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CIS 1100: Introduction to Computer Concepts
Books in the Main Stacks
Information Science and Technology
Citing Your Resources
Doing ethical research means citing sources. It is critical to credit writers for their work and their contributions to your research. To not do so is unethical and leads to plagiarism - unintentionally or not. Here are some sources to help you cite properly and to avoid the problem of plagiarism.
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Bidgoli, H. (2003). Encyclopedia of information systems. Amsterdam: Academic Press. Ref T 58.5 E535 2003 (4 vols.)
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Knapp, S. D., & Knapp, S. D. (2000). The contemporary thesaurus of search terms and synonyms: A guide for natural language computer searching. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. Ref ZA 4060 .K58 2000
Trauth, E. M. (2006). Encyclopedia of gender and information technology. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference. Ref HD 6060.6 .E53 2006
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PROVO - Getting sick in midseason normally isn't a good thing, unless apparently you are a Utah gymnast.
A week after senior Annabeth Eberle had one of her best performances despite a cold that kept her out of practice, sophomore Rachel Tidd returned to the all-around lineup and won it to lead the top-ranked Utes past Brigham Young 197.45-196.825 on Saturday.
Tidd, who competed only on the vault and uneven bars in Utah's last two meets because of a lingering illness, scored a season-high 39.575 to win her second all-around title.
Her last all-around title was against BYU in February when she scored a 39.375. A year ago, she scored a 39.675 against the Cougars for a career high.
"I always get nervous, but I was really nervous tonight because I haven't had a whole bunch of practices," Tidd said.
Utah freshman Ashley Postell, one of the team's top all-arounders, fell on her floor event, ending her streak of 43 routines without a fall.
Tidd scored a 9.95 on the vault, 9.925 on the uneven bars, 9.9 on the balance beam and a 9.8 on the floor.
"We have four great all-arounders," Utah coach Greg Marsden said. "On any given night, it just comes down to who is hot that night."
Tidd hasn't been that hot recently, miserable would be a better way to describe her. Tidd came down with a cold three weeks ago. It turned into an ear infection, then led to some migraine-like headaches.
"It kept getting worse, then I was getting dizzy, I've been on so many drugs lately," Tidd said. "I was getting really frustrated, not able to compete in the all-around the last two weeks."
The illness did have a good side effect. Since Tidd wasn't able to practice, the time off helped her back, which has given her troubles throughout the season.
"It has been day-to-day, but since I haven't been doing anything, it feels good," she said.
"Tonight gives me a lot more confidence."
The meet started out close when BYU received a season-high 49.45 on the vault, the school's third-highest vault score.
Utah scored a 49.375 on the bars to trail the Cougars after the first rotation.
The Cougars' advantage didn't last long, as Utah also got a season high on the vault, scoring a 49.6 with Postell, Tidd and Annabeth Eberle all getting 9.95s.
BYU only scored a 48.725 on the bars, giving Utah a comfortable 98.975-98.175 lead after two rotations.
"I was really pleased with our first two events," Marsden said. "We started strong on bars, and then we had some of our best landings on vault of the year."
BYU's final score was its best of the season. Both teams will find out Monday who they'll compete against in the NCAA Regionals on April 9. Utah will be at home since it is one of the six regional sites.
The top two teams from each region advance to the NCAA Championships in Auburn, Ala.
Normally it is a tense night, but the Utes, who have scored 197 or higher in its last five meets, aren't worried.
"Bring it on," sophomore Nicolle Ford said. "We're going to have our own crowd and our own equipment, we'll be fine."

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TOP STORY >> PCSSD hires two for better school safety
Leader staff writer
At a special meeting on Monday evening, the school board of the Pulaski County Special School District approved hiring of an additional assistant principal for both Jacksonville and Mills high schools and removed the allocation for the existing dean of students position at Mills.
According to district policy, a school is eligible for an assistant principal when enrollment reaches 375 and may add another position with each additional 375 students.
That is a guiding number I dont know how hard and fast that is, said Deborah Rousch, director of information for PCSSD.
The new, permanent hires will replace assistant principals both schools lost recently. The new hire at Jacksonville will bring the number of assistant principals back up to three after one transferred to the newly opened STAR Academy for at-risk youth at the beginning of the school year. The high schools enrollment is 1,010.
Kenneth Clark, head principal at Jacksonville High School, said that the news of the boards decision was like a breath of fresh air.
Being short an assistant principal had forced Clark to revamp everything and look at things in a new way. I thank the board for adding more administrative power to our team.
The assistant principal position at Mills replaces a temporary dean of discipline position recently vacated, bringing the total number of assistant principals there to three. The schools enrollment is 806.
The annual cost for the two positions could be as much as $170,531, including benefits.
Board members Tim Clark, Gwen Williams, Sandra Sawyers, and Mildred Tatum voted for the additional principals. Board members Danny Gililland and Bill Vasquez cast dissenting votes on the motion by board member Mildred Tatum. Board member Charley Wood was absent.
Tatum made the same proposal at the regular monthly board meeting last week, but it died for lack of a second. At that meeting, the board passed a similar measure by board chair Tim Clark, for a second assistant principal at Maumelle Middle School. The school has 709 students.
It was board chair Clark who called for the special meeting to weigh in on the assistant principal issue. Afterwards, he said that he did so because he felt both Mills and Jacksonville high schools were not adequately staffed. Discipline is an important factor in education; we need to focus more on discipline.
Sawyer said she voted in favor of the additional principals because she saw an immediate need in order to create a safe environment that is conductive to learning. We must have the one before we can have the other.
Sawyer said she would like to look at all the schools and then put a plan into action, a swift plan, to address discipline issues in the district.
After the meeting, Gililland said he voted against the measure because of budgetary reasons.
Ms. (Anita) Farver (the districts chief financial officer) said that the district did not have the budget to support it, Gililland said, referring to discussion at the boards last regular monthly meeting on Oct. 13. I want people to understand that I would love to see another assistant principal at every school and classrooms of 15 to 18 students, but when you dont have the funding, you just dont do it.
Gililland said that district revenues are not keeping pace with the $5 million draw this year from reserves to fund new school construction. And then there is the question of how long the district will continue to receive $18 million annually to implement its desegregation plan. Whether the money is cut off all at once or gradually will be for the state to decide, Gililland said, adding, Weve got serious money issues and need to be responsible to the taxpayers.
Vasquez said he voted against the motion because it was not part of an effort to address discipline problems in the district in a comprehensive way.
It is a band-aid fix to a systemic problem, Vasquez said after the meeting. There has not been one recommendation from the board or the superintendents office to address findings in the last deseg report. His reference was to periodic reviews by the Office of Desegregation Monitoring, an arm of the U.S. District Court which assesses the districts compliance its own goals and strategies for elimination of racial disparities in 11 discrete areas, including discipline.
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We charged the last superintendent to take care of those things, and he did not, Vasquez said. The district staff is not very proactive in bringing solutions to the board to solve problems.
After the meeting, Brenda Bowles, assistant superintendent for equity and pupil services for PCSSD, commented that sometimes people make statements that are a little unfair. They have a report every year that has recommendations.


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CAMERA retailer Jessops, which has a store in Redditch's Kingfisher Shopping Centre, has gone into administration.
The company has been hit in recent years by increasing competition from supermarkets and internet retailers.
PricewaterhouseCoppers (PwC) which have been appointed as the administrators for the company, which was founded in Leicester in 1935, say that closures at some of its 192 stores was "inevitable".
It also said that at present, Jessops would not honour customer vouchers or accept returned goods.


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Toasted-Barley Mashed Potatoes
These simple, hearty mashed potatoes owe their rich creaminess to buttermilk and their appealing texture to toasted pearl barley.
Slideshow: Delicious, Quick Side Dishes
- Servings: 4
- 1/2 cup pearl barley
- 4 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 pound red or Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 1/2 cup low-fat (1.5%) buttermilk, warmed
- 3 cups Vegetable Stock or chicken stock, or 2 cups canned chicken broth mixed with 1 cup of water
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
How to make this recipe
In a medium saucepan, cook the barley over moderately high heat, stirring frequently, until toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the Vegetable Stock and thyme and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 35 minutes. Drain the barley. Discard the thyme sprigs.
Meanwhile, in another medium saucepan, cover the potatoes with water. Bring to a boil over moderate heat and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain, return to the pan and keep warm.
Pass the hot potatoes through a ricer or food mill or mash with a potato masher. Stir in the barley and warm buttermilk, season with salt and pepper and serve.
One Serving Calories 203 kcal, Protein 6 gm, Carbohydrate 41 gm, Cholesterol 1.9 mg, Total Fat 1.9 gm, Saturated Fat .3 gm.


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"God's love is like the ocean, my little boy," she said. "It's always here. It's always deep. It never ends. God's love is special."
Just how wide, how deep, and how big is the love of God really? See for yourself in this heart-warming story about a boy, his parents, and the wonder of creation. From the vast reaches of the ocean to the towering heights of the mountains, Max Lucado takes us on a journey of discovery and thanksgiving as he shows us how creation expresses the unmatched love of the Creator.
Filled with beautiful illustrations, this charming tale teaches about the God whose love never ends, and will remain a favorite among families for years to come.
Through this illustrated tale about the moon stealing the sun's glory, children learn about the importance of humility and the dangers of pride.
This rhyming, rollicking tale tells of a crime of cosmic proportions: the moon, blinded by pride, fails to see the true source of his abilities-the light provided by the sun. He boasts of his ability to shine, to change shape throughout each month, and to swell the tides. One day, overwhelmed by a piercing ray of sunshine, the moon repents of his pride and changes his ways, and from that point on he is happy to reflect the sun's light.
This beautifully illustrated book introduces the concept of humility to children. Readers will be reminded that everything we have, including our gifts and talents, is from God. Just as the moon learns to boast only of the sun, children-and their parents-learn that to boast of anything other than the Son is utter foolishness.
This imaginative tale, based on a true story, begins one evening with Mr. McFarland leading family devotions. When his daughter asks him how she should pray, Mr. McFarland shares a 500-year-old story —a story about a barber and his famous customer.
Master Peter is a barber well known to all in his village. One day, when Martin Luther the Reformer walks into his shop, the barber musters up the courage to ask the outlawed monk how to pray. Dr. Luther responds by writing a letter to the barber (a letter that we know today as the book, A Simple Way to Pray!). The barber's life is changed as he encounters a model for prayer by using the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the Apostles' Creed.
R. C. Sproul's beautifully illustrated story will engage children and help them learn to pray according to the Bible. Dr. Sproul's unique gift for explaining complex truths will make this a treasured book to be returned to time after time—a delight for both children and their parents!
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Jesse spake:
> I tend to agree with this. I had a Soekris 4801 riding a
> saturated T1 in bridge mode doing traffic shaping for about a
> week. The webGUI was painfully slow, but the Soekris seemed
> to handle the traffic quite well.
> I wouldn't place a Soekris 4801 on anything larger than a
> saturated T1 though.
Don't the benchmarks show a 4801 capable of routing 20-30mbit/sec
(without VPN) though?
My home connection isn't very busy, but I get the throughput I'd expect
out of it... 3mbit/256kbit cable with Adelphia.
I'm using shaping/queuing, but not much else. Net4801 and m0n0 1.2b3.
CPU is rarely over 25-30%.
Supposedly a pentium 200 with decent NICs is able to route a 100mbit
line under GNU. Is the FreeBSD routing code that bad, or is there
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Trying to knit, wondering what happened to my strawberry plant, math?, making small leaps of picking up Irish, playing a mean game of dominos, being a gigantic nerd or dork or geek depending on what horribleness I just inflicted on unsuspecting bystanders, yelling at my cat, leaping without looking (and by that I mean I've probably just tripped over something), teaching elementary school kids and then figuring out how to teach them better, drinking cider, doing puzzles both jig-sawed and cross-worded, and probably listening to records while doing any of the above… or watching television and movies on hulu or netflix. It really could go any which way.
My life often seems some giant Rube Goldberg machine for which the intention is yet unclear. Just in case, I had a pith helmet at the ready in my car because, yeah, you never know.
I can go from 0-awkward in 2.7 seconds.
Often I open my mouth, words fall out, and I'm as surprised as anyone at what they are.
...and the rest is rust and stardust.
Update: I was correct. Most things right now involve being bitten up by a puppy.
Right now I'm lucky enough to be the dean of, and teach at, an amazing elementary school and to be emeritus at an amazing yarn shop.
On the way there I've been many things from a bartender for the mexican mafia to a film editor in Los Angeles. Then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
My long time car finally had enough so I just sold it off. Instead I now have a good sturdy Russian motorcycle. It has a sidecar though, so I can, you know... still get groceries and take the school dog around and stuff. While I've traditionally been indoorsy, this change has prompted me to buy a tent. Now I really dig riding it up a mountain or down the coast and using that tent to then continue up a mountain or further down the coast.
It was recently pointed out to me that I have a different hat on but almost the same expression in just about every one of my photos. So... I guess I'm good at that?
I've been book binding and baking a lot lately. Let's all just assume I'm already really great at both of those things.
Also people tend to like my glasses or make note of my keen ability to bump into things.
could I start by asking everyone in tv shows and movies to STOP PUTTING YOUR HANDS IN MALFUNCTIONING GARBAGE DISPOSALS! I just can't take it.
A couple of relevant points: I have done the Truffle Shuffle in front of the Goonies house in Astoria. Also I am an official member of the funk mob, knighted by George Clinton and Bernie Worrell. It was better than my Bar-Mitzvah. As well I have fed and played with a giant pacific octopus. Their most advanced safety protocol was to caution me not to get my fingers too near the beak. This doesn't really relate to books, movies, shows, music, and food, but I felt it was worth mentioning.
Ok so, let's go deeper...
When people ask me the great question, "Beatles or Rolling Stones?" I like to remind them that Eric Burdon is the Kwisatz Haderach.
Pandora is a phenomenal thing. I found so many new things to like thanks to playing with it when I was working at the yarn shop. Except I didn't care all that much for the "Dirty Dancing Soundtrack" channel. Other employees like it and for the most part it was ok. The problem was that "Time of My Life" kept coming up and I expected an onslaught of customers to come charging at me expecting to be hip-lifted into the air.
I love roots americana and blues. Not that Chicago good time rockin' blues as much though. Good hip-hop and Funk have also always been a part of my life (the pinnacle of which mentioned earlier). I have a anachronistic crush on Anita O'Day. Then there's stuff like Jack White, The Heavy, Black Keys, The Cat Empire, Holly Golightly, etc, etc, likely things that everyone keeps putting here, which everyone agrees upon as good stuff.
In the recent past I've loved: Terriers, Louie, Party Down, Wilfred, Game of Thrones, Girls, Doctor Who, Freaks & Geeks, Flight of the Conchords, The League, Peep Show, Carnivàle...
I'm an escapist. Narrative fiction does it for me the most. I love science fiction, pulp, post-apocolyptic wastelands, eh, a bunch of stuff really. There are just some characters I really connect with (whether I like it or not), and that is what mostly draws me in. Don Quixote, Ignatius Reilly, Kilgore Trout, Richard Mayhew, Arthur Dent, these are my heroes. If I were cast in Shakespeare, I would likely make an excellent Dogberry.
Because of the teaching thing I read a lot of middle reader stuff these days. Luckily, there are amazing things happening in middle reader and young adult books. Currently I'm reading the Hunger Games (hey, easy now, this is for WORK) and I can say while it's no Harry Potter, ok, I'm in.
UPDATE: After finishing "The Hunger Games" I was left feeling pretty certain I would have been dead in the cornucopia. I moved on to "Ready Player One" and I kept wanting to shout My skills! They're relevant! the whole time. I am now on "The Golden Compass" and would very much like my own panserbjørne thank you very much.
FURTHER UPDATE: I'm doing "Wildwood" as a read-aloud and study on inspiration with my class. I think Colin Meloy sleeps with one hand cradling a thesaurus. Also, "Half Bad" feels like what would have happened if Irvine Welsh wrote Harry Potter.
I would like to open a restaurant that specializes in burnt cheese.
2. Color
3. Memory
4. Placeholders for things I need to think more carefully about
5. Curiosity
6. Amazement
7. A Bone Folder
8. ... <--- These Things
9. Spaghetti Carbonara
10. A very sharp Blackwing 602
What is the best paradox to crash a 1980's super computer that has just become self aware?
How can some of Chip Kidd's book covers be so brilliant and some just so awful?
Can you imagine what it must have been like to be the person who discovered popcorn?
Could Jessica Fletcher be part of the Wold-Newton universe?
Maybe we should just all wear a pin everyday that says how many hours of sleep we got the night before.
If you're eating a pigeon it's bound to mean either a 5-star or 1-star dining experience, but likely nowhere in between.
Are malaprops generally funnier than puns? Or is that purely situational?
I could conduct a TED talk on what an asshole my cat is.
Red Vines make for a MUCH better straw than Twizzlers.
Why would anyone settle on using two words when you could use ten?
What did I just walk into this room to get?
Why is the Hamburglar a gaucho?
At what point does a dramatic pause become an awkward silence?
What does God need with a starship?
Wait... Licorice is a LEGUME!?
Do I actually have a yen for sleuthing? Or does the combination of words just taste creamy and rich?
Why is the damn cat being so quiet?
No, seriously, didn't I buy a strawberry plant? Where the hell is it?
I prefer waffles to pancakes, pie to cake, tea to coffee, suspenders to belts. Seafood and I don't get along at all and I wish all vegetables could just agree to be fruit, because fruit is awesome. Especially pears and blueberries. I'm a Virgo-Rabbit, but I have a Scorpio moon so... that means... ? (I'm not sure how this works). I have a small collection of pocket watches ...and one pocket sundial ...because of reasons.
I am attending a cat circus at the end of the month because... cat circus.
UPDATE: That was amazing!
Here's a big one for Portland, I don't like beer. No, wait... come back! I do like whiskey and cider a whole bunch. Also Dark & Stormys... and Greyhounds.
Oh, I've never been to the Enchanted Forest, and there's a pretty good chance I snore.
You're ok with the fact that I get around by motorcycle
You might know how to read a pocket sundial.
You would like to see the films of the 70's and 80's at the Hollywood or Laurelhurst.
You have "spaceteam" on your phone or iPad and you're ready to go.
You confidently know which wire to cut before the countdown finishes.
You would like to grow a dye garden.
You would side with Bruno Kirby about the wagon wheel in When Harry Met Sally.
You can science.
You want to see where that road goes.
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This article was published 23/3/2012 (1945 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SETTER Hope Schneider of Brandon's Crocus Plains High School has committed to University of Winnipeg women's volleyball coach Diane Scott for the 2012-2013 season.
Schneider, who won a silver medal with Crocus Plains at the 2011 Provincial High School Volleyball Championships, is the younger sister of former Wesmen men's team (2004-2009) and Team Canada setter Dustin Schneider.
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-- Jennifer Jones, the four-time Canadian women's curling champion, will hold a curling camp this fall for curlers of all abilities and levels.
The first annual Jennifer Jones Curling Camp will be held Oct. 12-14 at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg. There will be a maximum of 64 registrants accepted.
"Curling has provided me with so many opportunities and I love to share my experience and try to help others achieve their goals at whatever level they participate," Jones said in a media release.
Guest instructors will include reigning Canadian men's champion Brent Laing of Ontario, four-time Olympic curling coach Elaine Dagg-Jackson of Victoria, while Jones' teammates Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin and Jennifer Clark-Rouire will be in attendance.
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The Top 10 Sexy Ugly Guys We'd Love To Love
Ugly can be so cute. Case in point: Trolls! What girl can resist one of those cuties? But now that we're grown up, our tastes have gotten more sophisticated and translated from dolls to men. We've all found ourselves drooling over some piece of ass of our friends would call a "butterface." Who cares?! So to the guys who are so weirdly sexy they break all the rules of attraction, here are The Top 10 Sexy Ugly Guys We'd Love To Love…
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Enjoying champagne with mum. Photo: Getty
Here are the facts: we know that Chalrize Theron shaved her head for her role in the new Mad Max movie, Mad Max Fury Road, in which she plays someone by the name of Imperator Furiosa. We know that she left town to film it in South Africa roughly five months ago. We know that filming is now reportedly going over budget, (nothing too scandalous about that - it's an action movie with big stars like Tom Hardy). But we don't care so much as a fig about all of those details because - look! Charlize's head is shaved! and it's brown, my friends.
Now, the important questions: Is it brown because that is her natural colour? Or did she have it dyed? We think it's her natural colour. But what is that on her face? We are not being mean, it looks like there is some weird makeup stuck to her cheek.
We shall probably never know. Well, we probably will know, just as soon as the movie gets an Australian release date. Your move, George Miller.
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Alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and allies:
The Bates Office of Alumni and Parent Engagement heartily invites you to a gathering in Boston
Thursday, April 19th 6 – 9 pm
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QR code generator in Flash AS3 using Google charts API
QR codes are seen every where from news magazine, website, web ads, commercial television advertisements. With the more usage of smart phones with IOS and Android OS capable have more apps available to decode QR codes with that we can easily open URL instead of typing the URL from news paper in mobile browser.
In this Flash action script tutorial we are going to see how to generate QR code in AS3 using Google chart API.
Tutorial difficulty:
- Basic to Intermediate
- Actionscript 3.0
QR Code generator in Flash AS3
Google has varities of web API for simplifying developer operations. Some of the API are
- Google Data APIs
- Ajax APIs
- Ads APIs
Some of the Google Data APIs we mostly use are Google Apps, Google Analytics, Blogger, Google Base, Google Book Search, Google Calendar, Google Code Search, Google Earth, Google Spreadsheets, Google Notebook, and Picasa Web Albums.
We are going to use the Google chart API ( "http://chart.apis.google.com/" ) to pull the QR code for the URL we have passed. The QR code we are going to pull the particular URL is customizable to some extent. Few are discussed at end of the code.
Sample qr code in as3:
Below is a sample qr code for the URL:http://www.designscripting.com
Entire Code for QR code generator
import flash.net.URLLoader; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.events.Event; import flash.display.Loader; var qrLoader:Loader = new Loader(); qrLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=140x140&cht=qr&chld=L|0&chl=http://www.designscripting.com")) qrLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(e:Event):void{ addChild(qrLoader); })
Explanation for Actionscript used:
Simple Loader instance to load the Google Chart API with following parameters.
chs=x Specifies the width and height
cht=qr Specifies a qr code
chl= The data to encode.
Also check Google Chart API – QR Code details for more information.


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Dogs: Air Travel Tips
Dogs: Clipper Blade Guide.
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Dog gates come in many sizes and configurations. We offere extra wide and extra tall gates as well as step-over styles for toy breeds. We also offer gates from several manufacturers. You should be able to find a dog gate that suits your needs.
Pressure-mounted dog gates use no screws. They have stoppers at the sides and a pressure bar that expands the gate to "wedge" it into place between the door jams. They are easy to take down or insert at will.
Wider or more complicated gates use screw mounts to keep the gate standing between the walls or jams. Many have mounts that allow the gate to be taken out of the space, leaving the screw mounts in place for re-inserting the gate at a later time.
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Cowgirl bling. That's how Laura Parmentier-Wilson described the flashy belt buckle in her hand as she looped it onto an even flashier belt to pose with her horse, Loni's Delight, affectionately known as Sonny.
A reserved young woman who doesn't usually like to draw too much attention to herself, Parmentier-Wilson, Union, is proud of this latest buckle, an award for winning the Ladies Overall Title and the Amateur AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) division at the Lone Star Classic, a cowboy mounted shooting competition held Oct. 11-14 in Vernon, Texas.
"Lone Star Champion Cowgirl" it reads.
The buckle is pretty to look at, but what means more to Parmentier-Wilson is what it stands for — her first major title win and a time that was just a quarter of a second behind first place overall.
"That's not even the blink of an eye," said Bob Myers, who is like a grandfather to Parmentier-Wilson.
"She's really good," he added with a smile. "She sure puts on a show."
Parmentier-Wilson is hoping to bring home more "bling" this weekend when she competes in the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) Missouri State Championship in Lake Saint Louis.
The competition will be held at the National Equestrian Center, 6880 Lake Saint Louis Blvd., Feb. 23-24, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. The event is open to the public, and there is no admission charge for spectators.
What Is Mounted Shooting?
Described as the "fastest growing equine sport in the nation," cowboy mounted shooting looks like a scene straight out of the Old West with men and women riding in traditional gear, gun in hand, shooting at targets.
The contests are timed and they move fast — at the Lone Star Classic, Parmentier-Wilson's time was less than a minute: 58.249 seconds (the first-place overall time was 58.003 seconds).
Mounted contestants wear a holster with two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared black powder ammunition (no bullets are used).
Contests feature different courses or patterns for the riders to follow, and some are more challenging than others. There are dozens of courses available, and each contest will include multiple courses for riders to complete.
Each course has 10 balloon targets — five blue, five red, said Parmentier-Wilson. The rider has to "shoot" the first set of targets before going after the second set.
"The first half (five targets) of a course of fire will vary with each go and requires the horse and rider to stop, turn, change leads and accelerate rapidly," according to the Missouri Big Irons Cowboy Mounted Shooting website, www.mobigirons.net. "The second set, called the 'rundown,' is a straight course with targets set at 36-foot intervals."
Riders are penalized for missing targets or knocking over barrels set up to mark the course.
Time is critical, though. Parmentier-Wilson recalled one competition where she missed a target, but still won because her time was that much faster than the others.
Competing for Six Years
Growing up in Union, daughter of the late Vic and late Cheryl Parmentier, Parmentier-Wilson has been around horses her whole life and began competing in equine sports at a young age.
She started out in western pleasure and showmanship, then ran barrels with her sister. About six years ago a friend who had started mounted shooting encouraged Parmentier-Wilson to give it a try, so she took her mare, Trissy, to a practice to see what it was all about and hasn't looked back since.
"The people (in mounted shooting) are so nice," she remarked. "They are the nicest I've ever met.
"They gave me a set of guns and a holster to use."
Parmentier-Wilson, who had grown up deer hunting, was familiar enough with shooting to get started.
"I thought it would be fun, a whole new challenge," she said.
With her father's blessing and support, Parmentier-Wilson purchased a set of Ruger Montados .45 caliber single-action revolvers.
Part of the challenge of mounted shooting is in being able to handle and operate the revolvers while riding. Parmentier-Wilson said each time she wants to shoot, she has to cock the hammer and pull the trigger.
In completing a mounted shooting course, riders are holding onto the horse's reins with one hand with their other outstretched aiming at the target. And while the revolver isn't heavy, it easily weighs a couple of pounds.
It's not uncommon for riders to drop their gun while running a course, said Parmentier-Wilson, explaining that riders have to switch guns in the middle of the course — placing the spent revolver back in the holster after the first set of targets is complete and grabbing the fresh one for the second set.
That's why practice becomes so critical, said Parmentier-Wilson, noting her husband, Stephen Wilson, who made a name for himself in mounted shooting competition but who now competes mainly in rodeo events, helps her train.
"We do lots of drills," said Parmentier-Wilson, "not so much patterns, but lots of dry firing to practice muscle memory.
"I sit on the back of the mule (vehicle) shooting at paper plates."
Preparing for any competition, however, is more about staying in the right frame of mind, Parmentier-Wilson stressed.
"Like anything, it's 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical," she remarked.
Parmentier-Wilson said she enters big shoots about once a month, but that she tries to go to as many as she can. The farthest she's ever traveled is to Las Vegas.
She and her husband have a 2-year-old son, Westen, whom they leave behind in the care of close family friends.
Winning brings with it a cash prize, as well as prestige, but for Parmentier-Wilson, it's more about achieving her goal.
"To me it's more of the accomplishment," she said. "I set goals and I want to be the best that I can be with my horse.
"I strive for that every time that I ride."
Horse of Year
Parmentier-Wilson is quick to share credit for all of her wins with her horse, Sonny, who at 15 years old is still going strong. He actually was her husband's horse first, but since he has moved more into rodeo competitions, he found Laura's mare better for roping.
"Sonny's just a good horse," said Parmentier-Wilson. "He's one of those that not everybody gets the privilege to own."
His personality is what makes him special, she said.
"He'll never quit on you and just has a winning heart," she said, recalling one of Stephen's competitions where he ran — unbeknownst to her husband — on a fractured leg.
"He will crawl across the finish line. He's just a very good animal, a great personality.
"He appreciates the care you give him, and he's always happy to see you."
Several years ago, when Stephen was riding him in mounted shooting competitions, Sonny was ranked as one of the top 10 mounted shooting horses in the sport, said Parmentier-Wilson.
That's based on times and wins.
And he's been nominated for Mounted Shooting Horse of the Year again, said Parmentier-Wilson.


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The famous Risky Business Porsche 928 -- one that didn't drown in Lake Michigan -- is on the auction block.
A Los Angeles auction called Profiles in History will sell the 928 that the auction house says got the most screen time in the 1983 Warner Bros. movie Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. The car is one of several movie cars to be sold as part of the auction's Hollywood segment July 30 and 31.
Besides a gander at the then-exotic 928, the "luxury touring" Porsche, the movie gave people a look at rather more of De Mornay than 1980s moviegoers were used to. She was a prostitute with a heart of gold that young Cruise, as Joel Goodsen, took home while his parents weren't around.
More famous than either De Mornay's body or the 928's, though, is the indelible image of Cruse in his socks and a shirt pretending to play a guitar and sing.
There have been uncounted reprises of that scene, including takes by leggy supermodel Heidi Klum, baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez and Ronald Reagan Jr., whose dad was president when Ron hosted the TV show Saturday Night Live and performed a version of the Cruise routine.
During a make-out scene in the movie, De Mornay's character bumped the manual-transmission 928 gearshift into neutral and it rolled into Lake Michigan. In real life, that would be hard to do without also pushing down the clutch pedal at the same time. Who knows, perhaps that's exactly what Cruise's character was doing?
The so-called dumper car for that scene was a gutted junker used just to drown. Three other 928s were in the movie:
Here's what the auctioneers say about the 928 on the block:
The car's odometer reads 102,755 miles and it is in operating condition.
This car was on exhibit at the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver in 2009 and many Porsche enthusiasts have called this the most famous Porsche 928 in the world.
It is estimated to fetch $40,000 – $60,000.
Though the 928 model looks unfortunately like an AMC Pacer, it nonetheless was a marvel of fast comfort at the time. A water-cooled, aluminum V-8, generous back seat (by Porsche sports car standards) and strange, pop-up headlights gave it enough cachet to at least partly overcome Porsche fans' resistance to cars that didn't use air-cooled engines, didn't have the engine in back, and tried to suggest that luxury and high-performance might actually be a good marriage.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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2009 MINI Cooper S Convertible
Forget the top-down Openometer, this drop-top needs a Funometer.
The first time I ever saw a MINI in person was in the late '60s, after I graduated from high school. I visited an import showroom to look at MGs and Triumphs, one of which I had hoped to be my first new car. The MINI was red, with the Union Jack flag painted on the top of it. It looked "veddy, veddy British Invasion," what with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. being at the height of their powers, and all things British being very cool.
|1. The Cooper S Convertible comes with a turbocharged 1.6L, 4-cyl engine with 172hp, and 177 ft-lbs of torque.
2. Standard Cooper and high-performance JCW versions are also available with 118hp and 208hp respectively.
3. The front of the soft-top slides open as well.
4. The Cooper S Convertible is priced from $27,450 ($36,350 CAD).
Despite the fact that the Triumphs and MGs were small, this little coupe, with its tiny tires, looked like a bumper car you'd see at the amusement park. When the salesman opened the door, I fully expected to see 10 clowns bouncing out of it. My Dad asked the guy where you inserted the key to wind it up. I'm sure the salesman got a lot of that.
As we left the showroom (without any of the British models I was drooling over), and got into my father's huge, slab sided Buick Electra 225, he joked that we could have slipped any one of those "little pieces of crap" into the trunk and carried it home. Now you get the idea why none of those sports cars wound up in my driveway.
But this past August, MINI celebrated its 50th birthday, a testament to the little car's appeal worldwide, if never in the U.S., as a basic, fuel efficient mode of transportation. And while the Classic MINI car faded away in Europe in 1999, since BMW resurrected the brand in 2001, they have sold over 1.5 million copies, with the United States being their largest market. I had a chance to spend a week, and a few hundred miles with the MINI Cooper S Convertible, and I have to report, it was a jolly good time.
The S model comes equipped with a turbocharged 1.6-liter, 4-cylinder motor, which puts out a respectable 172hp, and 177 ft-lbs of torque at a mere 1600 rpm. That contrasts with the standard non-turbo motor, which puts out a more modest 118 horsepower, and by comparison, feels a bit anemic.
Fuel economy is 26 mpg in the city and 34 highway. I don't doubt those estimates for normal driving, but it's hard to drive this car normally. It begs to be driven hard.
The Mini Cooper S, weighing in at a mere 2,855 lbs., accelerates smartly from a standing start, and the 6-speed Getrag manual transmission lets you take advantage of the all the available grunt the engine has to offer. The clutch pedal is light, and the gearbox is precise, and while I probably wouldn't choose a manual for my everyday car, I wouldn't be disappointed if I had this one to deal with. This MINI will reach 60 mph in just over 7 seconds, but it feels even quicker, due to the small size of the car, and how low it sits to the ground. You'll feel a fair amount of torque steer pulling away form a stop, and powering out of turns, but wrestling with the steering wheel a little bit is part of the charm of the car.
There is a lot of go-kart feel to the driving experience because of a combination of the short 97.1-inch wheelbase, coupled with the MacPherson struts in front, and the multi-link rear suspension with lightweight aluminum rear trailing arms. And don't forget the Sport Suspension package that fits more aggressive springs and dampers. The result, however, is that ride quality is quite firm, and can be jarring over sharp bumps and expansion joints. The reinforced convertible chassis is actually 10% stiffer than the coupe, which is the reverse of what you normally get with a convertible. You don't need to wear a kidney belt, but the Cooper S model isn't a boulevard cruiser, either.
The result of all this stiffness and sportiness is that this MINI is a blast to drive in the twisty bits. Outside of that go-kart mentioned above, I can't recall another car (with a suspension) that corners as flat as this one, except maybe a Lotus Elise.
The steering is quick and responsive and you can just dart into a corner, even if a bit too hot, and rail your way around it, without ever feeling out of control. And if you should push it past the limit, the car's Dynamic Stability Control, Traction Control, a Limited Slip Differential, will combine to save your bacon.
In addition, there is a Sport button on the console that, when activated, will provide more rapid acceleration, and tighter steering, and on the automatic transmission equipped cars, will adjust the shift points. I must admit that I couldn't discern any difference with the button activated or not.
The interior is a comfortable place for the two front passengers to spend time. Head room is generous and the heated leather seats are wide, yet bolstered, and you don't get that cramped feeling that you do with some of BMW's sport seats. If you want to include back seat passengers, they better be young children, because even with the front seats positioned for short people, there is very little leg room left for those in back.
The layout of the controls and gauges is – (oh how can I put this nicely) unique. The speedometer is located in a round, wall-clock sized dial, right smack in the middle of the dashboard, above the center stack, just as it was in the classic MINIs of old. It also houses the radio controls, warning lights, fuel gauge and odometer. Beneath the speedometer are the easy to use heating controls, and then a bank of toggle switches for the windows, door locks, heated seats and fog lights. A similar band of switches is located above the rear view mirror, and those operate the various interior lights, and the power switch for the roof.
A large tachometer sits in front of the driver and there is a small LED screen inside it that shows various bits of information such as a digital speedometer, clock, thermometer, and the trip info that includes average and current miles per gallon, distance to empty, dual trip meters, etc.
Just to the left of that round dial is another smaller one called the Openometer, which tracks your top down, engine-on time for up to 7 hours. (A cumulative count is kept in the trip computer). I'd love to meet the guy who came up with that idea and shake his hand. Not that it's a great idea – I think its stupid – but that guy must be able to sell ice cubes to Eskimos if he was able to get a bunch of stoic Germans to approve putting that thing in their car. German's are not exactly famous for their whimsy, you know!
The leather wrapped steering wheel has the cruise controls on the right side, and redundant radio/telephone controls on the left. All are easy to use. Storage space is limited, as there is no armrest console between the front seats, so you're left with a glove box, and small door pockets to keep small items handy.
The convertible roof is a soft top that features a retractable sunroof that opens about halfway back for those times when the full top down experience isn't desired. It's nice, but because it retracts right from the windshield header, there is no pop-up wind deflector, so it's a bit noisy and creates a lot of buffeting in the cabin. When the convertible top is fully lowered for open air driving, there is a good deal of back draft, and the car didn't come with the detachable wind deflector, but I'm never critical of the windblast in a convertible because… it's a convertible and that's the whole point, isn't it?
As for top-up driving, unfortunately, there's a good deal more noise than I care for, and it's more than most other rag tops I've driven lately.
The trunk is small, very small, but it is aided by being able to lower the rear seats. Unfortunately, the fold down tailgate opening is so tiny, it's just hard to get anything into the trunk at all. It's much easier to fold the rear seats down and load things into the back with the top down.
The Cooper S Convertible starts at $27,450 ($36,350 CAD) versus the Standard convertible's $24,550 ($29,950 CAD) starting price. If you're not on a tight budget, I'd spend the extra three grand for the increased performance, and lay off the other options. My test car added the Metallic Paint for $500, the Leather Package, Cold Weather Package, Premium Package, Sport Package, and Park Distance Control to bring up the bottom line to $33,700. If you compare the prices to a Miata Touring, it's about $2,500 more, although it is about $2,000 less than a Volkswagen Eos. So you'll have to decide if you'd prefer a more cushioned ride in the Volkswagen or Miata, or if you want to be able to pretend you're a Formula 1 racer when the roads get challenging.
The MINI Cooper S Convertible has its flaws, mostly in the ride quality department, but it is a really fun car to drive aggressively on demanding roads. If you're lucky enough to live in places where you can spend a fair amount of time driving on interesting roads, then that might tip the scales in favor of the MINI. I found myself using this car like I do my motorcycles. That is, I had nowhere to go in particular, but I just took it out to find some nice roads to play on, just for the sake of having fun. I don't usually do that with most cars. Maybe MINI should have scrapped the Openometer idea in favor of a Funometer, but then they'd have to make it count more than just seven hours.
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The Palins Won't Be Tivoing "Family Guy" Anymore
Something very unusual is about to happen here. I'm about to agree with Sarah Palin. On last night's episode of "Family Guy," Chris goes out with a mentally handicapped woman. In describing her life, this girl says, "My mom's the former governor of Alaska," a pretty obvious allusion to Sarah's son, Trig. Sarah has responded to the episode on Facebook. Or, err, let Bristol respond? Sarah says, "People are asking me to comment on yesterday's Fox show that felt like another kick in the gut. Bristol was one who asked what I thought of the show that mocked her baby brother, Trig (and/or others with special needs), in an episode yesterday. Instead of answering, I asked her what she thought. Here is her conscientious reply, which is a much more restrained and gracious statement than I want to make."
Here's what Bristol had to say…
"When you're the son or daughter of a public figure, you have to develop thick skin. My siblings and I all have that, but insults directed at our youngest brother hurt too much for us to remain silent. People with special needs face challenges that many of us will never confront, and yet they are some of the kindest and most loving people you'll ever meet. Their lives are difficult enough as it is, so why would anyone want to make their lives more difficult by mocking them? As a culture, shouldn't we be more compassionate to innocent people – especially those who are less fortunate? Shouldn't we be willing to say that some things just are not funny? If the writers of a particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed. All they proved is that they're heartless jerks."
Watch the video here and let us know if you think the reference was fair game or over the top.


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Bipolar Disorder
by Kay Redfield Jamison
Watch Kay Redfield Jamison, bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind and international expert on bipolar disorder, in this informative and intriguing interview that presents essential information on assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder in psychotherapy.
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by Timothy Bruce, Arthur Jongsma, Jr.
Ten to twenty percent of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and 75% of them will not be properly diagnosed within the first three years of treatment. With stakes this high, it's essential to understand the complexities of Bipolar Disorder. Learn how to build effective, evidence-based treatment plans in this indispensable video.
Part of the 12-video series: Evidence-Based Treatment Planning
Part of the 12-video series: Evidence-Based Treatment Planning
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by Timothy Bruce, Arthur Jongsma, Jr.
Whether you're seeing clients with eating disorders, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, depression or anger control problems, having a clear, well-developed case formulation can sustain your clinical efforts and maximize chances for a successful outcome. Learn the essentials of evidence-based treatment planning in this video series with Drs. Timothy Bruce and Arthur Jongsma, who provide key definitions, clinical demonstrations, and expert commentary for a wide range of challenging conditions.
by Brad Hagen
When working with patients experiencing mania, clear boundaries and goal-oriented communication can help you maintain control. Learn from a pro—and empathize with a novice—in this two-part video demonstrating successful treatment of manic patients.
Part of the 5-Video Series: Mental Health in Hospitals and Treatment Centers
Part of the 5-Video Series: Mental Health in Hospitals and Treatment Centers
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What are the most essential skills and techniques for succeeding with patients in hospitals and treatment centers? Discover the difference between novice unskilled and expert work care for a range of severe conditions in this 5-part video series.
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Heather Clague on Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Working with Society's Most Marginalized Populations
Psychiatrist and psychotherapist Heather Clague offers reflections on the difference between private psychotherapy practice and working in the psychiatric emergency room, how prescribing medication broadens psychotherapy, and the joy and heartache of working with those society is "happy to ignore."
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Groupon India ties up with Croma to sell products online
E-commerce company Groupon India today joined hands with Tata group multi-brand retail chain Croma to sell electronic products across the country.
New Delhi: E-commerce company Groupon India today joined hands with Tata group multi-brand retail chain Croma to sell electronic products across the country.
"We offer very good deals for restaurants and other places and are very strong in some categories like fashion. With this tie-up, we will be now offering electronics and Croma is the best name in this category," Groupon India Chief Executive Officer Ankur Warikoo told reporters here.
As per the understanding, customers will place the orders on a new site 'www.Gadgets.Groupon.Co.In' and it will be then delivered through Croma's route, he added.
"The end-to-end operations and logistics service to end customers will be exclusively managed by an in-house team at Croma. The entire process will be looked after by Groupon," Warikoo said.
Elaborating on the type of benefits, he said the company will offer discounts of up to 70 per cent to customers, who will book through the site.
"We are confident that Groupon users across the country will now get another reason to grab the most attractive deals on mobile phones, tablets, laptops, iPads and cameras through our special microsite," Warikoo said.
With the help of this association, Croma aims to optimise the large user base of Groupon India to reach a wider set of consumers as part of its multi-channel strategy.
Infiniti Retail Managing Director and CEO Ajit Joshi said: "This collaboration will help us to widen our horizons to reach customers, who are looking for attractive deals on gadgets without compromising on the quality. It blends perfectly with our corporate philosophy and we are looking forward to a successful journey ahead."
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A NATIONAL autocentre chain, which has its head office in Redditch, has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker suffered severe injuries when she was struck by a transit van at its depot in Acocks Green, Birmingham.
Michelle Sloan, 45, from Aston, was parked in front of the Halfords Autocentre reception to unload some parts. She was reaching into the back of the vehicle when a transit van reversed into her door, closing it and trapping her legs.
The door crushed both her knees causing a torn tendon in her left knee and a severed tendon in the right one. A year after the incident she is still struggling to walk and has been unable to return to work.
Halfords Autocentres Limited was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following its investigation into the incident on 25 October 2011.
Birmingham Magistrates' Court heard that Halfords failed to put suitable control measures in place to separate pedestrians and vehicles on the site and that had they done so, the incident would not have happened.
Halfords Autocentres Limited of Icknield Street Drive, Washford West, Redditch, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 for failing to ensure workers and vehicles could move safely around the site. The company was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE Inspector Matt Whitaker said: "Halfords Autocentres didn't carry out a proper assessment of the risks and, as a result, there was no safe system for keeping unloading vans separate from moving vehicles and pedestrians.
"The woman has suffered severe and debilitating injuries as a result of the company's safety failings.
"Although it has since made improvements, it is disappointing that it took an incident of this nature for these changes to be made."
Advice for companies on how vehicles can be kept at a safe distance from pedestrian workers is available at hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport.


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Thorn crosses the border*
Franciscan Collaborative Ministries
By Julie Rattey
Thorn pressed her hands to her chest, trying to quiet her thudding heart. She was used to making big decisions; when her mother died when Thorn was 12 and her father had gone away to war, Thorn had quit school to take over the family farm and care for her brothers and sisters. When she was 16, she had married Van. And in only three months, in January of 1979 — Thorn placed a hand gently over her round stomach — she would be a mother. But this decision was life or death. If they stayed, they would live in a country at war, a country without freedom, a country where they might be killed at any time by the Khmer Rouge, the communist organization that had seized power a few years before. Yet if they continued their flight, they would be walking for weeks, facing death if they were spotted making their way to Thailand. What if they never reached the better life they longed for? What if they failed?
"I think we should start walking," Thorn whispered to Van, who had begun to stir. "It'll be morning soon."
"We don't have any rice left," Van said. "I'll have to go to that pond we found last night to try and catch some fish."
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"You could find fish in the middle of the desert," Thorn teased. "I think you fish in your sleep."
The laugh that slipped unexpectedly from their lips infused them both with courage.
"I'll be back," said Van, slipping quietly out of their hiding place. Thorn lay back, drifting into dreams of her mother, her father, of endless fields of rice…
Only moments later, she was gently shaken awake. Van, empty-handed and taut-faced, was leaning over her.
"Khmer Rouge."
"Close enough."
Thorn, suddenly nauseous with hunger and fear, sat up. Vana awoke and immediately began to cry. "I'm hungry," she sobbed. "I want to go home."
Thorn rocked her in her arms. "We can't go home," she said gently. "We're not safe there. We're going someplace where we will be."
They rose and began to walk, the grass cool beneath their bare feet. Van, who before the Khmer Rouge regime had often traveled to Thailand on business, led the way, pausing them every few minutes to scout the army's progress. Finally, he turned to Thorn, an apology in his face.
"They're too close. They might see us. We're going to have to run."
Thorn was aghast. "Van, the mines—"
"I know," he said. "We have no choice." Thorn felt another wave of nausea overtake her as she watched Van hoist Vana onto his back. "Whatever happens," he told Vana, "do not let go of me." Vana nodded, frightened. "Step only where I step," he reminded Thorn. "I will be right in front of you." Impulsively, he kissed her. Then, with the sounds of waking jungle insects buzzing loudly in their ears, they began to run.
|*Based on the story of Thorn Khoun. Research for this feature was conducted with the assistance of Sister Rose Garramone.
Those days from the war seemed so far away as Thorn, 47, slowly rolled her housekeeper's cleaning cart down the hall of the Pen and Pages Tutorial Center run by the Sisters of St. Francis in Syracuse, New York. Today, she faced not armies or jungles, but herself.
Sister Rose Garramone's office was just three rooms down now. She would be there, as she always was, with her door open and a warm, ready smile on her face. And Thorn must speak to her. At least, she should speak to her. It was a possibility, anyway. But then, there was always tomorrow.
Thorn's hands began to shift the cart into a turn. Then she stopped.
So, you can walk three weeks to Thailand, and then, with the help of the United Nations, start a whole new life with your family in the United States a few years later, but you can't do this?
Thorn sighed, pushing the cart on toward Sister's open door and knocking on it before she could stop herself.
"Thorn, how nice to see you!" said Sister Rose, rising from her desk to greet her. "How are you? How is Van and the family?"
"Well. Thank you, Sister," said Thorn quietly. She hovered in the doorway, fingering a dust rag.
"Can I… help with something?" Sister asked.
Thorn took a deep breath. "I don't know how to read."
"Oh, I bet you do," Sister said encouragingly, when Thorn said nothing else. "You might surprise yourself!"
"No, Sister," Thorn said quietly. "I really can't read anything." Before Sister could reply, she continued. "I know you help people read, study. They say you're very kind. You seem, to me, kind." She paused. "In Cambodia, I had school only one year. When we came here, I tried, but I never learn…." She looked down in embarrassment. "I'd like to read. Like to… become more than legal resident. I want to be an American citizen."
"I see." Sister folded her hands and looked at Thorn with a smile. "When would you like to get started?"
"Emanipation… Emancipiation… I'm sorry, Sister."
Thorn was frustrated. This word always gave her trouble.
"You don't have to say you're sorry, Thorn," said Sister Rose. "Try it one more time."
Thorn closed her eyes and concentrated even harder. "Eman-ci-pation… Emancipation Proclamation."
"Wonderful!" Sister beamed at Thorn as she placed the last of the vocabulary cards down on the pile. She placed one hand on the pile and the other on the citizenship test study booklet, with its hundreds of questions.
"Do you realize you have learned all this in a year and a half, Thorn? Do you realize what an accomplishment this is? I am so proud of you!"
"I… I feel good," Thorn replied. She felt shy, but pleased. It had been a long struggle — English was a difficult language to begin with, and then they had discovered that Thorn had dyslexia. It was so hard to read when the letters kept inverting themselves on the page. Then there was the day she had gone to the immigration office to get fingerprinted, only to return with a book of new citizenship test questions. They had already spent months laboring over the old ones.
But now, it was almost over. The date of her test had been set — just weeks away. Thorn felt as though a small fish had just done a flip inside her stomach.
Sister must have read her mind. "I know you'll pass that test, Thorn," she said. "You've studied and worked so hard. And, if you don't pass," she grinned mischievously, "the immigration office will wish they'd never heard of me."
Thorn grinned shyly. She reached out her small hand and placed it over Sister Rose's. "Thank you," she said. She hoped the gesture conveyed that with her new friend's help, she was reaching the end of one more difficult journey, crossing one more border. CD


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Day 10: Saturday 7th January
It was raining this morning – not much of an incentive to get up. We had a lazy morning as the weather gradually cleared up a bit. We rode into town and went to the historical area. We did a self guided tour of a replica of the Brig Amity which came to Albany to establish the first European settlement in the western part of the Australian continent.
The Brig Amity
We visited an interactive museum with displays about sea life and lighthouses, and with an amazing photo exhibition. There was plenty of history about the area.
We had lunch in Albany and walked around having a look for a while.
We have a ongoing debate about whose bike gets the most attention from passersby (mine of course!) When we were parking a young couple walked past. She said to me "I love your bike" and he agreed. As they walked past Glenn's bike I said "You'd better tell him you like his too."
We rode out to the peninsula to Whaling World, a former whaling station and did a tour. We were then free to wander around the site and explore the whaling boat now berthed there. There was an impressive display of whale skeletons.
Whale skeleton
The Whaling ship
On the ride back we stopped at the Blowholes.
The Blowholes - they were blowing, it's just hard to tell!
We rode back to camp. The campsite at Emu Beach is fantastic. It is well set out and centres around the camp kitchen where meals are cooked and those of us with inpowered site try to charge our phones, cameras, intercoms… everyone is very friendly. Lots of people comment on our bikes and chat about where we've been and what the next destination is. So many people have asked how we fit everything on the bikes!
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Premium (film)
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Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Pete Chatmon
|Produced by
|Pete Chatmon
Sriram Das
Kevin Scott Frakes
Lynn Appelle
|Written by
|Pete Chatmon
|Dorian Missick
Zoe Saldana
Hill Harper
Eva Pigford
Frankie Faison
William Sadler
|Music by
|Eric Lewis
|Distributed by
|CodeBlack Entertainment
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Running time
|97 minutes
Premium is a 2006 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Pete Chatmon.
- Dorian Missick as Cool
- Zoe Saldana as Charli
- Hill Harper as Ed
- Eva Pigford as Farrah
- Tonya Pinkins as Marva
- Sean Nelson as Austin Price
- Novella Nelson as Jayme
- Keith Nobbs as Derick
- Frankie Faison as Phil
- William Sadler as Cole Carter
- 2006 Miami International Film Festival, World Cinema Competition
- 2006 UrbanWorld Vibe Film Festival, Honorable Mention Audience Award
- 2006 Bahamas International Film Festival, New Visions Award, Special Jury Prize
- 2006 BMW Blackfilm.com Film Series (Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta)
- 2006 American Black Film Festival, Official Selection
- 2006 Pan African Film Festival, Closing Night Film, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2006 Newark Black Film Festival, Official Selection
- 2006 Black Harvest Film Festival, Official Selection
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Ranger: S.P.D. Yellow Ranger
Name: Elizabeth "Z" Delgado (Monica May)
Age: 17
Rank: B-Squad Ranger, Defender of Earth
Weaponry: S.P.D. Morpher - Deltamax Striker
Vehicle: Delta Police Cruiser
Zords: Delta Runner 4
Genetic Power: Can duplicate herself!
Information: Jack and Z were thieves who have spent five years helping the less fortunate of the city get clothes and food. But when they are taken into custody by S.P.D., Commander Cruger gives them the choice to either serve their time in prison, or become B-Squad Power Rangers. Z has wanted to be a part of something bigger for a while now, so it doesn't take her long to decide on taking the offer into becoming a part of the B-Squad.
Z becomes the Yellow S.P.D. Power Ranger of the B-Squad. She dresses to her own drummer of styles, and loves listening to music on her headphones. She is very quick in battle, and with her ability to self-duplicate she can be a Squad of heroes.
In episode 8, Z shares a memory from her past of when she was 12 - It was hard anough being from the streats, but she was so shy and the kids knew she was different, they were cruel, called her all sorts of names like freak and monster. She was just a little girl. she couldn't take it anymore so she did the only thing she knew how to do, she replicated and ran out of there. She ran out of the school. She ran and she ran and she ran till she couldn't run anymore. Then she felt herself alone, and this scary looking creature coming towards her, and then she heard an explosion. She opens her eyes and the creature was running away, and there was someone standing in the shadows with a laser. She broke her Z neckless, she was to afraid to go back and get it. She never found out who the person in the shadows was, until now, Commander Cruger gives Z her Z neckless, It was him.
Commander Cruger tells the 5 that their parents all served at S.P.D. before they were born. It was remained a secret for their own protection until they were old enough to fully understand. S.P.D. 2001 - Their parents were pioneers. They created the technology built into the morphers, led by Dr. Manx. All their parents were dedicated to the same cause of them. Their were certain unplanned events that happened in the early testing fazes, Kat being an alien was uninfected, not so fortunate were their parents, their genes were altered.


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Cancer rates are down in New Jersey
Each year, 50,000 New Jersey residents will be diagnosed with cancer and 16,000 will die. While the rates of cancer are on a downward trend in the Garden State, there is still a great deal of work to be done.
The states with the highest rates of cancer are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Kentucky. New Jersey is among the next tier of states with high cancer rates and it joins New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania among others.
"While New Jersey doesn't have the highest rate, we would like to be at the very lowest group of states," said Surgical Oncologist Dr. Arnold Baskies, medical director at Virtua Medical Group and a member of the National Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society. "But, given the fact that we are in the industrial Northeast, we have a more diverse population and we're very compact with one of the highest population densities in the country. When you put all that together, I'd rather be in the second tier of the highest states than the first."
The one factor that impacts the rates of cancer in New Jersey and every other state in the country is smoking.
"If we could somehow wave a magic wand and get people to stop smoking, we would save hundreds of thousands of lives," Baskies said. "If we do not get a handle on tobacco, this century will see the highest number of deaths directly related to tobacco use than at any other time in history. There will be one billion deaths directly attributable to the side effects of tobacco."
The chances of survival are getting better, improving by 1 percent each year. While lung cancer rates are on the way down, New Jersey is seeing a spike in thyroid cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, uterine and pancreatic cancer. The state is also seeing an increase in melanoma cases among people under the age of 25 and the elderly.
"The increase in the young age group is directly attributable to tanning bed use and sun exposure," Baskies said.


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The EPA, not content with labeling a natural trace gas essential to life on Earth a pollutant is now targeting another menace to society, dust.
Fear not, it's not the dust bunnies under your sofa that the EPA is after, but farm dust. Those pesky farmers that callously work the land for profit are also ruining the planet with dust as they work the land. Big Farmer isn't taking the EPA's latest assault on common sense without a fight, they have persuaded their Senators to get involved(pdf):
"If approved, would establish the most stringent and unparalleled regulation of dust in our nation's history." It further states, "We respect efforts for a clean and healthy environment, but not at the expense of common sense. These identified levels will be extremely burdensome for farmers and livestock producers to attain. Whether its livestock kicking up dust, soybeans being combined on a dry day in the fall, or driving a car down the gravel road, dust is a naturally occurring event."
Senators Inhofe and Coburn and other 19 signatories live in hope, for CO2 is also a 'naturally occuring event' but the EPA called it a pollutant anyway. Science, what science?


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Unlike marshmallows and jugglers, sushi is best when not on fire. Avoid flame-reliant eats with this Groupon.
Choose Between Four Options
- $20 for $40 worth of Japanese dinner and drinks, valid Friday and Saturday
- $40 for $80 worth of Japanese dinner and drinks for four or more, valid Friday and Saturday
- $20 for $40 worth of Japanese dinner and drinks, valid Sunday through Thursday
- $40 for $80 worth of Japanese dinner and drinks for four or more, valid Sunday through Thursday
The menu includes numerous specialty rolls, such as the L.A. Kings roll with snow crab, baked salmon, and spicy mayo ($15.50)—a portion of the proceeds from this roll go to the Kings Care Foundation. Entrees include sesame-crusted ahi with habanero-citrus sauce and wasabi crème fraîche ($20). At the bar, crushed strawberries, lemon juice, sake, and St. Germain elderflower liqueur muddle in the Bruce Lee-monade ($11).
Rok Sushi Kitchen
Deemed one of the best spots in Los Angeles by Saturday Night Magazine, Rok Sushi Kitchen unites chefs who wrap more than 50 specialty rolls with a kitchen that cooks an array of Japanese fusion dishes. Inside a lofted dining room, minimalist decor glows with golden and brown tones, and warm lamps cut through the dark without help from the flashlight Mom tucked into a maki roll "just in case." Framed by shelves stocked with a multitude of bottles, the bar's deft mixologists synthesize cocktails that blend freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices with sake and other spirits. Bruce Lee stands frozen in time inside a pop-art portrait above the sushi bar, and Hermosa Pier beckons mere footsteps or cartwheels from the front door.


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Alexander Hamilton's Role in the Insurrection
The following might lead to a somewhat different interpretation of some of the facts leading up to George Washington's calling up the troops to put down the rebellion in southwestern Pennsylvania.
As indicated in the previous discussion there were many reasons that the peoples west of the mountains were upset with the treatment they were receiving from the eastern aristocratic population.
Alexander Hamilton was well aware of the unhappiness in the western lands from western New York through western Pennsylvania, western Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and western North Carolina. He stated that the best way to put a stop to this discontentment and draw everyone together as a single nation would be to have a large military show of force (Ewing, 1930). He also said that the best location for a rebellion to occur, to permit a show of force, would be in southwestern PA. We can assume that the reasons for this statement might have been that southwestern Pennsylvania would be comparatively easy to get troops to. George Washington and his brother Charles (really George) also owned a large amount of land in the area making it easier for Hamilton to convince the President to protect his own investment.
Hamilton also stated that the one thing preventing a unifying show of force in southwestern Pennsylvania was the lack of a popular leader of the rebellion. It is known that when David Bradford was asked to take over the leadership after James MacFarlane was killed at Bower Hill, he declined, saying that he felt his position as Deputy Attorney General of Washington County prevented him from taking any part in the rebellion. We do not really understand why David Bradford changed his mind and took over the leadership the very next day.
1. Did Alexander Hamilton knowingly and purposefully orchestrate the insurrection to permit this show of force?
2. We know that Alexander Hamilton knew the law requiring persons to go to the federal court in Philadelphia to pay their fine was being changed, but did he have any idea what effect the illegal writs would have on the settlers in the west?
3. Was the killing of James MacFarlane the result of a purposeful trick to allow a new leader to take over?
4. Why did David Bradford change his mind and become one of the leaders of the farmers against the tax? Was it because of threats or was there more to it? Why did David not give up the protest when all others had capitulated?
5. Where did David Bradford get the money for the lavish cotton plantation, which he built in St. Francisville Louisiana? It is known that he was fairly well to do, but was his position in Washington county really that lucrative (remember - this plantation was built before the Bradford's had sold their Pennsylvania land)?
6. What happened to Alexander Hamiltons money which he seemed to lose in the fall of 1794?
7. General Neville was an outspoken critic of the whiskey tax. He went to Philadelphia and came back as the Allegheny County tax collector. Why did he change his mind? Was it, as many of the locals believed, that he was "bought" off by Hamilton?
8. Why were none of the leaders of the "rebellion" arrested and taken to Philadelphia for trial while many of the minor players stood trial?
9. Did Hamilton's activities with the Newburgh Conspiracy indicate that he might also have been behind the starting of the Whiskey Rebellion, at least in July of 1794?
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