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Mrs Marcham is not happy. Apart from potential health risks, she has regarded the pylon as an eyesore ever since she and her husband, Gordon, bought their house in Beckton, east London, in 1987.
'I just hope they get the painting done before September,' she said, 'because my daughter's getting married and I don't want that great yellow thing staring down at us.'
The pylon, which stands two feet from the back fence of their garden, is one of 21 that form a 6.5km power line running through development land in east London's docks. Mrs Marcham has suffered persistent severe headaches ever since she moved in.
The Marchams say the previous occupier showed them a letter, apparently from National Grid, saying the pylons would be removed within 15 months. But the company has since denied ever having sent such a letter.
Last year, a government inquiry concluded there were no overwhelming planning grounds for removing the line, but called for a review after 15 years - in 2008.
The company was also told to discuss power transmission alternatives - like underground cabling - with the owners of the land on which the pylons stand. These include British Rail, British Gas, the London Borough of Newham and the London Docklands Development Corporation. Negotiations are still under way, a spokeswoman said.
Mrs Marcham said National Grid workers painting the pylon told her it would be remaining in place for the full 15 years.
She agreed that council planning officers needed clear guidelines from the Government if there were health risks to residents on housing developments near power lines: 'They should come out and say one way or the other whether or not it is dangerous, and stop messing about and saying they don't know.'
Mrs Marcham believes she has little hope of selling their house for anything close to the pounds 63,000 price they paid for it. 'The chap next door has just sold his - but had to let it go for around pounds 45,000.'
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Heavy snows blanket Middle East region; cause ''delay'' in Palestinian-Israeli talks
Cities in much of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Israel were covered with blankets of snow Saturday and Sunday from a polar front centered over Turkey.
Forecasters in those Middle Eastern countries warned of snow storms lasting as long as 48 hours, closing hilly roads and isolating towns and villages that lie 1,500 feet or more above sea level.
The snow closed international roads connecting Syria and Lebanon. Authorities in Syria, Jordan and the Palestinian territories were warning citizens against venturing out in their vehicles.
In Lebanon, rain-floods and snow blizzards lashed at the country's cities for a second straight day Sunday, killing one motorist and trapping hundreds of cars in one meter thick snow on the Beirut-Damascus highway and the narrow roads of the Cedar mountains. The motorist was found frozen to death in his car near Shtaura.
Meanwhile, the motorcade of US ambassador Vincent Battle was rescued by the Lebanese army along with 130 cars carrying 300 occupants on the Besharri-Arz road in northern Lebanon, communiqués from the military command, police and civil defense reported.
Authorities warned even motorists with ice chains to stay away from roads to the ski resorts of Faraya, Laqloq and Arz and urged fishermen along the entire Mediterranean coastline to shield their boats from raging sea waves.
In many parts of the capital's southern suburb, roads were swept by rain floods that made traffic impossible. Many population centers in southern Beirut and around the northern port city of Tripoli were suffering from prolonged power outages.
In Jordan, meanwhile, the Department of Meteorology expected the prevailing weather conditions and the fall of hail and snow on high altitudes to continue throughout the day Sunday.
On Monday, however, weather conditions are expected to improve, but scattered snow and rain showers will persist, while temperature is expected to rise to 12 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, the icy roads also prompted Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to put off a round of talks scheduled for Sunday, aimed at preparing a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Ahmed Qurei. However, no new date was set.
Palestinian and Israeli sources said the meeting scheduled between both bureau chiefs of the Palestinian and Israeli prime ministers Sunday would not be held on schedule due to the "bad weather conditions" and snow storms currently passing through the region.
In the meantime, a blizzard on the Golan Heights prevented some 400 Druze on both sides of the Syrian-Israel border from staging an annual demonstration against Israel's 1981 annexation of part of the strategic plateau.
Snow and poor visibility forced the Syrian protesters to turn back around eight kilometers from the border.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, meanwhile, children threw snowballs while their parents queued to stock up on bread and heating fuel. In Nablus, three school buses skidded off roads, the 45 pupils were safely rescued by fire trucks, fire chief Yousef al-Jabi said.
Nablus motorist Nasser Abu Ghazeleh said the harsh weather paled into insignificance compared to Israeli military curfews and last week's magnitude-5 earthquake.
"We've had incursions that kept us cooped up at home, and then the earthquake," he said. "The snow is not a problem." (Albawaba.com)
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Lattice and lattice-ladder filter implementation
= latcfilt(k,x)
= latcfilt(k,v,x)
= latcfilt(k,1,x)
= latcfilt(...,'
= latcfilt(...,dim)
FIR filters
All-pole IIR filters
Allpass IIR filters
General IIR filters
[f,g] filters
= latcfilt(k,x)
x with
the FIR lattice coefficients in the vector
The forward lattice filter result is
f and
g is
the backward filter result. If ,
f corresponds
to the minimum-phase output, and
g corresponds
to the maximum-phase output.
k and
x are vectors,
the result is a (signal) vector. Matrix arguments are permitted under
the following rules:
x is a matrix and
k is
a vector, each column of
x is processed through
the lattice filter specified by
x is a vector and
k is
a matrix, each column of
k is used to filter
and a signal matrix is returned.
x and
k are
both matrices with the same number of columns, then the ith
column of
k is used to filter the ith
column of
x. A signal matrix is returned.
[f,g] filters
= latcfilt(k,v,x)
x with
the IIR lattice coefficients
k and ladder coefficients
k and
v must be vectors,
x can be a signal matrix.
[f,g] filters
= latcfilt(k,1,x)
x with
the IIR lattice specified by
k, where
k and
x can
be vectors or matrices.
f is the all-pole lattice
filter result and
g is the allpass filter result.
[f,g,zf] accepts
a length-
= latcfilt(...,'
k vector
zi specifying
the initial condition of the lattice states. Output
zf is
a length-
k vector specifying the final condition
of the lattice states.
[f,g,zf] filters
= latcfilt(...,dim)
x along
the dimension
dim. To specify a
dim value,
the FIR lattice coefficients
k must be a vector
and you must specify all previous input parameters in order. Use the
empty vector [ ] for any parameters you do not want to specify.
zf returns
the final conditions in columns, regardless of the shape of
Generate a signal with 512 samples of white Gaussian noise.
x = randn(512,1);
Filter the data with an FIR lattice filter. Specify the reflection coefficients so that the lattice filter is equivalent to a 3rd-order moving average filter.
[f,g] = latcfilt([1/2 1],x);
Plot the maximum- and minimum-phase outputs of the lattice filter in separate plots
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TWO questions come to mind relating to recent correspondence.
When the long-awaited cycle bridge is placed over the railway line adjacent to the A1237, where will the riders exit at the east end of the track? Haxby Road is narrow and usually busy, with many of the newly installed traffic humps intruding into the designated cycle lanes.
The other question is how many prosecutions have there been for speeding on the 20mph roads? Most drivers appear to comply with the speed limit. Some do not.
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Pakistan History: General Elections 2008
Government structure, 2008 elections, Electoral College, Political Structure
The future regarding economical and political structure of any country always depends on the running government structure. Every event happened before or during the time of election produces an impact. The 2008 elections were also not an exception from the historical rule of the political structure. In the Electoral College, the most famous and mass mobilized party of Pakistan PPP, Pakistan Peoples' Party, swept with clear majority. Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, the acting parliamentarian was elected as the Prime Minister in this government. In the campaign, PPP was depicted as by its top brass leaders as a party that would work for the welfare and betterment of people. The political agenda they put forward was totally based on 'Food, Cloth and Shelter' for the general public.
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Career that Can Make Life Worthy
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When I became doctor after the completion of my degree, I was very excited as it was my lifelong dream that came true. Moreover, this profession of mine also groomed my personality. I became more knowledgeable at one end along with a disciplined personality. I also learnt how we can manage time properly. So, these skills proved to be the guiding stars for my future life.
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By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY
MONTCLAIR, N.J. It's been a year since Bruce Arena, the most successful coach in U.S. Soccer history, took over the most star-crossed team in Major League Soccer, the New York Red Bulls.
As for his first year? "They didn't have a party over it," Arena cracks. Still, a year into his most challenging job, Arena has stabilized a franchise with a history of upheaval.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Players sound off on Arena
After a runaway start to the season followed by a summer slide, the Red Bulls are tied for third place in the Eastern Conference. Coming off a 16-day layoff, New York hosts Toronto FC on Sunday, exactly one year since Arena coached his first game for the Red Bulls.
During his eight years with the national team, Arena turned the USA into a contender on the world stage. Can he do the same in MLS with a team that has never reached the league title game?
"In some ways I compare November 1998 to August 2006," Arena says about his starts with both teams. "But the obstacles (with the Red Bulls) are much greater than what the national team had. … If we turn it around, it would be a remarkable accomplishment, so it's something that motivates me."
No MLS franchise has experienced more turnover than the team formerly known as the MetroStars. Since the league's inception in 1996, the club has gone through 242 players and 10 coaches in 11 years.
Red Bull, the Austrian energy drink company, bought the team in March 2006 and hired Arena in July after the U.S. team's first-round exit from the World Cup in Germany. At the time, few expected Arena, 55, back in the league where he won the 1996 and 1997 MLS titles in three seasons with D.C. United, but he was convinced by the commitment of New York's new owners. "They say, 'What do you need to make things better? How can we help?' " Arena says.
There have been plenty of times when Arena has wondered what he stepped into. Without a permanent training facility, last year Arena found himself scouring training locations with ankle-high grass or fields strewn with geese droppings. Only occasionally is the team allowed to train where they play their games, at Giants Stadium.
"You'd sit around every day and wait around for the Giants to say if you can use the field and it's generally, 'No.' And then you got in the vans to go to a high school field or another field," Arena says about last season. "I was shocked. … There's no reason why anyone should expect this franchise to be any better than it is today. Frankly, it's overachieved."
PROM PERMISSION: Arena willing to give Altidore a night off
This season the Red Bulls moved their base from the Meadowlands to Montclair State, a much improved but temporary solution. The organization will finally have its first permanent home when a new training facility in Hanover, N.J., is completed in December 2008, the club announced Tuesday. The complex will have six fields, as well as offices for the entire organization.
Red Bull Park, a soccer-specific stadium in Harrison, N.J., is expected to be finished in 2009. The opening was recently pushed back after a series of clean-up delays, including the discovery of live ammunition on the former factory site, according to Red Bulls managing director Marc de Grandpre.
Arena pushed for a new training facility the moment he arrived, says goalkeeper coach Des McAleenan, who has worked under five different coaches in seven seasons with the club. "Although Red Bull had great financial resources and ambition, it still took someone with a loud bark and a large bite to get things done," McAleenan says. "Before that, we were raggle-taggle gypsies bouncing around from one place to another. We must have trained at 10 to 15 different venues. It was very amateurish the way things were done before."
Arena says it will "take a couple of years to get it right" because of past salary cap mistakes and draft pick trades. A training facility and stadium are crucial steps. For constancy, Arena wants to build a team around a core group of players, win back a weary fan base, develop the youth and reserve system and have a greater presence in the largest media market.
Most notably, Arena has reshaped the roster by adding Colombian star forward Juan Pablo Angel, a key to the team's early success, and long-time U.S. captain, Claudio Reyna. "He understands… how to put a good team together as quick as possible," says Reyna. "He was one of the many reasons why I wanted to come home to play after 13 years in Europe."
With one more victory, New York will match its win total from last season. Could the Red Bulls challenge for the MLS Cup as soon as this year? "This is a league in which you never feel real good about things or real bad, that's just the nature of it," Arena says.
Given MLS' parity, standings are always in flux. The last two weeks, the Red Bulls went from first to third without playing a game. "Anything can happen," he says. "The goal is to make the playoffs and see where you go from there."
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Indians to Sign Veteran Starting Pitcher Brett Myers
32-year old will compete for number 4 or 5 spot in the Indians' rotation
The Cleveland Indians have been searching for another arm to fill out their shaky starting rotation, and they may have found their man in 32-year old Brett Myers, who is expected to sign a contract with the team on Wednesday following a physical. Myers spent last season with the Astros and White Sox where he posted a combined 3-8 record with a 3.31 ERA in 70 games and 65.1 innings of work. Myers spent the bulk of the year as Houston's closer, saving 19 games for the ball club before being sent to the White Sox where he pitched out of the bullpen. Myers went 3-4 with a 3.29 ERA for Chicago, pitching 34.2 innings in 35 games.
Myers last started in 2011 as a member of the Astros' rotation; he posted a 7-14 record with a 4.36 ERA but he was pitching for one of the worst teams in baseball. In 2010, Myers had a breakout season, going 14-8 with a 3.10 ERA; the Indians will count on those numbers to return this season as they hope that Myers will bring some leadership to a very young rotation that struggled mightily during the 2012 campaign. With the signing, the make-up of the Tribe's 2013 rotation looks to be shaping up like this: Justin Masterson will likely lead the rotation coming out of spring training followed up by number two man Ubaldo Jimenez. Carlos Carrasco (provided that he is fully recovered from Tommy John Surgery) is expected to win the third spot, and Brett Myers and Zach McAllister will round out the fourth and fifth spots. The Indians may not be finished in their hunt for another arm, and they also have youngsters Jeanmar Gomez, Corey Kluber and David Huff who could compete for a spot in the starting five this spring as well.
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|From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 2 16:26:33 EDT 2011
At Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:20:43 -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote: > This replacement would be great -- it's pretty bad now that it goes > out to a(n outdated) C library with inferior graphic capabilities, > draws the graph into a temporary file which is then loaded back in > Racket. No, the current plot draws via dc<%> to a bitmap. I threw out the old back end and installed callbacks that use `racket/draw' as of v5.1. The pixels changed a lot with that switch, of course, so I don't think anyone cares about changes at that level.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: A selection of mathematical principles to better understand issues in a contemporary society. The focus is on mathematical reasoning and the solving of real-life problems rather than routine skills and appreciation. Topics include mathematical modeling, probability and statistics, graph theory, and linear programming.
TEXTBOOK: For All Practical Purposes, by Comap (6th edition, 2003)
EVALUATION: Five 50-minute exams will be given during the semester. 100 pts. Each.
Test 1 Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Euler and Hamiltonian Circuits
Test 2 Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 Planning and Scheduling
Test 3 Chapter5 and Chapter 6 Gathering and Describing Data
Test 4 Chapter 7 Analyzing Data
Test 5 Chapter 9 Error Detecting Codes
Homework and announced/unannounced quizzes 100 pts.
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CHEATING POLICY: If caught cheating in any way, the student will receive an F for the final grade.
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After five years at the Almeida Theatre as joint Artistic Director, Jonathan Kent has joined the directorial big league. He has proved himself both versatile and prolific, directing a stream of first-rate, critically acclaimed productions, and forging the kind of close actor-director relationships many would die for. One of the most fruitful of these is with Diana Rigg, who sits on the board of the Almeida and with whom Kent has collaborated on All For Love (Almeida, 1991) and Medea (1992), for which Rigg won a Best Actress Award. They are now poised to carry off a hat trick with Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, opening this month at the Royal National Theatre, in which Rigg plays Anna Fierling. On the eve of rehearsals, the director and his leading lady went out to dinner...
Cast: Jonathan Kent and Diana Rigg.
Scene: A banquet at the Savoy. It is evening. Both are guzzling cocktails. A tape recorder sits on the table between them.
JK: This is fun. I had forgotten how great the Savoy Grill...wonderful menu. Who is paying for dinner?
DR: Harpers & Queen. I think.
JK: Terrific. We can order a really good bottle of wine. [They order a bottle of Condrieu '92 at Ł64.65]
DR: Okay. But I've got to stay sober and do this interview with you.
JK: Oh God, do you have to?
DR: (Firmly) Yes.
JK: sighs
DR: (Presses record button). Here goes. We start rehearsals for Mother Courage on Monday. I am always horribly nervous at the first read-through, how about you?
JK: It is nerve-wracking for everybody, but particularly for actors. Mainly I've got to remember people's names, and I can never do that terribly impressive thing some directors do, of going round the whole room and introducing everyone. The fact that I can't seems like a signal of my utter failure. ('Mother Courage' co-stars, among others, David Bradley as the Chaplain, Michael Gough as the Colonel, Geoffrey Hutchings as the Cook, Doon Mackichan as Yvette Pottier, Donald Pickering as the Commander-in-Chief, and Lesley Sharp as Kattrin)
DR: Do you feel as though you are being sized up by us all?
JK: No, curiously not. What I hope to do is to encourage a sense of collaboration - so we all embark on the same journey.
DR: The train is just pulling out of the station...
JK: Exactly, and you very much hope you have marked up the right destination on the board.
DR: You were an actor for 20 years before becoming
a director. I think that is what makes you so much easier to work for
than most...
(Most recently, Kent appeared at the Altmeida in Frank Wedekind's 'Lulu', co-starring Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Jonathan Firth, and also in Anuilh's 'The Rehearsal', which he also directed and which co-starred Nicola Pagett and Julia Ormond)
JK: The whole thing is to empathise with actors, to encourage them and give them the confidence to do better than they ever imagined they could. When I was an actor, I thought all directors were punitive figures, whipping me into a bull-pen and making me serve the production better.
DR: Yes, I know that feeling only too well. But do you regret giving up acting?
JK: No. I wasn't by nature and actor. I found it painful, difficult. Hundreds of people a night would see me, and I would never know them. It used to worry me.
DR: Doesn't worry me. It is the right ratio as far as I am concerned.
JK: That is why you act and I don't. I like the
anonymity of being a director. The last five years, running the Almeida
and directing, have been the most fulfilling of my life. I am doing what
I should be doing and it is a wonderful feeling.
(Kent joined the Almeida Theatre as joint Artistic Director with Ian McDiarmid in 1989. Other directing credits include 'Le Cid', at the National, and the Almeida Theatre's production of 'Hamlet' at the Hackney Empire, which transferred to Broadway, and for which Ralph Fiennes won a Tony Award)
DR: Are you completely fulfilled?
JK: I suppose the fact that I don't have a partner could be considered sad. I don't think so...
DR: I always worry when people use the word 'partner'. I play bridge and all sorts of things spring to mind: my partner was dummy, my partner doubled and we went down, etc.
JK: You're right. The term 'partner' is just not on. Your 'significant other'? Oh, no, what makes them significant anyway?
DR: Just 'my other'? Whatever. It is a weird old world. On the one hand you are encouraged to find self-fulfillment. Yourself. An entitiy. On the other, if you don't have a partner, questions are asked.
JK: Exactly. We've got all our values screwed up, we limit everything to sex. A friendship that is forged at work, at the crucible of creating something together, lasts a lifetime, is immutable. Who is to say that it is not love?
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Liv's dad –Eli Pope–never breaks character, even for his own daughter. Sure Eli has a posse of assassins on speed dial, but deep down he's just a regular guy working as a "curator" at the Smithsonian (lies). Last night, he tried to expose Fitz but Liv wasn't ready for it, so he told her this instead: "You're skipping around in a field full of bombs and mistaking them for daisies."
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From: "Virginia Lindsey" <>
Subject: high school cheer!
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:50:14 -0800
For Lou Halsan and myself, Ballard High grads;
Lefse, Lefse
We're from Ballard
Ja sure you betcha
We yelled this at football games, while wearing snuff cans tied around our
necks on ribbons. I don't think we rated as very cool in the eyes of
students from the other high schools.
Virginia Lindsey
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August 22: "I need to learn how to stop destroying myself and be nice to myself."
I had to draw the line so close to myself that I essentially gave up almost any contact with married men.
It was the day after I turned 18, and we moved to New York and I lived by myself.
He and Mother Church—from whose tender embrace I myself have regrettably lapsed—will both be made out to be appalling hypocrites.
That summer I went on vacation by myself, visited my parents by myself, attended weddings by myself.
His father—he was a part of myself, he could divine my every thought.
Careless how ill I with myself agree, Kind to my dress, my figure, not to me.
I didn't see it just at first, and then I didn't want to admit it even to myself.
I confess I did myself some violence at first, but now I think I have conquered it.
"Why, you see I can engage a carriage to take us there myself," said Rollo.
c.1500, alteration of meself, from Old English phrase (ic) me self, where me is "a kind of ethical dative" [OED], altered in Middle Ages from meself on analogy of herself, with her- felt as genitive; though analogous hisself remains bad form.


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Local Woman Arrested on Drug Charge
Hillsboro Police say they arrested a 26-year-old woman on drug-related charges, Tuesday. Authorities say they were responding to a call regarding a possible overdose but found Stephanie Blair, of Hillsboro, with drug paraphernalia.
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Democrats across the borough were left scratching their heads over the whirlwind of political activity centered around U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman's (D-Bayside) retirement announcement last week and the ensuing political clamor that ended in the announcement of at least three campaigns.
Ackerman shocked the entire political establishment at 7:30 p.m. last Thursday when he sent out a news release that he would not seek re-election after 34 years in office.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ackerman said he had gone back and forth before making the final decision, but that he held out to make sure exited on his own terms.
Ackerman's retirement left the Queens Democrats stunned, according to insiders, who said that even the party's leader, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), was not aware of the veteran politician's plans.
Crowley had planned to endorse Ackerman Friday morning.
The announcement also set Republicans searching for a candidate of their own. According to a source in the party, the shortlist includes City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone); Juan Reyes, president of Forest Hills Republican club; and J.D. Kim, a lawyer with a practice in Long Island.
On the Democrat side, several names were bandied about over the weekend as to who Crowley would anoint as the party's candidate, and by Sunday night word had leaked out that state Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) would be chosen.
By Monday morning, Meng had snagged the endorsement of the party, along with that of state Sen. Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens), two lawmakers who were on the shortlist of being endorsed themselves.
Meng has a substantial war chest and could court the vote of the Asian population in the district, which makes up 37 percent of the 6th Congressional seat, which might have factored into Crowley's decision, according to party insiders.
But Meng's nod from Queens Democrats does not mean she will run opposed.
Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) declared his candidacy hours after Meng's endorsement.
Or rather he re-declared his candidacy.
In February, Lancman said he would run for Congress against Rep. Bob Turner (R-Middle Village), but Turner's district was one of two in New York state to be eliminated as part of the redistricting process, which adjusts political representation according to population shifts after every census.
Turner subsequently got on the ballot for a U.S. Senate race, which caused Lancman to rethink plans for a run. After visiting Ackerman's Roslyn Heights, L.I., home Thursday, he announced he would not run for Congress against him.
Hours later, a spokesman for Lancman was in disbelief when told by TimesLedger Newspapers that Ackerman announced his retirement via an e-mail blast after the end of the workday.
By Monday morning, Lancman had again announced his candidacy.
Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) also threw her hat into the ring Monday, making an announcement via a spokesman.
"Born and raised in Queens, Elizabeth Crowley is running for Congress as an independent advocate for our neighborhoods and our communities," said campaign spokesman Eric Yun. "While the county organization as a whole may not want to endorse a family member of its chairman, Elizabeth Crowley's campaign will demonstrate that she is the best candidate to represent all of the communities in the new congressional district."
The petitioning time for Democrats is shorter than ever after the primary was moved from September to June 26 to comply with federal voting laws.
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Protecting the Fat Grafts with BBL
Every surgeon has his/her protocol for protection of the fat grafts after surgery. I recommend no direct sitting on the buttocks for 3 weeks.
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How long should one wait to sit down after BBL?
Every surgeon has a different idea and protocol about this. I used to tell my patients not to sit for 7-10 days, but in the last few years I do not place any restrictions on sitting. This means sitting upright and not sloaching. I often combine BBL with body contouring such as an abdominoplasty and the results are just as good long term. See a board certified plastic surgeon who has experience in advanced body contouring for a consultation. Good luck.
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It has also received an Australian Federal Police submission saying that potential electronic threats to the national infrastructure included acts by individuals, terrorist groups or even foreign governments.
As a top crime-fighting agency, the ACC said its own systems could be targeted electronically by criminals seeking information or launching electronic attacks, and it had installed equipment to protect them.
Cyber crime was a new, growing and misunderstood area, it said.
The cost to Australia in just one area, skimming - the use of a device to steal personal information from the magnetic strip on plastic cards - had increased fourfold in the past 12 months and was likely to continue to increase sharply.
It said the social consequences would be serious, with new controls shifting the onus of harm from the financial sector to its customers.
The Australian Bankers Association has urged the Government to run a public education campaign.
The ACC said organised crime groups used portable skimmers to obtain credit card data in service stations, restaurants and taxis.
They had strong overseas links and transmitted most of the stolen information to Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Thailand.
The ACC said it considered skimming "a high-impact threat" because it was increasingly being carried out by organised gangs that were also involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, identity crime and even arms trafficking.
The ACC described the process by which a card was skimmed:
Card is taken by shop assistant for swiping on Eftpos transaction.
Card data is then skimmed in portable device.
Card data is downloaded from skimming device to PC for copying.
A blank card is embossed with the cardholder details from PC.
New card is then encoded with stolen card data ready for use.
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The brutal U.S. winter is killing off the invasive Asian stinkbug, a new experiment shows.
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Forensic Science
The extensive use of biological evidence to identify victims and offenders has had a significant bearing, in recent years, on the course of law enforcement investigations, criminal court proceedings, and victim service provider issues. DNA evidence arguably has become the most well-known type of forensic evidence, probably because it can be uniquely identifying and because it is the genetic blueprint of the human body. For these reasons, DNA evidence has become a highly influential piece of the crime puzzle (The Future of Forensic DNA Testing: Predictions of the Research and Development Working Group, 2000).
Although DNA cannot determine a motive for a crime, it can be an important part of any law enforcement investigation, particularly one in search of an all-important lead. For example, DNA evidence may place a particular individual at a crime scene (What Every Law Enforcement Officer Should Know About DNA Evidence, 1999). Forensic scientists also use DNA evidence to identify human remains, determine paternity, and study human populations and medical diseases.
Technological advances that have made it more reliable and efficient have increased the popularity of DNA evidence. For example, the time needed to determine a sample's DNA profile has dropped from between 6 and 8 weeks to between 1 and 2 days. Future advancements may decrease this time to as little as a few hours or even a few minutes (Improved Analysis of DNA Short Tandem Repeats With Time-of- Flight Mass Spectrometry, 2001).
There has also been an increased acceptance and use of DNA information in the courtroom. DNA evidence can help to convict the guilty, acquit the innocent, or exonerate those wrongly accused or convicted. This does not necessarily mean that DNA evidence alone can determine a verdict. DNA evidence is used often to corroborate eyewitness testimony or other evidence. The increased use of DNA evidence also has made it important for victim service providers to become familiar with DNA terminology and DNA evidence collection, examination, and preservation procedures (Understanding DNA Evidence: A Guide for Victim Service Providers, 2001). (Brochure)
To maximize the value of DNA evidence in the criminal justice system, the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence was chartered by the Attorney General in 1997 and concluded work in 2001. The Commission identified three limitations to the full and effective use of DNA technology: (1) the current backlog of untested convicted offender database samples, (2) the lack of appropriate prioritization of database sample collection and testing, and (3) the limited use of DNA in non-suspect cases. To address these problems, the Commission in 1999 recommended the creation of federal grants that would facilitate the reduction of both collected and uncollected database samples, encourage the development of effective systems for the collection of those samples, and provide law enforcement agencies with direction and guidance to effectively use DNA in non-suspect cases. These recommendations subsequently led to NIJ's establishment in FY 2000 of two important initiatives: the Convicted Offender DNA Backlog Reduction Program and the No-Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program. For FYs 2000-02 combined, Congress has appropriated more than $60 million to fund these programs to reduce or eliminate DNA laboratory backlogs in the U.S., populate the national database, and solve crimes.
Forensic science is defined as the application of science to law. Forensics can encompass all forms of science and does not stop with DNA analysis. It can involve the study of geological and entomological research, arson and explosive investigations, audio and visual examinations, and trace analysis of substances. Forensic scientists are the trained experts who analyze the evidence collected by crime scene investigators. The Latin word forensts translates in English as "a public forum or place to debate and argue." Thus, the general duty of forensic science and the experts within the field is to debate the issue and apply new techniques and findings in a court of law.
To address the reach of forensic science across the entire criminal justice system, NCJRSon behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programshas compiled a list of resources to help provide a basic foundation of knowledge in forensic science.
The latest information and statistics pulled from a wide variety of forensic science publications.
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Continually pushing the boundary of consumer experience, Japanese brand Uniqlo has created a Pinterest page that is truly one-of-a-kind. Looking to combat "scrolling slumber" – a term coined by design outfit Firstborn – the goal was to create an immerse and energetic experience while still managing to promote Uniqlo's new Dry-Mesh range of tees. Head to their Pinterest board to check it out.
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Sick-at-Home Kit
These comforting activities and objects will help keep your patient in good spirits.
- Color Change Wavy Straws. These serpentine straws change color when a cool liquid is sipped through them. (And they sure make flat soda a lot more fun to drink.) Four to a set.
To buy: $2.25, theraproducts.com.
- Yes & Know books. The magic pen reveals invisibly printed answers to quizzes, games, and puzzles. They're one of the happiest, most mindless ways to pass a few hours.
To buy: $2.35 each, leemagicpen.com.
- Mesh receipt pouch. Use this small zippered bag (or any resealable one) to hold the Yes & Know pens, plus sick-day staples like tissues and a toy thermometer.
To buy: $4, containerstore.com.
- Make-a-Plate Kit. Serve her saltines on a special plate personalized with get-well wishes. Inscribe the dishwasher-safe dish, then mail it back to the company to set the design.
To buy: $18, makitonline.com.
- Magnetic Mosaics. She can arrange the magnetic tiles into a chicken pox–covered self-portrait—and move her masterpiece from bed to floor and back again without spillage.
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Pregnancy Nutrition Resources
If there is one thing for certain, it is this: When a woman decides she wants to have a baby, or after she becomes pregnant, she is bombarded with a plethora of information, recommendations and "tips" from those around her.
How is she supposed to absorb it all? Know what to believe? If you're going to listen to any friendly tips at all, here is one to hold on to: To learn how your eating can affect the ability to become pregnant, or baby's growth, read information from a dietitian and professors of nutrition. Let all the other books, columns and websites fall to the wayside.
Just like you want to get the most for your dollar when shopping and the most from your calories when eating, so do you when it comes to time spent reading about nutrition and pregnancy.
Looking for good, reliable sources for pregnancy nutrition? Here are three top choices for any mother-to-be:
#1- Eating Expectantly from Bridget Swinney, M.S., R.D.
Designed to help expectant mothers meet nutritional goals before, during and after pregnancy, the author is a dietitian and mother of two. She offers real-life answers to common pregnancy questions (i.e.: I've heard that woman who breast-feed could have a lower risk of osteoporosis later in life. Is that true?). Swinney also lists tips and facts for convenience and fast foods and provides tasty trimester-specific menus with nearly 300 recipes. She writes in a manner in which you feel you are having a conversation with a wise friend versus a scientific reference book.
#2- Expect the Best from Elizabeth M. Ward, M.S., R.D.
Elizabeth Ward's book is filled with lots of current, sound, nutrition information great to keep on hand for answering the questions that come up unexpectedly during your pregnancy. For example, "Is it better to eat six times a day or three?" You will also find 34 pages of "Quick and Delicious Recipes" and a five-page section of resources you'll most definitely find helpful!
#3- The Fertility Diet from Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH and Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD
As doctor's Willett and Chavarro explain "For one in seven American couples, though, conception doesn't 'just happen'." After working with the data for the Nurses' Health Study, they have come to one conclusion- one specific type of infertility, ovulation-related infertility, can be helped by nutrition. They offer "10 simple changes that offer a powerful boost to fertility" while discussing the science behind types of infertility and the recommendations they make. You will find meal plans and recipes at the end of the book as well as plenty of citations to support their conclusions.
When contemplating pregnancy, and during your pregnancy, it's important to remember what you eat and the type of lifestyle you lead may affect your fertility and impact the growth and health of your baby. Keep the books listed above in mind for when the pregnancy bug bites you or the women in your life!


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Beauty Test Drive: Sephora Moonshadow Baked Eye Palette
When Sephora sent me their Moonshadow Baked Eye Palette to test, I was concerned. First of all, there's lots of sparkles. As much as I love a sparkly highlighter to fake cheekbones in my big ol' chipmunk cheeks, I stopped wearing glitter on my eyes around, oh, age 17. Sparkly-ness is not something I look for in an eyeshadow. This picture from Sephora.com doesn't accurately portray just how glittery these shadows are, but trust me, they're shimmery.
Second of all, that cobalt blue shadow scared the crap out of me.
Let's talk about the basics of eyeshadow for a second. Lots of people — say, me before I knew how to put on makeup — just swipe one color across the whole lid. That's totally okay. But women usually wear makeup to create some kind of optical illusion with their face, such as making their eyes stand out, and that requires a somewhat more artful approach. The simplest way to do up your eyes are with three areas: the browbone, the crease, and the lashline.
The browbone is — duh — underneath your brows and refers to the loose upper skin of your lid.
The crease refers to the skin over the eyeball that — duh — creases.
And the lashline refers to — duh — the area right above your upper eyelashes. (Leave the lower ones alone. Please. I beg of you.)
Many women wear three different colors on these three different areas, although you can do four colors if you divide your inner- and outer-lashline into two parts. However, eyeshadow palettes are usually sold in threes. These three-color eyeshadow palettes, like the ones you can buy at any drugstore, include a lighter color for the browbone (say, beige), a medium color for the crease (say, sand), and a darker color for the lashline (say, chocolate). Ideally a woman should use three different brushes to apply and blend the shadow the right way in these three different areas. (Makeup brushes are a whole different story that I can explain in a different post.)
So, if you're following me here, this Sephora Moonshadow palette is simultaneously awesome and daunting. I feel very confident picking shades from a palette in three or four different colors to do up my eyes. In fact, I've been testing this palette for about one month now and I really enjoy all the various combinations that I can do. However, at the same time the multitude of choices are daunting — which three colors look the best together? which ones should I use as my browbone, versus crease, versus lashline? — and I imagine would be frustrating for someone who doesn't love playing with makeup or is inexperienced.
To that end, this particular Moonshadow palette isn't the ideal purchase (or gift, since it is a new product for Sephora and I believe it is seasonal for the holidays) for all women. But if you do love playing with makeup, yes, I can assure you that you'll have a lot of fun with this one. I can confirm, as per advertising on Sephora.com, the colors look "sultry." (As I'm not a particularly "sultry" woman, I suspect Sephora's "In The Nude" Moonshadow Baked Eye Palette might be more my style.) The deep purple is very pretty; I mostly base my eyes around that one on my lashline. Regardless of how you use them, for a total cost of $28, the 10 different shadows are an excellent deal.
One last thing: Does the fact that it's a "baked eyeshadow" mean anything in particular? I'm sure I could get some kind of spin from the Sephora PR people about what that means. Honestly, it seems like otherwise normal eyeshadow to me. As I said, the shadows are pretty sparkly, so I've tended to just swipe my brushes lightly over the color, picking up pigment. They're subtle, yet sexy.
Except for that cobalt blue. I'm still working my way up to trying that one.
[$28, Sephora]
Contact the author of this post at [email protected] Follow me on Twitter at @JessicaWakeman.
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Dr. Lawrence Schiffman (Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University) surveys ancient Israel at the time of the Second Temple and explores how the Scrolls enrich our understanding of this momentous era.
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I went on an eight-day vision quest to Canyonlands National Park in Utah when I was in my early 40s, and returned with a major new awareness -- nature and the universe are not composed of inanimate "things," but rather pulsing, alive, intelligent, loving realities of which I am a part. I especially remember the message that we humans don't ever have to feel lonely, because we have a constant community of care surrounding us in the form of trees, clouds, earth, animals, stars, and more. And then when I learned from cosmologist Brian Swimme that all of creation has some level of awareness and is sensing me, I was overjoyed by my newly-found "I-Thou" relationship with my creation kin.
I almost want to cry because so many people are walking around feeling alone and isolated, when the whole universe is holding them with more tender love than any mother could give. I think this is especially true of older people, who often feel lonely and forgotten. These can be hard years, when poor health causes more physical suffering and the mind is plagued with mental pain. Hopefully shafts of light from God can break through the barrier of darkness to provide comfort, but often even God can seem far away and abstract.
I believe that as we learn about and relate to the magnificence of creation, it can become a tangible faithful friend through the cycles of life, especially the more difficult time of aging and death. Let's start with one concrete example — interstellar clouds of gas, a virtually unknown reality to the average person. But let me introduce you to this one-of-many miracles of God's genius and what it can teach us.
Most of us think outer space is completely void, empty of life. Ah, but that is not so. It only appears empty. It is really filled with interstellar clouds made of 99 percent gas and one percent dust. This hydrogen/helium gas is extremely dilute, with a density somewhere around one atom per cubic centimeter (compared to air which has about 30,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules per cubic centimeter). And it is extremely cold — minus 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. On the surface, it may seem like a few atoms of cold gas floating in a sea of nothing are fairly worthless. But in fact, the gases form clusters or clouds which collapse, heating up to a temperature where fusion occurs, which releases energy, and whamo — a new star is born!
In our aging years, it's easy to feel our lives are empty and worthless when we can't make the same contribution to the world we did when younger. But contemplation of interstellar gas reminds us that one small, cold atom, when combined with many others, can actually be the seedbed of a gigantic burst of light and life in the form of a star. It reminds us that every small prayer, act of kindness, acceptance of suffering, and loving thought is important and adds up to a fertile milieu where new life is born. Even as our lives and bodies are collapsing, they are generating energy for some marvel of creation to occur. And death, the ultimate act of faith and letting go, is not senseless annilation, but a mysterious transformation into something glorious and luminous.
I encourage you, whatever your age, to keep learning about and contemplating all of creation. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, way back in the 1100s, knew the value of this when he said, "Believe an expert: you will find something far greater in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you cannot learn from the masters."
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text: It was a time of celebration and a time of cooling our jets. This years Chunky Dunk was was dedicated to two Charter members, Dick Leitner and Betty Roberts that started this New Years Day 2002. By the expressions on the faces you can tell the water was a bit chilly, and afterwards it was time to warm up at the VFW with some homemade chili, blackeyed peas and lots of desserts and snacks. This year yielded 23 brave souls taking the plunge. In no particular order they are: Patti Leitner, Larry & Gesine LaDage, Deb Zoelzer, Nancy Mueller, Tom Tangen, Chris Lang, Marla Magness, Jerry McCabe, Mike Tennyson, Doug Landry, Bill Bailey, Tom Welch, David and Tauna McBee, Harold O'Dell (Slo Poke), Ana Aparicio, Bonnie and Larry Raymond, Karen Brownson, Gary Guess, Eleanor Hilsenrath, and yours truly Dan Feuer. Checkout the video on our facebook page. Photo courtesy of Ron and Lori Phillips


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A quick burst of links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
Apple's rejection of Flash delays iView app >> The Australian
"ABC TV multi-platform executive producer Arul Baskaran said he didn't have a date for when iView might be ready for mobile tablets. "Something is in the works, though," he said. He added the Flash debate "is not a huge issue for us" given the ubiquity and utility of the iView format on PC devices. "If they take plain web-browsing share on the iPad from the PC, then it becomes a big issue though," he said."
What to do if you get a phone call offering to 'fix' your computer >> F1 Computing Systems Ltd
A scam going around has calls claiming to be any of various companies which have "heard" your computer has a "problem". Do not trust.
Vaguely live map of Underground trains in London >> Traintimes.org.uk
"How does it work? Live departure data is fetched from the TfL API, and then it does a bit of maths and magic. It's surprisingly okay given this was done in a few hours and the many naming/location issues, some unresolved." Fabulous.
Have you ever configured your Adobe Flash Player? >> F-Secure
As Flash Player is much in the news over its vulnerability, here's a helpful page to find out which version you're running, and how to get it to check for updates. And to look at the history it keeps.
Strategies - A Coding Error Spells Problems at AXA Rosenberg >> NYTimes.com
Coding error as in computer code. "Some clients have been told more about the coding error. It was an "inadvertent mistake" entered into one of AXA Rosenberg's main "risk models" by a computer programmer in April 2007, according to information provided to the Vanguard Group. "The effect on three Vanguard mutual fund portfolios run by AXA Rosenberg isn't clear, but the glitch appears to have been "mitigated" by other software, according to Daniel Newhall, head of manager oversight and selection in Vanguard's portfolio and review group. He said that on May 31, AXA Rosenberg handled $1.1 billion of Vanguard's $8.9 billion Explorer fund, $334 million of the $489 million U.S. Value fund and $31 million of the $66 million Market Neutral fund. "We are concerned, of course," he said. "A quantitatively managed strategy does depend on correct coding." Um, yeah.
Web inventor discusses importance of open data >> Federal News Radio 1500 AM
And explaining the difference between linked data and open data.
How a (white hat) hacker found a cross-site scripting flaw on F-Secure >> F-Secure
The security company discovers itself to be insecure.
Wikipedia unlocks divisive pages for editing >> BBC News
George W Bush's page comes up for editing. BP's may get attention first though.
Apple secretly updates Mac malware protection >> Graham Cluley's blog
If you downloaded a dodgy copy of iPhoto, you might (probably do) have malware; now Apple has updated to protect against it.
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Coroner's officials have identified a body found floating in the ocean near the Coronado Islands as a Redondo Beach boat captain missing since last week, a family member said Tuesday.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said Theo Mavromatis, 49, died of multiple blunt force injuries.
Mavromatis' body was spotted by a fisherman about 2:40 p.m. Sunday. He skippered the Aegean sailboat, which was discovered wrecked in the same area on April 29. Three crew members were found dead in the debris.
Mavromatis' daughter, Anna Mavromati, said her family received notice of the identification late Monday.
"I think we all kind of expected this would come," she said. "It's hard to top the shock and the despair that we've already been facing. I guess there's a possibility that, in a way, this will bring a bit of a sense of closure for us."
Mavromatis and his crewmen - Kevin Rudolph, 53, of Manhattan Beach; William Reed Johnson Jr., 57, of Torrance; and Joseph Stewart, 64, of Bradenton Fla. - were racing aboard the Redondo Beach-based yacht in the annual Newport Beach-to-Ensenada regatta on April 28.
The Coast Guard has not determined what happened. Boaters have speculated the Aegean crashed into rocks or a ship.
Family members plan to hold a memorial for the sailors later this month.
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Hitched: How To Be A Good Wedding Guest
I didn't know how bad I was at being a wedding guest until I had my own wedding. I was bad about gifts and good about stiffing bartenders. Worst of all, I was terrible about crying on the dance floor when the DJ played "All The Single Ladies" because I was fresh off a breakup.
Don't make these mistakes, friends! We're in the midst of summer wedding season and you don't want to just get in the hang of things after all ten thousand of your closest friends have tied the knot by September. That's why I'm here to help you learn from my nuptial mishaps.
What can you do to be a gracious guest? It's pretty simple: behave, be thoughtful and be halfway decent at playing like you're having a nice time even if you kind of want to die, which sometimes you will, and that's okay. You don't have to like everything; you definitely don't have to like weddings. But if you get invited to them, and you decide to attend, you should try to play the game.
First: get the couple a card and sign it with something beyond "Best Wishes, Me." Presumably you're invited to a wedding because one or both of the marrying-folk know and like you, so say something about how nice that is. It doesn't have to be a novel — just a sentence or two wishing them well starting their lives in their geographic area or expressing excitement about how cool it is that two fine folks like Bride and Groom found each other in this wide world.
If it's more of an invite-out-of-obligation situation, dig deep into your heart to find a, "You guys are so great together!" I also think "Stay cool, have a great summer!" is a pretty good line, but I'm into yearbook humor, so. One of my favorite things to do post-wedding was line up all our cards on our bookshelf in the living room. The kitchen gadgets and bed linens are lovely, but a high-quality whisk just isn't personal the way a handwritten note is. If you don't do anything else but attend the wedding and send a nice card, you're doing just fine.
Second: if you can afford to get a gift, get one. That you can afford. If that's a huge wad of cash or the Calphalon cookware set, awesome. If it's not? Don't stress. The sitch gets murkier in high wedding season when many friends get married at once — it's a drain on your finances and it's also one of those situations where friend groups make these weird, often unspoken agreements about how much they're going spend on each other.
When Patrick and I got married, some of our friends gave us hundreds of dollars. I cannot possibly reciprocate, and I feel bad about it — especially now that we're going to those friends' weddings. But I can't do anything about it besides spend what I can and, again, send a real nice fucking card. I promise you that your friends would rather have just a card, or a nicely printed engagement photo, than a resentful guest who feels obligated to break his or her bank.
Well, that's not true all the time. Some brides and grooms will get pissy (probably not to your face) about how nobody bought them the $400 KitchenAid mixer or their college friends only bought the napkin rings. That's not your problem. That's their problem. It's sad that weddings have turned into giftstravaganzas wherein some people expect their guests to pay for the "price of plate," but blame the Wedding Industrial Complex first and wedding-crazied friends second. I hereby absolve you of any gift-giving guilt: go in peace, my lambs.
Third: make friends! Make all of the friends. Weddings are a weird and goofy opportunity to play Six Degrees Of This Guy! with literally every single person you run into. After all, you're all there because you have at least one mutual friend — and if you're a date invite, you're completely off the hook to play dumb, and thereby fun, with other guests. Offer to bring the grey-hairs a drink at their table and ask them which couple-person they go with. Comment on the length (or not) of the bathroom line. Loudly praise your gazpacho. Someone wants to talk about it.
Fourth: dance. Or avail yourself of whatever entertainment has been provided for your edification and amusement. So the DJ is playing all 80's pop hits and you're more into metal? Well, it's not your fucking wedding, is it? You can have the Motorhead cover band at your handfasting-slash-dissertation-party-slash-45th-birthday-bash-slash-I'm-registering-for-the-hell-of-it-cocktail-hour. Tonight, you will listen to 80's music and you will wear it until you love it!
The other thing you should do is try to do whatever it takes to pretend like there is no world outside of this wedding that you are at. That means no texting ex-boyfriends in the bathroom because yoooouuuurrrr sooooooong got played during couples skate. Nobody else knows that's your song and tears make the dance floor dangerous. So forget that your sister hasn't sent your kids a birthday card in two years. Operate in a magical bubble of love wherein all sins are forgiven for five hours. Rage tomorrow. Dance today. It's so easy to dance on the high road. The high road was made for dancing.
Of course, appreciating a chamber quartet or hitching up for swing-dancing or ignoring your college roommate's judgy stink-eye is a lot easier if you're drinking. So fifth: tip your bartender, especially if you're at an open bar. If you think being at weddings is a little weird, consider how tedious it is to be on a catering team that does this bullshit twice a weekend. Bring a five-dollar bill and put it in the little glass decanter thing. Probably whoever's paying for the wedding will tip the staff, but you know what? Karma is a nice thing to have on your side and the Lord smiles upon those who treat service industry folks with respect.
That said, it's a lot easier to do some drinking if you leave your kids at home. Sure, kids might be completely welcome at the wedding in question. If so, it will probably say that on your invitation or you will hear this explicit fact from friends and family. Backyard barbecue? Discovery Zone nuptials? Probably bring the kids, especially if you know they'll have fun playmates there. Hell, bring extra kids; round 'em up from some boring basketball camp.
But if it's an evening or late afternoon affair, spring for a babysitter if you think you can possibly afford it, and cab home or find a designated driver so you can cut loose and nobody will give you the side-eye during the ceremony when your kid is crying, because your kid is definitely going to be crying or maybe also vomiting on something. Sorry. Law of kids. Don't make this gamble. You already got all the kudos at your baby shower, homebirth drum circle, etc. and so on. Your kids are not the star of this show and everybody will think you're an assbag for bringing badly behaved (read: non-certified-angelic) children to a grownup party.
Ditching the kids also means you can stay for the whole shebang, which you should do. I know, it's 11 p.m. and you have to get up for church tomorrow, but church happens every Sunday and your friends get married, you know, like twice at the most. You can stay for the send-off. Don't eat your fish-or-steak-or-chicken and cut out at 9 p.m. because you're waaaahhh tired. Unless you're bleeding or eligible for senior discounts, you're almost certainly a jerk if you ditch early.
If any of these suggestions seem untenable or offensive to you, my last suggestion is this: don't go to weddings you don't want to go to. They can be fun, and they can be wonderful moments of love and hilarity. They can also be horrible and boring beyond belief for people who are invited out of obligation, or for people who aren't in a good heart-place to deal with them.
Think the couple is doomed? Tired of attending nuptials for chronic re-marriers? Can't get vacation time without jeopardizing your job? Bought one too many $400 cross-country plane trips this year already? Know this: you are completely allowed to stay home. It's nice to have everyone you invited come to your wedding; it's even nicer if there aren't sour faces watching the clock at the reception. RSVPs don't come with a "regrets" option just because people really like the way the letter "R" looks while gold-plated in scripty font.
If that's the case, just do that first thing I mentioned: send a card with some words in it, and build on that with whatever else you think you can handle. That way you, on your own, can stay cool and have a great summer.
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One of the oldest activities in the Winter Olympics, cross-country skiing dates back to prehistoric times in Scandinavian countries.
While some theorists believe the activity may have also been practised by Native Americans at the same time, most believe Norwegian emigrants Snowshoes Thompson and Jackrabbit Johannsen introduced the sport to North America.
This winter skill was used as a means of transport by explorers as well as by the Scandinavian armies.
Early equipment was made from natural materials: Wood for skis and bamboo for poles with leather hand straps.
Cross-country skiing is one of seven winter sports that have been contested at every Winter Games. The first women's cross-country event, however, was not added until the 1952 Games in Oslo, Norway.
For 2006, the men and women compete in the same six events (although not at the same distance).
They include:
* Men's events: 1.5-km sprint; 15-km classical; 50-km freestyle; team sprint; combined pursuit; and 4 x 10-km relay.
* Women's events: 1.5-km sprint; 10-km classical; 30-km freestyle; team sprint; combined pursuit; 4 x 5-km relay.
There are two styles of cross-country skiing at the Olympics:
1) Classical. Similar to ski-exercise machines, skiers use a straight stride and must stay within predetermined parallel tracks. This was the only style allowed at the Olympics until 1988.
2) Freestyle. Reminiscent of speed skaters, skiers push off with each ski on each stride. This method of skiing is much faster than classical.
The sprint competition is a single-elimination tournament that begins with 16 skiers grouped into four heats. The top two finishers in each heat advance. The process is repeated until there are four semifinalists competing for the three medals.
The combined pursuit is a classical race followed by a freestyle race. The skiers' classical time determines the staggered start for the freestyle race. Thus, the gold medal goes to the first skier to cross the freestyle-race finish line.
The relay is similar to those run in track and field. Instead of passing a baton, skiers must simply touch their teammate with their hand to initiate the next leg.
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Cross-country skis are long and thin, which distributes the weight of the skier and allows him to move quickly.
Typical skis are two metres in length, about five cm wide and one to four cm thick.
The two poles are made of lightweight material, such as graphite, and differ with the skiing technique. Skating or freestyle poles are usually longer than those used for the classic technique.
Skating poles usually reach the skier's chin or eyebrows, depending on his preference.
In contrast, classic ski poles only reach the skier's armpits.
Perhaps the greatest variable to a skier's potential success is the wax used on the skis.
There are three main categories: Glide waxes, kick waxes and klisters.
Glide waxes help make the skis glide faster and are ironed on outside the kick zone of classic skis, or to the full length of skate skis. They are the only type of wax used on skating skis.
Kick wax provides grip on the snow when weight is transferred on a ski and is only used on classic skis, applied in the kick zone. Kick waxes are classified according to their hardness: Harder waxes are for colder and newer snow.
As the snow becomes older and snow flakes lose their sharpness, in case of re-freezing or water, one must resort to klister, which is basically a glue-like paste. Klister is discouraging for amateurs as it's very sticky -- easy to apply but very hard to remove.
Cross-country skiing is generally acknowledged to be the best overall conditioning activity for the general public since it requires the continual use of both legs and both arms.
Exercise machines in fitness clubs have been developed to mimic the cross-country activity.
Olympic-level cross-country skiing is another matter entirely. However, one would be surprised at some of the training philosophies that have been adapted by the Olympic powerhouse Norwegians.
The first philosophical direction is to build the workout week around the high-intensity workouts.
Cross-country skiing races are won by athletes with very high maximal aerobic capacity. This capacity requires both genetics and hard training.
The athletes build their programs around two hard interval sessions per week.
In general, the emphasis is on long intervals in the three- to eight-minute range. This two hard session/week rule of thumb is a consistent feature from the junior level all the way up to the international class.
- Combined 10km+10km Pursuit -- Thomas Alsgaard, Norway
- 15-km Classical -- Andrus Veerpalu, Estonia
- 50-km Classical -- Mikhail Ivanov, Russia
- 30-km Freestyle Mass Start -- Christian Hoffmann, Austria
- 1.5-km Sprint -- Tor Arne Hetland, Norway
- 4 x 10-km Relay -- Norway
- Combined 5km+5km Pursuit -- BECKIE SCOTT, Canada
- 10-km Classical -- Bente Skari, Norway
- 30-km Classical -- Gabriella Paruzzi, Italy
- 15-km Freestyle Mass Start -- Stefania Belmondo, Italy
- 1.5-km Sprint -- Julija Tchepalova, Russia
- 4 x 5-km Relay -- Germany