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posted on 15 Sep 2008, 20:26 (Posts: 0; Member since: 15 Sep 2008)
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k so i got this phone and i wuz suuuuper happy bcuz i am the only one with this phone in my school. i am the only 6th grader with a smart phone and i wus all syked about having the awsum phone. i hate this phone cuz first the earpiece broke on my first. then i got another one. the trackball on that wouldnt go right. now im back to my one with no earpiece. peice of crap. not reccomended to ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Design 7/10Features 4/10Performance 1/10
- QWERTY keypad
- camera
- web browsing
- maps
- powerful speakerphone
- data transfer
- easy pocket dial
- trackball doesnt work
- freezes up ALL THE TIME
- no video
- not able to save or delete pitures
- tzones slow
- slow startup
- updates almost impossible to install
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posted on 02 Mar 2011, 05:48
robin123 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
well what can i say this phone is great the battery life is great,the web broswer is great this phone is worth every penny email setup is quick and easy.if you know how compact your mp3s you fit about 10 songs without a memory card. the scroll ball is cool kinda works like a mouse on a laptop if you have t_mobile forget the sidekick3 or the mda this is the phone to get did i mention you can chosse what browser you ie ,openwae, blackberry etc also full htmlBuild quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10
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posted on 12 Apr 2009, 14:17
Great Phone but a Few issues
I know this is late but oh well, The Concept of a Small blackberry is great i love the compact size as well as the 1.3 Megapixel Camera with flash, however the Keyboard takes alot of getting use to, and unless you clean the trackball regularly it seems to freeze up, overall i love the phone but a few bugs to work outDesign 7/10Features 10/10Performance 5/10
- 1.3 Megapixel Camera
- Flash
- Compact Size
- Colorchanging Trackball (8100 Only)
- Opera Mini is Downloadable
- Voicedial
- Maps App
- Imbedded IM Client Powered by OZ
- Freezes up
- Both of mine have a Memory Leak where i lose call logs
- Trackball sticks
- No Video Recording
- Suretype is Tough to learn
- Powers off for no reason
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posted on 25 Dec 2008, 16:29
jigga what
I love my blackberry pearl. it has everything i wanted in a phone plus a littl e bit more. the drawbacks I have are picture messaging/emails and having to download each one individually and the fact I cant do videos. which are both essential features in my book. but all in all, i would definently recommend the phoneDesign 9/10Features 9/10Performance 7/10
- color changing trackball
- internet speeds
- memory size
- blackberry help
- games
- size
- big screen
- instant messanger
- videos
- picture messages
- download speed
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posted on 12 Oct 2008, 17:07
Long Term Review, as in 1.5years
About a year and a half ago I had a sidekick. I had been stuck on that phase and had the first sidekick all the way to the third edition of it, but the phone was horrible. I upgrade to this phone and was pleased at first, but I quickly met the phones limitations. The built in IM client with t-mobile is horrible, I switched to Jivetalk through Beejive. In terms of instant messaging this phone is great, web browsing with opera mini is okay, and media/pictures is horrible. The phone slows down a great deal when any sort of application is opened, ie. opening the file browser for photos or music. The phone had held up well until this past summer, the trackball started to not function properly. I had to take the trackball unit apart and clean it. This worked, but would fail and require cleaning nearly every week (Later I discovered it was not that it was dirty, the sensor was simply failing). About a month ago the trackball simply stopped scrolling down despite my efforts it will no longer scroll down. This essentially makes the phone absolutely useless. I have always used a screen protector, the phone has always stayed in a nice case, and I would describe myself as someone who really takes care of their electronics. For the device to fail after only a year and a half is a testament to how poorly this phone was constructed, I am a power user and my phone requires...Design 7/10Features 6/10Performance 5/10
- Opera Mini can be installed.
- Can install Jivetalk.
- Changeable dedicated side keys.
- Bright screen.
- Nice keyboard design (in theory).
- Notification light.
- Email.
- Voice dialing.
- Low quality build.
- Keys feel cheap.
- Low durability.
- Freezes more than occasionally, as in once a week.
- Slow service w/T-mobile.
- 2.5mm Headphone Jack.
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posted on 18 Aug 2008, 17:31
Well the only thing I really like about this phone is the QWERTY board. Also the trackball (the white white center ball) makes easy navigatioon around the menu. It is a little large in size, but still fits in my pocket. I also like all the different themes, but it's chunky. Also it's made of all plastic so if you drop it there's gonna be a scratch. Also also the screen scratched really easy. OVERALL - THE PHONE IS AWESOME ON THE INSIDE CHEAP AND PLASTIC ON THE OUTSIDE!Design 4/10Features 6/10Sound Quality 6/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 3/10
posted on 26 Apr 2008, 13:53
I'm sad....
I got a great deal on this phone through Wirefly.com. Didn't cost me a penny. I was so excited to get this phone and after three days of owning it, I sent it back!
The sound quality of this phone is great. The problem that I had with it is that anytime I tried to get my emails or enter the Web, it just kept on showing that hourglass timer and it would never connect. Taking pictures was fairly easy, but deleting them was a chore. You had to go through the menu and find the delete function. PITA!!! And the voice activiated dialing was amusing at first, but it kept dialing the wrong number if the names were similiar (ke: kim vs. jim).
The phone is attractive but just not for me. I hope you have better luck with it.Design 3/10Features 3/10Sound Quality 7/10Signal Strength 6/10Value for money 5/10
posted on 30 Dec 2007, 19:12
not worth it
this phone is a good looking phone however the different plans u need for it is not worth it.within the first month of having this phone the navagational ball fell out when i called to have it fixed they said they would repair it for 180.00 or replace it for 230.00 dollars.i just bought it a month ago i hear this is an issue that alot of these pearls have. i also had some software issues with it at first.Design 6/10Features 7/10Sound Quality 7/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 4/10
posted on 24 Dec 2007, 12:56
Nothing Better
i love this phone and everything id does, even with the spotty tmobile coverage i get sometimes at my friends house i love what it can do and i love how well you can talk on it. the suretyupe needs to be harnessed other than that its easy and funDesign 10/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
friend helper
posted on 04 Nov 2007, 18:16
my friend is having a problem with the camera when he trys to take a picture it says system adminastrator does not allow and he dosnt know what to do please e-mail me asapDesign 10/10Features 10/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 22 Oct 2007, 15:35
I'm an average joe and I love it
I'm no corporate suit walking around with my face constantly glued to my blackberry. I got a great deal on the phone, so to be honest if you think it's to costly then you bought it from the wrong place. That's your mistake. As a phone it works great, good sound, no echo, etc. I have the unlimited data plan for $19.99/mo which is really nice to have. I get all my email on it. I use the maps all the time. The applications are pretty intuitive and easy to find. It takes a few minutes of to get used to where everything is, but it overall there is a very small learning curve. The trackball is such a beautiful thing, it really speeds up navigation through the browser or phonebook.
There are only two problems I have with it.
1. It scratches pretty easy. After a week of owning it I decided to go buy an invisibleSHIELD kit. Highly recommended. It cost me $20.
2. It's got some issues with video. Videos have to be in H.263 format to work. So a lot of online videos won't work on it. There is 3rd party software that helps with this though.
I've owned the phone for two months now, and still really like it. I don't regret my purchase one bit.
Design 9/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 8/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 9/10
posted on 15 Sep 2007, 11:15
BlackBerry 8100 Pearl
This is THE phone! it's got everything, it's amazing and easy to use. Best smartphone ever. And also GPS, you can't imagine its applications, they are the best, BlackBerry 8100 ROCKS!!!Design 10/10Features 10/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 03 Aug 2007, 12:43
Amazing smartphone!
The pearl is amazing. I wanted a smartphone but nothing too big like the regular blackberrys or n61i. The pearl does pretty much about everything and it is very user friendly. The keyboard is easy to learn and the trackball is amazing.
The only thing lacking is wifi otherwise great phone!Design 10/10Features 10/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 17 Jul 2007, 16:31
Best smartphone ever
this is my third smartphone and since i'd get I think it's the best smartphone they have ever built, I will stay with this phone for ever, and another thing the price might be high but it's worth it.Design 10/10Features 10/10Sound Quality 10/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 19 Apr 2007, 01:17
Awesome best Blackberry
Really a great phone compared to all other data devices in the U.S at least. Although RIM better start bringing out 3G, WiFi , and some windows applications because some of the new data devices to come well really blow any Blackberry away.Design 8/10Features 6/10Sound Quality 8/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 7/10
posted on 03 Apr 2007, 11:07
need 3g, wifi, gps, vid call and reducing the price
Beautiful phone but lack of features. No umts/hsdpa, gps, camera for vid call and wifi are major backward for today's bussiness phone, not to mention overprice. The major power of this phone is only push email, other than that, it's just simply zero. Need fast and urgent improvement unless another manufacturs will pass it in a second. I think RIM CEO need to watchout nokia after they release e61i, the only minus of that fone is no vid call and gps!Design 10/10Features 6/10Sound Quality 7/10Signal Strength 7/10Value for money 1/10
posted on 01 Apr 2007, 13:22
switching from a regular to a blackberry
This device wins hands down if you are upgrading the way u use your phone. I love this the Pearl. It doens't have that intimidating look about it. It's multi-functional and it does a lot of things if you take time to learn them. The only complaint I have about the pearl is the ech feedback I get sometimes when certain landlines call me. Otherwise, this thing is not bad at all.Design 8/10Features 7/10Sound Quality 5/10Signal Strength 8/10Value for money 7/10
posted on 07 Feb 2007, 18:08
Design 1/10Features 1/10Sound Quality 1/10Signal Strength 1/10Value for money 1/10
posted on 07 Feb 2007, 18:06
It is too Costly for these features
My friend has Moto ming a1200 and now i regret even i should have bought that instead of pearl
all features same in motorola a1200 ming except forDesign 1/10Features 1/10Sound Quality 1/10Signal Strength 1/10Value for money 1/10
Shawn Sullivan
posted on 04 Feb 2007, 00:15
I really enjoyed the craftsmanship, simple style, materials. The menu is comprehensive and complete. Push email is amazing (I did hve a lot of probelms pulling the attached files off the msg). Ringer could be loud like Motorola phones. Software was easy to update as were pictures and ringtones easy to add with the included RIM software. A rubber case from RIM is a must! Mamany ways to alert of incoming call, email, MMS, and text msgs.Design 8/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 8/10
posted on 13 Nov 2006, 20:48
Blackberry Pearl
I really like this gizmo! Looks awesome too! Nice sound, you can feel the vibrate mode! T-Mobile did good. A bit complicated to operate, medium learning curve.Design 9/10Features 7/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 07 Oct 2006, 11:58
well what can i say this phone is great the battery life is great,the web broswer is great this phone is worth every penny email setup is quick and easy.if you know how compact your mp3s you fit about 10 songs without a memory card. the scroll ball is cool kinda works like a mouse on a laptop if you have t_mobile forget the sidekick3 or the mda this is the phone to get did i mention you can chosse what browser you ie ,openwae, blackberry etc also full htmlDesign 10/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 28 Sep 2006, 20:17
could use a larger screen, however it is as large as can be for this small unit. Software is somewhat limited but new software is coming out almost daily. A little pricy if bought outright but very reasonable with a plan if you need this style of phone pda.Design 8/10Features 9/10Sound Quality 9/10Signal Strength 10/10Value for money 10/10
posted on 22 Sep 2006, 12:17
needs UMTS
this phone look good just needs Cingular UMTS because black berry is all about getting email and the net and the net is slow need to have the UMTS I think every phone company that makes cingular phones need to take a look at make UMTS phonesDesign 6/10Features 6/10Sound Quality 6/10Signal Strength 6/10Value for money 6/10


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According to my ggg grandfather's memorial plague the following information is regarding the Cheatham Regiment he served under.COLONEL ARCHER CHEATHAM
- DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Militia
- DATES: January 1814 - May 1814
- MEN MOSTLY FROM: Robertson, Davidson, Rutherford, and Williamson Counties
- CAPTAINS: Richard Benson, Hugh Birdwell, Robert Carson, George C. Chapman, William Creel, James Giddins, Charles Johnson, William Smith
With a total complement of 520 men, this regiment was part of the reserves at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). Prior to the battle, many of the men transferred to the artillery squad. One of the transfers, young Private John Caffery, Jr. of Captain Charles Johnson's company, was the nephew of Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel. After the battle, Jackson proudly wrote to his wife that her nephew "fought bravely and killed an Indian." Archer Cheatham was a prominant citizen of Springfied, Robertson County.

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The emphasis on finding and describing "knowledge structures" that are somewhere "inside" the individual encourages us to overlook the fact that human cognition is always situated in a complex sociocultural world and cannot be unaffected by it. - Edwin Hutchins
This seems to indicate that when some parts of "the body of work" are applied in certain ways, that people have actually gotten the results they expected and wanted.
I think basing a global conclusion on the "evidence" found on one single Internet board is very short-sighted. ESMB is a little village in a big big world. I doubt "the Final Answer" will be found here, but perhaps you could be more specific about what the "compelling evidence" you refer to actually is....?
We also do not know much about his family other than what his parents did for a living at one point in their lives and that Hubbard did not missed them when they died.Originally Posted by Voltaire's Child
Somebody screwed him up pretty good during his childhood, few people carry their childhood fantasies and delusion into adulthood with them, Hubbard carried them right to his grave, and few people hate children as much as Hubbard did, he didn't even like animals. He was not capable of unconditional love, anyone who received anything from Hubbard had to earn it and they allows paid too much for it.
I think this thread may have a lot of validity to it
It would explain his hatred of children.
Yes lurkers you are not alone, everyone thinks Scientology is creepy, it's not just you
"With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world."
-Dalai Lama
I'd like to know what "making progress up the bridge" actually means, since Scientology was never intended to be anything more that a fantasy role playing game.Originally Posted by Atalantan
Does "making progress up the bridge" mean they are that much closer to full blown insanity?
Yes lurkers you are not alone, everyone thinks Scientology is creepy, it's not just you
There are other posts on Marty's blog and other blogs, from people who have had similar positive experiences outside after having been stalled for many years in the Co$.
Nice post with many good points. However, I think your paragraph on his failure to create "sub -heroes" needs to be tweeked a bit. He did inadvertently create lots of "sub heroes". Prime examples are John Mac Master, Yvonne Jentzsch and Otto Roos. Other earlier sub heroes were the Kemps, Ray and Pam and the Halperns, who developed the TR's not to mention Dr. Winter, who wrote the forward to his original Dianetics book, John Campbell his publisher and Volney Matheison who developed the E-Meter. There is a list of many others as well. Mary Sue Hubbard, herself, was a created sub hero.
He had a line of succession established. Mary Sue Hubbard could have run the organizations and he hand picked David Mayo to be Senior C/S International and establish his own corporation, separate from C of S, so that he could run the tech division without being corrupted by other parts of the church. In the 50's he was grooming L Ron Hubbard, Jr. (Nibs) to be his heir apparent and in the 70's he was hoping that Quentin might assume that role. Diana figured as well in his line of succession. Perhaps for several years, Ken Urquhart may have figured into his succession plans as might have Captain Bill Robertson.
At the end of his life, he was off the major communication lines of his church and the communications into him were controlled by you know who. By this time his physical and mental capacities were seriously impaired and MSH and Mayo were now taboo as far as he was concerned.
In a last gasp effort to provide some succession, he named two relative nobodies, Pat and Annie Broeker as his successors. These people were loyal to him and took care of his "household" type of activities such as his housing, his food and his personal care. They had no real talents either in "Tech" nor "admin" but they were the only ones whom he had seen in his last years so he passed on the baton to them in a last ditch effort to preserve his legacy. Of course, DM was able to take them down with ease just a short time later.
What a sad and pathetic ending for a once "larger than life" and vibrant man. All he could do at the end was promote himself to "Admiral" and sail off into the Galaxy, leaving behind two "loyal officers", who were just ordinary people with no special skills, to run his empire.
"I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you've earned but not greed to want to take someone else's money."
-Thomas Sowell
For them, it means they feel they are again getting what they came into scientology to get, whereas they were not getting it in the Co$ environment.
If you want to know what that might be, get yourself a copy of an older Grade Chart and look it over in some detail.
Beyond that, why not ask them yourself? I could be telling you any manner of lies and you would have no way of knowing, right?
"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." It takes more than good intentions to get anywhere.
As Korzybski said, "The map is not the territory."
Just ask the people who were in the Donner party in 1846:
"The pass received its name, however, from another group of California-bound emigrants. In early November 1846, the Donner Party found the route blocked by snow and was forced to spend the winter on the eastern side of the mountains. Of the 81 emigrants, only 45 survived to reach California;[2] some of them are alleged to have resorted to cannibalism to survive."
But good intentions are important, too. The Grade Chart is a record after-the-fact. I think there are few who would argue that ARC Straighwire, the Grades 0-IV, Dianetics, Power and Power-plus, Clear, and OT1 and OTII are boob-trapped and misleading. There are too many who have done them and gone just where they were led to believe they would go, at least back in the 1960s and 1970s. Beyond those the picture seems to be more murky.
That said, I always saw scientology as a process, not as a fixed map leading to a fixed destination.
For one thing, each person is an individual and becomes more individual as s/he goes along applying the methodology.
"To tell you something you don't already know is hard
for in your giant laughter strides open
and the road you carry you lay before you."
You end up where you've always been, only this time you are fully aware and know it. And can then move on or be anywhere you want to be, from then on, forever.
And that's a unique and individual "place" for each person.
Or as the Grateful Dead had it, "And if you go, no-one may follow, that path is for your steps alone."
That's why it is silly to talk about "double-blind studies" and all that claptrap that pertains to MEST. It's not principally about MEST.


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Oh Mighty Wing
Why do you feel like you need 20 milers?
Why do you feel like training will actually help?
I don't feel the need. Personally I'm going with the less is more theory... Who needs long runs anyway!
The Logic of Long Distance
I'll give you that: you have done a good job of keeping your long runs to within a reasonable percentage of your overall weekly mileage. Smart.
TT Man
Thunder smash!
Ahhh .... nice.
wait was he being fecisious? I thought 30% was ok - maybe a little high but still in the good range...
Yeah your long runs are good training for a 10k maybe. I mean seriously Shan, you aren't training enough for a 1/2 marathon. Idiot.
PS. Don't listen to me, I'm nuts.
Thunder I didn't think he was trying to say i was prepared. I just thought he was saying I had the right ratios for what I was running.
The ratios are good, yes.
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12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Hoodoo Guru
The active event reminder for the Monkey suggests:
Safety ID Tag, Like Road ID
Post Event Snack
Plenty of Can-Do Attitude
Is that last one available at a running store in Nashville or the expo?
The tangents are moot.


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A WOMAN who glassed a rival after finding her half-naked partner had barricaded himself inside their home with her was spared jail.
Lauren Birkett, 20, returned from Burnley Wood Social Club in the early hours to find she couldn't get in as a dryer was pushed up against the door.
She got in round the back and found her boyfriend, Jamie Lowrie, without his shirt on, sitting on the settee with a woman named Natalie Mason.
Burnley Crown Court was told a row erupted. Ms Mason appeared to go to push Birkett and the defendant was holding a glass. She 'made contact with the victim's face', smashing the glass.
The defendant, of Russell Court, Burnley, who has never been in trouble before, admitted wounding, last July 7. She received eight months in custody, suspended for a year. The victim had been left with a 1.5 centimetre scar.
Robert Elias, defending, said Birkett was now pregnant. He added:"She has forgiven him."


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• malapropism •
Pronunciation: mæ-lê-prahp-i-zêm • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A homophone or near homophone (word that sounds like another) of the word intended, curiously out of place in the sentence in which it occurs.
Notes: As you might expect, someone given to committing malapropisms is a malapropist because of their malapropistic (the adjective) expressions. Composer Leonard Bernstein was speaking malapropistically (the adverb) when he claimed to be suffering from a 'psychosemitic' illness.
In Play: Let us begin at the source, Mrs. Malaprop's malapropisms (see Word History): "[P]romise to forget this fellow—to illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory."
"I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries."
Here are a few others from various fictional and nonfictional characters: "...Vito's passing, and all that that entrails." —Tony Soprano
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile." —George W. Bush
"Republicans understand the importance of the bondage between a mother and child." —Dan Quayle, former US Vice President
"Marlow quickly plummeted to the top and now is at the very pineapple of his career." —Source unknown
Word History: Today's Good Word is a commonization of the surname of Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan's comedy "The Rivals". Mrs. Malaprop was noted for using wrong words, but words that made sense in a humorous way. Sheridan, who was wonderful at creating funny but appropriate names, derived her name from the French phrase mal à propos "inappropriate". Mrs. Malaprop thus is the eponym of malapropism. (I would not speak mal à propos myself in saying that we owe a debt of gratitude to Daniel Cross for suggesting today's humorously Good Word.)


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Bully Alarm: Transforming the Effects of Bullying One Child at a Time!
Deborah J. Holliday created a national campaign that changes how children respond to bullying.
-Evette Brown
You might have been bullied, bullied other children in school, or know of someone who has been or is being bullied. In 2010, BullyingStatistics.org determined that one in seven students in kindergarten through 12th grade is either a bully or has been a victim of bullying. That still does not make it normal sandbox behavior! But, ridding the world of bullying is impossible. So, social worker Deborah J. Holliday created tool to fight against the effects of bullying with Bully Alarm. The organization is determined to empower child after child until bullying is no longer effective in destroying self-esteem. Stopping here at BettyConfidential for a brief chat, Holliday is spreading the mission of her organization, encouraging all parents to become involved in what is happening with the world's most precious jewels, children, and teaching us how to identify the bully alarm sounding in all of us.
What inspired the creation of Bully Alarm?
I was bullied as a child. I felt myself becoming a bully and so those incidents of being bullied changed my life when I was young. I saw my children being bullied. My husband was bullied as a child. It was the topic of a paper that I wrote in graduate school based on research from the New York Times. I came to realize that bullying in childhood is the root of many problems for adults. It sparked a passion in me that never left.
Read Schools' Anti-Bullying Efforts Don't Always Work
How exactly did the concept for the organization develop?
It is still an on-going concept, but we have an inside-out approach that some refer to as the root-to-fruit approach. The reason I did it is because in the years that I've been researching bullying, I've noticed that there are a lot of programs with positive concepts and that are seeing some results. What is lacking is the need to see bullying as an inside problem, behavior modifications have limited impact on bullying.
When you study bullying as a behavior instead of as a person, you understand you can only have control over the effects that bullying has on you. Our goal is to empower the individual from the inside out which will strengthen their courage to speak up and encourage other people to put up a shield to block the bullying darts being thrown at them which can be physical, emotional or relational.
We want to empower, inform, and to raise awareness. That is the thing that is going to combat the bullying culture. You have to empower people to know to do and when to do it to have an impact.
Bullying is an imbalance of power. Someone who is looking to exercise their power over someone else will scan a room and look for someone who is different or kind, which is often mistaken for weakness. They'll wait a week or two and by September, the bullier has a target and is coming to take that child's power. But, if that child has awareness and information, it is easy to put up that shield and not lose that confidence.
What exactly is Bully Alarm's mission? Can you provide us with an example of how this mission is carried out?
Our mission is to empower one child, one family, one school, and one community at a time to identify bullying behavior with a confident voice that will stop its negative impact on our nation by increasing respect.
We believe that through an awareness campaign and a RESPECT REVOLUTION, we can sound the alarm on the culture of bullying. We need to sound the alarm on this issue for parents to both know and care about it. Bullying is a consistent and intentional overpowering of other people. Our alarm inside tells us when it's going on and we have to respect that and act on it.
We are conducting free community workshops for parents in the New Jersey-area and we are looking to expand into New York. The title of the workshop is, "Bullying, what's the big deal?" because that's often the response that people give when it comes to the topic. We offer parents information about school policies, laws in their area, and give them advice on how to act proactively on this issue.
We also have events planned in October because that is National Bullying Awareness Month.


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Then toss hot squash with the sage pesto and serve immediately.
Roasted Yellow Summer Squash with Basil Pesto or Sage-Pecan Pesto
4 medium or 6 small yellow summer squash or zucchini, washed and cut into 1/2 inch slices or half slices
1 T extra virgin olive oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup Sage-Pecan Pesto, Basil Pesto with Lemon, or Kirkland Basil Pesto
Arrange squash in single layer on a roasting pan. Roast 25-30 minutes, turning once or twice. Squash is done when pieces are starting to soften and brown slightly on the edges.
While squash cooks, put pesto in a plastic bowl big enough to hold all the squash and let it come to room temperature. When squash is done, toss with pesto and serve hot.
South Beach Diet / Low-Carb Diet Suggestions:
This simple-to-make vegetable dish is perfect for any phase of the South Beach Diet or any other low-glycemic or low-carb eating plan.
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HOUSTON - Houston Mayor Annise Parker outlined her priorities for the next year in her State of the City address.
The audience for her address on Thursday included some of Houston's top business and community leaders.
Parker outlined five priorities in her speech:
- Jobs: The city added more than 100,000 jobs in the last year.
- Infrastructure: Houston will begin more than 30 new street and drainage projects this coming year.
- Public safety
- Quality of life
- Fiscal responsibility
"Unlike last year, the budget I will sent to city council next month will not include cuts in swimming pools, not include cuts in library hours or health care services," said Parker. "It will not include furloughs or layoffs of employees."
The mayor said the budget can be balanced without a tax increase or by adding debt.
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The only problem I had with mine is that one quiver I had would press on it and not allow it to work.
The only problem I had with mine is that one quiver I had would press on it and not allow it to work.
I use the ld and love it, i used it -5 degree weather in late season and didnt have any problems. Also I put a piece of felt on the riser to quiet it up. Great rest
my bro and cuz shoot he hunter models and have 28 and 26" draw. For some reason I would get contact on my vanes at 30" with the hunter (I set up everyone's bows). So I went with the pro and the lock down technology and that did the trick.
Elktracker I have no complaints about the QAD, I have the pro hunter, flawless in everyway. I wonder where I'll ever come up with replacement felt for the prongs and bar...I reckon I'll have to get creative.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone, looks like I'll be getting a QAD rest.
I've used them on my last three bows and have nothing negative to say about them. I'm brutual on my equipment and they've never failed me.
Just put the QAD on my drenalin LD 3 months ago i love it compared to my trophy taker!


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Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos
Book discussions meet at 6:30 p.m. in the small meeting room of the library. All adults are welcome to participate. Limited copies of each title are available at the Patron Services desk 4 weeks prior to discussion. Please call (740) 387-0992 if you would like any additional information. Registration is not necessary.
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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
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Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
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The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk
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Ball State University Freshman Hits Half-Court Shot For One Semester of Free Tuition
School has started around the Tri-State and over the next couple of weeks, the colleges will be starting up as well. My daughter Emily started college last week and our son Baylor goes back to Hanover next week. College has become enormously expensive and graduates are leaving college with more debt than ever.


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Webinar: The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways
September 12, 2014
September 12, 2014 - 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
The TAACCCT Initiative has promoted career pathways in every round of grant funding. The fourth round solicitation takes this support to a whole new level by providing additional funding to TAACCCT consortium grantees to invest in strengthening their career pathway systems and integrating data to support career pathway efforts. The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has recently released a resource that can help TAACCCT grantees and their partners build and strengthen their career pathway systems: the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways framework. On this webinar, participants will learn about the framework, will see it applied to a local/regional career pathway partnership led by Lane Community College in Oregon, and will hear from an Alliance state partner in Minnesota about the framework's value in their state career pathway system building efforts.
- Vickie Choitz, Director, Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, CLASP
- Rosa Lopez, Career Pathways Coordinator, Lane Community College
- Judy Mortrude, State Program Administrator, Career Pathways, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development – Workforce Development Division
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If you've enjoyed watching Game of Thrones on HBO, we have the first two seasons on DVD and Blu-Ray.
If you haven't read the books, we also have the entire series (known as The Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones is the title of the first book).
You might also consider some other authors:
Joe Abercrombie - The First Law Trilogy
Glen Cook - Tales of the Black Company
Steven Erikson - Malazan: Revenge of the Fallen (10 volumes, Gardens of the Moon is the first)
Patrick Rothfuss - The Kingkiller Chronicles
Brent Weeks - The Night Angel Trilogy


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It's hard to see why a Shakespearean play about a Scottish king should be controversial in Thailand. Nevertheless, the Thai film board has seen fit to ban a local film version of Macbeth.
One of the producers says the film board obviously thinks the story of Scottish regicide retold in the film, Shakespeare Must Die, is an allegory about Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister. Mr Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup, is disliked by many Thai royalists for allegedly challenging the authority of the king, something he has always denied. Read more


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In the opening section of his recent essay "Three Questions for America" (published in the September 21, 2006, issue of The New York Review of Books), the eminent legal scholar Ronald Dworkin answers the question "Should alternatives to evolution be taught in schools?" with a decisive no.
There is concern again about the resurgence of attempts to undermine the treatment of evolution in the state science standards in Ohio.
On September 5, 2006, Nature Reviews Microbiology, one of the leading journals in its field, released "From The Origin of Species to the origin of bacterial flagella" in advance online publication form (PDF; subscription required). The article, by Mark J. Pallen of the University of Birmingham and Nicholas J.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, which is composed of twenty-two scientific organizations representing over 84,000 members, issued a public policy statement on the teaching of evolution on December 20, 2005 -- coincidentally, the same day in which teaching "intelligent design" was ruled to be unconstitutional in Kitzmiller v. Dover.
Challenges to evolution education occur in informal learning environments as well as the public schools, as "Muddling science at parks and museums," published in the August 2006 issue of Geotimes, reiterates:
As reported in the December 2005 Geotimes, some parks and museums have stepped up to the task to make evolution understandable, so as not to be confused with religious beliefs such as 'intelligent design,' which holds that the complexity of life is evidence that somet
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Topic: Stomatitis
Hello everyone ~
My dad had started Xeloda last Saturday, and stopped yesterday due to the severe pain in his throat and tongue. Was prescribed special mouthwash that helps numb the area, crossing fingers that this will be effective as he isn't really eating because of the pain. Drinking Kefir seems to help soothe a bit, so that's been our go-to...
Just wondering if anyone has found anything else that may useful in relieving the pain from stomatitis?


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Albert Duffer Co I 330th 83rd ID
Albert was in my fathers platoon during the Battle of the Bulge. Art Jacobson and Albert were good friends and also served in I Co 330th. They were the bazooca team for the company. On Jan. 6, 1945 as they were liberating the Belgium town of Fraiture, Albert was killed by a German sniper. Albert is buried at Henry Chapelle Cemetery in Belgium. Albert and Art both personally recieved the Bronze Star for valor from General Macon. That was in France before the Bulge. Wim Doms a Belgium citizen and good friend has adopted Alberts grave at Henry Chapelle. We know of no living desendants of Albert but wish to locate one. In the meantime Alberts adopted Belgium brother Wim looks over his grave. We remember.
Dave Dimmick son of Charles O. Dimmick Plat. Sgt I Co 330th 83rd ID WWII


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London Calling: Fall's Best Prints
"Net-a-Porter.com for the best designers online. Easy, fast, and always the best choices. It's great for gifts, too."
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Gianvito Rossi Cutout Leather Ankle Boots, $750; net-a-porter.com
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Opening Ceremony Zodiac Swing Dress, $495; shopbop.com
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Links to any available reports, presentations and Project Profiles (summaries) are provided below, along with titles of any research papers.
(Project Profile) PV Test Beds in the Micro-Climates of Hawai'i (October 2013)
(Report) Hawaii Solar Integration Study, (April 2012).
(Paper) D. V. Esposito, R. V. Forest , Y. Chang , N. Gaillard, S. Hou , K. H. Lee , B. E. McCandless, R. W. Birkmire and J. Chen, Photoelectrochemical Reforming of Glucose for Hydrogen Production using a WO3–based Tandem Cell Device, Energy Environ. Sci. 5, 9091-9099 (2012).
(Paper) Y. Chang, A. Braun, A. Deangelis, J. Kaneshiro and N. Gaillard, Effect of thermal treatment on the crystallographic, surface energetics and photoelectrochemical properties of reactively co-sputtered copper tungstate (CuWO4) for water splitting, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 25490 (2011).
(Paper) D. V. Esposito, J. G. Chen, R. W. Birkmire, Y. Chang, N. Gaillard, Hydrogen production from photo-driven electrolysis of biomass-derived oxygenates: A case study on methanol using Pt-modified WO3 thin film electrodes, Int. J. Hydro. Energ. 36, 9632 (2011).
(Paper) Z. Chen, T. F. Jaramillo, T. G. Deutsch, A. Kleiman-Shwarsctein, A. J. Forman, N. Gaillard, R. Garland, K. Takanabe, C. Heske, M. Sunkara, E. W. McFarland, K. Domen, E. L. Miller, J. A. Turner and H. N. Dinh, Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols, J. Mater. Res. 25, 3 (2010).
(Paper) N. Gaillard, B. Cole, B. Marsen, J. Kaneshiro, E.L. Miller, L. Weinhardt, M. Bär, C. Heske, K. -S. Ahn, Y. Yan, and M. M. Al-Jassim, Improved current collection in WO3:Mo/WO3 bilayer photoelectrodes, J. Mater. Res. 25, 45 (2010).
(Paper) M. Bär, L. Weinhardt, B. Marsen, B. Cole, N. Gaillard, E. Miller, and C. Heske, Mo incorporation in WO3 thin film photoanodes: Tailoring the electronic structure for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 032107 (2010).
(Paper) J. Kaneshiro, N. Gaillard, R. Rocheleau, E. Miller, Advances in Copper-chalcopyrite Thin Films for Solar Energy Conversion, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 94, 12 (2010).
(Paper) E. L. Miller, N. Gaillard, J. Kaneshiro, A. DeAngelis, R. Garland, Progress in new semiconductor materials classes for solar photoelectrolysis, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy DOI: 10.1002/er.1660 (2010).


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ChardhamYatra comprises of pilgrimage to Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri in
The four shrines remain closed for major part of the year due to snowfall. The temples usually open in the month of April or May for a six-month period.
- In 2008, Yamunotri and Gangotri shrines will open on May 7, on Akshya Tritiya day, and close on day of Diwali.
- Badrinath will open on May 9, 2008 and will close ten days after Deepavali.
- Kedarnath will open on May 8, 2008 and will close on Diwali Bhaidooj day.
Gangotri (altitude of 3200 meters)
Kedarnath (3580 m)
During the Chardham Yatra period, Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) conducts spiritual tour. There is also online reservation facility. Helicopter Services are also available from Agastyamuni to Kedarnath and Badrinath.
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U-M Baseball Great Bud Chamberlain Passes Away
Sept. 26, 2012
B. F. "Bud" Chamberlain, a former Michigan baseball star and member of the Michigan Hall of Honor, died on August 24, 2012 at the age of 92. Chamberlain attended the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1942.
He was coached by Ray L. Fisher and found himself in the starting lineup at third base in his first season of varsity play as a sophomore. By his junior year, he had earned a reputation as the "Finest fielding third baseman" in the Big Ten. That same year, his final batting average was a healthy .352 and he led U-M in RBIs while hitting game winning home runs against Western Michigan and Purdue. He also won the Big Ten batting title in 1942. Chamberlain was inducted into the Michigan Hall of Honor in 1982.
Chamberlain had been spotted by Wish Egan, the Detroit Tigers scout, when he was at Royal Oak (Mich.) High School and was followed by the scouts throughout his college career. Unfortunately for baseball, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve after college, earning a Bronze Star for his military duty in World War II. After the war and five years in the Navy, Chamberlain launched a stellar career in real estate and insurance. He eventually started Chamberlain Real Estate in 1948.
On September 25, 1973, the mayor of Royal Oak proclaimed the day "B.F. Chamberlain Day" while the State of Michigan issued a Special Tribute to him in 1994 for his active involvement in state and national issues.
In 1997, Royal Oak High School inducted Chamberlain into its Hall of Fame. In high school, he participated in football, basketball and baseball and won nine varsity letters.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak.
To read Bud Chamberlain's obituary, click here.


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Turkey Turnovers for Two Recipe
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I make this dish often after the holidays when there's leftover turkey in the refrigerator or freezer. It's a hearty meal for the two of us and simple to prepare. -Julie Wagner, Northville, Michigan
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- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 cup cubed cooked turkey
- 1/2 cup cooked peas or vegetable of your choice
- 4 teaspoons sliced almonds
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1-1/2 teaspoons diced pimientos
- Dash each salt, pepper and garlic powder
- 1 cup biscuit/baking mix
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted or chicken gravy
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and milk until smooth. Stir in the turkey, peas, almonds, onion, parsley, pimientos, salt, pepper and garlic powder; set aside.
- In another bowl, combine biscuit mix and water until a soft dough forms. On a floured surface, knead gently 5-6 times or until dough is no longer sticky. Gently roll into an 11x7-in. rectangle; cut in half. Spoon half of the turkey mixture onto each. Carefully fold pastry over filling; seal edges tightly with a fork. Brush tops with butter.
- Place on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, heat soup and serve with turnovers. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Turkey Turnovers in Reminisce Extra December 2000, p52
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— January 2001
By Brad Dunn
The ABCs of DSC
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Selective. Unlike traditional VHF, DSC lets you address specific boats privately by entering MMSI numbers or sending your message to all radios in range. If you receive a call, your DSC will ring like a phone and the unit's screen will tell you the identity of the caller.
Calling. Only identification and text-message data are sent digitally. Once two parties make contact, they agree to move to a specific frequency to conduct the call. At this point, many new DSC-enabled radios offer voice scrambling so you can talk in private on your chosen channel.
Although the DSC system was designed for use in emergency situations, the Coast Guard also uses it to send out safety broadcasts to warn boaters of weather changes or other local events that could pose a threat. The agency can track boats as well; because most boaters use Loran or GPS, a local watch station can monitor the courses of several vessels after contact has been established.
Moreover, DSC is also alleviating the problem of false distress calls. Since calls automatically include the boat's identity, most hoaxsters are easy to track down. "The identifying code of the transmitter used in a hoax call would be an extremely powerful piece of evidence in identifying and prosecuting violators," says Richard Smith, chief of the Field Operations Bureau of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
To see how DSC actually works at your helm, let's get back to Datamarine's SEA 157. It comes with a numeric keypad and a backlit LCD that displays text, numbers, and 17 icons. To send an emergency call, simply press the red "Distress" key, and the unit instantly transmits a DSC message with your critical data to the nearest watch station.
In addition to DSC capability, the 157 also comes loaded with SEA's Digital Signal Processing (DSP) software, which controls all radio functions from squelch to noise filtering. Other features include NOAA weather alerts, 10 programmable channels, and lat/lon display, if connected to a Loran or GPS. The unit is also compatible with the MariTel network, the DSC-based national telecommunications system that allows you to send voice, fax, or e-mail messages through its network of coastal and satellite relays. (MariTel received all nine FCC maritime VHF licenses last year, giving it full communications coverage of all navigable U.S. waterways.) The SEA 157 retails for about $749.
Among Raytheon's DSC-enabled radios is the 53 VHF, which comes with similar features, including scan, memory scan, and an oversize LCD for easy reading. The manufacturer's suggested list price is $299.
Simrad offers its RD 68 DSC VHF and RT 1400. Features for the RT 1400 include 54 international channels, 10 private channels, and a programmable directory of MMSI numbers that can be edited any time. It lists for $745. The RD 68 is Simrad's lower-priced version, which provides the same DSC capabilities but fewer features and retails for about $420.
Furuno's latest DSC radio is the FM8500 VHF Transceiver, which is preprogrammed with all major international channels, 10 weather channels, and multiple scanning capabilities. It retails for $1,995.
In the world of marine communications, DSC technology is picking up successfully where cellphones (which are unreliable and have limited range) and satcom systems (which are undeveloped and expensive) have left off. The radios provide both a dependable emergency messaging system and private radio conversations that are more like phone calls. Furthermore, considering the sky-high costs of other emerging communications technology, the price is right.
in the end, if a VHF radio with DSC technology helps you with your boating
R&R, that's AOK.
Datamarine Phone: (425) 771-2182. Fax: (425) 771-2650. www.sea-dmi.com.
Furuno Phone: (360) 834-9300. Fax: (360) 833-5199. www.furuno.com.
MariTel Phone: (212) 532-9300. Fax: (212) 532-2677. www.maritelusa.com.
Raytheon Phone: (603) 881-5200. Fax: (603) 864-4756. www.raymarine.com.
Simrad Phone: (954) 922-7700. Fax: (954) 922-0707. www.simrad.com.
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Katharine McPee dropped by RCA
Katharine McPhee of American Idol season five has been dropped by RCA. A rep for the record label confirmed the news today. Coincidentally, season five winner Taylor Hicks was also dropped from his label two days ago, according to Us Magazine:
"I think the industry has seen that unless these artists can churn out strong enough original material, they don't really have that much traction once we don't see them on television week after week singing songs we already know and love," Rollingstone.com editor Caryn Ganz tells Usmagazine.com.
Wow, this news proves a theory I've been kicking around for quite some time: I really can care less about American Idol. Seriously, sometimes I wish a plane would crash into the stage while they're filming the show. Or even better; a private jet carrying Nickelback, Hinder and let's say Chris Daughtry is the pilot. Also, during the nose dive, part of the fuselage breaks off and lands on John Mayer's face. Hopefully God reads this post and realizes he forgot to get me a Christmas present.


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Her broad research and teaching interests include European politics, with a particular focus on gender and politics, comparative health policy, and church-state relations. Off-campus, Dr. Anderson can often be found on the local bike trails or playgrounds with her two young girls (so to be joined by a new baby boy) and her husband, Nate. Courses Taught Introduction to Comparative Politics Research Methods Comparative Healthcare Politics Women in Politics Globally Postcommunist Politics European Politics Senior Seminar Membership in Professional Societies American Political Science Association Christians in Political Science International Studies Association Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Research Individual: comparative health policy, property restitution in postcommunist states, gender and politics. Publications and Presentations Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2011. "Teaching Postcommunist Politics: Twenty Years After the Fall." NewsNet: News of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. 51(4): 7-12. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2010. "Teaching Post-communist Politics." In The International Studies Encyclopedia, Volume X, ed. Robert A. Denemark. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 6874-6895. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2010. Review of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West, by Christopher Caldwell; The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe, by Jytte Klausen; and Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe, by Zachary Shore. Books & Culture (January/February). Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2010. "Barriers to Reform: Achieving Financial Stability for Czech Healthcare." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Los Angeles, November 18. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2009. "Health Policymaking in the Contemporary Czech Republic." Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2008. "The Effects of EU Gender Regulations in the Czech Republic and Poland." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2009. "The Anglican Tradition: Building the State, Critiquing the State." In Church, State and Citizen, ed. Sandra Joireman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 93-114. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. "EU Gender Regulations in East: The Czech and Polish Accession Process," East European Politcs and Societies, February 2006. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2006. "Health Policy Interests in the Czech Republic: Doctors and the State." Presented at the European Consortium of Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop 25: Interest Politics in Postcommunist Democracies, Nicosia, Cyprus. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2006. "Health Policy Governance in the Czech Republic: Doctors and the State." Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego. Anderson, Nate and Leah Seppanen Anderson. "New Nations, Old Problems: Why Eastern Europe's Evangelicals are Growing against the Odds" Christianity Today, October 2005. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. "Constructing Policy Networks: Social Assistance Reform in the Czech Republic." International Journal of Public Administration vol. 26, 2003. "EU Legitimacy in the East: Gender Equality Regulation and EU Enlargement," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Association, Chicago, IL, April 15-April 18, 2004. "International and Domestic Effects on Postcommunist Welfare State Development," Junior Scholars Training Seminar, Wye River, Maryland, August 2003. Conference sponsored by East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. "Regulating Women and the Family: Czech Policy-making Since 1989." Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 21-24, 2002. Anderson, Leah Seppanen. 2001. "Complex Policy Networks: The International, National, and Local Forces Shaping Social Policy Reform in the Czech Republic." Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 30-September 2. Seppanen, Leah. 2001. "Social Policy Reform in the Czech Republic, 1989 to the Present." Gender Studies Center Research Methodologies Seminar, Prague, Czech Republic, March 6. Seppanen, Leah. 1999. "Where are the Women? Lessons from Postcommunist Feminism in the Former German Democratic Republic and Former Czechoslovakia, 1989-1996." Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, November 5. Seppanen, Leah. 1998. "Feminism after the Fall: The Women's Movements in Central Europe Since 1989." 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Well, after rummaging through my freezer I realized holy cow there is nothing in here except a thing of dough. Needless to say I could tell that it's summer vacation with my 3 kids as we have no food in the house so we just decided on the basic cheese pizza. We always have cheese and I was able to find some pizza sauce in the house as well.
Rolled it out, put the parchment paper down with some garlic salt and made the pizza. Topped with some oregeno and put in the Egg at 600
Sorry no in the middle pictures but I was in a hurry today
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Part 3: Kehren grinned happily when we checked the boat again at 4:45 p.m.By Capt. Bill Pike — January 2003
I took startup readings (with the unit fully operational) at 2:45 p.m. with the sun beating down mercilessly on the flush foredeck of the Harley and an outside temp of 93°F. An astonishingly small amount of power was entering the inverter from the battery bank: 12.4 volts x 40 amps = 496 watts (watts = volts x amps). And an equally astonishing amount of power was exiting the inverter, bound for the air-conditioner: 117 volts x 4 amps = 468 watts. No doubt about it, the amperage draw of the Avi-Air unit was considerably less than the draw reported for most off-the-shelf production A/Cs in the 6,000-Btu size range—just 4 amps.
Kehren grinned happily when we checked the boat again at 4:45 p.m. The temperature inside was 75°F, according to our thermometer, and the unit was off, an excellent state of affairs that turned out to be the pattern for the rest of the night. Each and every time I ventured forth from the house to check the boat (at two-hour intervals, more or less), the temperature inside was 75°F and the unit was off.
The final readings Kehren and I recorded the next morning at 7 a.m. were just as astonishing as the ones we'd taken the previous afternoon. The same amount of power was entering the inverter from the batteries, more or less: 11.9 volts x 38 amps = 452 watts. And pretty much the same amount of power was exiting, bound for the air conditioner: 117 volts x 3.6 amps = 421 watts.
There was one more piece of good news: While my final readings indicated the interior temperature of the boat had held steady at a cool 75°F all night, an "energy monitoring device" Kehren had modified for A/C work showed that the system, despite its small size, had actually run just five hours during the total elapsed time of the experiment.
The implication here was obvious. Since it was reasonable to assume that operating our air-conditioner for just five hours had used up just 200 AH (40 amps x 5 hours) of our total 610-AH battery-bank capacity, it was also reasonable to assume that there was plenty of juice left in the batteries for continued cooling. In fact, if Kehren's energy monitor was right, there were nearly 100 AH left before our batteries were even half-discharged.
"So I think the experiment proves my point," Kehren concluded confidently as we helped Motro shut the system down. "With or without a genset onboard, you can run a high-efficiency marine A/C all night and be comfortable. No problem!"
"Cool!" I replied.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A man is serving a yearlong sentence at the Orange County Jail for what experts say is a textbook case of domestic violence.
Authorities said surveillance video shows Willie Hills walking into an elevator with his girlfriend of two years. As soon as the doors close, the man is seen putting his hands around her throat and choking her.
12 seconds later, the woman falls to the ground and is apparently unconscious. When the elevators doors open again, authorities said Hills is seen dragging her limp body out of the elevator and waiting for her to get back up.
"I plead no contest, your honor," Hills said in court.
Local 6's Mike Deforest reported Friday the victim did not want her boyfriend to go to jail. In fact, the victim wrote a letter to the court and pleaded with the judge to not send Willie Hills to jail. The woman said she had only been abused by him once and was not afraid of him.
Judge Marc Lubet read the victim's letter in court: "The guy has never been violent with me. I want to continue to have contact with him on a daily basis."
In an audio recording of a phone call Hills made to his girlfriend from jail, Hills can be heard saying, "If you love me, you would, I'm not saying you would accept certain things. But if you love me, it would be worth another try."
Carol Wick runs the domestic violence shelter Harbor House. Wick said it's common for abusers to call their victims from jail and manipulate them.
"Even if the person has been severely injured or almost killed, that person somehow believes it was their fault," said Wick.
Until his recent termination, Hills was a high-ranking investment banker with Fifth Third Bank. His co-workers testified about his upstanding character. According to Wick, abusers often go undetected in society.
"The only people that witness it are people they want to witness it, unless there happens to be a hidden camera somewhere," said Wick.
After the holidays, when the parties are over and bills become due, experts say the number of domestic violence cases increases dramatically.
That's why advocates for domestic violence victims are urging everyone to take complaints and hints about possible abuse seriously.
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A FOAL which was abandoned on the side of the road in Iver is now recovering in Speen after being rescued by a county councillor and the police.
The eight-week-old colt foal, Theodore, was found starving and alone at the roadside with no sign of his mother.
He was rescued by police, who were helped by Buckinghamshire County Councillor Ruth Vigor-Hedderly.
He was then taken to The Horse Trust to receive the specialist care and treatment he needed.
The foal, known as Teddy, was in such a poor state when he arrived he had to be rushed to the Intensive Care Unit at The Royal Veterinary College (RVC).
Against all the odds Teddy has now returned to the Horse Trust and is doing well.
Animal welfare charities across the UK are reporting an alarming increase in the number of horses, ponies and donkeys found neglected or abandoned.
County cllr and cabinet spokeswoman for Countryside, Cllr Vigor-Hedderly, said "Sadly this is not an isolated case and there are many more horses and ponies who need help."
Teddy was found on Langley Park Road in Iver on October 17. The Trust do not know who is responsible or how he came to be abandoned. If you have any information about Teddy, please call Thames Valley police on 101.
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OMI brother apologizes for abuse but says not all involved were guilty of wrongdoing
By Nathan Rumohr
The B.C. Catholic
Former students from Indian residential schools were emotional when they shared their experiences at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's regional event in Victoria April 13-14.
The emotion they expressed was anger when Brother Tom Cavanaugh, OMI, a former teacher at a residential school, spoke about some of the positive influences the schools had on native communities.
"What I experienced over the six years at Christie Residential School was a staff of native and non-native adults working together to provide as much as possible a safe, loving environment for the children attending Christie School," he said to a chorus of boos and profane language.
Brother Cavanaugh gave his speech on the event's second day. "Was it a perfect situation? No!" he retorted.
He said it was difficult for the 120 children who were away from their families for 10 months, but he didn't see another viable alternative for native children to receive a good education.
Brother Cavanaugh tried to shed light on some of the positive things residential schools did for their students. He said the staff of Christie Residential School, which included five Oblates, six Immaculate Heart sisters, and eight natives, loved and cared for the children, in Grades 1-8.
"For me Christie School at Kakawis was more like a home away from home where staff and children bonded, providing a living situation which I felt very happy and proud to be a part of."
The native people in the crowd continued to verbally attack. They shouted that he was lying about the residential school experience. This prompted Justice Murray Sinclair, chairman of the TRC, to interject and ask the crowd to respect all parties telling their stories.
"I thank Justice Sinclair for saying 'We are here to listen,'" Brother Cavanaugh said later. "I wasn't surprised by the negative reaction."
Justice Sinclair did not return calls from The B.C. Catholic before press time.
Brother Cavanaugh felt the TRC presentations were more about complaints and apologies than expressing any of the positive aspects of residential schools.
But former residential school student Archie Little said the Catholic-run school he went to scarred him for life. "I have suffered from the residential schools for 63 years," said the elder. "They took my brothers and sisters away."
Little described his experience, telling of sexual abuse and punishment dished out by religious brothers.
Brother Cavanaugh admitted some residential schools abused children. He said this was made obvious by former students' testimonies as well as by the convictions of Oblates and of former employees.
"The abuse of anyone, especially children, is a sad and difficult legacy for all of us to deal with. In the 1980s the Oblate Conference of Canada made a public apology on behalf of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate for wrongdoing committed by any of our membership to First Nations children who attended residential schools which were under the order's administration."
However, Brother Cavanaugh felt this apology should suffice, and he thought there was no need for him to apologize again.
When Bishop Richard Gagnon of Victoria spoke, before Brother Cavanaugh, he apologized on behalf of his diocese.
"I have grown to understand more and more the reality of residential schools and their impact on First Nations people from one generation to the next," the bishop said.
He added that he had once been ignorant of the damage residential schools caused aboriginals. He thought the situation of aboriginals where he once lived in North Vancouver had been better than in some other places.
The bishop also expressed his shame about the Catholics who inflicted harm on the children entrusted to their care in the schools.
"I acknowledge and regret that these abuses occurred, as well as the separation of family members which contributed to a breakdown of family life and loss of traditions. As the bishop, I apologize for the harm done and for what the Church contributed toward the painful legacy of residential schools."
Brother Cavanaugh also noted that the scandal has caused a rift between native people and the Church.
"Many of our men are still working with the First Nations at various TRC sessions, as well as Spirit sessions, hoping to bring about healing for all concerned.
"The Oblates desire healing for the abused and for all touched by the past breach of trust. It is our hope that together we can continue to build a better society."


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Heart-broken owners of a rescue dog who went missing on Wimbledon Common the day it arrived from Spain are appealing for help to find him.
Nico, a two-year-old Jack Russell Whippet cross from Spain was being walked near Tibbet's Corner last Wednesday when he escaped form his harness and disappeared.
It was his first walk with adoptive parents Paul Fitzsimons, 30, and his wife after arriving in the UK.
Mr Fitzsimons, an engineering manager from Southfields, said: "We were on the pathway near Tibbet's Corner when he went into the bushes.
"We tried to pull him out and the harness slipped. He's a flexible dog and he managed to manouvre his harness.
"I wasn't expecting it at all but there was a moment of panic when we saw him do it."
Nico went missing at about 2pm and was spotted in the same area about 7pm later that day but wouldn't respond to owners' pleas for his return.
Out searching all weekend, Mr Fitzsimons said today: "There was a possible sighting in Wimbledon Park. So I am still positive we will get him back."
Mr Fitzsimons believes Nico was chasing something when he went missing.
He is described as very shy, wearing a red collar and with white fur and a mixed brown and white-haired face.
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Stormy's Additional Resources
Stormy the Raindrop put together the following list of websites to help his readers understand the issues that watersheds and wildlife are facing. The terms and concepts listed below are discussed in the "Stormy the Raindrop's Watershed Journey" activity book.
General Resources:
- Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- For Students and Educators (EPA)
- Virginia Naturally (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
- WaterKids (EPA)
Watersheds, page 1:
- Science in your Watershed and Watershed Information Network (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Surf Your Watershed (EPA)
- Virginia's Major Watersheds (Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation)
- Virginia Watersheds (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
- Watersheds (Fairfax County)
- What is a Watershed? (U.S. Geological Survey)
Springs, page 1:
- Ground Water Basics (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
- Living on Karst (Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation)
- The Water Cycle: Springs (U.S. Geological Survey)
Headwaters, page 2:
- Headwater Streams and Wetlands (West Virginia Save Our Streams)
- The Importance and Benefits of Primary Headwater Streams (State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency factsheet)
Effect of Pollutants on Groundwater, page 2:
- Earth's Water: Groundwater Topics (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Groundwater Contamination (EPA)
- Ground Water Basics (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
- Pollutants in Groundwater: Health Effects (North Carolina State University)
- What is Ground Water? (EPA)
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Aquatic Invertebrates, page 6:
- Island Creeks Elementary School (Fairfax County Public Schools)
- Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries)
Flooding, Silt and Erosion, page 6:
- Sand and Gravel Program (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement)
- Sediments (Chesapeake Bay Program)
Runoff, page 7:
Erosion, Silt and Pollutants, page 7:
- Channel Processes: Streambank Erosion (EPA)
- Protecting Water Quality from Urban Runoff (EPA)
- Urbanization and Streams: Studies of Hydrologic Impacts (EPA)
Trees and Other Plants Can Hold Soil, page 9:
- Impervious Surfaces (Chesapeake Bay Program)
- Reducing Erosion and Runoff (Virginia Cooperative Extension)
- Riparian Forest Buffers (Virginia Department of Forestry)
Pet Waste, Nutrients and Water Quality, page 10:
- Non-Point Source Pollution and You: State's Water Wealth Needs Protection (Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation)
- Picking Up Pet Waste (Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District)
Algae, page 10:
- How Harmful Algal Blooms Impact the Bay (Chesapeake Bay Program)
- Nutrients in the Nation's Waters - Too Much of a Good Thing? (U.S. Geological Survey)
Litter in Our Water, page 12:
Too Much Silt, page 14:
Aquatic Life is Dependent on Oxygen in the Water, page 16:
- Dissolved Oxygen (Chesapeake Bay Program)
- Oysters (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)
- Oyster Reefs (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Battling Oyster Disease in the Chesapeake (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
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Remade Exhibition
For the final exhibition of the New Zealand Film Archive's 2012 Curator-at-Large series six artists have restaged existing works housed in the archive's collection. The artists all apply a contemporary cultural lens by variously using humour, homage, and critique to reinterpret and recontextualise pre-existing materials.
Curators Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen have asked each artist to choose a title from the Film Archive's collection and create their own new versions.
Remakes produced for this project include a selection of Shortland Street scenes reenacted from memory and a 1960s Brylcreem advertisement reimagined with the dialogue translated into Samoan, among others.
The artists approach these New Zealand media source materials from a range of perspectives. The remakes refocus the original texts through differing ideological lenses, exploring issues around race politics, national identity, and gender norms.
The contributing artists are Iain Frengley & Shannon Te Ao, Sarah Jane Parton, Gemma Syme, Andy Thomson and Faamanu Vaofusi.
Frengley and Te Ao are a collaborative team, who have recently won a 2012 Waikato Museum National Contemporary Art Award.
Parton has exhibited her multimedia art widely around New Zealand. She also makes music videos and curates the visual art for festival, Camp A Low Hum.
Syme has shown her video and performance art nationally, as well as performing for Wellington musical acts Trimasterbate and Feline Groovy. She currently lives in London and made the work for this exhibition during a recent visit home.
Thomson, who is an Associate Professor in Visual Arts at AUT, hails from Scotland. He works across various mediums and has exhibited his artworks around the world.
Vaofusi is a Samoan performance and video artist, based in Lower Hutt, who has recently completed a BFA at Massey University.
"Remade" opens Thursday 22 November, at 5.30pm.
Eugene Hansen, Iain Frengley, Shannon Te Ao, Sarah Jane Parton, Andy Thomson and Faamanu Vaofusi will be present for a floor talk on Friday 23 November, at 5.30pm.
The exhibition will run from 22 November 2012 until 2 February 2013.


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On the current tabloid frenzy around her break up with Seal: "I feel like I'm in the eye of the tornado. It's emotions inside of your body that are a tornado. And then the outside world doing all this craziness—with you wanting it or not wanting it—is another tornado. But as hard as it is, so is life."
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The Mets nominated Jose Reyes as the team's representative in the fan voting for the Hank Aaron Award, given to the best hitter in each league.
What, you thought maybe Willie Harris?
Voting takes place here through October 9. No, if Reyes is leading after the first day, he can't sit out the rest of the vote.
Strangest names on there? Mike Morse and Mark Trumbo. You'd have won a lot of bets with those two.


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I used this quote from Tortorella the other night, and in my column:
"There's no sense of feeling the pressure here," he said. "You lose a couple of games here with so few games left, you're done. So you just go out and play, and we've talked as a group. A lot of people poke holes in us. A lot of people are poking holes, and rightfully so. We've had a very up and down season. I'm not complaining about that. But we can't listen to that. We've got to stay within ourselves and find a way to grind and get points here. Whether we get there or not, I don't predict it. But we're going to keep on fighting and see where we're at in the end."
And I got to thinking that maybe the best thing for this team was the feeling that the season might already be lost.
Now it can go out and play, like a spoiler. That "nothing to lose" attitude can work wonders for teams in all sports late in seasons, mostly for bad teams out of races who suddenly have a strong finish, out of nowhere.
The thing with the Rangers is that they are still in the race, technically, if they can use this newfound loosey-goosey thing to their advantage. We've already seen what a simple two-game winning streak can do in a tortoise race like this.
But then the problem becomes, once they are back up and running in the race, are they able to maintain the "nothing to lose" feeling?


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McCarthy masters Astros in four-hit shutout
Righty enjoying renaissance with Yanks, who make up ground in WC
NEW YORK -- There were advanced statistics that suggested Brandon McCarthy hadn't pitched to his potential this season, an attractive advertisement that the Yankees jumped at. But even they couldn't have imagined how much this change of scenery would help.
McCarthy enjoyed his most dominant outing to date in pinstripes on Thursday afternoon, whipping a four-hit shutout to lead the Yankees to a 3-0 victory over the Astros, salvaging the finale of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium. Paired with a Tigers loss, New York pulled back within four games of the second American League Wild Card spot.
It was the ninth career complete game and fourth career shutout for McCarthy, who struck out eight without a walk. The right-hander improved to 5-2 with a 1.90 ERA in eight starts since being acquired from the D-backs on July 6.
"I feel confident again," McCarthy said. "I feel like I'm able to get through situations I wasn't there, and then you start to believe you can. It's just kind of the story of the season, riding those ups and downs."
The victory came after New York's hitters held an informal clubhouse meeting, according to Chase Headley, who said that the Bombers challenged themselves to produce better results after being dealt seven losses in the last nine contests.
"We talked about it before the game, that we needed to come out with a little more energy and hopefully some emotion and play the way that we're capable of playing," Headley said. "We understand that we're a lot better offensively than we've shown."
Headley connected for a two-run double that highlighted a three-run second inning, an early lead that was welcome support for McCarthy after the Yankees had been shut out in his last two starts -- a pair of quality outings against the Indians and Rays.
As it turned out, the three runs were all that the Yankees could produce against left-hander Dallas Keuchel, so it would be a stretch to say that the meeting was a cure-all.
Both lineups rolled over quickly in the dual complete game, which lasted just 2 hours and 7 minutes, the shortest nine-inning game at this Yankee Stadium. It was the Yankees' briefest home game since a June 18, 1996 win over the Twins that was three minutes shorter.
"It was nice to have a quick game and a win," Brett Gardner said. "Obviously we would have liked to score more than three runs, but at this point, we'll take a win any way we can get it."
McCarthy's efficient start ensured that it was enough. Dealt to the Yankees just two days before Masahiro Tanaka was lost to a right elbow injury, McCarthy has filled the void and stepped in as New York's ace.
"He's been really, really good from his first start all the way through," manager Joe Girardi said. "He's given us distance. He's gone deep into games, and they've all been quality starts."
Familiar with his own advanced stats, McCarthy said after the trade that his ground-ball rate, strikeout rate, velocity and xFIP all suggested that he should have been getting better results in Arizona. He has found them in New York.
"I think my pitch mix is better now," McCarthy said. "The cutter and the four-seam have become pitches I can use as weapons again. In turn, that just starts to build confidence."
The Yankees hope a similar reversal of their offensive stats is underway. New York was 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position in the first two games of the series, but Headley capitalized on the team's first chance after hits by Mark Teixeira and Martin Prado, banging a double down the right-field line.
Headley advanced on a groundout, then scored on an Ichiro Suzuki sacrifice fly. Keuchel settled in from there, permitting seven hits over eight innings, his fifth complete game of the season.
"I could have been a little bit better in the second inning, and that just proved to be the game," Keuchel said. "Outstanding job by McCarthy. That was pretty dominant."
McCarthy saved a run in the fourth inning, as Dexter Fowler's double put runners at second and third with two outs. Marc Krauss hit a hard shot to the mound that kicked off McCarthy, who briefly lost the ball but tracked it down to record the out.
In the fifth, McCarthy said that he felt his energy level drop, and a stern talking-to from catcher Francisco Cervelli provided the pick-me-up he needed.
"He was angry with me," McCarthy said. "He was like, 'Your stuff's so good, let's go. We're going to get all the way through this.'"
McCarthy also pitched out of trouble in the seventh, when Houston had runners at second and third with one out. McCarthy struck out Jon Singleton on a fastball and got Carlos Corporan to fly out to left field, squelching the threat.
"Up until that point, he hadn't made a lot of pitches, and he was still strong," Girardi said. "But he has the ability to make pitches when he needs to."
Girardi had Dellin Betances getting loose in the eighth and closer David Robertson available for the ninth, but they were limited to light tossing as McCarthy kept the bullpen doors shuttered, retiring the last eight batters he faced.
"It's always nice to know that you can keep grinding and getting through later innings, and it gives you that confident feeling," McCarthy said.
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What is Physics?
Physics is the branch of science that studies the nature of matter, energy, and spacetime at the most fundamental level. It provides a foundation for all the natural sciences and engineering disciplines. In the twentieth century alone, physics has brought such revolutions as relativity, quantum mechanics, and the big bang theory, profoundly altering the way mankind views the universe.
Physicists have played a major role in the discovery of many new phenomena leading to whole new technologies. The invention of the transistor, by physicists, has made the computer possible, while the development of lasers has led to diverse applications ranging from laser surgery to supermarket scanners.
The role of a physicist as a versatile problem-solver able to succeed in a wide variety of technical fields is perhaps less widely appreciated. A training in physics leads to a broad-based understanding of natural phenomena, analytical and computer skills, experience with electronics and the operation of sophisticated equipment, an understanding of measurements and their limitations, and the ability to formulate and solve technical problems. These skills are transferable and equip the physicist for a wide variety of careers. For instance, physicists work in all fields of engineering, in software development, computer science, medicine, technical law, and finance.
More information on the field of Physics can be found on the web site of the American Physical Society . Interesting Physics news and articles can be found here. And more physics topics from the APS Physics Central can be found at this link .
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