate spent an entire evening keeping me entertained, smuggling in a Coke Zero to take the edge off the hospital food. My brother Mike came to visit while I was still unconscious from the surgery, but he called to check on me several times. Yeah, it sounds cliche, but this is what families do. It's what friends do.
And all of you who left comments and sent emails telling me to get well soon and asking how I was doing, and who generously donated to help me get through this, thank you so much as well. I really do consider myself incredibly lucky in so many ways and the events of the last few days have only made that more clear. I am in awe of modern medicine, of the fact that I sit here less than a week after having my chest sawed open and be in almost no pain with only moderate medication to control it. And I am forever grateful to the staff at Butterworth hospital, which showed tremendous humanity toward me and did everything humanly possible to keep me as comfortable as possible.
More than one person has told me that what happened to me was a miracle. It wasn't. It was, in fact, entirely mundane and routine. And that, in and of itself, is better than any miracle anyone has ever claimed. So Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Hannukah, Happy Festivus, Io Saturnalia, or whatever greeting you prefer. The point of it all is to make those human connections that enrich our lives in ways that false claims of miracles never could.


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The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, its been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning whats been missing in her life. And when shes forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether its worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness.
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Brevard, N.C. - Two years ago, when the Tornados hosted the Tusculum College Pioneers, Brevard was still searching for their first South Atlantic Conference victory in the friendly confines of Brevard Memorial Stadium. That night, October 10, 2009, Brevard and Tusculum took part in one of the best games played in the conference in the season, with the Tornados proving the victor after Eric Watts hauled in the 33 yard pass in overtime for the game winning touchdown in BC's 27-24 victory.
This year, both teams return to the field of battle in much the same shape two seasons ago, with both teams coming off losses as they enter the contest, with Brevard entering the contest with a 1-3 record, 0-2 in conference play after falling to Wingate, while Tusculum is also 1-3, 0-1 in SAC competition after their loss to Catawba.
Both teams also come into today's game suffering injuries at key positions as Brevard lost fifth year starting fullback Derek Church in the third game of the season, while Tusculum suffered the loss of 2010 Harlon Hill finalist quarterback Bo Cordell.
The Tornados come into the game boasting the strength of their rushing attack as Brevard averages 234.5 yards per game, but Brevard unveiled their new passing game last week as Aaron Reese and Eric Watts hooked up five times for 114 yards, including three touchdowns to provide a respected balance to the BC offense. With the loss of Cordell, redshirt freshman quarterback Kyle Dickey took the reins, passing for 302 yards on 23-of-38 passing, targeting six different receivers, as the Pioneers feature the nation's fifth-ranked passing attack, averaging 327.3 passing yards per game.
Both teams strengths also match up with both weaknesses as the Tornados have struggled to defend the pass this season, allowing an average of 278.5 yards per game through the air, while Tusculum is giving up 240.0 yards per game on the ground.
Tusculum holds the 5-2 all-time edge in the series against Brevard.
Brevard Players to Watch
Eric Watts - With one game, Eric Watts obliterated the Brevard College receiving record books, recording the first 100+ yard receiving effort since the 2008 season when both Donald Hudson and Shaton Pratt broke the mark on Sept. 13th against Chowan. Watts hauled in five passes for 114 yards and three touchdowns and became the first BC receiver to break into the SAC receiving top 10, averaging 48.8 yards per game. For his career, Watts has shattered the record books, sitting with 580 career receiving yard, 36 career receptions and 10 receiving touchdowns. The 6-4, 220 pound receiver has seen success against the Pioneers as he was on the receiving end of the game-winning touchdown two years ago in Brevard Memorial Stadium in the Brevard 27-24 overtime victory.
Christian Lumbu - Lumbu has broken out with a vengeance this season, after opening the year with a pair of sacks against Gardner-Webb University in the season opener, and has continued his assault on the quarterbacks this year, bringing down both Jon Richt and Cody Haffly in South Atlantic Conference play, and in the process, breaking the Brevard College career sacks record formerly held by current BC Defensive Ends Coach Justin Jefferson. In addition to his pursuit of quarterbacks, Lumbu is also excelling in all aspects of the defensive play, sitting fifth overall on the team with 31 tackles and second on the team with 6.0 tackles for loss and has added two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery as he will look to continue his harassment of the offense when he takes the field on Saturday against Tusculum.
Tusculum Players to Watch
Kyle Dickey - An unusual turn of events happened in the Tusculum game plan this season when 2010 Harlon Hill finalist and starting quarterback Bo Cordell went down with injury, but Coach Frankie DeBusk had a willing and able backup step up this past week in redshirt freshman Kyle Dickey. The former Georgia All-State quarterback from Luella High School in Locust Grove, Ga., redshirted the 2010 season, but stepped up in his first collegiate action, completing 23-of-38 pass attempts for 303 yards and a touchdown, spreading the ball to six different Tusculum receivers with a long of 35 yards. Dickey will look to continue the success the Tusculum quarterbacks have had against the BC secondary in years past as the Pioneers have averaged 352.0 passing yards per game and nearly four passing touchdowns, including Cordell's seven touchdowns in last year's 51-35 victory by Tusculum.
Terrence Smith - A 2010 All-Region and All-Conference peformer, Smith was rewarded for his strong play since stepping foot on the campus of Tusculum College. Smith has played in every single competition, lining up at the defensive end position where he led the Pioneers in the 2010 season with 16 tackles for loss, which is tied for third-most in a single season in school history. This season, Smith is again a terror behind the line of scrimmage, leading the Pioneers and sitting among the leaders in the South Atlantic Conference with six tackles for loss on the season, as well as 3.5 sacks, and his 6-6 frame has also been disruptive when quarterbacks have been able to get the pass off, breaking up two throws on the season.
Kickoff for the South Atlantic Conference game between the Tornados and the Pioneers is set for 6 p.m. at Brevard Memorial Stadium in Brevard, N.C.
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Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean & more tapped for first-ever iHeartRadio Country Festival
iHeartRadio is going country!
Clear Channel Media + Entertainment announced the first-ever iHeartRadio Country Festival, taking place in Austin, Texas March 29th, 2014.
Country's biggest superstars will share the stage at Austin's Frank Erwin Center, including Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Eric Church and more. Syndicated personality Bobby Bones made the announcement Wednesday morning alongside festival performer Luke Bryan. Also on the bill: Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes, Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen and Dan + Shay.
"The response to our country performers at the last three iHeartRadio Music Festivals was so incredible we decided to create an entire show just for them," John Sykes, President of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises said in a statement. "It will be a country fan's dream and a testament to the power of country music and recognition of the stature of these artists."
"Country music is experiencing an unprecedented explosion of popularity with music fans across America, and there's no better way to celebrate that than by building on the incredible success of our annual 2-day iHeartRadio Music Festival and creating the biggest dedicated multiplatform event ever featuring the biggest stars in Country music," said Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment in a statement.
"The core of our business is the bond our local stations have with our listeners and an important part of that is to give them extraordinary events no one else can provide. With the largest reach of any country music radio group, we're thrilled to add this once-in-a-lifetime 'all things Country' mega festival to iHeartRadio's exceptional lineup of can't miss events."
Bobby Bones will host the inaugural iHeartRadio Country Festival, and fans will have the opportunity to win tickets on Clear Channel stations across the country starting Monday, January 13th. The festival will also be broadcast live on Clear Channel country stations. Tickets go on sale to the general public on January 18, at 12 p.m. EST.
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Patience is obviously not a virtue here..... LOL!
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Patience is not a strong suit of mine either, but I probably couldn't get away with this behavior. Animals can figure out how to manipulate us so well.
I apologize in advance, but I can't resist. Blame it on the lateness and finishing round 9 of chemo today (I seem to need several 5 minute catnaps while reading or watching TV afterwards, then I'm wired until 0600 the next morning.). I'll come to my senses tomorrow.
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Rust and Bone, Holy Motors among Lumiere leaders
Rust and Bone, Farewell My Queen, Holy Motors and Camille Rewinds lead the nominations list for France's equivalent of the Golden Globes.
The French awards season kicked off on Friday with the announcement of the nominations list of the Lumière Awards, the French version of the Golden Globes judged by members of the international press based in Paris.
Unlike last year's competition, which was dominated by The Artist and Intouchables, nominations have gone to a wider selection of films and talent this year.
Nonetheless, a clutch of some four titles dominated the list consisting Rust and Bone, Holy Motors, Farewell My Queen, Camille Rewinds, followed by Amour and Louise Wimmer.
The awards will be announced at a ceremony on January 18 at Paris' innovative digital arts space the Gaité Lyrique.
The nominations are as follows:
Best Film
Amour, Michael Haneke
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os), Jacques Audiard
Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), Noémie Lvovsky
Holy Motors, Leos Carax
Farewell My Queen (Les adieux à la reine), Benoît Jacquot
Best Director
Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone
Leos Carax. Holy Motors
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noemie Lvovsky, Camille Rewinds
Cyril Mennegun, Louise Wimmer
Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Rust and Bone
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Benoit Jacquot, Gilles Taurand, Farewell My Queen
Noemie Lvovsky, Maud Ameline, Pierre-Olivier Mattei, Florence Seyvos, Camille Rewinds
Valerie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer)
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Catherine Frot, Haute Cuisine
Noemie Lvovsky, Camille Rewinds
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best Actor
Guillaume Canet, A Better Life (Une vie meilleure)
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Jeremie Renier, Cloclo
Mathias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone
Jean Louis Trintignant, Amour
Best female Newcomer
Agathe Bonitzer, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Judith Chemla, Julia Faure, India Hair, Camille Rewinds
Izia Higelin, Mauvaise fille
Sofiia Manousha, Le noir (te) vous va si bien
Soko Augustine
Best Male Newcomer
Clement Metayer, Something in the Air (Après mai)
Stephane Soo Mongo, Rengaine
Pierre Niney Comme des frères
Mahmoud Shalaby A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Ernst Umhauer pour In the House (Dans la maison)
Best French-language Film (outside France)
Our Children (A Perdre La Raison), Joachim Lafosse
Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan
The Pirogue, Moussa Touré
Sister (L'Enfant d'en haut), Ursula Meier
Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau
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Asked whether the G.E.C.K. editor that Bethesda and Obsidian is substantially different than the one released to the public, Fallout: New Vegas lead designer J.E. Sawyer replied in the Bethesda forum:
The retail GECK is almost identical to the dev GECK. Version control is the one very notable difference. Obviously having access to the source code allows Bethesda to build-in/retrofit for things that designers can't do through the GECK itself, which endusers can't do.
Believe me -- we had the same sort of problem when NWN2 was released. People insisted that we could not possibly have made NWN2 with the retail toolset. To an extent, that's true; for most of development, the NWN2 toolset was actually much, much worse."
In a previous thread, he also discussed problems with Neverwinter Nights 2 development and how Obsidian has learned from this:
NWN2 had an extremely chaotic development cycle in part because the team attempted to change too much about the engine in the given amount of time. Completely re-writing the renderer (and UI system) took a huge amount of resources. Adding a new layer to the animation system without fully understanding the existing system was very problematic. Re-doing the collision and pathing systems -- you get the idea. More refactoring and new features would have been a better plan. The company has collectively learned its lesson in this regard.
If you've played Mask of the Betrayer, I hope you believe that we are capable of developing more distinctive characters and less linear gameplay in interesting settings."
At Obsidian forum, Sawyer also discusses character creation systems, including the one in Fallout 3:
I can't speak for all system designers at Obsidian, but what I described is my outlook on system design and it always drives the process. Core gameplay prototyping should define the basic style and flow of gameplay, with character advancement being developed from that core.
I think F3's opening did a better job than most at integrating a relatively elaborate CC process into a narrative framework. By comparison, for example, Mass Effect basically just has you build an appearance, select a class and background, and sends you on your way. NWN2 allows you to define a lot of things about your character, but ultimately it's a pretty boring CC experience.
Of those, I think NWN2's CC was the worst overall. You had a ton of fiddly options, but those options were presented poorly; you had no connection to the story; and generally it felt like you were interacting with an interface instead of playing the game. Mass Effect's CC was short and to the point. It was somewhat bland, but at least it explained the basic options clearly, got you into the game quickly, and immediately referenced your background. F3's took a while, but it was well-integrated with the Vault 101 sequence. My biggest issue with F3's CC sequence is that it did not give you an opportunity to use all of your skills in Vault 101. When you finally escape, there are several skills you've had no opportunity to use (e.g. Barter, Big Guns, Explosives, Science [I think] etc.), which makes it difficult to re-evaluate your character before exiting."
On his twitter (a month or so ago, but we missed it back then), Sawyer posted something that might indicate the Damage Threshold stat making a comeback in New Vegas:
damage threshold basically makes armor feel better in any game system. just saiyan."
He also revealed some previously unknown, mind-blowing details about Fallout: New Vegas:
Fallout: New Vegas will feature graphics, sound, and even musical sounds.
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Teens from Gratz Jewish Community High School provide home-cooked meals to seniors in need as part of a partnership with the Klein JCC.
What's cooking?
It's a question answered at the Klein JCC, where dozens of students from Gratz Jewish Community High School earn credit and make their own mark on the community as Mitzvah Heroes.
"Food for Thought" is a buffet of possibilities.
"The students learn about kashrut, how to read a recipe and cook as well as develop both team building and leadership skill," says Klein director of community services Lisa Sandler.
The teens prepare about 200 meals each month that are then brought to Klein to be distributed to Home Delivered Meals clients, Sandler says. The program is part of a large network of Cook for a Friend volunteer groups making thousands of meals each month.
Sandler's counterpart at JCHS is operations manager and director of student records Julie Sinyakova, who helps set the table of contents that make up this program celebrating its silver anniversary: "This course is a powerful, multi-generational approach to teach students about the Jewish perspective on aging and Jewish responsibility. Students have fun while learning and contributing to the needy elderly of our community by preparing kosher meals," she explains, adding her compliments to the Mitzvah Food Pantry for its long service and contributions to the effort.
"The focus is on study and action: gimilut chasadim at the core. Students cook kosher meals for those elderly who are unable to do it for themselves. During this process, they learn about kashrut, traditional recipes, about nutritious tables for seniors, and Jewish values, about different Jewish cuisines from all over the world."
They also get that holiday feeling, relates Sinyakova.
"Students celebrate the Jewish holidays through food and study the context and food-related tradition," and the program dishes a multi-course lesson on Jewish values: "Respect for the elderly, providing for the needy, tikkun olam, personal responsibility, community awareness, tzedekah and study."
The cooks' tour begins with students splitting into five groups and meeting at four temples: Congregations of Shaare Shamayim, Temple Sinai and, upcoming, Temple Sholom on Jan. 23; and Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park, Feb. 4. Students, adds Sinyakova, "learn about hunger and poverty, and open a totally new side of this world to themselves."
Helping traverse that world are JCHS alumni/Food for Thought teachers Amy Blum, Hana Barnett and Karmi Oxman.
Truly it's chicken soup for the soul for these 50 teen meal-making Mitzvah Heroes.


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Soldier Hollow • After spending her summer rehabilitating foot and back injuries, Sadie Bjornsen is easing her way back into cross-country racing. While many of her fellow U.S. Ski Team members are in Europe, the 23-year-old is in Utah this week for the U.S. nationals.
But for Bjornsen, taking it slow still means going fast.
The 2014 Olympic hopeful finished as the fastest qualifier among 175 women in the 1.3-kilometer classic sprint Wednesday. Her time of 3:20.46 was more than 1.55 seconds faster than the next racer.
"I had a lot of injuries this summer, and I was trying to start the season a bit easier in the domestic circuit," Bjornsen said. "It's really nice to come here and have a little less nerves."
The Washington state native went on to blaze through the quarter- and semifinals.
"She's been killing it," U.S. Ski Team member Erik Bjornsen said, as he watched his sister come around the final turn of a quarterfinal race, 15 yards ahead of the rest of the pack. "We always try to beat each other in places, but today it looks like she'll do better for sure."
Sadie Bjornsen made the national team in 2011 and spent 2012 on the World Cup circuit.
In her first full year on the tour, she had one top-30 individual finish and made the podium when she and Kikkan Randall, one of the country's best hopes for a cross-country medal in 2014, took second in a team sprint.
"It makes me a bit more nervous than usual [racing with Randall] because you're racing with the best racer in the world," Bjornsen said. "So you want to be able to hold down your part. But to be able to share the podium with her and feel what that feels like, that's what keeps you training and motivated."
As a U.S. Ski Team member, Bjornsen often trains in Park City and has roller-skied at the Soldier Hollow course several times. But she had never raced it until Wednesday.
"There's good striding. There are good corners. There's good technical things, like the slingshot corner," she said.
That corner caused a little trouble for Bjornsen in the finals of the 1.3K sprint.
When the gun fired, Bjornsen jumped out to an early lead, and she paced the pack for the first half of the race, heading into the downhill portion.
"It's challenging," she said. "As the one leading down the hill, you wait for that shadow to come shooting by because of that slingshot."
One of those shadows did just that.
Bjornsen found herself neck and neck with racer Jennie Bender coming down the final stretch. As the two competitors pushed themselves to the finish line, Bender emerged victorious.
"The line came a little quicker than I expected, and I missed the lunge," Bjornsen said.
Bjornsen hopes to get back to the world circuit soon, but for now she's enjoying her time in the states.
Her back and tendinitis in her foot have healed after a summer running in a training pool in Alaska, where she is a student at Alaska Pacific University. And she's leading the U.S. SuperTour so far this year.
She said she said she cherished spending the holidays with her family in Washington, knowing full well that this time next year she'll likely be in Europe, preparing for a run at Sochi.
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U.S. Cross-Country Championship
Free Individual start • Friday, 10 a.m.
Sitski Adaptive • Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
Classic Mass Start • Sunday, 10 a.m.
Sitski Sprint • Monday, 8:30 a.m.
Free Sprint • Jan. 8, 10 a.m.
Biathlon Sprint Adaptive • Jan. 9, 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday's results
Men's top finishers
1. Torin Koos, Bridger Ski Foundation
2. Michael Sinnott, Sun Valley SEF
3. Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess, Bend Endurance Academy
Women's top finishers
1. Jennie Bender, Central Cross Country
2. Sadie Bjornsen, Alaska Pacific University
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Hi everyone. Since I'm new here I just wanted to first make a introduction. My name is Jocelyn and I'm a mum of two wonderful children. My son is 4, and my daughter almost 10 months. I am a stay at home mum and also a student though I do my studies from home. My family is my first priority and I try to avoid being away from them as much as possible.
I look forward to reading past and future posts, and hopefully find some wonderful answers to my own questions as well.
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Welcome Jocelyn!!! We are so happy thave you here and I look forward to reading your posts.
I am a mum to 4 (almost 5) year old twin boys. I have been an at-home mum since they were born and I run a business from home too. It is quite a balancing act as I'm sure being a student with children at home is as well - but it is a huge blessing and they always come first
What is your area of study?
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Hi Christie, thanks for your welcoming message.
Twins? Wow. I find it hard enough with an infant and a 4 year old. I couldn't imagine being a mum of twins anyone with multiples deserves a medal in my eyes.
I'm involved in medical studies in the hopes that I will be able to find a job in the field (maybe transcribing doctor's reports) that I can do from home so that I don't have to leave the kids.
Enjoy your day.
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Welcome Jocelyn! Great that you've joined the forum.
You must be busy studying and having two children! We look forward to getting to know you on here.
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Hello Jocelyn!
Welcome to the group! I look forward to hearing more about your lovely family. As for me, I have four small children (6,4,2,1) and I work from home full-time. It is a crazy life at times but I would not trade it for anything!
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This recording by multi-Grammy Award nominee, Pianist-Composer, Peter Kater, with renowned Brazilian Cellist, Jaques Morelenbaum, and multi-instrumental flutist, RIchard Hardy, is an intoxicating elixir of sound. True nectar for the soul. It is the sound of Ambrosia.
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Peter Kater Piano
All Songs Composed, Arranged, Recorded and Mixed by Peter Kater at Point Of Light Studios in CA.
All Songs Published by Kater Musc/BMI.
Jaques Morelenbaum was recorded at Casa Do Mato Studios in Rio De Janiero, Engineered by Don Sebastian.
Mastered by Dave Glasser at Airshow Mastering in Boulder Colorado.
Art Design by Jeff Lancaster for LCG.
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Special Thanks to Sue Sherman
In ancient Greek mythology Ambrosia was sometimes the food, sometimes the drink of the gods and is often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whomever consumes it. It was brought to the Gods in Olympus by doves as a kind of divine exaltation of the Earth. It was also said that Ambrosia could cleanse all defilement from the flesh; that the effect of the years would be stripped away; that one would be cleansed, purified and returned to innocence.
Peter Kater has received many Grammy Award Nominations for his incredible body of work and sold millions of CD's. he has composed for film, television and Broadway but always returns to his love of creating "Healing" music for the mind, body and spirit. He was honored with the prestigious United Nations Environmental Leadership Award in recognition of his love, commitment and devotion to the natural beauty and preservation of the Earth, our Home.
We are the eyes, ears and hearts of the Universe. We exist within the Universe just as the Universe exists within us. The One Consciousness guides and communicates with us in a multitude of ways; through our intuition, nature, overheard conversations, our thoughts and through friends and loved ones. My life feels the most full, rich and alive when I'm in the awareness of the sacredness of all life and all life's experiences. The art of accessing the deeper places and awareness of one's own being has been practiced in may forms for thousands of years. Today, we reconnect with our deeper selves in many ways. By having quality alone time, being present with our friends and loved ones, seeking out appropriate healing therapies and spending time in nature. We can stop, take an inventory and ask if we're addressing our deeper needs and feelings. We can allow the layers of stress and protection to fall away as we remove ourselves from the numbing pace of our society and the over-stimiluating sensationalism of the media. With time, we gain access to our most intimate center and have experiences of unqualified self-love and acceptance. We can travel great inner expanses one step at a time and experience our Selves as part of the great natural divinity of all the Earth and the Heavens. This is our birthright . . . and our healing. - Peter


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Adjust a door that sticks
Are you frustrated with a bifold door that doesn't close smoothly, or never opens without sticking, scraping or binding? Chances are it's out of alignment in the door frame. The fix is usually simple and often takes less than 10 minutes.
First close the door and look along the edge of the door as it lines up with the frame (opening photo). The door edge and frame should line up nice and parallel. Even if it's off by only 1/4 in., the door will probably bind. Most often the problem is a loosened top pivot and bracket, which allowed the door to slip sideways out of alignment (Photo 1). Open the door and then loosen the setscrew for the top bracket slightly with a screwdriver. Then close it again. Push or pull the top of the closed door to align its edge parallel to the frame. Close the door to check for smooth operation and to see how the doors meet. Open the door gently so the pivot doesn't slip, then tighten the setscrew. You may have to repeat these steps a few times with both doors to get the "perfect" result.
If the door binds against the lower part of the frame, check the bottom pivot and bracket next. (Look for a worn edge on the door and scrape marks on the door frame.) The bottom pivot often loosens and slips. Either raise the door slightly to shift the pivot in or out, or loosen the setscrew and shift the bracket seat (Photo 2), depending on the type of hardware you have. (See "Replacement Parts" for types.) Sometimes the entire bracket comes loose because the mounting screws are stripped, broken or missing (Photo 2). You'll need to remove the door to fix these. Test the door for smooth, non-binding operation by opening and closing it several times. You may have to readjust the top pivot bracket to make the door parallel to the frame again.
The top roller guide rarely needs attention, but make sure that it runs smoothly in the track. Apply a light coating of wax or silicone spray to eliminate any sticking.
Replacement Parts
If you need to replace worn, broken or missing parts, look for exact replacements at home centers or hardware stores. If you can't find what you need, be creative. If the parts are basically the same size and shape, they should work fine. You may need to redrill the pivot holes to fit a larger pivot, or plug and redrill to fit a smaller one.
Trim a door that binds on carpet
Adding carpet or changing to a thicker pile may cause the bottom of a bifold door to scrape and bind along the floor. First try to raise the door to clear the carpet using the bottom pivot adjustment. But usually you have to trim off the door bottom.
The easiest way to measure a bifold door for cutting is with the door slightly opened. A half inch of clearance is adequate (Photo 1).
Removing a bifold door doesn't always go as smoothly as Photo 2 shows. Sometimes the top pivot doesn't compress enough to free the bottom pivot. Turn the bottom pivot height adjustment to lower it, if possible. Or gently lift the door off the lower bracket with a flat pry bar. As a last resort, loosen the top pivot bracket setscrew and slide the top away from the door frame.
To replace the door, follow the steps in Photo 2 in reverse order. Check for proper alignment.
Lay the door face down on a worktable. Cut from the backside of the door to leave a clean cut on the front. You can reduce splintering by first scoring the cutting line (Photo 3) and, using a guide, sawing slightly to the outside of it (Photo 4). Bevel the cut edges with 100-grit sandpaper (Photo 5).
Cutting the door will shorten the bottom pivot hole. You may have to redrill to deepen it.
Extend the bottom pivot the same amount as the door was shortened, using the height adjustment
screw. (See "Replacement Parts")
Tighten a loose knob
You can fix that wiggly knob so it won't come loose again! Simply put a drop of epoxy into the knob hole before reattaching the knob. And add a washer under the screwhead inside, if the screwhead is pulling into the door. Allow the epoxy to set up for 24 hours before use.
Bifold doorknob fix
You're supposed to mount hollow-core bifold doorknobs along the edge closest to the hinge because that area is reinforced with solid wood. But that's also a "pinch zone," so many people mount the knobs in the middle of the hollow section. Eventually the screw head pulls through the thin veneer and the knob dangles out the front side. The fix is easy. Just buy a 3/16-in. x 1-in. fender washer at any hardware store. Remove the screw. Slide the washer down to the screw head and reinstall.
Fix a cracked corner
Slam a bifold door too many times and you can split the wood where the top and bottom anchor and pivot pins sit. Then the door either sags or falls out of the track. You can try gluing and clamping the wood, but the wood can split again in a different spot. Or you can fix the problem permanently by installing corner braces. Buy a corner brace kit at a home center or from maintenanceengineeringspecialties.com. Take the old anchor/pivot pins to the store to match up to new ones.
Start by marking the anchor pin hole location on the new brace (Photo 1). Then finish the corner brace installation (Photo 2) and install the door.


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I credit the singer-songwriter Donovan with introducing me to Saint Francis of Assisi. I credit also Franco Zeffirelli, director of the Donovan-scored Brother Sun Sister Moon (1972), and Paolo Belardo, my tenth-grade Italian teacher, who suspended all learning for a week to screen the film. But my low-heat fervor for the saint developed mainly as a result of my response to Donovan's soundtrack, a gentle, hippie sing-along that became the most durable joke of my sophomore year. In lyrics like "Fish are in love with the water / Birds are in love with the air," my friends and I had encountered a record amount of sappy earnestness, to which the only appropriate teenage response was ridicule. To make each other laugh, we would assume dreamy looks, loll our heads to one side, and warble about birds, butterflies, and flowers, about personified celestial bodies, while swaying our arms and hips. Were we popular? Not always.
But in my barely hidden self, I actually had no problem loving flowers, and the basic facts of Saint Francis's life held immense appeal. A good-looking party boy, a prince of the popolo, renounces his possessions and societal privilege; embraces nature, poverty, and charity; walks the Umbrian countryside barefoot; clothes himself in a coarse habit bound by a cord; builds quaint churches; preaches penance; does mercy unto lepers—and amazes everyone. What more could a teenager ask than to stun the world with his previously hidden quality of being? Read More


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One nice surprise in Microsoft's quarterly results Thursday were sales of the company's hardware, especially the Surface tablet.
Surface, Microsoft's first homegrown computing device introduced 15 months ago, got off to a rough sales start, but has started to find traction. Microsoft's news release for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31 said revenue from Surface more than doubled from the quarter ended in September to $893 million.
Fresh versions of Surface went on sale in October, and Microsoft sharply discounted the first-generation Surface models. It looks like the one-two punch of new Surface models and cheap, older Surface models helped drive a surprisingly good showing from Microsoft's hardware business.
Microsoft hasn't disclosed unit-sales figures for Surface, which went on sale in Oct. 2012, but Morgan Stanley had expected Microsoft to sell 1.4 million Surface units in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from an estimated 900,000 units in the prior quarter.
Now the bad news: Microsoft remains a tiny, tiny player in the tablet market. IDC has estimated Windows-powered tablets were just 3.4% of the market last year dominated by Google's Android and Apple. IDC has forecast Windows' market share will rise to 10.2% in 2017, still a distant number three in tablets.
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Microsoft said Thursday that its consumer-hardware business–which includes Xbox videogame machines, sales of some videogames and Surface–posted a 8.7% gross margin in the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31. (Reminder: Gross margin is the portion of revenue left after cost to make a product.) Microsoft's traditional software business long has posted plump gross margins in the neighborhood of 75%.
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Make a Difference in Celebration of Juliette Low's Birthday
By Barbara Murphy-Warrington, CEO, Girl Scouts of Greater New York
Over the next few days, we have great reason to celebrate and to take action. October 27th marks Make A Difference Day, the nation's largest day of volunteering; October 31st is the celebration of our founder Juliette Low's birthday.
It is fitting that Make A Difference Day occurs within a few days of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday. After all, it was Juliette's vision to create a movement that not only empowered girls, but also encouraged them to make the world a better place. For the past 100 years, it is this vision - a commitment to individual leadership and global responsibility - that has set the Girl Scouts apart from other organizations.
The fact of the matter is that every day is Make A Difference Day at the Girl Scouts.
Our 26,500 New York City Girl Scouts and 9,200 volunteers can and do make a difference every day through their community service and Take Action projects: from running book drives for homeless shelters to making Mother's Day cards for Meals On Wheels recipients; from creating campaigns to conserve water to cleaning up parks; and much, much more.
Throughout our 100-year history, Girl Scouts have also made a difference that has had broader impact. During World War I and World War II, Girl Scouts helped the Allied forces by selling defense bonds, growing victory gardens, and collecting waste fat and scrap iron. In the 1960s Girl Scouts supported civil rights efforts in keeping with its commitment to inclusion and in the 1970s Girl Scouts were engaged in environmental awareness programs. Girl Scouts were also active in national literacy and health campaigns.
If your troop and/or you are participating in a Make A Difference Day activity, I encourage you to apply to be an award recipient for Make a Difference Day. Visit their website here for more information. And, during the year-long celebration of our Council's 100th anniversary, plan to take part in the national Take Action Project: Girl Scouts Forever Green, powered by Alcoa. For more information visit www.girlscouts.org/
Juliette Low once said: "The work of today is the history of tomorrow and we are its makers." You are those history makers. Make history by making a difference.


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Why did I not get the job? Why don't I have joy and peace in my life? Why did this happen to me? Why, why, why? The "Why" questions in life are not nearly as productive as the "How" questions. How am I going to overcome this? How can I get that job? How can I find real joy and peace? You may never find the answers for "Why," but God can give you the insight and direction on "How." Seek God with all of your heart, soul, and mind, and He will show you how to navigate with Him through every area of … [Read more...]
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There is an unclean spirit whose sole purpose is to convince us that he is God. He comes sounding very much like God and plays on our weaknesses and on our sinful thoughts and desires. It is sent to deceive those who have a strong gift of intercession, and it seeks to gain access to our hearts and minds to use our prayers to bring harm to the Body of Christ. One of its goals is to cause our mouths to come into agreement with the realms of darkness.This demon may present himself as a gift of … [Read more...]
Living Every Moment Well by Robert Ricciardelli
So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They are busy doing things they think are important but have failed to reveal the glory of God through a purpose filled existence. They are lacking revelation of the here and now Kingdom and the part they play in it. The way they can get meaning into their lives is to devote themselves to loving God, loving others, and being committed to building community around them. Purpose and meaning will come as they are present in every moment and … [Read more...]
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We can come to know God by learning about God, but knowing about God without really knowing Him relationally means nothing. We just need God, living, loving, moving, and having our being with Him. He is waiting on us to acknowledge Him in all of our days while He delivers in miraculous ways. Our willingness to illuminate and reflect our intimacy with Him is foundational in maturing us into the image of Christ and the power of His presence. Fear, inadequacies, and all obstacles are conquered … [Read more...]
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Most of us are aware of how much more we need to learn and grow in every area of our life while moving toward our goals and dreams. But can you imagine where you would be today if it had not been for the goodness of God? We all have a long way to go, but with a "thanks be to God," look back over your life and realize how far you've come. The same God that brought you this far is going to carry you through any difficulty you may be facing. The goodness of God rests upon you and is with you for … [Read more...]
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(NEWSER) – The wife of "handsome mug shot man" Jeremy Meeks is none too thrilled with his newfound online celebrity, Fox News reports. Arrested this week on a gang charge and five weapons charges, Meeks fueled tens of thousands of Facebook "likes" and more than 11,000 shares with his blue-eyed, chiseled mug shot—but his wife is "furious," a friend told CBS Sacramento at Meeks' arraignment on Friday. "Her man is in there and people are taking it as a joke, thinking it's funny talking about his looks, saying all kinds of crazy things." In other "Meek-dreamy" news:
- Meeks says he appreciates the attention, "but I just want them to know that this really is not me," he told News 10.
- That said, Meeks has served two years for grand theft and had "brushes with the law" for resisting arrest and associating with the Crips gang, CNN reports. This time he was arrested by Stockton police for driving a car that contained a round of ammunition, an unregistered handgun, and a little marijuana, police said.
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W.Va. charity spent little on veterans, newspaper says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A small Bluefield charity intended to benefit Vietnam veterans spent just a fraction last year on veterans, instead devoting most of its dollars to professional fees and fundraising.
The Charleston Daily Mail reports that of every dollar spent last year by the West Virginia Vietnam Veterans Foundation, a little more than a penny actually went to veterans-related activities. The spending totaled $37,700.
National charity watchdog group Charity Navigator says no more than 25 percent of total expenses should be for fundraising and administrative costs combined.
Representatives of the foundation founded in 1997 defended its operations, arguing that many organizations give large percentages of the money they receive to professional solicitors.
The foundation's mission is to provide West Virginia veterans with "emergency funds" for housing, food, utilities, clothing and medical expenses, according to tax forms.
The tax forms show it received more than $630,000 from 2002 to 2012.
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer David Simmons said the foundation gives veterans wheelchairs and drives them to the hospital, among other charitable activities.
Simmons and President C.E. Ball said the foundation doesn't pay salaries.
"Yeah, everything we spend goes toward the veterans, except for our basic office fees." Ball said.
Those fees account for more than 86 percent of the money the foundation spent during the same 11-year time frame. More than two-thirds — $423,000 — covered fees that included the cost of a professional fundraiser.
From 2002 to 2006, the foundation spent an average of 43 percent of its money on veteran-related activities. The rest went to fees, rent or other expenses. At no point during that period did the organization raise more than $22,000 or spend more than $10,000 on programming.


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Take the Tension out of Presentations with the Kogod Center for Business Communications at the Library
The Kogod Center for Business Communications now offers a Professional Communications service in Room 1 of the Research Commons at Bender Library to provide help with presentations, public speaking, and business writing.
This service is available to all AU students, so no matter what your major is, come by for personal assistance with your professional communications!
The service runs March 25–April 25, 2014, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 3:30–5:30 p.m. and Fridays 12–2 p.m. Appointments are preferred, but drop-ins are accepted as space allows. Make an appointment online or by calling 202-885-1920.
Visit Professional Communications to
- Practice a presentation or speech and receive supportive, insightful suggestions
- Overcome public-speaking jitters
- Improve the clarity and organization of your slides or poster papers
Professional Communications also provides help with all types of business and workplace writing—including reports, memos, emails, and cover letters—at every stage from first draft through revisions and on to the polished final product.
Prefer a workshop approach? Kogod Center for Business Communications Director Bonnie Auslander will be giving a workshop on Thursday, April 3 at 4pm in the Library Training & Events Room (115). "Speak Up" will cover public speaking skills for any situation from academic presentations to wedding toasts.
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Q. I have a Kiefer Pear tree that is always loaded and lots of them rot on the ground, attracting yellow jackets. Because of an early warm spell followed by hard freezes, 2012 was one of only two years in fifty that it did not bear. As soon as it froze in the fall and the honeybees clustered, the yellow Read more >


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"If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is 'Just do it!' Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write."—S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton is the recipient of the American Library Association's first annual Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors authors "whose books have provided young adults with a window through which they can view their world and which will help them to grow and to understand themselves and their role in society."
By the time she was 17 years old, Susan Eloise Hinton was a published author. While still in high school in her hometown—Tulsa, Oklahoma—Hinton put in words what she saw and felt growing up and called it The Outsiders, a now classic story of two sets of high school rivals, the Greasers and the Socs (for society kids). Because her hero was a Greaser and outsider, and her tale was one of gritty realism, Hinton launched a revolution in young adult literature.
Since her narrator was a boy, Hinton's publishers suggested that she publish under the name of S. E. Hinton; they feared their readers wouldn't respect a "macho" story written by a woman. Hinton says today, "I don't mind having two identities; in fact, I like keeping the writer part separate in some ways. And since my alter ego is clearly a 15-year-old boy, having an authorial self that doesn't suggest a gender is just fine with me."
Today, more than twenty-five years after its first publication, The Outsiders ranks as a classic, still widely read and one of the most important and taboo-breaking books in the field. Finally, someone was writing about the real concerns and emotions of a teenager. The Outsiders marked the beginning of a new kind of realism in books written for the young adult market, and Hinton's next four books followed suit.
She wrote her second book while she was in college at the University of Tulsa, studying to be a teacher. "I don't have the nerve or physical stamina to teach," she says. "I did my student teaching, but I couldn't leave the kids and their problems behind me; I'd go home and worry about them. I think people who are good teachers do one of the most important jobs there is; I can't praise them highly enough."
David Inhofe, who is now her husband, was her boyfriend then and was instrumental in helping her get her second book written. Hinton was suffering from writer's block. Inhofe refused to go out with her at night unless she wrote two pages during the day, and slowly but steadily over four months, she compiled the manuscript that became That Was Then, This Is Now, a story of drugs, delinquency, and a tough kid making a tough decision. She and David were married in 1970; the second book was published in 1971.
Her third book, Rumble Fish, was published in 1975. Hinton was inspired to write it by a magazine photo she had saved since 1967, of a boy on a motorcycle. Tex followed, and drew the attention of Walt Disney Studios. In 1982, Disney's movie version, starring Matt Dillon, was released. Dillon later starred in movies of The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, and he and Hinton have become friends over the years.
In 1985, Paramount Pictures released That Was Then, This Is Now and Fox Television adapted The Outsiders for a television series. Taming the Star Runner, Hinton's fifth book, was a departure for her. "For the first time, I told the story in the third person. My son, Nick, was then four, and I was so involved with him that I didn't have the emotional space to become a completely other person."
After Taming the Star Runner, Hinton took a seven-year break. She was busy with Nick, and she says, "I couldn't think of a single thing to say. I didn't have a writer's block—I was writing plenty: screenplays for my novels, television scripts, advertisements. I simply didn't have a story I wanted to tell."
When she found a story, it was directly from her life. Big David, Little David is a hilarious picture book about a joke she and her husband played on Nick when he was entering kindergarten. On his first day at school, little Nick meets a boy who, like Nick's father, has dark hair, glasses, and is named David. "He's not you, is he?" Nick asks his father. "Oh, yes, that's me," Big David says. A rollicking tale of confused identity follows.
No more outsiders, no more tough boys, but Big David, Little David shares with all of Hinton's work a deeply autobiographical thread.
"The Puppy Sister is actually the most autobiographical of all of my books," she says. "Nick is an only child and was not an animal person. He was a little bit afraid of dogs, but I was determined to get him a puppy so he could connect and share attention in the family. We got our puppy when Nick was eight, and there was so much sibling rivalry between the two that he once accused me of loving the dog more than I loved him. `Honey,' I told him, `it's not true. I love you more: you're housebroken.'" Hinton knew the story of puppy-boy rivalry was a good one, but she needed a hook. Nick provided it. One day the three of them came home from a walk and Nick said to his mother, "I wonder when she will turn into a person." And The Puppy Sister was born.
When Hinton's not writing, she rides her horse, takes courses at the university, and is involved in Nick's school. "I'm not any one thing, and that's a reason I don't mind having a separate identity for my writing. I'm an author, but I'm also a mother, a friend, a horseback rider, a decent cook. Being involved domestically keeps me in touch with reality."
S. E. Hinton on Becoming a Writer
Q. What made you decide to become a writer?
I loved reading and I loved writing. I was really focused, and writing is easy for me because I never write unless I have something to say.
Q. How do you begin to write your books?
I always begin with a character in mind and an ending I want to get to. I like my characters to grow, to show some change. So I know that in the middle of the book I'll have to figure out how to make the change happen. The middle is the hardest part for me.
Q. How did you get your first book published?
I showed the manuscript of The Outsiders to a friend whose mother was an author. She liked it and gave it to a friend who was also a writer and who had an agent. The agent liked it and sold it to the second publisher who read it. I'd never even heard of agents at 17, and I still have that first agent.
Q. What do you like to read that influences your writing?
As a kid, I loved animal stories, particularly horse stories. I was one of those little girls who felt like she was one with a horse. Today I read biographies a lot because they are about character, and character is what drives my novels. I also enjoy Jane Austen—character is her main concern—and I'm a history buff. I think if you want to learn to write better, you need to read better.
Q. Do you have any particular writing habits?
I don't really; I keep changing my methods, working around other things in my life. That Was Then, This is Now was written in the
two-pages-a-day method. Rumble Fish was written on Thursday nights, because that was when my husband played poker. My fourth book, Tex, took me the longest to write. I plotted it for three and a half years. I wrote Taming the Star Runner on a schedule, because 3 days a week Nick was in preschool, and those were my writing days. I guess my one technique throughout is to be flexible about time and seize it when I can.
Q. Do you discuss your books as you write them, or does anyone read your work in progress?
No, not really. My husband's great. He'll say, "That's nice, honey," in a vague, non-interfering sort of way. And I did let Nick read The Puppy Sister when it was in manuscript, because he had so much to do with it. It's about him; he suggested the idea. I'm thinking about a new book now, but I don't like to talk about things until they're done. I'm afraid I'll wear out my idea.
Q. Do you have any advice for those who want to write?
If you want to be a writer, I have two pieces of advice. One is to be a reader. I think that's one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is: Just do it! Don't think about it, don't agonize, sit down and write.
Q. Any more advice for the budding writer?
Yes—do the best you possibly can. Write, write, write, and read, read, read!
Author Fun Facts
Born: July 22, in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Education: BS University of Tulsa
Previous jobs: As a teenager I worked in a bookstore and ran an elevator, but I started making a living writing fiction at a fairly young age.
Hobbies: Horseback riding (jumping and dressage), history, and paranormal studies
Inspiration for writing: I started to love writing in grade school, which was inspired by my love of reading. Sometimes that's the only thing that keeps you going, remembering that you really did love it (and mostly still do.)
"With this whimsical animal story, Hinton serves up an entry as memorable in its genre as her classic The Outsiders is in YA literature."—Starred, Publishers Weekly
—An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
—A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
"Stylistically superb . . . this packs a punch that will leave readers of any age reeling."—School Library Journal
—An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
"[This book] has depth, pattern, perception, and a communicable empathy for its protagonist."—The Bulletin
—An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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"Hinton socks home a powerful punch."—Starred, School Library Journal
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Newberry, S.C. - Brevard College is returning to the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament for the fourth consecutive season as Elise Labus clinched the victory on court no. 4 in straight sets as the Tornados topped Newberry on Friday afternoon at the Cannon Tennis Court, 6-3.
Shannon McManus and Marina Ziehe gave Newberry their first point of the match, topping Labus and Ana Drummond on court no. 3 in doubles play, winning 8-2. Lindsay Hostetter and Jennifer Nyman evened the match with an 8-3 victory over Romina Adum and Emily Helsel. Claire Dillman and Michelle Prata concluded doubles play and gave Brevard the 2-1 edge heading into singles action with an 8-2 victory on court no. 1 over Ariel Strong and Susana Aguirre.
Aguirre evened the score after Hostetter had to retire on court no. 2, but Dillman put the Tornados ahead again with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Strong on court no. 1. Prata put the Tornados within one point of clinching the victory, topping Adum on court no. 3, 6-4, 6-4.
Labus clinched the Brevard victory, defeating Helsel on court no. 4 in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to keep their SAC tournament streak alive. Nyman added a victory on court no. 5, topping Ziehe, 6-0, 2-6, 10-4.
McManus closed out the match with a 6-3, 7-5 victory on court no. 6 against Drummond to end the afternoon.
2012 Food Lion SAC tournament pairings will be announced by the SAC office next week, with first round action beginning at the Rock Hill Tennis Center on Thursday, April 19th.
Singles competition
1. Claire Dillman (BCW) def. Ariel Strong (NEWW) 6-0, 6-1
2. Susana Aguirre (NEWW) def. Lindsay Hostetter (BCW) 5-0, 99-0
3. Michelle Prata (BCW) def. Romina Adum (NEWW) 6-4, 6-4
4. Elise Labus (BCW) def. Emily Helsel (NEWW) 6-2, 6-3
5. Jennifer Nyman (BCW) def. Marina Ziehe (NEWW) 6-0, 2-6, 10-4
6. Shannon McManus (NEWW) def. Ana Drummond (BCW) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Claire Dillman/Michelle Prata (BCW) def. Ariel Strong/Susana Aguirre (NEWW) 8-2
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In the Advocacy Clinics, students work on issues related to specific areas of study, becoming exposed to the unique and specific concerns and issues of those areas.
The two advocacy clinics are the Interdisciplinary Training Program for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the International Human Rights Clinic.
The Interdisciplinary Training Program for the Prevention Child Abuse and Neglect clinic is a year-long interdisciplinary course taught at the OU Child Study Center focusing on the prevention and detection of child abuse. The law school enrolls a maximum of five students. The rest of the class is comprised of OU medical, dental, occupational/physical therapy students; graduate students in psychology, social work, education, public health, nursing, sociology and Oklahoma City University law students.
During the fall semester, students participate in class presentations and simulation exercises. Students are placed in a practicum related to their area of study and participate in a cross-discipline practicum experience. With this instruction, the students are trained to be advocates for the prevention of child maltreatment.
Member countries of the United Nations are required to submit reports to the U.N. Human Rights Council about the status of human rights in their countries. Focusing on indigenous populations, students in the International Human Rights Clinic research and investigate issues that have an impact on indigenous populations in selected countries. Such issues include property rights and regulation of natural resource development; environmental protection; access to education opportunities and medical care; and protection of civil and political rights. Using treaties and international law as a foundation, students work collaboratively in conducting the research, utilizing a variety of resources. Their work culminates in the submission of a report to the council at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The students also present their research and conclusions before a university audience.
Students must have completed a selection of courses including Federal Indian Law, International Law Foundations, International Human Rights, and/or International Environmental Law prior to enrollment in the clinic.
To date, the students have submitted reports to the Human Rights Council discussing Guyana, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, Venezuela and Uganda. They are currently developing reports for Ecuador and Morocco. The reports on Guyana, Panama, Papua New Guinea and Suriname were mentioned multiple times in the official summary reports prepared for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights relating to those countries.


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Kompozer Web Development Editor
Kompozer is a Gecko-based web authoring system that combines web page editing with web file management in a WYSIWYG manner. It supports XML, CSS, and JavaScript in an XUL architecture.
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Quanta Plus (Web IDE)
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Netbeans IDE
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Copies of software being developed at many different locations require a method to ensure that the multiple distributed copies remain synchronized. This can be done using a central repository or using a distributed synchronization technique. For further information, see the official Ubuntu documentation. Several version control platforms exist:
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- Subversion. Now part of Apache, this is one of the most widely used systems and uses a central repository for synchronization. Also see the official Ubuntu documentation.
- CVS was previously the most widely used system. Also see the official Ubuntu documentation.
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Russell Crowe Tweets Family Reunion Wishes for the Holidays
It's no secret that his marriage to Danielle Spencer has seen better days, and Russell Crowe is hoping that some holiday downtime will help to rectify the situation.
Earlier this week, the "A Beautiful Mind" actor took to his Twitter page to lament the state of his home life and declare his intention to make things better.
Russell wrote, "As soon as I finish this job and can get home, my priority is to try to bring my family back together." He's been in New York City filming "Winter's Tale" as of late.
Prior to that, Crowe complained, "I need to go home and be with my children. Cannot believe how f**ked up my schedule has become this year."
Additionally, Ms. Spencer kept fans up on her end of the spectrum with a post on Facebook- "Hi Everyone! I'm sorry i haven't visited here for a while, things have been keeping me somewhat busy of late. I just wanted to thank you all for bearing with me and also for your messages of support, it means a lot to me."


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I have tested it on Lexan which is a clear plastic(like plexiglass only stronger) and the IR did not detect it. So it goes right through lexan. Hope that helps
its obvious ir still is just light so it will pass through transparent sufaces
some materials that appear translucent to us in the normal light spectrum, are solid to IR light.
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tp film student alert!
Date: 02-24-12 20:40
finally @ 50 i watched the 1963 film 'the innocents'
i don't know what i saw. can some pressed trousered one enlighten me? please.
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Date: 02-24-12 21:05
alright maybe (some of) you haven't seen the film,
i don't like morse code any more than the avg WWII vet. so i'll just say it, i would rather pervert my own children than someone elses.
with that said, 'the innocents' is by far the most horrific film from the UK i've ever seen.
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hoip chiggs
Date: 02-25-12 08:02
Mr. Steve, I saw The Innocents a few times already, and it is a horror classic. The ghosts were done juuuust right.
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Date: 02-25-12 15:48
Ugh. I can't stand Henry James (whose Turn of the Screw this is based on).
Cormac McCarthy said it best:
"The novel depends for its life on the novels that have been written." His list of those whom he calls the "good writers" -- Melville, Dostoyevsky, Faulkner -- precludes anyone who doesn't "deal with issues of life and death." Proust and Henry James don't make the cut. "I don't understand them," he says. "To me, that's not literature. A lot of writers who are considered good I consider strange."
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Date: 02-25-12 22:56
After that awful Nicole Kidman movie "The Others" came out (essentially a remake), I went back and watched "The Innocents." Made me appreciate it all the more.
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Date: 02-26-12 19:50
I know the Henry James. I know the Nicole Kidman. I know the Erasure album
The Innocents
. I'm unfamiliar with the original film.
My advice (y'all know this already, but here goes): Erasure.
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Date: 02-27-12 10:58
Your headline struck me as supremely eerie, as I'd been thinking
just this very morning
about a "TP Filmfest" with a bill of fare that would be limited solely to films that had been sampled or directly referenced in various tunes.
I'm thinking along the lines of "The L-Shaped Room" with the
"Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty"
sing-along sampled at the beginning of "The Queen Is Dead."
Or perhaps whatever film contains the snippet of "In his autumn before the winter comes man's last mad surge of youth." / "What on earth are you talking about?" that The Chameleons have used several times.
I dunno. It wouldn't have to be those exact flicks.
"This is MY Happening ... and it turns me ON!"
I always have to remind myself that that bit is sung by Brix Smith and isn't a Kim Gordon vocal. Why does my brain so badly want it to be a Sonic Youth and not The Fall? I do it all the time. Yeah, yeah.
Beyond the Valley of The Dolls
. That flick stinks on ice.
Anyway, I was thinking "Trouser Press" and "film" just this morning.
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Date: 02-27-12 23:26
A documentary on Trouser Press and the TPers that keep it going wouldn't be a bad idea; we all deserve a shout out. Like the Polar Bear club, we plunge into the sonic waters and brave the currents of music - good, bad, indifferent and pukey.
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How do I get my kids to sleep early?
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Is their a particular reason they need to go to sleep early, or is it because you want them to.
Children will sleep as long as their bodies tell them to sleep, just like an adult does. If they don't need to get up in the morning, then id allow them to listen to their bodies needs and sleep when they are ready and wake when they are ready as well.
I used to struggle with this same issue and now ive let the children fall asleep when they want and wake when they want and its made for a much happier family.


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The Cronenberg Project takes shape
The Toronto International Film Festival original exhibition is being touted as an "ambitious, multi-platform celebration of the work of the iconic Canadian filmmaker" and runs from Nov 1 to Jan 19, 2014.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) CEO and director Piers Handling and artistic director of TIFF Bell Lightbox Noah Cowan said on Thursday [14] that the event would have at its core the film exhibit they have curated, David Cronenberg: Evolution.
The exhibition will be the first curated and launched by TIFF that will tour internationally with locations to be announced at a later date.
The Cronenberg Project also includes the experiential virtual museum David Cronenberg: Virtual Exhibition, a comprehensive film retrospective, the interactive digital experience Body/Mind/Change, and an art exhibition curated by Cowan and David Liss titled David Cronenberg: Transformation, presented in partnership with the Museum Of Canadian Contemporary Art.
David Cronenberg: Transformation will run from Sept 5-Dec 29 at MOCCA and will open on Sept 4 in time for TIFF.
"After collaborating with some of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world to bring highly anticipated film exhibitions to Canada, we are excited to reach this major milestone at TIFF Bell Lightbox by originating a show of our own to share with the international community," said Handling.
"This exhibition underscores our commitment as an organisation to Canadian film and its legacy, and presenting and celebrating David Cronenberg is a natural choice."
"David Cronenberg is among the world's great filmmakers and we feel fortunate to have worked with him on multiple projects over the last 30 years, including the creation of a Special Collection archive in TIFF's Film Reference Library, which has yielded the most spectacular elements of this show," said Cowan.
"The Cronenberg Project is the culmination of this relationship and we are thankful to David and the many participating institutions and individuals who are collaborating on this enterprise to create a significant global impact on behalf of this extraordinary artist."
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