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Taco Night — Meatless Mondayby FN Dish Editor in Recipes, August 8th, 2011
Take a break from meat tacos and try swapping it for crunchy cubes of tofu. Pile it into whole-wheat tortillas alongside Greek yogurt sauce and crunchy, tangy slaw for a weeknight meal that screams summer.
Pair these tacos with a tomato salad that has a hidden crunch — cheese crisps — to complete this family-friendly Meatless Monday meal.
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Floyd's improvement would have domino effect
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Michael Floyd's training camp storyline is static. That's beginning to annoy him.
"It's in one ear and out the other," he said with a faint smile.
Don't get him wrong. Floyd likes the idea of relieving pressure from Larry Fitzgerald, but when he projects his 2013 accomplishments, he has a few more goals in mind.
"I'm ready to do a lot of great things," he said. "It's about relieving pressure on everyone."
Fantasy owners, fans and the franchise hope he's right. You can pinpoint a number of keys when predicting the Cardinals' offensive fortunes in 2013. Can quarterback Carson Palmer avoid costly interceptions? Can the offensive line keep Palmer upright and open enough holes for the run game? Will Rashard Mendenhall be able to carry the rushing load with a lot of inexperienced backs behind him?
But among the players capable of elevating the Cardinals offense to another level, Floyd is the greatest unknown.
"We're still seeing how good he can be," Palmer said. "He's still got a lot of room to improve."
If Floyd can justify the 13th pick the Cards used to draft him in last year's first round, imagine the domino effect it could have on that much anticipated passing game. It would allow Andre Roberts to slip comfortably into the third receiver role, it would allow tight end Rob Housler a little more breathing room on that seam route, it would give Palmer another big weapon who can go up and get 50-50 balls and, as previously discussed, it just might allow Fitzgerald to be Fitzgerald again.
Last season, Fitzgerald had just 798 receiving yards, which eclipsed only his rookie season when he had 780. His 71 catches were the third-lowest mark of his career, and his four touchdowns and 11.2 yards per catch were both career lows.
"I never want to have another season like that again," Fitzgerald said. "We all have to be better to help each other out, but Mike's one of those special guys who can really help this offense take a step up."
It wasn't that Floyd had a terrible rookie season. He had 45 catches, which was the fifth highest total of any rookie receiver in 2012. But he wasn't a difference maker or a Fitzgerald alternative. On a spiraling team with myriad offensive issues, that hurt.
"Last season, I felt like there was a learning curve where some things didn't come as fast as I wanted," Floyd said. "But I felt like when I got more opportunities the second half of the season, I started to perform to my abilities."
Floyd finished the season with eight catches for 166 yards and a TD on Dec. 30 in San Francisco. That is the note on which he's started training camp, but there was plenty of work this offseason to make that possible.
After moving in with Fitzgerald – both hail from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area – Floyd started paying much closer attention to what he eats, opting for vegetables and, gulp, fish, instead of "always eating steaks."
"He's in better shape and that's always something that guys have to get a feel for once they come into the league," offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin said. "I also think he's taken fundamentals more to heart. If you can master the simple stuff, then the hard stuff gets a little easier."
It can be hard to sift through the hyperbole of camp where evaluations often overstate a player's performance. But Floyd's play has earned universal praise thus far.
"Mike's made tough catches, he's made all the easy ones, and he's gone up and high-pointed the ball, which is something when you're built like he is and you're the type of player and style of player he is, he has to make those plays 7 out of 10 times," Palmer said. "
Arians said Floyd is not the same player he watched on film when he was hired as the team's coach in January – he's not even the same player Arians saw this spring.
"He's improved dramatically from the first minicamp to now: route running, his understanding of concepts, hot sights, the whole packages," Arians said. "I think he'll continue to grow and you'll have to account for him."
Floyd admits Arians' offense has its complexities.
"You've got to know every single position so it tests your mind a little bit," he said. "But I'm a lot more confident in my ability to do what I do best out on the field: Go up and get the ball and make catches that a lot of people can't.
"I just need to play big, be physical and take advantage of my talents."
If he does, Arians joked that it will create an entirely different problem.
"If he's getting the ball, Larry's not, so somebody's mad," Arians said, laughing. "When you have three receivers, there's always one on Monday who's got his lip poked out."
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Growing the Family Philanthropy Tree
By Nancy Opiela
Learn why cultivating a passion for charitable giving in your children and grandchildren can bring your family closer and lay the groundwork for an enduring philanthropic legacy
The resort town of Branson, Mo., has much to offer vacationers: world-class entertainment, championship golf courses, and easy access to the Ozark Mountains and pristine lakes. But for Johnne Syverson, his best vacation memory wasn't about taking advantage of those amenities — it was the time his family spent discussing philanthropy one evening after dinner.
"It was amazing to see how not only our kids, who are in their 30s and 40s, but their kids were engaged by the idea of pooling our charitable donations in an donor-advised fund to support a charity that helps needy families in Africa," says Syverson, a certified financial planning practitioner at Syverson Strege & Company, a wealth coaching firm in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Besides the obvious benefit of engaging the different generations of his family in a philanthropic effort, Syverson says the discussion yielded an added bonus: It brought the family closer.
"Because it's a nonconfrontational, feel-good topic, discussions of philanthropy lead to other family discussions that never would have otherwise taken place," he says. "Philanthropy provides a basis for improved communication within the family, and most families are eager to do better in that area."
A Family Affair
Like Syverson, David Bradbury, 61, has included his family in the giving process. He and his wife, Nancy, have established a donor-advised fund and invited their two grown sons and their families to make annual recommended grants.
The Bradburys' sons and their families recommend grants from their donor-advised fund to "Operation Smile," which provides dental reconstructive surgery and related health care to indigent children and young adults in developing countries and the United States. They also support the Vermont Food Bank and charitable organizations that protect battered women.
The Bradburys also have supported a program administered by Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., their sons' alma mater, that provides financial aid to students. Each year, two students from the Bradburys' former hometown of Littleton, Mass., receive financial support from the school. "We've heard some particularly gratifying and rewarding stories from some of the students who have participated in the program, several of whom have achieved great academic success," says Bradbury.
"It's been very rewarding to see our children and our grandchildren become involved in this process," says Bradbury, who has devoted more time and money to charitable endeavors since selling his business a few years ago. "We're thankful that we're in a position to help. We're also very thankful that we have sons and daughters-in-law who have the same values and want to do the same types of things."
Raising Good Wealth Stewards
According to Giving USA 2007, charitable gifts by Americans reached an all-time high of $295 billion in 2006. However, if this "Golden Age of Philanthropy" is to continue, it is imperative that many of those who are due to inherit an estimated $41 trillion over the next 50 years learn to appreciate the benefits of family philanthropy1. Like helping them ride a bike or learn how to swim, "parents may need to teach children how to be philanthropic," suggests Louise Cole, a managing partner with the Heritage Group Company, a Toms River, N.J.– based estate planning firm.
Many of Cole's clients belong to the "Greatest Generation," those Americans who grew up during the Depression, fought in World War II, and went on to create the baby boomers. "Brought up to understand values, faith, and tradition as the most important things in the world, this generation would always reach out and help their neighbor," she notes. "And because they wanted to give their families all the things they never had, the baby boomers generally had everything they needed in terms of material goods. Now, however, many of these parents worry they haven't fully conveyed to their children the values and work ethic that were instrumental in achieving their wealth, or their spirit of giving to others."
Cole's work often ends with a family retreat, where parents can teach family members how to work with the money they eventually will inherit. The key to teaching children to be good stewards of wealth, she says, is to put the family's wealth in context. "There's a point in the family retreat at which Mom and Dad tell their stories," explains Cole. "Maybe they didn't grow up with money. They worked really hard and saved 30 percent of everything they made. We talk about causes that are important to the parents––and why. By the end, the kids come to understand that their real inheritance is family values and traditions. I haven't worked with one family that hasn't come together in a very positive way."
Sow the Seeds Early
It helps for parents and grandparents to teach their kids from a very young age about the importance of giving back. If giving back has already been a part of their development, philanthropy is often an easier topic to discuss with teenage and adult offspring.
"This can be as simple as having children divide their allowance into three jars marked 'Spend,' 'Save,' and 'Share,'" says Ellen Remmer, vice president at The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc., a nonprofit consulting firm in Boston. Remmer also suggests families adopt simple giving rituals, such as donating a book to the library on each family member's birthday or hosting an annual holiday party to which guests bring coats to donate to a local shelter. Some children today are even forgoing birthday presents and asking their friends to make donations to a charity instead.
A hands-on approach often works best with children. "When your children are young, they can help pick up trash at the local beach or help build the new school playground," suggests Remmer. "As they grow, you might reach out to the broader community, by chopping vegetables at a soup kitchen or spending weekends building a house in a low-income community."
These early volunteer experiences have a powerful impact on philanthropic interests later on, says Tim Walter, CEO for the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Small Foundations. "When we work with trustees in their early 20s who are starting to work on a family foundation's board, they have a picture in their minds of a time when they volunteered as young children," he says.
Involving children in philanthropic activities is a rewarding way to pass on your deeply held personal values and to help prepare adult children to manage their future inheritance. Yet the demands of daily life can make it difficult to find the time to hold a conversation about giving.
"You may have the best intentions to talk about philanthropy over a holiday dinner, but the conversation never surfaces," says Syverson. "Philanthropic discussions need to be initiated in a formal way. We drive our kids back and forth to basketball practice and music lessons. Then they head off to college. And before we know it, they're married with kids of their own, and we haven't talked to them about the values most important to us."
1 Millionaires and the Millennium: New Estimates of the Forthcoming Wealth Transfer and the Prospects for a Golden Age of Philanthropy (1999).
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Comedy with a razor's edge gets its due in this hilarious double bill featuring Tommy Blaze, George Cahill, Phil Morton and Sheri Cook. In Bacon Head, director Ray Mahoney pulls no punches in a series of sketches mocking everything from kitchen utensils to the Shroud of Turin. The equally funny Viewer Discretion Advised gleefully lampoons slasher flicks, anti-drug TV commercials and game shows, among other deserving targets.


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Richard Gere is a Buddhist. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are initiated in Kabbalah. And Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are raising little Suri in the Church of Scientology. None were raised in the traditions which now inform their spirituality, along with the 44% of Americans who too have changed their religions. So why then should Julia Roberts' revelation of her Hindu practice, that today inspires the spirituality of over two million Indian-origin Hindu Americans and an unaccounted number of n … [Read more...]
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I feel like an idiot. Especially after making a thread a few weeks ago about how well things were going with a certain chick.
We've gone out at least 8 times. Things were going great from what I thought. We were supposed to do something this weekend too, but she just told me to come over since she was busy and didn't have time to get ready. I go over to her place, her and her older sister make deserts and we go get take-out. Everything was going fine, just chilled, stayed in for the night, watched a movie, whatever. End of the night, I bring up something thats been bugging me. I ask if its safe to say we're not seeing other people. She says yes, but, that she's too busy to get into anything too serious. Normally, I wouldn't care, but it's not like I've gotten much action to consider this just a 'friends with benefits' sort of thing. We've barely talked since Saturday, and its been tense everytime we do. I think I just catapulted into the friend zone. I can't believe I wasted so much time, money and effort.
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heres a very pretty vintage brooch made of metal that has a flower bouquet done in a painted toleware design. this was made in russia and no two are alike!
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ROCHELLE PARK, NJ -- Now available from Tiburon Lockers Inc. is an all-new electronic locker rental system. Tiburon, which describes itself as the largest revenue-share rental locker company in the United States, has applied its extensive experience in coin locker design to introducing innovations designed to improve profitability, increase customer satisfaction and maximize operational efficiencies.
Among the enhancements implemented in the new L3 system are remote monitoring and revenue audit; an algorithm that can maximize income by relating occupancy to the time remaining in the day; indicators pointing to the lockers that require cleaning at the end of the day, and those that don't; and other programmable features. The system has been under development for more than four years.
"Our products and services can be operated by conventional vending machine operators," a company spokeswoman told VT. "Our product can be placed at locations where other vending machines are placed, such as hotels, hospitals, amusement parks, water parks, train stations, and many more."
According to Tiburon president and chief executive Jared Lowenthal, changes in the marketplace made it necessary to take a new look at the classic coin locker with an eye to its role in boosting the customer's enjoyment of the location in which it is installed. For example, in the case of public sites, the consumer two decades ago might patronize one amusement park because it was the only destination within reach. Today, many other attractions compete. Anything that increases patron satisfaction at one of these venues thus can increase traffic.
The company has succeeded in improving the overall ease of access to personal items, as well as making sure that visitors spend as little time as possible waiting on line for their belongings, Lowenthal explained. "Lockers can be a little like a field goal kicker -- no one notices them unless they mess up," he pointed out. "We will add a 'wow factor.' On the other end, we cost the venues nothing, and make management and staff's operation smoother."
The development and implementation of remote monitoring of operation functionality is Lowenthal's favorite feature of all the 400-plus innovations incorporated in the new system, the company president added. "Not only does this system give real-time reporting of revenues, but it also includes state-of-the-art features that allow us to monitor and address potential issues remotely from anywhere," he explained. "We have taken a page from other spheres of security products by offering full-time remote monitoring. After all, this is a security product, and it's designed to enhance customer convenience and experience."
Tiburon has added the new L3 system as a separate product class; it continues to offer its popular classic coin lockers as the other class of products, and deploys a staff of more than 40 support personnel.
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Pitbull Sued by Lindsay Lohan Over 'Exploitative' Lyrics
Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan is suing rapper Pitbull over a single line in his chart-topping mega-hit 'Give Me Everything' featuring Ne-Yo and Afrojack. According to TMZ, her lawsuits states that "the lyrics, by virtue of its wide appeal, condemnation, excoriation, disparaging or defamatory statements by the defendants about the plaintiff are destined to do irreparable harm to the plaintiff."
The line in question? "Hustlers move aside, so I'm tiptoein', to keep flowin'/ I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan." Uh, since when is a little name-dropping in rap illegal?
Remember when LiLo sued E*TRADE for $100 million over its "Milkaholic Lindsay" baby in 2010, and contested that she's a single-name celebrity, like Oprah and Madonna? Ridiculous or not, thanks to a crafty lawyer, the actress and the financial trading company settled for an undisclosed sum.
Now, Lohan — "professional actor of good repute and standing in the Screen Actors Guild" — is releasing that same legal hounds on Pitbull, declaring that the lyric exploits her and "causes her to be associated and identified in connection with defendants."
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Sherry and I visiting for a day in October with cruise. Sherry is in a wheelchair and as this is one of the 3 stops we can get off the ship would like to see a bit of the island. Anyone know of any wheelchair accessible tours?
CAn you recommend a guide, must see or do, and a local restaurant with good local cuisnese. I am not into fancy, just good food ,especially seafood.
We are taking a cruise which stops in Antigua....any suggestions for a nice beach day, where we can get service at a bar or restaurant with lounge chairs etc...? I heard there are many beaches to see....should we rent a moped? Any suggestions on how to best spend our time would be appreciated.
Thank you,
I am looking on behalf of my son who is going to Antigua for the world cup cricket. Any suggestion for places to stay and where abouts on the island is the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. He will be there for from approx 24/26 Mar 2007 until 9th April 2007, he will have a few days for sight seeing in between matches so any suggestions.
We're planning 5 days in Antigua to watch the Aussies play in the World Cup Cricket in March 2007. Where to stay? We like the idea of being by the beach, rather than in St John's itself, but don't want to be too far from the Sir Vivien Richards cricket ground. Is Long Bay Hotel in the vicinity? Perhaps the cottages at Dickenson bay?
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・There is not the widget, but recommends installation after the operation check in "Tel4".
(The registration information is not copied from Tel4 to Tel8plus.
Tel4 is just available, too)
・I can call a partner (8 places) talking on the telephone well with 2 taps.
・The registration chooses it than a telephone book and sets it.
・I search it from the telephone book which there was not in Tel4 and can register.
・Registration information is not changed automatically even if I change a telephone book. Re-registration is necessary.(At the time of phone number changes)
・It becomes the size using 100%(4×4) of screens.
・I can talk on the telephone with 1 tap.
・When the number of the letters on the button is long, I am sharp on the way, but can talk on the telephone without a problem.
・Because the letter on the button is not reflected after registration immediately, let me reflect it with "Name Reload" button.
・A button and the letter are made slightly bigger to be easy to talk on the telephone.
・Because I talk on the telephone with 1 tap, please warn a screen when I slide.(The developer slides in the vicinity of "Name ReLoad" of the screen upper part)
・Gift = Japanese OMAKE Culture
・Manual operation inputs the name and a phone number and uses it.(2 places)
・It is not enrolled in a telephone book.
・It becomes the size using 25%(4×1) of the screen.
・Other matters that require attention are the usually same as widget
・Because a letter was small by the short cut, I was inconvenient when I hurried.
Docomo f SH-13C (Android 2.3) Japan
・"800×480" Over
・Because there is the possibility that is not displayed normally in "480×320" or less, please warn him.
*There is "Tel4plus" for a 4 place.
*There is "Tel6plus" for a 6 place.
**Sorry for your inconvenience but please identify widget indication as application indication just after installation.
Please input a model into comment if you like.
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I work well with clients of any age who are considering a new direction for their work lives, or who have already embarked on a new vocational path. I especially love helping clients discover what work fits their values and holds meaning for them. I am effective at faciliating decision-making and assisting clients in identifying, clarifying, and pursuing their goals. In working with me, clients often are able to hear and speak up in their own voice when it's in danger of being crowded out by others' opinions and wishes. I will also offer support and encouragement to empower and embolden clients to answer a calling if they should hear one.
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One of the areas I enjoy helping people address is identity, and much of our identity can come from our chosen career. I like to help people explore their strengths and find ways to match these strengths with a career path. I enjoy helping people identify different aspects of their personality that they can build on. I utilize hypnotherapy and experiential exercises to help people develop their vision for the future.
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The Tyranny of Clichés:
How Liberals Cheat
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By Jonah Goldberg
Sentinel, 320 pages
Violence never solved anything. Diversity is strength. We're only as free as the least free among us. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. It's a slippery slope. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Deploy one of these hoary, haughty pronouncements, and you may conclude you have made a watertight case and whatever discussion you are having can now come to a close, your interlocutor silenced by the unanswerable truth of your assertion.
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Gion Tennis Inc.
A Comunity Program
Cards & Letters
Kid Watch
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Parent Testimonials
Cardio Tennis
The Youth
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The Program
Team Tennis
Tennis Tips
Sponsor a Kid
Video Analysis
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"The Grassroots Approach"
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By: Charles Mosley
I truly believe from my experience that the
approach to tennis development among young tennis players is widely underrated and most often ignored. My experience working at a club or resort really did not allow me to find and develop kids at a high level of competitive play, so I decided to start training kids at the grassroots level. My experience teaching at clubs or resorts was that many kids were , for the most part, being dropped off for daycare and many had no desire to be there.
What many parents did not know was; many highly skilled
players were being recruited away from their personal coaches and being used as marketing tools to bring in new players to "Club" training programs. This did not sit to well with me because it falsely gave the impression to the parents that kids were being developed at that facility.
Second, this approach lacked the integrity needed in establishing a credible program, so I shyed away from such programs. In reality, most of these kids were being developed by
Lesson learned:
Check the track record of a coach when seeking a coach for your child. Find out by asking where a highly skilled player developed his or her skills. This will save you time and money.
was determined to find kids who actually had the desire and passion to develop into good players and did not mind the hard work it would take. Also, to provide accessibility to the sport regardless ,of economic & racial background. My objective was to use this great sport of tennis to develop character, work ethic, sportsmanship, and confidence. Having worked in a grassroots tennis program in Akron, OH., I saw the impact this approach had on so many kids and the community that these kids lived in. It was a "Win" "Win" situation.
Kids went on to schools like Ohio State, Wright State, Hiram College, University of Dayton, University of Akron, and other neighboring schools on athletic & academic scholarships.
These successes from the grassroots level motivated me to take the same approach. I have to admit, it was tough at first. I attempted to get
a seed grant from the
to help with rackets and balls, but found out later that the
would only fund the same
programs every year regardless of productivity. So I stayed focused and determined so I took it upon myself and rounded up rackets from people who wanted to help, bought as many balls as possible, and found some courts and got busy.
Little did I know, at the time, all the politics invovled in starting a tennis program.
Other coaches in the area did all they could do to prevent the program from getting off the ground. One went as far as to take out a permit on courts that were never being used just to keep the program from developing. However, we eventually found a home, renovated the courts and surrounding areas from ground up, and continued to grow and develop players. Not just your average players either, nationally ranked players. As we are in our 10th year of existence,
we now have the most successful grassroots tennis program in the Inland Empire
Some of our successes include a National Champions (Govind Nanda) & (Jada Hart) in both singles & doubles, 4 Southern California Team Tennis Championships and 2 runner-ups, A National Junior "Finalist", nationally ranked players, high school players, and kids who have now transitioned to college teams.
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--- TALK What's it like to be a heretic? 02:28, 27 June 2009 (UTC)- TALK What's it like to be a heretic?
|There was really not much to laugh about here, I'm sorry.
You did however have the odd idea that was amusing, if not especially original, you just didn't deliver it very well at all, which is only in part down to your prose. Take for example this bit: "Rumors said he was going to commit suicide at age 33 and made the song Sacrificial Sucide, suggesting he would be a sacrifice to Satan, but he did not, and stated that only "cowards and loser" choose to kill themselves" You could re-phrase this and clean it up making the whole joke a lot clearer, like this: "There were rumours that he was to commit suicide at the age of thirty three, (which is represents a holy day within Satanism or something). At age thirty five it became apparent Glen was not going to go through with his sacrifice, and when confronted he stated that "Only cowards and losers kill themselves, unless they're being a martyr. That's brave.". This statement provoked quite a lot of despair within the suicidal community.". Do you see why that's better? There are more jokes simply by the way things are phrased. It's subtler, too and that frequently helps.
The only way of really learning how to do this is to read other people's work.
|While I know this isn't strictly a band article it's close enough so that most of what is said in HowTo:Write A Funny Band Article applies here.
It's just not good to start with an obscure member of an obscure band. Really for this to become a good article you'd need to come up with a much better concept than meagrely saying "this guy is evil lol". Try something like he's faking being a Satanist and is actually a devout Muslim and the non-conflict there is between believing the two things simultaneously.
|Prose and formatting:
|First and foremost your tensing was awful. It was actually a problem I used to have, but it is annoying to read. For articled like this you should have it all in past tense, basically adding "d"s to your verbs. Read through your work when you're done to try and pick out the typos and things, I've heard that reading out-loud helps too.
You also have lists at the bottom that break all the rules of UN:LIST. Just don't do lists unless there is no other way of conveying the joke.
In my view those giant templates (Satan loves this article and axis of evil doers) cheapen an article, I wouldn't use them.
|The first one needs a caption of some sort. Some sort of quip at what he's looking at or something.
The second one, though intentionally bad, doesn't work. You've already used this joke and it wasn't funny to begin with.
Third one was OK, but if you could scrub the writing off the image and expand the caption a bit to something like: "Glen Benton rocking "I think I need a new pair of pants"" It'd be funnier.
Fourth one. A bit overused really, I've seen this picture everywhere on the internet and the caption was a bit bland. Something like "Glen's pet cat, before he ate it" could be funnier.
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|I'm sorry that this is so negative but really, you have to read HTBFANJS, it's the most helpful article I've read about improving humour writing. Remember to keep reading the featured content as well, it helps you to pick up style and tone. And remember to just keep trying, practice makes perfect.
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Anne-Marie Martin
The Shape of Things to Come
In the not-too-distant future, mankind has populated the moon and built vast domed cities. But when power-mad Emperor Omus (Jack Palance) attacks the lunar colony of New Washington, a team of scientists led by Dr. John Caball (Barry Morse) launches a dangerous mission to destroy the dictator and his robot army. Carol Lynley, Nicholas Campbell and John Ireland co-star in this sci-fi adventure inspired by H.G. Wells's visionary novel.


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Belly Dancing Night with Michelle & World Music Night
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Come to the fun and romantic Moroccos downtown Mountain View for a Saturday night of delicious cuisine and celebrate the end of work week for some, friendships for others or tonight is your date night. On top of our healthy family style served cuisine, we will spice up the night with an amazing belly dancing performance from the beautiful belly dancer Michelle at 8:30PM. Pictures of our artists can be found on our Facebook fan page (source of Facebook fans secret deals): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moroccos-Restaurant-Mountain-View/201821646521283
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House to Vote Again in Continuing Effort to Repeal Light Bulb Ban
Amendment to Repeal Ban Planned for Today, Vote Likely Friday
Washington, D.C. - Rep. Mike Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) is expected to offer a light bulb regulation limitation amendment to the U.S. House Energy and Water Appropriations bill sometime after 3:30 this afternoon.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) is encouraging the move.
If opponents request a recorded vote, as expected, the vote on the amendment is expected to take place tomorrow.
"This is welcome but not surprising news," said Amy Ridenour, president of the National Center for Public Policy Research, who has been an outspoken opponent of the de facto ban on the most commonly sold incandescents. "The public response to the news that the federal government has taken away our light bulb choices is increasingly akin to the response of our ancestors to a tea tax. In both cases, the governments involved chose to interfere with the sale of something citizens of all classes all use, use often, and like a lot."
The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 banned the sale of 100-watt standard incandescents in the United States starting January 1, with the sale of standard 75, 60 and 40-watt incandescents banned in 2013 and 2014. Incandescents for specialized uses and those 28 percent more energy efficient than current standard incandescents (e.g., halogens) may continue to be sold -- at first. But by 2020, standard-use incandescents must be 67 percent more energy efficient than standard bulbs today. No incandescent bulbs meeting this standard are on the market.
"Backers of the ban claim there's no ban, because they aren't banning all the incandescents, just the ones we buy the most and those that cost the least," explained Ridenour, who says the 100-watt incandescent that will go off-market in January can commonly be bought now for thirty cents apiece, while the cheapest alternative, halogen incandescents, cost 5-10 times more. "A second excuse is that possession of standard incandescent bulbs will remain legal, you just won't be allowed to buy them in the United States of America. It's a virtual invitation to hoard them, an invitation I personally have accepted."
Ridenour was pictured with her autistic son, Jonathan, in front of their family's light bulb collection in a front page New York Times story in March. Ridenour opposes the de facto ban on limited government grounds, but first got interested in the issue because of her middle child's autism, she says. "The government is pushing us toward mercury-containing compact fluorescent bulbs, nicknamed CFLs," said Ridenour, "even as it advises us not to put them in rooms with children because these bulbs are especially fragile and mercury is exposed if the bulbs break. Because of his disability, our son doesn't understand that he should be careful around bulbs, so breakage isn't an 'if,' it's a 'when.'"
"Fluorescent bulbs are not recommended for use around people who are prone to seizures, as they can increase the frequency of seizures; for those with auto-immune disorders such as Lupus, as they can cause skin rashes; for those who suffer from migraines, as they can exacerbate them; for seniors and others with vision problems, as they make it more difficult for some to see to read or do fine work," Ridenour added. "Like a quarter to a third of autistic people, our son has had seizures, so we'd avoid CFLs at home even if they did not contain mercury."
Ridenour says she has nothing against CFLs in general if people want to buy them of their own free will, although she adds "For safety reasons, I hope CFL users are driving burned out or broken bulbs to safe disposal collection places and not throwing them in the trash, as I fear many are. I really wonder what New Yorkers who rely on the subway are doing with their old CFL bulbs."
Ridenour in recent months has spoken out frequently in favor of repealing the ban. In the past week alone, she has appeared on many of the nation's largest radio programs, including KOA Denver (Mike Rosen), WBZ Boston (Dan Rea), WGN Chicago (Milt Rosenberg), WJR Detroit (Mitch Albom), KOGO San Diego (LaDona Harvey) and numerous others.
"Supporters of the legislative ban include corporations who have what could quaintly be called a 'conflict of interest,'" said Ridenour, who singles out General Electric, Sylvania and Phillips, "and environmental organizations such as the group founded by President Obama's Commerce Secretary nominee, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and liberal groups, such as Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports. The mainstream media mostly seems to have gone along with the CFL-encouraging ban without much thought, much as it supports every tightening of mercury restrictions on power plants without necessarily knowing anything about them. It seems mercury emissions, to the mainstream press, are something that can be either good or bad, depending on context."
The National Center's most recent online statements on the bulb ban can be found here, here, here and here.
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Yesterday the boss of the private construction giant made a public appearance, addressing an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney, where he called for an increase in skilled migrant numbers.
The talk back at Grocon's Melbourne base, however, has been about the Grollo family's succession planning.
We hear the chat around the water cooler has been about Grollo moving to buy out his father,
Grollo kept his cards close to his chest when we questioned him yesterday. "We don't get into the details of the ownership structure," he said. "Family succession is a natural thing and I'm sure in the future that will come up but I wouldn't link one deal with succession." But we hear Grocon staff are doing just that.
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By DAVID WEINER
Release: Goal! (2005); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Goal III: Taking on the World (2009)
Stars: Kuno Becker, Alessandra Nivola, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, JJ Field, Leo Gregory
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Jeannette pitcher looking to the future
Nicole Hall has a serious case of "senioritis."
The Jeannette High School starting pitcher is ready for the next step and she started down that path this week by signing her letter of intent to play softball at Carlow University.
Hall has been playing softball since she was very young and has pitched a lot of that time. She intends to stay on the mound in college, but she will also play first base and will continue to be a hitter. That's something that's important to her, she would miss hitting too much if she became a pitching-only player.
"With hitting, something different can happen every time. Playing defense is OK, but scoring a run is something totally different," said Hall.
This summer, Hall plans to take some time off —she's been playing on travel softball teams most of her life and decided to spend more time at home during her last summer before college.
It's the first time she won't play for coach Jimmy Hoffner and the Nitros team, but she needed to take a break before moving on to the next level.
"I'm leaving high school and going to college and I'd have a hard time missing my friends' graduation parties and getting ready for college (if I played travel ball this summer)," she said.
Hall plans to study nursing in the fall and, because it's such a demanding major, she briefly considered not playing softball at college. But she's going to give it a try and the school has given her a $12,000 academic scholarship and a $5,000 softball scholarship.
She is excited to attend Carlow because she will have the opportunity to job shadow at all of the Pittsburgh hospitals nearby. Hall said a lot of her family members are nurses and that got her interested in the career and lately she's been thinking more about becoming a nurse anesthetist.
It means she'll work for a year in critical care after college graduation and then return to Carlow to get a master's degree. She knows she's on the right path because she watched a full knee replacement while job shadowing and she loved it.
"It was really cool, I'm so excited."
She has her fall schedule and is set for an August orientation and "I'm ready to be done. It's excitement for what's next. To be on my own and experience everything."
In the meantime, she and her high school teammates doing really well —straight out of the gate the Lady Jays started the season undefeated in section play and sit atop the Section 3A standings.
"We're playing really well as a team," said Hall. "All the girls can hit, not just the first five up to bat. Everyone in the lineup can hit."
Zac Karas, the team's new head coach, previously held the assistant's position and is a math teacher at the high school, so he has some experience working with these girls. The truly new face this year is Erica Bartholow, who is in her first year as assistant coach and pitching coach who played for Gannon University.
"We work really well together," Hall said. "It's nice to have a coach who played recently."
The team of Karas and Bartholow, Hall said, is working out well.
"They're really good at talking to us and telling us what they want us to do," she said.
Hall said the team gets along very well and everyone likes their coaches.
"We just mesh really well. If someone can fix something, everyone can talk about it. It's really open and it lets us give our opinions. It's just amazing we can all hit."
Hall said it's been a great start to her final season in Jeannette and she wants to go out with a bang. She and Sarah Pitzer, another senior, are co-captains and are enjoying the role of helping the younger players.
Hall is also enjoying the last year of sort of being the "big fish in the small pond and to be able to finish the senior year with a winning team is so exciting. And it's with my closest friends. This is the way I pictured it."
She is thankful for her parents, Roy and Patty Hall.
"My mom has been a motivator in my high school career and always pushed me. My dad pushes me to be a leader and a motivator, he's been a coach for 29 years and I always want to be like my dad," she said.
"Thank you to my teammates, in my most important year of my life it's important to have a team you can lean on. And thank you to the coaches who take time out of their lies and have the heart for the game, which makes it nice, too."
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|Five Hotel & Spa is Cannes' best luxury design boutique and has one of the city's hottest new eateries in Seas Sens.
CANNES, France ( MainStreet) -- The gigayachts are queued in the harbor, the stars have already checked in and the red carpet has that deep luster again as the Cannes International Film Festival begins Wednesday. If anyone is expecting less sparkle this year, given a European debt crisis that's still mid-script, an explosion of new hotels and late-night party line-up seems to suggest otherwise. This year's star-studded jury includes fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, Diane Kruger and Ewan McGregor presiding over an inventory of film openings and premieres by headliners such as Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard to rising names that include Zac Efron and Twilight star Kristen Stewart. The round of new hotel names include Five Hotel & Spa, which offers the city's best luxury design boutique and is next to the Croisette and Palais des Festivals. Designed by architects Marc Hertrich and Nicolas Adnet, the property hopes to create the sense of a journey for guests via objects, furnishings and artwork throughout but the hotel -- a "voyage immobile." It has one of the prettiest lobbies in town, with oriental silk screens juxtaposed with floor-to-ceiling windows and furnishings that nod toward midcentury French design.
On the fifth floor of Five Hotel comes one of the city's hottest new eateries: The culinary triumph of Seas Sens, led by brother chefs Jacques and Laurent Pourcel, who mix traditional French gastronomy and Southeast Asian twists followed up with a dessert menu by Jerome de Oliveir -- a winner of the World Pastry Cup. After dinner, guests find rooms with cocoon-style canopy beds by towering windows concealed behind linen drapery with a fashionably lazy pleat. Private dressing rooms evoke the grand era of steamer travel, complete with saddle-stitched leather detailing fit for a Hollywood stylist. Cannes hasn't had a shortage of luxury hotel addresses in more than a century, but for those looking for something a notch short of five stars the options were grim. This year, however, comes three properties geared toward midrange travelers, those who don't need 24-hour room service or a private beach club. Hotel Montaigne & Spa is the best option, but remains an admirable escape with cool Art Deco design, Turkish baths and a well-equipped gym with indoor pool opening in June. A longer walk from the Palais des Festival and you find La Villa, a 30-room boutique hotel that gets its inspiration from late-1940s Hollywood, with a lounge bar featuring Champagne from the owner's own vineyard.


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Target: Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
Goal: Lend support to the scientists who may have just discovered a way of preventing the HIV virus from developing into the deadly AIDS disease.
David Harrich, a medical scientist who runs a research laboratory in Queensland, recently co-authored a study that has unearthed a protein within the HIV virus that could be used against it. The research team at Queensland Institute of Medical Research recently discovered the potential effects of the modified protein and are set to begin trials of the findings very shortly. The United States Department of Health and Health Services should be financially backing this research team's attempts to further their research, as it may lead to the discovery of a cure for one of the world's deadliest diseases.
One of the reasons why the HIV virus still causes so many deaths (despite the fact that it has become much more treatable in the last decade) is that large doses of drugs are required to keep it at bay and prevent it from developing into AIDS. According to Harrich, the new protein would not be able to outright eliminate the virus from patients' bodies, but would be able to completely keep it from eventually becoming AIDS. The scientists cited in the study stated that such a cure would allow anyone with the HIV virus to maintain a healthy immune system.
Large health companies need to aid this research team in any way they can, both to help them develop a cure and then to help them distribute a cure once it is developed. The United States Department of Health and Human Services must set an example by reaching out to this research team and agreeing to aid them in their fight against AIDS. Other large health companies would doubtlessly follow, and help move society closer to a reality without AIDS.
Dear Kathleen Sebelius,
The HIV virus is one of the deadliest known to man. Despite advances in recent decades relating to treatment, there remains no cure, and nothing to definitively prevent the virus from developing into the deadly AIDS disease. The good news is that a change may be on the horizon.
Researchers in Queensland have discovered a modified protein in the HIV virus that could keep the virus latent in the body and prevent it from developing into AIDS. The number of lives such a breakthrough could potentially save is extremely high. As such, this research team needs to be supported as much as they possibly can.
Your organization needs to work with this team, either on a professional level or even just on a financial level, and help them come up with this cure. The amount of good it could do for the world is limitless. Step up and reach out to this research team–help them win the battle against AIDS once and for all.
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Smuggled across the mountainous border separating Iran and Turkey, Pourya and Samana Hajaran undertook the perilous journey to Istanbul nearly a year ago, hoping to make their way to Israel.
Instead, the Iranian husband and wife find themselves trapped in a frightening legal and bureaucratic maze.
Pourya, 22, the son of an Iranian Jewish mother and Muslim father, was quickly given permission to go to Israel after arriving in Istanbul. Israeli officials at the consulate told Pourya that he would be able to bring his wife over once he made aliyah.
After arriving in Israel, however, he was informed by the Interior Ministry that his request to be reunited with his Muslim wife who allegedly planned to convert to Judaism once in Israel had been rejected for unspecified security reasons.
Last week Samana Hajaran, also 22, was arrested by Turkish police for being in the country illegally. She is facing the prospect of being deported back to Iran, where reportedly she could face severe punishment.
"I'm very scared for her," said Pourya Hajaran, speaking by telephone from the Israeli port city of Ashdod, where he is living in an immigrant absorption center. "My life, from morning until evening, is just crying for her. I really don't know what to do for her."
"She's in a very bad place right now. There's no warm place to sleep. No place to shower," he said in halting Hebrew he learned in an Israeli ulpan. "They told her that she might be going back to Iran, which would be very dangerous for her."
Pourya Hajaran grew up in the city of Hamadan, nearly 200 miles west of Tehran. Having a Muslim father and Jewish mother put him in a unique theological position according to Islamic law he is a Muslim, while Jewish law accepts him as a Jew.
Hajaran said he and his two brothers and sister were raised by their mother with a strong sense of Jewish identity. Following his father's death six years ago, Hajaran's mother and sister immigrated to Israel, where his mother has several relatives.
Hajaran met his wife in Hamadan, where she was studying to become a medical lab technician at the local university. After they decided to marry, Hajaran contacted a rabbi in Tehran, who explained to him that Iranian law forbids a Muslim from converting.
Unsure what to do, the couple eventually married in a Muslim ceremony, with the thought that eventually they would go to Israel, where Samana would convert.
When Hajaran learned a year ago that he was about to be drafted into the Iranian army, the couple decided to make the risky illegal crossing into Turkey and ask for permission to go to Israel.
Sabine Haddad, spokeswoman for Israel's Interior Ministry, said the ministry was ready to reunite the couple, but could not because of security concerns put forward by the Shin Bet security service.
"If there wasn't a refusal on security grounds, then we would be ready to bring her here," she said.
According to a statement from Israeli security officials, the entry of foreigners from "dangerous countries" is based on esta! blished security assessments.
"According to the set security standards, this case does not allow us to grant entry. However, individual cases can be examined as exceptional by the authorized bodies in Israel," the statement said.
Sarah Lewis, a lawyer with the Reform movement's Israel Religious Action Center, who has been handling Hajaran's case, said she believes Samana's legal and human rights are being subordinated to generalized security concerns.
"There's no question here that under the Law of Return she's eligible to come to Israel and make aliyah as the wife of a Jew," Lewis said.
Cases of Jewish immigrants making aliyah with their non-Jewish spouses are not unusual, Lewis said, although this is the first time she has dealt with an Iranian couple in that situation.
"I think things have gotten complicated and bureaucratic, but the end result in this case could be horrendous," said Lewis, who has petitioned Israel's High Court of Justice to reassess the Hajaran case or order the Interior Ministry to ask Turkey to hold off on deporting Samana until the court hears her case.
On Wednesday, the High Court ordered the Interior Ministry of Interior to ask Turkish authorities to delay deportation proceedings until the court can hold an emergency hearing on Samana's case in the coming days.
Besides forbidding the conversion of Muslims something that technically is punishable by death Iranian law also forbids Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. Although the Hajarans had a Muslim wedding, the fact that Pourya is in Israel could complicate life for Samana if Turkish authorities send her back to Iran.
"I think it's a pretty probable case that she would be picked up and interrogated if she were to return," said Amy Slotek, a legal adviser with the Istanbul-based Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, which advocates on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers in Turkey. "You could definitely argue that there is a danger ! for her to return."
In the next few days, Hajaran is set to begin his military service in Israel, something he said he is happy to do for his new country.
"All I'm asking from the government of Israel is that it help me," he said. "The Israeli government can give her a visa, and God willing they would do that and she can come here."


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Noroviruses are a major cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide. Norovirus outbreaks frequently occur as epidemics which appear to be related to both genetic and environmental factors. This review considers recent progress in understanding these factors. The norovirus genome undergoes continuous change and this appears to be important in the persistence of the virus in the community. Studies on the common GII.4 genotype have shown that some norovirus outbreak epidemics involving this genotype are correlated with specific changes in the genome. In contrast to the growing understanding of the role of genetic factors in norovirus outbreak epidemics, the role of environmental factors is less well understood. Topics reviewed here include long term excretion of norovirus in some individuals, long term survivability of norovirus in the environment, the role of meteorological factors in the control of norovirus outbreaks and the possible zoonotic transmission of the virus.
The noroviruses, which are single-stranded positive sense RNA viruses classified in the genus
This review examines recent progress in understanding the roles of genetic and environmental factors in the control of the incidence of norovirus outbreak epidemics. The term "genetic" refers principally to nucleotide changes in the norovirus genome. Two main topics are reviewed here. Firstly, general aspects of genetic change in the norovirus genome and their relationship to altered infectivity/virulence of the virus are considered. Secondly, numerous recent studies linking genetic changes in the GII.4 genotype to changes in the pattern of outbreak epidemics linked to this genotype are reviewed. Topics reviewed in the category of "environmental factors" include norovirus excretion patterns, norovirus survivability in the environment, the role of meteorological factors in the control of norovirus outbreak epidemics and the possible zoonotic transmission of norovirus.
The norovirus genome is approximately 7.6 kb in length and typically comprises three open reading frames (ORFs) [
Noroviruses are currently classified into five genogroups [
The major capsid protein encoded by ORF 2, which is referred to as VP1, is of considerable interest because it is believed to be involved in the recognition of the host receptor [
The norovirus genome undergoes frequent change [
There is now some evidence that a small genetic change in the capsid region can have a big influence on norovirus virulence. Bailey
GII.4 norovirus is the most common cause of human norovirus outbreaks worldwide [
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Noroviruses can be spread by contaminated food or water, person-to-person contact [
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I urged lazar to get his eyes back on the road, if indeed he could see it, and asked why the subject was taboo.
lazar never minded, he would just say, "OK, how much will you give me for Gene Kelly then?"
No beggar or lazar was ever turned from his door without receiving some mark of his bounty, whether in money or in kind.
lazar was taken prisoner and was brought to the Sultans tent.
It was a beautiful autumn day, and they advanced the more gaily, as they were accompanied by the worthy parish singer, lazar.
And one of them croaked, and the other cried, "Is this the tower of the mighty lazar?"
lazar assured me, we should, most infallibly, be attacked on the road.
lazar returned to the house, knocked the ashes out of his pipe and refilled it.
The Russian church had a zealous advocate in the archbishop lazar Baranovitch, ob.
There was lazar's dragon, which seemed to grow larger every day.
"filthy beggar, leper," c.1300, from Medieval Latin lazarus "leper," from the Biblical name (see Lazarus).


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Understanding the Needs of Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Clinical Perspective
Understanding the Needs of Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Clinical Perspective
For young adult survivors, coming to terms with a life-threatening illness is a unique dilemma. They face the developmental tasks of youth with a challenged world view and a compromised physiology; completion of treatment does not mean the end of cancer. They may have difficulty returning to school, work, or other activities and are often forced into greater dependency on their family of origin, during a period when separation is a major life-cycle task. The transition from life as a patient undergoing treatment for cancer to a more independent role in close relationships and the world at large can be particularly challenging. Social relationships may not withstand the stigma of cancer, and the potential for recurrence of cancer can be anxiety-provoking even with a good prognosis.
Young adults (15–39 years of age) are eight times more likely than children under the age of 15 years to be diagnosed with cancer. Each year in the US, an estimated 70,000 young adults are diagnosed with cancer, and about 1 million young adult survivors are already grappling with issues related to the aftermath of the disease and its treatment.[1] Unfortunately, these survivors often lack access to networking and professionally led services geared towards the post-treatment period. This article will discuss issues relevant to young adult survivors. Personal statements quoted here come from young adults who participated in support services at an academic cancer center. All identifying information has been changed to maintain confidentiality.
Survivors often describe themselves as "rubber bands," stretched increasingly taut through the treatment period and sometimes beyond. After treatment ends, the band may "snap" and the emotional impact of the cancer experience can catch up with them. This is the point at which many survivors begin to process the totality of their cancer experience; the physiological, emotional, and practical impact.
Most cancer survivors experience physical changes and challenges that are direct results of cancer and treatment. Adapting to short and long-term consequences of treatment often takes longer than anticipated. Common concerns include fatigue, physical losses, scarring, cognitive changes, sexuality, fertility, and sudden-onset menopause.[2–4] All of these issues have a significant impact on young adults and are best summarized in the phrase "loss of healthy self."


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Chemin des Mélèzes rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 9501 (all)
Ranking Belgium: 279 (all)
Ranking Ardennes: 269(all)
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'That Metal Show' Season 12 Finale – Catch a Sneak Preview Here [VIDEO]
Fans of 'That Metal Show' on VH1 better set their DVRs or clear their schedule because tonight, July 20th is the season finale. Get ready headbangers and metalheads as the widely-popular 'That Metal Show' wraps up its the 12th season. Tonight's season finale will have special guests, former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee will be on the show as well as members of Blue Oyster Cult and Kix. They'll all be sitting down with hosts Eddie Trunk, and co-hosts Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine.
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Joint venture exploration manager and partner Birla Maroochydore - a wholly owned subsidiary of
The agreement is conditional on ministerial approval, with settlement expected before the end of December 2009.
Forte Energy has now signed sale agreements for both of its Australian copper/cobalt projects. It will use the funds to focus its attention on and expedite the exploration of its uranium prospects in Guinea and Mauritania, West Africa.
Shares in Forte Energy fell 0.5¢ on Friday to 13.5¢.
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Four years ago, US President
Lisa Jackson has announced her exit as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who faced congressional criticism over green-energy programs, could follow. Mr Obama could end up assembling a second-term team for a different task: how to manage the boom in US production of oil and natural gas.
"When the Obama team came in the first go around, there was great hope that the President would be transformative and really try to shift the energy policy much more heavily towards renewables," said Charles Ebinger, an energy policy expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Instead, the growth of hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and gas in shale rock formations was offering a "unique opportunity to revitalise the American economy and reinvigorate American manufacturing", Mr Ebinger said.
Oil production is at its highest level in 15 years, and natural gas development is at record levels. That pushed prices down to a decade low last year, enticing chemical companies that rely on natural gas to build new factories in the US.
"The whole paradigm has shifted over the last four years," said Stephen Brown, a lobbyist for Tesoro Corp, which is based in San Antonio, Texas. The administration needed to "figure out how not to get in the way of this", he said.
Mr Ebinger said Mr Obama should pick an energy secretary who could explain the benefits offered by natural gas development to a sceptical public.
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, whose term ends next week, is a candidate to replace Ms Jackson at the EPA, seattlepi.com reported on its website, citing a "very private prediction from a very senior source in Washington's congressional delegation".
Other candidates for the EPA include Bob Perciasepe, the agency's No. 2 official; Gina McCarthy, the assistant administrator of EPA for air pollution; and Kathleen McGinty, the former top environmental regulator for Pennsylvania, according to published reports.
Former senator Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, is reportedly being considered to replace either Mr Chu or Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
Neither Mr Salazar nor Mr Chu has announced his future plans.
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Video Games, Tomorrow Online Communities?
April 30, 2002
By AngelKnight
On April 25, 2002, Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh
ruled against the Interactive Digital Software Association
(IDSA), a video game developers' association, in their case
against a St. Louis County ordinance that restricted the access
of minors to Mature rated games.
Now, this might not be so worrisome, except that this case
now sets a precedent that is dangerous - very dangerous. Because
when Judge Limbaugh ruled against the IDSA, he did so by negating
their First Amendment rights, stating in his decision that
"no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that
could possibly amount to speech. The court finds that video
games have more in common with board games and sports than
they do with motion pictures."
First off, this ruling seems to fly in the face of common
thought. After all, are video games not one of the major causes
of the school shootings over the nation? Are they not the
"corruptor of youth"?
But it seems that the right wing wants to have its cake and
eat it too - saying that video games are causing juvenile
delinquency while at the same time saying that they aren't
speech, so they can be regulated with impunity. The case gets
even more laughable when you see the list of games that the
judge used as his "sample" to make a judgment:
Four games. Oops, make that THREE games - I'll bet you won't
find The Resident of Evil Creek at your local Wal-Mart
or Electronics Boutique. And the choices of games leave a
lot to be desired. Of the three games listed, only one has
any semblance of a plot (Fear Effect), and that title
was never a major title in the market.
What about the Final Fantasy series, with their deep
and touching storylines (the death scene in Final Fantasy
VII is considered to be one of the most moving scenes in video
games, and has reduced many a gamer to tears) - for that matter,
what about anything that Square made? How about Silent
Hill, which is a much more terrifying and cerebral horror
experience than the slasher flicks that Judge Limbaugh deemed
to be speech. What about these titles?
To say that video games are not speech based on these titles
is like grabbing three random Harlequin "book mill" romances,
and then condemn American literature on the basis of that.
And don't forget the number of video games that have been
made into movies - such as Mortal Kombat. Finally,
there's the recent upcry over the white supremacist game Ethnic
Cleansing, which they are using as a recruiting tool -
if games don't transmit ideas, then why would one be used
to transmit hate?
But then I thought about the greater ramifications of this,
and I began to shake in terror. If this ruling is upheld,
then it will be legal to declassify differing forms of communication
as speech, stripping them of the protection of the First Amendment.
Mediums of communication online such as Internet Relay Chat,
instant messaging, and bulletin boards could be called non-speech,
and thus subject to regulation without limits.
Though this may seem far-fetched, consider that many modern
online games have built in chat clients - if the game can
be controlled, then why not the clients that lay within them?
And then why not other chat programs? This is a very slippery
slope that we are sitting on here.
While I agree that there should be laws protecting minors
from material that may not be suited for them, to use that
as an excuse to legitimize censorship is wrong. Video games,
just like movies, are speech. And such speech is protected
by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution - to say it
is not is to lead us down the road to censorship of all media.
Hopefully, this decision can be overturned - because if it
cannot, I fear for the future of discourse.
The author considers himself an "activist gamer", and finds
any form of censorship abhorrent.


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Situado en el pueblo histórico de Waitsfield; casa de Sugarbush y estaciones de esquí Mad River Glen. Un País encanto victoriano de 1860 junto a Mad River con pintorescas vistas a la montaña y graneros distantes. 9 habitaciones románticas con camas de plumas y baños privados. 3 curso desayuno gourmet y té por la tarde sirve a diario en Queen Anne comedor o en la flor llena porche trasero durante el verano. Elegante salón con biblioteca, chimenea y cómodos sofás. Solana con muebles de mimbre blanco. BYOB après ski salón con estufa de leña, TV, VCR, mesa de billar y juegos. Gazebo y Jacuzzi al aire libre. Amplio y maravilloso para grupos o familias. Junto al nuevo camino de recreación a lo largo del río. Cross-country y rutas moto de nieve en las instalaciones. Cerca de tenis, golf, senderismo y mucho restaurants.Exceptional Entre semana Specials.We son propietarios de "VERMONT ISLANDÉS GRANJA" en Waitsfield.
5 en octubre 03, 2013
I was in the area for business for only one night. This inn was perfect for beauty, charm, calm, cleanliness, and service. It also offers high speed internet, plenty of TV channels, an excellent breakfast, and responsive ownership.
5 en agosto 26, 2012
Enjoyed my stay, relaxed atmosphere, down to earth people. Breakfasts were delicious. Clean rooms.
5 en agosto 13, 2012
A wonderful place to stay!
5 en marzo 05, 2012
Very clean. Extremely friendly people. Excellent service. I would recommend this inn to anybody (everybody). Really enjoyed my stay there.
5 en mayo 06, 2011
I was in town for a wedding and my daughter who is at time a handful came along. Luc, the innkeeper was so patient and guided us on activities such as the hiking trail, ben and jerry ice cream factory, and the icelanic horse riding (that my daughter just absolutley loved). We had a great time and truely enjoyed our first bed and breakfast experience. Luc as I found out from locals in town is the breakfast king....His breakfast are unique and very tasty. But as some of you can relate.... my picky daughter ....was simply pleased with Cherrios or fryed eggs which he was so kind to make for her. Thank you for a great experience and will return to visit.
4,6 en abril 20, 2010
A lovely Victorian Inn, a delightful innkeeper and exceptional gourmet 3-course breakfast!! We will return!
5 en febrero 21, 2010
My wife and I just returned from another excellent ski vacation in VT! This was our third time staying at the Mad River Inn and we could not be happier with our experience. Luc and his wife Karen were excellent hosts and made everyone feel at home. Luc is a superb cook and made a different breakfast every morning, you will never leave the breakfast table hungry. When we came back from skiing or snowshoeing there was hot tea and an assortment of fresh cookies waiting for us. The Inn is very well kept.... our room and bathroom were very clean and the bed was very comfortable with high quality sheets that made us look forward to getting into bed. There is a place to relax downstairs with a pool table and TV. The living room on the main floor has very comfortable couches and a great fireplace. The hot tub was the perfect way to relax after a long day on the slopes. Luc always has great suggestions for places to go for dinner. We cant wait to go back and try a guided horse ride from Karen at her Icelandic Horse Farm!
5 en febrero 19, 2010
This was our second time staying at the Mad River Inn. Luc was so friendly and the breakfasts were exceptional. The rooms were spotless and the beds comfortable. We enjoyed tea and cookies in front of the fireplace after long days of skiing. The inn is warm and friendly. We highly recommend it!
4,4 en agosto 19, 2009
From a full-course, delicious breakfast served tastefully on the scenic porch to a good night's sleep in a comfortable Victorian setting, we felt so at home while enjoying Vermont.
5 en julio 24, 2009
It has been my pleasure to stay at the Mad River Inn on many occasions. The rooms are spotless, the breakfasts delicious and the owner could not be more gracious or friendly. An added treat is to ride at the Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm which is owned by the innkeeper's wife.
Compra de Antigüedades, Cenas Elegantes/Gourmet, De Interés Histórico, Lago, Cine, Museo, Parques Nacionales, Ben & Jerry de fábrica, Área de picnic, Río, Area de esquí
Bed and Breakfast
Juegos de mesa, Reproductor de CD, Chimenea, Jacuzzi/bañera con hidromasaje
Aire acondicionado, Despertador, Ventiladores de techo, Servicio de Internet, TV por Satélite/Cable, TV, Wi-Fi, Internet con conexión de cable
Alquiler de bicicletas, Pistas para bicicletas, Bicicletas, Billares, Observación de aves, Pasear en canoa, Pistas para esquí de fondo, Esquí Alpino, Pescar, Jugar al golf, Pistas para senderismo, Montar a caballo, Pasear en kayak, Pistas para Mountain Bike, Comprar, Visitar lugares de interés, Alquiler de esquís, Alquiler de raquetas para la nieve, Pistas para andar con raquetas de nieve, Nadar, Pistas de tenis, Alquiler de raquetas de tenis
Luc and Karen Maranda
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Directing the Oscars ceremony is one of the most challenging jobs in television. It will be seen by hundreds of millions of people around the world, in almost every country.
The man at the helm, albeit unseen by viewers, will be the director, Louis J Horvitz.
"It's my job to show them everything that's happening here at the Kodak Theatre on the stage," he says.
"I make it a point to not editorialise but to just go ahead and show as much as I possibly can."
It is Mr Horvitz's 10th year in the hot seat. He has made a career out of directing awards show.
Previous high-profile assignments include the Daytime Emmy Awards, The MTV movie awards and the Kids Choice Awards.
"I think the highest honour is to be asked to direct the Academy Awards," he says.
"There are many great shows that I direct but as a live gigantic event the Academy Awards has that appeal. It's the Super Bowl of the award genre."
While the Oscars ceremony is the granddaddy of all awards shows, it also tends to be the most formal in its style of presentation. It is drummed in to celebrities who take it in turn to hand out the awards, that they should not deviate from their script.
A team of writers, overseen by the Academy, pens every word. The winners are told to keep their acceptance speeches brief and, preferably, interesting.
"I always say to people: 'I need to remind you now this is live television. It's not good to make the live television director unhappy'," says Mr Horvitz.
"Clearly, our objective is not just to make the show fast, it's to give the viewing audience the best of that evening."
A "very poignant or meaningful moment" is allowed to hang in the air - but Mr Horvitz says overly long acceptance speeches can expect to be drowned out by the orchestra.
With audience figures for awards ceremonies dropping in recent years, the show's producers face a constant challenge to keep viewers from drifting away.
"It's just hard today to get people to pay attention," he says.
"I'm certain that the viewing individual today, while they're watching the Academy Awards, they're online and probably watching oscars.org and they're also watching a car race or they're playing with their kids.
"Everyone is in a multi-task mode so the amount of attention span has dwindled down to not too long."
The challenge this year is to capture the imagination of a TV audience, many of whom will not have seen the main nominated movies.
Director's challenge
With the field dominated by low-budget, independent pictures, viewers may be less tempted to tune in than in a year when the buzz is about The Lord of the Rings or Titanic.
"The challenge certainly is to make sure the people at home see as many stars as possible to keep them tuned in," Mr Horvitz says.
"In a way, show them clips of these movies so that they may go out and experience the best of the 78th annual Oscars."
Within Hollywood circles, there is nothing bigger than the Academy Awards. The prestige of winning is attached to an actor for life.
"If you were to go and ask an actor: 'I'll trade you three Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award and god knows what else kind of award for your work, for one Oscar, you'll have no actor give up an Oscar," says Mr Horvitz.
"Each year I never take for granted being asked back by the Academy. Every year I get a drive in a Formula One car and the year that I don't is going to be disappointing."


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Watching my sister's girls on our extended sleep over reminded me of something. Toddlers are extremely fun... and just a little bit demanding. :) Sweet J has now started shouting "I NOT BABY!!! I TODDLER!" Whew, I only had to hear that once. Of course she's right, she is not a baby and I am so glad. 2 years old is such a fun age. One of the benefits of having M and M so close together in age is that I have really never had to adjust projects or activities to include different ages. I know from chatting with my sister that having a toddler (NOT A BABY) around makes it more difficult to bring out certain stuff. Well I had a fairy Continue Reading
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Vitaly Lunkin is the champion of Event #27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. This is his first WSOP gold bracelet. He was all smiles as the tournament staff presented him with the bracelet. He even mugged for the cameras, holding the bracelet with both hands over his head.
Lunkin played a cagey final table, and but for some bad luck on two occasions when a board flush overcoated his hand to give an opponent second life, this final table would have been over much sooner than it was.
Lunkin not only earned a WSOP gold bracelet, but he also walks away from this tournament with a cash prize of $628,417. That's pretty good for three days in the Amazon Room. PokerNews offers its most heartfelt congratulations to Lunkin.
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