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Sam Romirowsky, Ph.D
20 West Third Street, Media, Pennsylvania 19063
There are many types of losses that can have a major impact on our functioning and lead to feelings of grief. Deaths, separation and divorce, loss of a job, health issues, a child moving away, are examples of normal life situations that can be very painful to deal with. In my work, I compassionately try to help you understand the meaning of the "loss", and support you in healing and moving forward.
Susan Maroto, L.C.S.W.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
517 south Orange Street, media, Pennsylvania 19063
Grief and loss are a natural - though painful - part of life. It's normal to be sad and to grieve. Unfortunately, our fast paced society often wants us to medicate and move on more quickly than might really be healthy or good for us. I encourage people to have patience with themselves and the process of grief, and to allow themselves to fully feel their feelings so that they can truly heal. Paradoxically, allowing full expression of the sadness, anger, and other emotions often does allow a person to move forward more quickly. I also always assess carefully to make sure that "normal" sadness has not spiraled into a true clinical depression, and I encourage prompt treatment if it does.
Jay Jemail, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
5829 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware 19807
Grieving and loss is part of life. While we all share aspects of this life event, it is an individual experience and needs to be addressed with care and respect. It is an opportunity for individual growth and it can have an impact on our relationships to others including siblings and spouses as well as many aspects of our life including the spiritual dimension of our being and our questioning of the meaning of life. Sometimes it is useful to work with narrative, memories and dreams. There is not one way to feel, to act or to be as one grieves. It just is.
Lisa Silk, MSW, LCSW
Addiction Therapist, Family Therapist
119 Coulter Avenue Suite 211, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003
Losing a loved one can be incredibly debilitating, the grief often feels endless like a bottomless pit- mornings are awful and nights even worse. I provide empathic grief counseling with a proactive style to help individuals walk through this pain and learn to live their life with peace again. When you feel like you need more to lean on than family and friends, help is here.
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Many clients are struggling because they either have lost a dear lived one in death or they have suffered losses from other means such as divorce, facing other life's changes, etc. I use my coaching skills to provide comfort and hope to my clients. I do this by means of individual or group sessions. I can be reached at 267-970-7615. Email email@example.com
Kerstin Miller, M.Div, LMFT, CST
Couples and Family Therapist
171 W Lancaster Ave, Paoli, Pennsylvania 19301
When we loose a loved one the world can be a dark place, and the outside world with good intentions tries to help us 'to let go' or 'to move on' much faster than we can and than we want to. I believe that grieving is not so much about letting go as it is about 'holding on'. Grieving is about having time to anchor that loved one in our hearts so deep until we can trust mto never loose that loving connection. The more we trust that connection to be there forever, the more we can indeed move on and allow ourselves to have a life again including joy and laughter without feeling like we leave somebody behind. Grief Therapy is about remembering, honoring, and telling stories of connection.
Cheryl Sparks, PhD, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Experiencing a difficult loss is disorienting and can feel paralyzing. It can also bring up pain from the past that you thought was long gone, or cause you to question your view of the world. This is difficult but normal. It is important to talk about your grief with someone who really understands. I offer a safe place to work through your grief in your own way, without rushing, without having to put on a pretend smile or a brave face. I cannot undo your loss, but therapy can help you begin to find meaning in it, to make sense of the world again, and to find practical ways to cope.
Lori Lorraine, MA, LPC, NCC, NCP, BCCC
Licensed Professional Counselor
Whether you are grieving due to the death of a loved one, ending of a significant relationship or the loss of the life you expected, it is a process. We all grieve for different reasons & in different ways, but it is important to allow yourself to grieve so that you can move forward. I'll work with you to understand the grief process including the stages of grief. An important part of the process is helping you identify & express the variety of feelings & thoughts you are likely experiencing. Often, human instinct is to avoid or numb what is painful. Unfortunately, this can prevent healing, extend the pain & create other problems. Instead, I'd like to help you find your way through the pain.
Jeffrey Kauffman, M.A., M.S.S., L.C.S.W., B.C.D., F.T
licensed clinical social worker/ psychotherapist
303 West Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Grief is the normal reaction to loss, but our society often reacts to grief like it is an illness, and the griever does not get social acceptance and support, so that help and guidance in finding ones way through this difficult, sometimes lonely, passage way is helpful. Sometimes, however, grief is complicated and gets stuck and grief counselling or grief therapy is then especially needed allow you to mourn and restore yourself. I am a Fellow in Thanatology, the highest level certification for treating mourning and death. I am the author & editor of 4 books and many articles on grief & trauma. I have trained many other therapists. I can help you find your way through painful grief.
Vivian Good, LPC, MA, MS, ACS
Licensed Professional Counselor
Grief is our response to loss. Grief, fully experienced, allows us to go on with life. Each person's response is unique. You may be grieving the death of a loved one; you may be dealing with a serious illness; you may be mourning the loss of a relationship; you may be dealing with the loss of a job. Wherever you are in the grief process, I offer a safe, empathetic relationship to guide you through the stages of anger, sadness, justifying, letting go. We will work together to facilitate healing.
Lee Bowers, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
210 Tower Road, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085
Grief and loss are inevitable in life, and can be our times of greatest pain, and also sometimes, greatest growth. Most people think first about the death of a loved one when they think about grief, but it also be the loss of a home, a friend, a marriage, a job, and so on. These events can sometimes also lead to profound grief. Often friends don't understand or know what to say. Sometimes, they even seem to disappear, when you're needing them most. You're not alone if you've experienced some of these phenomena. I'd like to help you through this painful time.


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May 24 – June 15, 2013
More than 1,000 community members weighed in to name Woodland Park Zoo's new Asian small-clawed otter pair, recent parents to four otter pups.
After a panel of zoo judges deliberated over your Malay language submissions, the winning names are:
Male otter - Guntur ("thunder")
Female otter - Teratai ("water lily or lotus")
The lucky winners who submitted the selected names are sisters Megan (age 9) and Nicole (age 10) Green of Renton and Hanah Deets (age 7) of Bainbridge Island.
Thanks to all who entered! Guntur and Teratai are currently off exhibit while they raise their newborn pups, but will re-debut this August when the young family is ready to explore the Bamboo Forest Reserve together.
With two otters to name, there are two chances to win! The person who submits the winning male name and the person who submits the winning female name will each take home a grand prize package featuring:
* Grand prize winners will receive a $100 savings contribution within 30 days of Umpqua Bank account opening. Account requires a $100 minimum opening deposit and may not be redeemed for cash. All other applicable terms and fees of the savings account apply; see account disclosures for detail.
See complete rules for detailed prize information
A Woodland Park Zoo representative will be coming to two different Umpqua Bank locations and bringing one of our animal ambassadors—a spectacled owl*—for you to meet! Come learn about our animals, ask questions, and get up close with this very special owl!
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Dental School Gives R.T.s A Role To Chew On
June 25, 2014
Teaching the art of radiography to future dentists never gets boring for this R.T.
By Lynn Legg, M.B.A., R.T.(R)(M)
Few are familiar with the field of dental imaging and education, a niche job market and career path for radiologic technologists. With 65 accredited dental schools in the U.S.—all of which provide didactic and clinical training in radiology to dental students—there is untapped potential for R.T.s to share their expertise with these future dentists. Many dental schools already have realized the advantage of having R.T.s on staff to teach students and perform patients' clinical imaging.
At any one time, more than 400 dental students are typically enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Dentistry in Richmond, where I work as the radiology department supervisor. School is in session year-round. Students participate in a progressive radiology curriculum taught by a combination of two dental oral maxillofacial radiologists and three radiologic technologists, including me. Rounding out the radiology department staff are a front desk manager and a dental assistant who has extensive clinical experience in dental radiography.
Having trouble imagining what you would be doing if you were a member of the radiology department faculty? In our department, you'd be very busy!
Dental school is a four-year, doctorallevel program. At VCU, dental students begin their radiology education as freshmen. They receive basic didactic instruction in radiation production and biology, radiation safety, image formation and geometry. Because dentists interpret their own images without the oversight of a radiologist, dental students also learn quite a bit about image interpretation. Although most dentists don't expose their images, they're trained to do so because they need to understand the effects that positioning and exposure have on an image's appearance. They also must be able to troubleshoot problems their staff might experience.
The technologists at VCU are responsible for dental students' clinical instruction in the most common types of dental imaging procedures: bitewings, periapicals and panoramic tomograms. For those of you who haven't brushed up on your dental imaging terminology recently, here's a quick lesson:
Bitewings are intraoral images that capture the crowns of both upper and lower teeth to look for caries (tooth decay).
Periapicals are intraoral images that capture the entire tooth, most often to look for disease at the root tip of the tooth.
Panoramic tomograms are extraoral images that capture the entire maxilla and mandible, as well as a portion of the sinuses and soft tissues of the neck. These are usually taken as a gross screening image.
The technologists in VCU's radiology department also produce more specialized images, such as cephalometric radiographs used in orthodontic treatment and skull images. Occasionally, we're asked to take other anatomical images. For example, we might take a posterior-anterior radiograph of a hand to evaluate growth in an orthodontic patient. Or, we might take a soft tissue anterior-posterior radiograph of the neck to evaluate the presence of calcifications that are first seen on panoramic tomograms.
Digital imaging is not as widely adopted in dentistry as it is in medicine, but most dental schools in the U.S. use digital technology. At VCU, we use a combination of phosphor plates and charged-coupled device sensors. Most dental schools also house a picture archiving and communication system, but typically it's a scaled-down version of the PACS we see in large medical centers.
Clinical instruction for intraoral radiography takes place in small groups of five to six students. In a classroom setting, we present imaging basics, such as how to assemble instruments used to stabilize digital sensors in the oral cavity during exposure, how to properly handle the sensor and how to place the sensor in the mouth. When teaching radiographic technique, we use mannequins that have real skulls, dentition, soft tissue equivalency and moveable jaws, so that students can practice placement and exposure techniques. Students practice exposing images on the mannequin, and then they review the images as a group to discuss diagnostic quality. The images look very similar to those taken on live patients.
A small-group format is used to teach panoramic tomography. Students learn image formation basics and how to operate the panoramic machine, and they practice these skills in a lab setting by positioning one another.
Students also complete several image interpretation exercises. We show them intraoral and panoramic images, and they must identify sensor placement or patient positioning errors, distortion, artifacts and basic pathology. We assess these assignments individually with students, work to improve any weak areas and review image principles with a student until proficiency is reached.
The two oral and maxillofacial radiologists at VCU also spend time with the dental students, teaching them image interpretation and disease diagnosis. Oral and maxillofacial radiologists have completed their doctor of dental surgery degree and a residency in dental radiology. Most are employed by dental colleges and universities as instructors, but they also provide reading services for external images.
The radiology clinic is open daily to provide radiography services to patients who are being seen for dental treatment. Students perform ordered radiography tasks under R.T. supervision. Although VCU has more advanced imaging equipment, such as cone beam CT, students are introduced to this technology but are not trained to use it. Dental residency programs that use this technology for their specialty are more likely to offer training on this type of equipment.
On average, members of our radiology department teach four days each week; anyone who isn't assigned a teaching duty on a particular day will assist and supervise students while they expose radiographs on patients in the clinic. Daily reviews of image case studies also take place to help students identify technical errors, distortion and visible pathology. The R.T.s are responsible for student instruction and grading, and we develop our own teaching materials and review our courses at the end of each semester for ways we can improve delivery to students. We assess student progress and, with the help of the dental radiologists, develop remedial materials as needed.
I've found this to be an interesting and opportunistic field in which to apply my radiography skills, and I've yet to become bored. Between the advancement of dental science and the unique opportunity to work with bright, motivated students, I'm excited to go to work every day.
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Manhattan College Announces Change in Mens Lacrosse Program
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Manhattan College Director of Athletics, Bob Byrnes, has announced that men's lacrosse head coach Tim McIntee, will not return for the 2013 season. A national search for his successor will begin immediately.
"We appreciate all Coach McIntee has done for his players and the program since the elevation of men's lacrosse to Division I status," Byrnes said.
McIntee presided over the Jaspers men's lacrosse team for 15 seasons compiling an 89-136 overall record with 59 wins coming against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponents. Manhattan won its only MAAC Championship under McIntee in 2002 posting a 9-0 record in the league that season.
Manhattan finished the 2012 campaign 5-9 overall record and 1-5 in the MAAC. The Jaspers ended up seventh in the league and did not qualify for the MAAC Tournament four-team field for the second straight season.


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Interact with a three-dimensional laser light field, meet giant robotic snakes and see the future of wearable tech. Check out new commissions, or step into digital culture's past and revisit classic videogames and vintage music hardware. Artists, film-makers, designers, musicians and game developers, all pushing their fields using digital media, unite for the first time in Digital Revolution.


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DINOFLEX Group recently announced that its recycled indoor rubber flooring products have received FloorScore certification.
Salmon Arm, BC, Canada – DINOFLEX Group recently announced that its recycled indoor rubber flooring products have received FloorScore® certification.
First adopted in California, these stringent indoor air quality criteria have become a national standard in the major U.S. environmental programs. FloorScore was developed by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) in collaboration with the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) following several years of extensive testing. SCS is an internationally recognized third-party certifier that follows established and recognized guidelines to ensure objectivity.
"This certification once again confirms the high quality DINOFLEX has always delivered to the world. It gives DINOFLEX the recognition needed for architects and designers working in the education and health care segments, because they confirm that DINOFLEX meets the stringent CA Section 01350 requirements," says Terry MacLeod, CEO of DINOFLEX Group LP.
MacLeod notes that the certification process involved on-site inspections of the manufacturing facility, confirming quality control procedures are in place. "It furthers our commitment to continuous improvement and ensures that a company has a customer service protocol to address client concerns and issues in an efficient and effective manner."
The certification can also add potential benefits under the LEED Rating System. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has cited FloorScore-certified flooring products as eligible for credits under the new LEED 2009 Version 3 guidelines. Reflecting the inclusion of FloorScore, the new LEED IEQ Credit 4.3 for Low-Emitting Materials has been expanded from "Carpet Systems" to "Flooring Systems" to include hard surface flooring.
DINOFLEX is recognized as an industry leader in providing innovative, durable, high- quality rubber surfacing products and solutions. Visit www.dinoflex.com to learn more.


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Who other than the previous candidates could better describe the experience of the ACCESS MBA Tour? Here are some comments collected after the events:
The whole concept is very good, the one-to-one approach for 20 minutes is perfect, definitely better and more efficient than a fair." Ian – Zurich candidate
"The people were very helpful, friendly and took a great personal interest in each person, especially having the chance of personal interviews with the universities was very satisfying." Jonathan – Paris candidate
"The way we were received by the front desk, the interview arrangements, the quality of the business schools, and the efficiency of the staff." Gonçalo – Lisbon candidate
"The chance of having one-to-one interviews with Admissions Officers and professional career counselling are outstanding services. Access MBA helped me more than any other kind of event." Jane – London candidate
" The MBA conference confirmed why should I do an MBA and the orientation with the consultant helped me to define my MBA project and go on the right direction. Thank you." Amarja – Dubai candidate
"I attended a Workshop with a group of prospective students who were very dynamic and interactive and I had the possibility to get general information while having some specific questions answered." Doha candidate
"Before coming, I was only targeting the top 5 ranked business schools. As I am now more deeply involved in this project, I am definitely keen on applying for the MBA that is right for me. My criteria of choices have changed and I think I am now ready to take the right decision." Milan candidate
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- 88% of the ACCESS MBA Tour candidates attending One-to-One meetings said they would like to apply to at least one of the business schools they met with.
- 92% of the candidates will recommend the Access MBA Tour to their friends.
- 88% of the candidates were looking for the right MBA Program and 12% came for general information.
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Report: Broder & Woodward still taking speaking fees despite WaPo policy
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Two years ago, Deborah Howell -- the late Washington Post ombudsman -- wrote a column responding to the reporting of Harper's Ken Silverstein which detailed how the Post's David Broder and Bob Woodward benefited from speaking fees despite a Post policy against such action and Broder having frowned on the practice in the past.
Silverstein wrote of Howell's column at the time:
Howell acknowledges that Broder and Woodward broke the Post's own rules and "did not check with editors on the appearances Silverstein mentioned." She extracts an apology from Broder, and says the Post "needs an unambiguous, transparent well-known policy on speaking fees and expenses. . . . Fees should be accepted only from educational, professional or other nonprofit groups for which lobbying and politics are not a major focus–with no exceptions."
But Howell goes very easy on Broder—who has been flagrantly dishonest with his own employer and with Howell–and Woodward, who is allowed to glide away from some very embarrassing matters. Also, Howell deals with only a few speeches by Woodward and Broder, even though Woodward gave dozens and Broder gave roughly a score. I understand that she could not deal with each instance individually (nor did I), but she could have mentioned prominently the fact that the two men, and especially Woodward, are regulars on the talk circuit and that the problem is not restricted to the few speeches she discusses in her column.
Meanwhile, Woodward told Howell that he turns down "lots" of speech requests and gives "many" for free. That's nice, but irrelevant, he's still broken Post policy by receiving payment for a number of the speeches he did accept. He also called Post policy "fuzzy and ambiguous." So why didn't he ask anyone at the paper to clear things up for him before accepting so many speaking appearances for fees that apparently top (easily) $1 million?
Finally, Woodward told Howell "all his speaking fees — which range from $15,000 to $60,000 — go to a foundation he started in the 1990s." He added, "It's a straight shot into the foundation that gives money to legitimate charities. I think that's doing good work."
St. Woodward can don his halo and gaze in the mirror all he likes, but he really shouldn't treat Post readers with such contempt. The facts are clear. He reaps significant tax savings by giving the fees to a "charity" that gives away a small fraction of its assets, and by far the biggest beneficiary of his foundation is Sidwell Friends, the elite private school sitting atop a reported $30 million endowment and attended by his own children.
According to a new report it looks like nothing much has changed. Silverstein writes this week that Broder and Woodward continue to take speaking fees despite the dust-up and eventual contrition from two years ago. Silverstein writes that Broder keynoted a conference last May sponsored by GenSpring Family Offices at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida:
Broder spoke at a dinner on the conference's first night, immediately after attendees had returned from a visit to the International Polo Club. The following day the conference offered a panel called "Uncle Sam Comes to Dinner: Washington's Increased Presence in the Ultra High Net Worth Family," during which the speakers analyzed "proposed and pending legislative agendas to assess how healthcare and tax reform might affect your family enterprise."
Among the panelists was Patricia Soldano, a lobbyist who heads up GenSpring's office in southern California and who is president of the Policy and Taxation Group, "an organization that educates on the destructive effects of the estate tax to families and their businesses." In other words, the conference Broder spoke at was not only hosted by a business with significant interests in Washington, but the group's lobbying agenda was a notable component of the event.
Broder writes about financial reform and tax policy with some regularity. Last July, two months after the GenSpring affair, he wrote a column in which he cited a poll by a group called Third Way, which asked whether voters would prefer job creation programs that relied on new government investments or cutting taxes on business. "Cutting taxes on business won 54 percent to 32 percent," Broder wrote. "This sounds to me like Ronald Reagan returning to whomp Barack Obama. Maybe all the Republicans have to do is to reject the Bush label and bring Reagan back for an encore."
According to Silverstein's report, Woodward to continues to speak at groups with "big interests" in Washington:
A review of tax records shows that [Woodward's] foundation continues to give about half of its donations -- about $230,000 during the past three years -- to Sidwell Friends.
In November of 2009, he spoke to the Semiconductor Industry Association Award Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Last month, he spoke to the Grocery Manufacturers of America at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Jenna Bush was another keynoter.)
Silverstein did reach out to Broder and Woodward for comment over email but neither have yet replied.
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WASHINGTON -- Mark Stein, co-owner of MarkVend (Northbrook, IL), and representatives from Dr Pepper Snapple Group joined National Automatic Merchandising Association senior government affairs vice-president Eric Dell on a recent visit with U.S. Congress members.
The agenda included meetings with Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Reps. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), William Enyart (D-IL) and Peter Roskam (R.-IL). The group also met with staff from Rep Tom Marino's (R-PA) office. Rounding out the event was a luncheon presentation by Georgia Rep. John Barrow (D-GA), sponsored by the International Bottled Water Association.
"This was a great opportunity to have personal discussions with lawmakers and their senior staff from my congressional district, and to share important information about the realities of doing business in our industry," Stein said. "During these meetings, I shared the real challenges from a small business perspective that could be caused by prospective regulation being determined in Washington right now."
photo | PASSING THE WORD: Mark Stein (right), MarkVend (Northbrook, IL), and NAMA senior government affairs vice-president Eric Dell (left) discuss legislative and regulatory issues with Rep. Brad Schneider during visit to Washington for meetings with members of Congress and their staff members. Stein, a second-generation Illinois operator, is a member of the NAMA Board of Directors.


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LONG BEACH - March Madness has come to the Long Beach Arena. For the next two days, 66 teams will be hooping it up on the arena floor.
The twist is these hoopsters aren't human. They're robots built by local high school students and their professional engineer mentors and teachers.
The event is the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles Regional competition. And this year's basketball-like games have been dubbed the "Rebound Rumble."
Top teams will be eligible to advance to the World Championships in St. Louis in April.
"I say March Madness is right here," said Ric Roberts, regional chairman of the event and a systems engineer at Raytheon, which sponsors the event.
On Thursday, the 66 teams comprised of more than 1,300 students and more than 100 adult engineer mentors and advisors were busy getting their robots ready for the actual games that begin today and continue through Saturday.
Although Long Beach did not have any teams in the competition, California Academy of Math and Science of Carson represented the Long Beach Unified School District.
CAMS has several extracurricular robotics programs, but "this is the varsity," according to team coach and physics teacher Ted Harder.
As the CAMS team, dubbed the Nerd Herd, scrambled to get their robot ready, members were both nervous and excited.
Nathan Choe, 17, said he thought his team would fare well, "as long as we can get (the robot) moving."
Perhaps "nervous" was prevailing over excitement the day before the competition. As morning bled into afternoon Thursday, Harder said, "I've got to go yell at my team."
The physics teacher, who has coached the team since 2005, said he was fighting off the urge to get in and start working on the robot, nicknamed Macaroni.
Lauren Froschauer, a senior from Long Beach, is the build chair of the team, the equivalent of the team captain.
"We're in the dark of how we'll do," she said, although she was concerned that the team was hours behind schedule.
This year's robot, she said, was much more complex than last year's version and was made almost entirely from parts machined at CAMS, rather than parts from a kit.
Each year, new robots are built, and each year the sport or activity in the competition changes. Last year, robots had to stack inner tubes; two years ago the robots played a soccer-like game.
According to Victor Kee, an MIT-bound senior from the Palos Verdes peninsula, Macaroni has a shooting range of up to 25 feet. Spinning wheels inside the robot fire the ball toward the basket.
It also features a rotating turret, built-in camera and range finder.
CAMS has had success in the past, advancing to the World Championships in 2008, and last year advancing to the competition as a wait-listed team.
While the competition is the pinnacle for the kids in terms of fun, Harder says there's a larger goal.
"This is where kids take ownership of what we teach in class," he said. "And if you stick around, you get to do something awesome. It's the culmination of what we do in the classroom."
And while that other March Madness will be continuing through the weekend, the public is invited to a different brand of the game - and it's free.
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What: Robotics Regional
When: Today, seeding matches 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Saturday seeding 9 a.m. to noon, with playoffs 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Long Beach Arena, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach
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In the dictionary, "to bloat" means "to swell up or inflate, as with liquid or gas." (Ah, so that's why you've been feeling like a hot-air balloon.) And bloating means discomfort — and lots of it, since it may be one of your most frequent and least charming pregnancy symptoms, first showing up around week 11 and likely lasting through delivery day.
What causes it?
It almost seems that your jeans start to feel snug as soon as the pregnancy test comes back positive — and you can thank the hormone progesterone for that puffy phenomenon. While progesterone is essential for maintaining a healthy pregnancy (it is, after all, the pro-gestation hormone), it also triggers that oh-so-delightful trio: bloating, burping, and farting. Why? Progesterone causes the smooth muscle tissue in your body (including the gastrointestinal tract) to relax. This slows down digestion, giving the nutrients from food you eat more time to enter your bloodstream and reach your baby. That's the good news. The bad news is this slower digestion can cause bloating. What's more, your expanding uterus places increasing pressure on your rectum, which can wreak havoc on muscle control and lead to the passing of some serious wind.
What you need to know
Sorry, but that ate-too-much feeling you're experiencing is likely to get worse as your uterus keeps expanding and pressing on your stomach and intestines. It's a bit of a pain for you (literally), but take comfort in knowing that your baby is oblivious to your discomfort. He's snug as a bug in your womb, just listening to the beautiful gastric music your body is making.
What you can do
- Drink plenty of water. This helps keeps things moving through your system to avoid constipation, which can aggravate bloating.
- Fit in fiber. Keep a healthy level of fiber in your diet – think leafy greens, legumes, whole grains (like whole wheat bread or pasta), and fruits. On the flip side of fiber: Too much can be a gas accident waiting to happen. If you're fitting fiber in for the first time in your life, introduce it slowly and gently.
- Opt for smaller meals. The more food you pump in at a sitting, the more gas you'll be pumping out. Fueling up on six small meals a day or three moderate ones plus two or three snacks will not only keep your nutrition levels constant to better nourish your baby, they'll prevent your digestive system from getting overloaded, keeping gassiness in check.
- Slow down. Take a hint from your pregnant digestive tract, and slow it down (see, your mom was right all along). If you typically scarf down your lunch in five minutes flat, you're probably swallowing a lot of air along with that food. The air will end up settling into your system in the form of painful gas bubbles (no pain to your baby, just you). So, no matter how busy your days are, do your best to eat at a leisurely pace. Not only will you cut down on your discomfort, but you'll be giving yourself the break you deserve.
- Try to relax. Anxious eating (lunch gobbled while you're finishing a report; dinner devoured when you're having an argument with your mother on the phone) also leads to air swallowing. So don't eat your sandwich with a side of stress. Stop and take a few deep breaths to calm yourself before and during your meal — and remember that "lunch break" means that you're actually supposed to take a break while you eat lunch.
- Cut back on the beans. Their (well-deserved) reputation precedes their entrance…and exit. You don't have to give them up entirely (they're a great source of protein and other nutrients), but try not to overdo them, and stick to your pregnancy diet. Other foods in the gas club include cabbage, onions, fried foods, sugary foods, and rich, buttery sauces. Avoid those that you're probably better off avoiding anyway (like the onion rings that combine two club members in one potent dish), and moderate your intake of the others (a side of slaw, not a mound).
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LONG BEACH — A case that began like something out of a film noir story ended far less dramatically Monday, with a 64-year-old Long Beach man quietly pleading no contest to second-degree murder for the 2011 slaying of his infirm mother.| PHOTOS
The victim, 87-year-old Dorothy Ellen Armstrong, was found dead at her East Long Beach home on May 5. On her wall hung a lovely portrait, painted when she was a fledgling young model and actress in the 1940 s through the 1960 s, with knife marks cut deep over her heart.
It could have been the plot synopsis for one of her movie or TV roles, but it was how she lived, and died, at the hands of her son, Douglas Fredrick.
Fredrick entered his no-contest plea - considered the same as a guilty plea in criminal court - before Long Beach Superior Court Judge Gary Ferrari, who immediately sentenced the defendant to 16 years to life in prison. He must serve the base term of 16 years before be can be considered eligible for parole, and he waived all rights to appeal the sentence and conviction, Deputy District Attorney Carol Rose explained.
Rose, and Long Beach Police Department Homicide detectives who investigated the case, said Fredrick killed his mother after she moved from an assisted living center back into the East Long Beach home the pair shared. He grew to resent caring for his mom, and he slashed the portrait two days before killing her, on the same day he was called to the assisted living center to pick up her belongings, authorities said.
When police were called to the home in the 3500 block of Los Coyotes Diagonal on May 5, they found the victim dead in her bed with her throat slashed.
Fredrick told officers he went to his mom's room that day after he heard a gurgling sound.
"He had two different stories," Rose said. "First he said she did it to herself and that when he tried to remove the blade he accidentally pushed it in deeper. ... (Later) he confessed."
The victim was born Dorothy Ellen Partington, and that was the stage name the New York native used when she worked as an actress and model. There are no starring roles listed on IMDB, but the online database for movies and TV shows notes she appeared in a film with Richard Burton in 1960, "Ice Palace," and had a role in an episode of "Lawman" in 1959.
Married twice, she had two sons, Fredrick and his half-brother, William Armstrong.
Armstrong addressed the court Monday, before sentencing, and talked about the pain, remorse and anguish he has felt since his mother's murder. He said he never would have imagined having to address the court for such a matter, and that try as he might to memorize his statement and keep composed he couldn't completely prepare himself for the rush of emotion he felt standing before the judge.
"The words can't stay in your head because they hurt too much," Armstrong said, his eyes brimming with tears.
"I vowed to myself that in the future, if I cry a tear, I cry one for mother, If I say a prayer, I say one for mother," he added, before saying he felt sorrow for everyone in the family, including Fredrick.
As he spoke, Fredrick bowed his head. The defendant, who was handcuffed and shackled and who wore yellow and blue Los Angeles County Jail inmate infirmary garb, sounded and appeared medicated when he spoke Monday.
A diagnostic analysis done last year by California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation doctors found him mentally fit to stand trial, paving the way for a charge of first-degree murder.
Fredrick opted, against the advice of his attorney, to plead to the lesser count of second-degree murder, and an offer of 15 years to life in prison plus an additional year for personal use of a weapon, to avoid a trial and, potentially, a harsher sentence.
"I will not join in the plea because (Fredrick) has chosen, against my advice, to take advantage of this offer," Public Defender Carolyn Disabatino told the court, noting not all of the discovery in the case had been turned over and the defense investigation wasn't completed.
After she spoke, her client addressed the court and expressed remorse for his actions.
"I am terribly sorry for the events that took place last May," he said softly. "I would like to express my (remorse) to my brother ... and the rest of my family."
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September 2011
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We've again received so much praise from our guests!
Housekeeping, maintenance, reception, and service (in alphabetical order?) again and again read comments such as "Outstanding!", "Excellent!", and "Perfetto!".
Two of our lady team members have assumed additional responsibilities:
Mrs. Reyhan will time and time again take care of purchasing and procurement – and she excels in these as well – especially through her self-reliance and sense of responsibility!
Mrs. Donnah will now more frequently create and organize – with the support of our manager – artful decorations in the dining/breakfast hall, reception area, and guest lounges.
"MUSEUM of WISHES! "
We'll be introducing the "Museum of Wishes" in a while at our Events and Happenings section.
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Send us a short message with such ideas as:
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From among your most convincing and most original answers, we'll draw a winner of a two-night Advent-Weekend stay for two people for December 2011. Send in your thoughts now!
"Current EVENTS / HAPPENINGS in Vienna in September 2011"
Interested in music, theater, the opera, museums, or exhibitions?
We'll be happy to keep you informed about all the dates / schedules and perhaps even let you in on a few secrets too…
Wiener Wiesn
From 23 September to 2 October, the first Weiner Wiesn pitches its tents on the Kaiserwiese in the Prater. Austrian beer, local food, Viennese wine and all sorts of music ensure a great atmosphere.
The first Wiener Wiesn will be held in autumn 2011 against the backdrop of Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel. The program offers ten days of entertainment in a traditional atmosphere: apart from the VIP tent - the Emperor Tent - visitors can also look forward to a Viennese wine tent and two traditional beer tents. The right accompaniment to the local beer and wine is provided by Wiener schnitzels, sausages, suckling pig, pork knuckle and Kaiserschmarrn.
Musically, the program ranges from live performances by well-known folk music and hit stars to 'schrammel' music and party hits in the evening. Andy Borg, the Edlseer, the Monroes, Nik P. and Roberto Blanco are just a few examples from the 480-hour program of music.
A valid table reservation is required to visit the festival tents. Combination packages (seat reservation, a drink, a meal and a ride on the Giant Ferris Wheel) and special VIP packages are also available.
Daily 11.00 am to 12.00 midnight
Bar and music end at 11.00 pm
Kaiserwiese in front of the Giant Ferris Wheel in the Prater
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Hollywood in Vienna
On September 23, the concert gala "Hollywood in Vienna" in the Vienna Konzerthaus presents master works of film music. Alan Silvestri ("Back to the Future", "Forrest Gump") receives the Max Steiner Award.
The red carpet will be rolled out for film music: contemporary and classic genre highlights will be performed live at the gala evening "Hollywood in Vienna".
The ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna and conductor John Axelrod escort listeners in the first part into magical musical worlds: with a flight through the skies accompanied by an alien ("E.T."), with a ride on a dragon ("How to Train Your Dragon"), with a visit to Peter Pan in Neverland ("Hook").
The highlight is the presence of maestro Patrick Doyle, who presents his music for Harry Potter. Sounds by Bruce Brougthon bring the enchanting world of Disney to life.
Afterwards, the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award will be given to Alan Silvestri, the highly awarded master of numerous Hollywood film classics. His music for the films of Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemecki achieved world fame ("Back to the Future", "Beowulf", "Polar Express", "Forrest Gump").
Vienna-born Max Steiner (1888-1971), whose name adorns the film music prize, is amongst the most successful composers in Hollywood's film history. He wrote the scores to "King Kong and the White Woman", "Gone with the Wind" and "Casablanca".
The gala is supported musically by harpist Xavier de Maistre and the Vienna Singing Academy; the programme is introduced by Gedeon Burkhard.
23 September 2011
The grand friends of music festival
For 200 years, the Vienna Musikverein has been home to the Friends of Music Society. Celebrations include great names from the world of art.
The Friends of Music Society was founded in Vienna in 1812 and has its home in the Musikverein. The year 2012 is given over entirely to the 200th anniversary, the starting shot for which falls at the beginning of the concert season in autumn 2011. The grand Friends of Music festival is celebrated with a huge program of artists and concerts. A total of 401 concerts in 61 cycles are on the program. Claudio Abbado will honor the Musikverein once again and conduct, there regularly from the coming season. Daniel Barenboim is just one of the impressive artists on the program, with his own cycle, while Angelika Kirchschlager creates a personal Musikverein cycle.
On 5 and 6 September 2011, Riccardo Muti and his Chicago Symphony Orchestra open the season, followed by the Staatskapelle Dresden under Christian Thielemann on 7 September 2011. In the anniversary year of 2012, the Vienna Musikverein also pays special attention to music that was written - and is still written - for the Friends of Music Society. The new organ, which was commissioned in spring 2011, will certainly also feature.
Porcelain Museum in the Augarten
A museum in the former imperial pleasure building in the Augarten illustrates the history of Viennese porcelain from its beginnings to today.
In addition to details on the origins of porcelain in China and its distribution to European courts, the first part of the museum deals with the founding of the first porcelain factory in Vienna in 1718 by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier. It transferred to imperial ownership in 1744. On display are pieces of the founder's Baroque porcelain as well as pieces from the Rococo, Classical and Biedermeier periods. The first part of the show ends with the famous "Kaisersemmel" made from Vienna porcelain. The imperial porcelain factory came to an end in 1864.
The second part of the exhibition is dedicated to the 20th and 21st centuries. The Vienna Augarten Porcelain Factory was founded at its present location in 1923 and takes up the heritage of the imperial factory. Modern designers such as Josef Hoffmann, Walter Bosse and Hertha Bucher characterized production in the 1920s and 1930s. The preference for clarifying simplicity that prevailed in the 1950s is on display, as are works by Arik Brauer from the 1970s. The exhibition is rounded off by contemporary designers such as Philipp Bruni, who link back to the tradition of the 1920s.
An original kiln towers over both exhibition levels. A new shop and the café-restaurant "decor" round off the offer of the freshly renovated building.
Museum of Wishes
Karola Kraus reopens the MUMOK as its new Director with the exhibition "Museum of Wishes". The exhibition will present works from its own collection and pieces which the museum intends to purchase in the near future.
Karola Kraus's "Museum of Wishes" will be exhibited on all levels of MUMOK. The exhibition will revolve around a hand-picked selection from the museum's 9,000 piece collection of classical modern to contemporary art. Pieces by Alberto Giacometti, Rene Magritte, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso will represent the classical modern period. Recent work by Gerhard Richter and Herbert Brandl is on show - as are artistic films, photographs and videos.
The exhibition is supplemented by about 30 pieces which are on the museum's wish list. The aim is to find supporters and sponsors for the exhibits made available by galleries and collectors - who are willing to acquire the pieces for the museum's collection. Among them are works by internationally renowned artists such as Dan Flavin, Fred Sandback, Ray Johnson, Robert Barry, Isa Genzken, Cindy Sherman, Louise Lawler and Monika Sosnowska.
The MUMOK was refurbished for its reopening and fitted with a cinema designed by Heimo Zobernig and Michael Wallraff.
October 9, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Schiele at the Leopold Museum
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its opening, the Leopold Museum is dedicating the autumn exhibition to the early work of Egon Schiele.
From September 2011 to January 2012, around 100 works by Schiele - from superb paintings to works on paper - can be seen at the Leopold Museum. At the centre of the exhibition is the early work of the artist, who died in 1918 aged just 28 years. Schiele's first main works, which he created after 1910, are marked by a deep melancholy and sadness. Many of the artist's works produced between 1910 and 1914 placed him in the centre of public art criticism. Above all, Schiele's drastic nudes shocked people at the time. Another focal point of the exhibition is dedicated to pose and movement in Schiele's work. Also on show are six masterpieces by Schiele's contemporary, the expressionist Oskar Kokoschka.
Met with occasional hostility in Vienna around 1910, Schiele is nowadays considered one of Austria's most important painters and one of the most significant members of the Expressionist movement. The Leopold Museum owns the world's largest and most important Schiele collection.
However, this exhibition does more than look at Schiele from just a historical perspective. Six selected artists from the disciplines of visual art, dance and performance each have a room in which they debate the work and personality of Schiele. Amongst the contemporary artists: Günter Brus, Elke Krystufek and Claudia Bosse.
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Los Angeles Archdiocese kept sexual abuse in the shadows » Father Larry Lovell
Whatever church Father Larry Lovell passed through, he left abused children and sickened parents in his wake.
The defrocked Claretian priest, convicted of sexually molesting boys at two Arizona parishes in the 1970s and '80s, is now serving a 26-year combined prison sentence.
He'd already been convicted in 1986 of repeatedly molesting a 14-year-old at San Gabriel Mission, where Lovell had been in charge of altar boys from 1979 to 1984.
For that, he was given three months probation.
Then in 2003, he was arrested again on suspicion of sexually abusing four altar boys at the same mission parish. He was charged with 11 counts of lewd acts upon a child and could have faced up to 15 years if convicted.
But the charges were dismissed when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a state law that had attempted to erase the statute of limitations on old child molestation cases.
In personnel files about Lovell that are part of the court record, a Claretian Missionaries cleric could only euphemistically refer to his priest's "problem," or "illness."
The church, having attempted to cure him of his sexual desires at a treatment center in New Mexico, removed him from the ministry. He was defrocked in 1991.
At the time of his last arrest, Lovell was married with stepchildren in New Mexico, working as a case manager for the University of New Mexico Mental Health Center, where he'd worked since 1992.
In a 1994 letter to the archdiocese vicar for clergy, a parent speaks of three of four children having been molested by Lovell, and of the "never-ending" struggle that ensued. And of needing advice on what to do.
"It is very clear to me at this point, my children are not okay, and what happened to them can't ever be undone," the parent writes. "... In the inability to embrace the faith of their childhood, because of pain and inability to trust those who are connected with it, the daily painful struggle continues.
"Their belief system has been destroyed and they live with a spiritual void in their lives."


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LADERA RANCH - Mychal Thompson didn't mince words when his son Klay got involved in his first NBA skirmish in February by shoving Indiana's Roy Hibbert in the back. He went on the airwaves in Los Angeles, where he is a radio host, to talk about the actions of his "dumb son" who, for his fine-inducing shove, also got his allowance docked by his parents.
When reminded of the episode Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors' soft-spoken 23-year-old guard, just smiled.
"I'm used to it," he said. "He's been like that all my life. He's got jokes."
He's also got lectures, advice and context, having walked the path as a professional basketball player his son is now traveling. Which is why Thompson listens closely to his dad. The public remarks, lighthearted or not, might produce cringes in the outside world, but inside the home where Klay and his two brothers grew up it becomes clear why criticism doesn't faze Klay, why his confidence never wavers and why his persona is so casual and laid-back.
In terms of looks, he closely resembles his mother, Julie, a former University of San Francisco volleyball player. But in terms of most everything, Klay is his father's son.
They're "just alike - they're both so cocky," Julie said with a laugh.
Staying busy off the court
Mychal Thompson is 58, and his 6-foot-10 frame is long past the athletic ability that made him an astounding leaper in his heyday. But the former No. 1 overall pick who played 12 seasons in the NBA and won two titles with the Lakers still is an active father.
He no longer plays baseball with his boys in the front yard, where he often was accused of grooving pitches to the youngest, Trayce, now a center fielder in the Chicago White Sox minor league system. He no longer takes the court with Klay or the eldest son, Mychel, or backs them down for easy baskets whenever they got close to winning. And he no longer sprays water in their faces to get them up in the morning.
What Mychal Thompson still can do is offer - sometimes force-feed - his wisdom.
Don't find your next girlfriend in a nightclub.
Playing defense will set you apart.
Being late to anything is unacceptable.
His advice can be relentless, his criticism blunt.
"But," Mychal Thompson asked, within earshot of the boys, "how often am I right?"
"I'd say 99.9 percent of the time," said Mychel, who spent last season in the NBA Development League after a year with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"Yeah," Klay chimed in without looking up from his phone. "I'd go with that."
Klay, who was staying with his parents in Orange County before heading to China for an NBA event, has heard all the tips, warnings and stories and reacts like most young adults.
When dad happily recounted an obscure feat, son was ready with the timely jab.
"I scored more points in my first two games than any other No. 1 pick ever," dad said proudly.
"How many did you score in your third game?" Klay rebutted.
"Two," his dad confessed. "I was 1-for-11 shooting. I couldn't make a shot."
Mom plays the role of referee. She sometimes nudges her husband to take it easy on their sons and other times joins her husband in whipping them into shape.
They give their dad grief sometimes and debate with him in good ol' father-son give and take. But their reverence is clear.
"At times, I'm sure like any kid, they get tired of hearing him," said Jerry Debusk, who coached all three Thompson children at Santa Margarita High. "But you talk about the respect factor, they know there is no one better to listen to."
Klay recognizes the asset he has in his corner. Many NBA players are surrounded by "yes" men, but he always has a reality check waiting for him.
When he messes up - like the time he got caught with marijuana at Washington State, eliciting another radio wave lecture from Dad - he already knows nobody is going to cover for him.
Nor does Klay Thompson ever have to wonder how he might improve his game.
Minutes into a photo shoot on the court of the high school gym, the dad was showing the son how to score over smaller guards in the post.
"What are you fading for?" he said. "Nobody's going to block your shot."
Dad thinks son needs to get to the free-throw line more, twice per quarter, which he said could be accomplished if his son drove to his right more often.
And don't get him started on missed layups - or, as Mychal and other critics have come to call them: Klay-ups.
"Nobody misses more layups than Klay," Mychal said with a smile. "That's got to change next year."
Klay seemed oblivious to his father's critiques, lost in a playful shooting exhibition. But dad knows he's always listening.
He knows he listens because his son doesn't have an entourage and doesn't blow his money. He doesn't wear gaudy jewelry and didn't buy his all-black Mercedes new.
"If I bought it new, it would've cost a hundred thousand. That's crazy," said the second-year guard who made $2.2 million last season.
Dad knows the son listens because he takes the game seriously. He plays hard, he works on his craft and he respects the game.
"He's been a very loving, passionate dad," said Warriors coach Mark Jackson, who played against Mychal Thompson in the 1980s. "He is fully invested in his kids.
"You can tell not only by their success in sports but, more important, in the men they have become."
It's about respecting the game
Mychal Thompson earned everything he got.
He moved from Nassau in the Bahamas to Miami, where he became a high school basketball star and received a scholarship to the University of Minnesota.
As the top pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1978 draft, five slots ahead of Larry Bird, Thompson never became the dominant star many expected. But he did carve out a respectable career in averaging 13.7 points and 7.4 rebounds.
His wife, whom he met in a gym at the University of Portland, suggested basketball wasn't his consuming passion. But playing under coaches such as Jack Ramsay and Pat Riley, and with Magic Johnson as his point guard in Los Angeles, he developed a healthy professionalism.
He said he isn't hard on his boys - "I should've been harder on Mychel; he needs that kick in the butt more" - but he is serious about them having respect for the game and the opportunity in front of them. It's perhaps the lesson he stresses the most to his boys.
"I tell Klay all the time, `Look at your peers. They're all looking for jobs,"' the father said. "Don't lose perspective and don't take things for granted."
All signs indicate Klay does not. Hidden amid his mild demeanor is a supreme confidence. The way Jackson often puts it is Thompson wants to be great.
That comes from his dad, who once said Klay, then just a college freshman, would be a top NBA pick. He's the one who has convinced Klay he can't be stopped if he just plays his game.
"The only time I've ever been worried about Klay on the court was his first time going against Kobe (Bryant) his rookie year," the father recalled. "I know Kobe is an assassin and he goes at you to test you, especially with him being my son. But Klay held his own.
"After that, I knew he'd be fine."
With playoff experience under Klay's belt, the father predicts a breakout season is coming next. He loves how Jackson treats his players. He thinks the Warriors, if healthy, are a real contender in the West. Still, he doesn't hide his desire for his son to play for the Lakers some day.
"Would the Warriors take Dwight Howard for Klay and (Andrew) Bogut?" he pondered aloud.
The living room grew silent. The focus turned to the middle son, who seemed to be paying no attention as his thumbs danced across the screen of his phone.
"I'm fine where I'm at," Klay said, his eyes never straying from the screen.
He was listening. He's always listening to his dad.


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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by respectdatstar, Nov 18, 2012.
Were we wrong in selecting Tyron Smith over Watt? Knowing what Watt has turned into, I mean.
No at the time we had to have a OT and you still don't know what Smith will turn out to be. Smith is younger than Watt so give him time.
Yep..No doubt about it in my book.
Sorry your wrong
who is the second most important player on a team
we needed one
Watt legitimately belongs in a discussion about DPOY. He's a game changer. Those guys are rarer than developing LTs.
Yes we were wrong.Watt is an animal can you imagine him and Ware on the same side?
well your a Idgit
if you think just any one can play LT
I put LT right behind a QB
I just keep seeing players like Watt, JPP and Chandler Jones coming out of college and wish we had the luxury of taking a player like that. It seems we always have bigger needs to address.
yes an when we drafted T Smith he was a big need
this year we go after our pass rusher
Damontre Moore*, DE/OLB, Texas A&M
Height: 6-4. Weight: 250.
Moore was moved to defensive end for this season, and he has taken to the position quickly. Moore has shown the ability to be a pass-rushing terror, and his speed around the edge is a big mismatch against offensive tackles.
The 20-year old junior has been one of the most consistent pass-rushers in college football this season and is one of the nation's leaders with 12.5 sacks. Perhaps even more impressive than that, Moore leads his team with 74 tackles - 11 more than the next closest defender. He has 20 tackles for a loss, two passes broken up, a blocked kick and a forced fumble.
Moore had 10 tackles and three sacks against Florida in the Aggies' season opener. Moore had a sack and five tackles against Alabama. He has been banged up, but has played productively through the injuries.
Looking back a couple of years later is always nice.
I don't think anyone projected him to be what he is. He is absolutely dominant.
If you could take a mulligan, of course you go with Watt.
Not to say that Tyron is bad but Watt is a rare player.
10.5 sacks, 10 PDs......many of which have been batted right into the hands of his teammates.
He is a one man defense.
I don't even know who else could be up there for DPOY. Tim Jennings maybe, that guy seems to have the ball in his hands every single week. I absolutely love the way he attacks the ball. Throwing punches like he's going for knockouts on the football.
If I were drafting with hindsight, I'd be the best GM in all of sports.
I'm not down on the Tyron pick but having one good OL and 4 duds is only slightly better than having 5 duds. If Dallas ever decides to find players who can play next to Tyron and he develops into the player he can be.........Dallas will have an amazing OL and Tyron will be the cornerstone of a great, dominant unit.
Having one guy who can absolutely dominate an OL by himself is damn near priceless.
Well said. Thanks.
Nice work. And I didn't say that anyone can play LT. I said that Watt is better than a developing LT. Because he is.
I never really wanted Smith. But in that draft I was OK with him, Watt or Jordan. Obviously it should have been Watt.
I wanted Watt pretty bad. I actually made a mock that year (which I rarely do). he brought that attitude that the defense sorely needed. Certainly exceeded my expectations, and I expected a lot from the dude.
Having said all that, it's not really reasonable to fault Dallas for picking the guy when they were really doing what the overwhelming majority of front offices and draft experts would have done at that spot.
not surprising coming from you
that is the kind of mindset that gives us the O line we have now
Me too.
I've been way wrong on a lot of guys in the draft, but I'm happy to say I was right about Watt.
Re: Watt vs. Smith. Everyone was all over Smith and his athleticism, but Watt had even better athletic numbers. AND just like Smith, had only been at his position for a couple of years. Both of these guys were just tapping into their potential and most people just assumed that Smith had more potential.
Time will tell on that. But we've definitely set Smith back by switching positions. Hopefully that won't derail his career. But tackles are no guarantee, one year to the next. As we all know (see: Free).


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Would be interesting to hear how you handle downloads, how you keep informed about news and what thoughts/solutions you have.
Does somebody know what happened to the ftp part of ftp.tandberg.com?
It returns a "425 Failed to establish connection." error.
In addition I see that the IP address changed (from tandberg to a cisco, now balder.cisco.com/188.8.131.52)
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REDLANDS - The University of Redlands opened a new era on Wednesday when Ralph W. Kuncl was inaugurated as the university's 11th president.
Kuncl, who accepted the position in June, beamed as hundreds of U of R students, faculty, staff and alumnus gathered in the Memorial Chapel to watch the ceremony.
The 2 1/2-hour presentation featured speeches and provided some insight to Kuncl, a former neurologist.
U of R Chaplain John Walsh, who opened and closed the inauguration, welcomed Kuncl to the campus.
"We hope and trust President Kuncl will help us reach a new level of excellence," he said.
Carole Beswick, a member of the board of trustees and chairwoman of the presidential search committee, gave the welcome address. She said the search "produced spectacular results."
Beswick also introduced U of R first lady Nancy Kuncl, who received a roaring round of applause.
Beswick also mentioned former Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, and Rep. Gary Miller, R-Rancho Cucamonga, who attended the ceremony.
Mayor Pete Aguilar, an alumnus, used Twitter and Facebook to share some of his favorite highlights.
"Dr. Art Svenson absolutely bringing it in his remarks welcoming President Kuncl. Wow," he tweeted in response to remarks by Svenson, a professor of government.
"Today is a day that will live forever in memory," Kuncl said as he began his speech. "It is like a wedding and a bat mitzvah all rolled into one."
Kuncl focused on the future of the university and its students and his plans to make sure everyone who attends receives the best education possible.
He cautioned people not to be afraid of change, but to embrace it.
"Students are not consumers, but architects of their own futures," he said.
He talked about dreams and encouraged the crowd to always be eager to learn knew things.
He also talked about the June 2012 phone call offering him the job.
"I started dreaming with you that very day," he said.
Kuncl came to the Redlands from the University of Rochester where he was provost and executive vice president, and a professor of neurology and of brain and cognitive sciences.
Previously, Kuncl was for more than 20 years at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was provost and professor of biology at Bryn Mawr College and concurrently as professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
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Theater review by David Cote. Lucille Lortel Theatre (Off Broadway). By Paul Downs Colaizzo. Dir. David Cromer. With ensemble cast. 2hrs. One intermission.
Pity the millennial hurtling toward graduation this spring: economy in the crapper, boomers and Xers hogging the ladder of success, mom and dad prepping the basement. What's an army of helicopter-parented, tweet-addled Wiki-kids to do? Anything, apparently, to get an edge. They'll plagiarize, take a sugar daddy or—if you are young playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo—pen a shallow, cynical shocker that sells out its stock characters with depressing cold-bloodedness. A calculating example of the my-generation-is-sooo-fucked genre, Really Really (produced by MCC Theater) shows a talented writer peddling a caricature of his peers for the gloating delectation of the olds.
In principle, you can fill a play with selfish jerks and still make it interesting. The Way of the World is peopled with risible social types. Clybourne Park's quarrelers are flawed, some grotesquely. Leslye Headland's Bachelorette and Assistance are models of vile bitchiness leavened by wit. And David Mamet's oeuvre is mostly free of heroes or the pure of heart. (Interesting that Mamet's daughter, Zosia, plays a lead in this.) There's a vast difference, though, between a rogue's gallery of entertaining rascals and a smug exposé such as Really Really, where the author's distaste for his craven creations is palpable. By the time we get to the LaBute-ish denouement, we've descended into gratuitous sexual violence, as the plot crumples under the weight of its manipulative, icky contrivances.
Let's back up. Really Really begins evocatively, as college roommates Leigh (Mamet) and Grace (Lauren Culpepper) stagger drunkenly back from a party in the small hours of the morning. Grace, bleeding from a nasty cut on her hand, is so plastered she barely feels it. Leigh is not visibly damaged from the night's revelries, but her pain, we learn, is inward and intense.
In ensuing scenes at the girls' apartment and at the house where the party took place, we hear that Leigh hooked up with hunky Davis (Matt Lauria) in the latter's bedroom. What exactly went on behind closed doors forms the dramatic crux. Was Leigh abused? Was it consensual but rough? Davis was so drunk, he can't remember. Leigh cries rape and convinces her wealthy boyfriend, Jimmy (Evan Jonigkeit), that the trauma killed their unborn baby—which turns out to be a lie. When, in the second act, Davis confronts Leigh at her place and the tense showdown gives way to a rutting clinch, we don't know who's screwing whom.
Into this fetid miasma of sexual politics (Grace is a crypto-lesbian who doesn't believe Leigh's charges), Colaizzo stirs in class resentment. Leigh is from a poor background, and cocky, privileged jocks such as Davis and Cooper (frequently shirtless David Hull) fill her with a toxic mix of envy and lust. If Colaizzo had added details about Leigh's major, or whether she was a bad student—or anything less generic than Wrong Side of the Tracks—we'd have a clearer picture of her limited options. Instead, the putative victim pouts and whines, engaging none of our sympathy. (Mamet's opacity and passivity also grow tedious.) This is the sort of world where one articulate, good-humored, sensible character would blow the house of cards down.
Given these limitations, Colaizzo can turn out sharpish comic dialogue, and director David Cromer, with his crackerjack design team, works overtime to hide the script's structural flaws and create the illusion of psychological depth. It's as if a promising but callow student's final paper were ghostwritten by a tenured professor. For a little something in exchange, of course.
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President Barack Obama Finalizes Inauguration at National Prayer Service
Capping off a week of festivities, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended a prayer service on Tuesday morning (January 22) at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
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Elegantly decorated recently, good atmosphere. Communal kitchen facilities were great. Very convenient location for restaurants & walking to Old Town. Room was very small [for 3] & noisy from street at night. One key for hotel access was difficult. Personally, I do not like stairs [2 floors up]
Very friendly and informative staff. Location is within easy walking distance to the picturesque old town. Slight smell from the toilet but this may have been due to recent local flooding. Apart from that the room was great. Be warned you have to climb several flights of stairs to get to the appartments.
The hour of check-in is very behind schedule. It´s 15 h!to speak some Some language more aside from the English and Pole. Spanish, french...
location BUT- the recption is in separate building as the hostel and both buildings are separate by approx. 400 meters - that is not being indicated/advertised on the booking.com. We were only infomed after completing the booking by e-mail from the hostel. Both the recepetion and the hostel are made of the regular apparments in the residential buildings - both on high floors [4th and 3rd respectivly] with no elevator! Staff; arogant and not willing to help - even rude. I.e. When we called the reception to infrom that the TV is not working and we would like sb. to come and fix it, the staff member told: "It it not Hilton, so I will not run up to fix your TV" !!!!!!!!!!
staff, location and breackfast are excellent. very clean very soft bed, room a bit noisy, very small room
I was very pleased and impressed by the owner who came every morning to prepare the breakfast for us. He was very kind, funny and helpful. He took some time to explain us the best things to do in the city (monuments to visits, restaurants to go, etc.). Since we were going to attend a wedding he very kindly taught us some songs in Polish that people sing at this kind ov event. Besides the very nice owner, this B&B can't be closer to the center and the interior is modern and very clear. Staying at Chmielna St. B&B was a real pleasure!
Great location, great hosts, superb staff! The breakfast table is the most charming aspect of the hotel...meeting people from all parts of the world! I would highly recommend this place for guests seeking an anthentic, local, charming experience!
The friendly environment and the location no
Warm-hearted service, nice breakfast, well interior decorated room, good location. I want to stay again when I have a trip to Warsaw.
Charming and comfortable B&B in an anonymous building, fully restored internally according to modern criteria. Huge room with own kitchen attached. Gorgeous breakfast. Sufficiently close to the historical centre that you can walk to if you like - but public transport is also there.
very good breakfast, nice design
Location to Old Town.
Its location is perfect, on a quiet road but less than 5 minutes walk from most of the city's sightseeing. Also, the name of the road is known by all taxi drivers! The staff really looked after us, arranging for someone to meet us when we arrived late, holding our suitcases after check-out, etc. I was surprised the bathroom was outside the bedroom as I had no prior indication to this at the time of booking, however, it was not a problem as there was no one else staying on my floor. Also, there were no clear instructions regarding breakfast times. Finally, my room was in an adjacent building rather than part of the main B&B - again not a problem but not pre-warned.
well-equipped kitchen quiet but central location shared kitchen, things disappeared bath/shower awkward settee-beds small & uncomfortable
Excellent breakfasts. Excellent location. Helpful staff, willing to find out train times etc. Not suitable for customers who like their own table at breakfast time. People not used to hotel rooms being in blocks of apartments may not like it. If you are used to hotels in Eastern Europe this hotel is fine. May not suit those who like conventional hotels.
Atmosphere was just perfect, felt like you were a guest in someone's home, convenient flexibility, care to detail, openness, real desire to make one's stay perfect.
Nice clean place staff could have been more friendly Sharing toilet and shower
The staff, the place - very nice house, clean and has free wireless. It was quite cold during the night, one bathroom for too many people
Well placed near main tourist bus routes.
Hotel staff is very polite and easily answers every question you have, and help you if you need it. Room and toilette were clean. There is a nice kitchen with free coffee. The hotel is situated at very quiet district. -
Abracadabra offers pleasant basic accommodation in newly converted house run by a young couple. The hotel is situated in an enclave of older houses near the old fort that was gutted due to 2nd world war airaids The location is fairly well served by buses. Free use of the kitchen and dining room is provided.
The place is a private house at a nice and quiet district, not far from the center. You receive a clean and comfortable room with a very nice bathroom (though shared – but you have 2 bathrooms and 2 independent toilets) at a very good price. You can use fully-equipped kitchen and dining room, as well as wi-fi internet for free. Very kind and helpful stuff (that are actually the owners of the place, I think). I would definitely come here again and recommend the place.
1) The very nice and guest-oriented owner of the hotel, she was always there to help or suggest where to go, what to do, she is definately the soul of the hotel and made us feel like at home where we are always welcome :)
Nice atmosphere Beware: Toilets are shared, though they are very clean!!! It's not so clear while booking... Also there are thin walls and doors, so you hear almost everybody coming back.
Very cozy hotel with picturesque view from a balcony and nice neighborhood. In addition, rooms are clean and tidy with all necessary equipment.


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(Lakewood) – Looking to buy some land in Lakewood? About three acres will be up for grabs in Lakewood, but there are some rules attached. .
The Lakewood Board of Education introduced a resolution at its Monday meeting that outlines a proposed sale of the former McKinley Elementary School property to the City of Lakewood.
McKinley Elementary was decommissioned in 2008 as part of the District's Master Facilities Plan, which reduced the number of elementary schools from 10 to 7.
In what Superintendent Jeff Patterson calls a "win-win" situation, the transaction would free the district from the responsibility of finding a buyer – allowing it to focus on its mission of education - and give the City a prime piece of property to help meet its economic development goals.
"We are not in the business of land development," Patterson said. "We are in the business of educating students. The City is much better equipped to take advantage of this property, and we can focus our efforts on educating students."
Proceeds of any sale of the property by the City would be returned to the District. The deal also calls for the District to contribute one-third of the cost to demolish the former school building, which sits on nearly three acres of land at 1381 West Clifton Boulevard, that would be returned to the District after a sale is made.
The proposed purchase agreement also requires that the property be used primarily for residential purposes and that no tax abatements or tax deferrals may be offered.
"The Board is working in cooperation with the City to use this unique opportunity to put 3 acres of land to the best use for the good of Lakewood. We envision a quality residential development that bolsters the City's property values," Board President Edward Favre said.
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