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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Arizona Board of Regents reviewed and accepted a report Thursday recommending a new model for university funding, which would be based on degree production, completed student credit hours and external research funding.
The Higher Education Finance Committee of the Getting AHEAD project, a collaborative effort to increase the number of college degree recipients in Arizona, is recommending a new performance-based funding model for the three state universities.
Under this model, the universities would move away from state funding being based on enrollment to a system where funding is earned or lost based on each institution's effectiveness at meeting approved performance goals. No other state, thus far, has proposed basing 100 percent of its new funding for universities on performance.
The committee proposes that university funding be linked to the following performance-based measures:
- Increases in degrees produced
- Increases in completed student credit hours
- Increases in outside funding for research and public service funding
Increases in research funding, degrees produced and completed student credit hours would be averaged over three years to mitigate wide fluctuations in any one year.
"In order for Arizona to compete globally, we must ensure that our students are prepared for and have access to a highly effective and efficient postsecondary education system," said Gov. Jan Brewer. "Initiatives such as the Getting AHEAD project are helping to provide state policy makers with useful recommendations to consider in achieving this goal."
The budget package passed during the 2011 legislative session requires ABOR to present a performance-based funding recommendation to the governor and Legislature by Oct. 1.
Also on Thursday, the regents received a report on the Arizona Community Colleges' Long-Term Strategic Vision, a collaboration among education, business and community partners to significantly increase the number of Arizonans who achieve their postsecondary education and training goals, complete a degree or certificate or transfer to a university.
The plan builds on efforts to improve and align secondary and postsecondary education and training in Arizona.
Scheduled for Friday at the two-day meeting at Arizona State University, the regents will consider approving the fiscal year 2012 initial all-funds operating budget for the state's three universities and the board's central office.
The budget encompasses state and nonstate dollars, including revenue from tuition, self-supporting units, gifts and grants and other sources. It also outlines estimated expenditures in the areas of instruction, organized research, public service, academic support, student services and institutional support.
The initial all-funds operating budget provides the board the first opportunity to review university and ABOR office operating budgets by major funding categories.
The regents also will consider guidelines for the process of selecting a new president at the UA.
The guidelines, which also would apply to the hiring of other university presidents in the state, outline the responsibilities of the search committee, search consultant and regents. ABOR is currently is developing a statement of leadership characteristics that will describe the desired qualifications and personal characteristics of the new UA president.


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The darkest secret in the big money world of the Republican coastal elite is that the most palatable alternative to a nominee such as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas or Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky would be Clinton, a familiar face on Wall Street following her tenure as a New York senator with relatively moderate views on taxation and financial regulation.
"If it turns out to be Jeb versus Hillary we would love that and either outcome would be fine," one top Republican-leaning Wall Street lawyer said over lunch in midtown Manhattan last week. "We could live with either one. Jeb versus Joe Biden would also be fine. It's Rand Paul or Ted Cruz versus someone like Elizabeth Warren that would be everybody's worst nightmare."
Most top GOP fundraisers and donors on Wall Street won't say this kind of thing on the record for fear of heavy blowback from party officials, as well as supporters of Cruz and Rand Paul. Few want to acknowledge publicly that the Democratic front-runner fills them with less dread than some Republican 2016 hopefuls. And, to be sure, none of the Republican-leaning financial executives are so far suggesting they'd openly back her.
But the private consensus is similar to what Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said to POLITICO late last year when he praised both Christie — before the bridge scandal — and Clinton. "I very much was supportive of Hillary Clinton the last go-round," he said. "I held fundraisers for her."

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Carnival Elation - Western Caribbean: Carnival Elation Cruise Review by D.J.Williams
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Carnival Elation - Western Caribbean
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Galveston
Carnival has embarkation and disembarkation figured out it is nice. Elation is a nice ship, easy to get around, clean. Our cruise price was close to many 7 day cruises from other lines in this category. Steward service was good, average. Personnel aboard was generally friendly and helpful.
We have cruised 15 times and the formal dining experience was awful. We tried it twice and gave up. They put us in the middle of a cluster of tables of 8, we were 6, and it was so crowded, I could have grabbed a napkin from the lap of someone at the other table! My general impression was help is cut in numbers and personnel on the ship are overworked. Tiffany's food was average. Hamburgers were average. Pizza was average.
Our stateroom was nice, great storage, great bathroom, nice feature was beds could be apart or joined together. The pools were nice and More enjoyed by all. We would have liked an area a bit away from the busy area in the shade, but that was hard to find. they had many no smoking areas, that was nice. The heads of kids was a problem, they were very loud in stairways and down hallways at all times of the night.
Our grandchildren loved Camp Carnival. They were constantly entertained.
We enjoyed a nice beach at Progresso. But be prepared for many visits from locals trying to sell their wares. In Cozumel we visited Paradise beach, it was fun and comfortable. Keep in mind you can taxi to any beach in Cozumel, many are available at the port. We took a ship tour to Rendezvous Caye in Belize, the advantage was you could go directly from the ship. We snorkeled and loved it. My favorite days at sea were so nice, calm seas, cool breezes. Overall, don't expect 5 star service or food, but our grandkids had a 5 star experience for a reasonable price, guess we got what we paid for....but I have had better food and dining for the same price per day on other lines. Less
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The 'Daily Show with Jon Stewart' host drops F-bomb after being restrained by Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon from collecting his award on stage.
Jon Stewart had to fight his way to the stage at 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. He was tackled to the ground by Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon after he was announced by Ricky Gervais as the winner of Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series.
Colbert and Fallon were "upset" for losing the prize to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" host, so they tried to prevent the winner from collecting the award at the September 23 event. Other nominees were "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "Real Time With Bill Maher" and "Saturday Night Live".
By the time Stewart was free of their clutch and arrived on stage, he was out of breath. "Oh, I am not in the kind of shape to do a bit with Jimmy Fallon, who is in very good shape. Son of a b****! Free sandwich after 10. We were told we'd get a free sandwich after 10," he jokingly said.
"Stephen Colbert - their show, what they did with superpacs this year was ridiculous, ridonkulous. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, I spend way too much time on the Internet watching their shows. Real Time with Bill Maher is constantly writing lines I wish I'd written. Without Lorne Michaels and SNL, I don't think any of us would be doing this," he saluted other nominees.
He continued, "We make topical comedy which has the shelf life of egg salad, so to do this for 15 years and have tangible proof that what we do isn't just ephemeral is wonderful. Years from now, when the earth is just a burning husk and aliens visit, we'll find a box of these and they will know just have predictable these (expletive) shows were."


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The performance of the North Carolina baseball team has come to epitomize the words confidence and resiliency. For the fourth time in five NCAA Tournament games so far this season, the Tar Heels came from behind to win on Sunday evening. And this time, the victory sends Carolina back to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., for the second consecutive season. (Tar Heel Daily)
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text: No recent wiki edits to this page. What happens when a group of evil frat boys get their hands on the soul of one very angry and very powerful half demonic sorceress named Satana? And what happens when the only person that desperate sorceress can find to help her on such short notice is our lovable and slightly deranged Deadpool? Well, telling you would be telling, but if you listen real hard you might hear the distant chimes of...wedding bells!? Be there for the event of the season as Deadpool and Satana team up to descend into the Mighty Marvel underworld. Note: One of the "geeks" mentions another had bragged to Satana about his "No Prize;" this was an informal prize given to people who would write to Marvel about errors in past comic books.Definition: "Cachet" is a distinguishing mark. Deadpool's trademark is breaking the fourth wall, hence calling his use-of-the-author the official moment of maintaining his method of operation.SynopsisAs he prepares for the day, the wickedly beautiful Satana interrupts Deadpool with a plea for help. As she talks, Deadpool can only fix his attention on her more attractive assets. Fortunately, Deadpool is able to catch up on the facts and agrees to help Satana regain her soul. It seems that Satan's daughter lost her soul in a high stakes game of poker to a group of geeks. They each dated her twice in order to see who was the best fit for marriage. It's during their debate that Satana was able to enlist Deadpool's help. He arrives at the debate scene and commences to kill each geek. Sadly, these aren't normal geeks; these are demons looking to use Satana to become heirs of Hell. Fortunately, Deadpool isn't normal; he survives the demon threat after jumping out a window.In the hospital, Deadpool and Satana conspire against the demons (who are still debating over her soul). The novel idea: marry Deadpool. Marriages are soul-binding and even demons have to recognize them. The two are wed. To make it fair, Satana takes Deadpool's soul and attempts to strengthen his weapons with its power.The debate is over and Satana is summoned to wed the victor. Deadpool steps in, however, with his trump card - the wedding certificate. Loophole: it's not binding if Deadpool is dead. The two square off, but Deadpool has the upper hand since his weapons have been enhanced. He dispatches the demon easily.Back at Deadpool's, Satana slips off and leaves a note explaining the inevitable divorce. She does, however, keep half of Deadpool's soul. The merc isn't disappointed. She signed the letter "Yours truly." That's gotta mean something, right?


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This article was published 13/12/2012 (1709 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Santa's pre-expeditionary force is reporting greatly improved logistics for the Manitoba region since Canada Post built its newest mail-processing facility beside Richardson International Airport two years ago.
It was especially appreciated this week because Thursday, Dec. 13, was the busiest day of the year for Canada Post.
By the end of the midnight shift (early this morning) close to 2.7 million pieces of mail and close to 75,000 parcels will have passed through the kilometres of conveyor belts that squirrel their way through the 270,000-square-foot plant and out the door in one day.
Computerized optical character scanners zip the letters through the system so fast, elfin eyes cannot even detect motion.
But even more impressive at the $100-million plant is the automated parcel-sorting system.
Scott Hall, the director of plant operations, said the airport campus facility was designed to accommodate a dramatic shift in Canada Post's business -- letter mail is dramatically declining, but parcel processing is on the rise.
Canadians may have been a little delayed in embracing e-commerce but it's now happening in a big way.
In 2012, the e-commerce market in Canada is expected to be about $21 billion. Four years from now, it's forecast to be up to $35 billion.
Watch a trailer being unloaded onto the parcel conveyor at the 1870 Wellington Ave., plant with package after package featuring labels from e-commerce retailers such as Beyond the Rack, Indigo, Amazon.ca, and you get the point.
That dynamic meant the former industrialized sorting process, such as at the old Winnipeg plant at 266 Graham Ave., hauling mail and packages up multiple floors, bringing large highway trailers into a downtown location with little room to manoeuvre, physically handling parcels three or four times -- was not going to work.
The airport facility is the first new plant Canada Post had built in 20 years and it has served as the model for redesigns that have since taken place in Toronto and Montreal, and one that is underway in Edmonton. A new Vancouver plant is scheduled to open in 2014 -- all modelled on the Winnipeg design.
"The difference is that this is a single-floor, cross-dock operation where the pieces come in one door, go through the process and are dispatched out the other end," said Hall.
Handling more parcels means more physical labour and Hall said ergonomic features are added to the designs throughout the plant -- work tables can be raised or lowered, letter trays are not as wide as they used to be and injuries were reduced by 50 per cent in the first year the plant was open.
He pointed out staff physically unload the brick-piled trailers of parcels onto a conveyor belt -- that can be raised or lowered depending on the stature of the worker -- which easily extends right into the truck that's being unloaded and workers load them into cages at the other end.
In the middle, the parcels travel along automated conveyor belts read by optical scanners and are automatically knocked off the line into designated chutes where they are handled for the second and last time before they are put onto trucks and delivered to their final destinations.
Witnessing the process in which they are handled makes it very clear why loose wrapping paper, dangling string or obtrusive bows would gum up the system and force those items into the realm of manual sorting.
Hall said human resources are always applied when the package does not conform to automated systems requirements. That includes occasions when customers choose to ship oversized or awkwardly shaped items.
Early in the day on the busiest day of the year, there were plenty of big-screen television sets, commercial-grade printers and a whole skid full of basement heaters ready to be delivered.
With the plant virtually next door to the airport where nightly Canada Post-owned Purolator cargo planes take off and land, there are greater efficiencies.
As one of the first new residents in CentrePort, Canada Post is already experiencing the benefits of easier truck movements.
And Santa couldn't be happier, especially since he convinced Canada Post to guarantee delivery of all his cargo by Dec. 24.


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'..that quest for new and relevant cultural expressions of the Dharma is of the foremost importance if Buddhism is to have a major impact on the world.'
Subhuti, A Buddhist Manifesto.
I came to Buddhism through the catalyst of Speculative Fiction (SF), which includes, amongst others, the science fiction and fantasy genres.
At the root of Speculative Fiction I saw a spiritual urge; the desire for transcendence. In it I recognised what could almost be seen as a new spiritual movement.
I place the origins of Science Fiction in the nineteenth century with the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, as does Brian Aldiss in his book Billion Year Spree. I don't think it's a … Read more »
Yesterday i was sitting in a little park in Ghent together with a friend talking about….friendship. The sun was shining gently and cosy on us as if she was warming our love for beauty and truth. And i remembered Narziss and Goldmund, the novel of Herman Hesse, about the remarkable story of two friends.
A few weeks ago i left my job to work for the Buddhist Centre in Ghent and so i had to say goodbye to my colleagues some of whom i have known for years. I definitely wanted to leave my job yes but i didn't want some of my colleagues to dissapear. I wanted to hold them, to grasp them, i … Read more »
A friend just wrote to me with a troubling story. He's had a few upheavals in his life recently, including a divorce, but then he made a dreadful ethical slip and got involved with a former patient of his. Of course that's a huge ethical no-no in the caring professions, and it may have life-long consequences for his career.
But in responding to my friend's letter I was reminded of Robert Louis Stevenson's story, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Most of you know this story from cheesy horror movies, but the book is actually an astute spiritual parable that sprang directly from Stevenson's subconscious in the form of a nightmare. The story stands up psychologically … Read more »


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Stephanie March's Istanbul Diary: Modern Ancient Ephesus
by Stephanie March
EPHESUS – My eyes are sticking to my eyelids. It was a very big day.
We met in the lobby at 6:30 a.m. for our 8:30 flight to Izmir for our one-hour drive to Ephesus for our seven-hour tour. I have a pretty consistent schedule on trips like this. Day 1: Getting there. Day 2: Being there. Day 3: Getting there catches up to you. The third day is always the worst: the jet lag, the sleeplessness, the diet. The pictures are good, but the girl is not pretty. I have never chugged so much canned Lipton tea in my whole life.
Here's what I learned today:
1. Ephesus is a sun-broiled ghost town from another millennium. Way back then, its residents enjoyed running water, radiant heating and cooling, and a fully operational sewage system.
2. The theater at Ephesus sat 25,000 people and needed no microphones, as its superior architecture amplified all sound from a sweet spot at the center of the stage.
3. In ancient times, doctors were held in high esteem, and they, in turn, worshipped the goddess Hygeia. Those guys washed their hands.
4. Musicians were employed in the public latrines to play over all sorts of unpleasant sounds.
5. A thriving Jewish population practiced their faith unmolested, as evidenced by the honorary menorah carved into the ancient library.
6. Their sundials still work.
7. I can extrapolate from the above that western "civilization" could have learned a thing or two from the ancients. The Dark Ages were marked by a bunch of unwashed Jesus freaks using the ruins as quarries and forgetting how to read.
8. Sunscreen, a hat, and a parasol are only good for three hours.
Everyone should, at some point in their lives, travel with Chris and Kevin. Get this: They are Harvard-educated doctors who dress like models, engage the guide with all manner of interesting questions, and will, for hours on end, carry your giant purse AND the water AND the guidebook. When they are done with that, they buy you refreshments and help you rate the outfits of other tourists. When they are done with that, they whip out the iPad for group Scrabble. They have been sent to earth from Travel Heaven.
If you think you might make the earlier flight back to Istanbul, you should not do that and you should wade into the Aegean instead. Alas, we learned this too late and spent two useless hours at the Izmir airport.
If you think you left your phone in the hotel and wish you had it for all the picture-taking opportunities throughout the day, you are wrong. That accounts for the attached photo of the raki and Pringles I took at the airport upon discovery of the phone — at 6 p.m. Too late for the agora. Just in time for getting blitzed on anise liquor after a day of tromping through Anatolia.


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If you can, leave your home immediately. If you feel he would come after you, go to the police or file a restraining order.
You can also contact the National Domestic Abuse hotline through this link http://www.thehotline.org/. They will help you find a way to leave and get to safety.
There is also another link that may help you. It is at http://www.helpguide.org/mental/domestic_violence_abuse_types_signs_causes_effects.htm
There is not going to be a way to get your husband help because he does not see that he has a problem. The key to changing behavior is understanding there is a problem in the first place. So changing your husband's behavior is not an option. The only thing you can control is you. Seeing that you are in a dangerous and unhealthy relationship is important and getting yourself help right now is the most important thing you can do for yourself.
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Android is in your phone, your tablet, computer, and soon to be in your glasses. Where else can it go? How about your feet?! How would you like a pair of shoes that motivate you to walk, and record your data to improve advertisement? Yeah…I would not want that either.
Over at SXSW this weekend, Google decided to show off a not so real product, but then again, who knows. They actually want to see if you can make these shoes. That is correct. Developers, get to work. Basically this is an experiment in advertisement, and Google is teaming with Art, Copy & Code to create "a series of experiments to re-imagine advertising." This week just happened to be these talking shoes. Anyone remember the old MC Hammer cartoon where his dancing shoes talked?
The company YesYesNo, headed by Zachary Lieberman, and the company Studio 5050, headed by Despina Papadopoulos, have teamed up and make these "smart shoes". These sneakers that are Adidas high-tops work with an accelerometer, gyroscope, Bluetooth, and have speakers built inside both tongues of the shoes. Here is what Google had to say about all this:
By connecting a pair of sneakers to the web, we're creating unique opportunities between physical objects and digital ad spaces. Every move the user makes generates data that's captured using an accelerometer, gyroscope and pressure sensors. That data then gets pushed to a web app on your mobile phone and translated in real-time into funny and motivating commentary. That commentary then gets pushed to banners and social media, creating new, interesting content in the digital world from something happening live in the physical one.
It is pretty interesting stuff, no doubt. I do not see any use in having talking sneakers, but maybe people out there would love to own a pair. Check out the video of what they would be like in action. Feel free to make your own, but be wary of water coming in contact with them.
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Mark Teixeira hit his 361st career home run on Sunday at Tropicana Field in Tampa. The homer ties Teixeira with Yankees Legend Joe DiMaggio for 80th on the All-Time home run list.
Teixeira hit a solo-shot off of Tampa pitcher Joel Peralta in the eighth inning of Sunday's 4-2 win over the Rays. Teixeira crushed Peralta's pitch to right center and broke a tie with Gary Gaetti at 360 home runs. Teixeira passed the former Twins great, as he matched DiMaggio on Sunday.
The home run gave Teixeira 20 for the 2014 season and put him in another select group of baseball greats. The home run made Teixeira only the 14th player in Major League Baseball history to hit at least 20 home runs in 11 of their first 12 seasons.
Teixeira was glad that the home run helped his team secure a win as they continue to fight for a playoff spot. "It's always important," Teixeira said. "Anytime you get men on base and have a chance to score runs when your team's not scoring runs, you've got to try and take advantage of it. And we did."
Teixeira becomes the first 20 home run hitter for the Yankees this season. In a season where the New York offense has struggled, they have been looking for answers all year. The fact that Teixeira has 20 home runs this season, is quite impressive, considering Teixeira's injuries this year. Teixeira was coming back from off-season wrist surgery to begin the 2014 season and he has struggled to stay on the field and off the DL, with various injuries this year.
This is the latest the Yankees have produced a 20 home run hitter in 20 seasons. Paul O'Neill accomplished the feat on September 12th 1995. Matt Nokes hit his 20th on September 6, 1992 for the latest Yankee to achieve 20 homers, in a non-strike year.
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I wrote this blog literally a year ago today. It was not a published blog because the Black Youth Project had yet to premier online. Well, I think my thoughts a year ago still resonate today as we honor Michael Jackson's memory. The title of the blog is, "The Feasting of Michael Jackson's Flesh: How Do We Honor the Dead?"
I am deeply troubled by the buffoonery of the 2009 Black Entertainment Television Award Show where "blackness" guaranteed BET's ownership of honoring Michael J. Jackson's life. Of course, there is an endless laundry list of technical, sexist, homophobic, and simply tone death performances that I could blog about. However, the most compelling issue for me is that we witnessed consumption at "it's finest" where Jamie Foxx unabashedly highlighted his many upcoming projects and the beauty of his voice, where every five seconds large digital placards of sponsorship appeared before our eyes beseeching us to buy their wares, where Joe Jackson plugs the revival of his singing career, where the infamous golden arches tell our children that they should dream of working at McDonald's when they "become big kids," and where we the viewing public further the cannibalization process of Michael Jackson by not turning our televisions off in righteous indignation because consciously or unconsciously we enjoy the thrill of consuming flesh . . . the gossip, the speculations, the betrayals, the "sins," and yes "if it bleeds then it leads" or in the case of the BET Award Show if it stereotypes black people then it sales.


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YORK Hospital staff told an injured 96-year-old there was no bed for her and that they may not have time to feed her, her son has claimed.
Robin Barker claimed his mother was facing a night on a trolley in an A&E corridor following a four-hour wait for an X-ray until he decided to pay for her to go to the private Nuffield Hospital.
He said up to eight ambulances were parked outside York Hospital's A&E department on that evening – Monday, January 28 – with crews unable to leave because their patients were stuck in the logjam. His mother had been brought to hospital after a fall.
He said: "An ambulance manager was tearing his hair out because they couldn't get the ambulances out to deal with other calls."
After spending two days at the Nuffield, a bed became available at York Hospital and she was transferred.
Shs was suffering from a crushed vertebrae and unable to sit up and feed herself, but staff on a ward told him they could not guarantee they could feed her because they didn't have the time to do it.
"I got the impression that the norovirus crisis and staff sickness were contributory factors, but that this was not a totally abnormal situation."
Mr Barker, of Sheriff Hutton, said he and other family members had ended up going to the hospital three times a day for a week to ensure she did get fed.
"But what would have happened if she hadn't had any relatives willing and able to do this?" he asked.
"If I knowingly placed food for my animals where they could not acccess it and they became malnourished as a result, I would contravene animal welfare legislation. Why shouldn't similar standards apply for human beings?"
He also claimed that when he tried to contact members of senior management last weekend, after the norovirus had spread to his mother's ward, he was told that none were available.
"It is symptomatic of NHS management deficiencies that in the middle of a norovirus crisis, with wards closed to new admissions, there were no members of senior management there over the weekend," he said.
"I would like to say I do not blame the nursing staff on the ward, as it appears they just do not have the time to do what needs to be done."
Libby McManus, chief nurse at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said: "We take Mr Barker's concerns seriously and have met with him to discuss these concerns. Throughout Mrs Barker's stay in hospital her consultant has been in daily contact with Mr Barker regarding his mother's condition.
"The hospital is currently on red alert, and has been for the past three weeks.
"We accept that last weekend was the busiest weekend of the winter so far and was particularly busy in both the areas this patient was cared for.
"Staff were doing their utmost to manage the influx of patients and balance priorities, supported by senior managers who are always available all weekend through the on-call system."


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Syracuse continues to transition to fast-paced offense in spring practice
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When Syracuse's offense slowed down in practice one day, quarterbacks coach Tim Lester quickly grew antsy.
"I swear to you, it was the longest 20 minutes of my life," Lester said. "It felt like we were going at a snail's pace."
That drive — an effort to help the defense prepare for a different look — has been the exception for Syracuse's offense this spring, not the norm. Offensive coordinator George McDonald has talked at length about playing "full-bore fast," a shift in mentality that started early last season and continued throughout the year.
Now McDonald is working to ensure SU's offense reaches an even faster pace. Syracuse averaged 73.7 plays a game last year — fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This year he hopes that number jumps to 84, and also said he'd love to get a play off every 18 seconds. He wants balance, simplicity and speed, with quarterback Terrel Hunt as the anchor.
"I love it," Hunt said. "I just listen to what (McDonald) says. He tells us to go fast, we go fast."
McDonald said the goal is to have his players do everything faster and think less in the process. Though the offense became simpler last year, McDonald said it was still too complex.
This year, he wants Hunt and Co. to just go.
"The best way to do that is to continue to cut, cut, cut, cut," McDonald said, "until you really get the nuts and bolts where they can go out and execute with their eyes closed and be really efficient."
The switch first came last season in the second half against Northwestern on Sept. 7. Syracuse had only scored 24 points in six quarters on the season and trailed the Wildcats 34-7 at the break.
Lester said the offense was sputtering, and the execution simply wasn't high enough. They had practiced the fast-paced offense in great detail at camp during the spring.
"We figured OK, let's spread 'em out," Lester said. "Let's crank this thing up and see what happens.
"At that point we kind of found who we were and found our identity. We've just continued to try and build on it ever since."
Since then, Syracuse has spent even more time mastering its newly adopted approach.
The offense has become something of McDonald's brainchild. He assigned members of his coaching staff to study various teams' offenses in an effort to shape an offensive dynamo.
Then he concocted what he felt was the perfect fit, plucking pieces and melding them into a new scheme.
Lester looked at Texas A&M, Missouri, UCLA, Ohio State and the Philadelphia Eagles, among others.
McDonald found that Texas Tech ran the most plays in the country at 87 per game. In Doug Marrone and Nathaniel Hackett's last season at Syracuse in 2012, the offense ran close to 80 plays a game.
In spring practice, as soon as one play's over, a manager signals to start the next one. Normally they'd have to wait for an official, but this spring it's one play after the next and the offense is often moving faster than it would be legally allowed to in a game.
One key component is cutting corners and getting more people involved. The offense fits Hunt perfectly, Lester said, because it caters to his athleticism and ability to improvise.
"Most of my communication is short," Hunt said. "I just have to go to the line and tell them what to do. The receivers are getting it from the sideline, so we're all ready."
Lester and Hunt have grown accustomed to the fast-paced offense, but Lester realizes it would appear ridiculously swift to a bystander watching for the first time.
Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer said the transition to a more zippy offense has been relatively seamless. His players grew accustomed to the change last season, and now they're working to iron out the kinks.
"It's been smooth. It's been real smooth," Shafer said. "We went up-tempo a little bit those last couple games especially, and I think the kids were eager to get back into that, as were the coaches."
With McDonald's goal at 84, he's hoping to dwarf Syracuse's mark from a year ago. That 10-play increase would result from converting on third down and playing more efficient, mistake-free football, he said.
The change in pace is a strategy, but execution remains the key.
Said McDonald: "At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how fast you play if you're not scoring points."
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Sushi is one of the greatest foods on Earth. Whether it's a California roll at some stupid buffet or a plate of freshly prepared sashimi, you can be sure your stomach will be pretty pumped (not the best word choice.) However, what if an entire roll, or even one piece of a roll, is simply too much food for you to endure? Then it's time to go with some tiny sushi.
Over the last thirteen years, a chef in Tokyo has perfected the art of making ridiculously minuscule pieces of sushi. Just how small are they? Two or three pieces could easily fit on one of your fingernails. If only they had this when Rick Moranis accidentally shrunk his kids.
According to reports, these tiny cuts of fish are actually pretty tasty. Of course, you'd need to eat approximately 2,000 of them to get full, but who's counting?


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Sun Country Mexican Cookbook Ii
The cover is a wrap-around photo of two margaritas, bean spread with Nachips, chicken tacos, bowls of taco sauce, lettuce, onions, and tomatoes, hearty beef enchiladas, and Mexican corn bread. At the top is a red tiled roof. The item is bound by a metal spiral, and also includes a culture and history of Mexican food. Courtesy of the General Mills Archives.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Old El Paso
Publisher: Grocery Products, a division of Pet Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.)
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Reese Witherspoon Issues Public Apology For Disorderly Conduct Arrest: "I Was Disrespectful, I Am Deeply Embarrassed"
- Reese Witherspoon issued the classiest statement about her disorderly conduct arrest on Friday, when her husband Jim Toth was pulled over for a DUI, when she sassed a police officer with the ol' "Do you know who I am?!" line. "I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said. It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. The words I used that night definitely do not reflect who I am. I have nothing but respect for the police and I'm very sorry for my behavior." [Crushable]
- Kendra Wilkinson was rushed to the hospital this weekend after a car accident in Los Angeles. [US Weekly]
- Heidi Klum's contestants on "Germany's Next Top Model" all caught head lice. [Huffington Post]
- Snoop Lion's 420 Day celebration got shut down by the cops … but not for what you think. [New York Daily News]
- Fashion designer John Galliano, who was arrested in France for making anti-Semitic comments, will teach a class at Parsons School of Design in New York. [Fashionista]
- Check out these charts proving that leading men age, but their love interests stay a good decade or two younger. [NYMag.com]
- Uh oh. Justin Biebs posted a quick pic of himself with Selena Gomez. [TMZ]
- Meet Winkelhimer Smith, a disabled squirrel who taught herself to paint. [Laughing Squid]
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RockShow Threesome: Easter Bunny Arrested For Drugs, Ugly Woman Punchs Boyfriend And One Testicle Makes A Break For It! [AUDIO]
Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Wobbling down the bunny trail
Hippity Hoppitty …jeez is it hot here, I'm feeling woozy
Yes kids, the Easter Bunny is just your neighborhood drug dealer. Click through f0r the story plus to other bonus bits of audio you can't live without.
Ever since the movie "Bad Santa" those mall mascots all seem kind of sketchy to me. I just don't think everyone who dresses up in a large furry suit always has the best intentions in mind. Let's not even dwell on that "always got candy for kids" aspect of the whole thing. Here's the scoop:
Woman punches boyfriend after he claims she is "too ugly" to have sex with. Wow. Is there really such a thing as a "woman who's too ugly to have sex with". Yes, your mom! Hahahahaha. Sucked you in. Of course we'd have sex with your mom. Here's the story:
Okay here's a little story about a wayward testicle. Yes, it's pretty funny. You should listen to it twice. Then you'll have two stories about my testicles in your brain. You're welcome!


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Topical Vitamin B12 in Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
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The Ladies' Home Journal was first published in 1883 and ever since has been one of the leading women's magazines in the United States. By 1907, it became the first American magazine of any type to reach 1 million subscribers.
In 1946, LHJ adopted the slogan, "Never underestimate the power of a woman," which it continues to use today.
The Journal continues to be at the forefront of the publishing industry, announcing that portions of its editorial content would be crowd-sourced from readers, who would be fairly compensated for their work. The arrangement was one of the first of its kind among major consumer magazines.
At Beekman 1802, we take great pride in all of our partners. After all, you ARE the company that you keep. This is why we are so honored that the May issue of LHJ has chosen to highlight the Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook.
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Kryptonite Evolution mini with Cable level 7
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Changed your mind or just not completely satisfied? No problem! As long as the product is in like new condition and in its original packaging, then we can accept a return for an exchange or refund. For our second hand bikes we provide 48 hours of trial to make sure that the bike fits you and in case that you are not satisfied with the bike, we provide a full refund, or if you change for another one a member of our staff will be happy to help you find a bike that suit your needs.


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Make sure you're on trend this season with this lust have patterned playsuit. The short sleeves and pockets make this item a perfect piece for summer. Team this adorable piece with some heeled sandals and a thin waist belt to give you an eye catching edge above the rest.
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The biggest surprise in the not-very-surprising resurrection of the Winter Classic next Jan. 1 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is how much the story line has changed for Detroit and Toronto since their first date was cancelled. When Red Wings vs. Maple Leafs was initially announced for Jan. 1, 2013, most hockey fans did a Hollywood spit take at the notion of Toronto as a star of the HBO documentary series 24/7 . The Maple Leafs? The listless Leafs were as sexy as CRTC cable carriage regulations.
It was widely agreed (okay, we suggested it) that the Red Wings would be the only attraction for HBO's cameras in the four-part run-up to the game. Detroit in the postseason every year for two decades. Pavel Datsyuk. Henrik Zetterberg. Mike Babcock. Gordie Howe. The octopus.
Toronto? They haven't lifted the Stanley Cup since 1967. The Brian Burke circus. Dion Phaneuf and the goofy Red Bull hat in the dressing room. C'mon, how are they going to put this Duck Dynasty on HBO, home of Boardwalk Empire?
If the lockout had one saving grace, it was keeping this mismatch out of America's homes.
Yet as we now point the telescope at the 2014 Winter Classic, it's the Leafs (who won 4-3 last night over the Rangers) that are suddenly in the ascendancy. In transition from Nicklas Lidstrom, the Red Wings might miss the 2013 postseason while Toronto seems assured of its first playoff trip since Stephen Harper became PM. The blue team: arrow up. The red team: arrow down.
Think of the possibilities now for 24/7. Joffrey Lupul beaking. Phil Kessel speaking. Randy Carlyle discussing the thermal properties of the brain in concussion awareness. Dave Nonis refusing to trade for Roberto Luongo for the 237th time. All narrated by Liev Schreiber. (Sportsnet has announced it has obtained the rights to 24/7.)
Now that, not Mad Men, is quality TV. Zooby zooby zoo, Maple Leafs.
End of the affair?
The national media once clung to the Winnipeg Jets' NHL return story the way polar bears cling to the dump in Churchill. The scribes have long since departed the MTS Centre. So news that Winnipeg Jets fans are booing their heroes comes as a surprise to the outside world.
Where is the love, Winnipeg? What happened to the honeymoon? To boo or not to boo. That is the question in Winnipeg.
After last year's party, the illusion that watching a mediocre team is quaint or amusing has now passed in Jets Land. With the playoffs fading in the awful Southwest Division, Jets fans are now wondering what happens next year when the Jets are in with Chicago, St. Louis and Minnesota instead of the Andy Griffith grouping.
"The expectations are up from last year," says Rick Ralph, who hosts pregame and postgame Jets coverage on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg. "That was the homecoming. Their run for the playoff spot in the Southeast got everyone excited. Then they went to being, in Claude Noel's words, 'woefully inconsistent'. So when the fans don't see effort, they boo."
Hulking Dustin Byfuglien is the poster child for hero yesterday/ trade-bait tomorrow in Jets Nation. "They don't always see the effort from Dustin," says Ralph. "At 28, they wonder if he might not bring back a lot in a trade."
Which brings up a dilemma from the Forks to Polo Park. Jets fans have the right to boo. They have the right to abstain from filling the MTS Centre if the play of the Jets is substandard. But they also know only too well there's a price to pay if the small-market squad does not sell out the 15,004-seat arena or its advertising on the boards or broadcasting.
The Jets predecessors in Winnipeg fell victim to the squeeze of a lousy team, a 63-cent Canadian dollar and a fan base that felt it could absent itself when the club faltered. They paid for it for 15 years.
Now there's a split in the fan base about how to react. "People say, 'If I'm paying these high prices, I have a right to boo," notes Ralph, who also hosts a daily show on TSN 1290. "But others say, 'What good is it going to do?' The first group wanted the process of getting better to speed up, to do something at the trade deadline, get a guy who can score...
"The other group says this was a team that rushed its talent in Atlanta, we can't do that again. They'll need to take time, a couple of years, before they build up. They will eventually spend to the cap."
The future lies in hoping GM Kevin Cheveldayoff can conjure prospects into a contender within five years. One thing for sure in the Peg. The honeymoon is over.
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Admire the passion if not the accuracy of Anaheim Ducks fans. They showed up to boo Justin Schultz last night after he bolted the Ducks to sign with Edmonton. Problem was they kept booing Nick Schultz of the Oilers, not Justin. Lucky for them it wasn't a Sutter or the Anaheimers' heads might have exploded.
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TV ratings for Sportsnet's coverage of the Davis Cup are in from the weekend. They're terrific by tennis standards in Canada. So-so by the big-boy standards. Average audience for Sunday's dramatic win by Milos Raonic was 268,000 (2+). Saturday's broadcast of the four-and-a-half hour doubles triumph attracted an average audience of 199,000 viewers.
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One of my biggest fashion pet peeves are what Stacy London and Clinton Kelly of "What Not to Wear" call "fancy jeans." That's any pair of jeans that are bedazzled, painted, embellished, or appliqued in any way. I find "fancy jeans" offensive. But these "cum wad pants" take "fancy" to a whole new level. WHO and WHY? [The Clearly Dope]


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Rockingham County (Virginia, USA)
Rockingham County, Virginia (population in the late 1950s, 45,889; 67,725 in 2000; area 853 sq mi (2,209 km²), is beautifully located in the Shenandoah Valley on the far western side of the state, between the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east and the Appalachian Mountains on the west, bounded by Augusta County on the south, and Shenandoah and Page counties on the north. The chief towns are Harrisonburg, the county seat (seat of Eastern Mennonite College and Madison State Teachers College), Timberville, Broadway, Edom, Mt. Clinton, Keezletown, Elkton, Dayton, Mt. Crawford, and Bridgewater (seat of Bridgewater College of the Church of the Brethren). It was formed in 1777 out of Augusta County. The area had an early settlement of the German element from Eastern Pennsylvania and still has many people of German descent. Mennonites, and the Church of the Brethren coming a little later, have always formed a substantial part of the population.Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who came in 1780. The Mennonites came largely from the Pennsylvania counties of Montgomery, Lancaster, and York. The oldest present congregations date from 1820-30, Trissels near Broadway (1822), and Pike (1825) and Weaver (1827), both near Harrisonburg, but there is reason to believe that there was an organized congregation at least as early as 1790 in this area. In 1957 there were 15 congregations in the county with a membership of 1,832, and 12 rural mission churches with 613 members and two city missions, one for African Americans and one for whites, with a combined total of 25 members, a total of 2,470. The above churches are responsible for 27 meeting places outside the county. All these are organized into two bishop districts, established about 1840, called the Middle and Northern districts. This is the heart of the Virginia Mennonite Conference. Here are located Eastern Mennonite College (since 1917) and the Virginia Mennonite Home for old people (since 1954). Singers Glen on the west side of the county was the location of the Joseph Funk Mennonite press circa 1847-62. An Old Order Mennonite schism formed in 1900 has two congregations in the county with 300 members. The Church of the Brethren has 20 congregations in the county with about 5,000 members.
Brunk, Harry A. History of Mennonites of Virginia, 2 vols. Harrisonburg, VA: 1959-72.
Kercheval, Samuel. A History of the Valley of Virginia, 4th ed. Strasburg, Virginia, 1925, first edition 1833.
Peyton, J. Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Bridgewater, 1953.
Showalter, Noah D. Atlas of Rockingham County, Virginia. Harrisonburg, 1939.
Strickler, Harry M. Old Tenth Legion Marriages: Marriages in Rockingham County, Virginia, from 1778 to 1816. Dayton, Virginia, 1928.
Wayland, J. W. A History of Rockingham County, Virginia. Dayton, Virginia, 1912.
Wayland, J. W. Virginia Valley Records: Genealogical and Historical Materials of Rockingham County, Virginia, and Related Regions. Strasburg, Virginia, 1930.
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In my corner of the food universe, everyone's crushing on kimchi these days. We — friends, co-workers, me — make it, share it, gift it, and put it in and on everything. When we see kimchi on a menu, we know instantly what we'll be ordering. We are, it's fair to say, obsessed; and in this we are far from alone. But while kimchi soaks up all the plaudits, nobody, it seems, swoons over its European cousin in cabbage-y fermentation, sauerkraut. Who will sing of sauerkraut?
I, for one. Here, let me begin. Sauerkraut — nothing more than shredded cabbage, salt and time — is vegetable fermentation in its purest form. It is to cabbage as wine is to grapes: a complex, lively, astonishingly delicious ennoblement. (Kimchi, which involves more flavoring and manipulation, is a nearer analogue to beer.) The comparison to wine may seem a bridge too far for sauerkraut if all you know is the dull jarred stuff that upholsters billions of hot dogs. But as anyone who has ever made it at home understands, good sauerkraut, with its irresistible mix of salty and savory, crunchy and tangy, is a sophisticated thing of beauty.
And the good news is that the homemade stuff is something anyone can make. It's not just that the requirements are minimal — cabbage, salt, jar — it's that cabbage wants to become sauerkraut. Everything necessary for the magical transformation — the bacterial strains that do the fermenting, the sugars they metabolize in lactic acid, even the brine the cabbage will ferment under — they're all right there before you've even begun, native to every head of cabbage. The only thing missing is salt, and even that is not absolutely necessary.
This sense that at some level sauerkraut is already there, and that in making it you are merely stewarding a natural process of self-actualization, accounts for the soft spot many fermentation enthusiasts have for the stuff. My friend Jeffrey Yoskowitz, a fermentation expert and founder of The Gefilteria, an artisanal producer of traditional Jewish foods, counts sauerkraut, which he describes as "the simplest and most intimate" of fermentation projects, as his favorite ferment. I couldn't agree more.
Sauerkraut is distinguished by not only its profound simplicity but also its duration: It is slow — weeks slower than kimchi, dill pickles or just about any other vegetable ferment you can name. (In this regard too, it begs comparison with wine.) Four to six weeks is the general rule for high-quality 'kraut. The reason for this lengthy gestation is that the journey from cabbage to 'kraut is a process of very slow acidification, involving the succession of three species of lactic-acid bacteria. Basically, it's a slow-moving bacterial relay race: The Leuconostocs get things started, producing lots of carbon dioxide and enough lactic acid to set the conditions for Lactobacillus plantarum to take over. When the 'kraut reaches 1.5 percent lactic acid, Lactobacillus pentoaceticus goes to work, until eventually all the remaining cabbage sugars have been converted to lactic acid. At that point the sauerkraut is about 2.5 percent lactic acid and ready for the refrigerator. The final product is highly acidic (kimchi, by contrast, clocks in at 1 percent lactic acid) and highly complex, with interesting fruity and floral components contributed by low levels of alcohol and yeast.
But you hardly need a Ph.D. in sauerkraut biology to make sauerkraut. In truth, the process is almost too simple to merit a recipe: Shred cabbage, salt it, submerge it under a brine of its own making, and keep it there for a good long time. But attention to the finer points yields big rewards.
Click here for the sauerkraut recipe and step-by-step photos.
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Veteran Marketing Executive Joins CyberMark as CEO
John Alpaugh, former chief marketing officer (CMO) of PetSmart, Inc., has joined CyberMark International as its new CEO. Alpaugh purchased CyberMark, one of the country's leading Internet and digital marketing companies, from founder Kimberly Judd-Pennie, who will stay on in the role of chief customer officer, with responsibility for sales and customer relationships. In 1994,… Read More →
Stand Out in Local Search Directories
A powerful local search strategy for your business is an essential component to a well-developed local marketing plan. Local search directories have improved in recent years, with the integration of Google+ and Google Places as well as updates to directories such as Yahoo, Yelp, Bing, etc. Incorporating local search directories into your marketing mix can… Read More →
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Better rankings in search engines can have a significant impact on any business. For local businesses, higher visibility can result in more sales, more exposure, and accelerated business growth. From doctor's offices to dry cleaners, local search engine optimization (SEO) has influenced the way customers are interacting with local businesses online. With the ever-expanding popularity… Read More →
Is Google+ Better for Business than Facebook or Twitter?
In the world of social networks, innovation can quickly change the field of frontrunners — remember LiveJournal? We just saw it again as Google+ overtook Twitter to claim the No. 2 spot behind Facebook. And the new kid is already better than Mark Zuckerberg's baby for small businesses, professional firms and entrepreneurs, says Alex Hinojosa,… Read More →
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And Now For Something Sort of Different...: MSC Lirica Cruise Review by fluffies
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Destination: Panama Canal & Central America
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
Precruise: We decided not to chance the winter weather in the Northeast, so we flew down the day before. We stayed at the Days Inn off I95, which has absolutely nothing to recommend it unless you like walking 3/4 mile (in a pretty scary neighborhood) to reach a Burger King. Stay somewhere else.
Embarkation: Hands down the easiest we've ever encountered. We arrived (the cruise terminal is minutes away from the airport; you do not need the cruise ship transfers as cabs are plentiful and half the price), got in the "US Citizens" line, and walked on to the ship. A staff member showed us to our cabin.
Ship: As mentioned in many other reviews, MSC Lirica is More new-ish and sparkling clean. I think the ship was built just before the industry started emphasizing balcony cabins and specialty restaurants, as most cabins are window or inside and there are only the two main dining rooms and the buffet. However, the ship never felt cramped to us. Public rooms are understated but comfortable, and the theater is the nicest we've seen at sea...none of those annoying pillars that obscure sightlines. Our cabin was on deck 9, inside, and was fine for the two of us. The only areas that ever felt congested were the pool deck (crowded and noisy, especially on sea days) and the buffet, which we went to rarely anyway. The casino is small, smoky and awful, with not nearly enough low-limit slots. The gym and spa are adequate, with high spa prices and reasonable salon charges.
Passengers: True to previous reviews, it looked like the passengers were about 50% American and 50% European. We liked the multitude of languages, but I could see how some Americans wouldn't. This was the oldest crowd of fellow passengers we've encountered; there were very few younger people and almost no children. However, nearly everyone was friendly, tolerant and active. Either complainers were at a minimum, or we simply didn't understand whatever language it was they were complaining in! On this 10-night cruise there were three formal nights; the rest of the nights, dress was casual. Husband wore his tuxedo but was one of very few to do so; women tended toward sparkly pantsuits or dresses and comfortable shoes. It's true, you DO get wiser about footwear when you get older.
Crew: Dining room staff is Indonesian. Our regular dinner waiter and assistant were great, but the staff at breakfast and lunch was iffier. Because orders can be placed in any of five languages (English, Italian, German, French and Spanish), it's really easy to get a waiter who doesn't understand you. A lot of "I don't know" and "We don't have that"; passenger frustration ran high at these meals. Cabin attendants were efficient but tended toward early-morning noise, and housekeeping trolleys obstructed hallways most of the day. These are things MSC could work on for the future. The European cruise staff, most of whom spoke four or five languages, were responsive to passengers and very popular.
Food & Bar: When checking in, we discovered we'd been assigned the wrong seating. Reception told us to go see the maitre d' at 4 pm. This was wrong, and it was lucky we checked, because table changes started at 3 pm. There were so many messed-up reservations that they were giving out numbers to hold a place in line to get changes. There were some VERY angry people. After waiting about 45 minutes, it took only moments to get our table for two at the other seating. We like to eat alone. We got a booth at L'Ippocampo, the smaller dining room. We noticed that lots of the tables there, as well as in La Bussola, are very close together and noisy, so we were really lucky with the booth. The food was plentiful and adequate, Continental in style. As others have said, there was no effort made to include Caribbean or other local dishes. Out of ten days of menus, the one really outstanding dish was the fresh shrimp cocktail. Don't miss that one. All in all though we would give the food a C. The wine and bar list was good; lots of choices and reasonably priced. We tried some new wines and enjoyed them. The dining room bar waitress was particularly linguistically challenged, twice bringing the wrong drinks even after being shown their names on the menu. I'm sure she'll get better eventually. One thing about MSC is that they do NOT push drinks on you; there isn't even any bar service in the theater. Which brings us to...
Entertainment: As noted in other reviews, because of the multilingual nature of the ship, the entertainment is mostly singing, dancing, magic, acrobats, and juggling. Shows are short, at about 45 minutes each. The singers have great voices. The classical trio (Caffee Concerto Strauss) are terrific. We enjoyed the acrobats and gymnasts. The dancers were more problematic...while slender and attractive, they suffer from dated choreography, awful costumes, and a complete inability to dance in synch. Still, for 45 minutes you can stand anything. Husband enjoyed the magic and jugglers; wife did not. We heard from other passengers that the late-night entertainment in the disco and elsewhere was fun; we wouldn't know. Although we were among the youngest passengers, I think we went to bed the earliest! Therefore we cannot comment on any midnight buffets.
Ports: We chose this cruise for its itinerary. In COZUMEL, husband took the ship's tour to Tulum. He enjoyed the ruins, not so much the lunch stop or "mandatory" shopping stop. Unfortunately we were in Cozumel on a Sunday, so the ship's tour was about all that was offered for Tulum; otherwise he'd have booked it privately, as we did in COSTA RICA with George and Okeydokey Tours. With one other couple (hi Don & Dawn!) we drove around Puerto Limon, toured a farm, saw a sloth, saw the banana plantation (which is more interesting than it sounds), took an hour-long canal cruise (saw another sloth, lizards, crocodile, birds, bats....was amazing) and then had lunch on the beach. This tour cost half of what the ship's tour did and we saw more. Highly recommended. Civil unrest in PANAMA canceled all tours. We have been to Panama before, but really felt for people from far away for whom the canal was to have been their cruise highlight. Although we understood that it was not the ship's fault, it didn't seem like they went out of their way to console badly disappointed passengers. They refunded tour money but did nothing else. In CARTAGENA we took the ship's city tour because we were nervous about the safety of the city. Wow, were we wrong there. The ship's tour just skirted by lots of things we'd have liked to have seen (like the old fort) while including not one but TWO shopping stops. Waste of time! Cartagena is a beautiful and fascinating city (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and we should have gotten a cab and driver and done it our own way. I hope we'll have a chance to visit it again someday. In CAYO LEVANTADO we arranged to go whale watching with Kim on the Victoria II. We found Kim online; she is a whale expert. We saw several whales, including one who surfaced right next to the boat as though to give everyone a good look. It was amazing, but be warned that iffy sailors will probably have some degree of mal-de-mer. Dramamine, soft drinks and crackers are provided, and in my opinion it's worth a bit of flippy tummy to see the whales.
Debarkation: You are asked to leave your cabin by 8 am. We had breakfast and then waited in the theater until our luggage color was called. A few minutes later we were at the airport. Perhaps because there are so many Europeans on board ship, MSC does not offer the option of carrying your own bags off the ship, which is too bad because it works great on NCL.
Summary: Would we cruise with MSC again? Yes, if the itinerary and price was right. MSC seems to really want to be in the Caribbean cruise market and I think they'll work on the few glitches we noticed. Our grade: B. Less
Published 02/28/08
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Airplane Mode, or How to Start Working on Your High Holiday Resolutions Early
This is a post about the High Holidays. I know, you're not ready for them. Neither am I. It'd be way better if I just left you alone for two months and let you soak up every moment of summer. Good news, then: This is about that, too.
Two years ago, I wrote a post declaring my resolution to unplug on Shabbat for the Year 5774. Two months after that, I wrote and fessed up that I was not doing a very good job at unplugging. It didn't get much better. Entirely unplugging can be challenging – in my experience, when I really tried to do it, I was surprised to learn how many things I "plug in" to do that I hadn't fully considered up front.
Limiting screen use and unplugging all together seem like such important goals, ones that I am sure will be on many people's lists as they spend the Days of Awe considering how to be better individuals, and parents, in 5776. While I frame my pitch around High Holiday resolutions, hopefully this concept works across the spectrum of observance, parental status and whatever else makes your situation just a little different.
So I say, get ahead of the ball this summer. Summer is not without its unique screen time challenges. More leisure time for kids can mean more time spent asking for the screen. The lure of an air-conditioned media room can be very seductive when the temperature and humidity climb. And travel can lead to lots more excuses to pull your phone out of your pocket. But on the flip side, consider this tale from my very own July vacation.
Eric and I were very lucky to spend four glorious days in Northern New Mexico celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. While we were in New Mexico, Eric's family generously looked after our girls, and took them on a fantastic camping adventure high in the Colorado mountains. A kind of wonderful thing occurred in both locations – we had very poor cell service. Forget the challenge (and sometimes stress) of disciplining yourself to use less media – on the whole, our screens didn't work. Not having the option to plug in was so nice that I used a trick to spend my vacation focused on, well, vacation. When a signal popped up, I put my phone in Airplane Mode. It simulated not having the option of technology (while still letting me snap a few pictures!) and helped me to focus on the task at hand – vacationing, taking in the beauty of my surroundings, and connecting with Eric.
Rocket science, I am sure, but a tip I plan to use again on a campground on Cape Cod, and in the woods of Maine. So I challenge you – take yourself to someplace without a signal, or, if that isn't your speed, put yourself in Airplane Mode. It won't radically change your use of technology, but it is a great way to experiment. And thankfully there are still tons of wonderful places where plugging in is off the table. Where will you go?
Counting our Blessings on the Last Shabbat of Summer Vacation
Happy Labor Day weekend! Every year, I anticipate Labor Day weekend with both a smile and a bittersweet taste in my mouth. It always brings some kind of fun celebration, but in so doing it marks the end of summer (a particularly big deal for those of us who live in New England). Unlike last year, when the Jewish New Year collided with the start of the school year, we still have a few weeks to go before Rosh Hashanah. But for parents of school-aged children, Labor Day marks a transition into another kind of new year. A new year of earlier school day wake-ups, school uniforms to keep clean, and new groups of teachers, parents and children to get to know.
We have had a lot of fun this summer. It was Ruthie's first summer at real "big kid" day camp, and a huge developmental period for Chaya. We had a great vacation in Maine, and a lot of weekend adventures. We made wonderful memories with family and friends.
As I prepare to for this last summer weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to count some of the blessings of the summer, and think about how I might carry them into the next three seasons. Here are some things I'll remember:
Those are a few of the gifts from our summer. What are yours?
Mourning, Consolation and Joy
The night before I left for my family vacation, I paid a shiva call to a friend who had just lost her sister. In the middle of my visit, a rabbi friend-of-the-family led those present through the first night's shiva minyan. Before we began the Mourner's Kaddish, the rabbi explained that this night was a very special Shabbat. It was Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Consolation. After the somber observance of Tisha B'Av, Shabbat Nachamu begins seven weeks of consolation, of shifting from mourning to comfort as we clear our minds and prepare for the New Year. It was a beautiful frame to put around this heartbreaking time, and gave those of us present a sense of purpose in being with my friend's family in that moment. It also fortified me as I prepared for my annual trip to the Maine lakes, a trip that my Mom organized for 29 years, including 2012, the year she, like my friend's sister, lost her life to cancer.
When I arrived at the lake, I sensed so many things that were missing, so many things to mourn. The plastic bins she packed neatly with games and crafts were missing, replaced by a mish-mash of last-minute items I had thrown into canvas bags. There was an empty seat around the campfire, and no easel set up on the dock, waiting for a sunset to paint. When I think of my mom in Maine, I see her smiling in the oversized neon green and blue plaid shirt she inherited from an old high school friend of mine, and her laughter echoes off of the lake. There are so many ways in which she is not there, and I mourn them all each year that I go up without her.
But this year I carried the rabbi's words about Shabbat Nachamu with me, and tried not to look back quite so much. There were consolations and small comforts all around me if I opened my eyes to the present. The beauty and tranquility of the lake are gifts that live on. My Dad, siblings, and our kids and partners are still a family: a family that treks hours through weekend summer traffic to be together, to cook hot dogs on an open flame and then to find a new stone to overturn – a new farm to visit, or a new craft project to undertake. I can see a paintable sunset and relish it, even if I can't paint it like my mom could. My nephew, whose entire life began after my Mom died, is making his way fiercely in the world and reminding me of how much of life remains for all of us to discover.
And then I found another new joy that surprised me. My girls are becoming friends. Not in the way it's been, where I can get Ruthie to distract Chaya with a book while I change my shirt, or where the girls sit beside each other at the table but interact on separate mental planes. A real friendship is blossoming between them, one which is uniquely theirs, and in which I am only a supporting character. While we were on vacation, they created their own games together, skipping rocks in the pond side-by-side and enlisting my sister and me for hours of "beauty salon" activities. They sought each other out to try new jokes and held hands in the backseat of the car. And there was nothing as consoling as this friendship, which has to be one of parenthood's greatest gifts.
One of my favorite Jewish notions is that of sacred continuity – that we must remember our past in order to best be in the present and plan for a better future. Shabbat Nachamu is a bridge from a recollection of loss to an appreciation of what is around us. During my week on the lake, I made a small pilgrimage over that bridge. And with the New Year approaching, I will carry the clarity I found in Maine and continue to seek out consolation and joy.
Celebrating Shabbat on Vacation
My family has a regular Shabbat observance. We either celebrate at home or attend our synagogue's family service and dinner. But while we religiously mark the Sabbath in Dallas, we are not very good about practicing this tradition when we're on vacation. In fact, when we're away we don't celebrate Shabbat at all.
My son Sammy keenly pointed out this fact during spring break. As we rode the chair lift to the top of a mountain in Colorado, he said, "Mommy, its Friday."
"I know, one more day of skiing," I responded.
"No, it's Friday," he said. "It's Shabbat!"
"Oh yeah," I said a little embarrassed that I had forgotten the significance of the day.
"How are we going to celebrate?" Sammy asked.
"Well, we don't have candles or matches and even if we did, I don't think it's safe to leave them burning in the hotel room while we're out or asleep," I answered. "We'll celebrate next week when we're at home."
"We can still say Shabbat Shalom," Sammy replied.
"You're right, we can do that," I said.
"Shabbat Shalom," we said together and gave each other a kiss.
It wasn't the most meaningful observance, but at least it was something.
After we got home and back into our regular Friday night routine I began to think about how we might maintain our ritual on vacation. I was motivated to find a way to do this before the start of our summer travels.
I knew packing candles and matches was out of the question since we would be flying, and buying Shabbat supplies at our destination would require too much effort. I wanted an easy and convenient solution. I wanted an app.
Now, I recognize that a Shabbat app is very…un-Shabbat. It's not exactly kosher to use an electronic device to mark a holiday on which you are meant to disconnect, but I decided to check my phone's app store anyway. To my surprise, I found several options including iShabbat.
I chose iShabbat because it was simple. It allowed me to "light" the candles by dragging a "flame" to the wicks and provided the words for the blessing in Hebrew, English and transliteration. A selection of traditional melodies such as Adon Olom and Sholom Aleichem could be played in the background while the candles "burned" over a two-hour period.
With app in hand we embarked on the first leg of our month-long vacation in mid-July. On a Friday night in Seattle we test-drove iShabbat in a park near Pike Place Market as we watched the sun set over Elliott Bay.
We opened the app, and Sammy lit the candles as we recited the blessing together. Then we played Sholom Aleichem and wished each other Shabbat Shalom as we took in the beautiful view. It was a meaningful way to mark our family tradition and ensure that we carry Shabbat with us on vacation.


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It's amazing how often we go through life just putting up with little things that bug us, or that we don't really like, just because we think they're "little" and therefore not worthy of our time and attention. I'm talking about everything from not having the right size round brush to properly do your hair, to driving around in a scroungy car because you don't want to spend the several hours it takes to get it detailed, to living with a broken drawer in the fridge that makes you want to scream every time you open the darn door to get some milk! (Why yes these are indeed all personal examples!) In the great scheme of things, of COURSE none of those little issues are a "big deal," right? But they can add up, and sometimes taking a little time or spending a little money to make a small upgrade can really make a BIG difference! To wit: when Spring (FINALLY) rolled around this year, instead of continuing to schlep around the gray leather bag I'd been carrying since what felt like the dawn of time and was seriously starting to hate with a passion, I actually went out and got myself a brand new, super cute leather tote bag that I TOT-ALLY LOVE. (Ha, see what I did there?) It's just the right size; I love the color scheme (bright and cheery for spring and summer), and it helps me feel just a little bit more put-together, even when I'm just dashing out to the grocery store or to pick my daughter up from school. This "little" upgrade — superficial as it may be — is really improving the quality of my life on a daily basis! Another "upgrade" I made recently is in the shower: thanks to the Schick Hydro Silk razor, which I was invited to review by the Schick team. My usual M-O is to use whatever razor I can find (sorry, Hubby!), and needless to say my legs are not always smooth and sexy as I would like. I do get to try out a lot of different types and brands of razor as an editor, and I can tell you The Hydro Schick is AWESOME, because it actually hydrates your skin as you're shaving it. I know. High tech! Shaving my legs with this baby is a dream, seriously. It has five "curve-sensing" blades, which work wonders for those tricky spots like the backs of your knees, as well as unique skin guards that smooth down your skin to keep it from getting irritated. I love it — and what a difference a "little" thing like that makes (especially now that it's shorts and bathing suit season!!!).
NOW, ladies, could YOU use an upgrade in some capacity of your life? I'm thinking … yes! (Seriously who can't?) Schick is offering a super fun contest where you'll get a chance to upgrade more than just your razor every single day through the end of June, with fabulous summer prizes in beauty, fashion, fitness and home decor. You'll also get a chance to win amazing experiences – from a luxurious spa retreat to a $3000 shopping spree – each time you enter to win one of Schick's daily upgrades.
HOW IT WORKS: Check out the Razorvention™ Revamp suite (on the Schick Hydro Silk Facebook page) and preview the week's giveaways. When you find an item you'd like to upgrade, "Like" the Facebook page and submit a photo that shows why YOU need that particular "upgrade," along with a short blurb to make your case. So for example, if the item is a designer bag, you can upload a picture of the ratty one you've been carrying around and tell Schick why you need their upgrade!
BONUS: To help your start their Razorvention™ Revamp, you will receive a link to a digital coupon for $4.00 off a Schick Hydro Silk razor or refill after entering for your first daily prize! At the end of each day, Schick Hydro Silk will select a winner.
At the end of each week, there will be an additional Grand Prize sweepstakes. Fans receive one entry into the Grand Prize giveaway for each daily prize they enter to win. You can receive an extra entry into the Grand Prize sweepstakes if you share their daily entry via Facebook, Twitter, Google + or Pinterest. What are you waiting for? You deserve an upgrade! (Your legs agree with me!)


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In the April 23 episode of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', Catherine re-examines her early case after the convicted felon declared he is not guilty of a murder.
Catherine laid a conviction based on little evidence and has to suffer the consequence. After a Sci-Fi induced episode on April 16, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" will revisit an old case when Catherine had her first few investigations.
A man, convicted felon in the murder, claims that the verdict was based on faulty forensic evidence. Catherine was solo in the case that happened back in 1991. She then has to re-examine the evidence, which only includes a print on the rock, with the assistance from Dr. Raymond Langston.
The episode called "If I Had a Hammer" airs April 23. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" star Henry Thomas, meanwhile, guest stars as the convicted felon, Jeremy Kent. His character reportedly learns everything about forensics after spending 20 years in prison and demands a trace back to his case.


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Two by Two
Lifelong marriage is a beautiful thing! Dennis reflects on two experiences that reminded him of this: attending a faith-filled wedding, and renewing his own vows at Sunday Mass.
Declining Rates of Catholic Weddings
Emily Macke discusses a trend among Americans today, especially the Millennial generation, who seem to be opting out of Church weddings,
Avoiding wedding photography mishaps
Note: the following is re-posted with permission from The Compass, the official newspaper for the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Original link here. A video on YouTube is making the rounds on photography websites and blogs. I decided to join the discussion here because it relates to photography in a religious setting. In the […]


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A national animal rights group has offered a cash-strapped school district an undisclosed amount of money if it allows ads in school promoting alternatives to animal dissection.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which has approached dozens of schools across with country with the offer, said it found out about the Kutztown School District's financial woes over the Internet.
The group recently sent a letter to Superintendent Nicholas Lazo Jr., offering to pay money if the school allows the posting of ads that say, "STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE. DO YOUR HOMEWORK - CHOOSE NOT TO DISSECT." Different versions of the ad feature rats, frogs and fetal pigs.
"We believe it is inappropriate for a school district to subject students to any such advertising," Lazo said in a statement, adding that PETA is "not the first entity to offer to provide something of value to the district in exchange for advertising access to our students."
Lazo also said Kutztown already makes available to its students "a computer-based dissection option that we have found to be very successful."
This week, amid community protests, the school board approved a $28 million budget that calls for the elimination of nearly 13 teaching positions.
PETA spokeswoman Ashley Gonzalez said the group has made similar offers to dozens of schools across the country in the past few years, but none has accepted. Some schools, however, have taken the group up on its offer of free software that allows students to perform digital "dissections," Gonzalez said.
"We are always on the lookout for schools that can benefit from our support," she said.
The group has not specified how much money it would provide to a school that allows ads to be posted, but said it would depend partly on how many ads were placed and in how many schools.
"We'd have to sit down with them and work out how much exposure we would get," Gonzalez said.