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PAMF Weight Management Program Honored for Excellence & Patient Care
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation's HMR (Health Management Resources) weight management program team was recently recognized by the HMR parent organization with 10 Gold Standard awards for excellence in performance and patient care.
HMR presents Gold Standard Certificates annually to a select group of clinics across the nation in categories such as greatest weight-loss rates, outstanding group attendance and best weight maintenance data. HMR programs nationwide submit clinical data in these areas and top programs are awarded with the HMR Gold Standard Certificate of Achievement. PAMF's HMR Program has earned Gold Standard awards yearly since 1996 but this is the first year that the PAMF team received awards in 10 categories.
"We're very proud of this accomplishment," says Karen Handy, MPH; HMR, nutrition and diabetes education program manager at PAMF's Mountain View Center. "Only a handful of the 200 HMR programs nationwide receive 10 Gold Awards in the annual recognition program. This is a true testament to a dedicated staff that is passionate about their work. The strong partnerships with our patients, data-driven approach, best attendance and compliance rates and very low drop-out rates mean that we are consistently able to achieve significant results and help our patients regain their health and quality of life."
For the last three years in a row, PAMF's program has also been recognized by HMR for the patient with the greatest health improvement and weight loss of all HMR program participants across the country.
This year's HMR patient winner, Don Fulk, who lost 164 pounds, describes how he regained his health:
"With the help of HMR I have done a complete 180 – at my heaviest, I was completely sedentary – TV was my sole entertainment and Ben & Jerry were my best friends," said Fulk. "At the start of the HMR Program a walk around the block was a struggle but I have worked up to participating in 5ks on a monthly basis. At one point, I set a goal to walk 100 miles in one month and I accomplished my goal. I track everything that I eat and I have learned to cook with flavor and low fat. I have inspired family members, friends, and co-workers to control their weight as well."
Learn more about the HMR Program at PAMF.
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The following example shows how you can use the internal
MetadataEvent.METADATA constant to detect when the VideoDisplay has parsed the metadata from an FLV file in Flex 2.
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The following example shows how you can use the internal
MetadataEvent.METADATA constant to detect when the VideoDisplay has parsed the metadata from an FLV file in Flex 2.
Full code after the jump.
Here's another question I've seen come up a few times. "Q: Where can I find the source to the Flex Charting controls and/or the AdvancedDataGrid control?"
A: The charting controls and AdvancedDataGrid controls are only available within the Flex 3 Professional edition. In order to view the source code for these classes, you need to input your Flex 3 serial number, and then you should be able to find the source code in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 3\sdks\3.0.0\fbpro\projects\datavisualization\src\
Happy Flexing!
I've seen a few people ask this question lately, "Q: Where can I find the latest version of the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3?".
A: The Flex Component Kit (FCK) can now be found at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_cs3_swfkit.
In earlier Flex 3 betas, the FCK was included with the Flex SDK (see, "Installing the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3" for more details on installing the component kit). In later SDK builds, we decided to remove the FCK from the SDK and post it separately online. Documentation for the FCK can be found at http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_flexflashcomponents (PDF).
If you are an Fireworks CS3, Flash CS3, Illustrator CS3, and/or Photoshop CS3 user (or work with somebody who is), you'll also be pleased to know that you can find the Flex Skin Design Extensions at the same URL, http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_cs3_swfkit. For more information on importing skins into Flex Builder, see http://www.adobe.com/go/flex3_skinning_doc (PDF_. Also, feel free to head over to blog.flexexamples.com and then check out my "Installing the Flex Skin Design Extensions for CS3 from Adobe Labs" entry (which is a bit out of date. but hopefully still somewhat relevant).


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Liberal immigration spokesman
When my father died unexpectedly two years ago, my brother and sister paid their own airfares to return to Sydney for the funeral, as did an uncle and aunt. Other relatives could simply not afford to make the journey. I would not have expected anything different. But I'm stumped by the Immigration Department's claim that the $500,000 on the funeral travel arrangements was justified by the "great sadness" of the deaths. My father's death, like that of everyone who dies in this country, was no less sad for those of us left.
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The Rathkeale House Hotel Circuit of Munster on Sunday marks the halfway point of the eight round Triton Showers National Rally Championship. However, it also contains several subplots including prepa
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(CNSNews.com) - Democratic senators who are already involved in the 2004 presidential race took special pains to be in Washington on Wednesday so they could cast votes in support of the Supreme Court decision that established a woman's "right" to have an abortion.
John Edwards (N.C.), Bob Graham (Fla.), John Kerry (Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (Conn.) were all asked by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) to be present and "express the sense of the Senate concerning the decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade" in 1973.
The non-binding amendment passed 52-46 with all four candidates present and voting in favor of the measure.
Edwards postponed a campaign speech at nearby George Washington University so he could cast his vote on the resolution, as well as an amendment to weaken the partial birth abortion bill being considered by the Senate.
Being present for the vote was the most difficult for Graham, who is recovering from heart surgery he underwent on January 31. According to spokesman Paul Anderson, the Florida senator had been raising money for a presidential bid at his home in the Miami area until he spoke with Daschle on Tuesday; Graham caught a flight to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning.
Kerry was traveling from campaign fund-raisers in Boston and New York on Wednesday, but he made a stop in Washington to cast his vote just after 4 p.m.
The only contender who was in Washington and present for all votes taken on Wednesday was Lieberman.
Then on Thursday morning, the Senate passed the ban of partial birth abortions by a vote of 64 to 33. While Graham and Lieberman were present and voted against the measure, both Edwards and Kerry had returned to the campaign trail by that time.
That legislation now moves to the House, where Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) predicted the section regarding Roe v. Wade will be dropped
The presidential candidates will probably miss many votes while campaigning, but they have all agreed to make a special effort to be in Washington when the Democrats need their support.
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How presh! Scott Walker is pretending to be a moderate. He swearstogod he won't support legislation that would cause scenes like the one in the video above. Honest!
You remember those, right? Scotty managed to alienate huge numbers of voters because he's a union busting, anti-education, anti-women's rights, voter suppression-supporting, right wing panderer.
Now he's saying this:
"We're not going to do things that are going to bring 80,000 or 100,000 people into the Capitol," Walker told the State Journal in a recent interview. "It's just not going to happen again."
Now why would that be, hmm?
Hypocritical panderer WI Gov. Scott Walker promises more moderate agenda. Guess why. (Oh, and about all those jobs he promised...)
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Hey Devi for thine mercy to scud
Fulgently up the sky to a moony thud
Saving Subramanyan thine child
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Cross pillar on esplanade, Mdina
Protecting the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Malta (11)
This monument consists of a low circular base on which are five circular steps supporting a column.
The cylindrical column has a plain shaft with a white marble capital that is intricately carved with stylized animal and plant motifs of a style datable to the Siculo-Norman period. On top of the capital is a small plinth supporting a Latin cross with decorated finials.
The marble capital is believed to be a remnant from the Medieval Mdina Cathedral. The existing Baroque cathedral was built on the same site of an earlier cathedral that was damaged by an earthquake in 1693.
Stylistically, the marble capital is datable to the 12th or 13th century and according to Buhagiar (2005) it may have belonged to the original cathedral's nave arcade.
Additionally, according to Buhagiar (2005), the animal (lions and leopards) and plant (leaves, twigs and acanthus) decorations have a striking resemblance with "sculptures on Sicilian buildings and funerary monuments of Norman, Swabian and Angevin periods."
The Cross Pillar at the Mdina Esplanade was included in the Antiquities Protection List of 1932 and was scheduled by MEPA as a Grade 1 national monument as per Government Notice number 1082/09 in the Government Gazette dated December 22, 2009.
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(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was under fire Friday for comments directed at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice implying Rice could not understand the price military families will pay for the war in Iraq because she is a single woman with no children.
White House spokesman Tony Snow called Boxer's remarks, made during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting Thursday, "outrageous."
"Who pays the price [for the war]?" Boxer asked during the hearing. "I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young."
Addressing the remarks to the secretary of state, Boxer then added: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families."
Rice responded to Boxer's comments subsequently by saying: "I fully understand the sacrifice that the American people are making, and especially the sacrifice that our soldiers are making, men and women in uniform. I visit them. I know what they're going through. I talk to their families. I see it."
"I don't know if she was intentionally that tacky, but I do think it's outrageous," Snow told Fox News on Friday in reaction to Boxer's comment.
"Here you've got a professional woman, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Barbara Boxer is sort of throwing little jabs because Condi doesn't have children, as if that means that she doesn't understand the concerns of parents," Snow said.
"Great leap backward for feminism," he added.
Rice told Fox News that she had been confused by Boxer's comments.
"I guess that means I don't have kids. Was that the purpose?" Rice said. "At the time I just found it a bit confusing, frankly, in retrospect. I thought single women had come further than that."
In a statement to Fox News on Friday, Boxer didn't back down from her comments, saying, "I spoke the truth at the committee hearing, which is that neither Secretary Rice nor I have family members that will pay the price for this escalation."
"My point was to focus attention on our military families who continue to sacrifice because this administration has not developed a political solution to the situation in Iraq," Boxer said.
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First Watt Amplifiers
Special amplifiers for special speakers. These are amplifiers designed and built by Nelson Pass (the designer of Pass Labs, Threshold, and other top quality amplifiers). They are specifically designed as low wattage amplifiers to be used with high efficiency speakers.
B5 Electronic Crossover:
Long awaited and finally in production. This is the Nelson Pass designed electronic crossover meant for use with open baffles. The various options can be switched in and out on the board, no need to specify a crossover frequency or slope when purchasing it, only to find out your needs have changed. Just throw the switches and change to fit your new system.
The first section is developed for a fullrange/widerange driver on an open baffle. It can be adjusted up to 300 hz, with either first (6dB/octave) or second (12 dB/octave) slopes.
The woofer section has a low pass section that can also be adjusted up to 300 Hz, either 1st or 2nd order slopes. This section also has a high pass section to protect the woofer from turntable thumps, excessively low bass, etc. It also allows for a bass boost at the high pass point, so you can compensate for baffle cancelation at low frequencies.
Simply a joy to use. Discrete J-Fets, no op-amps, are used in the construction.
The rear panel has 6 RCA jacks, 2 input, 2 out for the woofer, 2 out for the fullrange/widerange. The front has two controls that adjust the relative output of the high and low filter sections to properly balance the sound coming from the different drivers.
List price is $1,500
Our Price is $1350, including shipping in the continental US. These are presently shipping.
B4 Electronic Crossover:
In the final stages of design and testing. This crossover was the result of many request for a crossover for normal speakers, with an extended range beyond what the 300 Hz range of the B5.
The final design has crossover frequencies adjustable from 20 Hz to 1,260 Hz in 20 Hz steps, and from 200 Hz to 12,600 hz in 200 hz intervals (No, I did not have a typo, yes there is a fair amount of overlap between the two zones).
Slopes can be adjusted between 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th order. (6, 12, 18, or 24 dB/octave)
Normally supplied with Butterworth slopes, you can special order the Linkwitz-Riley slopes. This is the only option that you cannot switch back and forth on. Standard is the Butterworth slopes, if you do not specify Linkwitz-Riley this is what you will get.
List price is $1,500. Price is $1400. Price includes shipping in the continental US. Production is starting this month, and shipping will begin towards the end of the month.
We used 2 amplifiers at RMAF that we really can't sell as new, but they were used over 3 days and then packed up again. So near new, but demo pieces. Full warranty. Think of them as being well tested, at a reduced price. J2 demo was sold.
M2: Normally $3595. This unit $2895 including shipping to CONUS
There are a few used/demo pieces on Used Stuff page. Present offerings are as follows:
Normal Stuff
Well, normal for Nelson Pass! Great stuff by anyone else's standard:
J2 Power Amp: A J-Fet based push-pull design that has the sweetness of a tube amplifier. 25 watts per channel. List price is $4000
Our price $3595 including shipping.
M2 Power Amp: Using an autoformer gain stage, this unit has captured the heart of the Asian market and reviewers. Sounds like a slightly older tube design, with just a slight rounding of hard edges. Extension at the bottom that tube amps dream about. 25 watts per channel. List Price is $4000
Our price $3395 including shipping.
B1: This is a simple line stage, with no gain, but acting as a buffer to drive loads that your DAC or phono stage can't do with a passive. List Price is $1000
Our Price: $800
B4: Electronic crossover. After an initial production run a decision was made to re-design them for ease of production. So no more units will be available for awhile. Read more information here: http://www.firstwatt.com/b4.html
Right now, pricing information is not available.
B5: Electronic crossover. These are designed specifically for open baffle speakers. A built in bass boost (not defeatable) for full range open baffle systems which need low end augmentation. Limited to a maximum of 200 hz hi pass filter.


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A sublime moisturising oil, the Liha Idan Oil is made from natural, cold pressed coconut oil into which a Tuberose flower has been immersed. The wonderful scent of this night blooming flower is absorbed naturally into the oil by the traditional African process of enfleurage.
At Content we love this coconut & tuberose scent so much we carry the 30ml bottle with us and use it as a solid perfume.
Africa holds a multitude of little known natural beauty secrets and remedies that have been proven over centuries of use, from the natural moisturising power of raw shea butter to unique African recipes for extracting flower essence into coconut oils.
In the Yoruba tradition making beautifying oils, soaps and lotions from the nuts, tree bark and plants that grew in abundance was a skill that was traditionally learned by all young women.
As the diaspora spread to places like Brazil, Cuba, New Orleans and Great Britian, these recipes have been worked and reworked time and time again with new twists, always relying on the natural bases that form the Liha range - Coconut and Shea Butter.
All Liha products are 100% ethically sourced, vegan friendly and organic wherever possible. Made in the UK
This natural product may solidify in cooler temperatures. If this occurs, place it in your shower or bath or run under a hot tap until it returns to a liquid. Use on your hair, nails, body and face as a luxurious treatment oil or natural perfume.
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Polianthes Tuberosa (Tuberose) Flower, Flower Parfum (Fragrance), Amyl Cinnamall**, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate**, Citral, Coumarin**, Eugenol **, Geraniol**, Isoeugenol**, Linalool** **Naturally occurring in essential/flower oils
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Do your life becomes tough if there is no Facebook? If yes, you are addicted to Facebook.Chrome is a free open source web browser developed by Google. Chrome users are increasing every month. PROOF – W3Schools
There are hundreds of extensions for Facebook at Chrome Extension Gallery but only a few actually works and worth installing.
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Wednesday will be another huge day in the AL and NL division races and could be just as big for Cy Young Award contenders.
The Phillies, now two games clear of the Braves in the NL East, will have Roy Halladay on the mound against the Marlins as they look for a series sweep at Florida (7:10 ET). Halladay (18-10, 2.44) is 2-0 in September and 8-2 beginning with a victory against Colorado on July 23. He's expected to be opposed by Burke Badenhop (2-5, 3.81), who'll be taking Josh Johnson's spot in the rotation.
The Cardinals appear to be out of it in the NL Central race, but Chris Carpenter (15-6, 3.09) could still have an outside shot at the Cy Young. He'll face the Cubs at Busch Stadium (8:15 ET) and oppose Carlos Zambrano, who has turned around his season. Zambrano is 5-0, 1.60 in his last seven games, bringing his record to 8-6, 3.88.
Oakland's Trevor Cahill has thrown his hat into the AL Cy Young race, going 7-2, 1.69 in his last nine starts. Last time out, Cahill (16-6, 2.61) out-pitched Boston's Clay Buchholz in a 5-0 victory. Cahill and the A's play at Kansas City (8:10 ET), where Bruce Chen (9-7, 4.67) will pitch for the Royals. Buchholz (15-7, 2.63) will be Boston's starter at Seattle (6:40 ET).
Another pitcher to watch Wednesday will be Kyle Drabek, making his major league debut for the Blue Jays at Baltimore (7:05 ET). Drabek,14-9, 2.98 at Class AA New Hampshire this season, was a key component of the deal that sent Halladay from Toronto to the Phillies. He'll be opposed by Brad Bergesen (6-10, 5.29) for an Orioles team that has won four consecutive series for the first time since 2004.
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1. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerElector Jul 21, 2013 4:15 PM (in response to janellno5)
First off read your owners manual on how to set your device to "usb mass storage" after it is set to be used as an additional drive it will appear as that supplementary drive. You can access both the sd card and the phones internal storage after it is properly recongnized ( letter could be e, f, etc.)
Additionally if your sd card came with an adapter and you have a sd card reader in your computer, you plug that in and again it will show up as a drive letter.
You also may want to set the camera settings to place photos and videos in the sd card instead of internal memory.
Again read that owners manual. Or use Google to find step by step instruction for your question and device.
Good Luck
You could also use a service like drop box, or google drive, or Box as an app and just send them to the cloud.
2. Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerjanellno5 Jul 21, 2013 9:34 PM (in response to janellno5)This is what I found on it in the manual:USB connectionYou can connect your smartphone to a computer with aUSB cable.Note:The first time you use a USB connection, yourcomputer may indicate that drivers are being installed.Follow any prompts you see to complete the installation.This may take a few minutes.1With the home screen showing, connect a Motorolamicro USB data cable from your smartphone's microUSB port to a USB port on your computer. Yoursmartphone should show in the status bar.Note:Make sure to connect the smartphone to a highpower USB port. Typically, these are located directly onyour computer. To change the type of USB connectionif necessary, tap Apps >Settings>Storage> Menu >USB computer connection>Mass Storage.2Your smartphone and microSD memory card appear astwo separate removable disks on your computer.Drag and drop files between your computer and thesmartphone or microSD card folders. When you'redone, use "Safely Remove Hardware" beforedisconnecting the USB cable.Note:You can't use files on the microSD card while your
smartphone is connected to the computer
*The problem is that when I go to USB connection from the settings menu, there is no additional menu. So I can't set it for mass storage. the only options it gives me is to set it as an MTO device or PTP device. Clicking either of those choices does absolutely nothing and my computer doesn't see my phone (neither the internal storage or the sd card show up as any type of drive). I need a new sd card, since this one is completely full, and I am going to try to copy my internal memory over to the sd card once I get a new one if that's possible. For now, I'm trying to free up the internal memory by copying the stuff to my computer, but it's frustrating because they aren't communicating despite me following the steps and trying a million different things.
3. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerElector Jul 22, 2013 4:09 AM (in response to janellno5)
it would seem you followed my instructions and the manuals instructions. another thing to try is a different usb port on the computer and see if that works, or another computer you own and see if that helps. I have read that different operating systems have either worked or not but it is worth a try.
Sorry for your troubles.
4. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerVerizon Wireless Customer Support Jul 23, 2013 10:50 AM (in response to janellno5)
Hey Janellno5,
The Droid Razr M is a great phone. My favorite part about it is how well pictures show up on that HD screen. It's nice to transfer files to your computer, because it lets you know they are backed up and it also frees up memory on your phone.
For step by step instructions on how to transfer pictures and video please visit http://vz.to/SCPPjv.
It sounds like you are following these steps. I am just providing you the steps to make sure you have them.
When you plug in the device does it ask you to download any drivers? Do you get an error message on the computer?
I would try restarting both the device and the computer and than try again.
Keep us updated.
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5. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerjanellno5 Jul 23, 2013 11:56 PM (in response to Verizon Wireless Customer Support)
I tried restarting both the computer and the phone and using different USB ports. It still doesn't work.
"When you plug in the device does it ask you to download any drivers? Do you get an error message on the computer?"
-No, I don't get any messages at all. No message to download drivers, no error messages, no messages that it's trying to connect to a new hardware device, Nothing happens at all other than my phone starts charging.
- Connect the device to a computer using the supplied USB cable.
-When I drag the status bar down and get to the settings menu, there simply doesn't exist the option to 'select connected as a camera/mass storage'. If it was there, I could easily do it. I know that it was there before, back in April. But now it isn't. I tried uploading some videos to Photobucket and copying them onto my computer, then deleting them off of my phone to add some storage space back to the phone. Before, my phone had been saying that syncing might be affected due to lack of storage space. Now it no longer has that message on my screen, so syncing shouldn't be affected anymore, but I still can't upload directly with the USB port.
6. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerjanellno5 Jul 24, 2013 6:01 PM (in response to janellno5)
Well, since nothing I tried was working with the computer, I ended up just getting a new Micro SD card. The file transfer portion seems to be working on my phone, so I'm transferring the pictures from the internal memory to the SD card by that route. My phone did an update today and I was hopeful that maybe after that it would transfer to my computer directly through the USB port, but it didn't.
I'm still wondering what the heck happened to the USB connection option on the phone itself. If I hadn't been successful doing it back in April, I would think I was just not following the steps right. But I really don't think it's me...
7. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerdemmo86rt Jul 24, 2013 11:50 PM (in response to janellno5)
If you can't get the usb transfer to work, you may want to look into the app AirDroid to do your transfers wirelessly.
8. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computerVerizon Wireless Customer Support Jul 26, 2013 6:09 PM (in response to janellno5)
Hmm. You definitely are doing everything you're supposed to which makes this even more puzzling. But, it's still nothing we can't figure out. Now, I'm happy to learn that the file transfer portion has gone well with the new Micro SD. Plus, updates should help. Were you able to plug it in the USB after you ran the update and test? This could very well be a device issue that we may need to remedy with replacement if it's becoming enough of an obstacle.
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9. Re: Droid Razr M- uploading pics to computertmw76 Nov 1, 2013 8:27 PM (in response to janellno5)
The same thing happened to me and I discovered it only works if I use the special USB cable supplied with my Motorola phone. Luckily I left the tags on it so i could identify it. I tried several other USB cables I had leftover from previous phones and none worked. Ridiculous! I probably wouldn't have picked this phone if I knew that beforehand.


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Where is my soulmate? When will I meet them? Most of all why is it taking so long... Some days, I know it feels this way. Like everyone around you has found 'the one' — except you. Let's re-frame this.
Great sex doesn't mean you're soulmates. Neither does marriage for that matter. While sex and marriage are wonderful things, ultimately, they're of this earth. Soulmate connections, well... they're not of the earth. They spring from the soul.
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Do you feel you've had to work harder at finding love? Is that frustrating to you sometimes? I know it was for me, at first.
If you're the last of your friends to meet someone, does that mean our friends are that much smarter, together or better than the rest of us? Think about some of the relationships out there. Of course not!
I've wondered this myself though. The more I read, the more I realize what's underneath. That the reason that some people have to wait longer for the answer to where is my soulmate is because... their souls have something remarkable in mind for them. Bigger than they originally thought. Or even dared dream. That just means there's a bit more prep work involved.
I'll share a secret with you: I do believe, to the bottom of my shoes, that your soul wants you to have a soulmate. That is, if you truly want one. You don't 'need' one to be successful in life. Your desire is the key. What I'll share with you, will increase the chance of you meeting... a real soulmate love match.
Those who are being asked to wait for their soulmate, are experiencing a loving invitation in the meantime. One for incredible growth. Do you resist this idea? Do you still wonder: where is my soulmate? I understand. But think about it... wouldn't this make finding your soulmate that much sweeter when it comes? And the journey that much richer?
'Where is my soul mate?' There's a heart resonance to these words.
What if the answer to this question offers you a choice? One which involves commiting to yourself first. There it is for you, a fork in the road. Which fork do you choose?
To find a soulmate, a real soulmate, many of us are called to go deeper within ourselves first. Why? Because the ultimate soulmate relationship isn't about eliminating loneliness. It's about soul growth.
And... if you're wondering 'where is my soulmate' before you know who you are or what you want in life...you may end up attracting what I call AFLOs instead.
A friend has a T-shirt which says 'AFLO'. It stands for Another Freakin' Learning Opportunity. It's so bang on, I have to laugh.
Now if you find yourself in an AFLO relationship (they tend to be painful, draining and repetitive), remember that your soul is still rooting for you. It still loves you and wants you to have your soulmate if you desire one. If you really, really want it, your soul will answer: where is my soulmate?
Consider that the pain and struggle in your heart was created to get your attention. In essence, it's your soul calling out! It wants you to go deeper. Question is: how will you answer?
Are you in a challenging relationship? Is the answer to 'where is my soulmate', hidden in the relationship you have? Are both of you willing to do this?
I do believe that these (what I call) 'karmic relationships' can be transformed into soulmated ones. But they take work, and awareness, from both of you. This might include therapy, karmic astrology, past life work, or any number of things. The choice is yours.
If you're single, consider tackling your 'where is my soulmate' question consciously. Sure, go on blind dates, get online, whatever works for you. Or take a break from dating. But use what you know about soulmates (on this site!) to your best advantage.
If you've read what is a soulmate, you know that experts agree that soulmates come together for soul growth. Clairvoyant Edgar Cayce also calls soulmates 'helpmates'.
So if you're single, the first step to answering the question where is my soulmate, is turning the mirror toward yourself. No more agonizing about his or her 'issues'.
It's answering questions about yourself like: Who are you? Why are you here? What's important to you? What's your soul's purpose? Big questions requiring emotional (not just intellectual) answers. But critical if you're consciously seeking a relationship that's beyond the AFLO.
In his Conversations with God series (non-denominational and not dogmatic!) Neale Donald Walsch says it beautifully:
There can be only two questions that are asked with regard to human relationships:
1. Where am I going?
2. Who is going with me?
Do not invert the order of the questions.
Do not - under any circumstances - invert the order of the questions.
Is that clear?
Are you clear about that?
Good. Then we can move on.
In other words, are you asking where is my soulmate? Start your search inside. How far would you go to have one? If you're resisting, is it really a soulmate you're looking for?
When you wade into the mysteries that are uniquely you, whether through coaching or a course, past life regression, or reading a certain book, miracles can happen. Many manifest their soulmates quite quickly then, and life resumes.
Sometimes, there are others, whose heart leads further into their own depths, deeper than they ever intended to go. But they go there, because their heart yearns for more than just 'settling', because past experiences have been painful, and they know of no other way. At night they may cry in despair: where is my soulmate? And their soul answers. But not in the ways they expect.
So they dip their toes. They wade in past their knees, their chests, their heads gets wet, and perhaps they dive into the depths of mysterious seas. I call these folks scuba divers. I am one. So much so, I wrote a book on the process.
Are you a scuba diver?
Some days, I've wished I wasn't a scuba diver. Today, I am grateful for it all. After all, if I wasn't, I wouldn't be writing this site.
I don't think any of us grow up with the life goal of diving deeply into our own psyches. It's so much easier just to keep things on the surface, right?
But what I've learned is that, if we truly want a soulmate, we often don't have a choice but to dive in. Often, we don't know the depth, until we're underwater.
I don't mean to scare you. It's unlikely you'll need to go as deep as I have. You'll go as deep as your soul needs you to go. You'll dip your toes, or you'll go deep-diving, and that will be perfect for you.
What else can you do to answer 'where is my soulmate?' Have you heard of serendipity? Think of it as super-charged dating tips.
"Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for."— Lawrence Block
The concept is not about causality, where one thing causes the next in a linear fashion. Instead, it maintains that just as events may be grouped by cause, they may also be grouped by their meaning.
Psychologist Carl Jung called it Synchronicity: "temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events."
What does that mean for those of us who are asking: where is my soulmate? Realize that the answers may not come directly. Ask for what you want, then say yes to what comes (as long as it's safe!), even if it looks a bit different. Notice how you feel. Re-evaluate. Anticipate.
Perhaps it's a book that you 'happen' to see in a window that give you the insight to take an action... that leads to meeting your soulmate.
Or a web site that you've found (hello!) that gives you a new perspective. Or a course that a friend's taken, that makes your heart leap a little. Or traveling by yourself for the first time.
What about meeting your soulmate? One of my oldest friends met her soulmate, when she decided to go to an event alone, after being stood up by someone she really liked! They met on the street, and he asked her directions. Today, they're married with two beautiful children.
Perhaps it's something you've put off, or dismissed in the past, and you see it in a new light. Perhaps it's a recommendation by a blind date you didn't hit it off with.
Now don't go thinking every little thing that happens to you is a 'sign' — that's going too far! It's also called magical thinking which isn't grounded. But do pay attention... notice, and then take action. The action's important.
Above all, pay attention to your soul. Know that it's leading you to fantastic growth. Know that your life doesn't stop just because you haven't found your soulmate yet. Make time for fun and friends, and time for reflection. Also self-nurturing.
Pay attention to your body. What feels deep inside, like a pulling down? What helps you feel 'more than', like a pulling up? How can you expand your intuition? For that's one way your soul speaks to you.
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Marc Benioff, the chief executive of software maker Salesforce.com, raised a few eyebrows 18 months ago when he warned companies of an impending "Corporate Spring".
"We've seen Mubarak fall, we've seen Gaddafi fall, when will the first corporate CEO fall for the same reason?" said a towering Benioff to 40,000 attendees of his company's annual user conference in San Francisco in 2011.
Like citizens of the Middle East and North Africa earlier that year, a corporate spring would be co-ordinated and play out on social networks, claiming the scalp of any executive not wary enough to listen to their staff.
The social revolution, he said, had arrived.
It was certainly an emotive speech – and one that played well into a sales pitch for the company's software – but any fear struck into the hearts of those in power was ultimately unfounded. His prediction is yet to come true, at least in any notable fashion.
What Benioff did get right, however, was the ever-creeping effect social networks have had on companies.
Applications such as Yammer and Salesforce.com's own Chatter were unheard of four years ago but are now prevalent in the world's major companies and, according to analyst Gartner, large companies that fail to adapt will be in the minority in the next three years.
For the chief executive, the internal social network provides more tangible and readily visible benefits than those offered by the Twitters and Facebooks of the world: it helps flatten the structures of companies the size of a small country, and to reach out to staff at the coal face.
At least two of the four major banks also have internal social networks, as do Suncorp, Vodafone, Westfield and Woolworths, all in the name of employee engagement.
In the public sector, too, social has become the buzzword too prevalent to ignore; more than one-third of public servants say they have access to some or all social media.
It's an obvious trend, but one that is not happening quickly enough for some.
"My view of it is that's actually quite a poor figure and they need to keep working at doing better at that," says Craig Thomler, managing director of software developer Delib Australia.
Thomler, a former public servant, tracked the early on-flow of social networks into federal departments, a figure the government now monitors in its annual "State of the service" report.
He says some departments have struggled but others are thriving – often without the blessing of the executive or IT department.
"Fundamentally, if you give people a set of tasks or objectives and say, 'Go and do it', if they're not given the tools that allow them to do the job, most people will find a way [anyway] to do their job," he says.
But for Andrew Twaits, a digital strategist who has helped companies like Wesfarmers become more social, executive "buy in" is the key to ensuring a network is used effectively by all employees in an organisation.
It is the solution to communicating with disparate workforces, he says, and an ever-younger and casual workforce, as well as contractors and external consultants, who may otherwise feel disconnected from the core of the business.
Gartner warns that without executive backing, the social network will merely become another IT-led project that falls by the wayside.
But there are challenges to socialising inside an organisation. The potential for networks to facilitate or exacerbate workplace bullying, grandstanding by staff and quelling productivity are just some of the concerns executives rattle off when asked to approve such a project.
While those issues have some foundation (take the lovelorn public servant who emailed an entire government department in 2010 seeking a colleague he met at a party, although the object of his desire didn't remember him), experts say the issues at heart are human, not technological.
"If your staff are spending time on social media every day on their computers, the solution is not to turn off social media, the solution is to counsel and train and, if necessary, sack the staff who are doing that," Thomler says.
"It requires a human response, not a technical response. You'll always have people who behave badly in the workplace."


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State officials will allow the largest credit union in Vermont to use the word "banking" in advertisements. The Vermont State Employees Credit Union will not, however, be permitted to refer to itself as a "bank."
Steve Kimbell, commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, reached an agreement with credit union officials on Friday. The new interpretation of state statute allows VSECU to use the word "banking" in advertisements as long as it "discloses that it is a credit union." Under the law, credit unions still can't call themselves banks, and banks can't call themselves credit unions.
"I want to thank the VSECU for its help in finding a way to reasonably apply a decades-old statute in a rapidly changing environment for financial services," Kimbell said.
Kimbell's decision is an about-face. In June, he issued a notice of intent to issue a cease and desist order to VSECU, giving the credit union 30 days to stop using the "banking" in advertisements to describe its activities. Read the VTDigger story.
VSECU appealed the decision and asked for a hearing, which was granted in August.
Under the department's previous interpretation of Vermont law, state chartered credit unions, until now, could not transact business as a bank and could not advertise their services as "banking."
At issue was whether consumers were confused when a credit union, which may have many of the same financial services as a bank, uses the word "banking." At the time, Kimbell said the term could lead members of the public to believe a credit union is in fact a bank.
Steven D. Post, CEO and president of VSECU, said in July that the word "banking" best describes the services the nonprofit cooperative offers. It's hard, he says, to replace "banking" with "credit unioning."
The announcement is a victory for the credit union. "This is not a matter of who won or lost a dispute, but an example of the state's regulators and industry working together to solve a problem," Post said in a statement on Friday.
"The basic issue as we see it is we are using truthful, accurate words to describe what we do and who we are," Post said in July. "The word 'banking' is ubiquitous, truthful, nonconfusing and commonly understood by consumers."
Chris D'Elia, president of the Vermont Bankers Association, said the decision doesn't go far enough to uphold existing statute. "To some degree, we think the credit union is trying to skirt the law with this," D'Elia said.
"Credit unions do not fall under the definition of a banking institution under state statute," D'Elia said. "We think there is a question whether they are still complying with the law because the law does not make a distinction regarding how the term is used. It talks about the term in the context of a financial institution and they are not a financial institution, they have a different section of the statute that defines credit unions."
The dispute over the word "banking" began in 2007. The department then required VSECU to submit ads for review. The issue laid dormant until last fall when VSECU began to use the descriptor "banking cooperative" in its advertising.
VSECU is a nonprofit cooperative owned by its members; commercial banks are for-profit entities. Many of the state's 26 approved credit unions are small, local entities. VSECU is the only statewide credit union. It has 50,000 members, total assets of $600 million and a reserve pool of $48 million, or roughly 8 percent of assets. The credit union pays sales, property and payroll taxes, but because it is a nonprofit, VSECU does not have to pay the deposit franchise tax assessed on Vermont banks. Credit unions also do not pay sales tax or rooms and meals taxes.
Read the DFR bulletin for all state-chartered credit unions.


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Courtesy of the Rangers:
November 15, 2010 – New York Rangers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 OT (Game No. 18, Away No. 8)
* The Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, in overtime tonight at the CONSOL Energy Center to improve to 10-7-1 overall, including a 6-2-0 mark on the road. The Blueshirts have won their last three games, including two overtime victories during the stretch.
* Ryan Callahan tallied the overtime game-winning goal at 3:38 of the extra frame, and was credited with a game-high, six hits in 20:14 of ice time.
* Henrik Lundqvist stopped 37 shots to improve to 7-5-1 overall, including a 5-2-0 mark on the road this season. He has stopped 30 or more shots in nine of his 13 appearances this season and is now 6-3-0 in his last nine starts, registering a 2.12 goals against average, .926 save percentage and two shutouts over the span.
* Defenseman Marc Staal notched a shorthanded goal with 1:26 remaining in regulation to tie the score at two goals apiece and send the game into overtime, and logged a team-high, 29:24 of ice time. His goal came just 27 seconds after the Penguins recorded two goals in a 38-second span to take the lead. The goal was Staal's first career shorthanded tally, and he now leads all Rangers' defensemen with three goals on the season.
* Brandon Dubinsky registered two assists, including the only assist on Staal's game-tying shorthanded goal at 18:34 of the third period and the only assist on Callahan's overtime game-winner, and posted a plus-two rating in 22:36 of ice time.
* After a scoreless first period, Erik Christensen opened the game's scoring with an even strength goal at 10:16 of the second, assisted by Ruslan Fedotenko and Matt Gilroy. Christensen has now registered four points (one goal, three assists) in the last two games. Fedotenko recorded the primary assist on the goal to extend his scoring streak to three games, registering five points (two goals, three assists) over the span. Gilroy has tallied an assist in each of the last two games.
* The Blueshirts held the Penguins scoreless in six power play opportunities (12:00) tonight and have now surrendered just one goal in their last six contests, registering a 95.2% success rate (20-21) over the span.
* New York was not awarded a power play opportunity in the contest. The last time the Rangers did not have a power play attempt in a game was Jan. 16, 2007 at New Jersey (L, 0-1).
* The Rangers do not have practice scheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 16.
* The Rangers will return to action when they face-off against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.), in an Original Six match-up. The Blueshirts will wear their new heritage jersey, unveiled on Friday to celebrate the franchise's 85th anniversary, for the first time during Wednesday's game. Prior to the game, the Rangers' morning skate is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the MSG Training Center.


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review added: 5/21/02
2001 (2002) - Toei (Columbia-TriStar)
review by Jeff Kleist of
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: B+
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): B/B/B-
Specs and Features
Disc One - The Film
105 min, PG-13, letterboxed widescreen (1.85:1), 16x9-enhanced, single-sided, dual-layered, custom Digipak foldout packaging, theatrical trailers (for
Final Fantasy
Cowboy Bebop
), animated film-themed menus with sound effects and music, scene access (28 chapters), languages: Japanese (DD & DTS 5.1), English (DD 5.1) and French (DD 2.0), subtitles: English (literal translation and theatrical subtitles), Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese, Thai and Korean, Closed Captioned
Disc Two "Pocket DVD" - Supplemental Materials
single-sided, dual-layered, 3-inch "pocket" disc,
Animax Special: The Making of Metropolis
featurette, filmmaker interview footage, multi-angle animation comparison sequence,
History of Metropolis
production notes, cast and crew filmographies, conceptual artwork gallery, animated film-themed menus with sound effects and music, program access, languages: Japanese (DD 2.0), subtitles: English
is a landmark anime film in many ways. To start with, it represents the first collaboration between Japanese greats Katsuhiro Otomo (
) and Rin Taro, best known for the lyrically beautiful
Galaxy Express 999
. It also represents the final major project of the god of manga,
Osamu Tezuka
, best known in America for
Tetsuwan Atom
Astro Boy
) and
Jungle Taitei
The Lion Ki
--, er...
Kimba the White Lion
). Inspired by Fritz Lang's silent film of the same title, the manga of
depicted a world of segregation and racial tension between man and machine. Tezuka never felt the project was really complete, and decreed that it would not be made into a film, unlike his other creations, while he was still alive. Flash forward to modern day. Tezuka is no longer with us and Rin Taro, who has wanted to do this film for 30 years, finally got the rights (from Tezuka's heirs) to do the film he always imagined.
presents a departure from the way that many Japanese productions are undertaken. Only recently has computer graphics entered their world of animation, which stayed firmly grounded in ink and paint. It started most noticeably with 1998's
Cowboy Bebop
series, which used computers to augment existing animation and do certain effects. CGI is now becoming old hat. With
, virtually all of the key backgrounds are... well, virtual, rather than the traditional watercolors. Many characters also seem to have also been painted in the computer rather than by hand (look for the robot fire crew, which should bring back fond memories of Otomo's segments in the animated anthology film
Robot Carnival
). This may not bode well for cel collectors, but it's huge for those who enjoy highly detailed animation, as computer coloring provides an unlimited palette to work from, rather than the few dozen colors a standard anime production would normally have used in the past.
For its visual presentation on DVD,
sports an excellent anamorphic widescreen transfer. Colors are sharp and well defined, and every detail put into the character design is well represented. Comparing it to the Japanese DVD released several months back, the U.S. disc lacks a bit of vibrancy in comparison, probably caused by the addition of multiple sound tracks (DTS and English 5.1, as well as a new French track), in addition to the multitude of subtitle tracks. Mind you, if you never saw the original Japanese disc release, you'll be totally satisfied. A layer of artistic grain seems to have been kept in the image, but it's not in the form of distracting "noise". Instead, I think it adds a very desirable atmospheric effect to the environments. It's especially pleasing in the snowstorm scene, where every drift takes on a texture of its own, and in the city environments, which practically breathe with teeming life. Every shot is alive in this film. From little birds flying in the background, to the teeming masses of Metropolis City, every detail is brought out clearly in this transfer. And as we descend into the depths of Metropolis' caste system, the palette turns from gold into gloom, but is no less expertly rendered.
As I mentioned above, there are dual DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks included for
' original Japanese language audio. Dialogue is clear and well defined, and the vibrant jazz score booms from your surrounds. I've found that the Japanese don't tend to be nearly as aggressive when it comes to mixing their 5.1 tracks, and
is no exception. Subtle bits can be found, from the patter of water to just surrounding footsteps or even the skittering of a rodent - each clip demands your attention, and really serves to immerse you in its world. And go figure, but I detected no discernable difference between the two sound formats. I would say go with whatever floats your boat - you'll still get a great mix.
The English dub track features the same basic qualities as its Japanese counterpart, with the addition of the usual poor voice actors. Especially miscast is Rock, who ends up sounding like an immature 13-year old. As is typical with English dubs, the voices are mixed much closer to the front of the stage, making it sound dubbed. Some U.S. engineer could learn from the Japanese how to integrate dialogue into an animated mix. Overall, it's not as painful as most dubs, but please listen to the Japanese track if you want to hear the good performances.
This is Columbia TriStar's first DVD release to include the extras on a smaller, "pocket" DVD (sized three inches as opposed to the usual five). Thankfully, the studio did not see fit to dub the extra features into English, and the Japanese narrator of the
special is very entertaining to listen to. Basically, this is the Japanese equivalent of an
HBO First Look
, but without the schmoozing aspects. Much of the key production staff receives equal time with the all-star team of Taro and Otomo. Interestingly enough, the seiyuu (voice actors) get the least on-camera time, probably because for 99% of Japanese features, the voices are recorded after the animation is completed. There's a lot of good information here - you'll learn quite a bit about the animation process and how 3-D is being integrated into production. Next up are the interviews with Katsuhiro Otomo and Rin Taro. These look like they're b-roll footage from the main
special, and there isn't too much new info here. Moving right along,
The History of Metropolis
gives an overview of Tezuka's original work, and the production notes chronicle much of the material already covered in previous documentaries. Rounding out the extras are a collection of theatrical trailers for the film, as well as the upcoming domestic release of
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
is not a film for everyone, but I doubt anyone would say that it isn't finely crafted in both story and execution. Completed for only $15 million dollars, it shows that great animation does not need super-sized budgets (like
Titan A.E.
), and that maybe instead of looking to produce bloated features with celebrity voice actors, a more simplistic approach would yield superior results. Buy it blind if you're open to the possibilities animation has to offer, or rent if you're not sure this is your cup of tea. Either way, you'll probably like at least SOME part of the ride.
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Channel 4's choppy future
So it's back to basics for Channel 4.
The channel, set up in 1982 as an alternative TV service serving minorities, has expanded rapidly over the last five years.
Under its previous chief executive Michael Jackson it spent millions of pounds on hundreds of extra staff, two new digital TV channels, hours of expensive American imports like Friends and The Simpsons and a costly expansion into the film distribution business, trying to take on Hollywood at its own game.
Now that process is to be thrown into reverse, as the new chief executive Mark Thompson - like Mr Jackson, a former head of BBC Television - reinvents the station, in the face of growing competition from bigger television rivals.
Many fear that in a more competitive commercial climate, Channel 4 - funded mainly by advertising - will become increasingly vulnerable.
It has just recorded a £20 million loss - its first in ten years - and there has been criticism of its heavy spending.
Radical overhaul
The advertising group Zenith accused it of extravagance, particularly during a sustained economic downturn.
The charge was rejected by Channel 4 - and its new boss - only ten weeks ago.
But now Mr Thompson is planning a radical overhaul of its programme schedules and structure.
"If we don't change the schedules, the way we work, the structure and scale of the organisation very radically indeed, we are not going to succeed," he told staff.
"We're entering a new environment, a much tougher one for the the channel competitively and financially.
"Just as when Channel 4 started, we have less money than most of our key rivals so we have to think harder. We have to box clever."
He pulled no punches on people's job prospects.
"It's going to be an exciting and positive time at the channel, but it's also going to be a bumpy time. Creating a leaner, less hierarchical Channel 4 will mean employing fewer people."
Next year it will spend £10 million on film production, a third of last year's figure.
But the FilmFour digital TV channel - which is run separately - will stay on the air.
Mr Thompson is cutting the number of TV commissioning departments from 13 to eight, and integrating the programme team for the E4 digital channel into the main Channel 4 comedy and entertainment department.
Risk-taking spirit
Overall the Channel 4 staff - currently numbering 1100 - is likely to be cut to nearer the 650 it employed five years ago before the dash for growth.
There was more than a hint from Mr Thompson that he felt the channel had lost its way, and foresaken its roots, under his predecessor.
"That subversive, bold risk-taking spirit is there to be re-awakened and could be stronger than ever. It's a spirit you can only really foster when you're small and fleet of foot," he said.
Thompson said next year would be a year of transition, but the following year would be different.
"We're building from scratch, as if we were scheduling a new channel for the first time. We want a schedule with more risk and more confidence."
That could mean curtains for Channel 4 ratings stalwarts like Brookside, Countdown and Fifteen-to-One and the more recent and less successful import, Richard and Judy.
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More help to pay utility bills is on the way
Additional millions will aid the needy after cold fronts.
Published 10:35 pm, Thursday, February 17, 2011
Elderly, disabled and low-income Bexar County residents could get help paying their utility bills thanks to an additional $6.3 million in federal emergency energy assistance money allocated Tuesday.
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs released $103.7 million to its Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program, which is administered by local agencies around the state.
With that additional amount, the Bexar County Department of Community Resources, which administers the program for the state, will have a total of $9.4 million to help low-income households meet their energy needs.
News Channel
Executive Director Aurora Sanchez said that money could help as many as 45,000 county residents with their bills, which are expected to be higher than normal because of the two freezing cold fronts earlier this month.
The colder it gets, the more energy households use to stay warm, driving up bills.
"My staff and I know first-hand what a serious challenge it can be for many of our clients to pay their monthly utility bill and still meet their other needs, especially the elderly and disabled," Sanchez said. "This funding makes it possible for us to assist more families in need."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funds the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program, or CEAP, which helps eligible households meet their immediate energy needs while learning how to control future energy use through consumer education.
In addition to direct financial assistance to help pay the family's highest utility bills, CEAP also can assist with the repair or replacement of inefficient heating and cooling systems, water heaters, and refrigerators.
Sanchez said first priority goes to elderly and disabled low-income residents of the county, then poor households with children under the age of 6.
The department has agreements with about 20 local nonprofits that help enroll eligible residents, including Catholic Charities, the Alamo Area Resource Center, Any Baby Can and the San Antonio AIDS Foundation.
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- Lindsay Lohan is pregnant! — In her upcoming made-for-TV movie. Ha ha, I really shouldn't joke like that. Everyone still alive? [Pink is the New Blog]
- Courteney Cox is not aging well. Or Brad Pitt knocked her up. Whichever scenario you prefer. [Celebslam]
- Ryan Kwanten (True Blood's Jason Stackhouse) is on the cover of Muscle & Fitness and does yoga. Balls in your court, Pattinson. [Just Jared]
- Fergie proves that million of dollars can buy you awesome girl parts. [ICYDK]
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The cars seem ready to stop on the streets of the city. A pedestrian could step off the curb, a car could pull out from a parking space, a tram could turn quickly into traffic, but the drivers of the cars always seem to stop without a tantrum or blown horn. It is a good thing. Read more


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"C Server Pages" is a C++ application server. It runs server pages written in HTML with C++ embedded and templates with C++ beans. It features scalability and integration with the backend, multiprocess and multithread functionality, and it is tunable, load balancing, and behaves well even when highly loaded.
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Release Notes: This version uses a multi-threaded approach and added several tracing levels that are controlled by an environment variable. The Apache module was updated for Apache 2.
Release Notes: The servers have been updated for multithread execution of user pages, templates, and beans (dynamic elements). New example pages are available.
Release Notes: This version features control over headers generation, multipart form/data for file uploading, a complete Web mail application as an example, other new pages and examples, and some minor bugfixes.
Release Notes: This release features compatibility with libstdc++-v3. New directories have been added to relink the server. There is improved syntax for CSP pages, and improved docs and examples. The mod_csp source is now included.
Release Notes: In this version, the server pages' syntax was improved, and there were minor bugfixes.
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Dennis McGuire Executed
(Lucasville) — A condemned killer appeared to gasp several times during his prolonged execution with the first use of a never-tried lethal injection process never before tried in the U.S.
Death row inmate Dennis McGuire made several loud snorting or snoring sounds during the more than 15 minutes it appeared to take him to die.
It was one of the longest executions since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999.
McGuire's stomach rose and fell several times as he repeatedly opened and shut his mouth.
McGuire's adult children sobbed a few feet away in a witness room as they watched him die.
McGuire was sentenced to die for the death of 22-year-old Joy Stewart in Preble County in western Ohio.
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A bird flies beneath my feet, gliding under the clear glass floor of a horseshoe-shaped structure that juts 70 feet from the rim of the Grand Canyon. The canyon floor is more than 4,000 feet below.
Maybe you've gone to the top of the Empire State Building and looked down at cars that seem like Matchbox toys. From the Grand Canyon Skywalk, you are more than three times farther from the ground below than when you stand at the top of the Empire State Building.
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A tradesman who had dealings with Louis Allem, a financial adviser, discovered an application for a building licence had been submitted in his name without his knowledge, complete with his signature and references, the Independent Commission Against Corruption heard yesterday.
Dani Geagea said the application submitted in his name had his name spelt incorrectly and a forgery of his signature. He could not explain a reference in the name of a man he had worked for because he had never asked the man for a reference.
Mr Geagea and others gave evidence before Commissioner Jerrold Cripps, QC, about how they had submitted applications for building licences through Mr Allem, some paying thousands of dollars as "progress payments" and agreeing to pay up to $20,000.
But of 29 building licence applications submitted through Mr Allem in the first three months of 2002, all but 27 were rejected by the Department of Fair Trading.
Loue Mansour said he had applied for a licence through Mr Allem and heard nothing for two months. Mr Allem told him that if he wished to proceed it would cost $20,000, and to see a lawyer because there were problems with the application.
He said he did not get his licence and only found out from the commission that he had a diploma, which had been included with his application, from the "Australian College of Technology" associated with Mr Allem.
Joseph Tobaggi said Mr Allem had indicated it would cost him between $15,000 and $20,000 for a builder's licence. Two weeks later Mr Allem gave him a diploma in structural engineering. But the Department of Fair Trading said there was "something wrong" and was investigating.
Anton Chidiac said he had applied for a builder's licence in the same way and had received a phone call telling him to pay $15,000. He had said he would not pay until he got the licence, which was ultimately refused.
Elias Fakhri said he had signed up for a course and had gone to the Australian College of Technology for "one or two days". He received a diploma in the mail, and was "surprised" to get it.
The hearing continues today.
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The owners of Buster's Garage in Tribeca have built another open-air sports bar—right next door. Diablo's Cantina has two giant TV screens, five flavored margaritas and an outdoor deck lined with faux-palm-tree lights. Cheering fans can order tacos, burritos or chiles rellenos, or screw the ethnic cuisine and chow down on fries, potato skins and wings. On big nights, the staff creates extra standing room for crowds—and a clear path to the bar.
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On April 18th, UVM's Eco-Reps launched their "Follow the Leaf" campaign with a tabling event where passersby wrote out their eco-pledges and the group premiered a video to kick-off the campaign.
Check out the first article in a bi-weekly series this semester, written by one of the Senior Eco-Reps: Beauty and Practicality in Compost.
The UVM Eco-Reps Program is off to a great start this year! Eco-Reps arrived on campus early for a Fall Training that included field trips to the local Materials Recovery Facility as well as Green Mountain Compost. This provided perspective on how waste from UVM's residence halls is handled once it leaves campus.
The UVM Farmer's Market is back! Come enjoy local food, goods, and fun inside the Davis Center Atrium on February 8 and 22, from 11am-3pm.
More info at the Eco-Reps Farmer's Market page. Partners include Eco-Reps, Student Life, and the Davis Center.
Fall Semester 2013: September 9th, October 7th, and November 4th
Spring Semester 2014: March 12th and April 9th
UVM Eco-Reps exchanged 500 CFL bulbs this Fall. This is one of our regular actions that has a relatively easy-to-measure impact.
According to our calculations for the incandescent bulbs we collected, this amounts to the university avoiding approximately:
This is an annual activity for UVM Eco-Reps, and may involve exchanging a smaller number of more efficient LED bulbs for next year...
Eco-Reps collect food scraps in residence halls on campus and work with UVM Recycling to send this material to a local composting facility.
Three pilot projects were tested on small scales in Fall 2011:
1) One Revolution organic waste pick up
Using bicycles, a company called One Revolution transported organic waste material from Redstone campus to a compost collection facility.


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At 12:57 p.m. Thursday, May 1, the horrific sound of crushing metal and breaking glass echoed through the parking lot of Princeton High School.
Moments later firefighters from Princeton and Baldwin Township lifted a tarp to reveal two smashed vehicles. A red coupe was occupied by three people. A fourth, a teenage female, had been ejected through the front windshield. She was wearing what appeared to be a prom dress now covered in blood. She appeared to be lifeless. Right of the coupe was a Suzuki SUV. Inside were a female driver and a male passenger.
As cries came from the back seat of the coupe, an emergency services radio blared out the news that a two-vehicle crash had occurred. Sirens from fire trucks and police cars were then heard faintly in the distance, with their piercing sounds getting closer and closer to the high school as the seconds ticked off the clock.
Princeton High School students witnessed a mock crash on Thursday, May 1 — two days before prom. It's an all too familiar story this time of year. Prom and graduation provide high school students the opportunity to party. Then the day after, we learn the tragic story of the teenager who needlessly lost their life.
The mock crash was designed to be as realistic as possible with the hope that it will have an impact on the students. The event was hosted by Students Against Destructive Decisions, SADD, formerly Students Against Drunk Driving.
To help make the message hit home, beer cans were scattered around the SUV, as was a 12-pack of beer. The driver of the SUV wandered around in a confused state, presumably under the influence after some prom night partying.
With hundreds of students gathered in the high school parking lot, ambulances, fire department personnel and police arrived on the scene. They were soon joined by deputies from the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota State Patrol.
Emergency medical technicians began to treat the injured. Firefighters secured the vehicles and then began the process of removing the trapped victims. The driver of the vehicle that caused the crash suffered what appeared to be minor injuries and was given a field sobriety test by a responding State Trooper. The driver was later handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the trooper's squad car.
Some mock crash victims had possibly serious injuries, and a North Ambulance helicopter was dispatched. Firefighters scrambled to extricate a victim from the back seat of the coupe using an extrication tool like the Jaws of Life and then hurriedly worked to get the victim on the helicopter, which had landed in the high school parking lot.
The mock crash ended on a solemn note when a hearse from Williams Dingmann Funeral Home arrived on scene.
The deceased crash victim was lifted by firefighters and placed in a black body bag and then placed on a gurney. The body was then placed in the hearse, which drove off as students quietly looked on.
The event used six student actors and dozens of emergency services personnel.