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After a successful weekend in Las Vegas, Nev., No. 4 Kansas (6-0; 0-0) returns home to take on UCLA (3-2; 0-0) in a match up of two of the top winning programs of all time. Marcus Morris took home MVP honors in Sin City, leading the Jayhawks to wins over Ohio and Arizona, and continues to show why he is one of the top players in all of college basketball. Head Coach Bill Self spoke with the media earlier this week.
A 57-point win over Ohio and a championship game victory over a tough Arizona team would make any team excited, and while Kansas coach Bill Self is proud of what his team was able to accomplish away from Allen Fieldhouse, his team still has plenty to work on heading forward.
KU is back home to take on the UCLA Bruins, who have lost two in a row against Villanova and VCU and looking to get back to the UCLA of the recent past.
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"They're a lot better. They have their main players back from last year, plus they have added some nice pieces to the puzzle," said Bill Self early this week. "Reeves Nelson and (Tyler) Honeycutt are off to a great start. If I'm not mistaken, I think that may have been Honeycutt's last game back when we played them last year. He is going to be a really good player, and certainly they are getting better guard play. They are much better, and (UCLA head coach Ben Howland) will coach them up. They will certainly guard well. It will be a game where there are very few easy baskets. I'm excited and our guys will be excited about playing arguably as storied of a basketball program as there is in the country."
Kansas traveled to Los Angeles, Calif., last season to take on the Bruins, walking away with the win, but not their best performance of the season. Self reflected on the last meeting with UCLA with another installment looming on Thursday.
"I think Markieff was our best player in the game. We didn't play great and they didn't play great, but it was a good win for us. Any time you go on the road and win, it's good. It was a good win, but certainly one in which we certainly didn't play our best. They were going through some stuff last year at that particular time and I think they're a lot better team this year."
Even with a 3-2 record, the Bruins have plenty of talent as coach Self mentioned during his press conference. Kansas can't take anyone for granted as the target his squarely on the Jayhawks as they vaulted into the top four nationally on Monday.
In terms of their performance in Vegas, the Jayhawks were very good for stretches, according to Self, however, they certainly have room for improvement heading forward.
"Well I thought we played a lot better against Arizona than we did against Ohio - we didn't play well at all against Ohio, we just couldn't shoot the ball into the ocean. We moved the ball pretty well against Arizona and we played out of foul trouble. We made some plays when it got tight and we played smart down the stretch. I think we showed that we can play at a very high level for a period of time, and we also showed that we were very normal at times."
Marcus Morris was the best player on the court throughout the weekend, earning him MVP, as well as a spot on the All-Tournament Team along with fellow teammate Travis Releford.
Morris has played exceptionally well all season, at least offensively. Both he and his brother, Markieff Morris, need improvement with their defense in the low post, but without a doubt, Marcus has put himself in a position to be considered for national honors. His performance also brought home the award for Big 12 Player of the Week as well.
"He deserves that. He's shooting 70 percent. Marcus has been great offensively," Self said. "He scored facing the basket. He scored from deep. He scored mid-range. He scored on post moves. He really has demonstrated his versatility. I doubt there has been anybody in our league that has had a better week or start to the season than he has."
Junior guard Tyshawn Taylor spoke about the performance of his teammate so far this season, knowing full well how important the play of not only Marcus, but both of the twins is to the team's success this season.
"He's been knocking them down," Taylor said. "Marcus is good. He gets in his comfort zone. His turn around jump shot, the step in three-point line from the top of the key, we practice those shots. Those are shots that we practice everyday. When our confidence is (high) like that (from practice), especially when we make a couple, and Marcus will make a couple, he'll definitely put them up. Marcus can score, he's a shooter. Even Markieff (Morris) has made some big shots. Guys have been knocking them down."
If one thing was proven in Vegas, it's how important the Morris twins are for Kansas. The two are combining for 31.3 points per game and 15.8 rebounds per game. They are the top two scorers for a balanced Jayhawk team, hitting from every spot in the court.
It's hard to find a complaint about how the two have played, but defensively, they can improve fairly significantly. Moving their feet and getting into better position is one area of improvement, and will also help keep the two out of foul trouble, something that hurt Kansas against Arizona.
"You can't put your hands on people when they drive it, Self said. "You have to play your man before he catches it. They'll get better at that. Our guys are going to foul. You just can't commit the silly ones that give you three to start the second half. Big guys are going to foul. You just have to eliminate the ones that are avoidable and you have to play your man before he catches it."
In their place, forwards Travis Releford, Thomas Robinson, and Mario Little played significant minutes and played very well. Robinson has been a pleasant surprise this season with his constant effort and incredible athleticism, throwing down a monster one-handed dunk late in the game against Arizona, possibly the play that swung the momentum back to KU for good.
Offensively, the Jayhawks have maybe surprised some teams with the ability to get outside jumpers from its big men. In the past, the Morris twins have shown they can knock down the perimeter shot, but Robinson has jumped into the mix as a player who can step back and hit a mid-range to three-point jumper. The ability to add that to their offensive repertoire gives Kansas a huge advantage, especially against less athletic forwards.
When asked whether those three need to play with their back to the baskets more and facing up less, Self spoke about his philosophy when it comes to the play of his big men on the offensive end.
"Our whole offense is predicated on paint touches, either off the pass or off the bounce. We do a good job of that a lot of times. Thomas got us two points late in the game by doing that to (Arizona). When their big guy fouled him, he got two free throws. I'm OK with them shooting the ball, but they're going to be a lot more open when (the opponent) respects the drive. You have to give their big guys a chance to get in foul trouble. I think those three could be so good driving the ball because they're so good with the ball in their hands."
Both Robinson and Markieff Morris weighed in with their thoughts on taking perimeter shots as well as using their low post moves to score.
"He (Coach Self) never wants us to settle," said Robinson. "If we attack the basket and get easy buckets that get us in a rhythm, then he will allow us to step out and shoot."
"It depends on if it's a bad shot or not. If it's a good shot, it's a good shot. If it's a bad shot then we should attack the basket, that's what we hear," added Markieff Morris.
Kansas is playing very well so far in the early portion of the 2010-11 season. UCLA won't be a pushover and the Jayhawks won't take them lightly, but after six games, KU appears to be a legitimate title contender. How his team progresses before the all-important winter break will be key to their chances at the end of the season.
KU is now just three weeks away from adding freshman Josh Selby to the mix. With his ability to change a game along with the play of the Morris twins and the rest of the Jayhawks, Kansas appears to be a team who, when playing its best, can play with anyone in the country.
Before they look ahead, the Bruins await their chance to gain back momentum by knocking off a top five team on the road.


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MSN Taskbar problem/bug?
Here's the deal..
I'm using Windows Seven and i have the latest version of MSN, so i pinned it down to my taskbar so I can access it easily.
When I then start MSN and talk to my friends, every time I minimize a conversation window or someone starts a conversation with me the window stays minimized (it doesn't pop up) and there then comes my problem:
As you know it in Windows 7 the minimized programs sort in groups, therefore, the opened conversation windows are all under a single icon on the taskbar and when someone sends me a message while this conversation window is minimized it starts blinking, and then when i try to open it i must catch the exact moment between two blinks or else the little screen that pops out showing all the opened windows under a program just minimizes again quickly...
So I have to be quick to reopen a minimized conversation...and it stresses me!
I beg for help! Thx!
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Hi Bjostabarn,
By "the little screen that pops out" etc. do you mean the Thumbnail Previews?
They appear when mouse hovering over the Taskbar icon for that program, and shouldn't minimize again until you stop hovering over it. Could you maybe try to explain in more detail?
Don't know if this will help, but you could try right-clicking the Taskbar, selecting Properties, and changing "Always combine, hide labels" to "Combine when taskbar is full" or "Never combine". Let me know if that helps.
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Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
The preview panes should stay long enough to allow you to select the relevant window.
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When I change the "Always combine, hide labels" to, for example, "Combine when taskbar is full" there is no problem with the thumbnail view (because there is no thumbnail view )
My problem is that when the thumbnail view is set to always combine and someone sends me a message on MSN, the icon starts flashing and when i put my mouse over the icon or click on it the thumbnail preview pops up but it immediately closes when that stupid conversation window is flashing...
I'll try to make a breef video of what's going on and upload it here...
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This makes me think it's either a problem with MSN's functionality in Windows 7, in which case you could try running it in Compatibility Mode for Vista, or an issue with your Win7 install (let's hope not.)
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a lot more cold this winter. For southcentral Alaska, that is. For Barrow, the news might be better. The prediction center says the far north can expect warmer temperatures than normal.
If the predictions are correct, February and March will bring more of the almost-record cold we just experienced. However, June, July and August should be quite a bit warmer than last summer, which was one of the coldest on the records kept for Talkeetna.
NOAA releases official 90-day forecasts in the middle of each month. Recent La Nina conditions, the opposite of El Nino, are causing the colder conditions. The ocean temperatures off the coast of South America are currently colder than normal. But the Climate Prediction Center forecasters think that by spring and summer, the El Nino conditions will occur and much of Alaska will be much warmer than it was last year.
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The dress is made from a poly-cotton blend, pattern drafted and made by myself. The design on the dress is black suede, ironed on with heat n' bond. The wrist cuffs, ankle cuffs, and shoulder pads are made from fake fur. The tail is made from two different kind of fake fur, stripes painted on with acrylic paint and then carefully brushed out to give it a more realistic look. It was then stuffed with a few layers of quilt batting and a wire to add stability. I then made a pair of little booty short out of spandex in the same color of the dress to attach the tail to. The ears are latex faun ears purchased from Aradani studious that I then painted darker on the inside and covered the outside in a black velvet material. The shoes were cheap sandals I bought and removed a set of straps from. The body stripes were painted on using Ben Nye Magicake Aqua paints. The pendant was made from scukpy and painted with silver metallic paint and red nail polish for the gem stone part.
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- Escaflowne was one of the first series I ever watched when I got into anime, but had never considered cosplaying from. However, once mostflogged asked/suggested I be Merle, I wondered how I never thought of it before. Plus I got to cosplay more with her, how could I not?
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Windows Tax?
Backing both horses? I presume this means that HTC does not pay the Windows Tax on all PDAs but only those that actually have Windows. Will this mean, as with eeepc market that new exciting LOWER PRICE non-MS stuff will come to market and that to stay competitive MS will have to offer a WM 'Classic' variant? So Linux/MS lovers both win!
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My boss has asked me to do something and I'm hoping there's an easy way to do it,
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He's asked me to go through these emails and write some information into an excel spreadsheet
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There are over 800 of these emails, and they're all automatically generated by the OTA, so all have the same layout/format
Is there anyway to do this that doesn't involve me going through every email getting the info. manually?
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As you may have heard, SNL's been under fire recently for the lack of black female comedian representation among its cast. And if you hadn't heard that, then the cold open to last night's episode may not have made as much sense to you as it would have otherwise. Scandal star Kerry Washington hosted the episode, and though it's not common for the host to appear in the cold open, it seems they were willing to make an exception if it meant being able to have Michelle Obama, Oprah and Beyonce (kind of) in the same sketch. The producers were sure to add a formal apology to Kerry Washington "for the number of black women she will be asked to play tonight."
This appears to be Saturday Night Live's way of addressing the controversy as they tend to address just about everything else — with humor.
Many of us are used to seeing Washington as the poised and passionate Washington DC fixer Olivia Pope in Scandal, so it was really fun getting to see her diversity as an actor and her sense of humor throughout some of the better sketches last night. That includes this one, where Nasim Pedrad plays Heshy Farahat, a Career Week Speaker and Washington plays her… assistant?
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3-years ago when getting computer had it on dial-up.
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I think these boards need to be reviewed in context. Geoff is pitching them to 'average' surfers - and for that I think they are ok. Great paddle power - but a little bit 'clunky'. Probably most suited to the occasional weekend surfer rather than MrHardcore. I think McCoy is right - too many shapers are producing 'pro' style boards, however everyone now is starting to shape fish / hybrid / funboards - many of which will do the job for the average dude.
Growing up in Avoca in the late 70's / 80's, Geoff was a strong presence in the area - his factory was located there. Ironically most locals at the time didn't ride McCoy boards - all of us thought they were a little to 'boaty' and Nivana surfboards shaped by Bill Cilla dominated the local break. The fat boaty shape continues today, which in context is ok, but if you a a better than average surfer - look elsewhere.
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Jack Prevatt was all smiles afterward. The senior left tackle had every reason to be after his Menendez Falcons beat county foe Nease 35-21 Friday night at Panthers stadium.
Prevatt and the rest of the Falcons linemen helped Trevon Bryant run for 176 yards and his backfield buddy Step Carter run for 165 on the evening.
Menendez' win was the first time in at least a half decade the Falcons (4-2, 0-1) were on the victorious side of this pairing. In the aftermath, Prevatt took a picture on the field with some friends before trudging off to the bus back toward south St. Augustine.
"They did their job perfectly. They were blocking everyone," Carter said afterward. "It's kind of hard to describe."
He doesn't have to. Nease head coach Shane Matthews had plenty of words to describe the visitors rushing performance.
"Coach Turner has done a fabulous job with them. I tip my cap to them," Matthews said. "That running back is fun to watch. …He's just a strong runner. He runs through people and he'll be playing on Saturday's somewhere."
The game was tied 21 apiece at halftime. The first drive of the second half for both squads ended in interceptions. Chase Mitchell intercepted Step Carter's pass in the end zone and C.J. Peeples picked off Nease's Justin Lee with 7:31 left in the third quarter.
Carter ran for 58 yards. Bryant ran for another 39, and the Falcons gained a lead they would not relinquish with that two-play 97 yard drive.
"We knew with their running back and their quarterback we were going to have a tough time stopping them. I have no idea how many yards they ran for, but it was a ton," Matthews said. "We knew we could move the ball. I thought we moved it well, but we had some crucial mistakes here or there."
One of the mistakes Matthews referenced came on the ensuing kickoff when Nease (2-4, 0-2) inexplicably did not pick up Braden Marozzi's high kickoff. Menendez took over at the Panthers 10 yard line. This time it was Bryant, then Carter, on the two-play scoring drive. In all, Carter had three rushing touchdowns and Bryant had two.
"We knew they had a pretty good front defensively, and pretty good coaching," said Menendez football coach Patrick Turner. "They were going to have the schematics on what we were doing. (Bryant and Carter) knew there were going to be small creases. When there was a small crease, they had to hit it, get inside and come out on the other side—kind of like NASCAR. They did that. And when they came out the other side, they ran through the smoke and they were in the clear. They did a great job."
Turner said his offense made adjustments to what Nease was showing the Falcons at halftime. The tweaks worked for three drives: the one that ended in Mitchell's interception and the two scoring drives that were the difference in the game.
Nease has lost three straight, but Friday's contest was the closest of the trio. Lee threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Davis on the Panthers first possession of the game to open the scoring. Davis, who had 90 offensive yards — 70 receiving, 20 rushing — added a rushing touchdown, his second of the season, to tie the game 21 seconds before intermission.
Lee threw the ball 42 times Friday, with 31 completions, 355 yards and the touchdown pass to Davis.
But the small mistakes bit the Panthers in the behind all evening. Offensively, it was a dropped pass in the end zone late in the fourth quarter when Nease was trying to halve the deficit. On special teams, there was the onside kick in the second quarter that was executed well, but wound up in the hands of a Falcon.
"That's just the way things are going right now," Matthews said. "We'll keep plugging away for next week."
Nease hosts Matanzas (2-4, 0-1) in a pivotal 4-6A team that both teams have to win to have a realistic chance of making the playoffs. The victors have a short week and travel to Green Cove Springs to play a a Clay side that is 3-4 and lost to St. Augustine by four touchdowns Friday night.
"Each week we get more confidence and the kids have definitely bought into what we're doing. It's another brick in the building process. We have to continue to get better. We have a lot to learn from tonight because our kids have never been put in these situations. This was the first time that it almost came down to the wire, not just since I've been here, but for a while."
Here's another unfamiliar situation for the Falcons: big district games. Thursday's contest is the beginning of a three-game stretch that will determine whether they make the playoffs.


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WTF of the Week: Paul McCartney Wants a Free T-Shirt
Apparently being a member of one of the greatest groups of all time and one of the richest and most popular people on the planet isn't enough for Paul McCartney. Now the dude wants a free T-shirt to go with his knighthood and power to shut down Times Square.
As you can see in the above video, the Beatle known as the Cute One back in the day made an impassioned play for a free T-shirt at a Brooklyn Nets game last night. Never mind that he currently ranks No. 21 on the Forbes list of super-rich celebrities or that his recent tour was named one of the Top 20 of the year.
We're pretty sure McCartney can afford, like, several hundred thousand of these T-shirts. Hell, we're pretty sure the guy shooting them out of the cannon probably would have just given McCartney one in exchange for an autograph or something.
But people love free s–t. Doesn't matter if it's an extra onion ring with your appetizers at the Applebee's down the street from Dick's or a Brooklyn Nets T-shirt that probably won't fit after it's washed three times. And it doesn't matter if you're a working-class dad who wants to see a smile on your little boy's face or a gazillionaire who hasn't worn a T-shirt in 40 years. People. Love. Free. S–t.
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A TWISTED thug flew into a rage and slapped his girlfriend across the face when she got his KFC order wrong.
Paul Wilmore admitted giving Hannah Taylor a "back hander" as they waited for their food.
The couple were retuning from a social club where Wilmore had drunk several pints before Miss Taylor drove them to the fast-food chain's drive-thru.
But he went ballistic after she got the order wrong and slapped her.
"The defendant said, in hindsight, when he 'bashed her one' it was the wrong thing to do and it wasn't good"Prosecutor Liz Ryder
Wilmore, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, admitted assault while appearing before magistrates.
He was given a 12-month community order with a 30-day rehab activity requirement.
The 39-year-old was also ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work, pay £105 court costs and a £60 victim surcharge by magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre.
The court heard there had been no violence prior to this incident and the pair – who had been in a relationship for three years – decided to remain together.
Miss Taylor had retracted her complaint but the prosecution decided to pursue the case when Wilmore admitted the offence at the chain's drive-thru in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
"The defendant said, in hindsight, when he 'bashed her one' it was the wrong thing to do and it wasn't good," said Prosecutor Liz Ryder.


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Just in the early stages of planning but I did not want to hijack or piggyback on anyone else's already established thread!
Thank you, caroline (for your input on Ack's thread)---this is both the name of the place and the address of the B&B in New Town that is half the price of Apex City Centre......
53 Frederick Street. Thanks for any input you have.
I gleaned good info from Surfergirl's thread and your advice there, as well. We will be in Edinburgh for 5 nights and price is not the only issue, but the website for 53 Frederick made it look quite charming. http://www.53frederickstreet.com/
I apologize for my ignorance of locations, as I said we have only barely begun to plan for this trip and I have not yet done my preparations. However, as it will be a large international meeting, that DH is going to, it is prudent to arrange accommodations early.
I will add on to this thread as my knowledge of Edinburgh is increased and our plans begin to gel.
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53 Frederick Street is a great location. It is 3 short blocks to Princes Street and 1 block from George St which is also sort of a 'main drag'. Plus Rose St (halfway between George and Princes) which is a pedestrian precinct w/ pubs/restaurants.
George, Rose and Princes all run parallel and Frederick crosses them.
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You are going to have a great time, socialworker! I got some amazing advice from these boards when I planned my trip and janisj, as always, was a fountain of good information!
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It is a great place and a great location,the only thing to note is that breakfasts as far as I am aware are had in nearby Ricks resturant.It would be no biggie for me and the location makes it an excellent place to be based.
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I don't know this place through first- or second-hand experience but as others say, it is a brilliant location. It is on one of the wider, busier main thoroughfares in the New Town, though - with cobbles - so may not be the quietest place if that's an issue. I was always used to living in busy places so it wouldn't have bothered me.
Re breakfast in Rick's bar - this is a trendy bar & not somewhere I'd use as a bar (too old & untrendy!) but eating breakfast there wouldn't bother me now that smoking is not allowed indoors.
I like most of the Apex hotels and the Grassmarket is an atmospheric location in the Old Town (mediaeval - as opposed to the New Town which is Georgian); *but* it is stag party central, there are a few hostels (of both types) there or nearby, and it's not so convenient for walking or getting the bus to most other places you're likely to want to see. Also bear in mind what I said on Ackislander's thread about the castle being on a big hill & not on very direct walking or bus routes - although the Apex will look a lot near on a map to the castle, there's not that much in it to walk when you bear in mind the climb (especially if you don't know the back ways).
Frederick Street is much more convenient for walking most places, a few bus routes stop right on it and many more on George St or Princes St (depending on how dug-up Princes St is at the time).
If you want somewhere a bit quieter in the New Town, Ingram's on Northumberland Street is run by interesting people I know a bit (he used to be an antiques dealer and they are both very involved in the Edinburgh arts scene), and Gerald's on Abrcromby Place always seems to get rave reviews.
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We have stayed at Ingram's. It's very nice and a great spot, but you have to like communal breakfasting around a large table (we're too antisocial for that kind of thing).
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Isn't that usually the case in B&Bs, Havana? They were never really my thing but on the few occasions I stayed in one, that's how it worked.
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Thanks so much, caroline and Havana!
We have stayed at B&Bs only infrequently, however most of them actually had individual tables at breakfast for guests---even a very small one we stayed at in Cornwall (St. Ives), but that would be a consideration for us, as we also are not chatty at breakfast (well, I'm not, DH would probably do better with that.)
I guess I tend to think of a B&B just as a small hotel, so I may be inaccurate based on my limited experience with them.
Do either of you know if the Frederick St location is in the area where the street that Ack referred to as being torn up is? I still need to check the map, but I am not always great with maps.... (DH is better at that too!)
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Thanks to janis and gus too! It is so nice to know that Frederick St is a nice location! (Sorry, sometime I get sidetracked looking at the most recent posts...)
There is a part of me that is not ready to make these plans yet....I am still on a high from the trip we just came back from, so that is also a source of my distractedness.....
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"isn't that usually the case in B&Bs, Havana? They were never really my thing but on the few occasions I stayed in one, that's how it worked"
Well, I have shared a breakfast table twice, once in Tennessee and once in Edinburgh and I have stayed in lot of B&Bs. I just tend to avoid the communal ones.
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The main tram works, and where they have the biggest impact, is on Princes Street. I gather work is now progressing in St Andre Square and York Place too. There's no knowing exactly what the situation will be next May, except the works won't be finished. The works have been coming & going for several years now with no end in sight. They generally just more or less stop during Christmas/New Year & the August festivals. It doesn't affect walking round much. During the periods when all traffic on Princes Street is suspended, the buses usually go via George Street instead.
Frederick Street is off Princes Street - at right angles to it. Unless you want to visit the shops there (mainly standard chains), you don't actually need to walk along it, there are plenty of nicer alternatives parallel to it to the north. You'll just need to cross it at some point if walking to the Old Town or going to the National Gallery of Scotland/Royal Scottish Academy.
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Note that all hills in Edinburgh head UP. Bring comfy shoes.
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The work on Princes Street is definitely progressing. It is pretty well finished from Jenners toward Lothian Road; from Jenners to St Andrews Square (two sides) it is a mess and walking is difficult, though the track itself is in place and they are filling in around it. By May, I would suspect all that will be finished and the main mess will be on York Place and beyond. There is preliminary digging in the Picardy Place Roundabout. If you aren't driving, a lot of this is not a problem, though bus stops and routes seem to get moved around a lot, making people mildly late for this and that.
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"Note that all hills in Edinburgh head UP."
Funny about that . . . IME one always ends up walking more uphill than downhill. You'd think it would average out but never seems to work out that way
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OP, re "I guess I tend to think of a B&B just as a small hotel". I'm sure they vary, especially the posher ones, but in Britain a B&B is someone's home - a bit too intimate for me. Our last B&B experience involved sitting at the family's kitchen table while the owner cooked our breakfast - I'm sure she was a very nice woman, but it just seemed weird to me. After that we stuck to hotels or pubs.
Ackislander, the Princes Street tracks have looked finished before - and then been dug up again. I forget when you were there but they do tidy it all up for the Christmas/NY & festival seasons. Last time I remember the tracks were supposedly finished, they then had to have the stuff sealing them from the main road surface all drilled out again & replaced, due to cracking - which took more months. And have they even started on the infrastructure for the overhead power lines yet? Sorry to be a doom merchant, but we were about the only people we knew who were in favour of the tram project to start with, but we were sadly let down. For us it would originally have delivered a reliable, fast, almost door-to-door service between home & work - but the tram works outlasted our jobs! And indeed, now, our residence in Edinburgh. And the route no longer goes as far as Leith, where we lived. And I first had my doubts when I saw a model tram and discovered that out of the 250-person capacity, only 70 would get to sit - fewer than on the existing buses! (Bitter, io ? )
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In the UK, a B&B is a hotel with 1-5 guest rooms and the proprietor does live on premises. There is probably more inadvertent interaction with the proprietor than you'd be accustomed to at a US B&B.
A "guest house" is a hotel with 6-10 guest rooms, and again the proprietor usually lives on premises but there's a bit more of a hotel feel to it.
I'm trying to remember walking downhill at any point of my stay in Edinburgh and it's difficult . . . must be faeries that create all the inclines and remove the declines - akin to those moving staircases in the Harry Potter movies.
And as you see from the above, apparently the Scots have designed their tram system as well as they did their Parliament building. Good gosh. (And I like Scotland a LOT).
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Ah, there we disagree BigRuss - we love the Parliament building!
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Socialworker, sounds as if you are getting good advice regarding your lodgings.
One thing to consider: the weather. We were in Edinburgh several years ago in late May. I could not believe how chilly it was. One day we abruptly left the castle grounds because the winds were really howling.
This possibility should not hamper your stay – just be prepared with layers in case you have the same weather conditions.
Enjoy Edinburgh…
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Thanks again to everyone for all the wonderful advice!
We just got back from 2 weeks in Europe that included 2 full seasons of weather in the same 2 week period! "Summer" in Florence with late fall in London and Paris, so I will heed your sage advice, lateday---layers are the way to go.
For now, I have booked 53 Frederick. The photos look lovely (and TA reviews seem uniformly positive) and it does seem to be a larger "hybrid" type of B&B, with some hotel amenities, like a lobby. And since breakfast is in an adjacent bar/cafe, no fear of having to share a communal table and chat with others in the morning. I am so not a morning person!!
Also, as I said, the meeting that DH is going to is an international one and I can only imagine that the accommodations are going to start to be booked up before too long....
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The Vatican said Pope John Paul II accepted Williams' resignation, submitted under church law for "illness or some other grave reason."
Williams has been accused of abuse by three plaintiffs. He denied the charges and went on leave voluntarily under a diocesan policy that requires clergy to be removed from public duties while an accusation is pending.
Plaintiff James W. Bennett alleged Williams abused him in 1981 while Bennett was a 12-year-old altar boy. David Hall alleged Williams fondled him when Hall was an 18-year-old high school senior. A third plaintiff, Thomas C. Probus, accused Williams of making sexual comments to him during a counseling session.
Ordained a bishop on June 19, 1984, Williams was named the founding bishop of the newly established Diocese of Lexington. He was installed on March 2, 1988.
Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of the Louisville archdiocese said Williams will be missed, and called his resignation "a personal loss for me as well." Williams served as a priest in Louisville under Kelly for about two years.
"He has been a brother, counselor and friend to me for 20 years," Kelly said. "May God bring peace to his pastor's heart as he looks to the future. May we always remember the blessings that have come to us through his ministry."
The resignation comes two days before American bishops meet in Dallas to decide on proposals to deal with sexual abuse in the clergy.
At least 225 of the nation's more than 46,000 Roman Catholic priests have either been dismissed from their duties or resigned since the scandal began in January.
Weakland's resignation was accepted by the Vatican
In March, the Rev. Anthony O'Connell resigned as bishop of Palm Beach, Fla., after admitting he abused a seminary student in Missouri more than 25 years ago. And last month, Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland's resignation was accepted by the Vatican a day after he acknowledged paying a man $450,000 to settle a sexual misconduct allegation against him.
The Vatican cited Weakland's age as an explanation. He had submitted a resignation request in April when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 and asked the Vatican to expedite it after the settlement became public.
Bishops in Poland and Ireland were also forced to resign this year in sex abuse scandals.
The scandal began enveloping the church after revelations that the Archdiocese of Boston had shuttled now-defrocked priest John Geoghan from parish to parish despite repeated allegations that he was a pedophile.
A panel of U.S. bishops has called for a zero-tolerance policy toward sex abuse and defrocking of any priest with more than one such incident in his past. The proposal will be taken up at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' meeting that begins Thursday.
In other developments in the abuse scandal:
In New York, Bishop Thomas Daily of Brooklyn was asked in a closed-door deposition about how he handled defrocked priest Geoghan when he was an official in Boston. Daily served there from 1971 to 1984. In March he said he regretted some of the decisions he made during that time.
In Chicago, Cardinal Francis George became one of the rare church leaders to agree with victims' advocates in saying that any policy dealing with sexually abusive priests should also discipline bishops who fail to act on cases within their dioceses.
In Evansville, Ind., Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger, who has allowed two priests to remain active despite sexual improprieties, said he opposes zero tolerance. He said two priests in his diocese who were rehabilitated and assigned to new parishes after sexual misconduct are examples of successes that would have been impossible under such a policy.
The Archdiocese of Miami has turned over about 50 years of sexual abuse records to state prosecutors, Archbishop John C. Favalora said. Favalora would not say how many records, which include sealed settlements, he gave to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.
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THANK YOU mauifrog and everyone else involved with this... I did this a few months back without any issue =) I love being able to play imported games!
A friend says that he softmodded his Wii, and then it stopped reading discs. I searched but didn't find any instances where there was a link between the two, or any directions that said "do xxx or your Wii will no longer read discs." I feel like maybe it's a coincidence, and that one thing has nothing to do with the other. Is this suspicion correct? Or, is this an actual possibility? If so, is there something I can do to try to fix this?
Thanks very much for any and all input!!
It should be obvious what this guide is intended to achieve, and it is accomplished successfully by a large percentage of ppl.
apologies for o/t, but "Foul Wretched Beast" -- ROFLMAO :015::015::015:
I don't understand why I NEED to do step 2 (besides PriiLoader)? I'm assuming it would downgrade my Wii to 4.1. What would it do to keep it at 4.3? I have no intention of backing up games.
Is there something I could look for on their Wii that might help diagnose/troubleshoot the issue?
If i have a 4.3e and want to install a homebrew channel do i have to buy one off the games from the disk exploit section or is there another way i can do it?
is it possible to downgrade it to 4.2?


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Win 2 tickets to see Utada Hikaru in London
Article by PerrinAshcroft posted Monday 1st February 2010
Competitions have returned to Cosplay Island in style. On Friday 12th February (that's next week), the amazing Japanese music artsist Utada Hikaru is playing at the O2 Academy Islington in London. The show is completely sold out but Cosplay Island has two tickets to give away to one lucky winner.
These tickets have been going for over £100 each on eBay and it's not surprising as Utada is one of the biggest artists in Japan and rarely tours even back home. Personally she's my favourite Japanese artist so this promises to be a fantastic concert.
UK competition law dictates we need to ask you some sort of question if you want to win, so all you have to do to win these tickets is send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with the answer to this question: "What is the name of the song Utada Hikaru recorded for the film Casshern"
The closing date is this Thursday night at midnight UK time. One winner will be picked at random from the correct entries. That way we can mail the tickets out on Friday to make sure they get to you in time for the concert. Obviously only enter if you are able to get to London next Friday and attend.
T&CS: One entry per person, no purchase necessary, no cash alternative to the prize, judges decision is final, winner's name will be posted online once decided.
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i love utada hikaru and when i heard that her concert tickets were sold out i was so bummed as i didnt even get a chance to buy the tickets i found out they were sold out on the day of its release!!!
fank u cosplay island for doing this competition and letting people get a chance to see utada!!
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Skepticism over Xi Jinping's Call for "Sharp Criticism"
Recent comments by incoming president Xi Jinping, in which he said the Party should tolerate "sharp criticism," have drawn a lot of interest on Weibo and elsewhere. While the comments appear to show a kinder and gentler response to dissent in China, many have reacted with skepticism. From AP: Word of Xi's public endorsement of "sharp criticism" quickly spread in China's active social media, where a Xinhua posting of his comments was reposted more than 20,000 times within hours Thursday. Some responded with hope, but more expressed skepticism, if not downright cynicism. […] "Many people have been shushed online," [independent scholar] Zhao [Chu] said. "And many people have been sent to prison for one article. Isn't it hypocritical for the party to say it wants to hear sharp criticism after it has already tightened speech?" Willy Lam, an expert on party politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said Xi's remarks did not depart from the party's usual stance on speech. "What he says is 'we are willing to listen to voices from different sectors on the condition that the party still holds power,'" Lam said. "I don't see any indication or sign he might be adopting a more liberal or benevolent approach to handle dissidents." Human rights researcher Joshua Rosenzweig expressed an opinion similar to Lam's on Twitter: I'm not going to get too excited about Xi's call to tolerate criticism from those outside the party. Context is key … — Joshua Rosenzweig (@siweiluozi) February 7, 2013 He's talking to the "democratic parties" … criticism within controllable boundaries, by people who know the rules of the game — Joshua Rosenzweig (@siweiluozi) February 7, 2013
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This is a case of "You fool me once…" It is whether Chinese people will fall for it again. I am sure some still will. Let's just watch the consequences and then decide. So not holding my breath.
This is reminiscent of Mao Zedong's siren song about a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending in 1956. The result was that within a year, the Party-state came crashing down on even the mildest of criticisms, and in fact on many within the intelligentsia who had shrewdly kept silent but were still "ferreted out" by their work units for denunciation as Rightists in order to meet Mao's quota of a certain percentage of "enemies of the people" in every work unit.


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Sons of Norway plans tasting
The Sons of Norway will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Gardenette Community Room, 1321 Gardenette Drive, Jamestown. The program -- Norwegian cheese tasting -- will feature several classic Norwegian cheeses to sample, including gjetost, gulost, ridder and nokkelost, among others. The program will include background on each cheese and wine pairings.
The monthly business meeting will precede the cheese tasting. Visitors and guests are welcome.
For more information, call Mary Englund at 252-2930 or Jodi R. Bunde at 252-5660 or 252-3714.


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For those of you North Americans who don't live in tropical or Mediterranean-style climates, we're about to exit the time of year when people bitch about the cold and transition into the time of year when people bitch about the heat. Oh sure, there will be a two-week grace period where it's 72 degrees, dry, and mostly sunny with a breeze. Then it'll be hot and humid and everyone will forget all about how cold they were just weeks ago. That'll go on for a while, then the 72-degree two week transition period kicks in again before brutal cold returns. Summer and winter are polar opposites and responsible for more griping than all the politicians in Washington.
Believe it or not, two of the seasons are objectively better than the other two, even if some of you don't care to admit it. Spring and summer are superior to fall and winter. Oh sure, some of you will deny this, claiming you like hot cocoa by a fireplace, a new-fallen snow on a Christmas Eve, and crawling under the covers to warm up. We'll get to those canards, but let's start from the top.
1. Spring is the season of rebirth; autumn is the season of death. Yeah, yeah, leaves changing colors, apple cider, pumpkins, and a light sweater. Heck, even I can't turn down a crisp October afternoon playing or watching football. Fall can be very charming at its absolute best. The thing is, spring at its most mediocre – warm rain, the smell of mud, the longer days – still beats autumn's best by a long shot. Meanwhile, autumn at its worst looks a hell of a lot like Old Man Winter. And most importantly: spring only gets brighter and warmer with each day, while fall only gets nastier. Now that we've gotten the transitional season out of the way…
2. Stripping down is better than bundling up. In the summer, you can throw on a pair of flip flops and run to the deli to pick up a gallon of milk in a couple of minutes. Wintertime means shoes or boots, socks, long pants, a jacket, gloves, a hat, a scarf, and God knows what else. By the time you have everything on you're tired and forgot what you got all dressed up for. This of course goes double (or half) for recreational activities – a day at the beach takes a lot less planning than a day at the ski lodge. And speaking of recreation…
3. Summer recreation beats winter reaction hands down. Swimming, sunbathing, beach volleyball, outdoor barbecues, outdoor festivals. Sounds like a lot of fun, no? More fun than skiing, ice skating, snow shoeing, ice fishing, sledding, snowman-building, and other activities generally related to staving off madness? I thought so.
4. Summertime holidays are more fun. Summer (or more generally, summertime) brings us Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day. (And Bastille Day if you're French.) In other words, holidays to let loose, fire up the grill, crack open a cold one, and celebrate the good life. Wintertime brings us Thanksgiving (awkward family dinners of dry, bland poultry), Christmas/Hannukah (read: weeks of crowded shopping malls and bad TV specials), New Year's Eve (Amateur Night at the bars), Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day (can't do much with these EXCEPT fly somewhere warm), Valentine's Day (corporate-invented consumerism), Mardi Gras (Amateur Night, Part II) and St. Patrick's Day (Amateur Night, Part III). There's a reason summer has such a dearth of holidays: they're not necessary. And for those of you who romanticize Christmas with images of gentle snow, reindeer, and lights, remember that Jesus was born in a desert town which in December has an average high of 57 and average low of 45. Average number of December days with snow in Bethlehem: One.
5. Summer inspires songs about fun. Winter inspires songs about depression and death. "Summertime" by Sam Cooke, "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry, "The Summer Wind" by Frank Sinatra, "Hot Fun In The Summertime" by Sly & The Family Stone, "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock, "Summer In The City" by Lovin' Spoonful, "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley, and every Beach Boys song….in other words, Fun! Fun! Fun! Even the melancholy songs of summer, "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama, and "Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran, are at least a little whimsical.
Winter gives us "Snowblind" by Black Sabbath, "Hazy Shade of Winter" by Simon & Garfunkel, "In The Wintertime" by the Steve Miller Band, "Winter" by the Rolling Stones, and these three songs I've never heard and don't want to: "While I Shovel The Snow" by the Walkmen, "Tenth Avenue Freezout" by Bruce Springsteen, and a Frank Zappa tune titled – I'm not making this up – "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow." That's to say nothing of every obnoxious Christmas carol ad nauseum. Shoot me now.
Or, if you prefer poetry to pop music, consider that Robert Frost couldn't resist mining winter for all its soul-crushing morbidity. He probably hated his surname and decided to take it out on future high school English students.
William Shakespeare took the high road and eloquently compared his beloved to a summer's day.
6. Research shows that hot, humid conditions reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, while below freezing temperatures may cause dementia and kidney failure. Okay, I made that one up. I would, however, like to point out that warmth and moisture are definitely better for your skin, sinuses, and yes ladies, your hair. You cannot seriously prefer static electricity and dandruff to a few curls. A little sweat is good for you – it cools you off. It's sexy! I can see I'm getting nowhere with this, so I'll move on.
(Rest assured that if you still prefer to freeze, you can do so during summer by stepping indoors and into the Arctic blast of any air conditioner. Wait – I better shut up, I'm doing damage to my own arguments…)
7. We're healthier in the summer. We exercise more, eat less, and eat healthier. In the winter we're sedentary, gluttonous, and alcoholic. Don't ask me to back this up with data; you know it's true.
8. But what about hot cocoa by a crackling fire? Let beer be your hot cocoa, and the sun be your crackling fire.
9. If you still don't believe me, ask yourself: which images do you prefer?
I thought so.


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wow. I love Yui aaahh. very good perfect ;)
Yui the singer? :D From Midnight Sunset? XD
nice :3
Who is she? She's your idol, I assume. Is she a model, or singer, or actor, or a family member/someone you know? She looks quite lovely and beautiful. I like her distant/happy-ish expression and how she looks like she's deep in thought. 5/5 hearts.
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Unless you have a summer or Christmas birthday, you will be celebrating a birthday at school. Being away from home on your birthday can be rough, but there are many on-campus options to having a great birthday celebration!
My freshman year I turned 18, and all I really wanted to do was to hang out with my friends. I was living in Dishner, which is apartment style housing with six people in three rooms with a common space that includes a living room and kitchen area, at the time, and I talked to my suitemates and told them that I wanted to have friends over to play board games in our common area, and they were fine with it. My friend Christian made me carrot cake cupcakes, which are my absolute favorite! I had about ten of my friends come over, and they all brought their board games, and we just sat around for a couple of hours and played. It was wonderful because it was exactly how I wanted to spend my birthday, surrounded by friends, laughing and playing around.
I know for some of my friends' birthdays that they really just wanted to go out to dinner and see a movie. I have also had some friends that money was tight, so we collectively pitched in to buy food from the store and we all got together and cooked a big dinner. For Heather's birthday, we went to the Hunger Games: Catching Fire premiere in Middlesboro, KY. Before the movie, my sorority got together and made dinner for everyone. We made spaghetti noodles and a traditional spaghetti sauce and then an alfredo sauce. Making pasta is a delicious, inexpensive meal that can easily feed a large group. Some people did not want pasta (including the birthday girl) so we also made nachos, plus I made shrimp and chicken to add into my pasta. One of my favorite ways of celebrating a birthday is having a movie marathon, where everyone brings their favorite movies and at least one snack to share with the group, and we watch movies and talk, and just have a low-key, high-fun birthday.
While I personally like more intimate birthday celebrations, I have friends who really like to get out and run around, literally. The campus can be your playground, if you are respectful. For one of my friend's birthdays we went to the quad and played tag, red rover, hide-and-seek (outside) and other games. There were a lot of people there that I did not know, but when we played team games and they were grouped with me, I got to learn more about them and made new friends! This was so fun because there were lots of people, and playing games that we hadn't played since we were kids brought back all kinds of good memories. I have also had friends who, for their birthday, wanted to go for a hike. I personally hate hiking, but I love my friend, so I went uncomplainingly with them, and actually ended up having an awesome time! One thing I learned about celebrating birthdays at school is that if your friends really want to do something on their birthday and it is affordable and creative, to just try it. Most times, my friends just wanted to be surrounded by people on their birthday; being away from home can be hard. I think it is important to find a way to make campus feel like home, so that birthdays do not feel so lonely.
Now, when it comes to giving birthday gifts, there are many available options that do not have to break the bank! I am not really the creative type, but I looked around online and for my friend's birthday last year I made her all home-made gifts that she loved. I made personalized chalk boards, by using chalk board paint on canvas, and once it was dry, I decorated the edges with buttons and pictures. This was an idea I got from my friend Alyssa, and it was fairly inexpensive and super cute (pics?). The other thing I made was a giant memory board. I took a very large canvas and covered it completely with fabric. Then, I took ribbon and tacked it down with push-pins in a way that the ribbon intersected itself many times. In the intersections, I put in pictures of my friend and me, plus other pictures of things she liked. These things took a lot of time and love to make, so even though they were not necessarily expensive, their value was immeasurable.
If you have any ideas for inexpensive gift ideas, leave me a comment about it! Don't forget to follow my blog! My birthday is Sunday, December 1st, and if anyone wants to arrange a surprise party for when I get back from Thanksgiving break, that would be swell!
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According to the Los Angeles Times, Cassidy Lynn Campbell, a 16-year-old trans girl who attends Marina High School in Huntington Beach, was elected its 2013 homecoming queen. Campbell won the title on Friday night. When her win was announced at the football game's halftime show, students in the bleachers chanted, "Cassidy! Cassidy!" and a numner of her friends rushed the stage to wrap her in a group hug.
Before the game started, Cassidy Campbell told the media assembled for the event that she wanted to make a statement:
"If I win it would mean that the school recognizes me as the gender I always felt I was. But with all the attention, I realized it's bigger than me. I'm doing this for the kids who can't be themselves."
"She was stunned. She kind of broke down on the podium," school district spokesperson Tom Delapp told the LAT. "She was shocked. She cried a lot."
Cassidy told reporters after the ceremony:
"I was so proud to win, not just for me but for everyone out there, I think it really shows the progression of the times."
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Review for Us TOO International, Downers Grove, IL, USA
The Us TOO organization is top-notch from President and CEO Tom Kirk right down to the local group facilitators. I've been volunteering with Us TOO since 2004. If anyone wants prostate cancer information, this is the place to go. The Us TOO International website is full of important information and the local groups make it possible to communicate with actual prostate cancer survivors. Need to find a group? Simply go to www.ustoo.org and click on "Find a Support Group Chapter Near You." To read the stories of prostate cancer survivors and the decisions they faced (and made), go to www.ustooflorence.org.
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I have been leading the Us TOO Florence, Oregon Chapter for seven years, ever since we became part of Us TOO International in 2004. This was after my initial treatment for prostate cancer and about mid-way between my secondary treatment for recurrence. My group benefited immediately from Us TOO's HOTSHEET, 8 pages of the latest in prostate cancer research and information. I personally benefited from the same information as we watched my PSA bounce around before beginning a very slow, but steady, rise. Keeping up with the latest research not only helped me, but others in the chapter who had their own needs. Another benefit with Us TOO affiliation is its Chapter Leader section on its website. This is full of valuable information for those of us who are dealing with men at ground level. The website is also filled with timely information that is easy to find and access for chapter members. To share the good things happening in different chapters, Terri puts out a terrific Chapter News that is full of those ideas and activities. I am really pleased with the support Us TOO International provides for chapter members and its chapter leaders.
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I have seen first hand the relief that newly diagnosed men get during their very first meeting with us. I credit Us TOO's information and the sharing of prostate cancer experiences by men during the meetings as helping with that. Of course, it doesn't hurt that we have a urologist who meets with us on a regular basis. We have Us TOO's information, the sharing of personal experiences and a urologist to put it all together and make sense of it for us.
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Last weekend Toxic Games, the developer behind the first-person PC puzzle game QUBE, tweeted an image of the game running on Wii U. It has confirmed a Wii U release is on the way, and it will be a director's cut of the game.
Toxic Games doesn't have an exact release date for the game yet, but said that the game has been revamped for console in the form of a director's cut. It's unclear exactly what that means, whether it's just small tweaks to ease the game's transition from PC to WIi U, or some new content.
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UnBeige: We don't get to say this often, but the post office's new stamps look great.
GalleyCat: LeVar Burton wants to host Jeopardy! Too bad Alex Trebek will be directing the show until he's 123.
SocialTimes: Google is offering same day delivery! If you live in the Bay Area. Sorry.


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Samsung U740 Video Tour
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Good review
I own this phone and it only took me a few days to get accustomed with the numbers while in landscape mode, and texting is a breeze with a little practice. I do everything in landscape mode do to the great speaker phone, and the ability to use it while the phone is closed. Good review I don't think this phone is getting the attention it deserves, its a great phone as your review clearly pointed out.
i wish they would have gotten a qvga screen in there and better keyboard. if so this would be a hit.
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