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I am really disappointed to know that Sitepoint wants us to buy the same digital books 3 times (one for each format) and I wish you would reconsider this decision. I have bought eighteen of your books in PDF format and other publishers (Manning, O'Reilly and Pragmatic Programmers) allow me to download any version I want when I buy a Digital Edition from them.
After all, I'm buying the content and not the format it is distributed in unless it is printed where I have to pay for the paper as well.
I have an iPhone and a Kindle so I don't believe that I will be willing to pay 3 times for the same book. Considering that I'd have to rebuy 36 books (.mobi and .epub for each of the eighteen books I already own), I probably won't buy any books from you from now.
Thanks for your feedback.
Sorry about the confusion -- EPUB & Kindle are bundled together as a package and right now you can get both formats for only $6 per book if you'd like those formats.
I have hundreds of physical books on my shelf - unfortunately, Amazon and other publishers didn't give me the digital formats free of charge when they were released.
I knew what I was buying when I made the original purchase and I was happy with my decision at the time. If a company gave me free stuff months or years after my purchase it because of a new format that would be an unexpected bonus - but I would never expect or demand it retroactively.
It's pay for convenience. If I buy a hardcover, I still have to pay extra if I decide that I want the convenience of the audiobook format a few days/weeks or months later. If you bought the PDF and now want the convenience of having the book accessible on your iPhone a few months after your initial purchase, then there's an small extra cost for that as well.
As I said in my post, I was not talking about digital x physical x audio formats, but digital formats only. When other publishers started to provide ebooks in other formats, they provided me those files free of charge. If you think that you should charge extra for those files, so be it. I'll have to pay $108,00 extra just for that.
You just lost a good customer. If you check my orders, I bought almost every book in your catalog (digital and physical), but I won't buy books from you again. I'll keep buying books from publishers that don't charge extra for other DIGITAL formats.
I can understand not doing it for physical books because their a different medium (and not intended for digital distribution), however I am rather surprised that owners of digital books (PDF's) won't get the digital equivalents for portable devices. Don't get me wrong, I understand why you're doing it but offering the EPUB & Kindle versions separately (as a purchase) from the PDF does feel almost like the end user would be punished for wanting to use the digital media to work on the devices they want to use. The whole point of digital publications of media is that they can enjoy and use the purchased content on whichever "machine" they feel most comfortable using, having to pay an additional fee to take your content on the move is much alike DRM in MP3 files, it says you're free to use the media only on devices we choose to support at this time, and if you want to lose the restriction of where you can use what you purchased, you'll need to pay us extra for a more flexible option. Don't take this as a bash at you guys Matt, I know it probably took work to convert the books into something readable on those devices, but it does feel like you may well alienate the e-reader market, especially if the end user is required to purchase two versions of each title (one for their portable devices and one for their computer).
I agree. People who bought the digital formats should have access to all digital formats. It sucks that I did the 5 for 1 deal last time and only have access to the pdf versions and not the epub or kindle versions. I would like to return all of my pdf versions in exchange for all three formats. You are really putting a bad taste into the mouth of your core customers sitepoint. Like I said before do not be greedy and do the right thing.
So this is the end of my story with Sitepoint. I used the promotion and bought AGAIN copies of books I already own in PDF format (and 2 that I didn't own, just to be fair) that are available in .epub and .mobi format. It cost me $89,85. Some of the books I own are still in PDF format only, but I'm not SO stupid to buy them again. Maybe when they are released in .mobi and .epub and there is another of these sales I'll buy them.
But one thing is true. I will never buy another book Sitepoint releases anymore. I do not approve their greedy behavior and I'll show it with my wallet. For a company that sells books about marketing amongst others, they don't seem to have learned the lesson that is more expensive to get a new customer than it is to keep an old one. So if they believe that alienating their faithful customers is the way to go, I hope they are proud of what they are doing.
So, without further ado, good-bye Sitepoint
Well rslima, you may be happy to know that they've changed their mind and you are now entitled to download the other formats for free.
I am tipically a "silent customer". I usually don't complain when I feel that a company disappointed me. I simply go away without ever looking back, but I really like Sitepoint books and when I found out that they were charging extra for different formats of books I already owned, I tried to reason with them first.
So, yeah, I'm glad to know that Sitepoint reconsidered their decision. Now I can keep buying books from them.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich - Democrat Diane Hathaway pleaded guilty Tuesday in Ann Arbor federal court and faces 1 1/2 years in prison under a deal with prosecutors. She resigned last week.
--Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway
Prosecutors say Hathaway and her husband transferred a debt-free Florida home to a relative so that they'd qualify to short sell a Grosse Pointe Park home that carried a big mortgage. After they unloaded the Michigan property in a 2011 short sale, the Florida property was transferred back to them.
Hathaway's husband wasn't charged.
In short sales, banks let distressed owners sell property for less than what's owed on it.
Hathaway lawyer: Probation appropriate, not prison
The attorney representing Hathaway says he'll argue for probation when she returns to court on May 28.
Hathaway possibly faces up to 18 months in prison for bank fraud, although lawyer Steve Fishman says the guidelines should be lower. No matter where the guidelines rest, he hopes federal Judge John Corbett O'Meara chooses probation over prison.
Fishman says Hathaway already is facing the consequences of her crime. She quit the Supreme Court last week, halfway through an eight-year term as a statewide elected public official.
Where the story began:
Michigan Supreme Court justice denies wrongdoing in bank fraud allegations
Lawyer says Michigan Supreme Court justice will fight to keep house
Commission wants Michigan justice suspended in fraud case
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ABC News: Sacha Dratwa posted the photo in late September, but since the furor he has restricted access to his account. A screengrab of the original post circulating online showed that it drew mixed reactions, with one commenter saying, "You know this is racist, yeah?"
In the photo, Dratwa appears to be smeared in mud from the Dead Sea, a popular activity for many visiting and living in Israel. Dratwa responded to a user on Twitter accusing him of racism saying, "I'm not a racist, please stop [spreading] lies about me." He also posted a response on Facebook saying the firestorm around the photo misrepresents his opinions and is a "cynical use of the information" on his profile.
"I am, and have always been, completely candid about my beliefs and have nothing to hide," wrote Dratwa on Sunday. "The aforementioned photos do not reflect my beliefs and have no bearing whatsoever on my position in the IDF."
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The state Senate Retirement Committee delayed action Monday on legislation attempt to dedicate some new state funds to the eradication of state pension system debts.
Senate Bill 17 sponsored by state Sen. Elbert Guillory would dedicate 2 percent of state revenues over those collected last fiscal year to reduction of the long-term liabilities of the retirement systems.
Guillory, D-Opelousas, said he plans to bring the legislation back up in two weeks.
In the interim, a special committee will review potential resources that can be used for the purpose. The special committee will include representatives of the governor, treasurer and legislative retirement and budget committees.
If there's no resolution, Guillory said he is going to ask the committee to advance his legislation.
"We have kicked this can down the road too many times," Guillory said.


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Safety and Efficacy Study of ELND005 as an Adjunctive Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar I Disorder
This study has been terminated.
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Transition Therapeutics Ireland Limited
Elan Pharmaceuticals
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 24, 2012
Last updated: May 17, 2016
Last verified: October 2015
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The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether ELND005 is effective in the maintenance treatment of bipolar 1 disorder when added to other therapies.
|Bipolar 1 Disorder
|Drug: ELND005 Drug: Lamotrigine Drug: Valproic acid Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy Study of Oral ELND005 as an Adjunctive Maintenance Treatment in Patients With Bipolar I Disorder
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Valproic acid LamotrigineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Transition Therapeutics Ireland Limited:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Treatment Emergent Adverse Events [ Time Frame: up to 48 weeks ]The study was terminated early so no efficacy analysis was done, safety data are reported.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Proportion of Study Participants With Recurrence of Any Mood Episode [ Time Frame: up to 48 weeks ]
- Time to Recurrence of a Depressive Episode [ Time Frame: up to 48 weeks ]
- Time to Recurrence of a Manic/Hypomanic or a Mixed Episode [ Time Frame: up to 48 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Lamotrigine or Valproic acid + ELND005
Lamotrigine or valproic acid plus ELND005 film coated tablets, 500mg BID for up to 48 weeks
Drug: ELND005
Other Name: Scyllo-inositolDrug: Lamotrigine Drug: Valproic acid
Placebo Comparator: Lamotrigine or Valproic acid + placebo
Lamotrigine or valproic acid plus matched placebo BID for up to 48 weeks
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- Meets the DSM-IV-TR criteria for BPD I by the SCID, prior to the Screening Visit.
- Has a history in the last 3 years of ≥ 1 manic or mixed episodes of sufficient severity that required hospitalization and/or treatment with a mood stabilizer or antipsychotic, or confirmed by a family member or medical records to ensure the episode fulfills the DSM-IV-TR criteria.
- Has experienced a mood episode of any polarity within 4 months prior to the Screening Visit and responded to StOC therapy.
- Is euthymic at the Screening Visit (ie, score of ≤ 12 on the MADRS and a score of ≤ 12 on the Y-MRS).
- Is receiving maintenance treatment for his or her BPD I with either LTG or VPA; on stable doses for past 4 weeks and therapeutic drug levels (total VPA 50--125 µg/mL and LTG 10-50 µmol/L or as deemed appropriate by the investigator). Dose adjustments made for tolerability reasons will be acceptable.
A study patient must meet the following additional criteria to be eligible for randomization in the Double-blind Randomization Phase of this study:
- Maintained in a stable euthymic state during Phase 1, defined as Y-MRS and MADRS scores of ≤ 12, with the following exceptions: a maximum of 2 nonconsecutive excursions will be allowed throughout Phase 1. Excursions are defined as Y-MRS or MADRS scores >12 but ≤ 16.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Woman of childbearing potential who is unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method of birth control or is using a prohibited contraceptive method.
- Is found to be actively suicidal on the C-SSRS (answer of "yes" to question 4 or 5 [current or over the last 30 days]) or a score of ≥4 on the MADRS item 10 at the Screening Visit.
- Has suboptimally treated thyroid disease as evidenced by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) >3 mIU/L at the Screening Visit.
- Has received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) during the current episode or within 6 months prior to the Screening Visit.
- Has an estimated glomerular filtration rate <40 mL/min/1.73 m2 according to the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula.
A study patient who meets ANY of the above and ANY of the criteria below will not be eligible for enrollment in the Double-blind Randomization Phase of this study:
- Has current signs or symptoms of psychosis.
- Has become actively suicidal as defined by C-SSRS answer of "yes" to question 4 or 5 (current or over the last 30 days) and/or has a score of ≥4 on MADRS item 10.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01674010
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|Transition Therapeutics Ireland Limited
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01674010 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2012-001935-30 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|August 24, 2012
|Results First Received:
|September 14, 2015
|Last Updated:
|May 17, 2016
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Pathologic Processes
Valproic Acid
Calcium Channel Blockers
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Blockers
Sodium Channel Blockers
Enzyme Inhibitors
GABA Agents
Antimanic Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
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I get a lot of email. We all do. And as if the sheer volume wasn't enough to make you scream along came smartphones. So now not only is there a lot of email but you can access it from (just about) anywhere and are often expected to. You can't get away from it. But being the adaptive sort of creature we humans are we find new ways to use the tools we have. Many of us – having realized that the smartphone isn't a great device for crafting thoughtful emails – are using our smartphones to quickly scan our inboxes weeding out the unwanted, meaningless and irrelevant emails and leaving just the ones that we need/want, many of which we will read later when time allows. In fact many people perform this exercise before they even get out of bed.
I was doing this, too, – scanning my inbox using my new Moto X – when I came across an email from Saks 5th Avenue. I had recently subscribed to their email newsletter, though I have no idea why. The subject line was intriguing enough,
"Welcome to Saks.com. Your special offer inside…"
Cool. Let me quickly peek at what that offer is. Maybe this email is a keeper. And maybe – my hopes climbing a bit here – I'll even find an anniversary gift for my wife! I tap the email to open it and viola:
Wha?? This is a mess! I try to scan it and my eyes only manage to find "enter code WL2013AR7V83 at checkout". The rest of the email appears to be images that don't show. Plus the fonts are so small I can barely read the words. The message to me: Saks cares more about designing a fancy email than one that I can actually read. I'm going to unsubscribe now.
In the interest of research, however, decide to look at the entire email and begin a long scroll through illegible mouse-print:
Let's turn on the pictures and see what we get:
The poor lady looks like the victim of a magic trick involving large metal blades.
What could have saved this campaign?
Saks is no stranger to mobile. They have a smartphone app, a mobile web site and a text-messaging program. If you're on your phone, they want to be with you. Unless you're reading one of their emails, which clearly are not designed for consumption on a mobile phone. It's a common oversight but the impacts could be significant. Fortunately the fix is not complicated and may actually free up some resources in the Saks marketing department. They need to optimize their emails for mobile. Here's how:
1) Build or use an email template that detects the device and renders the email appropriately. This is done using Media Queries. The concept is known as responsive email design.
2) Reduce reliance on images to deliver the message. Most Android email clients have images turned off by default to control data usage. Your message should come through even without images. Switch to rich text for the bulk of the email with perhaps a single image at the top with generous use of the <alt> attribute to display text when the image isn't shown.
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BlueLotus wrote:Fede wrote:The Buddha wasn't sexist.
He was a considerate individual who realised the hearts and minds of people. His subsequent followers were sexist.
I've posted this before, and it's worth repeating.
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Thanks a lot Fede. This article is truly enlightening. I highly recommend everyone should read it if you haven't already. Thanks again
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VIERA, Fla. — In his first week with his new team, Denard Span got quite a shock when a fish fell from the sky not far from where he was standing during the Washington Nationals' batting practice. Some kind of large bird, maybe an osprey, couldn't hold its dinner. The next thing you knew, Span was squealing and doing whatever he could to keep the bird away.
"I didn't want to have the bird attack me," Span said.
Teammate Ian Desmond soon came to the rescue, picked up the fish and tossed it over the fence. Span, the Nationals' new center fielder, could relax.
— Spring training: Braves without Chipper Jones | Hanley Ramirez moves to short
While the "falling-fish" episode certainly was a stunner, the call Span received in late November was not. The instant Span knew that he was talking with Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan, the 28-year-old center fielder knew he had been moved.
"It had been talked about for the last couple of years," Span said. "It was only a matter of time and to whom."
The sadness that Span felt to leave the "only team I knew" lasted about only until the next call. A few minutes after hearing from his old GM, he heard from his new one, Mike Rizzo.
"That was a good conversation," Span said. "I was excited. If I was going to be traded, I could not ask for a better spot."
While his old team is expected to struggle again, his new team is on the rise. The Nationals finished 2012 with the majors' best record and plan to be even better this season.
— Spring training: Ryan Braun again fights PED talk | NL East camp previews
A key reason for the greater expectations is the arrival of Span, the only newcomer to the lineup. He is the leadoff hitter and center fielder that Rizzo has had his eyes on since Span's high school days in Tampa.
Though he isn't known for working deep counts, Span owns a career .357 on-base percentage, doesn't strike out a lot and is an excellent defender. He also has two more guaranteed years on his contract at affordable salaries ($4.75 million in 2013, $6.5 million in 2014).
As Span sat at his locker Saturday morning, hitting coach Rick Eckstein and then manager Davey Johnson approached him with hitting and baserunning advice. Nothing out of the ordinary, really, but still a telling sign that the Nationals want to make sure their newcomer is ready. Span, however, says he feels no pressure to do anything more than he ever has.
"I've been on some pretty good teams in Minnesota," he said, referring to the two division championship seasons the Twins enjoyed during his tenure. "From what I have been told, my style of play will fit in perfect. There's a lot of small ball (in the National League) and that suits my game. I've been told don't try to change anything."
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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clues to Early Diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clues to Early Diagnosis
A 38-year-old African American woman sought medical care because of a 1-month history of painful, swollen hands. The patient, a hospital nurse, thought at first that her symptoms might be job-related, but she became concerned when the pain persisted and was frequently accompanied by morning stiffness that lasted some mornings for about half an hour. She tried acetaminophen and ibuprofen, which helped only slightly. She denied recent infections and other joint pain but complained of fatigue of recent onset. She also denied rash, alopecia, fever, chills, sweats, chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, photophobia, headaches, weakness, and back pain. Her symptoms interfered with a number of her daily activities. She has had a long monogamous relationship with her husband.
Physical examination revealed slight tenderness and mild swelling over the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints bilaterally but no erythema or warmth. Mild bilateral tenderness of the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints was also noted. All the other joints were normal. Inflammatory polyarthritis was a diagnostic consideration. Naproxen was prescribed, radiographic and laboratory studies were ordered, and a follow-up visit was scheduled.
At follow-up 2 weeks later, the patient still had joint pain and swelling, and her fatigue had worsened, although she had difficulty sleeping because of the pain. Plain radiographs of the hands and feet revealed periarticular soft tissue swelling around 2 of the MCP joints. Laboratory results were normal except for an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 46 mm/h. Results of tests for rheumatoid factor (RF), antinuclear antibodies, and parvovirus antibodies were negative. The patient was referred to a rheumatologist for further evaluation; however, the next available appointment was not for 4 months.
By the time the patient saw the rheumatologist, she was in considerable pain. Swelling, redness, and warmth were present bilaterally in the PIP, MCP, and MTP joints as well as in both wrists. Morning stiffness had increased to 2 hours. Plain radiographs revealed soft tissue swelling of both hands, accompanied by periarticular osteopenia in some MCP joints. Laboratory studies revealed positive RF and cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies, decreased hemoglobin, and an elevated ESR. With these new findings, a definitive diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was made that satisfied the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria.
This scenario illustrates the challenges inherent in recognizing RA in its early stages—when laboratory and radiologic markers of the disease have not yet become definitive and diagnostic classification criteria, as defined by the ACR (Tables 1 and 2),1 have not yet been fulfilled. In addition, it underscores the dire clinical consequences of waiting several months for a rheumatologist to confirm the primary care physician's diagnosis of early RA and to partner with the rheumatologist to promptly implement the most appropriate therapeutic intervention. The need for this therapy is based on studies that show that joint destruction occurs early in RA and that therapy with DMARDs can retard this process, improve quality of life, reduce symptoms, and delay disability. These findings have led to the recommendation that DMARD therapy be initiated very early in the disease.
Primary care physicians are usually the first to see patients with joint pain; consequently they represent the "front line" of RA care.2,3 This fact—coupled with the projection that the number of rheumatologists is expected to decline by 20% during the next 2 to 3 decades4—underscores the pivotal role that primary care clinicians are now expected to play in the early diagnosis of RA.
With the advent of DMARDs, early diagnosis of RA is no longer simply an academic exercise. However, in its early stages, RA resembles many other types of arthritic disorders, including systemic lupus erythematosus, viral infection, and undifferentiated seronegative polyarthritis. Nevertheless, a high index of suspicion for RA is crucial since we now have medications that—when used judiciously—can prevent or retard the development of intense pain, irreversible joint destruction, systemic complications, and progressive functional decline that affects at least 2 million Americans.1 RA is also associated with a decrease in life expectancy of 5 to 15 years secondary to comorbid illnesses that may be exacerbated by the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms. Whether DMARDs can attenuate this drop in life expectancy is not known at this point, however.
What clinical clues point to RA? What laboratory tests should be ordered—and at what point? When is DMARD therapy appropriate? How can the primary care physician and rheumatologist work together to optimize care? Here I address these questions.


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I hope everyone is having a good summer. I have several assets if anyone is interested in discussing a trade. Everything thats fair is on the table. Not a fire sale by any means, though. Needs to be mutually beneficial.
I have the 2nd, 3rd, and 12th overall picks in our draft.
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Asia Disability Interest Forum
The Asia Disability Interest Forum aims to create an inclusive environment that is accessible to current and future employees, clients, candidates, and guests with disabilities. The Forum focuses on five key areas: communication and awareness, accessibility and accommodation, recruiting and on-boarding, mobility and career pathing, and resources for caregivers of people with disabilities.
Firmwide Women's Networks
Present in each of our major offices in Asia Pacific, our Women's Networks aim to recruit, retain and develop female professionals. The networks host events throughout the year, with one highlight being the annual Women's Network Conference utilizing Goldman Sachs leaders and external experts.
Working with the Women's Network, our campus recruiting teams host onsite recruiting events for women providing an opportunity to learn about Goldman Sachs and network with our professionals.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Networks
Our LGBT networks exist in all of our Asia Pacific offices. They aim to advocate a work environment that respects, welcomes and supports LGBT professionals, and enables them to perform to their fullest potential and contribute to the greater goals of the firm. The networks host several events throughout the year, including external speakers events, panel discussions and our annual "Q-Night", providing a networking opportunity for LGBT professionals at an inter-company level.
Our LGBT Networks together with the campus recruiting team host recruiting events to talk with students about career opportunities and inclusion in the workplace.
Working Parent Forums
The Working Parent Forum was launched with the aim to share and leverage best practices across the firm, create a support community for working parents, and act as a forum for raising parents' issues to senior management. The Forum focuses on topics such as schooling, fertility and adoption, and hosts events such as "Bring Your Kids to Work Day" and family-friendly picnics.
Educational and Professional Development Initiatives
To prepare our people to work effectively in an increasingly diverse and multicultural business environment, Goldman Sachs expects all employees to complete at least two hours of Diversity and Inclusion training each year.
We provide a number of programs designed to dispel myths, raise awareness, and build people management skills on topics such as working across cultures, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, and gender communication differences.
We also host programs specifically designed for key populations such as the Women's Career Strategies Initiatives (WCSI) for high performing female associates, which focuses on leadership, proactive career management and workplace flexibility.
Partnerships and Community Impact
Goldman Sachs partners with and sponsors several organizations that promote the personal and professional development of our people from diverse backgrounds. These organizations provide further networking, career development and potential business opportunities for our employees.
We partner with Community Business to conduct research on diversity strands such as LGBT, disability and gender equality. We also partner with Hello Work which is a Japanese governmental welfare agency to assist us in recruiting people with disabilities. Human Dynamic is an organization that Goldman Sachs work closely with in order to provide additional wellness programs and professional counseling services to our employees. Our LGBT Networks partner with local organizations to participate in LGBT Pride Parades and Festivals in various locations. Another long-term partner of ours is The Women's Foundation which is a non profit organization that focuses on shaping the future by investing in the power and potential of women and girls.
Other example partners include:
Asian University for Women (AUW)
Association for Women in Finance, Japan (AWF)
Boys and Girls Club Association of Hong Kong (BGCA)
Child Development Center, Hong Kong
Dialogue in the Dark
Gays and Lesbians of Waseda (GLOW)
Japan Women's Innovative Network (J-WIN)
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Oregon man's cellphone catches fire in his pocket, explodes
WOODBURN, Ore. - A man says he was burned by his exploding cell phone, and fire investigators are focusing on the phone's lithium battery as the cause.
The phone is one of the most popular on the market - a Samsung Galaxy S4, which is the newest model.
Manolo Rodriguez said he first heard a sizzling sound and then realized the phone in the chest pocket of his jacket was burning and was about to burst.
"I tried to reach for the phone and pull it out, but it was too hot," he said. "So I retracted my hand, closed the zipper and then unzipped the center one so I could get my jacket off."
He threw it to the floor of the Goodwill store he was in. The phone burned right through the pocket of his jacket. And it was so hot it singed the floor and Rodriguez's fingertips.
"If I had been talking on the phone or something, it could have exploded in my face," he said. "It could have been worse."
Rodriguez has hired an attorney in hopes of getting Samsung to recall the 20 million Galaxy S4s in customers' hands.
Rodriguez now has a new phone, but it's a HTC One, not a Samsung.
In general, it's a good idea not to use an off-brand battery in your phone. Rodriguez's was the original. Don't leave your phone out in the sun or heat. Rodriguez had not. And don't have really long conversations on your cellphone, either.
A Samsung representative said Thursday that the company is not commenting until it investigates what happened.
KATU News also reached out to the FCC. The agency is checking into how many similar cases have been reported


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Courtesy O, The Oprah Magazine
After 30 years in the limelight, you may think you've seen Oprah in every possible hair iteration — but we guarantee this is a new one.
For the September issue of O, the Oprah Magazine, the star kicked off the magazine's all-about-hair spectacular by posing in a 3.5-lb. wig ("the size of a small chihuahua," according to the mag) she dubbed "Wild Thang." It came in its own pink carrying case wrapped in bubble wrap, and, as O creative director Adam Glassman said, made Oprah look like "Chaka Khan and Diana Ross combined" in the cover shot, below.
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But after Oprah put away the wig, she went for something a little less dramatic for the inside pages: Her own untouched, natural hair. "No wig, weave, perm, braids, twists, extensions, curling iron, straightening comb, or blow-dryer. Au naturel!" she wrote on the "What I Know For Sure" page, above left.
And both she and her longtime stylist Andre Walker said that the superstar has relaxed significantly about how her hair looks these days. "As much as I enjoyed hanging out with Wild Thang," Oprah said, "I know for sure that your true crowning glory comes not from what's on your head but from what's in your heart."
Tell us: What do you think of Oprah's two new hair looks?
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Running and Weight-TrainingMay 27th, 2010
Don and I are training for the Western States 100 Mile Run this year! It's coming up fast, and being so busy all the time, it's hard to fit in those every day runs. So, we try to be pretty specific about our training. One thing that seems to make a big difference is going to the gym and doing workouts with weights. On the weight machines. Yeah, I know. I'm a runner, I want to run. The first time it's so hard to convince myself to go there. There's nothing to look forward to – no sweet smell of trail dirt, no happy birds, no purple and yellow wildflowers, just sweaty machines and bad music. But after a few times there's a feeling of strength. And, when I do get out on the trails, finally, I can get up a hill without stopping for breath and without the horrible dead feeling in my legs. Insead of being a runner who says, "I suck at hills," I feel respectably strong and able to push, even run, up those things.
The idea, of course, for a runner is not to bulk up or be top heavy, but to increase strength and tone of muscles, which also helps to burn some more fat. (Another goal is to get down to race weight, but that seems to be tough, too.) The self-designed program is a bit of everything, focusing on weak spots. Weight machines can help balance out muscles that get over used. For example, my quads get stronger from running, but the hamstrings are weak, so I always do hamstring curls. The upper body gets totally neglected, so that's where a lot of focus is. Bicep curls? Ugh. A strong arm swing can help a lot with running. And core strength (abs and lower back) is important for holding your body upright.
Last year I didn't do any weight training when I was training for the Headlands 100 Miler. I think my fastest time on one of our test trails was 1:27. That's from the bottom of Rhus Ridge to the top of Black Mountain. I guess it's not far – less than 4.5 miles, but it's all uphill. Last week I ran it in 1:19! And I'm not done training yet.
So, the next strategic focus is to do a little more work on lateral strength, because guess what? The Western States course is full of snow right now. Hopefully it will melt quickly, but balance is going to be very important.
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Topic: Bill and Shirley ?
My husband found a gentleman that was diagnosed in 2008 with cc, he went on DCA and his last posting showed his cat scans with no evidence of cc. They do not put their last name, we are trying to validate if this is real or not. Is anyone familiar with this story or DCA ?


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AKRON -- Booming energy production in shale formations has made a northeast Ohio county the top location in the state for underground injection of drilling wastes.
Portage County, home of Kent State University, had enough drilling wastes injected deep into the ground in 2012 to fill a train of tanker cars that would stretch nearly 37 miles, the Akron Beacon Journal (bit.ly/10UwvB0) reported Sunday.
Out-of-state shipments account for 57.6 percent of the waste going into Ohio's injection wells, up from 54 percent the previous year.
In 2012, 6 million barrels came from Ohio drillers and 8.2 million barrels from other states, mostly Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Portage County's injections delivered brine and other wastes into 15 active wells, nearly two-thirds of it from out of state. The volume grew 18.7 percent from 2011. Portage County took in 16.6 percent of the drilling waste injected below ground in Ohio, the newspaper reported.
The waste come from the boom in horizontal fracturing, or fracking, in the Utica and Marcellus shale formations. The wells are extracting huge quantities of natural gas and oil.
But critics fear such wells are a threat to underground aquifers that provide drinking water. Some Ohio communities and grass-roots groups have called for a ban on injection wells.
The state and the energy industry say pressurized injection wells are safe, not a problem and the best way to safely get rid of such wastes.
"Ohio has the toughest injection rules in the United States. Hands down, we're more stringent than the federal government," said state geologist Tom Tomastik at a recent public meeting in Portage County.
Statewide, Washington County in southeast Ohio ranked No. 2 for injections followed by Trumbull and Ashtabula counties in northeast Ohio and Noble County adjacent to Washington County.
Portage County sits at the northern edge of the Clinton sandstone that was extensively drilled in the 1970s and 1980s, said geologist Jeffrey Dick of Youngstown State University.
That proximity to companies drilling vertical-only wells decades ago resulted in northeast Ohio becoming the center of injection in Ohio, he said.
The sharp growth last year is troubling to activist Teresa Mills of Columbus, fracking coordinator for the Buckeye Forest Council.
And Melanie Houston of the Ohio Environmental Council said "it's no secret that Ohio is becoming a dumping ground for other states."


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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Addiction and Substance Abuse
Does Nicotine Affect Libido?
Does nicotine effect the ability to want or have sex in a male or female?
The number one cause of erectile dysfunction is cigarette smoking. Smoking also causes depression, which lowers libido (sex drive) in both men and women. When smoking patients ask for Viagra or a similar drug, I sometimes ask them: "Which do you want to give up, smoking or sex?"
Does this answer your question?
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The state has adopted safety and health rules for public sector (state and local government offices and operations) workplaces that are substantially less stringent than federal rules (ID Admin. Code 17.10.01). The state has also adopted voluntary safety and health compliance guidelines for noise exposure (hearing conservation) in public sector workplaces; state safety and health inspectors use the guidelines as a resource for inspecting public sector workplaces (ID Admin. Code 17.10.01.006).
The U.S. Department of Labor/Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers and enforces federal workplace safety and health requirements in private sector workplaces in the state. The Idaho Division of Building Safety administers the voluntary compliance program for public sector workplaces.


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William P. Ackendorf, Niagara Mohawk area manager
March 28, 1924 – Aug. 4, 2013
William P. Ackendorf, of Williamsville, who served as Buffalo-area general manager for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., died Sunday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst. He was 89.
Born in Buffalo, he studied electrical engineering and drafting at Buffalo Technical High School and began his career at Niagara Mohawk as a draftsman in 1942.
Mr. Ackendorf was named manager of the Tonawanda district in 1967, Buffalo area manager in 1968 and general manager in 1972. He was appointed manager of system consumer services in Syracuse in 1982 and retired in 1984.
He served on the board of directors of Kenmore Mercy Hospital, was chairman of the Community Advisory Council of the University at Buffalo and was division chairman for United Way drives in Dunkirk-Fredonia, the Tonawandas and Buffalo. He also was very active with the Lutheran Church.
A longtime member of the Rotary Club in several communities, he was a former president of the Rotary Club of Buffalo and a Paul Harris Fellow.
In retirement, he lived in Fairfield Glade, Tenn., for nearly 20 years.
He returned to the Buffalo area following the death of his wife of 51 years, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hoehn Ackendorf, in 2004.
Survivors include three sons, William F., Paul M. and John M.; and a sister, Ruth H. Grundon.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 68 Eagle St., Williamsville.


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'Since being drafted a year ago, Myers has grown another inch and added 10 pounds. He would eventually like to stack on another 10 pounds to help offset some of his lankiness. "Hopefully I'm slowing down here (with my height), and hopefully I can start growing outward," he said with a smile.'
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Oracle's growth over the last several years has hailed some big changes to the company's offerings and an even bigger change to the value it delivers to customers. While the company's database technology has long been its flagship, it now offers everything—hardware, middleware, and business applications—that customers need to build a complete and deeply integrated stack.
It's exactly this type of stack that has enabled Verizon to create a shared-services organization that removed process redundancy, supports best practices, and has eliminated more than US$1 billion in costs.
Oracle's vision is to provide a stack that is complete, open, and integrated, says Amit Zavery, vice president of product management in Oracle's Server Technologies division.
"It's complete because it has all the different functionalities," Zavery says. "It's open because it's standards-based technology that can integrate with third-party systems, and it's integrated because all the pieces work together as common technology pieces. This all benefits customers because they don't have to integrate everything themselves."
The acquisition of Sun has given Oracle customers even greater value, because with Sun server, storage, operating system, and virtualization technology, every layer is integrated, top to bottom. Oracle is the only vendor that offers this advantage to its customers.
"Usually what happens is a vendor will build the software and then test it on different hardware platforms," Zavery says. "The way we're doing things now is to start integrating with the hardware from Day One when we start building products. This allows us to provide a full turnkey solution."
Another thing that makes Oracle's full stack competitive is that the integration happens at the corporate level. Whereas some vendors may segregate business units by functionality or operate them independently, Oracle's research and development happens across groups with tight coordination and common tools.
In other words, he says, integration at Oracle is about people and ideas as much as it is about infrastructure components.
"We spend a lot of time and energy behind the scenes integrating everything at the development stage," Zavery says. "We can now provide one complete stack to our customers, and it works together, it's well thought out, and it's easy for them to keep up with."
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Heifer's Peru Adventure
12 Jan 2013 at 21:26
Heifer International works with students too! Here Tami visits a group of students from el Morante primary school in El Morante, Peru.
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SAN DIEGO - Two men accused in the Mission Beach home invasion robbery of four teenage college students and the rape of two of them pleaded not guilty today to multiple sexual assault, robbery and kidnapping charges.
Donald Dunate Smith, 19, and Willie Louis Watkins, 30, were each ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail.
A status conference was scheduled for Oct. 31 and a preliminary hearing for Nov. 6.
Smith and Watkins are among five defendants arrested in connection with the Oct. 15 attack at an apartment on San Fernando Place.
A third man, 18-year-old Antonio Washington, surrendered to authorities in Glendale, Ariz. He has waived extradition and will be arraigned in San Diego later, authorities said.
Two juveniles are also in custody at Juvenile Hall in connection with the case.
A 17-year old boy was arrested yesterday and will be arraigned in Juvenile Court Thursday on seven counts of robbery, authorities said.
Another 17-year-old boy believed to be involved only in the robberies was taken into custody last week and will be back in court Monday.
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Friday that she will seek to try the minor arrested last week as an adult.
A fourth adult suspected of involvement remains at large, authorities said.
Deputy District Attorney Patrick Espinoza alleged that Smith and Watkins, along with six to eight others, were in Mission Beach committing street robberies the night of the home invasion break-in and sexual assault.
The defendants and others separated from the larger group to steal property from the San Fernando Place apartment, the prosecutor alleged.
Once inside, the defendants carried out a "predatory, callous sexual assault" on the 17- and 18-year-old female victims, Espinoza said.
He alleged that Smith and Watkins separated the victims by sex, then intentionally targeted the females and committed many "unspeakable acts" against them.
Superior Court Judge David Szumowski agreed with Espinoza's request to set bail at $1 million for each defendant.
The prosecutor told the judge that the defendants represented "the greatest threat to public safety."
"They do present a present and clear danger to this community," Szumowski said. The judge ordered the defendants to have no contact with the female victims, identified in court documents as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2.
In the early morning hours of Oct. 15, four masked intruders stole cash, credit cards, cell phones and electronics from two 19-year-old men and the female victims at gunpoint, then raped the females, police said.
One of students lived at the apartment in the 700 block of San Fernando Place and the others were visiting.
Officers already investigating a street robbery in the area stopped and interviewed people immediately after the home invasion, resulting in prompt arrests, according to SDPD Chief William Lansdowne.
Smith and Washington are charged with two counts of forcible rape while acting in concert, four counts of forcible rape, two counts of oral copulation by acting in concert, four counts of forcible oral copulation, one count of sodomy while acting in concert, four counts of robbery and two counts of kidnapping for robbery.
Each defendant faces up to 300 years to life in prison if convicted, prosecutors said.
Watkins is charged with two counts each of forcible rape while acting in concert and oral copulation by acting in concert, one count of sodomy while acting in concert, four counts of robbery and two counts of kidnapping for robbery.
He faces up to 125 years to life in prison if convicted, prosecutors said.
Deputy Public Defender Allen Cazares told the judge that Smith had no prior record and that Watkins worked in masonry, acted as a caretaker for his mother and had no prior felony record.


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The scary and alarmist part is that many message board fans still believe that the Steelers will make the playoffs...
Seriously though, I haven't seen many posts regarding the firing of Tomlin..but obviously he has to take some responsibility with the Steeler' performance this year...
But fans ready to give up on him??? I don't get that....
I was supposed to be a Tomlin basher last season if Arians was still with the team but, I held off. This season if Arians was still with the team, I was going to start a " Fire Tomlin " now thread. As it turned out, Rooney had enough of Arians so, no need for my scary alarmist type attitude.
As for Tomlin and being the head coach, the stink always rises to the top. When a team isn't doing well it's on the coaches. Not the interceptions, or the fumbles that is on the players to a point but, when it starts to become your teams identity or you just expect fumbles or losing in overtime, that is the coaches fault.
Peter King never impressed me as a sports writer he should direct his attentions to sumo wrestling. He seems to have more in common with those guys.
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Maddon stands by Rodney, struggling 'pen
ST. PETERSBURG -- Anyone searching for a reason why the Rays trailed the Yankees by four games in the American League East when play commenced Friday evening, needed to look no further than Tampa Bay's bullpen.
The Rays have blown three ninth-inning leads in the last 16 games (compared to two all last season), and have let 28 leads slip away this year. Fifteen of their 22 losses have come in games in which their offense had given them the lead. The bullpen has a 4.80 ERA, worst in the American League and second worst in the Majors entering Friday.
And no one is more aware of those shortcomings than manager Joe Maddon.
"When you break us down, we are much better than that," Maddon declared Friday. "We should be in a much better spot right now. But we're not.
"We should be the best team in baseball if we had just done what we ordinarily do and finish off games. We've got to get our mojo back, somehow."
Fernando Rodney's ERA going into Friday was 5.40 -- nine times his record-setting ERA last season. He had blown four saves -- twice as many as he blew all last year. Nevertheless, Maddon said Friday he has no intention of replacing Rodney as Tampa Bay's closer.
"It's not like he's been awful. He has not been awful," Maddon said. "It's so close between feeling really good about himself and not feeling good about himself. Physically, he's fine."
That's something Maddon believes is true for the rest of his bullpen.
"We've been very unfortunate in the latter parts of game," the manager said. "It's not a physical thing. I think it gets more psychological. An unpredictable bullpen can be difficult. I think our confidence has been hit a little bit. We've just got to get back on that horse.
"Everyone would be smiling and happy right now if we had just been able to finish some games off. Those ninth-inning losses, those are the ones you want to throw in the waste basket."
Jim Hawkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Amazingly True and Truly Amazing Stories of a Catholic Middle School
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Chapter 1 (v.1) - The Amazingly True and Truly Amazing Stories of a Catholic Middle School: Chapter 1
Chapter 1: The Start of It All
Oh middle school, your rep is so very messed up. You hear that middle school is when everything becomes so much mature, so much different. And then you get there, and you realize that not much has changed. More projects, sure, but still the same amount of drama and clicks that we all enjoy so much. And then you get to the sacred 8th grade, only to realize your whole year is engulfed in getting into High School, where you start at the bottom again. I guess that is the way the world works, constantly putting you at the bottom of the dog pile. So, where else to start but the bottom?
Sixth grade, the most awkwardtime for all students. Everyone rushing to get a group of friends before they are outcasted, trying to get in the swing of the schedule, trying to not be the weird ones of the grade. The first time I would ever meet most of these people was at something called an Ice Cream Social. It was something that happened about a week before school opened, and basically you go and meet teachers and fellow students, and eat melted ice cream and participate in cheap crafts. Yay. But of course, this being my first time, I was truly excited. I even but my hair up for the first time when I went there! I know, big step right?
So, I get there, and see masses of people. None of which are familiar. Don't get me wrong, I can be very social able, but with my luck I'd probably walk up to an Eight grade click and get outcasted. So, I walked through the parking lot which held the event, and finally found some familiar faces from my public elementary school. I tried to hang out with them, but we weren't fooling anyone. We wanted to get to know people. So we waddled around, looking for someone nice enough to say Hi.
The first person I ran into was the daughter of the lady working the soccer and sport information stand. My parents said how interested I was in soccer, when realistically, I hadn't done soccer in forever since I started Tae Kwon Do classes, which I was addicted too. But I went with it. She didn't seem very interested in talking to me, and looked down a lot when I tried to talk to her, so I decided to walk away. By the end of the event, I was still stuck with my original three elementary school friends. Oh well. I can't say I really cared, I just hoped it would be better when I started school, and if not I'd get over it.
Soit was now almost time for summer to close, for my old life as a elementary school student to close, and my middle school life to open up. But first things first, I had to buy the uniform. Oh yes, the full uniform, with the skirt, and the polo, and the knee high socks. The whole sha-bang. Interesting fact about me; I had never worn a skirt before that. I had worn dresses for church on Christmas and Easter. Other then that, never. Just pants. So yes, it was a little awkward for me. So awkward, that when I left the store, all my plaid skirts were past to knees. What a huge mistake that was, considering all the girls at school would fold their skirt up to about mid-thigh.
So I woke up the first day, so excited and giddy. I put my hair up like I did the day of the Ice Cream Social. Turns out, I'd be so uncomfortable that it would stay that way just about all year. My mom dropped me off at the school, and I found my way into the gym where everyone was gathering around teachers that held signs assigning their classrooms. I went to mine, which was 6A, and just stood there closely next to my three friends. But I'll admit, I was so ready to mingle. I said Hi to just about everyone, and then realized that saying Hi doesn't make friends, but it is a start.
We made our way to our classrooms, and the first thing I smelled were the hallways. Ugh, it was absolutely horrible. I knew the whole building was clean, but that smell always haunted me, and made me dread the first day and the return from breaks, because it always lingered then.
All the desks were seated in two's, and I was seated next to a dark skinned boy who obviously didn't want anything to do with me. But we dealt with each other. Because, when he would call me something, I could make it a joke and give it right back to him, so it all worked out.
The day went through perfectly planned. We learned how to walk in the halls, making a circular motion and never ever cutting corners. One thing that I didn't like was the fact that we didn't have lockers. No lockers! I had had them since pre-k, and now nothing. How disappointing. Instead, we had a coat room, were we hung our bags on hooks. Well, I guess that works too... We all had a number that assigned where we hung our bags, and what cubby (basically more room if your desk couldn't hold it) was ours. Well, it was a start.
We had a snack break (Yeah, you heard me correctly) and I looked around for someone to talk to. I had always been the one who helped those left out, and there was two girls looking lonely, and so I talked to them. Ididn't see anything wrong with them, but I guess it would talk some work because they were very shy.
So we got to lunch, and I sat around with a bunch of strangers. It was silent for the longest time and then suddenly I said, "Anyone play any online games?" I guess I was kind of addicted to online games that summer, because my best friend who lived down the street moved away, and so I went to the computer, and found tons of friends online. So, I waited. And then, one of the girls who had red hair and looked just about as awkward as I did at the time said "Yeah I do." So, I began asking her which games, hoping she'd match my favorite. Then she said it. This may sound really stupid, but we became best friends right away because we both played Wizard101. Don't judge.
So we started to hang out a lot, and eventually even friended each other on Wizard! That sounds stupid saying it out loud... but who cares? We were talking a little while later at lunch again with the two other friends we had sitting around us. That's when one of us remarked on how everyone has a first fight between like friends and stuff. And so, we decided to get it out of the way and fight.
It was rather funny actually. We took turns pointing out each others oddities and differences. "At least I don't have huge buck teeth!" Ouch. Such a low blow. I didn'thave bracesyetokay?It basically continued like that for the whole lunch, and I think we had the girl named Emily sitting next to me just about to spit up her drink. Turns out we were both pretty good at this arguing thing.
So, I made it through the week. Then Friday came. You know what that means girls and boys! First Friday mass! I had never participated in a Catholic mass, and turns out there is a few things different. First things first, guilt. You can never be a good human, only substantial, which is a whole journey in its self. In other words, no matter what, you will burn in the fires of hell. Yay. Second, if you haven't been confirmed, you can't have the Eucharist. So, as if I wasn't awkward enough, instead of me getting the body of Christ like most everyone else, I had to walk up with my hands in an X over my chest. I don't really see how that makes sense considering being catholic means being for all, and then I can't receive Jesus, but I guess I'll just have to wait for Sundays for that. Lastly, there are so many additions to things! First, there is Saints. Well, I can't say I really knew or believed in Saints before that, so making the sign of the cross for their name being mentioned didn't make sense to me. Secondly, there were so many things that were expected to be memorized. So, here we go.
It wasn't to bad, except for the irritated and bored face by the Father that made me so irritated. He looked like he would rather be anywhere else, which, even if true, shouldn't be shown so clearly. That lasts all three years. He also gets very high-pitched on the letter S, and that made me dislike him so much more. Luckily, my teacher was willing to support me, so she made sure I didn't do anything wrong. I never thanked her enough for that.
So, the first week of Catholic Middle School was done. I survived my first week of middle school. All big accomplishments. Only about 39 weeks to go right?
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Heh when Kobe retires and they hang his jersey they are so going to put it next to Shaq's so they're stuck with each other in the rafters
Lakers to retire Shaquille ONeals number 34 on April 2
Kurt Helin
Aug 30, 2012, 7:58 PM EDT
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Because there were not going to be enough Dwight Howard to Shaquille ONeal comparisons this season, best to just bring Shaq in and have him there.
The Lakers have said for a while they would retire the jersey of Shaquille ONeal, and now a date has been set for that April 2, reports Kevin Ding at the Orange County Register. That is a game against the Dallas Mavericks.
While some Laker fans are still (are always?) bitter about how he left and this said about Kobe Bryant, owner Jerry Buss said before Shaq would get his number retired There had been a theory that the Lakers would not retire Shaqs jersey until after Kobe has his retired (which number for Kobe is another question). But now that Kobe has one more ring than Shaq he is magnanimous in victory so it happens sooner.
And Shaq deserves to have his jersey on the wall up there Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who is getting a statue in front of Staples Center earlier in the season). By the way, George Mikans number should be up on that wall, too, even if he played in Minneapolis before the team moved to L.A. Shaq spent 8 years with the Lakers, won three titles and averaged 27 points and 11.8 rebounds a game, plus won an MVP award.
Shaq is one of the great centers to play the game, in a long line of great Lakers centers.
No pressure Dwight. None at all.


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Collins trying to keep Mets' relievers fresh
NEW YORK -- Mets manager Terry Collins has found a pair of late-inning relievers he trusts in Carlos Torres and Scott Rice.
The trick is keeping their arms attached.
Torres and Rice entered Friday's play with 12 appearances apiece, putting them on pace for 88 by season's end. Collins is eager to use that duo as often as possible, considering Torres is unscored upon in his last five appearances, Rice in his last six.
But the workload has clearly affected Torres, a starting pitcher by nature who did not begin appearing regularly out of the bullpen until last season. As a result, Collins budgeted an off-day Friday for his tired right-hander.
"He's got one of those durable arms where he likes to go out there every day," Collins said. "But we're seeing the last few games, even though his stuff is pretty good, it's not as crisp as it was [at first]. We could kind of tell he needs a day."
For Rice, who appeared in 73 games over five months last season, the heavy workload is more routine. As a lefty specialist, Rice often only faces one or two batters per night, and he has learned to be more economical while warming in the bullpen.
Still, Collins noted, he must be wary of when Rice needs a rest as well.
"You've really got to stay on top of how they feel," the manager said.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"Going on, Going on, always Going on, Always Becoming Buddha, Hail, Hail, Hail!"
In Gassho,
Sara H.
Is this some rendition of the Hrdaya mantra?
~~ Huifeng
It's from the Heart Sutra.
The Japanese version is Gyate Gyate Hara Gyate Hara Sō Gyate Bodhi Sowaka!
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Improving moisture conditions in the southwestern U.S. has improved the outlook for many farms and ranches for 2012, and meteorologists say the La Niña weather pattern responsible for last year's drought is unlikely to return this year. Farmers on the other side of the globe, however, are rightfully worried about the looming threat of El Niño and the possibilities of drought it may bring to their crops.
Regions of Southeast Asia and Australia are most likely to be affected by an El Niño, and Australia's Bureau of Meteorology says climate models indicate a possible return of El Niño in the second half of 2012. The last severe El Niño in 1998 killed more than 2,000 people and caused billions of dollars in damage to crops, infrastructure and mines in Australia and other parts of Asia.
According to a Reuters article this week, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology tracks seven climate models from compatriot meteorology centers around the world, of which five indicate above El Niño conditions, while the remaining two sit on the neutral – neither El Niño or La Niña.
"Nobody is going to say that the models are 100 percent accurate, but if you look at the climate models, the risk of El Niño has gone up in recent weeks," Andrew Watkins, manager of climate prediction at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology told Reuters.
The World Meteorological Organization maintains its neutral outlook for the second half of the year, but the chief of India's state-run weather office said El Niño conditions were likely to emerge over the Pacific Ocean by mid-August.
"This (El Niño) may have some bearing on monsoon rains in some pockets of the country (India) in the latter half of the season," L.S. Rathore, director general of the India Meteorological Department, told reporters in New Delhi this week.
El Niño is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific, the opposite of La Niña. The El Nino phenomena occurs every three to seven years, and strong El Ninos can lead to dramatic weakening of the trade winds that blow west across the Pacific, triggering drought in southeast Asia and Australia and parts of Africa.
El Nino can also cause stormy weather in the southern and western United States. El Ninos also tend to cut the number of Atlantic hurricanes but boost the number of storms in the eastern Pacific. The last El Nino was recorded in 2009-2010, though it was classified as weak to moderate.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's seasonal forecast for the U.S. calls for warmer-than-normal temperatures for about three-quarters of the nation. The warmer temperatures are expected south of a line from New Jersey to southern Idaho.
The U.S. just finished recording the hottest 12-month period on record from May 2011 to April 2012, with records dating back to 1895. This year has produced the hottest March, the third warmest April and the fourth warmest January and February in U.S. weather history.


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MIAMI -- Although the official start to the 2013 Agricultural Retailers Association's Conference and Expo was Monday, Dec. 2, the general session and speakers started on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Daren Coppock, president and CEO of ARA, welcomed attendees to this year's conference, "Play Like a Champion: Winning Strategies for Ag Retail."
Bill Whitacre, president and CEO of J.R. Simplot Company, provided attendees with the keynote address looking at an overview of hot topics facing the ag industry. These topics included the ag value chain, sustainability, efficiencies, Big Data, and relevancy to the customer.
Following the keynote address were ARA awards for the Ag Retailer of the Year and the ARA Jack Eberspacher Lifetime Achievement Award. Morral Companies won the Ag Retailer of the Year Award while Ford West, former president of The Fertilizer Institute, received the award for his lifetime achievement in the industry.
Other awards given out Wednesday morning included the AGCO Operator of the Year, which was presented to Tony Randolph of Southern States. In addition, Coppock presented Kelly Jones, ARA's office administrator and associate director of membership, with an award for five years of service to the association. Richard Gupton, ARA's senior vice president, public policy and counsel, received an award recognizing his 10 years with the association.
Later, Dave Downy of Purdue University, moderated a panel discussion of ResponsibleAg. Panel members included Johnny Council, president and CEO of the Lyman/Tremont Group; Billy Pirkle, senior director at Crop Production Services; and Bart Pescio, president of Yara North America. The panel discussed the challenges of coming up with a way to develop a standard platform of guidelines for the ag retail industry. The fear is if the industry doesn't step up and be proactive, government may step in and create unreasonable and unrealistic rules and regulations.
Coppock updated attendees on the strategic goals of the association going forward and reviewed some of the new programs implemented in the past year.
Wrapping up the morning general session was Captain Mike Abrashoff, author of "It's Your Ship." He explained how he turned one of the worst crews in the Navy into one of the best. He provided examples of how he took the time to get to know the crew, their families and their goals. Over time he helped the crew reach their goals by implementing programs that helped further their education. Along the way, he earned their trust and respect. Abrashoff explained that the same principles he used to turn around one of the worst crews into one of the best can be applied to any business. He reminded employers to be compassionate.
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Mike Smith, co-founding partner and president of Ag 1 Source, and Mark Waschek, Agronomy, Seed, Crop Production and Grain, for Ag 1 Source presented the second breakout session: Becoming A Destination Employer. They talked about their three-legged stool of becoming a destination employer – hiring, engagement and retention – and the supports to reinforce success – communication, onboarding and recruiting. They stressed that salary or compensation is not the reason that the majority of employees leave a company for another one. Eighty-five percent of employees' leaving is because of some aspect of a poor relationship with their supervisor.


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Sol Price, the legendary retailer and community benefactor who pioneered the warehouse-club style of merchandising with the Price Club, died Monday. He was 93.
PriceSmart, a San Diego-based company founded by Price and his son, Robert, said in a statement that it was saddened by the passing of "a universally acclaimed innovator and true leader of the retail merchandising industry."
Sol and Robert Price opened the first Price Club in 1976. By the early 1990s, the chain had grown to 92 locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Previously, Sol Price had founded FedMart Inc., another noted retailer.
More recently, the Prices established PriceSmart, extending membership shopping warehouse clubs to Central America and the Caribbean.
Price died at his La Jolla home of natural causes, family spokeswoman Sherry Bahrambeygui (behr-uhm-bay-gee) said.
Philanthropists with a cause
Price and his late wife, Helen, were known as philanthropists with a particular passion for education.
Price forged a long-term relationship with San Diego State University, said SDSU President Stephen Weber. The partnership, launched in 1998, included renovating the struggling central San Diego neighborhood of City Heights.
"The first time I met him, he said, 'I want to turn around City Heights, and I want San Diego State to be a part of it,'" Weber said. "And then he proceeded to lay out this whole plan. We very quickly said, 'Let's figure out what the school part of this is.'"
As a result, SDSU now administers three schools in City Heights: Rosa Parks Elementary, Monroe Clark Middle School and Hoover High School, Weber said.
"That's been a very, very successful experiment educationally," Weber said. "It's done a lot to improve the quality of those schools. But it's also done a lot to improve our ability to prepare teachers."
Helping City Heights was perhaps the Prices' most ambitious project, with a goal of bringing back an entire neighborhood that had been going steadily downhill for decades.
Price Charities donated $40 million to the $140 million effort, which included a new police station, a performing arts building, a health clinic and community buildings, according to an article from the Web site New Schools, Better Neighborhoods, at nsbn.org.
Even aside from that project, the Prices were abundantly involved in charitable works in San Diego County.
In 1990, the Prices donated nearly $2 million so the University of San Diego School of Law could establish an endowed faculty chair, the Price Chair in Public Interest Law.
In 1995, the Prices established The Price Family Charitable Fund. In 2000, they set up the San Diego Revitalization Corp., now known as Price Charities. Recent beneficiaries include San Pasqual Academy, Scripps Mercy Hospital and San Diego Hospice.
The Prices were major contributors to UC San Diego, where they donated $2 million to build the Price Center, a social hub.
Price also established a journalism award given annually by the San Diego Society for Professional Journalists, the Sol Price Prize for Responsible Journalism.
Bronx born
Born in the Bronx in New York City, Price moved to San Diego with his family when he was a child. His father was a labor organizer and clothing factory owner who moved West after contracting tuberculosis.
Price was working as a lawyer in San Diego in 1954 when he founded FedMart, a discount department store that was open to federal, state and local government employees for a membership fee of $2 a family.
The concept was based on a membership model already being used by the Fedco chain, a nonprofit cooperative in Southern California.
Price was involved with FedMart for more than two decades. He was fired in 1976 after it was bought by a German firm.
Price was 60 years old when he found himself locked out of his office. That same year, he and his son Robert founded Price Club, using money invested by family members and acquaintances.
The store opened in an abandoned airport hangar in San Diego.
After growing to $6.6 billion in revenue in 1992, Price Clubmerged with Costco Wholesale Corp.
Price is survived by his two sons, Robert and Larry, and their wives; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. The family is planning private funeral services.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Call staff writer Bradley J. Fikes at 760-739-6641. Read his blogs at bizblogs.nctimes.com.


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Chapman not bothered by streak ending
DENVER -- Reds closer Aroldis Chapman enjoyed building on his record strikeout streak for relievers, but wasn't brooding one day after it came to an abrupt end Friday.
On a 2-2 pitch with one out vs. the Rockies in the bottom of the ninth, pinch-hitter Michael McKenry scorched a hot line drive to first base. Brayan Pena reacted quickly to make the catch and touched first base with his glove to get Charlie Culberson out for the game-ending double play. That gave Chapman his 26th save but also ended a streak at 49 games with at least one strikeout that dated back to Aug. 21, 2013.
"I'm not sad at all," Chapman said Saturday with Pena translating. "I did my job and that was saving the game. I'm very happy and very blessed I was able to break that record and continue to break it. Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to keep going. At the same time, I knew sooner or later that it would stop. Yesterday was that day."
The previous strikeout streak record for a reliever was set 37 seasons ago when Bruce Sutter had 39 straight games in 1977.
"There's nothing I can do but go out and see what happens," Chapman said. "You never know."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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MARK Cooper agreed that expectations around Swindon Town could be heightened after his side romped to an opening-day victory over Scunthorpe United on Saturday.
Two goals from Michael Smith and one from Massimo Luongo paved the way to all three points for the Robins, who dominated their guests for large periods of an entertaining encounter at the County Ground.
Pre-season predictions of midtable mediocrity or worse were revised in many corners of the Swindon fanbase following the result and, when asked whether his team's display could lead to exaggerated dreams of what might happen over the course of the campaign, Cooper told the Advertiser: "Possibly. I thought second half we were outstanding.
"Some of the football was expansive, we kept getting the wing-backs in, we should have scored five or six in my opinion and it could have been more generous than the scoreline was.
"If we can sort the problem out that we know we've got, with the naivety at the back, then who knows.
"I think word gets around about the way you play. People know that when they come here they're going to have to work hard to stop us dominating the football. That's what we're all about. Today I thought we dominated the football brilliantly."
Wes Foderingham was instrumental in the victory, saving well from Paddy Madden and Jennison Myrie-Williams as Town at times looked suspect in defence, but overall it was an attractive offering of attacking football, with Nathan Byrne, Yaser Kasim and Luongo the stand-out performers.
When asked whether he enjoyed his afternoon, Cooper said: "It's never enjoyable until the referee says there's one minute to go and you're winning 3-1.
"In a funny kind of way you enjoy it but the only thing that matters really is winning."
Byrne, restored to the right after spending the entirety of pre-season at left back, put in perhaps his most impressive shift in a Swindon shirt. And Cooper feels he and Brad Smith, who made his debut on the opposite flank against Scunthorpe, will offer Town plenty in 2014/15.
He said: "I thought he (Byrne) was outstanding. He caused problems getting behind them all the time and the more Brad Smith trains and gets used to us and the more we get used to him, the more we'll see from him.
"I was pleased with Nathan Byrne because he's had to play on the left all pre-season and he's not moaned, he's just got on with it. Today he showed what a real attacking threat he can be."