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An American drowned at 4pm on Friday after being pulled away by the current on Carmen beach, located in Santa Teresa de Cóbano, Puntarenas. The body of the victim, Bryan Sommer, age 50 was discovered floating in the surf and after being declared dead was taken to the Judicial Morgue in San Joaquín de Flores, Heredia.
Foreigner drowns after being swept away by wave
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Just to correct the spelling. This is the sad story of my brother. His name is Brian Sumner, age 51. He was a respected internal medicine physician from New York City who did much work for international missions in Africa, Haiti and South America. He was on vacation when his wife to get a much needed rest when he died. His family here is all devastated.
Randy, I hope you and your family, especially your parents, will accept my sincere sympathy and that of my wife Shields. Jack Harris
Please accept our condolences.
Dr. Sumner cared for my wife and me as our primary-care doctor since 2003. I looked forward to his becoming physician for our boys.
His death is devastating.
Dr. Sumner was a great doctor. He possessed supreme competence and patience. He listened.
Today I realized efforts to win his approval inspire my tortuous exercise and abstinence. He beamed when I lost weight.
Friday at my annual physical I was dreading having to explain how I gained five pounds since a visit in July. I'm truly sorry I won't have the opportunity. I will miss him dearly.
God bless you, your family and Dr. Sumner's soul.
Mike K.
My husband, Henry, daughter, Alexandra, and I have been patients of Dr Sumner for a long period of time.
After reading all these lovely posts, I can only add that he was a wonderful doctor and a very caring person. Yes, he listened, he took his time, and made you feel like you were his sole patient. I had an ongoing problem that I told him I could "live with," and he said, "but is that enough for you? Lets try to get to the bottom of it – I want you to feel better." This was the kind of guy he was. It wasn't just about medicine, but life-style – he recommended yoga, acupuncture, was open to anything new, but held firm to the old-fashioned eat your veggies rule as well.
I miss him, and will continue to miss him.
I can't imagine what Leslee, Randolph, and all his family and friends are going through. I am happy that I've had a chance to express my feelings, and, if there is a public memorial, I would like very much to attend.
Thank you
Hilary Zwicky
Dear Randolph,
My deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Dr. Sumner was my doctor over the last few years. He was a wonderful doctor and a wonderful man.
He listened, he cared, and he remembered little things. He truly was a special person.
I will miss him.
Again, my deepest sympathy.
Randolph, my sincerest sympathy for the loss of such a great brother.
I am Brian's and Leslee's neighbor and am completely crushed by this news. My deepest condolences to Leslee and the family.
Dr Sumner was the DR for my wife and I for over 12 years and I have to say that I would brag truthfully to all my friends that he was the best Dr. we ever had, bedside manners that was to be modeled and he truly cared about his patients and we were shocked to hear the sad news. We will truly miss our DOCTOR!!! Sincere condolence to his wife and family, we grieve with you!!!
Dr Sumner was our doctor as well, and we thought only the most amazing things of him. We are very sad and will miss our Doctor.
Your brother was physician to both myself and my mother.
We are both very shocked and very sad by such a tragedy. Our most sincere heartfelt condolences to you and the rest of his family.
I am so touched by all of the comments and especially those of his patients. These will be a comfort to his parents and Leslee.
My husband and I are devastated and deeply saddened. Brian was our Dr. since I became pregnant with my first son 10 years ago and began fainting. He was not only the best doctor that my husband and I have had, but he was an excellent human being with great compassion. He cared deeply for my husband and I and motivated us to make day-to-day healthier choices. My husband and I will miss him and send blessings to his wife, family and loved ones and to Dr. Sumner's heart and soul.
Brian was my brother and the godfather to my children. He and his wife Leslee have been enormously important in our lives. We love him and miss him. Thank your for all the comments. I read them to our parents today.
Dear Ralph and Melanie – Brian's office was just across the hall from mine in the old days at Lenox Hill Hospital. We chatted just weeks ago over at the hospital. I am deeply saddened for your loss. Brian was a true gentleman, always kind and thoughtful. Please know and pass along to Leslee that all of us in the dept of medicine at LHH are reflecting on his life and thinking of you. Barrie
Sorry,I meant Randolph (not Ralph)
Randolph, Melanie and Brian's loving family,
My husband and I are devastated by the loss of your humble serving brother, and our brother in Christ-Brian. My husband and I are members of the Park Avenue Christian Church, where both Brian and Leslee joined a time ago. We also were involved in Couples Ministry together and the couple emanated such radiance and positivity- you felt the goodness in meeting them. I always commented to my husband how Leslee and Brian were like twins- two peas in a pod, an example of a strong union and you felt the goodness in both individually and as a couple. Seeing them in church regularly was always a blessing- they both have that special something that enriches the soul/spirit of others. We are truly devastated about this great loss and there has not been a day that has gone by that we have not thought about Brian and Leslee since. I am just so thankful that God put them in my path, in my spiritual community, and I get to say I knew him, and he will live on through the many lives he's touched with charity and with his loving/healing spirit forever and ever.
My husband and I are devastated by our doctor's death. He was warm and caring and a fabulous doctor. May his memory be a blessing.
Posting again. Praying and meditating for his soul's journey home and for his family and loved ones healing every day. He is in our thoughts and hearts deeply. Is there a charity Brian was involved in that I can donate to?
To All of Dear Dr. Sumner's Family –
Dr. Sumner has been in my heart and thoughts ever since I received this sad, sad, sad news an hour before an appointment to see him this past Monday morning…I chose him, from the insurance network, to be my primary CARE physician nearly 4 years ago after reading online of the work he and Mrs. Sumner have done for so long with their Bowery Mission Medical Clinic, and from the first moment he came into the examining room he (with his cheerfulness, calm, compassion, sanity, faith, and sense of humor) never, ever ceased to make me feel safe and happy whenever there was an appointment (and he and his wonderful office staff never failed to fit me in on the same days of several emergencies). He also patiently listened to me cry and cry and cry one day over something which had driven me in with chest pains, and then remembered to ask about the situation nearly every other time I saw him…this was a doctor I planned to have till he retired. It has been a bit of a comfort to have found, this week, a video on youtube in which he and beautiful Mrs. Sumner are interviewed and shown working with patients at the Bowery Mission Medical Clinic, but…OH we will miss him so, and can only hope to keep feeling his energy (and have no doubt he is at God's table) and following the example of his good cheer and work, and as he once said, not "fret."
To Randolph, Melanie and Brian's family…
My wife and I have also been utterly devastated by this news as well, which we found out only a few days ago. He has been our doctor for over 10 years and we tried to send as many of our friends to him as he could fit in. Every day since we heard of his passing has been difficult, thinking of him many, many, many times. It's just simply unbelievable that this would happen to such a special soul – such a caring, compassionate, involved, and incredible presence. Life is strange and often sad, but we are so lucky and grateful to have had him in our lives all of these years.
Rest in Peace, Dr. Sumner. We will all remember you until it is our time to join you.
Unending condolences to his family.
Dear Randolph, Melanie and all of your family members,
My husband (Vinson Valega) and I are devastated by the loss of your brother. We loved Brian so very much. He cared for us for 10 years, and we adored him. He was so much more to us than a doctor. He was a dear friend, a person who genuinely cared about caring for people, an activist for contemporary medicine and just such a nice person. We loved our time with him and feel your loss deeply.
We send to you and the rest of your family our deepest sympathies and are grieving with you. Please let us know if there will be a memorial service open to the public. We would like the opportunity to say good-bye.
With Love to you all,
Sharon Louden
To leslee , Randolph , Melanie , and the Sumner family.
What a great human being ! A wonderful Guy , , he was attentive , he listened and he cared . he became our family Doctor me ,, my wife , and daughter .
God bless you all , Henry Zwicky
Brian had been my doctor for a long number of years. Refered by my sister, he was a terrific doctor who not only really cared, but also had a way to make you feel really cared for. His passing is a very sad development. He will be immensely missed. All condolences to his family, friends and office. Sal M.
Brian had been my doctor for only a short time – two years or so but I cannot express how unusually compassionate he was in his bedside manner. He took his time to understand, listen and explain, and was very encouraging. I even brought my father to him in recent months. My dad is generally averse to annual check-ups and I only found out about Dr. Sumner's death when calling to make an appointment for him for this year. I am in shock. I am so sorry for your family's loss and wish you strength in coping with this devastating loss. He will be truly missed.
To the Sumner family,
My wife and I have seen Dr. Sumner for over 10 years. We would share our experience as his patients with our family who are also doctors and they would be shocked at the lengths he would go to treat his patients. Not only would he spend an enormous amount of time with each patient to understand the presenting symptoms, but he would also commit this time to alleviate anxiety and develop a personal relationship.
It was thanks to some of these many discussions that I was able to leave the stress of working in a high volume clinic as he expressed concern about the stress I was experiencing. Thanks to his encouragement I began my own practice.
I was looking to forward to seeing him again in the coming months as I finally agreed during my last physical to a regular exercise routine for the past year and was excited to discuss the changes in my health with him.
His work with NYC's homeless was admirable and I recently learned of his efforts to provide medical services internationally.
My family sends our deepest sympathies to your family. He was a special person who really made a difference in my family's lives. Thank you.
He will be dearly missed.
I did not know Brian as my doctor, but as a brother in Christ and dear person who radiated the love of Jesus.
I served with him for several years in a mercy ministry at the church he and Leslee attended several years back and can only say that both he and Leslee were grace incarnate. My heart goes out to you, Leslee, his parents, his brother and sister and all who loved him.
I graduated from High School with Brian in 1979. We attended Darlington School in Rome, Georgia. Although I haven't seen him in many years, I remember him as a handsome and brilliant classmate. He had so many friends whom I know will miss him dearly. I am so saddened by the news, but I find comfort knowing that he is now with God. May peace be with the entire Sumner family.
To the Sumner family.
My deepest sympathy to the family for the loss of Brian, a great and compassionate human being.
He will leave a deep hole in the life of many people. Brian achieved immortality by living on in the hearts of many people and certainly mine. Even though I have only seen him once he was certainly registered as the physician who cares and would be my regular GP.
Courage to live on with his memory.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your brother. I am utterly devastated by the news. I've been a patient of Dr. Sumner's for 10 years and over the past 5 have been lucky enough to get to see him every 3 months. Most people dreaded having to see their dr that often, but I looked forward to my appointments each and every time. Dr. Sumner was so attentive and patient with me. He remembered every little detail about my life and I did my best to introduce him to good music with every visit. He was such a special person, so kind. thoughtful, reassuring and real.
I had to go to his office today to see another doctor and spent much of the time hugging his nurse. It became clear how well loved he was in that office. I'll miss him so much.
I hope he's up in heaven and beaming down proud at me that I finally took his advice and started doing yoga… something I had planned on bragging to him about but will never get the chance.
To the family and friends of Brian Sumner, my colleague and personal physician. It is with profound sorrow that I learn of his passing. My condolences to all of his loved ones. He will be sorely missed but may his style of doctoring, his demeanor and capability live on in our hearts and souls, as he was a role model for the best there is! G-d bless to all the family, RIP Brian. I miss you dearly. Frank
I love and miss you Dr. Sumner. You always treated me with respect and never judged me. Just knowing that you believed in me, g0t me through some really tough times. I'm so sad that the sea took you away from me. I will always be thankful for your kindness and love. My heart is aching.
My deepest sympathies to Brian's entire family. I'm so sorry for your loss and wish I could take your pain away.
Leslee- I'm sorry that you lost the love of your life.
Dr. Sumner's staff- All of you have always been so kind to me and I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
He was a kind soul and a great doctor.May he rest in peace
Dear Sumner Family,
My husband, daughter, and I were patients who had been seeing Dr. Sumner for about two years. We had been recommended to him by a friend of ours who is also a physician and who, along with others in her family, had been seeing him as her personal physician for many years. She had raved about what a wonderful doctor and kind human being he was. All of us found this to be true upon our very first visit.
We will miss him as our doctor, and are truly sorry that the world and your family has lost such a caring man. We send healing wishes to all his family and office staff!
Rita, Steve, and Arielle
I just learned about Dr. Sumner's tragic passing this afternoon when I called his office to make an appointment. I was overcome with great shock and sorrow. My last visit with him was just a few days before Christmas. As always his accommodating staff "squeezed me in" because I was very sick. My condolences to his wife, family, and office staff. He was a wonderful doctor and a special human being. I was his patient for about 12 years and will miss his gentle presence and wisdom immensely.
Brian and I have covered each other's practice for the past ten years. He was a terrific, caring physician and an even better guy. He was an optimist in a sea of pessimists. I still cannot believe he is gone. My deepest sympathies to the Sumner family.
Brian….I will miss you.
I, just now, was made aware of the passing of Dr. Sumner. I am deeply saddened that such a warm and loving person is no longer with us. Dr. Sumner will be greatly missed. My sympathy goes out to the family.


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Bio made at "Me and my Bio shop": http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho...d.php?t=205142
Basic Information
Name: Jiraiya
Nickname: Pervy Sage (Ero Sennin)
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Clan: N/A
Jiraiya was a tall man with waist-length, spiky white hair usually tied back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. He also had red lines that ran down from his eyes and wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for 'Oil' (油), which shows that he is affiliated with Mount Myoboku. Jiraiya wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armour that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit was completed with hand guards, a simple black belt, traditional Japanese geta (wooden sandals), a red haori with two simple yellow circles on each side, and a scroll on his back. He also had a tattoo in his left palm which resembles one that Gama has in his as well.
Jiraiya always attempts to either woo women or spy on them in the Hot Springs whenever he can, he would call it his "research". Jiraiya makes no attempt whatsoever to hide these dirty habits of his in some cases he seems proud of it. However he doesn't like it when Naruto calls him Pervy Sage (Ero Sennin).His interest in women has on occasion been his downfall; sometime in the past he tried spying on Tsunade, and was nearly fatally wounded when she caught him in the act. However, he has been able to use his peeping jutsu to good use during reconnaissance and stealth missions, like his entrance into Amegakure.
Jiraiya's experiences in love, particularly those with Tsunade, are recorded in his Make Out (イチャイチャ Icha Icha) series of novels. The Make out series books were best-sellers and they would've earned Jiraiya a great wealth. But before writing the Make out series he wrote an autobiography loosely based on his own life where the character's name was Naruto. This book however was not that popular but Minato Namikaze who was Jiraiya's student, named his son after the main character in the hopes that he would grow up to be just like the Naruto in the book, subsequently naming Jiraiya Naruto's godfather.
Village Info.
Village of Birth:Konohagakure
Village of Alliance:Mount Myoboku
Rank//Chakra Info.
Ninja Rank: Jounin
Specialty: Toad summoning
Elements:Katon - needs training
Your ninjutsu:
(Bunshin No Jutsu) - Clone Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:A clone made of the user that can move but(cannot use any jutsu)This clone is merely an illusionary projection of the user.
Note:The clone jutsu can be made with different elements and is a D-Rank jutsu under its own element(Mizu/Water Tsuchi/Earth Sumi/Ink)
(Bikoku Ninjutsu) - Shadow Stealth Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:This jutsu lets the user follow the target covert by concealing the users presence.
(Henge no Jutsu) - Transformation Technique
Damage Points:N/A
Description: Henge no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique, which every ninja learns at the Ninja Academy. Henge allows the ninja to transform themselves into any person or object. This allows the ninja to move with stealth or to trick their opponents.
(Gokan Sakusou) - 5 Senses Confusion Disorder
Chakra Cost:N/A
Damage Points:N/A
The user throws an explosive kunai at their target and the mist spreads threw the air.This jutsu causes the opponent to be hit by attacks even though they think they dodged it or countered it.This effect lasts for 2 turns.
(Kawarimi no Jutsu) - Change of Body Stance Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description: Kawarimi no Jutsu is a basic Ninjutsu technique. When in danger the ninja will quickly substitute themselves with another nearby object. This can be a block of wood or even another person. This allows the ninja to quickly flee and hide while the original object takes the brunt of their opponents attack.
(Nawanuke No Jutsu) - Escape Skill
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:Using chakra the user can escape from being tied down(only works with non-chakra ropes).
(Kakuremino No Jutsu) - Magic Cloak Of Invisibility Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:The user will pull out a cloak that is pre designed for their use.Then by using ninjutsu they make the cloth blend into the background(Konohamaru used this to follow Naruto in episode 2 and got caught because he was holding the cloak wrong).Skilled ninja can see through this jutsu(Rank c and above)
Background Info.
As a child, Jiraiya and his former team-mates Orochimaru and Tsunade, were students of the Third Hokage. Jiraiya's relation with his team practically mirrored that of the future Team 7, with Jiraiya being quite similar to Naruto. After leaving the Third's tutelage, he travelled the world.
Once becoming a jōnin and capable of leading a squad, Jiraiya became the teacher of Minato Namikaze and two other unknown genin. Jiraiya took particular interest in Minato, taking him as an apprentice, and amongst other things teaching him the Summoning Technique. At some point, he also told Minato about the prophecy the Great Toad Sage had given him, believing that Minato could be the Child of the Prophecy.
Jiraiya first met Naruto Uzumaki while he was "researching" at the hot springs in Konoha. After Jiraiya knocked out Ebisu for catching him in the act, Naruto demanded that Jiraiya become his trainer in Ebisu's place. He refused, until Naruto used his Sexy Technique. When they started training, Jiraiya removed Orochimaru's Five Elements Seal from Naruto's stomach, which allowed him to tap into the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's chakra. To teach him how to take advantage of the Nine-Tails' reserves, Jiraiya taught Naruto how to use the Summoning Technique, but was met with very poor results. To this end, Jiraiya decided to force Naruto to use the Nine-Tails' chakra by pushing him off a cliff. Naruto survived by summoning Gamabunta.
With the Third's death, the village elders, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, requested that Jiraiya become the next Hokage, which he quickly turned down. Instead, he volunteered to search for his former team-mate, Tsunade, asking only that he be allowed to take Naruto with him.
Along the road Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki tried to kidnap Naruto. They put a woman under Genjutsu as to distract Jiraiya but he saw through this because a woman would never take an interest in him this easily. Jiraiya then quickly intercepted the two Akatsuki members and prevented them from kidnapping Naruto. They both retreated because they did not want to go toe to toe against one of the Legendary Sannin.
Orochimaru found Tsunade before Jiraiya did, and asked that she heal his arms. When Jiraiya eventually found her as well, he suspected that they were in contact, and threatened Tsunade not to help Orochimaru. In response, Tsunade drugged his sake when they went to a bar, making it difficult for him to move or use chakra. After he discovered that this was so he wouldn't interfere in her attempt to kill Orochimaru, Jiraiya came to help her. In his drugged state, he struggled to fight Orochimaru, but was able to recover to the point that he could summon Gamabunta to fight Orochimaru's Manda. The healthy Tsunade proved too much for Orochimaru and Manda, defeating the two and causing them to flee. Tsunade then accepted her post as the Fifth Hokage, and they returned to Konoha.
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Well, you couldn't expect Saints tight end Jimmy Graham to post 100 yards and multiple touchdowns every week, right? He came back to earth with a thud on Sunday. And he picked up an injury upon landing. Graham caught none of his six targets against the Patriots, and he missed time during the fourth quarter due to an unspecified left foot injury. Graham returned to the game after getting his foot taped up during the quarter, but he was later seen walking with assistance to the locker room.
Sunday was Graham's first game without a catch since his 2010 rookie year.
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There has been no update on Graham's injury from the team, and we may not hear anything for a while since the Saints are now entering their bye week. It's good timing for Graham, who was locked down for much of the day by Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib, who also suffered an injury during the game. Graham came close to hauling in a 34-yard touchdown in the fourth. Here's hoping he'll be ready to go in Week 8.


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Katie Graves and Matthew McMunn Dance will be featured this weekend in Blunt Object Theatre's Shakespeare, I Love You: Pericles, a really unusual, multidisciplinary performance of Shakespeare's play. Graves and McMunn choreographed the three part work as a quartet (in which they perform with Josh Anderson and Adam Gauzza), set to an original score by TOOM (Mason Thorne). They join four theater companies (they're the only Dance company), each performing one of the original work's five acts.
Graves and McMunn have choreographed a movement-based presentation of Act II (which is also the title of the work). They abstract Shakespeare's writing into movement by dissecting its structure, utilizing textual images, and navigating both written and implied events from the play. McMunn described their approach to the project: "We take the repetition in Shakespeare's language, and we use that repetition as structure." The first section of the work is a solo by McMunn, as Pericles, stranded on an unknown shore. In the second section, McMunn dances with Anderson and Gauzza, while the final section is a duet (danced by Graves and McMunn).
The original score is by TOOM, who the choreographers worked with over several months. Graves and McMunn describe the process as a collaborative back-and-forth where TOOM would send musical ideas to the choreographers, revise them with them, and then join them at rehearsals to focus the final score.
For more information on the other companies joining Katie Graves and Matthew McMunn in Shakespeare, I Love You: Pericles, there's more at Stephen F. Murray, The Unrehearsed Shakespeare Company, Equity Library Theatre Chicago and Blunt Objects Theatre.
Shows are at the Den Theatre March 30, 31 and April 1 at 7PM, and March 31 at 2PM. For more about Katie Graves and Matthew McMunn check out katiegraves.net.


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I learned about Monroe Harding two and a half years ago. As I have gotten better aquainted with the organization, I have been able to see the changes this organization makes in the lives of children and youth. Clients served are given good role models and structure in their lives. They learn that they are valuable and that they are capbable of achieving and never to put limiations on their abilities. Children and youth of all ages are encouraged and valued through this organization.
I found out about Monroe Harding over 2 years through Jimmy Wayne's Project Meet Me Halfway. On a recent trip to Nashville, I had the honor of going to Monroe Harding and met the staff. The staff is deeply devoted to the well-being of the boys that live there. Their various programs all revolve around helping at these risk youths. They are definitely making an impact in these kids lives. I am a proud supporter of Monroe Harding and will continue to be one.
I joined Monroe Harding's BOD three years ago and have been fully engaged with the mission of Changing Young People's Lives ever since. This organization works with a small budget to bring great value to the community. The staff works minor miracles in turning young people's attitudes and aspirations in a positive direction and in a short time frame. Monroe Harding has big dreams for the youth of middle Tennessee who need their services and the staff, BOD and our many supporters are working hard to make sure those dreams come true.
We are proud to support Monroe Harding and the work they are doing changing young people's lives. In a recent visit to MH, we saw the enormous positive impact their program makes --the young particpants had clearly grown in maturity, social skills, and confidence. As a donor, it is impressive to see what the skilled and committed MH staff is able to do with a modest budget and a huge passion.
Thanks to Monroe Harding for all they do to positively impact our youth! They are changing lives! I recommend that people support this organization because they fulfill an important role in the lives of many. Please recognize them for their dedication and hard work and devotion to those in need!
I became aware of Monroe Harding in December 2009 through Jimmy Wayne and his Project Meet Me Halfway, which brings awareness to the challenges foster youth face. Since then I have followed the work of Monroe Harding and visited them twice (from Wyoming). During my most recent visit I was taken by the dedication & caring hearts of the staff I met. I truly believe Monroe Harding does what they claim, "Changing Young People's Lives". Their programs offer young men in foster care the chance to overcome their hardships and gain an education, learn life skills, make friends and know what a home feels like. I wish there were more organizations such as Monroe Harding with the heart and dedication to helping foster youth achieve happiness and success.
I learned about Monroe Harding through Country Superstar Jimmy Wayne. Jimmy was one of those kids who aged out of the FosterCare system and Monroe Harding played a huge part & had an impact on his life. They continue to help SO many kids who come from broken homes. I will continue to support this WONDERFUL organization. They are absolutely awesome. This is ONE organization that deserves such recognition. I hope you take all these posts into careful consideration. Thank-You!
I am a huge supporter of Monroe Harding. Growing up in the system I know the importance and value of having a great support team surrounding these vulnerable youth. Monroe Harding cares for the youth of yesterday, today and tomorrow! Props to Monroe Harding for all they do for these youth!
I originally heard about Monroe Harding through Country star, Jimmy Wayne, who himself had lived a hard road as a boy and youth. Jimmy had been a Foster child and had ended up homeless and alone at various times himself, just as many of the youth - now taken care of in the safety and support of Monroe Harding - would have statistically ended up also. Recently I had the pleasure of visiting Monroe Harding in person and I couldn't have been more impressed! The staff and volunteers working there are dedicated to helping the desperate and deserving youth in their care get on their feet. They not only provide them with a place to call home, but teach them life skills and help them with their education and work goals so that they may thrive and succeed. I highly recommend Monroe Harding as a place where young men's lives can be saved and turned around, and their dreams can be seen to become possible in their still malleable young hearts and minds.
I was so impressed with Monroe Harding when I had a tour of the facility by some of the young residents as part of an information breakfast.I wanted to come home and impart even just a little of the discipline,work ethic and tidiness that I saw displayed in their homes,to my own children.it had more of an impact,having heard from them on the panel about the way their lives used to be and the homes they had come from.To speak with such hope and respect for each other was just amazing.I was actually overwhelmed and felt like they would be wonderful young men to have in any work or school environment.They all talked about how they wanted to bring some of what they had learned back to their own families.MonroeHarding is not just changing one life ,there is a ripple effect within their own families and communities.Its an amazing place and worth supporting .


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Massive Freeport lineman makes great strides since hiatus
Freeport senior Shane McKillop, a 6-foot-6, 295-pound lineman, returned to the football field last season after a two-year hiatus of his own choosing.
Considering McKillop's impressive size — and the fact he'd already played for four years — the decision to sit out as a freshman and sophomore seemed unusual to some. He wasn't injured.
But McKillop's time away from the gridiron made sense to him.
And, when he started playing again as a junior, he had to do some catching up but steadily improved. Now, he's attracting interest from Division I programs, including Cincinnati.
"Going into high school, I didn't feel physically ready enough," McKillop said. "I spent a couple years lifting weights and getting stronger. I was always the biggest kid in class. My dad is six feet tall, and I passed him up in seventh grade."
Encouraged by classmates and feeling more confident, McKillop decided last year was the time to make his high school debut. He was named all-conference honorable mention at offensive tackle for Freeport (7-3, 6-1), which relied on a bruising rushing attack to reach the WPIAL Class AA playoffs.
Freeport coach John Gaillot thinks McKillop, with a varsity season under his belt, could be much better this year.
"Really, last year was like touching the top of the iceberg," Gaillot said. "He's shown drastic improvement. He's more aggressive in everything. He still has a lot to offer. I believe this will be his breakout year, blocking and dominating at the line. That's what we're counting on, with his size."
McKillop's personality also changed noticeably since last year.
"He's come out of his shell," Gaillot said. "He's started to show a mean streak."
Shane's cousins, Scott and Chris McKillop, starred at Kiski Area and Pitt. Scott is a middle linebacker for the Buffalo Bills. Shane conditioned under the supervision of Chris, who was a graduate assistant at Duquesne University before becoming a Leechburg assistant. Shane fondly remembers watching his cousins play for Pitt at Heinz Field.
"It was cool," he said. "We sat right along the sideline."
This past summer, McKillop attended camps at Bucknell, Cincinnati, Duquesne and Pitt, where he performed in front of many college scouts. Cincinnati's offensive line coach Don Mahoney visited Freeport and personally invited McKillop to the Bearcats' camp.
Still, McKillop wouldn't mind playing Division II or III football.
"I'm fine with those, too," the two-way lineman said. "But I have to play better. I want to get more eyes on me and keep the interest I already have from schools."
Paul Kogut is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at email@example.com or 724-224-2696.


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Publication Acceptance Date: 1/7/2000
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Technical Abstract: Trichoderma virens is an effective biocontrol agent of soil-borne pathogens that affect the cotton root system such as Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium oxysporum. However its ability to induce systemic protection in cotton is unknown. Other Trichoderma species induce systemic resistance in other crops, e.g., T. harzianum in bean and T. viride in tobacco and grape. Therefore, T. virens might also provide some systemic protection. Cotton seeds (cvs. DeltaPine 50 and Rowden) were treated with dried preparations of Trichoderma virens in a wheat bran and peat moss carrier or with carrier alone as a control, and planted in field soil. Two strains of T. virens, a "P" strain, effective against Pythium ultimum, and a "Q" strain, effective against Rhizoctonia solani, were included in the tests. When cotton plants had six true leaves, the plants were inoculated with Verticillium dahliae by stem puncture. After 10 days, plant heights were measured and plants were examined for foliar symptoms to determine Verticillium wilt severity. Plants treated with the "P" strain of T. virens, strain G4, were significantly taller than untreated control plants. This suggests a possible growth promotion activity with this strain. Treatment with either of the two strains of T. virens reduced the disease severity rating significantly in Verticillium dahliae-inoculated plants on both cultivars (alpha=0.05). This suggests that T. virens may induce a systemic resistance response in cotton. However, no increased stimulation of terpenoids or tannins was observed in the stems of cotton plants with the T. virens treatments. Therefore this resistance response does not appear to be due to the plant responding more rapidly to pathogen attack.


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Jump Diffusion Option Valuation in Discrete Time
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- Author(s): KAUSHIK I. AMIN
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 1833-1863
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1993.tb05130.x
We develop a simple, discrete time model to value options when the underlying process follows a jump diffusion process. Multivariate jumps are superimposed on the binomial model of Cox, Ross, and Rubinstein (1979) to obtain a model with a limiting jump diffusion process. This model incorporates the early exercise feature of American options as well as arbitrary jump distributions. It yields an efficient computational procedure that can be implemented in practice. As an application of the model, we illustrate some characteristics of the early exercise boundary of American options with certain types of jump distributions.


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South Carolina Senator Lindsey "Huckleberry" Graham talks to the NY Times.... about the Tea Party movement....
"Everything I'm doing now in terms of talking about climate, talking about immigration, talking about Gitmo is
completely opposite of where the Tea Party movement's at," Graham said..... On four occasions, Graham met with Tea Party groups. The first, in his Senate office, was "very, very contentious," he recalled. During a later meeting, in Charleston, Graham said he challenged them:
" 'What do you want to do? You take back your country — and do what with it?' . . . Everybody went from being kind of hostile to just dead silent."
"The problem with the Tea Party, I think it's just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out." Now he said, in a tone of casual lament: "We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats." Chortling, he added, "Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today."
"The problem with the Tea Party, I think it's just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out." Now he said, in a tone of casual lament: "We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats." Chortling, he added, "Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today."
The Reverend has been harsh on the Tea Partys, and for good reason.
The "tell" on these so-called patriotic groups hellbent to "take their country back" was when their protests began.
America's first black president, Democrat Barack Obama, defeated his opponent, John McCain, the first week of November 2008. Obama took 53% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes. Suffice it to say, the election was not close. America had made a clear decision.
Obama, officially, took up his presidential office on January 20, 2009.
On February 13, 2009, approximately three weeks after Obama was inaugurated as president, the "stimulus" legislation was passed and reconciled by Congress with only 3 Republican votes. Obama signed the stimulus bill into law February 17, 2009.
February 19, 2009.....the farcical Rick Santelli of CNBC calls for a "Chicago Tea Party" to protest any suggestions by the Obama administration over reducing the principle (cramdown) on tens of thousands of 'in-trouble' mortgages.....
In PR terms, his February 19th call for a "Chicago Tea Party" was the launch event of a carefully organized and sophisticated PR campaign, one in which Santelli served as a frontman, using the CNBC airwaves for publicity, for the some of the craziest and sleaziest rightwing oligarch clans this country has ever produced. Namely,
the Koch family, the multibilllionaire owners of the largest private corporation in America, and funders of scores of rightwing thinktanks and advocacy groups, from the Cato Institute and Reason Magazine to FreedomWorks.
On February 21, 2009....we find Michelle Malkin, an extremely conservative blogger and frequent guest on Fox News programs, opening her blogpost, "Tea Party USA: The Movement Grows", with this....
Seattle on Monday. Denver on Tuesday. Mesa AZ on Wednesday. Overland Park, Kansas today. What a week, huh?
We got the anti-stimulus, anti-entitlement protest ball rolling — and now the movement, spurred further by CNBC host Rick Santelli's call for a "Chicago Tea Party," is really taking off.
February 22, 2009....Obama gives his first address to Congress.
February 23, 2009 Wall Street Journal.....
Industries from health care to agribusiness to mining that stand to lose under President Barack Obama's policy agenda are ramping up lobbying campaigns to derail or modify his plans.
Opinion polls indicate that Mr. Obama's broad goals enjoy popular support. But crucial details of the president's agenda will be decided in coming months by close-in legislative fighting, where big industries and the members of Congress that support them have plenty of clout.
On February 27th, (2009) an estimated 30,000 Americans took to the street in 40+ cities accross the country in the first nationwide "Tea Party" protest.
Summarizing: Obama's policies were embraced by the American people. That's why he was elected by such a wide margin. Huge business and corporate interests, however, realized early that if average Americans were helped by a new Democratic president as outlined in his campaign promises and his February 22, 2009 address to Congress....it would threaten those corporations' profits.
Corporate money became instantly available for public relations campaigns in opposition to Obama's policies. Rick Santelli, a corporate tool, "kicked off" that PR campaign on February 21, and the "grassroots", FreedomWorks (and others)-sponsored, Tea Partys were born.
The reason that Lindsey Graham said yesterday that the Tea Partyers couldn't "come up with coherent" ideas for governing the country and would probably "die off".....is because the Tea Partys never were a "grassroots" movement. True grassroots movements have ideas and policy proposals. Instead, the T-Partys were a product of corporate-funded organizers taking advantage of the animosity....the craziness....evidenced in the extreme-right rhetoric from attendees of Sarah Palin's events during the presidential campaign.
Tea Party members have scambled ever since to put a coherent face on their sore-loserdom beginning......as well as their being used as a tool by corporate deception artists. But as Graham said yesterday....it's simply not taking hold....the Partyers still have no coherent reason for being, other than to carry out the bidding, knowingly or unknowingly, of huge multi-national American corporations.
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By Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington
When anthropologists Gewertz and Errington told Chambri
friends that Alexis had died in an accident, they were summoned to Papua New Guinea
for a movingand difficultritual of mourning.
In Cultural Alternatives and a Feminist Anthropology (1987),
we asked what would have been, for Margaret Mead, an important comparative question:
What, of general significance to the lives of American women, and of particular
significance to the life of Alexis, Deborah's daughter and Fred's stepdaughter,
had we learned from our restudy of the Chambri of Papua New Guinea? (Margaret
Mead first described the Chambri as the "Tchambuli" in Sex and Temperament
[1935], her comparison of gender relations in three Papua New Guinea societies
and in the United States.) To be sure, we would phrase the contrast between "us"
and "them" far less sharply now, but we would still hold that bringing
differently positioned if historically intertwined lives into conjunction can
further understanding: can clarify and serve not only our lives but the lives
of all involved.
If the contrast between the Chambri and ourselves was intended to be significant
to Alexis as she contemplated her life's possibilities, we certainly had not expected
that this contrast would prove significant to us as we contemplated her life's
finalities. But when we wrote in the spring of 1998 to some of our Chambri friends
to say that our only child had been killed by a truck while riding her bicycle
to work, they insisted that we come to Papua New Guinea as soon as possible, preferably
with Aaron, her husband. They wanted to perform the first part of the tsem
mijanko, a ritual designed to "finish worry." After all, Alexis
had lived with the Chambri when she was a small child and had visited them as
an adolescent. As one Chambri put it, "she had grown big at the hands of
Chambri women who worked hard in providing her with food." For this ritual,
we were instructed to bring photographs of Alexis and personal items, including
some of her clothes.
Interested and intrigued, touched and moved, we decided to give
it a go. We would give it our best. We wanted to see what sort of cross-cultural
understanding might be possible for us: we wanted to see what we might learn,
including what we might feel. We also went with a sense that this was an important
transition in a history of our long-term fieldwork with Chambri (since 1974 for
Deborah and 1983 for Fred). We had always been aware of asymmetries in our relationships
with these people. As outsiders, we had always been somewhat unsettled by them,
for they remained, of course, vastly more culturally capable and informed about
being Chambri than we were. As insiders, they had always been somewhat unsettled
by us, for we could come and go as we pleased in a neo-colonial and modernizing
world where we were white and (relatively speaking) rich.
As it worked out, and as we hoped might happen, armed as we were with models of
solidarity and communitas, we and they did become (at least temporarily) both
different kinds of insiders and different kinds of outsiders. Through cross-cultural
engagement in a transcultural community of suffering, all of our lives were, in
fact, clarified and servedalthough, as we shall see, not always in ways
we might have fully anticipated or welcomed.
Here we will describe the ritual, performed in June 1999, in bare outline. (We
presented this ritual in detail in Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts
[1991], as it focused on the death of a young Chambri of about Alexis's age.)
In so doing, we wish to give recognition to what we think was Margaret Mead's
most important legacy: her insistence that Anthropology, through its probing of
human similarities, differences and connections, should educate us all; and her
insistence that it is personally and politically important to challenge the commonplace
understandings of everyday lifeto lead lives that are culturally thought-through.
Photo: Frederick Errington
Papa New Guinea Online
Mead Centennial
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Sarah had it easier. Shingles only made her feel sick for a few days. She felt a little itchy for a while, but she was back to her old self in a few weeks.
Shingles is a disease that affects your nerves. It can cause burning, shooting pain, tingling, and/or itching [3], as well as a rash and blisters.
You may recall having chickenpox as a child. Shingles is caused by the same virus, the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). After you recover from chickenpox, the virus continues to live in some of your nerve cells. It is usually inactive, so you don't even know it's there.
In fact, most adults live with VZV in their bodies and never get shingles. But, for about one in three adults [4], the virus will become active again. Instead of causing another case of chickenpox, it produces shingles. We do not totally understand what makes the virus go from inactive to active.
Having shingles doesn't mean you have any other underlying disease.
Everyone who has had chickenpox has VZV in their body and is at risk for getting shingles. Right now, there is no way of knowing who will get the disease. But, some things make it more likely:
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[snip]r8169: Allow adjustment of speed and duplex advertised via autonegotiation
@@ -579,6 +583,23 @@ static void rtl8169_link_option(int idx, *autoneg = p->autoneg; *speed = p->speed; *duplex = p->duplex; + + if (p->media == _10_Half) + *advertising = ADVERTISED_10baseT_Half; + if (p->media == _10_Full) + *advertising = ADVERTISED_10baseT_Full; + if (p->media == _100_Half) + *advertising = ADVERTISED_100baseT_Half; + if (p->media == _100_Full) + *advertising = ADVERTISED_100baseT_Full; + if (p->media == _1000_Full) + *advertising = ADVERTISED_1000baseT_Full; + if (p->media == 0xff) + *advertising = ADVERTISED_10baseT_Half | + ADVERTISED_10baseT_Full | + ADVERTISED_100baseT_Half | + ADVERTISED_100baseT_Full | + ADVERTISED_1000baseT_Full; }
This particular code is to support the "media" option for the r8169 module. The "media" option is marked as deprecated in favour of ethtool.
It looks like you could control what is advertised by using the ethool ioctls, since you can pass a bitmask to that. I can't see a way to do that with the ethtool command, since you can only specify one pair of "speed" and "duplex" arguments.
One thing I forgot to mention in my mail is that there is no way of disabling autonegotiation with the r8169 driver. I started working on this, but I don't know how to force the PHY to a particular speed+duplex combination with autonegotation switched off. I'm guessing that autonegotiation enabled with one advertised speed+duplex != fixed speed+duplex.
Bye, Rich =]
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Media reported Chafee's primary victory as posing a challenge only to Democrats, ignored strong showing by Whitehouse
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In their reporting on incumbent Sen. Lincoln Chafee's (R-RI) win in the September 12 Republican primary, ABC, CBS, and Fox News reported Chafee's win as making the state more challenging for Democrats to win the seat, while failing to note that Chafee's victory by no means assures his re-election and that Chafee's Democratic challenger got more votes in the primary than Chafee and his Republican primary challenger combined.
In their reporting on incumbent Sen. Lincoln Chafee's (R-RI) win in the September 12 Republican primary, numerous media reported Chafee's win as making the state more challenging for Democrats to win the seat, without noting that Chafee's victory by no means assures his re-election. September 13 reports on ABC, CBS, and Fox News all reported Chafee's victory to be crucial to Republican hopes of maintaining a majority in the Senate, often stressing the challenges Chafee's victory presented to Democrats, without reporting that more Democrats turned out to vote for Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse, whose primary race was not considered to be competitive, than voted for both Chafee and his Republican primary challenger combined.
Further, the same reports also did not mention that the race between Chafee and Whitehouse is virtually tied; most recent polling indicates that Whitehouse holds a lead of two percentage points over Chafee. In fact, many reports did not even mention Whitehouse.
On September 12, Chafee beat his Republican primary challenger Stephen Laffey 54 percent to 46 percent. Chafee has voted against several Bush administration initiatives -- such as the Iraq war, tax cuts, and even against Bush himself in the 2004 presidential election -- and faced a strong challenge from the more conservative Laffey. Yet, despite Chafee's opposition to much of the Bush administration agenda, according to the Chicago Tribune, "the National Republican Senatorial Committee poured more than $1 million into defending" Chafee against Laffey, because "Committee officials said only Chafee could beat a Democrat in November." The Tribune noted that the Republican Party "promised to abandon the state if Laffey were to secure the nomination" because polling data indicated Laffey had virtually no chance of winning the state.
The Rhode Island race is widely considered to be crucial in determining which party will hold the Senate's majority in 2007. Democrats need to pick up six Senate seats in order to regain majority control, and Chafee's seat is considered to be one of the most competitive in the country. Polling shows the race between Chafee and Whitehouse to be statistically tied; a September 3 Rasmussen Reports poll gave Whitehouse an advantage of two percentage points. Other polling also indicates the race to be virtually tied, with some polls showing Chafee to have a small advantage and others showing Whitehouse slightly ahead; no poll conducted since June 14 shows either candidate to hold more than a three-point lead over his opponent. Rasmussen Reports lists the Rhode Island Senate race to be a "toss-up," as do Congressional Quarterly and The New York Times.
Further, Whitehouse's primary race was not considered to be competitive, as evidenced by his defeat of two other candidates with 82 percent of the vote. Yet, despite Whitehouse's noncompetitive race, voters still turned out in larger numbers to vote for Whitehouse than voted for Chafee and Laffey combined. Rhode Island primary results indicate that Whitehouse received 66,019 total votes compared with Chafee and Laffey's combined total of 63,986.
Yet, despite the clear competitiveness of the Chafee-Whitehouse race, some media figures reported Chafee's win as representing a challenge solely to Democrats, and some even presented the race as essentially over. For instance:
- During the September 13 edition of CBS' The Early Show, Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer stated that Republicans breathed "a big sigh of relief" with Chafee's victory because Chafee was "the only Republican, probably, who could win a Senate seat in Rhode Island." Schieffer then noted that Chafee's "father was a Republican Senator there for many, many years;" and concluded, "So the Republicans simply had to keep this seat."
- On the September 13 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, correspondent Megyn Kendall reported only that "Republicans fear that if Laffey won the primary, he would lose in the general election in November to the Democratic Candidate, thus costing Republicans the Senate seat in a year they are struggling to hold on to a majority."
- On the September 13 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, ABC senior national correspondent Jake Tapper reported, "Chafee's win means it will be far tougher for Democrats to regain control of the Senate," making no mention of challenges Republicans face to hold the seat.
From the September 13 edition of ABC's Good Morning America:
CHAFEE: Are we pumped? Are we pumped? On to victory.
TAPPER: Chafee's win means it will be far tougher for Democrats to regain control of the Senate. Senator Hillary Clinton barely paused in her beeline to the White House.
From the September 13 edition CBS' The Early Show:
SMITH: It does look good, doesn't it? We like it, too. I want to talk very quickly about Lincoln Chafee. Here's this moderate Republican from Rhode Island, which is kind of a left-leaning state. This is a guy who's been sort of a thorn in the side of the Bush administration for years now. He actually had the support of the Republican Party, is in a primary hunt with a guy who is a real live conservative, and the Republicans are happy about it. Explain it.
SCHIEFFER: Oh, I'm telling you. I mean, the irony is so thick in this thing that I mean, you get it all over your shoes if you walk too far. To Lincoln Chafee, of all the Republicans in the Senate, probably has voted against President Bush, probably has voted against his party more times than any other Republican there. But he is also, frankly, the only Republican, probably, who could win a Senate seat in Rhode Island. His father was a Republican --
SMITH: Right.
SCHIEFFER: -- senator there for many, many years. So the Republicans simply had to keep this seat. Now what happened was that some economic conservatives, this Club for Growth, this very conservative group, put a bunch of money in up there and backed this mayor of the town of Cranston, Steve Laffey. And he made a very formidable candidate.
SMITH: Right.
SCHIEFFER: But what people were worried about was that if he won the primary, there was no way they thought --
SMITH: Win the gen -- yeah.
SCHIEFFER: -- that he could win the general election against the Democrats.
SMITH: Yeah.
SCHIEFFER: So Republicans got behind Chafee and in the end, he won. There's a big sigh of relief among Senate Republicans this morning to get this primary out of the way, I'll tell you for sure.
From the September 13 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
KENDALL: Now the race brought record-breaking turnout and had Chafee at his victory celebration declaring that moderate Republicans remain alive and kicking. As you said, he opposed President Bush on major issues like the war in Iraq and the president's tax policies, and he even failed to vote for the president, actually writing in a name -- the president's father -- in the last presidential election, but still had the backing of the White House and of the GOP over the more conservative candidate, Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey. Why? For the very reasons you just explained: Republicans fear that if Laffey won the primary, he would nonetheless lose in Rhode Island's general election to the Democratic candidate, thus costing Republicans that Senate seat in a year they are struggling to hold on to a majority.
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DAY ONE - The Playoffs kick off today with Vince Carter's return to Toronto, a rematch series from last season, Dwight Howard's playoff debut, and a compelling 4-5 match up in the west.
Nets at Raptors, 12:30 PM, ESPN
Winner: Nets
Thoughts: Game one, expect at least a little early jitters for the young inexperienced Raptors. They may have a surge of energy here and there, and Chris Bosh will look to impress, but I doubt it will be enough. Vince Carter will be amped for game one against his old team and have a huge game. Nets win.
Heat at Bulls, 3:00 PM, ABC
Winner: Bulls
Thoughts: While I don't think Chicago can take a whole seven game series, they can steal game one. In case you forgot, the Bulls do have homecourt advantadge in this series. The Bulls will come out pumped up and with a home crowd behind them against a Heat team that, in all honesty, is probably a little too relaxed. I get the feeling the Heat, having already beaten this team, are taking the Bulls a little lightly and will cost them today. Bulls win.
Magic at Pistons, 7:30 PM, ESPN
Winner: Pistons
Thoughts: The Pistons are experienced, savvy, well balanced, and still a menace defensively. Orlando is an impressive young team obviously making huge strides by just being in the playoffs, but they won't be getting a win today. Expect veteran Grant Hill to step up (against his old old team no less) and Dwight Howard to have a nice game, but down the stretch the Pistons will clamp down defensively and go on a run the Magic won't recover from. Pistons win.
Jazz at Rockets, 9:30 PM, ESPN
Winner: Rockets
Thoughts: Jeff Van Gundy and Jerry Sloan are both tough methodical playoff coaches and both will have their teams prepared and strategic game plan ready. I give the edge to Houston for one reason: Tracy McGrady. McGrady has never been out of the first round, but having watched his career for a long time, I know he tends to have huge game one games, all the way back to his Orlando days. This will be a tough close game, but T-Mac goes off and gives the Rockets the win.
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I really enjoyed the possibility to register new accounts or subscriptions for different services under a dedicated e-mail address. But recently I noticed that I receive regularly "Delivery Failures" and "Out of office replies" for mails I have never sent. It was obvious that somebody started to use my domain for sending SPAM e-mails to various addresses – and for each recipient who was not reachable or had an auto-reply activated, an according message returned to my inbox. Just as perfectly summarized by the Open SPF Project:
Today, nearly all abusive e-mail messages carry fake sender addresses. The victims whose addresses are being abused often suffer from the consequences, because their reputation gets diminished and they have to disclaim liability for the abuse, or waste their time sorting out misdirected bounce messages.
This all was because I had a feature enabled which redirects anything sent to any e-mail address @mydomain to my personal e-mail account. This is not only annoying, but also your domain could get "black listed" as soon as some big SPAM protection services realize that this type of mails are being sent from your domain – resulting in blocking any future mail you send from it, even the ones you really did send yourself.
Thanks to a very detailed forum post on Digital Point I got some ideas how I can (quickly) prevent receiving the mentioned messages and – hopefully – not getting my domain black listed. I summarized below the actions I took, so this might also help anybody who runs across the same issues with a personal domain.
- Disable the feature that any e-mails sent to @yourdomain are being forwarded/transmitted
- Enable (if available) SPAM protection for OUTGOING e-mails
- For e-mail addresses you want to receive messages on @yourdomain, create according e-mail aliases
With those basic changes, you should be able to prevent basically all unwanted replies from SPAM e-mails being sent from your domain. It will probably not be 100% sufficient for preventing somebody to abuse your domain for custom SPAM e-mail messages. This part is much more advanced and requires usually quite a wide access to your e-mail server. Refer to the linked forum post for additional settings possible for this area.


text: On December 2nd, the Metro ran a story about the Pennsylvania State Senate considering a bill that would make it illegal to breed cats and dogs to eat. It would be only the seventh state to enact such legislation. Author Tommy Rowan asks George Bogle, the Pennsylvania SPCA's director of law enforcement if he knew of any such circumstance. He recounted the story of a West Philadelphia restaurant that was butchering cats in its basement. Bogle refuses to give the name or address since the restaurant has since closed and reopened under new ownership.


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NHRE Mentor
Bill Watson
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Ed.D. The George Washington University, 2010
M.A.T. University of Portland, 1999
B.S. Tulane University, 1997
Research and Programming
Bill Watson is Chief of Onsite Learning in the Office of Education and Outreach. The activity of the Onsite Learning branch includes the development, implementation, and evaluation of programming that happens at the Museum. This work currently includes the content and activity training for the volunteer programs, the Discovery Room, Naturalist Center, Forensic Anthropology Lab, Exhibition Based Programs, Insect Zoo, and Butterfly Pavilion. The current focus of Bill's work and his team is initiating, designing, and evaluating new learning experiences for the museum's audiences that are participatory, relevant, and accessible. The goal is to use what we know about how people learn to research and implement new ways to deliver effective, memorable, and meaningful experiences at the museum that build on previous experiences outside the museum and inspire new ones.
Current priority programs for the Onsite Learning Team include the Youth Engagement through Science (YES!) initiative, launching a Public Participation in Scientific Research (Citizen Science) program, Rapid Response to Current Events in the Natural World, and implementation of a systematic set of metrics and protocols for evaluating educational programs.
Recent and Planned Research
- The inclusive and accessible museum: Discovering visitors' perceptions of the Forensic Anthropology Lab.
- The impacts of experiences in an exhibition and related lab on preparation for learning in school and perceptions of scientists.
- Investigating the effects of orienting questions as preparation for learning from an exhibition on human origins.
- Measuring the impacts of social media: Interpreting user activity in the context of a framework for understanding the public value of a natural history museum.
- What does it mean to be human? Impacts of a 15,000 square-foot exhibition on an age old question.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Watson, W.A. (2010). Middle school students' experiences in a science museum as preparation
for future learning. Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3397645)
Watson, B., Munley, M.E., & Werb, S. (2010). Public value at the National Museum of Natural History: A museum-wide process for establishing attributes of success and how to measure them. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Dancu, T., Kisiel, J., & DeWitt, J. (2010). Field trip research and evaluation: Strategies for working with schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Watson, W. A., Pyke, C., Lynch, S. J., & Ochsendorf, R. J. (2008). Strategic replication of quasi- experiments in evidence-based research. Manuscript submitted for publication
Watson, B. (2007). Working together: Informal educators' beliefs about supporting school standards with field trips. Navigator, 43(3), 1-2.
Watson, B. (2007). Writing to learn in museums. In K. McLean & W. Pollock (Eds.), Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions (pp. 151-155). Washington, DC: Association of Science-TechnologyCenters.
Taymans, J. Watson, W. A., Ochsendorf, R. J., Pyke, C., & Szesze, M. (2007). Effectiveness of a highly rated science curriculum unit for students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Exceptional Children, 73(2), 202-223.
Watson, W. A., Lynch, S., & Kuipers, J. (2006, April). Intersecting discourses in the science
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How following a dream changed my life – Yoga to the Rescue
This is a featured article by Yoga lover and world traveller Carri Uranga. Her passion for yoga began as an outdoor enthusiast seeking flexibility and crosstraining after thru-hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in 1998.
I was first introduced to Yoga at home in Texas after hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1998. It was offered at my local gym and always looking for something new, I took the class three times a week. These particular classes were pretty basic and easy, but I still went since I rarely stretched on my own.
Yoga to the Rescue
I figured a Yoga class would force me to stretch and after walking 2150 miles across the country I definitely needed to do something different with my body! There were three of us students and sometimes the instructor wouldn't even show up so another more experienced student would lead the class.
The following year, when we moved to Vermont, a friend suggested we take an Ashtanga for Beginners class together. I was instantly hooked. I couldn't believe how your body could work so physically hard yet your mind remained calm.
My heart rate was actually elevated yet I was standing still…fascinating! The long-lasting effects of Yoga on my body and mind intrigued me.
From then on I sought after various series and classes; Yoga for Skiers and Riders, 6 weeks of Iyengar or a month of hot Yoga. I did not practice every single day, but incorporated it into my overall training schedule. Again, looking to balance out the others activities I was doing at the time like soccer, snowboarding, softball, running, mountain biking, hiking and being an overall gym rat which included weight lifting, spinning, racquetball and rowing.
At the time I looked to Yoga to simply stretch and cross train, but I also liked how quiet the room was, how everyone just seemed to be in their own little zone and how it didn't really matter if you were "good" or not it just mattered that you were there doing it. In fact, no one seemed to care about what anyone else in the room was doing. It was a complete judge free zone and for once I wasn't competing. For once I felt like I didn't have to be the best. Of course my ego wanted me to be, but the reality is I just wasn't and that was OK.
This time the only person I was competing against was myself.
The first several years of my practice was very sporadic. It wasn't until 2007 when my husband and I were traveling for a year in Central and South America that I decided to participate in a Yoga Teacher Training course. After that trip and training I knew I could never go back to a "real" job. Luckily, Yoga affords me the alternative lifestyle that I have always leaned towards. I have never really had a typical job. I used to work at a craft brewery in Vermont where the owner was bare foot most of the time (although in winter was forced to wear socks with his sandals).
While I now practice some form of Yoga on most days and view it as much more than just stretching I definitely still value it as a cross training tool.
Sure, I could have run a Marathon in 2011 without Yoga, but my joints, tendons and ligaments didn't hate me and my body recovered faster with Yin Yoga, which I credit as my secret weapon. When I rode a Century bike ride last Summer (having only ridden a road bike 12 times in my life) it was Yoga to the rescue in relieving my neck, shoulders and back, again the key to finding ease in these other sports.
My purpose isn't to convince you to cross over and conform to the Om chanting, trance dancing meditation life style, but if you want to feel stronger, perform better and recover faster I suggest you give it a chance. You may think yoga is not for you, but let's put it this way – if you want your body to not feel like shit after putting it through hell…do Yoga, even if your current activity is sitting on a 20 hour bus ride or spending 12 hours in front of the computer.
The best part is all you need is your own body and the desire to feel good.
My Yoga journey has brought me teaching at Yoga retreats around the world and I now train others to become Yoga instructors. I turned 40 last year and while I am still young, active and travel as much as possible, I will continue to tap into this "fountain of youth" and endorse Yoga as the tool that helps me age gracefully with ease.
About Carri
While attending her first Ashtanga series in Vermont Carri was fascinated by the way she felt not only during practice, but long afterwards which led her to practice a variety of Yoga styles.
In 2006 Carri and Chris sold their house in Vermont, most of their possessions, gave away a car and traveled in Central & South America for 1 year, hiking, biking, surfing, eating and drinking their way through this amazing and beautiful land. It was during this journey Carri decided to get certified to teach Yoga.
Her passion for Yoga and travel has led her around the world teaching in Peru, Italy, South Africa and working as a volunteer at Ibiza Yoga. She now leads her own Yoga Teacher Training courses with Drishti Yoga International in Mexico, India, Peru and Italy.
As if that was not enough, Carri was also honoured to be a 2012 Sponsored Athlete by the women's clothing company Athleta!
Find out where Carri will be next on her website, Carri Uranga.com. Also stay updated on Twitter and book your own yoga retreat at Drishti Yoga.


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I went over to my friend Wes Clark, former U.S. presidential candidate and Supreme Allied Commander of Europe (heading NATO).
So Wes went on a Grand Tour of sorts to get inspiration for the look of the movie?
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore Two men with the same name, one in prison, one a Rhodes Scholar.
The winners were chosen from a group of 10 finalists that included several more widely known brands such as Suno and Wes Gordon.
They seem to live—certainly in the case of Wes Anderson—out of their time a little bit.
"Move," says Wes, a-drappin' back into the same old whistle and a-settlin' there.
After you cut up my Wes you should be ashamed to show us your face.
Within moments, a friend at the Bureau, Wes Norris, came on the line.
Wes had felt that he had not been working as blindly as it sometimes might appear.
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Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today after President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by Justice David Souter:
"As Majority Leader, I will do all I can to ensure Judge Sonia Sotomayor receives a fair and respectful hearing and the Senate's quick confirmation.
"I commend the President for selecting such an accomplished, qualified and experienced nominee to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor has had wide-ranging experience not only in the legal world, but in the real world as well, which has helped to ensure that her understanding of the law is grounded not only in theory, but also in practice.
"Both Democratic and Republican Presidents have nominated Judge Sotomayor to the federal bench, and the Senate has confirmed her with strong bipartisan support in the past. I look forward to working with both Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary Committee to confirm Judge Sotomayor as the first Hispanic and the third woman to sit on the Court.
"Justice Souter has been a friend of mine for a long time and powerful defender of our constitutional rights. Americans everywhere again thank him for his decades of service to the nation."
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I'm really glad usuyukisou came in here and pretty much said what I was thinking. You said it a lot more politely than I would have.
It's friggin' ridiculous enough as is that there's well-known cosplayers who are happy to rely on B.S., broken, "look at meeeee I'm (pretending to be) famous" behaviour and hardly care about how much beauty-pageant-style elitism it enforces onto everyone else. (And why would they care? They benefit personally from that system. As long as they're the centre of attention on a pedestal, there's no problems).
The fact that this seller is now, whether intentionally or not, giving preferential treatment is unprofessional and irresponsible. So, frankly, I don't think you should bother finding out "how he is as a person", especially not from someone who has nothing to do with your business situation. ESPECIALLY not from someone whom the seller has deliberately placed you on unequal footing with. Your money is as good as anyone else's. He took your money and refused to give you the product. He failed to provide any reason or notice as to why the delays have been happening. Short of being abducted or stranded in the desert, I'm really not seeing why you should bother with a character reference. You are his customer, not an audience member on Oprah. Wasting your time to find out about his feels only scams you further.
Talk to your bank, and keep contacting the seller if you can. Hell, if it doesn't end up costing you more money, look into small claims? It's a bit of a political headache, but it might be a viable option for getting the money back.
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