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Ruffle Roman Shade
- Overview
Tiers of ruffles bring romantic style to this roman shade. Backed with a blackout panel, it's perfect for the nursery or a girl's room.
- 64" long; available in five widths
- Pure cotton voile.
- Features a cordless design for style and added safety.
- Polyester/cotton blackout lining.
- Sold individually.
- Spot clean.
- Imported.
- Dimensions & Care
- Made of 100% cotton voile.
- Lined with 80% polyester, 20% cotton white blackout lining.
Benefits of Blackout Lining
- Darkens room for morning, naptime and bedtime.
- Blocks out light to provide a better night's sleep and more restful naps.
- Reduces sound.
- Woven lining adds to the drape of the panel.
- 26" wide x 64" long
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- Bracket Depth: 1.5"
- Use a soft-bristle brush to dust.
- Spot clean shade.
- Air dry.
- Always refer to the specific care label included with each shade.
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From the IndyStar.com website
Jeff Rabjohns
A.J. Price appreciates chance with Pacers
He faced health issues, off-court mistake in college
By Jeff Rabjohns
As a second-round NBA draft pick, A.J. Price has a challenge to make the Indiana Pacers.
But that's just a basketball challenge. He has faced far more.
As a college freshman, he suffered a brain hemorrhage that threatened his life.
Price had to sit out the next season after an arrest involving stolen laptop computers, an incident that strained his parents' marriage.
In March 2008, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee before recovering to play his senior season and helping lead Connecticut to the Final Four.
"It was very difficult. When I went through a lot of different things, there were times I wasn't sure I'd even have this opportunity to be drafted," said Price, taken by the Pacers with the 52nd pick Thursday night.
"Every thing I went through, I wanted to bounce back. (Thursday) meant a lot for me, probably more than for a lot of other people."
Price entered college as one of the most touted guards in the 2004 high school class, ranked with the likes of current NBA players Sebastian Telfair, Rajon Rondo and Kyle Lowry.
In October of his freshman year, he was hospitalized. On his 18th birthday, he was on a respirator, and his parents, Tony and Inga, wondered whether their son would live.
"It's your worst nightmare coming true, and you're actually living it," Tony Price said. "You're trying to stay calm and collected, but you're not sure what's going to happen at the end of the nightmare."
Price was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation, an abnormal tangling of blood vessels in the brain. He was successfully treated with radiosurgery. He would live. He knew that. But play again? No one was certain.
"I don't think I understood the blessing I had to still be alive," Price said. "I was kind of bitter about it. I wasn't going to be playing and there was no timetable.
"I wasn't really in the right mind-set and that led to my laptop situation. I didn't go and steal anything, but I made the poor decision of trying to sell what I knew was stolen."
His arrest came in August 2005 when stolen laptops were found in his room. He received probation, was suspended for the 2005-06 season and was out of school for a semester.
During that time, his father made him work on a construction crew.
"I was really (mad) at him," Tony said. "Other people were telling me to get through it, which we did. The reality of working, not playing at all and being out of school, he responded well to it.
"He's showing people that was one incident and not what he's all about."
Price saw what his actions did to his family, especially publicly. His dad acknowledges it took months for him to forgive his son.
Price's parents work in the insurance industry in the New York area. Price was a prep basketball star, leading Amityville (N.Y.) High School to two state titles, averaging 28.5 points as a senior.
His parents were respected professionals, his father a member of Penn's 1979 Final Four team.
Now the heralded son was suspended from college, back home, his name making national news for all the wrong reasons.
"When I got sent home and saw the pain on my mother's face and the embarrassment I caused the family name, I realized what I had at stake," Price said. "I vowed to my family that I would make amends, and I spent the next three years doing it."
Price, who is one foreign language class short of a degree in political science, played three seasons without incident.
For many basketball players, overcoming a torn ACL would be the main theme in a story of overcoming adversity. But for A.J. Price, that was the smallest hurdle.
Additional Facts
Scouting A.J. Price
Position: Point guard.
Size: 6-2, 181.
Skill package: Considered an outstanding on-court leader who understands the game and excels in the pick-and-roll, which is a major part of NBA offenses. Known for making big plays when needed. Was the Most Outstanding Player of the West Region in the 2009 NCAA Tournament in leading Connecticut to the Final Four. Shooting touch is a question; he hit 41 percent for his college career.
Numbers: Averaged 14.7 points, 4.7 assists and shot 41 percent as a senior.
What the Pacers like: "He is very good in the pick-and-roll. He keeps his head up, keeps the dribble low," team president Larry Bird said Friday. "He had a great run at the end of the season, played with great players, and Connecticut plays against great competition. We're looking forward to getting him in here and seeing what he's all about."
Worth knowing: His father, Tony, played on Penn's 1979 Final Four team.
I'm interested in seeing him in the preseason. If he's better than Diener, this was a win.


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Slipstream space[1] (Slipspace for short),[2] otherwise known as Shaw-Fujikawa space[3] or subspace[4] by the United Nations Space Command and simply the void[citation needed] by the Covenant, is a collective term for the eleven non-visible infinitesimal dimensions used for faster-than-light travel.[5] Making a transition from one place to another via slipspace is known as a "slip" or "jump."
It is likely that the theory of Slipstream space existed prior to 2291, however in 2291, Tobias Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa were the first humans to successfully implement a device that could transition normal matter into slipstream space, the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.[6]
Slipspace is a tangle of intertwined spacial dimensions, comparably similar to a wadded up piece of paper, which lie underneath the three conventional spatial dimensions of the universe. Because of this tangle of intertwined dimensions, objects in slipspace often group together in mass transit.
Slipspace can be thought of as our detectable universe (which, technically, it is) but with a greater number of dimensions. Our plane of existence is thought to have four dimensions (up-down, front-back, side-to-side and time), but Slipspace is an eleven-dimensional spacetime.[5] Slipspace is currently theorized (in 2552) as a "tangle" of our plane's dimensions, rather like taking the classic "flat sheet" used to represent gravity and crumpling it up into a ball, thereby creating extra dimensions and shorter spaces between points. The slipstream also possesses different laws of physics than our "normal" universe, although some basic ones, such as energy transfer and momentum, remain the same.[7]
Slipstream space is a specific set of seven dimensions existing in a very small bundle. While these dimensions are present in normal space, they do not have an effect on the physics of normal space. By moving matter from the three "normal" space dimensions to Slipstream space, one effectively changes the laws of physics for that piece of matter. To the human eye, Slipspace appears pitch black, because there is nothing in the visible spectrum to see.[2][note 1]
The Forerunners had a far greater understanding of Slipstream space, with the abilities to travel nearly instantaneously over galactic distances, to disrupt slipstream travel from normal space, to create bubbles of Slipstream space, accelerating time, slowing time considerably inside (or even a complete time lock) while keeping the contents of the bubble visible in normal space, to store considerable mass and volume in Slipstream space stably for thousands of years and potentially for all of time, and to transition matter from normal space to the inside of a construct in Slipstream space without requiring the construct to transition back to normal-space. They were apparently also able to send several objects into Slipspace and have them exit in different locations.[8]
Slipspace is a domain with alternate physical laws, allowing faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects by shortening the distance necessary to travel between two points in normal space, i.e., the occupants do not "warp" time. However fast it may appear, faster-than-light travel is by no means instantaneous; "short" jumps routinely take up to two months, and "long" jumps can last six months or more for the crew. The time it takes to normal-space observers, however, varies substantially - one cannot depend on the same amount of time passing in Slipstream space and normal space. These variations are typically measured in weeks or months, and are unpredictable. A fleet that transitions to Slipstream space at the same time may or may not transition back to normal space at the same time. Furthermore, if ship A and ship B both enter Slipstream space at the same time and exit at the same time, the crew on ship A could have experienced a longer journey subjectively, and the crew of ship A could, in fact, be a week older than that of ship B despite appearances in normal space.
When ships jump into Slipspace, they need to reach a Safe Slipspace Entry Point, or SSEP, where it can be ensured they won't drag anything from normal space into the slipstream as the ship initiates the transition.[9] In addition, star systems have specific Slipstream space transfer points known as Interstellar Jump Points, or IJPs, where it is safe to initiate slipspace transition.[10]
The Covenant Empire also utilize the same seven dimensions of Slipstream space for travel, though the means they use to make the transition are most likely different than those of the humans because of their markedly "faster" journeys from point to point.
Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine must use to calculate an entry point to the slipstream, and UNSC calculations are unable to offset this effect.[11] Covenant drives, in turn derived from Forerunner technology, have a much higher resolution of the filaments, and use more accurate calculations, and though the Covenant do not use this ability, are capable of making slipstream transition in and out of a planet's gravity well. Indeed, while using the captured Ascendant Justice to make a Slipspace jump within Threshold's atmosphere, Cortana remarked that "It was as if she was blind before."[11] After observing this innovation, a Covenant AI managed to leak the data out to the rest of the Covenant in a transmission. During the Battle of Mombasa, the Prophet of Regret used this newfound knowledge to transition into Slipspace while directly over New Mombasa in Earth's gravity well, damaging the city and causing the weakening and eventual collapse of the Orbital Elevator there.[12] These events show that, while the Covenant often cannot innovate their own solutions, they are quick to adopt any practice that increases their battle prowess.
Trade routes have been known to develop in slipspace. One route that was discovered following the Human-Covenant war, connected the Sol system and the Epsilon Eridani system, but placed smaller planets and systems, like Ruthersburg, within its path.[13]
- Main article: Slipspace Anomaly
In rare cases, various types of anomalous phenomena occur in slipspace. These may be caused by specific artifacts or devices. The effects of these anomalies are diverse, but often harmful. The Forerunner Crystal found on Reach was capable of creating a distortion in Slipspace, but it also made massive amounts of radiation.
In addition to temporal anomalies, UNSC ships aren't able to jump with exact precision. A ship may transition back to normal space millions of kilometers from its intended destination.[14] As a result, UNSC ships often transition in and out of slipspace outside star systems, far from any gravity wells of celestial bodies. In-system jumps are also not generally attempted by the UNSC due to the dangers present.[15] A notable exception of this is during the Battle of Psi Serpentis, when the Battle Group India, under command of Admiral Preston Cole, performed an in-system jump. Even though the Cole had made thorough calculations for the jump a week in advance, a part of the battle group scattered, reappearing outside the main group.[16] Another example is the UNSC In Amber Clad, that was able to make a successful precision jump into High Charity. This may be due to an improvement on the ship due to the recent capture of Covenant Slipspace technology, the Gravemind adjusting it or simply luck.[17] These imprecise jumps were remedied after the war with the research of captured Forerunner drives.
A slipspace accident, caused a UNSC AI to be transported from the year 2552 to the year 2004.
A "Slipspace Wake" is a phenomenon occurring for some time after a ship has made a slipspace transition. When another, slower ship encounters a slipspace wake, they will be pushed to the speed of the ship that left the wake, thus propelling them through Slipspace at the same velocity. The UNSC Dusk took 2 weeks to get to Installation 05 via the Prophet of Regret's Assault Carrier's weakening "wake,"[18] but came back to Earth within hours by following the Forerunner dreadnought's wake.[note 2] They also used this to follow the Bloodied Spirit and get to a battlegroup they needed to join much faster.
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine allowed human ships to tunnel into Slipstream space, called by technical humans "Shaw-Fujikawa Space,"[3] after the scientists who proved its existence. It generates a resonance field, which when coupled with the unusual physics of the Slipstream, allows for dramatically shorter transit times between stars; however, scientists note an odd "flexibility" to temporal flow while inside the Slipstream. Though no Human scientist is sure why travel time between stars is not constant, many theorize that there are "eddies" or "currents" within the Slipstream — there is generally a five to ten percent variance in travel times between stars. This temporal inconsistency has given military tacticians and strategists fits, hampering an uncounted number of coordinated attacks. Shaw-Fujikawa engines allow ships to leave normal space and plow through Slipspace. Slipspace drives use particle accelerators to rip apart normal space-time by generating micro black holes. These holes are evaporated via Hawking radiation in nanoseconds. The real quantum mechanical "magic" of the drive lies in how it manipulates these holes in space-time, squeezing vessels weighing thousands of tons into Slipspace.[19]
It is unknown if the Humanity has officially experimented with slipspace weapons. However, it is known that a makeshift bomb was made from a slipspace drive. During the Fall of Reach, the drive of the UNSC Savannah was mounted on a D77-TC Pelican and "fired" from inside the Long Night of Solace. It ripped the ship into two.[20]
The Covenant have a very finely tuned version of this technology, far superior to the UNSC Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine. Instead of simply tearing a hole into Slipspace, Covenant Slipspace drives cut a very fine hole in the fabric of space-time and slips into Slipspace with precision (much like a scalpel compared to a butcher knife). It exits with the same pinpoint accuracy, takes less time during travel, and is able to plot a course with error not exceeding an atom. This is why in battle Covenant ships are able to slip by human defenses by using slipspace.[21] Standard Covenant tactics include using short Slipstream jumps to gain positional advantage and surprise other ships, in addition to avoiding incoming ordnance. The Covenant's superiority in drive technology (combined with differing weapon technology) allows a small number of Covenant ships to effectively engage a much larger UNSC force. Missiles, especially, can be defeated by a brief Slipstream jump, as they cannot track through Slipstream space.
The understanding of slipspace by the Forerunners allowed them to create the Slipspace Field Pods. Essentially a Forerunner equivalent of Cryo-chambers, effectively preserving a living organism inside a Slipspace field. In addition, the Forerunners had the ability to construct weapon systems that could fire into Slipspace and affect targets in normal space or within Slipspace. This is demonstrated by the galaxy-wide effects of the Halo Array, as well as in smaller scale by Line Installation 1-4.[22]
Slipspace velocities are generally dependent on the ship's momentum on transition, as the Slipspace drive itself does not generate thrust.[23] As a result, ships that are faster in normal space, such as corvettes, usually travel faster than others in the Slipstream as well.
Human Slipspace velocities are far slower than those of the Covenant, traveling at approximately 2.625 light years per day.[note 3] One example of the differences between speeds is comparing the Covenant carrier Ascendant Justice with the UNSC Halcyon-class light cruiser UNSC Pillar of Autumn. It took several weeks for Pillar of Autumn to get from Reach to Installation 04, yet Ascendant Justice could get from Reach to Installation 04 within thirteen hours.
Though the Covenant use a modified version of Forerunner systems, true unaltered Forerunner slipspace technology has only been observed in the form of the Artifact transporting UNSC and Covenant vessels from Earth to the Ark. Additionally, while a Covenant Assault Carrier could reach Earth from Delta Halo in thirteen days, a distance of approximately 11,856 light-years,[note 4] the Forerunner dreadnought took only five days to travel the same distance, giving a speed of approximately 98.8 light-years per hour.[note 5] Given the fact that Covenant understanding of Forerunner technology is comparatively primitive, the ship may have been capable of much higher velocities.
The Forerunners were somehow capable of advanced message carrier waves in slipspace. This way, messages and memorandums could travel at great speeds throughout the Forerunner Empire. Cortana was able to use this technology to declare codes Bandersnatch and Hydra during the Battle of Earth and the Battle of Installation 05 in close-knitted timing and symmetry.
The closest technology the UNSC has been able to create like this is the Slipspace COM launcher. Even then this technology is limited as there were only three in existence before 2552: one on Reach, one on Onyx and one on Earth. As of the conclusion of the Human-Covenant war, both the devices on Reach and Onyx have been destroyed, with the fate of the Earth device unknown.
Most human communiques are actually carried on the shipboard memory of starships such as freighters. On the other end of the ship's slipspace journey, the message is relayed to the intended recipient.[24] In addition, human civilians are known to use a form of communication referred to as "slipstream packets."[25][26] Their exact nature is unknown, but the term may refer to the method of carrying messages on starships' computers. Another method of interstellar communication also exists, known as the Slipbeacon.[22] After the war humans were able to use forerunner technology to communicate even in slipspace.
Because the Slipstream is constantly shifting, and its laws of physics are different to our own, the magnetic coils of Slipspace drives drift out of phase when entering and leaving a Slipspace field, requiring constant maintenance. During the 2490's, technicians had to manually repair Slipspace drives, exposing themselves to the Slipstream and occasionally suffering injury, death or simply disappearing.[27] Mechanical failures like Slip Termination, Preventable, or STP, can also occur with Slipspace drives, usually resulting from poor maintenance.[28]
In addition, Cherenkov radiation is emitted by fissile materials, including a ship's reactor and nuclear armaments, upon entry and exit of the dimension, requiring all Slipspace-capable craft to be fitted with lead shielding as radiation protection. Slipspace drives can only be equipped on large ships, as the stress that the constantly fluctuating Slipstream exerts is considerable and can tear a small craft, such as a dropship or star fighter, completely asunder.[29]
Direct exposure to the Slipstream is incredibly dangerous. People traveling on a Slipspace-capable craft can experience a range of symptoms, from nausea, to heart failure or even death. Even more uncommon, but still known to happen, is the total disappearance of a person while in the slipstream.[30] In some rare cases, having a specific Forerunner object such as the Forerunner Crystal onboard may cause the ship to be in an anomalous dimension within Slipspace.
Entering slipspace from the gravity well of a planet was rarely attempted, by either the UNSC or the Covenant. The effect of gravity upon the creation of a slipspace entrance usually collapsed UNSC-generated holes, and the same was assumed to be true for Covenant technology. The UNSC Everest, however, is thought to have attempted it under the orders of Admiral Cole, during the Battle of Psi Serpentis, to escape certain death as Viperidae ignited into a brown dwarf star. In 2552. The flagship Ascendant Justice was also able to escape from a gas giant's gravity well after Cortana realized that it had a far higher resolution of the quantum filaments that allowed a transition, and she was able to compensate for the gravity. Subsequently, the ability was transmitted by a Covenant AI, and the Prophet of Regret was later able to use it to perform an in-atmosphere slipspace jump to escape Earth, with the resulting shockwave dealing devastating damage to the city of New Mombasa. Slipspace jumping inside an atmosphere, however, is extremely dangerous to the surrounding people and objects. When a ship transitions into normal space in-atmosphere, the air that was there is pushed aside, causing a massive shockwave centered at the ship. If a ship transitions to Slipstream space inside an atmosphere, on the other hand, it leaves an empty space that air quickly rushes to fill, causing an implosion.
Entering and exiting the slipstream is normally only attempted by ships of large mass, their gravity wells stabilizing slipspace to a degree that allows safe passage. Small ships, such as dropships, do not possess the same gravity and are placed under considerably more stress than a warship, able to crack the hull and buckle reinforcing struts.[31] It is not impossible, and UNSC slipstream monitoring probes make the transitions all the time, but require heavy reinforcement to survive the stresses, and are unmanned, having no need to protect internal occupants.[29] Specialized craft like Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pods can make the transition, but are still an extremely uncomfortable ride.[32] A Slipspace-to-normal space transition has been successfully attempted by a Spirit dropship, but it had been extensively equipped with Titanium-A battleplates, lead, and carbon-molybdenum steel I-beams. Slipspace is now capable with small ships such as the Pelican.
Slipspace travel is dangerous due to the high level of radiation encountered during the trip, which can be extremely hazardous to the crew. This is negated by the use of Lead Foil in UNSC ships, which absorbs the radiation. Fissile materials also emit radiation (specifically Čerenkov Radiation, emitted when particles travel through a medium at a faster rate than light travels in that same medium.) upon exiting Slipspace; this is not harmful to humans, however it does make emerging from Slipspace very noticeable. It is not known how the Covenant deal with radiation, but it is presumed that either they also utilize a shielding material, or with their improved Slipspace technology and Energy shields, it does not affect them at all.[32]
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Slipspace fills a common niche found in most space science fiction series/films, allowing ships to travel vast distances in a small amount of time. Though other series use different methods, it is most similar to hyperdrives, which similarly burrow into other (albeit more stable) dimensions where faster-than-light (FTL) travel without the relativistic side effects is possible. Other series use different methods, allowing actual FTL travel in normal space, or instantaneous teleportation, but the principles still follow a similar trend.
Slipspace can be likened to the recent discovery of matterwave transport without transit. In this process the 7 hidden spatial dimensions, 3 known spatial dimensions and the 1 time dimension appear to collapse into a singularity to an outside observer. But in reality, this is only an illusion. In this type of field, relativity predominates, for instance the reality is dependent on the radial displacement from the source that generates the field. At small distances, reality is relatively intact. The further away from the field source, the less sense it makes to talk about reality; a cause can occur after an effect, time has no linear flow. Nothing has a definite momentum or velocity. Objects can occur at multiple positions simultaneously. When an object enters a field, it produces a burst of neutrinos, antimatter and other types of radiation.
The concept of using an alternate dimension with different laws to travel faster than general relativity allows was first posited as the Minkowski Space Theory. Slipspace is also similar to a controversial theory called the Heim Theory.
- Nicole-458 was sent back in time because of a Slipspace accident in the non-canon Dead or Alive 4.
- ↑ Halo Wars: Genesis depicts slipspace as resembling purplish nebulae; however, this can be considered an oversight, or an artistic liberty for the sake of presentation.
- ↑ It is never directly stated that the wake the Dusk followed was left by the Forerunner dreadnought; however, it is implied on page 289: "The Dusk's journey back to Earth had occurred in record time. They had caught a wake in slipstream space, one indeterminably larger then the Covenant wake they had followed." This creates an inconsistency with later canon, as in a timeline released by Bungie, it is revealed the the Keyship took five days to reach the Sol System instead of a few hours.
- ↑ Velocity=Distance/time (V=10.5 light years/4 days=2.625 l/d). This was determined through a direct course from Reach to Earth following the Fall of Reach in "Halo: First Strike."
- ↑ Distance=VelocityxTime (312 hours x 38 lightyears per hour=11856 lightyears)
- ↑ V=D/T (11,856 lightyears / 120 hours = 98.8)
- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 15
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 141
- ↑ Halo: Combat Evolved - Level: The Pillar of Autumn
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Halo: First Strike, page 87
- ↑ Halo 3 - Map: Orbital
- ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 55
- ↑ Halo Legends - Origins
- ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 34
- ↑ Bungie.net - Halo: Reach Project Page
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Halo: First Strike - page 85
- ↑ Halo 2 - Level: Metropolis
- ↑ Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder - Buzz Generating
- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 136
- ↑ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 104
- ↑ Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole, page 477
- ↑ Halo 2 level Gravemind
- ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Chapter 22, page 186
- ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx - page 53
- ↑ Halo: Reach - Level: Long Night of Solace
- ↑ Halo: First Strike, page 86
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Halo: Blood Line - Issue 1
- ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest, Chapter 1, Page 23
- ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 35
- ↑ i love bees: week6_subject3.wav
- ↑ Axon Clips: Chapter 6
- ↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 146
- ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 24
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Halo: First Strike, page 289
- ↑ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 175
- ↑ Halo: First Strike, page 296
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 13


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A former Vacaville Unified School District administrator pleaded no contest to a single count of possession of child pornography on Friday in Solano County Superior Court.
Steven Shields, 44, was arrested at the Vacaville Unified School District headquarters in November 2011 by Walnut Creek police following a search of a Clayton home where he had been staying, police said at the time. Hired in July 2011 as VUSD's assistant superintendent of business and administrative services, Shields resigned in March of last year amid the child pornography allegations.
On Friday, Shields entered the no-contest plea to one felony count of possessing child pornography, in exchange for prosecutors dropping a second related count, officials said.
At the time of his arrest, Walnut Creek police Sgt. Tom Cashion said that the offending material was found on Shields' personal laptop. School officials in Vacaville also stated that the investigation did not involve Shields' work computer.
Shields will be required to register as a sex offender, according to officials. He was ordered back to the Fairfield courtroom of Judge E. Bradley Nelson at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 1 for sentencing.
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In earnings news, the retailer said its comp-store sales for the four weeks ended April 30 fell 3%. Total sales for April were $24 million, up 3.9% vs. the same period in 2004.


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I was just a little kid when the Pacers were title contenders in the mid 90s and I remember watching a lot of games but I didn't critique the players like I do so much today. Like all young Indiana kids, Reggie was my favorite and I depicted myself as number thirty-one numerous times in my driveway. I also know Mark Jackson was good, The Davis boys were good, and Smits was good. I don't remember a whole lot about their play, however.
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Weekend conjures moments of early Gus Van Sant, like My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy: It's full of textures and naturalistic moments that feel unforced. Haigh is a master of long takes that are voyeuristic without seeming prurient. When Glen and Russell meet up again, their banter is both meaningless and confessional, which creates a palpable tension. Their body language points to hormones racing, but they are determined not to make this relationship only about sex, even though the sexual energy is undeniable. This makes the scenes romantic and erotic, and when they explode with passion, you don't feel like the director has inserted a de rigueur sex scene, but encapsulated the dynamics of the hookup-turned-real-relationship dance (including the slightly scary obsessiveness of "Is this the one?" angst).
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Tho I'm no coder or super-geek, the ones who are will likely have questions for you:
Is the data attached as a file to the email or is it in the message body of the email? If the latter, what format is it in?
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Ryan meets 5A foe McKinney, easily improves to 4-0
Ryan head coach Joey Florence had his headset off and stalked the sidelines as he watched his backups play Friday night at C.H. Collins Athletic Complex.
After the Raiders held McKinney scoreless in the first half of their nondistrict game, the Lions reeled off 13 points in the second half and Florence had seen enough.
On the next drive, Florence inserted his first team and they provided another touchdown for emphasis in a 49-20 victory.
"We just wanted to make sure we didn't do anything silly," Florence said. "You don't want to let them back in. They didn't surrender. They were still trying to score touchdowns on us. We had to put the guys in. I was proud of them. They went out and scored."
The win is Florence's 199th career victory as a head coach and Ryan's fourth consecutive victory to start the season. It's the second time in seven seasons in Class 5A the Raiders have started the season with four straight wins.
McKinney (3-2) was the first Class 5A team Ryan faced this season, and the Raiders snapped the Lions' three-game winning streak.
Ryan quarterback Mitchell Bridges completed seven of nine passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns. Bridges rushed for 56 yards and had a touchdown.
When McKinney quarterback Brian Sutter found Marcus Cross for a 25-yard touchdown pass with 7:37 left in the third quarter, it was the first points Ryan allowed in almost 56 minutes of game time.
Ryan finished its win against Wylie East two weeks ago by not allowing a point in the second half. The Raiders (4-0) carried its dominance into Friday night's game.
On homecoming night, Ryan jumped out to a 42-0 lead by halftime, which allowed the first-string players to rest for all but one drive in the second half.
On the final play of the first half, Ryan defensive lineman Donievin Oliver rushed through the line and drove Sutter into the ground as the clock expired. Sutter waited a few moments before he came off the turf and went to the locker room.
Ryan only allowed 81 total yards in the first half.
"They've been great," Ryan senior wide receiver Xavier Gray said of the defense. "Our front seven does a lot of work, and our corners and safeties are getting better. Most of them are first-year starters, so they're getting better."
But after McKinney had scored 13 straight points in the fourth quarter against Ryan's second-string defense then failing on an onside kick, the Raiders' starting offense trotted back onto the field.
A.J. Anderson scored on 9-yard rushing touchdown with 8:51 left in the contest for Ryan's final points.
Gray said Florence was not happy after McKinney's two late touchdowns and onside kick.
"He was probably the maddest I've seen him since I've been here," Gray said.
Ryan opened the scoring in the first quarter when Bridges found Trent Willis behind McKinney's defensive backs for a 48-yard touchdown reception. Ryan senior defensive back Paul Hunter intercepted Sutter on the next drive, and Maurice Gordon scored on a 9-yard rushing touchdown on the next play to put Ryan in full control.
When the buzzer sounded to mark the end of the first quarter, Ryan had only ran three plays on its side of the field and led 28-0.
Ryan will enter another bye week before District 5-5A begins with a road game at Flower Mound Marcus on Oct. 11.
"We're pretty good, but I still think we have to get better," Florence said. "We're fixing to play some really tough people here."
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Ryan 49, McKinney 20
DR — Trent Willis 48 pass from Mitchell Bridges (Marc Orozco kick)
DR — Maurice Gordon 9 run (Marc Orozco kick)
DR — Mitchell Bridges 15 run (Marc Orozco kick)
DR — Jordan Murray 10 pass from Mitchell Bridges (Marc Orozco kick)
DR — Xavier Gray 4 run (Marc Orozco kick)
DR — A.J. Anderson 2 run (Marc Orozco kick)
MY — Marcus Cross 25 pass from Brian Sutter (Matt Roberts kick)
MY — TV Williams 10 pass from Brian Sutter (kick failed)
DR — A.J. Anderson 6 run (Marc Orozco kick)
MY — Tyree Johnson 7 run (Matt Roberts kick)
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Rushing — DR: Tyrone Williams 6-62, Mitchell Bridges 4-56, Maurice Gordon 8-44, Shomari Cann 4-31, Xavier Gray 7-29, Ben Kimbrough 4-19, A.J. Anderson 4-16, Wesley Ellis 7-16, Cameron Williams 3-5, MY: Antonio Oliver 15-94, Tommy Candela 3-17, Brian Sutter 11-15, Tyree Johnson 3-12.
Passing — DR: Mitchell Bridges 7-9-0-130, Shomari Cann 2-3-0-9, MY: Brian Sutter 15-22-1-154, Tyree Johnson 1-2-0--2.
Receiving — DR: Trent Willis 2-71, Xavier Gray 2-19, Tyrone Williams 1-16, Matthew Wagganer 1-14, Jordan Murray 1-10, Danny Meza 2-9, MY: TV Williams 5-66, Dalon Willis 5-37, Marcus Cross 3-25, Tommy Candela 3-24.


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PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway SVP human resources, Russ Jackson, has been named by Human Resource Executive magazine to the 2012 HR Honor Roll. Jackson will be recognized by the publication on Oct. 9 at a black tie awards dinner at the University Club of Chicago.
"Russ is a transformational architect within Safeway," said Safeway EVP, Larree Renda. "With his vision, insight and drive for results, he has built a human resources organization that is a powerful accelerator of change."
Jackson is being honored for his efforts in strengthening the company's leadership development efforts. For example, in 2011 the company launched a program which provides high-potential and high-performing directors and district managers with vice president-level experiences and instruction.
Jackson joined Safeway in 2007 after a 27-year career with Pacific Gas & Electric, where he served as SVP, human resources. He holds a Business degree from San Jose State University. Jackson earned his MBA from St. Mary's College and a Master's degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco, along with a certificate in Human Resources Management from the University of California at Berkeley. He has also achieved the designation of SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) from the Human Resources Certification Institute.


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Meet the "fussy bitch" who has been causing a bit of a stir among A12 drivers.
The Basset Hound, nicknamed Betty, is the star of a cheeky ad campaign for Marks Tey Discount Pet Foods in Coggeshall Road, which advises drivers on the A12 to visit them for help with their pets' diets.
An advert on the other side of the board, which featured a fat cat, has been censored by the family run business just in case it caused any offence.
Pictures of the eye-catching billboard on the southbound carriage near Kelvedon have been shared across Facebook.
Manager Dan Atkins said: "We never set out to offend anyone, it is just a little bit of a laugh and I think people have taken it that way."
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Just recently I found some work at a local hardware store, I come from a machinist background but was laid off so I was excited to take this time to venture off and work on my people skills with the general public, and working in a hardware store just felt natural. Everything is going good but over the last couple weeks I've been finding it harder to help people with the purchase of mouse traps, first thing I'll do is recommend glue traps or a catch and release tube, then crack a joke that they can bring the little fellow to their neighbor's house! but in the end I usually get the reply "NO, I want them dead". Most people also want product information of the different types of poison and right now we have some really good poison that the governments taken off the shelf that the store wants to push. This leaves me in an uncomfortable situation as not only am I giving options of the products available but I'm also providing them with information as to the best options to choose.
Overall if they choose not to use the catch and release products I politely tell them "I don't know too much about the other products, and I'll grab somebody who does". That works fine when somebody's available but regardless of if I help them or not, when I walk away I still feel like I'm helping to kill the animals and also helping the customers kill as well
This can't be too good for sila? I lie and tell people that I don't know anything (that's a fair trade for trying to save a life, I'm not too worried) but that only works half the time, the other time I'm partially taking part in killing and it can't be too good on a karmic level for the customer or myself. On top of this I know I may have to explain this to the boss or fellow employees, I'm thinking or just coming out and telling them that I can't help people kill animals. if they don't understand at least it's out in the open, it could backfire if my timing is wrong though.
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At the meeting, Mr. Shigehisa Kasahara, of the Special Programme for Africa described the role, structure and functions of UNCATD. In addition, Ms. Pilar Fajarnes, of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies introduced the new Trade and Development Report and highlighted its main findings. She told representatives that the most important message of the report was that regional cooperation among developing countries could strengthen their national development strategies and be an effective initial step towards integration into the wider international market.
The discussions focused on the link between trade and labour, and the ways in which trade could help tackle poverty in developing countries. UNCTAD was asked to create some kind of forum trade and labour could be discussed.
The meeting was organized by the Civil Society Outreach Unit of UNCTAD, which has organized similar consultations with trade unions in the past.
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I am a 33 y/o man serving in the army. I have been experiencing very intence joint pains for quite some time now, along with many other symptoms. It is a dull but constant burning pain that is also now starting to effect my entire body. I do have a family history of Lupus. My other symptoms include, but not limited to; Fatigue, GERD, feelings of weakness, poor memory, ADHD, persistent sores in nostrils, chronic sinus congestion, inability to concentrate. Most pain meds, prescribed or OTC, seem to have little to no effect (6 motrin, 4 tylenol, 2 neproxin, and 2 shots of nyquil, thats what it takes sometimes, cuz yea thats healthy for me right). I have noticed that the pain worsens with alcohol consumption. I have been off and on several arthritis (thats what "they say" I have) meds with no impact. All my research over the past 2 months has lead me to believe that this is what I have. I used to be VERY healthy and VERY fit, now I struggle just to make it threw the day. Is there anything that I can do to help convince an army doctor (a PA by the way) to at least take me serious enough to send me to a rheumatologist for further evaluation?
I'm not sure if a PA would send you to a rheumy right off the bat. I'm undiagnosed currently and going to see my doctor soon about it. All you can do is present your symptoms to the PA and hope they can test you for lupus. I hope you find answers soon. I know it's not fun not knowing. Good luck to you.
Im am in the Army also, It took them 7 months of me coming in and alot of ER visits. They started off checking me for RA first, which I knew wasnt it, but it would at least show that something was off with my ANA which made them start to actually talk to me about lupus.


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An Oakworth pensioner has been forced from her home following a fire started during a burglary this week.
Dorothy Lund has had to sleep at her sister's house since the blaze on Monday at her Harewood Crescent home.
She has been told it will be up to three months before the house is fit to be lived in again.
Although fire damage was limited to furniture in the living room, the entire house was heavily damaged by smoke.
Dorothy, 70, said: "All the rooms are black, all the walls are black – there's a hole in the floorboards where they started the fire.
"It's all ruined and I'm homeless. Thankfully, I've got good relatives."
Police this week confirmed the fire was arson, and said a laptop and gold watch had been stolen.
But they were not linking the incident to a similar blaze earlier this month in Braithwaite, which police believe was started deliberately during a burglary.
Airedale and North Bradford Police have issued an appeal for witnesses to the incident, which happened between 1am and 3.30am on Monday.
Detective Inspector Neil Benstead said before leaving, intruders set the front room of the house on fire He added: "Fortunately, the 70-year-old occupant of the house was not at home when the crimes were committed.
"If she had been, we could well have been dealing with an extremely serious incident."
Firefighters were called at about 4am when neighbours saw flames in Dorothy's living room. Several of the neighbours, including Philip Hands, threw buckets of water through the window.
Watch commander, Paul Turner, from Keighley fire station, said the neighbours' actions helped confine the fire to the ground floor.
He added: "On arrival, there was thick black smoke issuing from the ground floor and upper floor.
"We had to commit four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, and two hose reels. We managed to get the fire under control within 15 minutes."
Anyone with information about the incident should contact DC Paul Maxwell on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.


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|Ask Slashdot: Is It Time To Shrink the Ethernet Connector?
|Wednesday September 23, 2015 @10:03AM
|Misusing Ethernet To Kill Computer Infrastructure Dead
|Tuesday February 10, 2015 @02:02AM
|$10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It
|Wednesday October 16, 2013 @09:52AM
|Ethernet's 400-Gigabit Challenge Is a Good Problem To Have
|Thursday September 26, 2013 @11:34AM
|Undiscovered Country of HFT: FPGA JIT Ethernet Packet Assembly
|Thursday May 23, 2013 @12:54PM
|Ethernet Turns 40
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|Google wants variable-rate Ethernet
|Sunday September 09, 2012 @10:40PM
|100GbE To Slash the Cost of Producing Live Television
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|How Fast IsFast Enough On The Internet?
|Tuesday June 05, 2012 @10:04AM
|Australian Company Promises Switching Hardware With Sub-130ns Latency
|Monday June 04, 2012 @05:59PM
|World's fastest switch isn't really a switch
|Thursday February 23, 2012 @05:19PM
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|Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:50PM
|Napkins and the History of Ethernet, Compaq, Facebook
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|The History of Ethernet
|Tuesday February 01, 2011 @07:34AM
|100GbE Ethernet Shown In World's First Public Demo
|Friday July 02, 2010 @01:51AM
|HDBaseT Supporters Hope To Kiss HDMI Goodbye
|Thursday June 24, 2010 @06:49AM
|IEEE Releases 802.3ba Standard
|Thursday March 11, 2010 @02:26PM
|Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and Forward
|Friday February 19, 2010 @03:57AM
|Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution?
|Thursday February 18, 2010 @01:25PM
|Suggestions for a Coax - Ethernet Solution?
|Monday April 27, 2009 @01:55PM
|Handmade vs. Commercially Produced Ethernet Cables
|Wednesday May 21, 2008 @06:37AM
|Hubble Survey Finds Half of the Missing Matter
|Friday April 18, 2008 @03:03AM
|10Gb Ethernet Alliance is Formed
|Friday January 25, 2008 @08:22AM
|FTC Defends Ethernet From Patent Troll
|Wednesday September 12, 2007 @03:28PM
|Does 802.11n Spell the 'End of Ethernet'?
|Friday July 27, 2007 @07:32AM
|New Ethernet Standard — Both 40 and 100 Gbps
|Sunday December 10, 2006 @04:57AM
|'Killer' Network Card Actually Reduces Latency
|Wednesday December 06, 2006 @08:18AM
|IEEE Sets Sights on 100G Ethernet
|Wednesday November 15, 2006 @02:11AM
|100 Gbps Via Ethernet
|Thursday May 25, 2006 @10:53PM
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Could Yellow Fever Vaccine Promote Dermatomyostis?
I`m 46 years old woman with new onset dermatomyositis. I take Prednisolone(from 70 to 25 mg) and Azathioprine 100mg for 4 months. Are anti-TNF agents suitable for dermatomyositis? I was absolutely healthy until I had been vaccinated by yellow fever vaccine in May 2007 and had a tourist trip to Thailand. Could the vaccine provocate dermatomyositis?
While the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF has been implicated as a "player" in dermatomyositis (DM), clinical experience with the anti-TNF agents have not definitively shown any benefit. The medical literature reports cases where these medications have been used in dermatomyositis with variable results - some individuals improve and other individuals worsen. The response to anti-TNF's in DM is not predictable. I would not recommend it as first line therapy. If used, it should be in the context of disease refractory to other treatments or in the setting of a clinical trial.
No clear cause-and-effect relationship has been established with DM and vaccinations. An association between DM and vaccines such as influenza and BCG (for tuberculosis) has been postulated in some medical literature likely due to case reports where the onset of DM has followed vaccination by one of these agents. I do not know of any reports of DM following yellow fever vaccination. Again, at this time, there is no definitive evidence of vaccination causing DM.
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During the fall 2013 semester, Professor Matthaeus Ochmann's German class was assigned a project to keep a personal vocabulary development journal. As part of the assignment, junior Christie Pearce composed a list of 50 German words that are interchangeable in English and do not have an English equivalent, such as "diesel" and "kindergarten." Intrigued, the class used her list for a quiz during an on-campus German cultural event.
Ochmann, a visiting instructor from Germany, shared the event's success with his father. This reminded his father, a graphic designer, of his time working affiliated with Scheufelen, a German printing company that creates an "art calendar" every year. He mentioned the word list to Scheufelen, and coincidentally their 2014 calendar features graphic representations of the German words and explanations of their uses in both English and German.
The calendar, which recently won a design award, was created using various printing methods and different types of thick, high quality paper to showcase the company's work. With only 3500 copies printed, the calendar is in limited supply and costs approximately $135 to purchase.
Because of the correlation between the calendar idea and Christie's list, Scheufelen sent the class two of the calendars as gifts. Christie received one, and the other was given to Oglethorpe's Weltner Library to display.


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Pocono Raceway is one of NASCAR's toughest tracks.
With its long, flat straightaways and three sharp turns, the triangular track is one of the trickiest on the circuit.
Add in the fact that Jimmie Johnson dominated the last race there and it could be a long weekend for many teams.
But with just six races before the Chase, there are some hungry and desperate drivers. Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman are among the drivers outside the top 10 in points and fighting for a wild card.
MORE: Most frustrating drivers | Pocono schedule | NASCAR's bad boys
Among the drivers who have yet to win a race are Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon and Keselowski.
Brian Vickers and Ryan Newman have scored surprise wins the past two weeks. Could Dale Earnhardt Jr. or one of the others be next?
Winningest Active Drivers
Jeff Gordon 6
Denny Hamlin 4
Jimmie Johnson 3
Bobby Labonte 3
Kurt Busch 2
Carl Edwards 2
Tony Stewart 2
Greg Biffle 1
Kasey Kahne 1
Joey Logano 1
Ryan Newman 1
Jimmie Johnson — Johnson dominated the June race at Pocono, leading 128 of 160 laps and holding off a host of contenders on late restarts. He has three wins there and has finished in the top five in five of the last seven races. And don't forget that he also dominated last week's race at Indy before poor pit strategy and a slow pit stop cost him the win. Overwhelming favorite would be an understatement.
Ryan Newman — Newman proved at Indy that Johnson can be beaten — even on dominating days. Newman had a fast car at Indy, which should translate to Pocono, where he led 19 laps and finished fifth in June. Newman has won there before and has eight career top-five finishes on the 2.5-mile track. He has confidence and momentum after his Brickyard 400 win and that could be big at a tricky track.
Tony Stewart — If Newman doesn't win again, his teammate could. Stewart finished fourth at Indy, a sign that Stewart-Haas Racing may have turned the corner. Stewart finished fourth at Pocono in June and has two wins at the track. With Hendrick horsepower, the two Stewart-Haas cars might be the biggest threat to Hendrick Motorsports.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. — Earnhardt also has benefited from Hendrick horsepower at Pocono, finishing third there in June. He is coming off a sixth-place finish at Indy and has four top-10 finishes in his last five races at Pocono and led both races there last year. With the right strategy, Earnhardt could score his first win of the season on the fast, high-horsepower track.
Greg Biffle — He didn't lead a lap there in June, but in the end, he had the second-best car, finishing as the runnerup to Johnson.
Joey Logano — Logano scored his second career victory at Pocono last year, bumping Mark Martin out of the way to win. He finished 10th there in June and is worth watching.
Denny Hamlin — Despite his miserable season, you can never overlook Hamlin at Pocono, which he dominated early in his career. Hamlin had four wins and seven top-five finishes in his first seven races at Pocono, including a win in his very first start there. He has not run as well recently, finishing eighth in his last two races there, but Pocono is a track where Hamlin could get healthy in a hurry.
Danica Watch
One of the redeeming qualities of the big, triangular track is that's it's hard to get lapped. That's probably all that kept Patrick on the lead lap there in June, when she finished 29th among 31 lead-lap drivers. A big test for the rest of the season will be how she fares at each track the second time around. The first big test comes at Pocono.
Bob Pockrass: Dale Earnhardt Jr. He was third at Pocono in June and had a good car at Indianapolis on a day when he had to rally from a loose wheel in the opening laps. This is a team that can take a chance on getting a win as it is solidly in the Chase. There have been two feel-good stories the last two races with Brian Vickers winning at New Hampshire and Newman at Indy. It's time for a third with Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jeff Owens: Ryan Newman. If Newman's win last week had been a fluke, or if he had won solely on pit strategy, I would be skeptical. But he was fast all weekend, winning the pole and having the only car that could stay with Johnson. The victory should have done wonders for his confidence and the team's psyche. Now they head to another one of Newman's best tracks. He makes it two in a row.


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March 19 edit: When this was shot I was experiencing some mild problems with everything I was trying to throw flat coming out anny and it has only gotten worse. I was reading this thread and came across Blake saying: "if it comes out anny you are shifting the plane to anhyzer, most likely caused by your elbow not stopping and/or having your elbow above the disc while attempting a flat throw." So I added some slo-mo to this video and reposted it here.
I've had some success stopping the elbow thanks to Blake's "don't start the pull until you see the target" garage drill. And since I have nose down issues, I've been trying to lower my pull line. Sorry the hoodie obscures my arm quite a bit.
It looks to me that I kind of bounce up during the pull and (maybe because of the bounce, maybe not) end up bringing the disc up and over instead of just through. I'm pretty sure that I'm not rolling my wrist over.
So am I correct in thinking that I am seeing myself pull the disc up and over? And how do I fix it? When I am doing it, it feels like I am pulling it straight through and that I am usually just getting it high enough not to be a worm burner as it is.
As usual any other random feedback is awesome. Those discs are flying about 250' and my current goal is to get my mids consistently to 275' on that type of throw (baby steps!).
Old version of the post:
So it's been about 4 months since I've posted any video. I fell like I'm doing a few things a lot better than in the past and have identified some things that I need to work on, but I want to try to work on one (or two) things at a time.
So here's the new video
It is four throws and the second is a voodoo getting a little past 250' which is my furthest putter throw ever. Yay!
Things that I have improved since this thread from last fall:
(1) Getting my front shoulder down on the reach back
(2) Getting my weight over my front leg
(3) Aiming issues (focusing on a point and having the disc rip out of my hand in generally the right direction)
(4) Pulling later than before
Things that I see when I watch the video:
(a) I still have no real elbow chop. I need to focus on punching toward the target with my elbow to initiate the chop.
(b) I am still pulling too early, but so much better than before. I need to work on using my lower body to "guide the disc into position (Keltik's steps 1-3 on my favorite thread)" instead of using my upper body to pull this disc into position.
(c) It felt like my pull line was super low, but when I watch the video I see that it is much higher than it felt.
So my big question is if there are bigger problems that I should be working on first, before working on my listed ones that I see? And any suggestions on how to work on any of (a)-(c) is always greatly appreciated.
I'm also having a bit of trouble trying to picture (and I just tried a whole bunch to do it without a disc in my hand) how to use my lower body to guide the disc into the front pec and then punch my elbow toward the target. I seem to be only able to do one or the other.


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April 28, 2006
Finally ive taken the plunge and this is my first post. I have eagerly read with great interest over the last few months, whilst absorbing all things chocoatey to help with my new shop.
My partner and I are opening Forsyth & Brown Chocolate. We will be located on The Barbican in Plymouth. UK
It is so exciting and frightening all at the same time. There seems so much to do.
Our shop is partly for retail of fine chocolate products and will also have a 'chocolate bar' for the enjoyment of hot chocolate made of course from real chocolate.
We will be making some of our chocolate on site with a viewing window to watch the chocolatier at work.
We hope to be open for the beginning of June.
If any forum membershave any advice, please tell us, this is our first venture and im sure there are things we haven't thought of!
The barbican is a super location and Plymouth is quite a big city. The only chocolate shop here is Thorntons so it has been interesting finding out about chocolate.
The first time i tasted valrhona i was blown away. We will probably use this for our couverture. Although i am experimenting with El rey at the moment.
Sorry im rambling!!
Your comments will be much appreciated
l am in the same boat! opening my shop in Early June too.
We are in a tiny village in Norfolk, with only a handfull of shops.
The farm estates land owners are converting some barns and opening a fantastic farm shop and asked me to join in and have a unit beside them, which l jumped at the chance. Big risk in such a timy village but i feel it's a bit like the film 'Chocolat' the crazy mad chocolatier opening a chocolate shop in a very religious village.
We too are undecided about which chocolate to use but l have been struck with the Elray San Domingo. We have to make a decision soon as we are due to open in a month.
We too are making onsite with customers able to watch us, but this makes a great way to pull in customers.
Good Luck
April 28, 2006
Hello Dale
Good luck with your new shop. I had a look at your website, i love your lollies, they look great. Have you been making chocolate for long?
We went to the callebaut academy and had some training, it was a brilliant course and Beverley Dunkerley who ran the course is great.
We are experimenting like mad at home but feel like time is running out now as we will be open in a few weeks! It is much harder at home and makes you realise how the room temperature can affect the results. So a few disasters along the way! I am hoping to perfect my fresh Devon Cream Truffles, but i am putting on weight due to quality control!!
You sound more organised than we are, we are still branding and setting up websites. I cant make my mind up on courveture and packaging is an issue! I want some nice boxes, square ones but the budget wont stretch to bespoke, any suggestions on supplies?
Will post some questions in general discussions as i think im in the wrong section.
Good luck again Dale
May 29, 2005
Hi Dale and Hi Mel,
I have been in touch with Dale already as I am planning a shop as well. I am looking at the fall for opening. I am looking over several locations and need to decide soon. I am in the process of writing my business plan and I am pursuing a grant. Packaging is an issue. I have been going into all kinds of websites to see how people are packaging their product. The cheapest and easiest is to start with ballotin boxes, and cellophane bags for smaller quanitities such as 4-8 chocolates.
How do you like the El-rey chocolate? I find it very strong and it takes a little bit getting used to. The more I have the more I like it but my initial response was I did not like it. I find most people in my town like the Callebaut. So I am going to go primarily with Callebaut and Cocoa Barry. I do want to use other brands but those two and Lindt will be my main product line.
It is scary as will there be enough sales to cover the lease, etc.. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!!
Will be in touch again.
Hi Dale, Mel and Deb,
Good luck with your shops!! I opened my shop just before mother's day. I am selling moulded chocolates and truffles - all using the callebuat standard range.
I am looking to move into the high end truffles - I enjoyed the El Rey samples, but not the single origin Callebaut - still have samples left so will try on some customers.
The shop is doing OK. One thing that I didn't realise was that after a busy period (mother's day / Easter) there is a huge lull in the market. I did expect it to be quiet but not that quiet. Things are starting to pick up this week.
A few words of wisdom that someone sent to me and I found very helpful:
1. Whatever your time scale - double it - other people don't seem to realise the urgency of a project that you are passionate about. (I found it useful to identify the person in the process who had the most to lose if I backed out - in my case it was the estate agent who was handling the lease - so I put pressure on him to chase up the other people)
2. Whatever equipment, packaging etc you think you will need - you will find there are loads of other things you will want - financially this builds up - so watch the cost and decide if it is a case of 'I want' or 'I need'.
3. Try and co-ordinate deliveries so that you can be up and running as quickly as possible - an empty shop waiting for equipment & stock is losing you money.
4. Remember the advice about signage given by the speaker at last year's UK Chocolate Conference (also held at Slattery's) - "Tell them what you do - not what your name is"
5. And finally - Don't be a slave to your shop - if you are - you could lose your passion and it could become a chore!
(Hope u don't mind me quoting you Angela!)
I found that this is all very true, particularly the "I want" or "I need" line and has helped to reign in my expenditure.
I would also say that when you review how well your shop is doing (and please do so regularly) always look at an overall picture eg a month in whole as opposed to just one or two days. I used to either be very happy or very upset at first based on each day's takings - now I just look at two weeks at a time, and generally earnings are fairly consistent.
Also don't be scared of trying new things, however if you do make sure you do offer tasters.
I could go on for hours ... but well - if you need any specific advice please feel free to e-mail.
Good luck - hope it goes well - keep us all posted!
February 23, 2006
Wow! Bala, I have to admit I envy you and am a bit jealous at the same time. I have been wanting to do what you did for the better part of 15 years!!!!!! I have been playing with chocolate since I was 18 when the first mold was given to me by a friend and the love grew from there, I'm getting ready to have my 40th birthday and I still have yet to open my shop. That's all I've ever wanted and I don't seem to have the luck face my way. I don't have the time to persue it when I have a full time job, then when I'm not working I don't have the money. You have a husband, that is a big help, I wish I had something that could get me started. I know I make a great, high quality product, but just getting it out there is the hard part. I pounded the pavement for a while bringing in modest sales, worked on weekends, after/before working the full time job, but still I haven't been able to find a way to just break out and do it. My hat is off to you and keep your fingers crossed for me, I haven't given up hope yet!! I'm in the US so maybe there's the difference?? I wish you all the best of luck!
Keep it Sweet!
Keep it Sweet!
Good luck Mel - one word of advice - don't forget the corporate market! I have spoke to lots of chocolate shop owners from around the world and many report that nearly 50% of their sales come from corporate customers.
You will also be interested to know that the UK Chocolatiers Conference that Bala referred to will be held again this year on Monday 11th September. We are currently working on the programme and like last year, intend to include at least one successful chocolate retailers from the US and / or Europe.
April 28, 2006
Thank you everyone for all the support. Things will be a bit mad for a while whilst we shop fit and open but all your advice is really helpful.
Do you all agree that there is an air of excitement about chocolate at the moment and lots of shops are opening?
I will be interested in knowing more about the chocolatiers conference
Thanks for the advice Bala!
we have only aprox 3/ 4 weeks till we open, and i dont think i can take all the boxes of shop fittings etc that have taken over my house any more!!!
Very excited but a little scared, esp l am 13 weeks pregnant and due on Dec 20th (l know it will be xmas day!)
can't wait to just start making the chocolates. we are starting to do dipped fruits in a week or 2 then try to start making the truffles while decorating the shop at the same time, women are great at multi tasking and with luck my husband will be too.
Will be posting photos on my website once finished.
June 19, 2006
I've just read your exciting news! Good luck it sounds very fab indeed! I wondered if you have any thoughts on the below as you have been through a similar hunt! I would like to locate a small company or a talented individual who would help us to develop and supply on an ongoing basis a range of very high quality chocolates for a new luxury brand? We can find lots of couverture but not many companies that will supply the finished product at a high enough standard! Any thoughts given will be very gratefully received....
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Martha Stewart unveils Martha Stewart Home Office™ with Avery™ product line at midtown Manhattan Staples store
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Jason Pellettieri, Ph.D.
I teach three courses in the Biology Department, our sophomore-level Cells and Physiology class, an upper-level elective in Developmental Biology, and a non-majors class in Keene State's Integrative Studies Program called Stem Cells and Regeneration. These courses involve an integrated lecture/lab approach that engages students in original discovery-based research projects focused on planarian regeneration (see research description below).
I am currently recording a series of video lectures to facilitate a "flipped" classroom approach in my Developmental Biology course. By assigning lectures as homework, we have added time to devote to our semester-long research project using RNA interference to investigate the genetics of regeneration, as well as to discuss primary research articles in the field.
The goal of the field of regenerative medicine is to develop treatments enabling the replacement of lost or damaged body parts. Some animals naturally exhibit this capacity and therefore provide ideal experimental subjects for studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of regeneration. Research in my laboratory deals with one such model organism – the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea. This aquatic flatworm has the remarkable ability to form entirely new individuals, complete with nervous, digestive, and reproductive systems, from tiny body fragments. My students and I are using the recently completed S. mediterranea genome sequence to investigate the genetic basis of this phenomenon. Specifically, we are exploring how a genetically programmed form of cell death resizes and reshapes planarian tissues following amputation to restore anatomical scale and proportion. This work will provide new mechanistic insight into fundamental processes of animal regeneration, and potentially, new avenues for the development of clinical interventions in the field of regenerative medicine.
Left – Regeneration in Schmidtea mediterranea. Anterior is to the top. Decapitated animals regenerate missing head tissues in approximately 7 days. Scale bar = 200 mm.****
Right – Cell Death in Planarian Regeneration. Adult animals were amputated as shown (white line) at time 0. Regenerating head and tail fragments were then fixed and stained by TUNEL to visualize temporal and spatial changes in the levels of dying cells (from center left, 4 hours, 3 days, and 14 days post-amputation). Scale bars = 100 mm. See Pellettieri et al., Developmental Biology, 2010 for details.
Bender, C., Fitzgerald, P., Tait, S., Llambi, F., McStay, G., Tupper, D., Pellettieri, J., Sánchez Alvarado, A., Salvesen, G., and Green, D. 2012. Mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis is ancestral in metazoans. P.N.A.S. USA. 109(13):4904-4909.
Pellettieri, J., Fitzgerald, P., Watanabe, S., Mancuso, J., Green, D., and Sánchez Alvarado, A. 2010. Cell death and tissue remodeling in planarian regeneration. Developmental Biology, 338(1): 76-85.****
Pellettieri, J., and Sánchez Alvarado, A. 2007. Cell turnover and adult tissue homeostasis – from humans to planarians. Annual Reviews in Genetics. 41: 83-105.
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The U.S. feed grain supply for 2012/13 remained unchanged from last month's projection at 318.3 million metric tons. Supplies are projected 11 percent below the 2011/12 marketing year level of 358.5 million tons. Feed grain use is lowered slightly this month. At the projected 299.4 million tons, feed grain use is 9 percent below 2011/12 and the lowest since the 2004/05 marketing year. Carryout is projected at 18.9 million tons, 32 percent below 2011/12 and the lowest since 1995/96. Usage is projected to exceed supply as lower corn production more than offsets higher production for sorghum, barley, and oats.
Feed and residual use for the four feed grains plus wheat on a September-August marketing year basis is virtually unchanged this month at 126.5 million tons. Reduced sorghum feed use is offset by increased prospects for wheat feed and residual during the March-May quarter. Grain-consuming animal units (GCAUs) are projected at 91.7 million units this month, up slightly from last month due to increases in forecast beef, pork, broiler, and turkey production. Feed and residual per animal unit in 2012/13 is unchanged this month at 1.38 tons per GCAU, compared with 1.41 tons in 2011/12.


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Health concerns derailed last week's proposed trade of Dan Haren from the Los Angeles Angels to the Chicago Cubs for Carlos Marmol, CSNChicago.com reported Thursday.
The Cubs were turned off by Haren's medicals, according to an American League source who spoke to CSNChicago.com's Dave Kaplan. Most concerning was the back stiffness that put Haren on the disabled list for three weeks last July. Issues with Haren's hip were also a red flag, because they altered Haren's delivery, according to the source.
Haren responded by telling the Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna that he's sound physically.
"I've never missed any time because of injury other than the three weeks this year because of my back," Haren said in an email. "When I came back, I had to be cleared by doctors, so obviously, I was healthy.
"As for any other 'injury,' I've had very minor issues over the years, but nothing significant at all. My arm is in great shape, and physically, I'm in a very good place right now. I'm very, very confident that I will return to form next year."
The Angels declined Haren's $15.5 million contract option after they were unable to trade him. Haren is now a free agent. Kaplan reported that it does not appear the Cubs are interested in signing Haren.
In his email to DiGiovanna, Haren noted his durability.
"It's definitely a little frustrating to hear, being as I've started all but three games over a nine-year career," Haren wrote. "I haven't heard why exactly (the Cubs) pulled out, but I finished the year healthy and did pretty well down the stretch."


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Mensenkinderen (Dagblad Zaanstreek, 4/10/2008)
Marc de Boer is a Dutch comic artist and cartoonist for newspapers, mostly active in the Zaan area. Between 1982 and 1985 he published several books with adult comics with publishers Amice and Drukwerk, using the pen name Maraboe (a.o. 'Ik ben het zot', 'Hoezo dwaas', 'Cucurico', 'Prettig Gestoord' and 'Zotverdorie!'). In the mid 1980s, he made a comic strip called 'Ranonkel Verbogge' for De Waarheid. Other early work appared in De Zaanlander, Propria Cures and Rhaa Lovely. He formed the comics collective Collectief with Ernst van Veenendaal and Herwin Walravens. He has also worked with Van Veenendaal and Alfred Bryan on animation projects, and additionally provided texts to 'Krent', Alfred Bryan's strip for De Waarheid in 1985.
His 'Zotverdorie' cartoons were also published in Panorama. In 1985, he created the comic strip about the dog 'Bingo'. The strip appeared in newspaper Courant Nieuws van de Dag from 1991, and starting in 1993, it was also published in newspapers in Aruba (Dagblad voor Aruba) and Belgium (Het Laatste Nieuws, De Nieuwe Gazet).
Since the early 1990s, De Boer is a cartoonist for the Dagblad Zaanstreek supplement of Noordhollands Dagblad (previously called De Typhoon), making a daily topical cartoon for the regional news and drawing a cartoon or comic for the weekly children's page Mensenkinderen. In 2002-03 he illustrated a series of local Zaan rhymes by Klaas Woudt for the paper, which were collected in the book 'Op een Hebbel en een Drebbel'.