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The Emergency Medical Technician-1 (EMT-1) course consists of 152 hours, which includes 24 hours of emergency room/ambulance experience. The course prepares the student to perform basic emergency care as part of a mobile emergency team. It also provides the student with an understanding of the skills and assessment techniques needed to care for an ill or injured person in the prehospital setting.
Upon successful completion of the course, students are eligible to take an examination for certification as an Emergency Medical Technician 1.
EMT-1s are employed by ambulance companies and some private industries to provide emergency care in case of illness or injury. The course is required for ambulance personnel, the California Highway Patrol and many other first care providers.
Students may later choose to become paramedics.
This certificate complies with state requirements and ensures that the student has met the local EMS (Kern County authority) approval for county protocol training. It is also required for ambulance personnel and some other first care providers such as law enforcement and fire personnel. The certificate provides proof of successful completion of an approved EMT-1 program which is enforcement and fire personnel. The certificate provides proof of successful completion of an approved EMT-1 program which is necessary for the student to take the national licensure exam.
Students must complete the required course with at least a B grade.
Career Opportunities in Emergency Medical Technology
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Upon completion of the following courses with at least a 'C' grade in each course, the student will be awarded an Emergency Medical Technician 1 (EMT-1) Job Skills Certificate.
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Stephen Reid
chr.2 Oct 1853 Rathmines, County Dublin, Ireland
d.15 Jul 1935 Bronx, New York, United States
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Stephen Reid was baptised on 2nd October 1853 at Rathmines in County Dublin, a southern suburb of the city of Dublin. His parents were a mason and bricklayer named John Reid and his wife Julia Hanlon. Little is known about Stephen's childhood. His parents had moved about extensively in the decade or so prior to his birth, apparently following major railway-building projects, but after Stephen's baptism the family's next traced appearance is not until 1866, by which time he was 13. Between at least 1866 and 1875 the family lived at 8 Lower Kevin Street in Dublin.
In 1883, aged 29, Stephen emigrated. He sailed on the SS Belgravia, which picked up passengers at Liverpool, Cobh and Queenstown, but it is not recorded at which port he boarded. The Belgravia arried at New York on 12th June 1883. Stephen's sister Maria also emigrated to New York - Maria's husband Robert Kelly had emigrated in 1882 and Maria followed in August 1883, just a couple of months after her brother Stephen.
In America, Stephen settled initially in Manhattan in New York City. It was there that he married in 1885, aged 31, to Mary Shields. In 1888 trade directories show that Stephen was living at 646 Third Avenue and working as a bricklayer.
Stephen and Mary (who appears to have been also known as Marnie) had seven children, but four died young. By 1900 the family had moved to the Bronx, where they lived on East 161st Street. The family stayed on East 161st Street between at least 1900 and 1930, albeit living at three different addresses on the street.
In 1920, Stephen returned to Ireland for the first time since emigrating 37 years earlier. He stayed for over a year, returning to New York in 1921. On his return to America he said that his nearest relative in Ireland was his brother John Reid of Coole, Monasterevin, County Kildare, and that his nearest relative in America was his son Major J.S. Reid of the Bronx.
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Cape Town – Despite Australia being in the commanding position of 494 for seven after two days of cricket, South African bowler Kyle Abbott said the intervention of rain had made a draw more likely.
"It's always disappointing losing time in a game, especially a game of this nature," said Abbott after the second day of play in the third and final Test at Newlands, in Cape Town, on Sunday.
"The rain has slowed the game down a bit. A draw is more on the cards now, but we'll only see what happens after both teams have batted."
In the morning session, a period of tight bowling by the South Africans was spearheaded by Abbott. The right arm quick bowled six overs in the morning session, with five maidens at the cost of just a single run.
Abbott made reference to his debut in Centurion in February last year, where he picked up 7/29 in the first innings against Pakistan.
"A year ago I sat here where I had probably bowled exactly the same and had seven wickets behind my name," said Abbott.
"I probably bowled worse then. That's the great thing about this game, it humbles you very quickly."
The main protagonist on the day, however, was Australian captain Michael Clarke who ended 161 not out (301 balls, 17 fours) for the 27th century of his career.
"It's nice to make some runs, I was overdue," said Clarke who had gone 11 consecutive innings without scoring more than 24.
"Any time you make a hundred, you never have a bad one, I've enjoyed every single one. This was no different."
With three days remaining for Australia to force a result, Clarke said nothing but hard work would get them over the line.
"Hopefully the pitch continues to deteriorate and it plays more up and down.
"If there's sunshine, that happens with pitches all around the world. It's a very good batting wicket and we're going to have to bowl very well.
"We've got three extremely tough days ahead of us."
Australia had approached the 500 mark when the heavens opened after lunch at 2.14pm in the series decider.
With the series level at 1-1, the rain was timely for the hosts who had never beaten Australia in South Africa since readmission.
The one positive for the Proteas, aside from the rain, was the bowling of JP Duminy. The spinner was left on a hat-trick when the rain came down, and he returned figures of 4/73 from his 17 overs.
Duminy dismissed Brad Haddin (13) and Mitchell Johnson (0) off consecutive deliveries.
Clarke together with Steve Smith (84 runs, 155 balls, nine fours, three sixes) shared in a 184 run stand for the sixth wicket.
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While the recent Federal budget did not contain many earth-shattering changes, one very welcome announcement was the alteration of payment frequency for the Childcare Tax Rebate. That, of course, is the one whereby the government rebates to you up to 50% of your out-of-pocket childcare expenses if you meet a work test. You can read more information about the childcare rebate here.
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- Have the rebate paid directly into your bank account on a weekly basis.
- Remain on the current quarterly rebate.
- Claim the rebate annually through your tax return.
Having the rebate paid weekly rather than quarterly is potentially a fantastic way to ease the family cashflow. However Centrelink General Manager, Hank Jongen warns that time is fast running out for parents to change their payment frequency. "If parents receive the Child Care Rebate and want to change their payment option from 4 July, they'll need to contact us before 17 June," he said. "If we don't hear from customers by then, they'll simply keep their current payment option."
And unfortunately payment options cannot be changed throughout the financial year – whichever option you nominate by tomorrow is the option that you will keep until 30th June 2012.
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LUKE Donald will find out today if he has made Europe's Ryder Cup team.
The High Wycombe golf star hasn't made the team automatically and is relying on a wild card pick from captain Paul McGinley, due to be announced at 12.30.
Donald has played in four Ryder Cups, playing a leading role in helping Europe to victory on each occasion.
However, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are also vying with him for a pick - as is Scot Stephen Gallacher, who missed out on earning an automatic selection by a single shot with an heroic 65 at the Italian Open on Sunday.
That shot him up to third, but he needed to finish second to earn his place in McGinley's team.
His effort is still expected to be enough to convince McGinley though, leaving Donald, Westwood and Poulter fighting for the two remaining places.
McGinley said: "There's a lot of stats to be looked at and in the cold light of day, I'll sit down with the vice-captains and we'll assess everything and come up with three picks that are going to add to what is already an incredibly strong nine players."
The Ryder Cup takes place at Gleneagles from September 26-28.
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you invested $8000, part of it in stock that paid 12% annual interest. however, the rest of the money suffered a 5% loss. if the total annual income from both investments was $620, how much was invested at each rate?
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Furby is Back and Ready to Invade Christmas 2012
I had to have a Furby Christmas of 1999. It was the "must-have" toy that year, and every store was sold out, and back ordered. No one had one of those annoying, gibberish talking little creatures, and that was why I had to have one. I paid over $100 for my Furby back then.
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So it's been a while since I've posted anything... I'm a terrible blogger. I've been super busy helping my boyfriend with a new space he's opening (and which I'll post about later)
My boyfriend got these for me from a fashion show - they're hilarious, not sure how much wear I can get out of them though! Just really cheap shoes with gold chain, zipper and toy basketball stuck on the heel... apparently the stylist had a budget of $30/pair of shoes!
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1. Re: Verizon Cloud: How do you turn it off?anonymousinfinity Oct 5, 2013 11:30 AM (in response to anonymousinfinity)
... And because registering does not provide a User ID necessary for signing in, I don't know if I'll be able to provide any follow-up to this question.
If anyone can answer what is used for signing in that is a part of the registration process, that would be a big help.
2. Re: Verizon Cloud: How do you turn it off?Ann154 Oct 6, 2013 4:16 AM (in response to anonymousinfinity)
Have you looked through your MyVerizon online to see it there is a way there to turn it off? I don't use it myself so I don't know the steps.
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Is landlord responsible to pay for tenant who's failure to maintain the house?
I rent a house including the basement to a tenant (Ontario, Canada) for a year. She does not clean and ventilate the house, and this summer mold appeared on the walls of basement and bathroom. She accused it is landlord's responsibility to hire a professional cleaning company to clean the mold… or she would call Health Department.
What Health Department in Ontario will do on landlord? How can I do?
She did not tell me any flood there. There was a little leak on basement walls since it is quite common in older houses. But as long as the tenant keep ventilate basement and clean it often, mold should under control. I live in a newly build house, and my basement will have mold if I do not keep ventilate or dehumidifying.
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District 833 students to find their place on the bus
Gone are the days when a student nervously walks down the bus aisle searching for a place to sit.
Starting this school year, all District 833 school buses are implementing a seating chart as a way to better address safety.
"We want to be able to account for all the students that are on our school buses," said Ron Meyer, director of Transportation Services. "It's about knowing who's on the schools bus and knowing who's supposed to be on the school bus.
"It gives the bus drivers more tools to get the kids back home safe."
It was Meyer who first suggested the possibility of implementing a seating chart, since he has worked with seating charts in the past — both as a bus driver and as an administrator. Meyer previously worked for Eden Prairie Schools.
"One of our big goals is obviously to always be looking at student safety on our school buses," he said. "The bus ride is an extension of the school day."
Meyer and Bobbie Joson, transportation student safety manager, said the change was not implemented to address any specific behavior needs.
Meyer said the main goal of the school bus seating chart is twofold.
"It's an effort to help the driver know their kids easier," he said, "and it also allows the kids to know where they are going to be when they get on the bus, which kind of takes out some of that anxiety."
Joson said allowing the bus drivers to know the students can only be beneficial to students.
"If our bus drivers are being very purposeful about forming relationships," she said, "I can see that students would confide or talk with them and just have another adult in their life that is a role model for them."
Seating chart
The seating chart will not be going into effect until the end of September since the bus drivers will be responsible for developing the seating charts once they have gotten to know the students, Meyer said.
"It's not necessarily we're dictating where the kids have to sit before they even get on the bus," he said. "We understand that there are kids that are going to want to sit by their friends and this will not disallow that from happening.
"All it does is give the driver an opportunity to make sure kids are in a place where they can succeed on the bus."
Even though each individual bus driver will be working with students and parents to develop the seating chart, District 833 has a few overarching guidelines that it wants each bus driver to follow, Joson said.
On elementary buses, students in pre-kindergarten through first grade will be seated at the front of the bus, second through third grade will be in the middle of the bus and fourth and fifth graders will sit at the back of the bus.
For middle school, sixth-graders will be asked to sit in the front half of the bus and then seventh- and eighth-graders will fill in all other remaining seats.
Each student will be assigned a row number and either red or black, depending on which side of the aisle they will be sitting on.
High school buses will not have assigned seats given that a limited number of students ride the bus and students' schedules differ dramatically throughout the year due to afterschool activities.
Both Meyer and Joson said the new assigned seating will probably be an adjustment for students, but in the long run they hope it will prove to be successful.
"This is a positive change, it's not punitive," Joson said. "It's to help students succeed so that when they do get to school they are ready to learn.
"Once the kids see it in action, it will be different than what they think it will be — I think they will like the structure."
Meyer agrees.
"The one thing about kids is that they adapt really well," he said. "They'll end up enjoying and appreciating knowing where they are going to sit."


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Australians are growing wealthier but caring less about the environment and using more of the nation's precious natural resources.
Water use has increased dramatically in the past 20 years, agriculture has degraded soil and water quality and energy consumption has risen, a new report shows.
But fewer people care about the state of the environment, which has been ailing since European settlement, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report shows.
In 1992, three out of four Australians, or 75 per cent, expressed concern about environmental problems, but this fell to 62 per cent in 2001, with the biggest drop among people aged 18-24.
Income per person rose to $27,245 in 2000-01, from $21,000 in 1990-91, while national wealth rose to $127,329 per capita, from $118,000 a decade ago.
At the same time, water use rose dramatically.
Consumption of Australia's freshwater resources from lakes, rivers and underground rose to 23,300 gigalitres annually in 1996-97, from 14,600 GL in 1983-84.
States recorded air temperature rises of up to one degree Celsius in the past 50 years.
On the energy front, total energy consumption increased by 23 per cent during the 1990s as the population increased by under 10 per cent.
Reliance on transport is spilling greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, with Australia's transport-related carbon dioxide emissions four and a half times higher the world average.
The nation's 12.2 million cars account for 56.3 per cent of transport emissions.
Rivers carry higher than natural levels of sediment and nutrient, and the impact of agriculture has been severe in some areas.
An estimated 100 million hectares of forest and woodland has been cleared since European settlement, with land clearing causing wildlife extinctions.
Irrigation increased by 30 per cent, or more than half a million hectares, between 1990 and 2000 with Queensland leading the charge.
Australia is among the top 10 solid waste generators within the OECD, with landfill from household bins accounting for more than 95 per cent of solid waste disposal.
While the production of renewable energy sources, such as solar, remained relatively stable between 1973 to 1998, the production of non-renewable fuels showed an upward trend.
The good news is wind use is expected to grow by 25 per cent a year up to 2020, compared to 2.3 per cent growth for total energy consumption.
And farmers are more aware of their impact on the land, with increasing use of better irrigation and salinity abatement measures.
Households are also recycling more than they did in the 1990s, with 97 per cent of people practising at least some recycling, compared to 85 per cent a decade ago.
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James Marsters attending DragonCon 2010. James' official website confirmed today that he will once again be attending the conference being held September 3-5 2010 in Atlanta, GA.
I already have a ticket and my hotel room...but I am just super pleased to hear this news. He fits into so many of the panels now (BTVS,Smallville, Torchwood,Caprica), they'll all be fighting over him!
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Verdi's Rigoletto will never be the same, at least not in Winnipeg. Behind the scenes as Free Press columnist Doug Speirs - all six feet, five inches and 280 lbs - plays a feisty operatic debut with the Manitoba Opera. Video by Melissa Tait
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My husband saw this design and said it reminded him of his favorite cartoon. This hat is for him but I found I liked it too.
It's a fast knit and easy enough for a beginner to practice stranded knitting.
Yarn: Example shown is in Knit Picks Capra 85% Merino; 15% Cashmere; 123 yards/50g,
MC = 1 skein Caviar (Men's) or Platinum (Women's), CC = 1 skein Black
Needles: US Size 6 (4.0mm) and 8 (6.0mm) circulars and US Size 8 (6.0mm) dpns
Notions: 4 Stitch markers and a tapestry needle.
Sizes: S(M,L) to fit 18 (20, 22)" / 46 (51, 56)cm head circumference
A thank you to my tech editor KTLV for keeping me straight.
And a thank you to my tester Cathy at Knittingwithbeer who posted some lovely pictures.
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In the face of the recent Congressional Budget Office report asserting the U.S. economy could face further recession in 2013 amid a "fiscal cliff," the role of women as business owners and consumers has become downright critical to the American financial system.
The recession-driven entrepreneurism boom has resulted in women launching their own businesses at twice the rate of men, making this demographic an economic force to be reckoned with. Women are also the most dominant consumers influencing fully 85% of all household purchasing decisions, including half of products that would seem more oriented to men, such as automobiles, home improvement items, and consumer electronics. The impact of women in the marketplace must not be underestimated given the Bureau of the Census states that women currently outnumber men in the United States by six million.
With such incredible spending power in their hands, there are numerous ways women can help turn the economy around. Here are 5 key roles women will play:
1. Entrepreneur: Charles D. Vollmer, the founder of Jobenomics, noted the potential women have as entrepreneurs to help the economy: "This is the decade of women-owned businesses. They have greater financial needs and incentives. There are more qualified women with some even serving as heads of households. These women have more opportunities, are highly educated, and have fewer cultural barriers." From women creating businesses through crafts and their artistry, using sites like Etsy and Pinterest, to generate interest and build a following to women starting up all types of businesses, including high-tech companies, consumer goods, and children's wares, the female entrepreneur is generating innovative ideas and creating companies that are putting people to work and stimulating the economy through revenues.
2. Talent Value: Statistics show nearly eight million jobs have been lost by men and, for the first time in this nation's history, women now hold a majority of the nation's jobs. In 2006, a database was created that measured the economic and political power of women in 162 countries. The conclusion was the greater the power of women, the greater the country's economic success. Women's talent in the workplace is beginning to be accepted by more companies that are looking for specific first-hand knowledge about today's top consumer – women – and are recognizing the value of specific feminine traits that bode well in the corporate culture, including a nurturing attitude, open and ongoing communication, and a collaborative spirit, which are driving motivation and higher productivity.
3. Advisor: Women are also now being targeted by boards to join and offer their insights about how women think and make decisions about purchases. Those that have added women as board members are also realizing greater financial success. Catalyst's 2010 statistics conclude that companies with a significant percentage of women on their boards performed better than those with no women on their boards—by 84% return on sales, 60% return on invested capital, and 46% return on equity. As Monique Nadeau, President and CEO of the Hope Street Group explained, "[B]ecause women overwhelmingly hold the consumer purchasing power in our country, whether we're talking about individuals or households, their understanding of the market allows them to start businesses with a high degree of insight about both their potential customers and competitors."
4. Consumer: Women are the most influential consumers. Contributing to the total $7 trillion in consumer and business spending in America, women influence 85% of all purchasing decisions, including half of products that would seem more oriented to men, such as automobiles, home improvement items, and consumer electronics. The impact that women have on our nation's market alone is substantial. For products related to home life, it's been reported that moms represent a $2.4 trillion market. With so much buying power, it makes sense to target them and listen to what they want for themselves and their families.
5. Mentor: Serving as mentors to younger women and offering guidance to help them on the road to success at an early age is breeding new generations of women who will sustain the economy once it recovers. Whether it is offering internships at their companies, speaking to young people in school and university settings, establishing scholarships to help female students or encouraging female employees to bring their daughters to work for a day, women can mentor those women who will lead the economic success in future decades and encourage a powerful proactive mindset in generations to come.
With such a large impact, women are an undeniable factor in the U.S. economy. It's been said in comic book lore that "with great power comes great responsibility," but no truer statement has ever been spoken on the topic. It's vital for today's women at work and at home to be prepared, educated, equipped and empowered for the task at hand.
Visionary and lauded business accelerator Michelle Patterson is CEO of EventComplete—a full service event management company. She also serves as Executive Director of the largest women's symposium in North America: the California Women's Conference (www.californiawomensconference.com) that has featured esteemed First Ladies, A-list Hollywood celebrities, and high caliber business influencers. Michelle may be reached online at www.eventcomplete.com.


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Local teams look to get into win column this week
Last week was a rough one for many of the northern area teams. After suffering losses, Pine-Richland, Shaler and Hampton look to rebound, and Vincentian looks to build from its first program win. All games are played at 7:30 p.m. on Friday unless otherwise noted.
Pine-Richland (1-2) vs North Allegheny (3-0)
North Allegheny has had no trouble at all this season, scoring an average of 44 points and allowing an average of eight points. For the Rams to pull off the upset, the team must contain NA quarterback Mack Leftwich and hope its sophomore quarterback, Ben DiNucci, can keep finding C.J. Jackson in the end zone. DiNucci and Jackson have hooked up for a score every week thus far.
"Ben and I took time together this summer (to build a rapport on the field)," Jackson said. "We still toss the ball around after everyone else has left practice."
Jackson said games against NA are always good, and the team has taken extra time to scout the two-time defending WPIAL champions.
"We need this game," Jackson said. "We like to play the NA powerhouse. We will see how it goes."
Shaler (0-3) vs Peters Township (2-1)
The Titans and Indians had rough outings last week and look to get back on track Friday. Shaler coach Chris Siegle said his team is taking baby steps right now, and he is not panicking because he knows to build this program right, "it takes time."
Quarterback Brad Good is progressing, according to Siegle (as are players at the other positions), and his continued development is important to the team's success.
As for this week, Siegle said the motto has not changed.
"It comes down to work ethic and tempo," Siegle said. "Coach (Rich) Piccinini will have his team ready."
Hampton 2-1 vs Laurel Highlands(0-3)
Hampton suffered its first loss of the season but looks ready to get back into the win column with this 7 p.m. home game.
Vincentian (1-2) at Carmichaels (2-1)
The Royals earned the first win in program history and look to take advantage of the momentum. In addition to the win, Vincentian coach Tim Storino was happy nobody got injured last week.
"For us to win this week, we can't turn the ball over," Storino said. "We didn't last week, so we want to play a clean game and play mistake-free."


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Drawn Together/The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist (2)
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The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist (2) is the first episode of the second season of Drawn Together, and the ninth episode overall.
Guest Stars: Cree Summer (Strawberry Sweetcake)
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The Season 1 cliffhanger continues as the cast crash lands on a supposedly deserted island. Everyone, except for Toot, makes it safely back to the house, where they immediately interview potential new roommates, including Scorpion from the video game Mortal Kombat. They settle on Strawberry Sweetcake. When Walldoor discovers who is moving in, he flips out; Strawberry's people lived in harmony with the Sockbats, but after a strawberry drought the Sweetcakes massacred the Sockbats. Meanwhile, Toot has been beached on the deserted island, and decimates the native population through their sacrifices. Strawberry makes friends with Walldoor, and once she gains his trust, she almsot tricks him into the same fate as his ancestors. Fortunately, the return of Toot foils her plan.
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Moron Tries to Pick Fights at SXSW and Gets Knocked Out with One Punch [VIDEO]
This idiot was fouling up the party vibe during SXSW down in Austin by trying to pick fights with the crowd, until someone stepped up and shut him down… with one punch.
Some might say it was a "sucker-punch" that knocked him out. I say "So what"? The guy had it coming… he actually struck a few people, and the guy in grey did what needed to be done.
I don't know what is more embarrassing for this guy… that he was knocked out with one punch, or that the police arrested him and hauled him away in a golf cart… watch.


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For a long while now WebKit (derived from KHTML) has been marching towards being the dominant rendering engine of the web. Competing against Microsoft Corp.'s (
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But today Google shook up the browser tree, announcing that it would be branching Chromium's rendering engine off of WebKit. The new engine will be dubbed "Blink". What's more Opera has already announced that it will be joining the new effort.
Apple appears unlikely to make the switch. It's unclear whether BlackBerry will.
Google says its main reason for jumping to a new branch is because it uses a more complex multi-process model than Apple -- the other biggest WebKit contributor. Google's Adam Barth
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The change won't happen overnight, but the jump means that the engine behind Chrome (Blink) and WebKit will gradually drift apart.
II. Practicality or a Competitive Maneuver?
Alex Russell, another Google Chrome engineer, reemphasizes this point, predicting that coverage on Blink will be full of "tripe we're about to sell each other as 'news.'" He writes that the two major drivers of the switch were development time and processing speed. He
Why couldn't those cycle-time-improving changes happen inside WebKit? After all, much work has happened in the past 4 years (often by Googlers) to improve the directness of WebKit work: EWS bots, better code review flow, improved scripts and tools for managing checkins, the commit queue itself. The results have been impressive and have enabled huge growth and adoption by porters. WebKit now supports multiple multi-process architecture designs, something like a half-dozen network stack plug-ins, and similar diversity at every point where the engine calls back to outside systems for low-level implementation (GPU, network, storage, databases, fonts…you name it). The community is now committed to enabling porters, and due to WebKit's low-ish level of abstraction each new port raises the tax paid by every other port.
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Content API boundary
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In other words, aside from the process model, another place where Apple and Google's objectives differ is platform support. Google supports many platforms -- Apple supports only one. Google wants to go back to the drawing board and better encapsulate the platform implementations to prevent them from slowing the overall engine.
Google is leaving Apple on its lonesome to develop WebKit. [Image Source: Google]
But as much as Mr. Russell emphasizes practical necessities, there is one implication that's at least an interesting coincidence, to say the least: Google branching away from the core WebKit is a major blow to Apple.
For some time now Apple could rely on Google to make WebKit as fast and reliable as possible. Apple, thus, effectively gained a better Safari for Macs and i-devices thanks, in part, to Google's labors. Now it will have to go it alone.
Google may say the move is mere practicality -- and it certain does offer a strong justification in support of that claim. But the branch is yet one more instance of how Google and Apple --
once close allies
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In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, the attorney of Federal District Judge Mark F. Fuller (11th Circuit, Alabama, Middle District) says Fuller was simply "defending himself" against his wife when she called 911, said she was being beaten, requested an ambulance, and was then found bloodied by police in an Atlanta hotel room in August of 2014.
That claim would appear to be at odds with the available audio evidence from the 911 call, segments of which were aired on MSNBC last year, and since obtained in full by The BRAD BLOG via public records request from the Atlanta Police Department. We publish the audio, in full, below for the first time, as it appears to contradict new claims by Fuller's attorney.
The interview with the LATimes also appears to confirm that the special five-judge panel convened by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to investigate the disturbing incident and make recommendations for action to that Circuit Court's Judicial Council is investigating very similar claims of domestic violence and substance abuse made by Fuller's first wife Lisa during their 2012 divorce proceedings.
According to the paper's Timothy M. Phelps, Fuller's Birmingham attorney "and longtime friend" Barry Ragsdale explained during a lengthy recent interview that the incident last summer which led to the arrest of Fuller at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Atlanta began after Fuller's current wife Kelli accused the judge of having an affair with his law clerk. That claim is consistent with the initial police report, though Ragsdale --- who has also dismissed allegations of infidelity and abuse made by Fuller's first wife as little more than "nonsense" and "gossip" --- goes a bit farther in defense of the judge this time...


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In 2012 I had an unexpected pregnancy with my at the time boyfriend. We lived in a vary small effency apartment. His father had just moved out then his big brother moved in. He promised when he moved in he would be out before the baby and that he would rarly ever be there. It took him 6 months to find a job, and he was always there and rarly left. When we left he would follow us. Both my babydaddy and i are musicians, and so isnt his brother. So they set up a recording studio in our already tight space and they recorded during my whole pregnancy. Also they were always gone fishing. My babydaddy also has a big problem with drinking and ciggeretts. He drank almost every day of my pregnancy and after. He was extreamly abusive in the beggining of my pregnancy but i didnt have the heart to leave becuase i always had faith that he would be so much more. After i had the baby i didnt get much help, i was up all night and all day then at four weeks post partum i went back to work after his brother harrassing me for needing help during my pregnancy with my phone bill. then i also picked up two more jobs and was going to school. i litterally got four hours of sleep if that every night. The boys would keep the baby and i up all hours of the night. My babydaddy would always come home talking about some pretty girl or telling me how bad my stomach looked and how i wasnt pretty any more. I finally started talking to other men. It got to the point were i just let my self go and ended up sleeping with an old friend which i felt so guitly about. I ended up getting sick of everything and knew something was seriously wrong if i would do somthing like that cause thats nothing like me. So i called my mom and packed my things and moved in with her on feb 3rd. later that night i told him what i had done. everythings a mess. He calles me harrassing me everynight and telling me to kill myself or that i'm ugly and so many other horrible things, but the truth is i miss him, i miss laying with him, i miss the vary little good times that we had and i dont want him to have that with anyone elce. I promised him i would never ask for child support as long as he helped out, and hes not, hes not giving me a cent for vanessa. I dont know how to move on. What do I do!!!!
You need to get a restraining order he is not a good person. You miss what you had not what he became and you need to focus on your little one now. You did the right thing by moving her out of that situation. Apply for child support and keep everything document document document!!!
Stay away from him. You can take care of your child without his help. If you go back it will get worse.
Stay strong for your baby girl. She deserves to be in a better environment.
I agree with this. You need to file for support, and if he doesn't stop the emotional abuse then you need to get an r.o.
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You need to get a restraining order he is not a good person. You miss what you had not what he became and you need to focus on your little one now. You did the right thing by moving her out of that situation. Apply for child support and keep everything document document document!!!
You're still mourning the loss of the relationship - that's natural. But are the "very little good times" as you say even worth the emotional abuse he's doing to you? How do you think it would be to have your little girl grow up in an environment where her mother is constantly being belittled?
As hard as it will be, move on from him and focus on yourself & your daughter. Take him for CS to support your daughter and know you both deserve someone who's not a douche.


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The mothballed boards of an indoor soccer facility in Headingley have found a new home in Minnedosa.
The cost? Nothing more than a charitable tax receipt for $25,000.
Neil Hiebert, president of Brookdale Properties, acquired the Cover-All Sportsplex as part of a deal for land across the Trans-Canada Highway, where his company is partnering on a residential development. He managed to sell off the structure to an industrial storage company planning to tear it down this fall and rebuild it in Winnipeg, but he wasn't able to find a buyer for the boards.
Then Minnedosa community volunteer Wes Barrett saw the story in last week's Free Press outlining Hiebert's problem, and he jumped all over it. He went to Headingley, checked the boards out, confirmed they could also be used for hockey and consummated a deal the same day.
The boards won't be put into use right away, however. The town is exploring options to replace its 60-year-old indoor rink. When a new $9-million facility is built, hopefully sometime in the next couple of years, the boards will be brought out of storage.
They will be used for hockey in the winter and baseball and soccer in the summer, he said.
"Our hockey numbers and participation are not growing, but these other activities that we didn't grow up with are definitely strong. We have a strong rugby program. The plan is to use the facility year-round and have all the amenities in it," Barrett said.
Hiebert was also very happy.
"It will save Minnedosa a bundle of money, and we found a home for the boards. It's the best possible outcome," he said.
The boards were originally purchased in 2004 for $118,000, but they haven't seen any action for a couple of years. Barrett estimated it would cost $200,000 to buy new rink boards today.
The Minnedosa group is taking the boards down this week, a process that will take two or three days, and will then take them on the highway.
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A sing-along video clip of 'Hamlet 2' main musical number, 'Rock Me Sexy Jesus', has been unleashed by Focus Features.
In support to the upcoming comedy "Hamlet 2", Focus Features have brought forth a video clip of the movie's center musical piece, "Rock Me Sexy Jesus". What makes it even more special is that it is presented in a sing-along format enabling fans to double the fun.
Described to be a twisted "Grease" meets "Jesus Christ Superstar" musical interlude, "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" clip displays the scene in which Dana Marschz's drama students and himself perform this musical number during the stage play. In lights of typical video clip for a movie, the sing-along footage also let out scenes from the irreverent comedy.
Directed by "Nancy Drew" helmer Andrew Fleming, "Hamlet 2" centers its story on a failed actor-turned-lousy drama teacher, Marschz. When one day he learns that his drama department is about to be shut down, he comes out with an idea to save it, staging a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Posing Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Elisabeth Shue, David Arquette and Amy Poehler as the stars, the tidbit has been a hit at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It is set to be released at the big screen on August 29.


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I am still rolling forward on my to kill a king dungeon. To help me out, I purchased a GameMastery flip-mat. I have quite a collection of these now. I have: the City Market, the Keep, the Bandit Outpost, the Arena and two Basic Flip-Mats; these pretty much cover all the bases in my home game; if I need a dungeon map in a pinch I grab these. The King of Northern Jelling is not as wealthy as he should be, so his place is meager compared to his sister's to the south, this makes the Keep map perfect for his crib.
I found the maps useful for my home games and I think the Keep map will work. Of course there will be a dungeon under the keep that I will draw out if needed.
An interesting point; just looking at the map, I wonder how well defended is the king from enemies in his own home. If my party decides to be the assassins what chance does this guy have? How do rulers in a world of pathfinder adventurers stay in charge and alive. Should I really be concerned?
Sorry King I put you in your throne room with 6 9th level PCs; all dead set putting you in the dead book.
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|Xigmatek Utgard CPC-T90DB-U01 Computer Case
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Cases
|Written by Steven Iglesias-Hearst
|Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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Closer Look: Interior
Lets now have a look at the inside of the Xigmatek Utgard and see whats good and whats not so good.
Xigmatek have used the same securing method to attach the front panel to the chassis as they did with the Midgard, which works, but in my opinion is very cheap and requires you to tug quite hard in order to remove it. I had first thought that the only possibility for mounting a front intake fan was in the HDD caddy but upon closer inspection I noticed that there are fan mounting holes for two intake fans size options are 120mm, 90mm and 80mm. The metal brackets are removable and have tabs on the ends that allow you to re-attach it to the chassis. The mesh bay covers are also removable and therefore swappable so if you want a nice clean look then you can do away with either the 5.25" to 3.5" adapter piece or the badged piece too.
The Xigmatek Utgard has room inside for ATX / Micro ATX motherboards and has a super large cut out for easy CPU backplate access. The important inner dimensions of the Utgard are as follows; 18.5cm from Motherboard tray to side panel, 30cm from the PCI backplates to 5.25" bays. The orange is a very nice contrast to the otherwise dark black chassis. There are a total of six cut-out's for cable routing, they don't have rubber grommets, but they don't need them as the finish around these cut-outs is very good as are all edges inside the chassis, no danger of cutting yourself in here.
removing the back panel gives you the access required to route all of those wires out of sight, Xigmatek have had the foresight here to give a 1/2 inch gap between the motherboard tray and side panel for the thick bundles of cable you might want to hide behind here.
Installed in the second from top 5.25" bay, is this 5.25" to 3.5" adapter. Intended for floppy drives or flash card readers or any other 3.5" devices you may have. Unfortunately this isn't intended for use with a HDD as the mounting holes are just slightly off. You may ask why I would want to install a HDD here, so read on to find out why.
Here we have the HDD caddy which converts three 5.25" bays into a place to hold four 3.5" HDD's. This is the worst point about the Utgard case, allow me to explain. After installing all my hardware in the case I tried to remove the HDD caddy but found that the motherboard blocked me from withdrawing the caddy to the inside of the case, this meant that I had to take it out the front, which in turn meant that I had to remove three of the 5.25" metal plates, which was very difficult to do as thay are attached to the plate above and the plate below as well as attached to the chassis at each side too. In the end I resorted to using tin snips to remove the first one, after that it wasn't too difficult (good job I can screw them back in place). In short I had to deconstruct the front of the case to withdraw the caddy.
Once the caddy was removed I tried to insert a HDD into it, this proved very difficult as the rubber grommets installed to reduce vibration made it an extremely tight fit. Once i had managed to force a HDD in I came across my next problem - securing it in place, the screws provided with the Utgard are just that bit too short to go through the grommets and screw into the HDD, so now my HDD is sitting inside the caddy (while very tight and snug) unsecured until I can source some longer screws. All in all I was messing around for half an hour which was longer than it took to put in all my other hardware into the case. Also should you fill this caddy with drives you will also be restricting air intake to your case as this is the only intake fan, which is probably the reason behind the design change from the Midgard HDD rack to the current setup seen here in the Utgard, and will require you to install a second intake fan to provide efficient airflow.
This is the bundled accessory package that comes with the Xigmatek Utgard which consists of a black and white illustrated instruction manual in various languages, three cable management clips, one of which you can see in use on the first photo on this page, two rubber grommets for use with the water cooling knock-out'son the back of the case and last but not least a selection of different screws and standoffs all contained within the black carboard box.
As said though the HDD caddy is a bugger to work with, very difficult to pull out and actually fitting HDD's in it can be a pain too.
The front panel on the other hand is appalling, the power button had a cheap feel to it, the knobs are poorly made and on mine, has a faulty contruction. For starters there was no cable for the HDD activity LED, attaching USB devices causes the power connection to the B set of fans to become unreliablek, it also becomes extremely hot where (I guess) the resistor is.
Shame really as otherwise for the money this is a very good case.
Xigmatek seem to be having problems with quality control.
So far, quite worrying, but hopefully there won't be any more problems!
surely the makers of this case should take into account that the power connector on certain motherboards are not all in the same position, or is there an extention that's available to allow me to secure my power supply into position?.
However, I have never had a problem with the main (24-pin) cable and connector. Where is it located on your motherboard? Can you bypass the behind-the-tray routing and gain some length that way?
There are extension cables available to buy, if you don't want to go to the trouble of makiing one:
frozencpu.com/products/3224/psu-174/12_24-pin_ATX_Extension_Ca ble.html
Subsequently, it fails no matter how i try to configure my 'Realtek HD Audio Manager', also tried to use different headphone without success.
The controlling fan speed knobs are very hot to touch, hopefully it wouldn't fail later on due to heat stress.


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Do Not Eat any Pacific Seafood and to Consider Moving to the Southern Hemisphere, at Least 15 Degrees South of the Equator –
Alexandra Bruce
December 20, 2013
In a two-hour July 2013 interview with an atmospheric scientist and planetary risk consultant, we learn that the Fukushima catastrophe is ongoing, that the US government is lying to us about our exposure to radiation and its attendant impact, and that our Food "Safety" agencies have raised allowable levels of radiation by more than 400%. These are the extracts from that interview.
Simon Atkins, PhD, DSc, warns not to eat any Pacific seafood and to consider moving to the Southern Hemisphere, at least 15 degrees south of the equator.
In a more staid presentation in March (not shown here), Steven Starr, MT (ASCP) presented detailed information on the impacts of the Fukushima catastrophe on the human body, in terms any intelligent lay person can comprehend.
Steven Starr, MT (ASCP), is a medical laboratory scientist at the University of Missouri, with expertise in nuclear proliferation and its environmental impacts, and is also a senior scientist at Physicians for Nuclear Responsibility.
His speech entitled, "The Implications of Massive Radiation Contamination of Japan with Radioactive Cesium" and was given at the Cinema Forum Fukushima symposium in New York City March 11-12, 2013. The event was co-sponsored by The Helen Caldicott Foundation and PNR.
Any increase in disease or death resulting from these continued radiation spikes will more than likely be blamed on causes other than radiation, effectively covering up the severity of the situation. The radiation component of radiation-induced heart disease, organ failure, and cancer, for example, will be simply ignored, and any increase in deaths, particularly among the elderly, declared nothing unusual.
The New York Academy of Medicine's Fukushima Symposium made it crystal clear that there has been a deliberate effort by Japanese government, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the Obama administration, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) to downplay the long term health consequences of nuclear fallout, especially to children. Instead of backtracking on the billions of dollars he approved to subsidize TEPCO to build more US nuclear power plants, Obama is participating in an international cover-up to conceal the serious long term dangers of this technology.
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Anal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the anus.
The anus is the end of the large intestine, below the rectum, through which stool (solid waste) leaves the body. The anus is formed partly from the outer, skin layers of the body and partly from the intestine. Two ring-like muscles, called sphincter muscles, open and close the anal opening to let stool pass out of the body. The anal canal, the part of the anus between the rectum and the anal opening, is about 1½ inches long.
The skin around the outside of the anus is called the perianal area. Tumors in this area are skin tumors, not anal cancer.
Risk Factors
Being infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) can affect the risk of developing anal cancer.
Risk factors include the following:
- Being over 50 years old.
- Being infected with human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Having many sexual partners.
- Having receptive anal intercourse (anal sex).
- Frequent anal redness, swelling, and soreness.
- Having anal fistulas (abnormal openings).
- Smoking cigarettes.
Signs and Symptoms
Possible signs of anal cancer include bleeding from the anus or rectum or a lump near the anus.
These and other symptoms may be caused by anal cancer. Other conditions may cause the same symptoms. A doctor should be consulted if any of the following problems occur:
- Bleeding from the anus or rectum.
- Pain or pressure in the area around the anus.
- Itching or discharge from the anus.
- A lump near the anus.
- A change in bowel habits.
Tests that examine the rectum and anus are used to detect (find) and diagnose anal cancer.
The following tests and procedures may be used:
- Physical exam and history: An exam of the body to check general signs of health, including checking for signs of disease, such as lumps or anything else that seems unusual. A history of the patient's health habits and past illnesses and treatments will also be taken.
- Digital rectal examination (DRE): An exam of the anus and rectum. The doctor or nurse inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the lower part of the rectum to feel for lumps or anything else that seems unusual.
- Anoscopy: An exam of the anus and lower rectum using a short, lighted tube called an anoscope.
- Proctoscopy: An exam of the rectum using a short, lighted tube called a proctoscope.
- Endo-anal or endorectal ultrasound: A procedure in which an ultrasound transducer (probe) is inserted into the anus or rectum and used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal tissues or organs and make echoes. The echoes form a picture of body tissues called a sonogram.
- Biopsy: The removal of cells or tissues so they can be viewed under a microscope by a pathologist to check for signs of cancer. If an abnormal area is seen during the anoscopy, a biopsy may be done at that time.
Certain factors affect the prognosis (chance of recovery) and treatment options.
The prognosis (chance of recovery) depends on the following:
- The size of the tumor.
- Where the tumor is in the anus.
- Whether the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.
- The treatment options depend on the following:
- The stage of the cancer.
- Where the tumor is in the anus.
- Whether the patient has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- Whether cancer remains after initial treatment or has recurred.
After anal cancer has been diagnosed, tests are done to find out if cancer cells have spread within the anus or to other parts of the body.
The process used to find out if cancer has spread within the anus or to other parts of the body is called staging. The information gathered from the staging process determines the stage of the disease. It is important to know the stage in order to plan treatment. The following tests may be used in the staging process:
CT scan (CAT scan): A procedure that makes a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body, taken from different angles. The pictures are made by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. A dye may be injected into a vein or swallowed to help the organs or tissues show up more clearly. This procedure is also called computed tomography, computerized tomography, or computerized axial tomography. For anal cancer, a CT scan of the pelvis and abdomen may be done.
Chest x-ray: An x-ray of the organs and bones inside the chest. An x-ray is a type of energy beam that can go through the body and onto film, making a picture of areas inside the body.
Endo-anal or endorectal ultrasound: A procedure in which an ultrasound transducer (probe) is inserted into the anus or rectum and used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal tissues or organs and make echoes. The echoes form a picture of body tissues called a sonogram.
There are three ways that cancer spreads in the body.
The three ways that cancer spreads in the body are:
- Through tissue. Cancer invades the surrounding normal tissue.
- Through the lymph system. Cancer invades the lymph system and travels through the lymph vessels to other places in the body.
- Through the blood. Cancer invades the veins and capillaries and travels through the blood to other places in the body.
When cancer cells break away from the primary (original) tumor and travel through the lymph or blood to other places in the body, another (secondary) tumor may form. This process is called metastasis. The secondary (metastatic) tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if breast cancer spreads to the bones, the cancer cells in the bones are actually breast cancer cells. The disease is metastatic breast cancer, not bone cancer.
The following stages are used for anal cancer:
Stage 0 (Carcinoma in Situ)
In stage 0, abnormal cells are found in the innermost lining of the anus. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue. Stage 0 is also called carcinoma in situ.
Stage I
In stage I, cancer has formed and the tumor is 2 centimeters or smaller.
Stage II
In stage II, the tumor is larger than 2 centimeters.
Stage IIIA
In stage IIIA, the tumor may be any size and has spread to either:
- lymph nodes near the rectum; or
- nearby organs, such as the vagina, urethra, and bladder.
Stage IIIB
In stage IIIB, the tumor may be any size and has spread:
- to nearby organs and to lymph nodes near the rectum; or
- to lymph nodes on one side of the pelvis and/or groin, and may have spread to nearby organs; or
- to lymph nodes near the rectum and in the groin, and/or to lymph nodes on both sides of the pelvis and/or groin, and may have spread to nearby organs.
Stage IV
In stage IV, the tumor may be any size and cancer may have spread to lymph nodes or nearby organs and has spread to distant parts of the body.
Recurrent anal cancer is cancer that has recurred (come back) after it has been treated. The cancer may come back in the anus or in other parts of the body.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 3/12/2010 (2451 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I continue to learn how the education system works, through the eyes of a parent.
I'm in my 19th year of learning on the job, going right back to that first day of nursery at Ecole Robert H. Smith School.
It's different when the kids are adults, of course, and in many ways more difficult, because they're making their own decisions.
I've written before in the paper about professional schools, mainly the fees and the proposals to gain exemptions from government caps on tuition, occasionally on new buildings and capacity and waiting lists.
What I'm seeing now are the conundrum and the tension for students who've applied to several universities as graduate students and awre watching the mail each day for acceptance letters.
There's no uniform date for universities to accept applications for graduate or professional school, which all carry a fairly hefty fee just for filing. Some universities offer acceptance almost immediately to the cream of the crop, some have a second round, or a third round, setting a deadline date for the initial offers to be accepted and then going to the second or third tier of applicants when they know how many spots remain.
One university has a date by which offers must be accepted, which precedes the date by which another university says it will get back to applicants. Another offers a spot, and sets an acceptance date several months away.
If students don't make the short list, it must be agonizing to wait until well into the spring or summer to know whether they'll be offered a spot for next September. Or if their primary choice has not been heard from, but there's something on the table from another school that must be accepted before word comes from the preferred school.
And then there's money. Universities send out oodles of information about the huge pots of money they have available, scholarships and bursaries galore, but students don't find out if they're getting any of that cash until they accept the offer and commit to the school.
One family friend now in first year of a professional school learned this August what financial aid he'd receive for the semester just weeks before starting classes.
Anyway, things seem to be working out well.
You can look off to the right there on the website, where it lists my favourite blogs, and click on Crazy Guy on a Bike, and when child the elder is good and ready, maybe he'll post something about his plans for next year.
Speaking of which......
I've never met Kurt Beach, who's a senior police officer in Smithfield, Virginia, where I've never been, but I hope to meet him some day.
Beach is one of the many people who've been unbelievably kind and generous to child the elder as he bicycles around the U.S.
Our son had been advised prior to the trip that if he reaches a town for the night, and has no place prearranged to stay, and there's no public campground, that he go to the police station and ask where it's both legal and safe to put up his tent.
And it's worked, several times.
Beach was on duty when our son arrived in Smithfield the day before American Thanksgiving. You can read about it on his journal, how Beach arranged that our son could camp behind the church in which he's a member, then invited him along to a huge community feast, following which child the elder discovered that he and Beach share an affinity for the Duke Blue Devils basketball team. I like to think that it's because Duke appears to be a school at which varsity athletes are expected to not only attend class, but to excel academically.......
Anyway, when we heard about all this, I was curious and Googled Kurt Beach. A remarkable man, indeed.
As a rookie police officer, Beach tried to save a dying baby by mouth-to-mouth. It led to hepatitis C, and a couple of years ago, Beach was dying, in desperate need of a liver transplant. The extensive news coverage of his plight, and how the time that had elapsed before his illness was detected left him ineligible for compensation, and having to raise money privately, tell you volumes about health care in the U.S.
He got the transplant. I've watched the TV news coverage on YouTube of Beach's arrival home from the hospital to his family....such tremendous people our son is meeting.
On to other things......
I was in a high school this week, classes were changing, a kid gave me a really weird look in the hall. Yes, I know I look familiar, and you just can't place me in this context, me wearing a tie and jacket. Try picturing me with a whistle.
Seamless segue.....
I finally got denounced by Black Rod this week. That's the local blog written by a group of very bitter and angry people, who go into massive detail about how allegedly incompetent and corrupt that local journalists and politicians are, writing this vitriol while hiding safely behind anonymity.
In my case, BR found me monumentally incompetent and stupid.
BR may very well be right, but let me make a suggestion......when grown-ups publish something, they take responsibility and put their names on what they write.
Yes, I know, that guarantees that I'll get another blog entry, and I'm betting that this time I'll be corrupt.
On to another topic.......
The obits this week on Leslie Nielsen concentrated on his comedic skills, but Nielsen made his early mark as a rock-jawed, stereotypical 50s hero. I was eight when my family made its weekly trip in 1956 to the Golden Mile theatre in Scarberia, and I sat mesmerized watching Forbidden Planet, the classic deep-space version of The Tempest that so forever unleashed my imagination.
Nielsen was Commander J.J. Adams, the first great starship captain, and the man on whom James T. Kirk was modelled.
The greatest starship captains are all Canadians, of course, Patrick Stewart notwithstanding, and how much better would Voyager have been had Genevieve Bujold not backed out of the role? But I digress.
I wish there'd been an outtakes reel to capture Nielsen's quips on the set as he pointed his blaster at the invisible creature on Altair 4, or surveyed the underground Krell city, or asked Dr. Morbius in all heroic earnestness about monsters from the id. But Nielsen played it all straight in the film, and though I long ago memorized every detail, it's one film I never tire of watching.
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After the release date of the T-Mobile 2GX has been officially announced earlier today, there is more good news for T-Mo's subscribers as the carrier officially confirmed the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is to arrive on April 20 for $99.99 with a standard two-year contract after a $50 mail-in-rebate.
The Sidekick 4G, which is the latest incarnation of the famed Sidekick phones, is manufactured by Samsung and offers some quite respectable specs, like the 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, a 3.5-inch capacitive TFT screen (the first ever Sidekick to feature a touchscreen) with a 480 x 800 resolution, two cameras - rear one with 3MP and a VGA front-facer - Froyo and 4G connectivity.
There is little doubt, however, that the selling point of this handset is its beautiful 5 row keyboard, which seems heaven sent for all these heavy users of social networks who love to send their messages on large, comfy-to-use physical QWERTY.
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EDLG: A Class Act For Student Loans?
When Education Lending Group (EDLG ) sold 2.6 million shares in a secondary offering at 10 a share on Nov. 3, Donald Gimbel, senior managing director at investment bank Carret, wanted 100,000 shares. He got only 10,000 of the oversubscribed offering. So he hiked his shares to 80,000 by buying on the open market. The stock hit 14 by Nov. 26, eased to 12 on Dec. 16, then bounced back to nearly 14. Gimbel has been buying again. He sees the stock at 25 in 18 months.
What's the allure? EDLG deals in government-guaranteed student loans. But Gimbel likes its niche business of consolidation loans that let college kids pay, in lump sum, other debts -- on credit cards, cars, and the like. EDLG offers other financial-aid products, but consoli- dation loans, says Gimbel, will be the big winners. The "cost of education is accelerating at a rate faster than income growth," says Audrey Snell of Brean Murray, who rates the stock a strong buy. EDLG, the smallest of six major student loan providers -- Sallie Mae (SLM ) and The Student Loan (STU ) are among the biggies -- has the management to build profits to 98 cents a share in 2005, from 40 cents in 2004, up from a 56 cents loss in 2003, he says. It's been in the red since starting four years ago.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, neither the sources cited in Inside Wall Street nor their firms hold positions in the stocks under discussion. Similarly, they have no investment banking or other financial relationships with them.
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SHERIDAN — Ranchester Town Council has drafted its preliminary budget for fiscal year 2014 and will conduct its first reading at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.
Town Clerk Teri Laya said, no major cuts were made and the budget looks solid.
"The town of Ranchester is doing the right things with public funds," Laya said. "When you do the right things and are a good steward of money, things happen for you."
General fund anticipated revenues, including cash on hand, are set at $864,729. Expenditures are estimated at $799,276.
Revenues for last year were $1,234,780, and expenditures were $1,222,300. Laya said last year's budget included a $400,000 information center project and a $157,000 Safe Routes to School project, which explains the drop in the fiscal year 2014 budget.
Major projects for 2013-2014 include chip sealing on 14 streets in northern Ranchester and another Safe Routes to School project.
The bid award for chip sealing was $133,000, which will be covered by Capital Facilities Tax funds.
Safe Routes to School is a stand-alone project that will be funded with a $135,000 government grant, Laya said. Safe Routes to School encourages students to walk and bike to school by providing safe, easily accessible routes. Streets and sidewalks to be improved in the proposed project include the south side of Betty Street between Carl and Weare Streets, Weare Street from Betty Street to U.S. Highway 14 and Gillette Street from Hardin to Halbert Streets.
Water, sewer and garbage rates for fiscal year 2014 will remain the same, apart from the rate increase for excessive water usage passed on first reading by town council May 21. Projected revenues are $156,000 for water, $53,000 for sewer and $123,000 for garbage. The system is self-sufficient, Laya said, and no additional funds will be needed to provide service.
Ranchester has tentatively proposed $160,000 for Optional One-Cent Sales Tax funds. Expenditures will include new equipment, eight social service organizations and $10,000 to operate the information center. Social service organizations to receive support include the Sheridan County Conservation District, Advocacy and Resource Center, Senior Center, Child's Place, Northern Wyoming Mental Health, Juvenile Justice and the Tongue River Valley Community Center.
"We hope to have rollovers from last year, and the cash on hand accounts are looking really good," Laya said. "We're doing well."
Laya credited Maintenance Supervisor Tim Brewer, Public Works Director Tracy Kepley and Town Engineer Chris Johnson for their efficient and conscientious use of public money.