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The agent for Browns receiver Syndric Steptoe is blaming coach Eric Mangini for facilitating conditions in which his client suffered a season-ending injury on Saturday.
Steptoe suffered a torn labrum during a Browns practice that was conducted at full speed in a rainstorm. The team had originally anticipated conducting a walk-through prior to a full-team scrimmage on Sunday.
"The coaches should more carefully weigh the risk of injury in practice decisions,'' agent Jerome Stanleysaid to theCleveland Plain-Dealer. "My understanding is that the team was on the field for a walk-through the day before the scrimmage. The walk-through turned into a full practice in a driving rain.
"Obviously, hindsight gives one a different perspective, but if the practice had stayed a walk-through, Syndric wouldn't be preparing for season-ending surgery right now. The decision produced a bad result for the kid and the team.''
Mangini didn't discuss the injury on Saturday.
The Plain-Dealer reported the practice included no pads and no contact, but drills were run at full speed. Mangini cut practice about 20 minutes short.
The details of how Steptoe was injured are unclear. Stanley told the Plain-Dealer he would not ask the NFLPA to investigate the injury.
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"Measuring consciousness": Combining objective and subjective data, and what it may all mean
Document Type:ASSC Conference Item
Article Type:Review
Topics:Theory of Consciousness
Keywords:study of consciousness, measuring, subjective data, objective data, first-person, third-person, interdisciplinarity, information processing
Deposited by:ASSC Eprints chair
Date of Issue:2007
Event Dates:22-25 Jun 2007
Event Location:Las Vegas, USA
Event Title:11th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Event Type:ASSC Workshop
Presentation Type:Lecture
Number of Pages:47
Abstract:Can we measure consciousness? Does the question even make sense? Consciousness presents unique methodological challenges for its study. In particular, it requires that one combines subjective ("first-person") and objective ("third-person") data. The main goal of this tutorial is to overview the different methods one can deploy to contrast information processing with and without consciousness. Many such methods are inherently interdisciplinary, and the tutorial will therefore highlight complementary methods ranging (1) from neuroimaging to introspection, (2) from methods appropriate to study normal cognition to methods best applied to patients, (3) from methods aimed at characterizing states or levels of consciousness to methods aimed at appreciating its contents and dynamics. In all three cases we will focus specifically on how to best combine subjective and objective data, as well as on metatheoretical issues, such as the problem of bias in subjective methods or the problem of spurious correlations between performance and consciousness in imaging studies. The tutorial will be illustrated with recent experimental data.

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The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the woman fatally hit by a car Monday on Interstate 35 as Amber Garza, 27.
Garza was driving a Pontiac G6 southbound on Interstate 35 just after midnight in the 4800 block of the highway on the Northeast Side. Police said Garza could have been under the influence of alcohol when she hit the guardrail on the right side of the road.
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Violence high above the harbour: Nancy Kissel leaves court with her mother during her trial.
Photo: AFP
The trial that has enthralled Hong Kong concludes with a guilty verdict.
THE American wife of a high-flying Merrill Lynch banker has been jailed for life in Hong Kong for murdering her husband after disabling him with a doped milkshake.
Nancy Kissel, 41, a mother of three, was impassive as she was led away in handcuffs late on Thursday after a seven-member jury unanimously found her guilty after eight hours of deliberation and Justice Michael Lunn passed sentence. Her mother, Jean McGlothlin, and several friends wept in court.
The life sentence ended a three-month trial that has transfixed the former British colony with allegations of violence, brutal sex, betrayal and suspicion within a wealthy expatriate family who lived a luxurious life high above Hong Kong's harbour.
Kissel was accused of murdering husband Robert Kissel, 40, a senior Merrill Lynch banker who has left an estate worth $US18 million ($A23.6 million), on November 2, 2003, to avoid a "messy divorce".
Her husband discovered her affair with a TV repairman she met when she took her children home to Vermont in the US during Hong Kong's SARS outbreak that year.
At 3.30 that afternoon she prepared a strawberry milkshake laced with four kinds of sedatives she had accumulated on visits to different doctors, and fed it to her husband and a neighbour, journalist Andrew Tanzer, who had brought his small daughter to the Kissel home.
Mr Tanzer's wife, Kazuko Ouchi, told the court her husband passed out on a couch when he returned home at 4pm.
One of the banker's colleagues, David Noh, said Mr Kissel sounded "slurry, mellow" when he spoke to him on the phone about 5pm.
Prosecutor Peter Chapman charged that Nancy Kissel later killed her sleeping husband by smashing in his skull with a lead ornament. After keeping the body in the apartment two days, she rolled it in a carpet. Four workmen called to carry it to a storeroom complained about the weight and a bad smell. The body was found three days later and Mrs Kissel was arrested.
Defence counsel Alexander King claimed Kissel had been subjected to five years of forced oral and anal sex and physical assault by her "controlling" husband who used cocaine and whose computer showed traces of searches for male and female prostitutes before his business trips.
In her testimony, Kissel said she hit out in self-defence after her husband attacked her with a baseball bat in a fight over divorce. A state of "dissociative amnesia" afterwards explained her "bizarre" cover-up, her lawyer argued.
"Do you accept that you killed Robert Kissel?" asked her lawyer. "Yes," Kissel replied. When the prosecutor accused her of trying to conjure a picture of the victim as an abusive husband, she broke down. "I still love him. Things happened. I stayed with him. I loved him, and I am not sitting here to paint a bad picture about him, because he's my husband," she said.
But the prosecutor argued the killing was carefully planned. "These were not five fatal blows struck in self-defence when one of these blows would be sufficient (to kill)," he said. "These were blows struck with murderous intention."
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Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR) versus Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) Head-To-Head Contrast
Sandy Spring Bancorp (NASDAQ: SASR) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitabiliy, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
66.3% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Sandy Spring Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
This table compares Sandy Spring Bancorp and Commerce Bancshares' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
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|Return on Assets
|Sandy Spring Bancorp
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Risk and Volatility
Sandy Spring Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sandy Spring Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Sandy Spring Bancorp pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commerce Bancshares pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sandy Spring Bancorp has increased its dividend for 48 consecutive years. Sandy Spring Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Sandy Spring Bancorp and Commerce Bancshares' revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
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|Price/Earnings Ratio
|Sandy Spring Bancorp
|$199.49 million
|$52.26 million
|Commerce Bancshares
|$1.15 billion
|$282.05 million
Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Sandy Spring Bancorp. Sandy Spring Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commerce Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Sandy Spring Bancorp and Commerce Bancshares, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
|Sell Ratings
|Hold Ratings
|Buy Ratings
|Strong Buy Ratings
|Rating Score
|Sandy Spring Bancorp
|Commerce Bancshares
Sandy Spring Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.96%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus price target of $53.57, indicating a potential downside of 7.22%. Given Sandy Spring Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sandy Spring Bancorp is more favorable than Commerce Bancshares.
Commerce Bancshares beats Sandy Spring Bancorp on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sandy Spring Bancorp
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. is the bank holding company for Sandy Spring Bank (the Bank). The Company operates through three segments: Community Banking, Insurance and Investment Management. The Company's Community Banking segment operates through Sandy Spring Bank and involves delivering a range of financial products and services, including various loan and deposit products to both individuals and businesses. The Insurance segment operates through Sandy Spring Insurance Corporation, a subsidiary of the Bank, and offers annuities as an alternative to traditional deposit accounts. The Investment Management segment operates through West Financial Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Bank, which provides investment management and financial planning services. As of December 31, 2016, the Bank conducted commercial banking business through 44 community offices and six financial centers located in Central Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C.
About Commerce Bancshares
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company of Commerce Bank (the Bank). The Bank is engaged in general banking business, providing a range of retail, mortgage banking, corporate, investment, trust and asset management products and services to individuals and businesses. The Company operates through three segments: Consumer, Commercial and Wealth. The Consumer segment includes the consumer portion of the retail branch network (loans, deposits and other personal banking services), indirect and other consumer financing, and consumer debit and credit bank cards. The Commercial segment provides corporate lending, leasing, international services, and business, government deposit, and related commercial cash management services, as well as merchant and commercial bank card products. The Wealth segment provides traditional trust and estate tax planning, advisory and discretionary investment management, and brokerage services, and includes the Private Banking product portfolio.
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A 27-year-old man from Roseau River First Nation has been identified as the cyclist who was killed Sunday when he was hit by a vehicle in the rural municipality of Montcalm.
At around 7 p.m., a man was struck by a westbound 2004 Ford pickup truck on Highway 201 approximately three kilometres east of Letellier.
Letellier is about 15 km north of the Canada-U.S. border.
An RCMP statement said investigation and witness reports have indicated the cyclist swerved in front of oncoming traffic and was struck.
The 50-year-old male driver of the truck and the 35-year-old female passenger were not injured. No charges are contemplated at this time.
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CAIRO (AP) Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies. Ayman al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant websites, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.
ON DEADLINE: Al-Qaeda No. 2 reportedly calls Obama dishonorable
In al-Qaeda's first response to Obama's victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect — along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — "house negroes."
Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaeda supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house negroes."
The message also includes old footage of speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains the term, saying black slaves who worked in their white masters' house were more servile than those who worked in the fields. Malcolm X used the term to criticize black leaders he accused of not standing up to whites.
The 11-minute 23-second video features the audio message by al-Zawahri, who appears only in a still image, along with other images, including one of Obama wearing a Jewish skullcap as he meets with Jewish leaders. In his speech, al-Zawahri refers to a Nov. 5 U.S. airstrike attack in Afghanistan, meaning the video was made after that date.
Al-Zawahri said Obama's election has not changed American policies he said are aimed at oppressing Muslims and others.
"America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always," the deputy of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden said.
He said Obama's plan to shift troops to Afghanistan is doomed to failure, because Afghans will resist.
"Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them," he said.
Al-Zawahri did not threaten specific attacks, but warned Obama that he was "facing a Jihadi (holy war) awakening and renaissance which is shaking the pillars of the entire Islamic world; and this is the fact which you and your government and country refuse to recognize and pretend not to see."
He said Obama's victory showed Americans acknowledged that President George W. Bush's policies were a failure and that the result was an "admission of defeat in Iraq."
But Obama's professions of support for Israel during the election campaign "confirmed to the Ummah (Islamic world) that you have chosen a stance of hostility to Islam and Muslims," al-Zawahri said.
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Ship with Iranian arms seized at sea (JERUSALEM POST) By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT 04/15/12)
Source: http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=266031
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BERLIN A German vessel carrying Iranian weapons was stopped in the Mediterranean while en route to Syria, Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
The report on Spiegel onlines website noted that Germanys economic ministry has initiated an investigation to determine if a violation of sanctions took place against Syrias regime in connection with the German- owned Atlantic Cruiser vessel.
The ship, which had been chartered by a Ukrainian shipping company, was delivering weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad, who has been coping with 11-month-long mass protests against his rule.
According to Spiegel, an economic ministry spokeswoman said, The facts of the case are familiar to us, adding, We are pursuing details and whether the embargo was violated.
According to Spiegel, the charter company CEG Bulk Chartering, responsible for the Atlantic Cruiser stopped the delivery of the armaments.
We stopped the ship after we received information about the weapons, said ship broker Torsten Lüddeke from the CEG Bulk Chartering.
The shipping company Bockstiegel owns the Atlantic Cruiser.
According to Bockstiegels website, the company is located in Emden and Hamburg and has a fleet of 90 ships.
The ship was initially identified by Syrian defectors who alerted the German company of the illegal cargo aboard, the report stated. The 27- member EU has imposed a ban on the delivery of weapons to Syria.
According to the website of Bockstiegel, the Atlantic Courier is a multipurpose vessel that flies under the flags of Antigua and Barbuda.
The Ukrainian firm White Whale Shipping rented the Atlantic Cruiser and denies the allegations of weapons smuggling. Spiegel reported that the head of Varamar the Ukrainian company representing White Whale said Lüddeke from Bulk chartering is not telling the truth. Varamar President Alexander Varvarenko said Lüddekes company has received all of the documentation of merchandise aboard the vessel.
This is not the first time a German vessel has been used to smuggle Iranian arms. In March 2011, the Israeli navy seized the Victoria cargo ship as it was sailing off Israels coast on its way to Egypt while flying a Liberian flag. The ship was carrying 50 tons of weaponry destined for Hamas, including advanced Iranian-made radar- guided anti-ship missiles.
Critics have long accused German authorities and companies of failing to clamp down on German-Iranian trade, including the deliveries of weapons and illicit nuclear technology for Irans regime. Germany remains Irans largest EU bi-lateral trade partner, with a volume of annual trade hovering around 4 billion euros.
The Iranian regime does not confine its weapons smuggling to German vessels. In November 2009, Israel also intercepted the Francop ship, which was sailing near Cyprus on its way to Syria. Flying an Antiguan flag, the vessel was found to be carrying around 500 tons of weaponry, including long-range Katyusha rockets.
In January, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz said he was working to recruit countries from around the world to help combat what he called the transatlantic smuggling of weaponry from Iran to its terror proxies in the region.
Meanwhile, a cell of Iranians and Azeris has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling arms and military supplies from Iran into Azerbaijan, the Azeri National Security Ministry announced on Thursday.
It was a group of seven people, citizens of Iran and Azerbaijan, Arif Babayev, the ministry spokesman, told Reuters.
Relations between Iran and neighboring mountainous Azerbaijan have soured in recent months as Tehran accused it of assisting Israeli intelligence in the murder of Iranian nuclear scientists.
The National Security Ministry said the group also smuggled in a large quantity of narcotics from Iran into Azerbaijan.
In a separate incident, Baku arrested 22 Azeri citizens suspected of spying for Iran and plotting to attack Western embassies and companies in March.
Two months earlier, two men were arrested in Azerbaijan on suspicion of plotting attacks on foreigners, including the Israeli ambassador and a rabbi.
Authorities said the two suspects had been helped by an Iranian linked to Irans intelligence services, who supplied them with guns and explosives to smuggle from Iran.
Baku traditionally has had cordial ties with Tehran, but has grown increasingly wary of the increasing influence of Irans influence in the secular, but predominantly Muslim, former Soviet state.
Yaakov Katz, Reuters and Jerusalem Post staff contributed to this report. (© 1995-2011, The Jerusalem Post 04/15/12)
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Police officers are appealing for help in identifying a man after a family were threatened with violence on a train.
Officers also want to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident, which happened on Sunday June 22 onboard the 2.47pm Manchester Piccadilly to Huddersfield service.
PC Ruth Miller from British Transport Police said: "Shortly after the train left Manchester, a man began verbally abusing a 33-year-old woman and her three children as they passed through the carriage. This abuse continued for several minutes, with him threatening violence towards the woman and her 15-year-old daughter.
"The man left the train at Huddersfield."
Officers have released CCTV images of a man they'd like to speak to in relation to the incident.
PC Miller added: "I'm keen to trace the man pictured, as I think he could have important information that would assist the investigation. I'd also like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident.
"The whole family were understandably very shaken and upset by what happened. Every passenger has the right to travel without the fear of abuse and this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated."
Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police on 0800 405040, or text 61016, quoting reference PSUB/B9 of 15/07/2014.
Information can also be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Love On The Big Screen – What's Your Favorite? [POLL/VIDEO]
I like putting these Polls together to see what you like best out of my choices? There is a lot of movies out there that couples like to watch together around Valentine's Day, admit it guys you probably tear up on some of those mushy love movies too?!?
So be sure to make your selection out of my POLL and tell us what other romantic movies that I might have missed that you like?


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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 22.0212 Friday, 2 September 2011
Date: August 30, 2011 9:40:58 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Egan v. Elliott & Valenza Opinion
Date: August 31, 2011 2:15:23 AM EDT
Subject: Re: SHAKSPER: Woodstock
Date: August 30, 2011 9:40:58 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Egan v. Elliott & Valenza Opinion
Dear Hardy Cook:
1. The report is not objective, despite its faux-academic tone and format, and completely misrepresents my book and its case.
It is, in fact, a hatchet job and was so from the beginning. This is why I withdrew from participation.
2. I will reply with specifics in due course and request that this listserv publishes my response to the same extent, manner, and degree as it publishes the report.
3. Please keep me fully informed of any related discussion on this listserv, and allow me to respond.
Thank you,
Michael Egan
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Date: August 31, 2011 2:15:23 AM EDT
Subject: Re: SHAKSPER: Woodstock
During Ward Elliott's Golden Ear tests, I proved to have one ear with a slight golden tinge and one leaden ear. But let me suggest that any others on this list with tin ears who might be persuaded by Michael Egan's Woodstock theory can perform a simple but tedious test of the "Shakespeareaness" of the play: first transcribe a couple of canonical plays, then type out Woodstock and anything else from the apocrypha.
I did that a few years ago with Woodstock, Edward III, Sir John Oldcastle, and "Famous Victories of Henry Fift." At the end of the exercise, I could not believe that the author of the canon had anything in common with the other playwrights other than, say, use of a quill pen. For the most part they are deservedly anonymous.
Al Magary
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I have to admit that when we started planning my son's 5th birthday party a couple of weeks ago, it wasn't even on my radar that the Minions movie was coming out. Nevertheless, it came about that we had a Minion Birthday Party! First, my daughter found some cupcakes on a Youtube video she said … [Read more...]
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Weekly Wrap-up? Ok, to be honest, it has been so long that I've done one of these posts that it's really going to cover the last 2 months! Hope you enjoy! On August 30 my 4th child was baptized by her father in a nearby lake. I'm so proud of her for making the decision to follow Jesus and … [Read more...]
Recipe: Angel Food Cake Frosting
My mother-in-law has been making this Angel Food Cake Frosting for birthdays for years! My daughter wanted it for her birthday this year, so I'm happy to share the recipe with you. I just used a box mix to make the angel food cake. Angel Food Cake Frosting: 2 cups sugar 2 egg … [Read more...]
Speech Conferences/ October Birthdays
Today is a poignant day. It's the first day since March 2000 since I haven't been pregnant and/or nursing. It's been 13 years, so it's definitely a new stage for me. Last weekend I attended the Communicators for Christ Conference with my 5 oldest kids. We have been enjoying all we're learning in … [Read more...]
From House to Home {Link Party}: Tea Party Ideas!
My third daughter turned 5 last week, so it was time for her Birthday Party Tea Party! For her older sisters we went to a tea party restaurant. But this time we decided to do it at home and were able to invite a lot of friends and family! We got quite a few ideas from the Fancy … [Read more...]
Collage Friday–1st Birthday!
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Collage Friday: Birthdays and Castles
It's been quite a while since I posted a collage. Here are some pictures from the last month: 1. My eldest played violin at the Good Friday service at church. I think he looks spiffy all in black! We've been going to a small church very close to us. I love that there are so many homeschool … [Read more...]
Collage Friday–Soccer, Pumpkins, and 50 Years
This morning, bright and early, my husband and older two sons went to a Father-Son Camp (will be highlighted in next Friday's collage!). So, I took the other six kids to a pumpkin farm festival. It turned out to be so much fun! They can't wait to go back --next year, of course. It was … [Read more...]
Collage Friday: Birthday, Legos
Here's our Wrap-up of the week. We've been so busy with birthdays lately. My husband's 50th birthday party is on Sunday, so as soon as I post this I'm focusing on getting ready for that for the rest of the weekend. See you next Monday! 1. We give each child a Bible on … [Read more...]
Collage Friday 10/12/12: Birthday, Anniversary, Baby
1. We spent last weekend at the Grandparents' Lake House in Wisconsin. My husband's brother and family were also there, and we celebrated 3 kids' birthdays! It was a nice relaxing time. But I came down with a cold (which I still have) and it was freezing! Snowed on Saturday. 2. Yesterday we … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday to a new 4-year-old!
Such a sweet girl, and now she's 4! Happy Birthday! I made this Hello Kitty pillow (also a dress, but it was too big, so I'll post pics of that later!). The kids have been "regifting" their old toys! Subscribe to our … [Read more...]
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Birthday Party for our 10-year-old son!
Saturday was a beautiful day to celebrate our second son's 10th birthday. He had 7 cousins and 3 church friends over for his Lego-themed party. I'll share some of the details of the party on the next post! … [Read more...]
Pinterest Challenge- Lego Car Ramp
In preparation for my son's 10th birthday party, we built a Lego car ramp in our living room. I got the idea from this pin. My son (ever the engineer) modified the design making the slope less, adding the music stand for the starting gate, and the chair and pillows on the bottom to keep the cars … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday to our new seven-year-old!
Yesterday was our fourth child's seventh birthday. I think she had a great day. She started out by opening presents from her parents and grandparents. She loved making her butterfly box (from Melissa & Doug--be sure to see the end of this post for a chance to win a shopping … [Read more...]
Our Month in Review: Birthday, Legoland
Well, it's been so long since I posted our Week in Review that I need to do it for the past month! We spent the last weekend on a church retreat. It was nice to get away. My oldest daughter turned 8 years old. She is so sweet and such a big help to me! We made … [Read more...]
Our Week in Review–Cruises, Apple Butter, and Birthdays
We had an interesting beginning of the week last week! On Sunday we watched a video on YouTube of a short film called Pilot's Plight that my husband acted in! It was written and filmed by a 14-year-old aspiring film-maker in our church. Here's the link. (It's PG or PG-13; watch it without the … [Read more...]


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Kiki Vandeweghe played his first four seasons in the NBA (1980-84) under Doug Moe and the Denver Nuggets and was a favorite target of Moe's tirades before being traded to Portland prior to the 1984-85 season. While General Manager of the Nuggets, Vandeweghe thought fondly enough of Moe and his basketball knowledge that he hired him as a coaching consultant for the team. Vandeweghe reflected on his time with Moe and shared some of his favorite memories and stories."
What are your favorite memories of your playing days under Moe?
"Doug screaming at me is a favorite memory because it happened so often. It's indelibly etched in my brain. No, Doug is an interesting guy because he is really one of the smartest basketball guys you'll ever meet – one of the smartest guys you'll ever meet. And he has a wonderful sense of humor and keeps everybody loose and relaxed. You know you're able to play and compete at a very high level and the one thing people don't understand about Doug is how competitive he is and how hard his teams always played. That's one of the reasons he's here is because we want to do the same thing."
Why did you bring Doug back to Denver this season?
"First of all when I came here I wanted to establish a little bit of a Nuggets tradition and history and Doug is such a big part of that. He's the best coach the Nuggets ever had here and I think that bringing back some of the old players and bringing back the most successful coach is a start in that direction. I wanted a feeling of family and a feeling of tradition. It sort of went away for a while and I want to make sure we bring that back.
And also, there's nobody better at the run-and-gun game and there's nobody better to teach I think than Doug Moe."
Do you have a favorite Moe memory? Was there ever a time he really lost it with you?
"There's too many times for me to remember when he was angry at me. Believe it or not, just what I remember probably most is Doug's confidence in me. I can remember we were in Madison Square Garden and it was about my fourth or fifth game in the league and I'm on the court with David Thompson and Alex English and Dan Issel and we're down by one or the game is tied – I can't remember what the exact situation was – and Doug calls the play for me to take my man and all the other guys to stand and watch me go on-on-one when I'm just a rookie. And I'll never forget, really the chance and the opportunity that Doug gave me to be successful.
What do you remember most about Doug's "fashionable" wardrobe:
"The only thing about his wardrobe I can remember was that he told us his rule was you have to dress better than him to be acceptable and I couldn't make that so…"
What are your memories from your rookie season with Doug?
"Donnie (Walsh) got fired two games after I got here, so I was here right at the beginning (of Doug's tenure). I wasn't here the first half of the year, but the team really struggled the first half. Then the second half of the year it was very successful. I really did enjoy my time with Doug."
What did you learn for him?
"I can't say any one thing. There's a lot of things. I think one thing that will always stick with me will be that 'When the game's over, it's over.' Then you're on to the next one and whatever happened, good or bad, you can't do anything about. Doug was a great example of that. We'd won or lost and he may have been really angry during the game, but as soon as it was over he was ready to go out and have dinner and forget about it. He was back to being your best friend. That's an important lesson to learn in the NBA and he taught it well."


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Since director J.J. Abrams is prepping to shoot Star Wars: Episode VII in early 2014, it has been assumed that fans wouldn't be getting another Star Trek sequel for at least a few years. However, if franchise star Zachary Quinto is to be believed, then that might not be the case. BuzzHub (via ComingSoon) has word from an interview at the Galway Film Festival in Ireland where Quinto said that the entire cast has been notified by Paramount Pictures that they are planning to shoot Star Trek 3 in 2014. But with Abrams set to take on yet another iconic sci-fi franchise that same year, who will end up in the director's chair? Read on!
Well, Quinto says that Abrams still wants to direct the sequel. Of course, wanting to direct the sequel, and being available to meet Paramount's timetable are two different things. Of course, since Abrams would be a producer on the next Star Trek sequel, Paramount's timetable could always be shifted. After all, Abrams pushed back Star Trek Into Darkness because he didn't want to be rushed to meet a predetermined release date. Keep in mind, this update from Quinto is hard from firm since he says, "Star Trek 3 should be filming, I suppose, next year. It's going to be made a lot quicker than the last one. That's the plan, although nothing is confirmed yet." We doubt Abrams will direct Star Wars and Star Trek in the same year, but maybe Star Trek 3 will end up getting off the ground sooner than later. We'll see.
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I don't men to shoot down your saples, but , I've done loads of tests comparing small sensor cameras with fast lenses vs DX sensor cameras, and at low ISOs and micro to medium distances the IQ will be relatively the same, such as the case with your samples; But at higher ISO's (800 and up) and long distances to infinity, the larger sensors are significantly superior.
The point is that an old large sensor is not outgunning a new small sensor in the environment in which I wish to use it. Also the small sensor camera has a faster lens which obviates the need for higher ISO's. To get a f2.8 fast zoom for my E-PM1 would cost £849 and the E-PM1 is not giving me many stops of ISO advantage if any, hardly significantly superior. Par for par with contemporary sensors the larger the better but that is not always practical or affordable. The fact is you can read the door number with the EX2f and not with the E-PM1 one ISO stop higher and I did not set it up to prove any point. I would have rather had that the m43 stuff was the best. I will definitely get an E-PM2/E-PL5 when they start to dump them for the new model.
An E-PM2 would surely better the EX2 but the point is that a modern sensor design is giving a 1/1.7" sensor that is a good match for a 2 year old sensor that is 5x larger in area. The more expensive XZ-2 would probably be even better if you can manage to get it to focus in poor light. There seems to be a consensus that the XZ-2 matches the previous generation of Pens.
The fact is that if I want to take low light pictures the one with the tiny sensor is the one I will use of those that I have available. The EX2f cost me £259 from Amazon and the price has now bounced back up to normal rip off British rates so it was a far more economical solution to indoor photography than any large sensor option using my existing kit. The larger sensor is definitely not significantly superior to the smaller sensor with what I have and it shows that you cannot always assume that it will be. To be frank I think the DX sensor is just over sized now that sensor quality is so good and few people really need a sensor that large apart from a core of die hard extreme bokeh enthusiasts who probably should be using full frame. I am sure if Samsung could go back and change the past there would not be a sensor as large as aps-c in NX kit.
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"This agreement reinforces our ongoing effort to execute our flexible business model and margin improvement initiatives," commented Jeff Hawthorne , president and CEO of Photon Dynamics. "C Sun's ability to produce cost effective platforms for our earlier generation array repair systems should improve our margins. The outsource manufacturing agreement allows us to address the LCD equipment capital spending ramp up period without increasing the fixed cost."
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After a grainy first look via a projection, Yeezy drops the high quality version on the eve of his album's debut.
Following the Friday night debut of his "American Psycho"-inspired short film during a listening party in L.A., Kanye West posted the "Yeezus" promo clip in high quality on his website a day before his much-anticipated new album finally arrives June 18. Now fans can see the gory axe-hacking scene much clearly as compared to its grainy Milk Studios facade projection premiere over the weekend.
The two-minute clip features reality TV stars Scott Disick and Jonathan Cheban, more popularly associated with West's girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, as her sister's partner and her BFF respectively. Disick takes on the role of serial killer Patrick Bateman, while Cheban portrays the more passive role of his unsuspecting victim.
Recreating the scene from Mary Harron's psychological thriller based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel, Disick obsessively talks to Cheban about West's music, kicking off his appreciation by saying the rap superstar "came into his own" in "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". When Cheban reacts nonchalantly to his discourse, Disick momentarily disappears from the scene and reemerges wearing a raincoat, apparently to protect himself from the blood spewing that will soon ensue. From behind, Disick pulls up an axe and takes a wack at Cheban as he yells, "Try getting the 'Yeezus' album now, motherf**ker!"
"Yeezus" features the eyebrow-raising singles "New Slaves", "Black Skinhead" and "I Am a God". It's West's newest baby arriving a few days after he welcomed his first child with Kim K. over the weekend in Los Angeles.
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The biggest surprise in the Coalition's broadband policy is how many homes will still be in line to receive fibre to the home.
The spokesman for communications and broadband,
That equates to just over one in five, or 22 per cent, of all homes in both greenfield (new housing) and brownfield (existing dwellings) areas where NBN Co has signed deals with contractors for deployment.
This 2.8 million is really quite an extraordinary number. To put it it into context, Hong Kong Broadband Network took well over a decade to deploy fibre to 2 million homes in the far more fibre to the home friendly environs of Hong Kong.
The past couple of years has shown how extraordinarily tough it is to deploy fibre all the way to homes in Australia.
It is a painstaking and hugely problematic process and Turnbull is now stuck with delivering it to another 2.7 million homes – something he undoubtedly is far from happy about.
For the remaining 8.9 million premises, the Coalition is committed to building a fibre to the node network – a strategy that will infuriate backers of the current NBN model who will accept nothing less than a full fibre to the home rollout.
This creation of a two-tier network – with most homes getting fibre to the node and others getting the much faster alternative – is going to give Turnbull headaches but he is caught between a rock and a hard place because of commitments already made by NBN Co to contractors.
Aside from the fact that more than expected will be getting fibre to the home, the Coalition policy contained few surprises. Turnbull had pretty much declared his hand over the past year in outlining the direction the policy would be taking.
Consequently, the more interesting part of the Coalition plan is not the policy detail but how it relates to execution – how an incoming Coalition government will get NBN Co to actually deliver the new plan. How would it avoid the rollout problems the current NBN deployment has encountered?
Make no mistake, the Coalition plan may not be the bold, nationwide fibre to the home plan now on the table, but it is still a huge project in its own right and would be extremely hard to execute.
The current NBN deployment has been plagued with problems. Some contractors have not delivered the goods – forcing the NBN Co to step in to take over implementation in some states.
Turnbull's policy document does not reveal how the Coalition will solve these problems.
Politicians of all stripes can make whatever promises they like on high-speed broadband – centring on fibre to the node or the home or whatever – but the real issue is how the network gets delivered.
The current delivery model that has NBN Co working with independent contractors and Telstra is clearly experiencing serious problems. The bigger issue for Turnbull – as future shareholder minister of the NBN – is getting NBN Co to execute its task more effectively, whatever kind of network it deploys.
That may mean finding a way to give Telstra a much bigger role in the build of the network.
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Expanding telecom networks are driving the demand for mobile devices in rural areas of the Asia Pacific, but demand in mature markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, is expected to slacken.
According to research house Gartner, mobile phone sales in the Asia-Pacific will continue to grow at a faster pace than other regions, where mobile phone sales are predicted to reach 472.5 million units in 2008, and 828.7 million by 2012.
Worldwide, Gartner says the mobile phone market is poised for double-digit growth in 2008 and 2009, with sales increasing 10.3 percent. However, Western Europe is projected to experience a decline in sales in 2008, down 1.5 percent from last year.
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"High growth in markets such as India and China will drive overall volumes for Asia Pacific," said Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst, Gartner. "Other emerging markets such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines will also continue to show growth. This is mainly driven by operators expanding their networks into rural areas.
"Indian operators are expanding aggressively into rural areas with very attractive voice plans bundled with low-cost phones to attract first-time users. We expect the basic phone segment to remain competitive in emerging markets with rising volumes year-over-year, though at a decreasing growth rate."
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However, Gupta warned that handset demand in mature markets such as Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong will slow further in 2008 with the current economic chill, high inflation and rising fuel prices resulting in users deferring their purchase decisions. Gartner said this will also lead to a lengthening of contract periods in mature markets with South Korean operators already leading the way.
In emerging markets, sales of new devices will continue to be affected by factors such as multi-SIM and second-hand devices, which are significant, though both are expected to decline slowly over the forecast period. Fierce competition among operators, low cellular penetration and expansion into rural markets, will lead to a slow decline in multi-SIM and second-hand device growth rates.
"Tough spending trends in mature markets, competitive prices and value for money in emerging markets will influence overall sales in Asia Pacific in the near term," said Gupta. "However, over the forecast period this region will show impressive growth with rising replacement sales and users upgrading to higher-feature devices."
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Sales of general packet radio service (GPRS) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)-based devices will decline over the forecast period whilst Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)-based devices will be in demand as replacement sales are beginning to rise in the region, with consumers upgrading to data-centric devices from pure voice-based devices.
Sales of wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) devices are rising in both mature and emerging markets with consumers opting for more advanced features.
"Sales of high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) devices are showing strong growth with South Korea leading the market in this region. More than 60 percent of devices sold in South Korea are WCDMA/HSDPA based and we expect vendors to release cheaper WCDMA devices which will further drive up volumes in both mature and emerging markets," said Gupta.
"We believe that sales of basic phones will continue to rise until 2010, with strong growth continuing in emerging markets with many first time users buying basic phones. However, the wholesale revenues of basic phones will decline despite strong demands in emerging markets due to falling prices. Sales of enhanced phones will continue to increase during the forecast period while multimedia phones with high-resolution camera, music, Bluetooth, Wi-fi and embedded memory will also be in demand."
According to Gartner smartphone sales will account for approximately 35 percent of total sales by 2012, compared to seven percent in 2007. Both entry level smartphone and enhanced smartphone devices expected to see strong growth as the devices gain popularity in the mature and emerging markets, with users finding better value for money and increased usability.
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Increased adoption of the mobile office (e-mail, intranet and applications on mobile device) by corporates, and users having the first experience of Internet browsing on mobile devices, are likely to drive sales. Growth in the smartphone segment is also expected to be influenced positively by the launch of Apple's iPhone in the region.
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Skilled grappler Nate Loughran, a student of former UFC middleweight title challenger David Terrell, could face former WEC competitor Nissen Osterneck in a middleweight bout at UFC Fight Night 18 on April 1.
MMA Junkie, the fight has been offered to at least one of the fighters and UFC officials are currently attempting to put the fight together. The event is likely to take place in Nashville, Tennessee.
Loughran was victorious in his UFC debut this past July, submitting fellow newcomer Johnny Rees at UFC Fight Night 14, but fell to Tim Credeur during his most recent bout at the UFC's "Fight for the Troops" after suffering an injury in the second round of their fight. The loss was the first of Loughran's professional career.
Osterneck will be making the transition to the UFC after the WEC opted to drop its light heavyweight and middleweight divisions following the end of last year. The HDNet Fights veteran was defeated by standout collegiate wrestler Jake Rosholt in his one and only WEC bout in November.
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This gorgeous three dimensional solid ivory alabaster collector plate of a scene from Verdi's opera Aida was hand crafted at the Studio Dante di Volteradici in Tuscany, Italy, in 1979 by the Master Gino Ruggeri under the auspices of Museo Teatrale alla Scala. The front of the plate bears the artist's signature as well as the studio's name and the year done in Roman numerals. The metal plate with the plate number AA 4204 on the underside needs re-gluing. The 8.5" plate is in excellent condition. A pamphlet written in English describes the opera, and has a brief history of the Studio and sculptor. It comes in its original shipping box which is sturdy but worn. Included is the Certificate of Authenticity typed in Italian and signed on one side, with a typed English version on the other side.
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Recipe Find: Rice pudding with peaches missed
Updated 11:44 am, Friday, June 28, 2013
She may not have tasted the recipe for decades, but Sherry Braun has never forgotten the "truly sensational" rice pudding that was a childhood favorite.
She wrote that her mother "used to make a wonderful rice pudding that was my favorite dessert. Even my brothers liked it."
As Braun described it, this wasn't the normal, unadorned rice pudding but one that was much better.
Braun said the rice pudding was good by itself, but what made it "so special" was the peach mixture that went on top of the rice pudding.
"My mother served the rice pudding warm with the warm peach topping. I can still taste it."
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Braun says she asked her mother for the recipe, but her mother doesn't remember it and doesn't have anything similar in her cookbooks.
Could we help, she asked?
This took a lot of searching, but I finally found a recipe in the "Texas Highways Cookbook" that sounds like the one Braun described. Joanne Smith, who wrote the cookbook that was published in 1986, said this is "another good thing to do with East Texas long grain rice." An accompanying photo of the dish said the recipe is from the Rice Council of America.
Braun didn't mention whether the recipe she remembered used canned, frozen or fresh peaches. This one calls for canned peaches and their juice, likely the easiest option.
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Celebs are always doing good in one way or another, and a group of stars has now joined with Tonic.com, a site dedicated to service throughout the world. Susan Sarandon, Thandie Newton, Queen Latifah, Sting, Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie are among the celebs lending their time to a Tonic initiative that helps employ women at the Citta Himalaya Women's Center in Nepal through scarf-making. The special scarves each bear a word chosen by a celebrity and written in Sanskrit.
Sarandon chose the word "awake" for a relatively basic reason. "Because that is the first step, the basic state, the least and most one can be in their life, before any thing else can be practiced," she explained. "One must be awake to appreciate, to empathize, to act, to gain perspective and, most of all, to love."
Other stars' words: "Surrender" from Newton; "Strength" from Queen Latifah; "Resolve" from Sting; "Reuse" from Johansson; and "Funk" from Bowie.
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I have had other charge before but for DWI several times, trespassing and minor weapons charge with the past few years.High misdemeanor meaning Class A
There is a huge list of what are referred to by immigration as "aggravated felonies." I believe domestic violence, even if only a misdemeanor, is among them.
Discuss immigration consequences with your criminal defense lawyer for sure but also consult an immigration law specialist for further edification.
Obviously, the stakes are personally extremely high for you.
Is this in NY? "High misdemeanor" is not a NY criminal term. NY has Class A and B misdemeanors.
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yes this is within the Bronx. What I meant has a high misdemeanor a Class A.
It can have immigration consequences. Hire a good criminal defense lawyer.
First, you should discuss this with your lawyer. If you do not have one, get one. You could be deported because it is domestic violence. There is also the chance that nothing will come of it until you try to reenter the country after leading. You may want to reconsider entering a plea and taking it to trial.
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DWI is an unclassified misdemeanor in New York. Most domestic violence crimes are misdemeanor level offenses, except simple Harassment in the Second Degree, which is a violation level offense. However, that is not your main concern.
As my colleagues suggest, consult as quickly as possible with a qualified Immigration Law attorney. He or she will be able to tell you how the various offense you have been charged with are viewed by INS. As suggested above, many crimes of domestic violence are viewed very harshly, no matter how NY or any jurisdiction may classify these offenses.Ask a similar question
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Tucked amongst the chic boutiques and intimate cafés of Shepherd Market, The Market Tavern is a city pub where every drink is poured with a generous serving of quirky personality. Upstairs discover the boudoir-inspired décor of the Chesterfield Room, a nostalgic nod to a bygone era, when this quaint area of London was famous for brothels and bawdy tales. If only our walls could talk. They can't, so we'll share a few of our secrets instead.


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Rafael Lorente de No (April 8, 1902 — April 2, 1990) was an American neuroscientist who advanced our understanding of the nervous system with his seminal research. [1] [2] [3] He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1][2] The National Academies Press called him "one of the premier neurophysiologists in the United States".[2]
Life and career Edit
Lorente was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He received his medical degree from the University of Madrid in 1923.[2] He immigrated to the United States in 1931 when he accepted a position at Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis.[1] In 1936 he joined the Rockefeller University also known as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.[1] Lorente was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1950.[1]
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- Member of the American Physiological Society[2]
- Member of the American Association of Anatomists[2]
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences[2]
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2]
- Honorary degrees by the University of Uppsala, Clark University, and Rockefeller University[2]
- He was the initial recepient of the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from the American Philosophical Society in 1959[2]
- The Award of Merit in 1986
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- Seminal research of the structure and function of the cerebral cortex.
- Studies of the relationship between the nervous system the electrical and chemical basis of nerve functions
- Experiments that showed that nerve transmit electrical nerve impulses
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rafael Lorente de No Dies of Cancer at 87; A Neural Researcher: April 06, 1990
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 National Academies Press:Rafael Lorente De No, By Thomas A. Woolsey
- ↑ The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Rafael Lorente de Nóa: 1902–1990, Lawrence Kruger, Thomas A. Woolsey
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It's that time again for me to share my pop-culture picks o' the week. (And from Stevie Wonder to Stipe to Star Wars, I had quite a fun-filled week.)
Here we go:
Best TV show I watched: Parks and Recreation. Adding Parker Posey to the mix easily put this already-great series over the top this week.
I also enjoyed: Game of Thrones, The Office, 30 Rock, Modern Family
Best thing I read: Arrgh, this one is so hard. Since I finished Rob Lowe's autobiography early this week, I'll go with that. It's actually a pretty well-written account of his life and career (although the book essentially stops when he leaves The West Wing), and I learned a lot about his early friendships with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, his 20+year relationship with his wife and how he inspired Mike Myers to create a character for him in Austin Powers. Now if only he could persuade a pal like, say, Sean Penn to write a memoir ...
I'm also reading: Right now I'm about halfway through The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy. It's much more interesting than I thought it would be! I'd also have to recommend all the comics I wrote about today for Free Comic Book Day.
Best thing I heard: Lost's Damon Lindelof did The Nerdist podcast this week, so you may want to check that out.
I'm also listening to: This is the part where I recommend my own podcast, particularly the songs by Panda Bear (love that entire album) and Crystal Stilts. Tonight I'm going to see The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Twin Shadow, so I've been listening to them a lot lately.
Best movie I saw: How to Live Forever. I wrote about it the other day; see it when it comes to your town/arrives on DVD. (I also enjoyed The People vs. George Lucas, which should appeal to Star Wars fans and Lucas haters.)
I wanna see:Thor, of course! Also on my list is Beautiful Darling (a movie Michael Stipe also said he plans to see soon).
OK, I think that's all I have. How 'bout you? Leave your picks 'n' thrills in the comments ...
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney


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For my part, songs has the potential to change the planet. On the other hand, the adjustments continue to really have to start using the man or woman. You'll be able to learn the secrets and techniques of the ages by music lyrics for those who are able to hearing music really honestly. I began to comprehend the transformative energy of listening to music lyrics by way of a established of lyrics published by Linda Rondstadt many years back. It goes, "I've been cheated. Been mistreated. When will I be liked?"
I was learning the e book Beloved by Toni Morrison once i was in college or university. I'd a paper thanks in a single working day, but I was totally stressed on account of other school pressures. For a outcome, I'd no clue what to write down about terjemahan lagu.
I needed to eliminate a number of the pressure so I took a nap and woke to the lyrics of Ms. Rondstadt's track. It had been buzzing in my ears, and i had the sudden feeling which i need to fork out near focus. Intuitively, I felt that the lyrics have been critical. The couple of lines from that tune gave me the many insight I required to compose my paper inside of a incredibly small time.
The road "When will I be cherished?" turned out for being a doorway into my comprehension from the ebook Beloved. I realized that the central character with the reserve just preferred to generally be liked. I was ready to accessibility enough creativeness to write a fantastic paper through that realization. I hardly ever again doubted the pure potentiality of track lyrics because of this encounter.
My encounter is only one illustration from the electric power of music lyrics. I recommend that you simply normally shell out near awareness to any track lyrics that operate by your head. The lyrics are not any extended "our there" when they operate via your head. You'll want to generate down the lyrics on the tune that you'll be singing. By doing this you might imbue them with which means, and you'll acquire an improved understanding of the things they are trying to express.
Should you look cautiously at that which you are singing, then you really can obtain good self-awareness and knowledge. It will be unwise to believe that these are just random tune lyrics functioning while you head. Given that you are deciding on to sing them, they need to have got a message.
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Eggplant (Aubergine) - Mediterranean Style
READY IN: 40mins
Recipe by Rise3834
This is so simple and quite tasty. I usually serve this warm as a side dish. The serving amount is based on the number of eggplants you use. (I found this recipe on Ethnic Grocer)
Ingredients Nutrition
- 12 nicoise olives or 12 kalamata olives
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt or coarse salt
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 -3 medium eggplants
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- ground black pepper, fresh is best
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- Trim ends of eggplants and cut into ¼ inch slices.
- Sprinkle with salt and set aside for about 30 minutes.
- Rinse and dry eggplants and brush with oil.
- Grill or broil, turning once, until dark golden brown on both sides.
- Arrange eggplant on a serving dish and just before serving, sprinkle with vinegar, olives, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper.
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It is important that your friend wants out of her situation so you can help her. If she is not willing to get help, then there will be little you can do except support her until she is ready and try to encourage her to seek help.
If she does want help, there are numerous resources to help her. She can start by seeing a therapist. She can see any therapist that has either a Master's degree or a Ph.D. A Master's level therapist will have either M.Ed, MA, MSW or LSW after their names. Some have additional licenses, either national or state level. The type of degree tells you what the therapist is trained in. For example, I have a M.Ed which is a Master's in Counseling. An MA has a Master's in psychology theory and a MSW/LSW has a Master's in social work which is the study of family and social systems. A PhD is someone who has a doctorate in those fields, mostly counseling and education.A psychiatrist is a medical doctor that specializes in mental health related medications. Unless she is having trouble with her daily activities and her feelings are too overwhelming for her to cope, she most likely does not need medication.
Your friend can find a therapist by either talking to her doctor for a referral, speaking with her pastor if she attends church, or by searching on line at http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/. She can search by zip code for her area.
There are also many resources to help her learn to help herself and recover. Here is a list to get her started:
http://www.thehotline.org/- this includes information for her and for you to help her with.
The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing by Beverly Engel
The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself by Beverly Engel
Emotional Abuse: The Trauma and the Treatment by Marti Tamm Loring
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
You can find these books on Amazon.com or your local library may have them for you.
Let me know if I can help in any other way,
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Watch the People's Choice Awards 2012 red carpet right action right here on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. E.T.
Katy Perry was set to appear, but on Monday announced she would not be able to attend.
The awards show will be hosted by The Big Bang Theory's, Kaley Cuoco, and the webcast is hoping for arrivals by nominees including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kristin Chenoweth, Gene Simmons, Kim Kardashian, Natalie Portman, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Radcliffe, Tom Felton, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Ellen DeGeneres, Taylor Lautner, Shia LaBeouf, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.
Just got an updated list of stars (4 p.m. ET) to look for on the red carpet (and it doesn't much resemble the nominee list), so adjust your expectations accordingly: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Cuba Gooding Jr., Cory Monteith, David Boreanaz, Angus T. Jones, Don Cheadle, Ginnifer Goodwin, Julianne Hough, Terrence Howard, Busy Phillips, Rob Schneider, Sharon Osbourne, Liam Hemsworth, Alyson Hannigan, Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, Zachary Levi, Jennifer Morrison, Matt Bomer, Elisha Cuthbert, Pauley Perrette, Vanessa Hudgens and, yes, Rob Pattinson. Demi Lovato and Faith Hill are set to perform.
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Coffee as a Laxative
Coffee, the delicious hot beverage has numerous benefits to the health. Coffee is one of the diverse substances that have a lot of varied and versatile compounds benefitting as well as affecting the health. From offering rich anti-oxidants, lowering blood cholesterol levels to acting as stimulating agent, a lot of benefits can be derived from drinking coffee. Coffee, the caffeine drink is not just a stimulator, but also diuretic agent. The hot beverage coffee benefits the people as a laxative.
What is laxative?
Laxative refers to the group of foods, drugs, drinks and compounds that help improving the bowel movements. In simple terms, it treats constipation. The term laxative means loosen. People with power bowel movements or constipation are prescribed with laxative foods or drugs to improve the condition. However, too much consumption of laxative foods or drugs causes diarrhoea.
Coffee as a laxative:
Have you noticed many people find an improved bowel movement immediately after taking a cup of coffee? It is due to the laxative effect of coffee. The powerful stimulant in coffee is renowned for a condition called peristalsis, which means preventing constipation.
The drug caffeine is not responsible for fixing constipation. The stimulant and laxative effect is found in both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee. Lately, many physicians and practitioners of holistic medications and alternative medications recommend intake of coffee to improve the colon and bowel movement. Coffee enemas help cleansing the colon and the stimulant induces and improves the colon to release the stool.
Is drinking coffee has any adverse effects on bowel movements?
Since diuretic and laxative drugs can worsen the bowel movements and cause diarrhoea if consumed more, the same effect are found with drinking too much of coffee. Drinking more than 5 cups of coffee a day causes diarrhoea.
While the diuretic effects of coffee as peristalsis is said to improve the bowel movements, there is a different belief that coffee just act like any other drink, just like a water. Drinking two glasses of water in the empty stomach also improves the bowel movement and cleanses the colon. The same effect is experienced by the coffee drinkers.
However, consumption of coffee, limited with a cup of two or three a day cannot have any negative laxative effects.


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