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To some, preschool is a place for children to go to practice what they know. For others, it's where they go to develop self-esteem. And still others believe preschool is all about play. But no matter the philosophy, there seems to be a preschool in Naperville for everyone.
One recent morning at the Gan Yeladim preschool of Naperville's Congregation Beth Shalom, director and head teacher Susan Jensen had the full attention of her 3- and 4-year-old charges. Perhaps it was because she was making popcorn, a mid-morning snack for an active class of 16.


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'Hero' Muslim teen slices off hand – after being accused of blasphemy
A TEENAGER cut off his own hand after being accused of blasphemy.
Mohammed Anwar, 15, mutilated himself after mishearing a speech at a mosque.
The imam, Shabbir Ahmed, asked people to raise their hands if they did not love the Prophet Muhammad.
Mohammed misheard the question and raised his hand – and was subsequently accused of blasphemy.
The teen responded by going home, cutting off his hand and presenting it on a plate.
Worryingly, Mohammed, from Hurja Shah Muqueem, a village in Lahore, Pakistan, is being hailed as a hero.
Police officer Nausher Ahmed told local media that Mohammed's father was proud of his actions.
"Such illiterate imams of mosques should not be allowed to deliver speeches"Nausher Ahmed, local police officer
He also claimed he witnessed the boy walking down the street with his severed hand as villagers praised him.
But Shabbir has now been arrested for a hate speech inciting violence – a criminal offence under Pakistan's anti terror plan.
"Such illiterate imams of mosques should not be allowed to deliver speeches," said Nausher.
"His arrest is under the National Action Plan – that states that hate speeches inciting violence are no longer allowed in this country."
Blasphemy is a controversial issue in Pakistan.
The law doesn't define what it is, but states that the penalty is death.

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Welcome to the beautiful Bayview Opera House
by Barbara Ockel
While all this restoration work was going on last summer, the yard adjoining Third Street was turned into a food education garden complete with live chickens for the Dare to Dream arts program. More than 300 children participated in 20 different arts classes: dancing, modeling and acting, painting, playing music, writing poetry, photography and movie making, gardening and cooking. The program continues now with about 170 after-school and pre-school kids ages 3-18 participating. The program is open to other after-school groups as well as individual kids in Bayview. A special toddler-parent music class takes place every Thursday at 11 a.m. and provides musical fun to the youngest kids and their caregivers.
Adults also have several fun activities to choose from, starting with line dancing and yoga on Mondays, Mary Booker's Actors Workshop Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the popular Friday Night Jive, a dance hall event, every first Friday. The February event will feature a soul food potluck dinner; please bring a side dish or dessert and dance the night away!
The following weekend is for music lovers with blues guitarist Patricia Wilder and her trio, trumpeter Lester Carnegie's jazz ensemble, and the Providence Baptist Church Mass Choir singing gospel and spirituals. Also featured will be Mary Booker's actors' workshop with excerpts from the play "A Little Piece of God" and several speeches relevant to Black History.
The last weekend will feature another movie night with Kevin Epps and a contemporary jazz concert by the Unidentified Flying Quartet plus special guests. An art exhibit will complement the performances.
Last but not least, on the last Sunday of the month NASA comes to the Bayview with their interactive science fair, which should be fun for kids of all ages.
Please see the SF Bay View Calendar of Events as well as the Bayview Opera House website, www.bvoh.org, for more details on Black History Month events. And please keep in mind that your generous donations help us continue to put on free events for the community. Please go to www.bvoh.org and donate online or call us!
Barbara Ockel, interim managing director of the Bayview Opera House, 4705 Third St., San Francisco, can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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05 May Life In Color: Hard in the Paint
Strolling by the sun soaked and breezy Intracoastal yesterday it was easy to detect which SunFest attendees were waiting for Life In Color to begin.
The "World's Largest Paint Party," a five-hour rave set featuring chart-topping DJs and 400 gallons of neon (water soluble) paint, was set to start at 6 p.m. Fans were encouraged to wear white and come ready to dance. Guys and girls (mainly between the ages of 15 and 25) stood out during the day with glowing brim hats, sheer, frayed crop tops, and white bathing suits.
Watching trailers and reading about Life In Color left a lot to the imagination, and as a seasoned Ultra veteran I was eager to see how the night would play out.
First, the "Reserved Seating" area before the Ford Stage was cleared and those who opted for the ticket upgrade were checked at the gates and presented a backpack complete with Life In Color sunglasses, T-shirt, rubber bracelet, towel and a CD. The rest of the crowd packed as closely to the mainstage as possible.
For the first two hours, the colorless crowd danced and raved in the beautiful sun. A giant stop clock appeared on the screen, ticking down the time till 8 p.m. when the first headliner, Miami's own David Solano, would take the stage. It was then that the concert was elevated to an entirely different level.
With the sun tucked below the horizon, the clock hit zero and small cannons arranged across the front of the stage sent an explosion of green war paint across the crowd. Steam and confetti were released at staggered bursts, coinciding with the deafening bass from the speakers. The crowd went ballistic.
A paint production team dressed in all white zip-up suits (think like scientists working in a chemical lab) handed out bottles and bottles of paint to the crowd to squirt and squeeze as they pleased.
The team also had massive water-gun looking toys they dipped into buckets of blue, green and pink paint before sending the colors flying high into the night sky.
On stage, strange and wondrous creatures would periodically slink in front of the crowd. An insane skeleton-faced monster bounced into view wearing moon shoes, launching itself high over the crowd, before grabbing a supercharged hose that released a powerful jet of paint and drenched everyone in sight.
There were also stilt walking unicorns, a robot made of lights, and a trippy faceless alien with wings and balloons. All were eerie and perfect additions to the evening.
The Grammy nominated and indescribably talented Morgan Page took the booth at 9 p.m., mixing heart-stopping beats with his own signature tracks. I definitely was there to catch a few Tegan and Sara songs and Daft Punk's new single "Get Lucky."
For many younger fans, this was probably their first honest taste of the EDM experience. The safe and contained environment was perfect for those intrigued by house beats, flashing lights and expertly produced sound.
The party stretched until 11 p.m., marking the longest set of the week.
Later, when racing over to Phillip Phillips on the opposite end of the festival, I was witness to an unspoken bond between guests dripping with paint: slight head nod, a smile, a silent congratulations to an experience we won't soon forget.
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Facebook denies rumoured phone and HTC uses their API
Facebook has denied about rumours relating to their own branded handset. Well taking that aside, they might have given away HTC's approach on the new version of Sense UI.
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Dan Rose, head of business development at Facebook, said the following statements:
"The rumours around there being something more to this HTC device are overblown.his is really just another example of a manufacturer who has taken our public APIs (application programming interfaces) and integrated them into their device in an interesting way."
Recently, HTC filed for the trademark for its 'HTC Sensation' which does bring about all sorts of guesses and questions. As for now, there is no news or press releases from HTC about this. Hopefully, we might not have to wait for so long. All eyes and ears would be open for any news from HTC in the coming weeks in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Are you interested if HTC integrates Facebook 's services in their devices and would it have any future?
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Posted by Prepper Ideas | Posted on 17-11-2012
Due to space limitations, privacy, etc, many cans of food will be stored under less-than-ideal conditions – the crawl space under a home, a damp basement, etc. These obscure locations also offer diversification, so that not all of your food is stored in one place, thus ensuring safety. To get maximum shelf life for my stored canned foods, I wax all the cans prior to storage. I also wax cardboard containers of food, such as rolled oats.
Waxing cans and boxes is not very difficult. Wax melts at 150 F, but burns easily, so it should be melted in a stock pot or similar that is in a larger pot of water. Any wax, be it candle wax, paraffin, or beeswax, will work, but at least 30 pounds is needed to have the depth necessary to dip cans and replenish the wax used in coatings.
I dip one half the can into the molten wax, swish the can back and forth a half-dozen times, then set it on the uncoated end on newspaper to dry. After coating a few dozen cans, the other end is coated with wax. The cans are then ready to be placed into a cardboard box for moving to the place of storage.
As a trial, I coated one half of an empty can and set it outside on a fence post. After a month in the Oregon coastal rains, the uncoated side was severely rusted, while the side of the can coated in paraffin was pristine! Coating cans with wax prevents rust, ensuring safe, edible cans of food for the "seven lean years."
My thrifty, God fearing wife has been purchasing cases of canned food (at good sale prices) for 10 years now. In the past we did not wax the cans, but lost a few to "rusting through" as they were stored in an outside larder. She opened a gallon of peaches last week as the top of the can was showing rust – after 7 years of storage! The peaches were in perfect condition and quite delicious. Thank you God for your kindnesses to us as we had not waxed the cans until the threat of potential starvation became a reality…may God bless the little children and give us the wisdom to feed them!
The reason for freezing dry mixes and cereals is because they almost always contain a few eggs from bugs such as weevils, wax moths, etc, that do no harm and are not even noticed when the products are consumed as intended, but…when stored for long periods of time, they can become fouled with larvae and moths. By sealing the box edges with paper tape (if needed), then coating with wax, the contents are protected from infestation via infiltration from other contaminated cereals or grains, and the contents are protected from moisture while freezing, while the freezing itself kills any larvae present.
Coating boxes with wax and freezing is a bit of a boring job, but as many of the items we are now stockpiling are for long term storage and use under conditions when those products might not be commercially available, it is worth the effort.


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Evaporative cooling of group beliefs: current example
Background info: a splinter group, which broke off from the LDS ("Mormon") church ~100 years ago, refusing to give up polygamy, has been in the headlines over the last year; their leader was sentenced to life in prison for rape of teenage girls he took as plural wives.
Deseret News, Sex banned until Warren Jeffs' prison walls crumble, FLDS relatives say
"As the year comes to an end and the followers of Warren Jeffs await the apocalypse he has predicted, they're living under a challenging edict: they're forbidden to have sex until Jeffs is sprung from a Texas prison.
It's one of the strangest edicts in a season full of them. Jeffs has issued a stream of revelations, prophecies and orders to his congregation in the border community of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.
The recent edicts from Jeffs' prison cell seem to be having two contradictory effects. Many are leaving the FLDS faith in disgust. Those who stay are reported to be increasingly devoted to a man who is serving a lifetime sentence for raping underage girls.
According to numerous critics and outside observers, the imprisoned FLDS leader has sometimes acted through his brother Lyle and other times has spoken directly to his congregation over the phone from prison. He recently banned many of the things his followers enjoy: bicycles, ATVs, trampolines, even children's toys. But the sex edict reaches into the bedrooms of all his devoted followers.
According to Holm, Jeffs declared all existing marriages to be void....."they have all been told that they are not to live as husband and wife"....Holm thinks about 100 members have left in recent weeks from the community of 10,000.
Eliezer, Evaporative Cooling of Group Beliefs
Why would a group belief become stronger after encountering crushing counterevidence?
In Festinger's classic "When Prophecy Fails", one of the cult members walked out the door immediately after the flying saucer failed to land. Who gets fed up and leaves first? An average cult member? Or a relatively more skeptical member, who previously might have been acting as a voice of moderation, a brake on the more fanatic members?
After the members with the highest kinetic energy escape, the remaining discussions will be between the extreme fanatics on one end and the slightly less extreme fanatics on the other end, with the group consensus somewhere in the "middle".
This doesn't simply seem to be a case of a new weighted average after some skeptics are gone (only 1% of FLDS have left). There are other dynamics going on among those remaining.
The image that comes to my mind is a lot of points scattered along a skepticism/fanaticism axis, and a repelling magnet placed on that line. This magnet pushes the already-skeptical values into greater skepticism (and out) and pushing the more fanatical members into greater fanaticism. How well does that actually represent what's going on? Not sure.


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Shelter to open pet food pantry
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:27:17 GMT —
The Fort Madison Animal Shelter needs your help to feed underprivileged pets.
According to the Daily Democrat, the shelter is starting up the PAW Community Pet Food Pantry January 17.
The hope is the pantry will help feed the animals of people already struggling to put food on the table.
Folks needing assistance have to apply for the service.
Shelter officials say your donations are needed to help stock the pantry.


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Published Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 | 8:07 p.m.
Updated Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 | 6:59 a.m.
Keep up with CuriosityFollow NASA's Twitter feed
The latest news on the landing of the NASA spacecraft Curiosity on Mars tonight was displayed on the Strip Sunday night, thanks to the world's largest digital billboard on the side of the Walgreens drug store across from CityCenter at Harmon Avenue.
News on the approach and successful landing on Mars, the most ambitious yet by NASA and featuring its most high-tech rover to date, was displayed as live video on the signboard, showing the tense moments before telemetry was received showing that Curisoity had landed, safely intact, on the planet's surface, and the jubilant celebration that followed.
The updates, starting at 9 p.m. were a public service by LasVegasSun.com.


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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court hearing judges detention case against former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, issued a notice on Monday to all those party to the case and sought all relevant records over an appeal filed against the court's decision to discard the bail plea of the former president, DawnNews reported.
A divisional bench of the IHC comprising of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan resumed the hearing over an appeal filed in thr IHC by Advocate Ilyas Siddiqui, counsel for the former military strongman, against the rejection of his client's bail application by an Anti Terrorism Court in the judges detention case.
The bench hearing the case issued a notice to all those party to the case and sought all relevant records while adjourning the hearing until June 4.


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New Lamborghini Aventador LP 700–4 Roadster Fitted With Bespoke Pirelli P Zero Tires
After decades of working together, Pirelli and Lamborghini have announced the latest development in their technical partnership: made-to-measure P Zero tires for the new Lamborghini Aventador LP 700–4 Roadster that was first announced at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Consistent with Pirelli's P Zero range of Ultra High Performance tires, these bespoke P Zero tires offer the best stability, comfort and handling for a vehicle capable of accelerating from 0–100kph in just three seconds, with maximum speeds of up to 350kph.
Pirelli's engineers particularly concentrated on the rolling circumference of the tires; in order to best respond to the needs of Lamborghini's four-wheel drive system, structures built with special materials and firmer compounds were used. This contains the deformation of the tire and maintains the high performance and rolling characterizes in all usage conditions. The new P Zero tires have been designed to provide maximum grip and react quickly to changing speeds throughout the rev range, in order to effectively transmit all the car's power onto the ground.
The tires will be produced at Pirelli's state of the art facility in Settimo Torinese, near Turin which utilizes Pirelli's unique "Next MIRS" technology. This system is the latest evolution of Pirelli's fully robotized tire production process. The compounds are precisely formulated through Pirelli's Continuous Compound Mixing (CCM) system, the most advanced compound mixing process in existence at the moment.


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In his most extensive comments since the downfall of his parents Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai, Bo Guagua claimed he had gone through Harrow School and Oxford University earning strong examination results and enjoying only a moderate social life.
The 24-year-old, now a graduate student at Harvard, said he was "deeply concerned about the events surrounding my family", which has seen China's leadership plunged into scandal and his father, the former mayor of Chongqing, who was tipped to win a place at the top table of the ruling Communist party's Politburo, purged.
Yet he said that he had "no comments to make" about the investigation launched by Chinese authorities that his mother ordered the murder of Heywood, a 41-year-old former business associate with whom she may have had a romantic relationship.
The Daily Telegraph yesterday reported that Mrs Gu confessed to police that she was in the room when Heywood was poisoned, according to an account given to US diplomats.
He did, however, dispute what he called "rumours and allegations" about his life since he won a place at Harrow, allegedly with the help of Mr Heywood, an Old Harrovian who assisted his studies.
Earlier this month The Daily Telegraph disclosed that the master of Balliol College was visited by three Chinese diplomats in 2007 after tutors made Mr Bo sit additional "penal" exams after he failed to work.
Mr Bo stressed he had always obtained "solid" exam results, including a 2:1 at Oxford. He did not mention that he sat his final exams only after being suspended for a year by the university. He also said he achieved straight As at A-level and 11 A* GCSEs.
Mr Bo also denied having a wild lifestyle suggested by pictures of him looking dishevelled at student events and claims that he held champagne and shisha parties in his rooms. He said he attended "bops" – club nights – which were a "regular feature of social life at Oxford" attended by "most students".
Mr Bo also denied suggestions that his education had been funded by shadowy sources.
"My tuition and living expenses at Harrow School, University of Oxford and Harvard University were funded exclusively by two sources – scholarships earned independently, and my mother's generosity from the savings she earned from her years as a successful lawyer and writer," he said.
Finally he dismissed reports last year – attributed to sources close to the then-Chinese ambassador, Jon Huntsman – that he had arrived at the ambassador's residence in a red Ferrari to pick up one of Mr Huntsman's daughters for a dinner date.
Mr Bo said that he had "never driven a Ferrari" nor "ever been to the US Ambassador's Residence in China".
A spokesman for Mr Huntsman, a former Utah governor who ran for the Republican presidential nomination earlier this year, said he had no comment.
Mr Bo's remarks came in a detailed statement to The Harvard Crimson, a student newspaper. He is studying for his final exams for a Master's in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. His whereabouts have been unknown since he was whisked away from his flat in Boston in an SUV earlier this month.
On Wednesday night it emerged that a brother of Bo Xilai had resigned from China Everbright, a state-owned alternative energy corporation, where he worked under an assumed name. Li Xueming stepped down as vice-chairman and a director "for the best interest of the company".
Records show that he had cashed in shares in the company worth £3.5 million over the past two years.


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- Why buy an Asus rather than a Macbook, Dell, HP, or Toshiba?
All images courtesy of press.asus.com.
Every now and then your hardware needs upgrading. For me, this was the year to update my laptop. I noticed increasingly over the last few years that I was hesitant to bring my laptop on trips and, more often than not, opted to take the iPad instead. The iPad is perfect for many tasks on the road, but it does not equal the power and productivity of a laptop. My hang-up was mostly on the weight of the laptop, 9.2 lbs., before you add in the weight of the charger and any other peripherals. So my goal when it was time to upgrade was to find a power-packed Windows machine that was as light as a feather and as much of a productivity heavyweight as a desktop. Originally I set out with the mindset of purchasing an ultrabook. I envisioned the Windows equivalent of the Macbook Air. During my research, though, I found that neither the Windows-based ultrabooks nor the Macbook Air possessed all the power or features I was really looking for: thin, lightweight, dedicated graphics, fast processor, and solid state hard drive.
My solution was the Asus Zenbook UX51VZ.
Why did I choose Asus over popular brands for lawyers such as HP, Dell, or Toshiba? Aside from my prior positive experience with the Asus brand, I found it was the product that matched all of the features I had in mind. The Zenbook fits a ton of premium features into a trim package, with the only major drawback being the premium price tag. The UX51VZ starts at $1,769, although there isn't much you can (or would need to) upgrade. Is it worth the hefty price? For me, yes. But I wanted as close to a desktop replacement as I could get at a weight that can be truly mobile. What follows is a breakdown of what I was looking for.
The Runway Model of PC Laptops . . . Thin and Light Configuration
At around 4.0 lbs., this model fits under the 5 lb. limit I had in mind with plenty to spare. Asus refers to it as an ultraportable book, which may be a bit of a stretch given the weight and the 13"–15" display range, but it probably won't break your back. It is heavier than the Macbook Air, which weighs in around 2.5 lbs., but the sacrifice is worth it for the increased processor and dedicated graphics. When closed, the Macbook Air comes is 0.68" thick, whereas the Asus Zenbook is 1.0" thick. Not as thin as the Air, but certainly not bulky. The Zenbook also comes with a 15" display, which provides more viewing real estate than the Air's 11.6" or 13.3" displays.
Take a Second Look at the Dedicated Graphics
When you purchase a laptop, you usually have to choose between an integrated graphics card and a discrete dedicated graphics card. Integrated graphics rely on your system's memory to operate, while discrete dedicated graphics cards have their own memory to access during usage. This criterion is more of a personal preference. You pay a premium for dedicated graphics, so anyone looking to save money can find a variety of good alternatives with integrated graphics cards. I use some graphics-intensive software and find a laptop with dedicated graphics performs better in those circumstances.
Think Fast . . . With the 3rd Generation Quad-Core i7 Processor
If you are going to spend money upgrading hardware, the more advanced processor you can buy, the longer your hardware will stay current. It is sort of like buying the older model iPhone when a new generation launches. The price drops not only because it is older technology, but also because it will not be maintained with updates and patches as long. Its lifespan is inherently shorter than the newer model. The processor supports all the computational functions of your machine. The Asus Zenbook comes with the 3rd Generation Quad-Core i7 processor. You can find more budget-friendly alternatives in the 3rd generation i5 processor, but these tend to be dual-core. The greater number of cores you have, the better your machine will be at multitasking. Generally speaking, i7 processors tend to be quad-core, and i5 processors tend to be dual-core. That being said, you may come across some laptops with dual-core i7 processors and some desktops with quad-core i5 processors, so check before you purchase.
Get Up and Running Lightning Fast With the Solid State Hard Drive
Solid-state hard drives (SSD) are becoming increasingly popular with laptop computers. SSDs use flash memory, similar to what you find in an iPhone. Earlier generations of laptops use a traditional spinning hard drive (HDD). HDD drives are large (storage capacity) and much less expensive than SSD drives. Both drives perform the same function, booting your system and storing your programs and files, so why opt for the SSD drive? Speed. Serious, noteworthy speed. Anyone who has stared painfully at the windows loading logo will be elated by the instant-on technology of a solid-state drive. There are manufacturers who offer hybrid models, which give you the best of both worlds. The SSD will boot your system lightning fast, and the HDD will store your heftier data files.
The Asus Zenbook UX51VZ comes with dual 128 GB drives (256 GB total) or dual 256 GB drives (512 GB total) configurations. The Zenbook does currently offer some hybrid drive configurations, but they are heavier models.
So there you have it. Asus has created a lean, mean, workhorse in a sleek and slim package: proof that you can have it all, if you're willing to pay for it.
Neither the ABA nor ABA entities endorse non-ABA products or services. This review should not be construed as an endorsement.


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haha these guys rock, 2 promotes in one thread, deals must be hot man...
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acer very cheap..
got the 5502 fm hm at 1888
1gb ram
hd reduced from 80gb to 60gb
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payment by installment (tho they offer me additional thumbdrive if i pay in full)
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was actually thinking to get 1 more if can get better pricing
later go down chiong last hr bargin =), some1 wan pei me? =x
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text: I definitely do not advise buying this game. It has no multiplayer (at all), and there is only one single player campaign. I brought me Wii to a friends house. His brother played while I was there. By the time I left, he had beaten CoD3. Total time played in game - approximately 6 hours. After that? Repeating the campaign? No thanks. Maybe rent the game.


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FORT WORTH, Texas -- JR Hildebrand, who crashed while leading on the last lap of the Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee Wednesday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway, sources confirmed Thursday.
The only statement by Panther Racing officials is that Hildebrand suffered a knee injury, but they did not want to comment further.
Hildebrand is still expected to compete in the Twin 275 IndyCar Series races Saturday night at TMS.
"Obviously it's a hassle, but I've got good means of dealing with it this weekend and it's not going to be an issue down the road," Hildebrand said. "This kind of stuff happens to lots of athletes, and I'm sure if I was a running back for the Indianapolis Colts I'd be having some problems, but luckily it's not going to have any affect on me driving the race car."
If a replacement is needed, Panther Racing said it has Buddy Rice, the 2004 Indy 500 winner, on standby in Texas.
Hildebrand was taking part in a TMS promotion at the track Wednesday, called "Driven To Fitness," a boot-camp style obstacle course to prove race car drivers are athletes. Drivers Ryan Briscoe and Will Power also participated in the promotion. Track star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson was the instructor for the drivers.
The final test was a hurdles race, but Hildebrand's knee hit the wood on the final hurdle. TMS officials took Hildebrand to the infield care center, where he learned of the ACL tear.
Hildebrand, a 23-year-old IndyCar rookie from Sausalito, Calif., was in position to win the Indy 500 last month before slamming into the Turn 4 wall heading to the checkered flag. Dan Wheldon passed him for the victory.
In Texas, Hildebrand hoped to start a new chapter in his racing career. But the knee injury won't help matters, even if Hildebrand is trying to keep this race business as usual.
"I think the Texas race is going to be fun," he said. "Panther brings a good package here every year and I think the two-race format is going to be pretty cool. I'm not sure what to make of it honestly in terms of how aggressive everybody will be going into it. This is the perfect type of track to have a more random grid like what you'll see in the second race and that will make for better racing because here you can pass and use the high line to get around people."
Terry Blount is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.


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Now that i have the 3d array working its time to do some processing, But after spending some time looking into different areas i see the its possible to work with vectors in C++
Is there an advantage of using one over the other(iteration or vectors), if so in what situations. are there any good resources out there.
Also does any one know a set of classes or library functions optomised for C++ that behave similar to the array manipulation functions in mathlab ie mean( std(


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SCOTT JAGOW: Time now for our series, Conversations from the Corner Office. Harley-Davidson has been making motorcycles for more than 100 years now. It's based in Milwaukee. Harley's one of those companies that sticks with what works. Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal sat down with the Boss Hog, CEO Jim Ziemer.
KAI RYSSDAL: You've been riding Harley-Davidson since you were 15 years old. You grew up, near as I can tell, pretty much around the corner from this place. Did you ever imagine in your wildest dreams that you'd be running Harley-Davidson one day?
JIM ZIEMER: No, in my wildest dreams, I started when I was 8 years old when I used to watch the test riders burn rubber as they took off and I got all excited and I said, someday I want to get paid to ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
RYSSDAL: You were the CFO of this company for 14 years, you're an accountant. How come you got to run the place?
ZIEMER: Good question, but out of my 37 years here, I started in the union. I worked in the factory as a salaried worker. I've worked in engineering. I've worked in parts and accessories. So with that balance, I think that's given me the ability to go much beyond just being an accountant.
RYSSDAL: Do you think that gives you some credibility when you go down to the shop floor?
ZIEMER: There's no doubt. We'll joke around with the union presidents that they saw the same posting for an elevator operator, which I was a freight elevator operator, that maybe the should've posted for it so yes we have a pretty god time. I think it does add to the credibility.
RYSSDAL: These are great days for Harley-Davidson. It hasn't always been that way. I'm thinking now back to the early and mid-'80s when this company was almost gone.
ZIEMER: That's a great story. I mean, back in 1981, there was a leverage buyout. Prior to that this company was owned by a conglomerate. They didn't really understand the company. They certainly weren't close to the customers. Quality was not what it should be. And we had some very stiff competition from the Japanese. In fact, at that time the Japanese had flooded the market and there was basically a two-year supply of Japanese motorcycles in warehouses all around the US. Plus the economy was taking a dive. A lot of things were not going right. And after the LBO, you had some dedicated managers of the business that loved the business, understood the business. We were reinvesting in the product, improving the quality and we got back to our roots, and it was a very good way to go forward and improve the business.
RYSSDAL: Seems to me sort of the same thing is happening in Detroit now.
ZIEMER: A lot of their troubles do stem back from a long period of time ago, being comfortable where there were, on top, not looking at what if things changed. It gives us a great example of continuing to look at our business and giving us motivation to continue to change things that we're doing and not get complacent.
RYSSDAL: I'd imagine when you want to unwind you hop on your Harley and go for a long ride somewhere in the countryside. What else do you do to get away from this place?
ZIEMER: Well No. 1, sticking with the riding Harley-Davidsons. I mean that is a great stress relief. Other than that though I like to be outside. I like to garden, I like to hunt and fish and I like play with my grandkids.
RYSSDAL: Jim Ziemer is the CEO of Harley-Davidson. Mr. Ziemer, thanks a lot for your time.
ZIEMER: Thank you, it's been a great pleasure.


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Carolyn Hax
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 9, 2005 12:00 PM
Carolyn takes your questions and comments about her current advice column and any other questions you might have about the strange train we call life. Her answers may appear online or in an upcoming column.
Appearing every Wednesday and Friday in The Washington Post Style section and in Sunday Source, Tell Me About It offers readers advice based on the experiences of someone who's been there -- really recently. Carolyn Hax is a 30-something repatriated New Englander with a liberal arts degree and a lot of opinions and that's about it, really, when you get right down to it. Oh, and the shoes. A lot of shoes.
Metro Washington, D.C.: Dear Carolyn, I have a friend who regularly comments how r-u-d-e people are. Just like the behavior of others she's commented about, I (and other friends of ours -- hey, and this friend, too, come to think of it!) have been known to be late, fail to respond timely to an invitation, cut someone off driving, etc.
I think these are the normal facts of life -- if you throw a party, some people will be late and you're just happy they came, if you want to meet someone at 8 p.m., things come up, etc. Now her latest is it's rude not to answer your cell phone if you have one!
I would like to apologize for my transgressions and move on, but her regular barrage of opinions on the matter makes me want to stuff her manners up her a--hat.
Should I just ignore her? I do that most of the time... but she never says anything directly to the person.
Carolyn Hax: Some of those things are normal facts of life, some of them are rude, and some of them are dangerous. (Please don't cut me off on purpose because your time is more important than mine, thanks.)
As it happens, constantly talking behind people's backs about how rude they are without addressing your concerns with them directly also qualifies as rude. Plus, you're her friend and the constant audience to all this complaining. So, please feel it's your place to speak up sometime (when the perceived rudeness isn't rudeness at all, like ignoring a cell call, which in fact is often polite. Ask any doctor or symphony conductor). "Don't you think you're being awfully hard on people?" seems gentle enough. That, or finding a new friend whom you actually like to be around.
Detroit, Mich.: I have a job that involves watching televised sporting events and recording information about what happens. Obviously, for someone who loves sports like I do, it's a great job. But my problem is that I can't seem to get friends and family to understand that it is, in fact, work. How can I make it clear that people can't just show up with a six pack to watch the game with me? And what do I say to people who, when I tell them I can't get together this weekend because I'll be watching football for 12 hours a day, respond, "You can't tear yourself away from the TV to spend time with me?"
Carolyn Hax: 1. "If I brought a sixpack to your office, I don't think you'd be as nice to me."
2. "How many times a day do you stand up during the middle of a meeting and announce you're going to go out for a drink with your friends?"
3. You are never going to be heard by people who choose not to listen. Make your point, then just let them misunderstand and hate you for it.
4. If one were to apply for this job, to whom would one send one's resume? Just hypothetically.
Numb, Reston, Va.: Hi Carolyn,
I read your column religiously. My mouth is numb from the filling of numerous cavities this morning. Can you say something uplifting? A favorite quote? Something that might make me smile (with that half of my face that still moves)?
Carolyn Hax: I believe that even with a mouth that's almost completely numb, you can still sing a pretty intelligible "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Give it a try and write back. (Extra points if you're in a cubicle.)
Washington, D.C.: I have a wide circle of friends and am happy to introduce people from one group to another. An old friend of mine has made efforts to cultivate her own friendships with everyone I've introduced her to (e-mail, inviting them to parties, etc) to a point where I'm starting to feel like her personal friendship recruitment service without getting much back. And I'll admit some insecurity that they both will like eachother more than me (especially because she's making such a strong outreach effort to them). I feel very eigth grade about this. Advice on ways I can stop feeling insecure? Anything I can say/do to address the resentment I'm feeling towards this friend?
Carolyn Hax: You have a wide circle of friends on your own, she needs to borrow them from you. She will not always have you, but you will. Let her do her thing.
Besides, eventually she will either move away, stay put while you move away, make enough friends not to need to keep calling people, or alienate the new people just as she's alienated you. Things are very unlikely to remain as they are at this moment.
Southern Maryland: Carolyn,
You've said before that therapy is not a weakness. Have you ever heard of the concept of therapy as shameful?
When I was 10, my parents sent me to a child guidance clinic. For some odd reason, the clinic's sessions were during the school day. So for each appointment, my mother had to come and pull me out of class. My classmates naturally wanted to know where I was going, and my parents forbid me from telling the truth. Instead, I was told to say that I was going to "the doctor."
At the time, I wasn't even told why I was being seen at the clinic. I assumed it had to do with being picked on regularly in school. Years later I asked and my parents mumbled something about me having trouble getting along with my classmates.
Carolyn Hax: Mental-health care has been seen as shameful in some circles as recently as, um, now. This is exactly why I keep beating the point that seeking this care is not an admission of weakness.
I don't know how old you are now, but it could be your parents were responding to the prevailing view of counseling, which was widely seen as a dirty secret as recently as the '80s. It could also be that they felt it was none of anyone's business, which was legit then and would still be legit now. Just because you want to keep something private doesn't make it shameful.
And, last, it could also have been that your parents were already concerned that kids were picking on you, and didn't want to give them more ammo. I can't think of a parent 20 years ago, now, or 20 years from now who wouldn't want to protect you under those circumstances.
So, if your parents' secretiveness fed into an ongoing misconception that therapy is shameful, then please use these possibilities to give the institution another look.
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Our local paper carries your column, but there's only one letter answered each time. Are you just lazy or are they cheating us out of the full column? If the latter, what can we (or you) do to get us the whole thing? Thanks.
washingtonpost.com: You could always just read online: Tell Me About It column archive
Carolyn Hax: I have a word count I have to meet for each column, so if you're getting less, then your local paper is cutting it. The best way to change anything with your local paper is to write a letter to the editor, cc'd to the editor of the section you're writing about.
Or, you could just do what Liz says (since we all do what Liz says), but your local paper might not take to kindly to my advocating that.
Los Angeles, Calif.: Carolyn, I have a friend whose mother is currently quite ill and very possibly near death - which I found out via email. I am notoriously bad at finding the right thing to say at times like these. Any ideas on good phrases, gestures to make? Please help!
Carolyn Hax: If you are close, call and say the friend/family is in your thoughts and is there anything you can do to help, like tend to small errands or bring dinner for everyone. If this is more an acquaintance than a close friend, send a note saying the same.
General note, very few people know the right thing to say at all the right times. That's why it's so important just to show up and show you care.
Fort Worth, Tex.: Carolyn --
My girlfriend was molested at age 14 and has understandable issues with sex. She professes and shows interest, but can't actually go through with it. We're very close emotionally, and agree getting comfortable physically is an important step. What can I do to make her more comfortable?
Carolyn Hax: Listen to her. Follow her lead. Don't push. Do your homework on sexual abuse and its aftereffects. Sincerity on all counts will help her feel safe, and feeling safe is what she's going to need before she's ready to go any further sexually.
And for you, since it's also important for you to take care of yourself: Pay attention also to her way of dealing with her problem. Your patience/sacrifice/hopes should be in proportion to her effort to get better. Meaning, if she has sought counseling and is making progress and communicating with you and etc., then the signs that she'll be able to become a full partner to you are encouraging, and I hope you'll give her all the time she needs. But if she's hiding from or behind this and expecting you to do all the accommodating, then you might have to realize there's a limit to how much better things will get.
Re: Friendship Recruitment Service: Carolyn,
I see some of myself in that poster's comments, and now I'm worried. Is acquiring new friends through your other friends so bad? I have a few close friends who are more outgoing than I am, and when I think about, many of the newer people in my life are introduced to me by my more outgoing friends. I have my own casual friends, too, from work and volunteer activities, but as far as new people in my main social circle, I'm never the one that introduces them to the group. And I do end up being friends with these newer people. I've always thought of it as shyness and didn't realize it might get on people's nerves. Should I give this more thought?
Carolyn Hax: I think a lot of people are on this fine line and suddenly wondering. To me, you cross the line when you reach out pretty much to every person your more outgoing friends introduce to you, or when you reach out without also inviting your recruiters. (Doesn't have to be every time, obviously, but enough so that you avoid the appearance of, "Seeya, sucker, thanks for the new friends.")
I do think recruiters also have to keep things in perspective, and realize it's tough to meet people, and anyone who's good at should feel more lucky than victimized. And understand that some of the people who meet through them will get along better than they ever did with either party. That you can never avoid.
Florida: I also think it's rude not to answer your cell phone if you have one (unless there's something going on like a meeting or something). You choose to give your number out to people... if you don't want people calling you, don't give out your number to them. You also buy a cell phone because of the accessibility it provides.
Perhaps I am slightly jaded regarding this rude behavior, as my "boyfriend" is choosing to break up with me by refusing to answer his cell.
Carolyn Hax: No no no no no. Don't twist kindness and courtesy just because someone's maybe being a jerk to you. If you're not in a position, or even a mood, to to talk to me, please don't pick up your phone. Let me leave my message and go about my day blissfully unaware that I just called at a terrible time. I give out my number, I want people to call, but that doesn't mean I'm making myself available to them every waking minute of my every day. Sometimes I like to drive safely, place an order intelligibly, finish a conversation, drink my coffee in peace.
Now: Stop calling his cell. He should have picked up or called you back, but it's also possible he legitimately couldn't talk or wasn't ready to and then saw you called him 10 times in 8 minutes or whatever and now doesn't want to talk. Childish, a bit, but sympathetically so. He knows you want to talk to him. If he is worth talking to, he will get back to you.
Favorite Columnville: Hey -- just curious... have many of us (besides me) responded with our favorite column for your future book?
Carolyn Hax: So many of you that I haven't been able yet to email you all with my thanks. I was going to say as much at the end today, but you beat me to it. So, thanks!
Detroit, Mich.: Carolyn, today started out great, until one of my clients asked me, "Are you pregnant?" I was completely mortified as I am NOT pregnant, but laughed it off. I know I've gained a lot of weight in the last three months due to medication change but don't feel like explaining it to her. I have to see her again tomorrow and I'm not sure I can keep a stiff upper lip about this, as her comment really made me feel horrible. Any suggestions from you or the peanut gallery on staying professional?
Carolyn Hax: Don't beat yourself up so much. If you say you gained weight, then I believe you, but a lot of styles right now are loose around the waist and really hard to distinguish from maternity. Plus, pregnant women, IMHO, look great in a way that people who are just bummed about putting on extra pounds do not. So, if your medication was going to do a number on you, there wasn't a whole lot you could do about it, so try to take some comfort in its being perceived, at least by this one client, as a happy thing.
This one client, by the way, feels horrible too.
Carolyn Hax: I still have a pulse, I just had a post go flooey on me and it took a while to get it to work.
New England: Carolyn, I'm in my late 20s and just kind of generally uneasy about the direction of my life and the many unknowns. Does it get any easier in your 30s? Your column is my religion, by the way.
Carolyn Hax: No wonder you're uneasy.
It gets easier and harder. If it helps, I'd take 30s any day--but a lot of that comes from a better appreciation for, and attitude toward, unknowns. My 20s attitude was, ooh, unknowns, scary; my 30s epiphany was, yoo-hoo, there is no such thing as a known. (Except the usual death, taxes and highlights are expensive to maintain.)
What's scary to me now is the idea of following some rigid path as a buffer against unknowns. You still have just as many unknowns as before (see above), but you're stuck in something that doesn't suit you. Let your expectations go, follow your nature (within the bounds of law, civic responsibility and good taste), and see what happens.
Portland, Ore.: I'm in my upper 30s and am in great shape. I've always been very involved in sports and outdoor activities and I also eat well, and as a result, I have always been slender. At this point in my life, I am completely sick of hearing people say, "Oh, you're so LUCKY you're thin," especially when I hear it from friends who never exercise. I actually gave a snotty response to a co-worker I barely know today. So what is a polite response to this? I feel offended when people chalk it up to luck (like many, I find going to the gym boring and hard work, but I do it because staying fit is important to me), but I don't want to be snotty either.
Carolyn Hax: "Thanks."
You did this for yourself, so please feel free to keep it that way.
RE: Detroit: I had a coworker make a really good save from a similar comment. She asked if I was the one who just had the baby, and when I laughed shakily and said my baby was 10 years old, she just said, "You know, I thought that couldn't be you. No way you could get back in shape so fast!" We both saved face. Very elegant.
Carolyn Hax: She's my hero.
Boston, Mass.: Hi Carolyn,
I was hoping for advice from you and Zuzu on this one. Yesterday, I found a stray dog on the side of the road. I took her straight to the vet, who told me that she's half-starved and had been beaten but she's basically OK. (Side rant: who would beat a helpless dog?) The dog is absolutely the sweetest girl, and I want to adopt her.
So, it turns out, she's an American Staffordshire Terrier, and the vet said inexperienced dog owners should never, ever have pit bulls. Since I've never had a dog and know nothing about them (the vet had to tell me the breed), I called a few shelters. But it looks horribly bleak -- all the shelters said they either can't take pit bulls in the first place, or have an incredibly hard time placing them and she would probably end up euthanized.
I love this dog, but don't want to give her a bad life because I don't know what I'm doing in raising her. But I can't bear to give her to a shetler after what they told me. None of my friends are able to take her in, either. So, what should I do here? Is there another option I haven't thought of?
Thanks Carolyn
Carolyn Hax: You could talk to a RESPONSIBLE AmStaff breeder or three, whom you can find by asking around, starting with the vet; you could call around RESPONSIBLE obedience schools to see if anyone on staff specializes in this or other strong breeds; you can hit the Internet for breed-specific rescue groups (tho I do wonder if the pit/staffy ones are inundated); you could wait to see what the peanuts say. If you really take this seriously AND have the temperament and circumstances that would allow you to be a firm, responsible, educated dog owner, you could give this dog a good life. But these are ifs best discussed and worked out with people who know what they're doing--and are also able to assess the temperament of the doggie.
Yay for you for sticking with this. Would that we were all so humane and committed.
I thought we were all adults here...: Hi Carolyn,
I just found out that a friend is complaining about me and my ex to other friends - she's letting folks know that she's angry with us. She has yet to say anything at all to me. (Last I heard from her, she was all happy that Ex and I were getting a real friendship sorted out and under way.)
I'm going to call her, and ask what's going on - why is she angry, what have we seemingly done, and why is she telling others and not me/us?
So here's my question: do I call Ex and ask what, if anything, he's heard about this from her? Or do I leave him out of it all until and unless she says something that I think he needs to know? I haven't seen or spoken with her since June, he has - he's related some conversational bits to me. And I think that if she told him she was angry with something the two of us had done he'd've told me. So, do I call and ask him, first, or just call her and let her know that I've been getting an earful from others?
Unfortunately, all this has to happen over the phone because of geography, none of us are within a 2 hour driving range of any of the others; I'm a full day's drive away or I'd be doing this in person.
Carolyn Hax: This is between you and the middle schooler. Next time you talk to the ex, you can mention it.
Or you could just wave your hand and make it all go away. That's the beauty of all those miles.
"Lucky" to be thin: I usually say "Thanks but unfortunately I have to eat right and work out just like everyone else." Said with a laugh and in a tone of voice that hopefully communicates that I don't think I am somehow superior to the other person. Is this appropriate?
Carolyn Hax: I get the thinking behind it, I think--you want to be modest, seem like everybody else? But it's not quite accurate, since some people can eat crap and do nothing and stay lean, and it's not quite necessary.
It's a compliment, so, take the compliment. "Thanks."
And if it's a barbed compliment, all the more reason to take it as a plain compliment. Frustrate the hell out of people.
Portland IS Lucky: Without going into the "why should slenderness be valued so highly" debate, I would just like to point out that I know people who exercise, eat right, and are overweight. Fat happens. If you follow a certain lifestyle to obtain a certian physique, it's still a crapshoot.
Carolyn Hax: Well said, thanks.
Vienna, Va.:
For the Staffordshire Terrier rescuer:
Staffordshire Terrier Club of America Rescue Committee Chairperson
Rachel Kruidenier
Eaton, CO 80615
Carolyn Hax: Mwa! Thanks.
AmStaff: Hot Water Rescue specializes in the big dogs that shelters euthanize. They are on the web.
Carolyn Hax: Yay yay. Thank you.
To Boston: I'm just reminding people that pit bulls can be wonderful dogs. When I was a little girl I had numerous incidents with dogs while selling Girl Scout Cookies and became terrified of them. The dog that got me over my fear was my aunt's pit bull, who thought she was a lap dog (note: she was also a guard dog) and who was also wonderful with small children. What matters most is the master and how a dog is trained. Incidentally, the second dog I was comfortable around was a Rottweiler.
Carolyn Hax: And of course there's Boo, who's the gentlest creature of all. (Unless an off-leash dog charges her bare-fanged when she's on leash, but that's why you talk to the breeders and take obedience training seriously.)
pit bull: I am the owner of a mixed breed pit bull, took her in as a puppy, didn't know what she was. I grew up with dogs but she has been a challenge. 5 years later we are good and I couldn't imagine life without her. Definately recommend special training, mine is too smart for her own good and we had to work on who was alpha. Now I know her and know what too expect. It can be done and be rewarding but do be careful. Mine doesn't like other dogs, she will not go after them but if they don't leave her alone she will attack and it's scary to see, although she has never hurt one, just bowls them over. I keep her on her lease at all times with a training collar, scary to look at but better than a choker and I am able to maintain control of her at all times. It's work but worth it.
Carolyn Hax: The realistic side of, "It depends on how they're trained." Tx.
Washington, D.C.: I'm the friend that is nice. Always looks out for others. Thinks of everyone else. My problem is that because everyone is so used to be being "perfect," if I slip for whatever reason, there are a few people who can't handle it. I'm in a bad mood today because I keep thinking, people do stupid stuff all the time, why am I the only one who's not allowed (or the only one who notices)?
Carolyn Hax: Two questions. Is it possible your kindness attracts users, and you need to be more careful to whom you choose to give so much? That's the obvious one. Or is it possible you've set such high expectations of yourself that you're overreacting to people's reactions, and perceiving "can't handle it" where really people are reacting okay?
Just a couple of things to think about.
Arlington, Va.: For the person who watches sporting events, I bet you do statistics which require a lot of math skills. Why not tell people you do stats and rarely mention the football?
Carolyn Hax: I suppose. But that seems to me like saying, "New Haven" when you're asked where you went to college, because you don't want to get the high-eyebrows response to "Yale." Better just to say what it is and get the reaction you get.
RE: Doesn't know what to say: I was also unsure of what to say people who were facing the illness or death of a loved one. This summer, I was one of those people. My father passed away and I was blown away by the kindness of our friends and family. My personal bias is that sometimes a phone call can be hard for both parties -- hard to know what to say, may be a bad time -- but I appreciated every one. I have to admit that I really cherished notes and cards that people sent that basically just read, "Thinking of you."
Carolyn Hax: Anything anything anything. Can't say it enough. Can't do it enough, either, since I know I've been guilty myself of disappearing during other people's grief, which is why I have special warm feelings for the people who came through for me during mine but haven't banished those who didn't.
Carolyn Hax: But people who don't answer their cell phones, boy, they are WAY off my list.
Okemos, Mich.: Re: Dogs/Pittbulls Its important for anyone considering an abused animal to be aware that they have special needs and often more challenging dispositions. Reguardless of breeds. I lived with a previously abused dog in college who was a beagle (an otherwise great, friendly bread)- she would snap on a dime for no reason other than she felt like it. If you are considering having kids while you would have the dog please give it careful consideration many people end up putting the dog down because it snaps at a kid being a kid.
Carolyn Hax: Yes yes, very true and important, thanks, especially since this is no beagle. But not all abused dogs do this, so it's important to take the time to find out.
Seattle, Wash.: My husband travels for work and is usually gone 2-4 nights during the week, so I usually save my weekends for plans with friends who want to see both of us, and make plans with friends who only want to see me when he is out of town. In your opinion is this "revolving my life around my man?" (implied co-dependency)
Thanks, Thought I WAS Independent... Sheesh!
Carolyn Hax: So one of these weekdays-only friends took a shot at you? Ignore it. We all do what works.
Worse than not pregnant.: If you think being mistaken for pregnant is bad, about two weeks after I had my son I was walking proudly down the hall at work with him and a coworker (not someone I knew) said "OH! Is this your little grandbaby?" I was speeechless.
Carolyn Hax: Can't top this one. Thanks for appreciating that intense personal pain should never get in the way of a great story.
And speaking of intense personal pain, I'm hungry. Bye, thanks everbuddy and type to you next Friday.
Oh, and somebody asked--yes, still welcoming all votes for favorite past columns, and chat stuff too if you saved it. Thanks again.
Alexandria VA: Hi Carolyn!
I have a question I need some good advice on. I have a friend who lives in Florida with her husband. They have 3 small children together. She is starting to become terrified of the man, he has cheated on her, physically assaulted her (not TOO badly...yet), and seems to have no care of their children's welfare at all. The problem is this - he controls their money, and thus she cannot afford a lawyer. What recourse does she have? She is desperate to leave the guy (he's been determined to have some mental issues by their counselor) but doesn't know how, since she can't afford it. Do you, or anyone else, know how to help her on this? I fear for her safety. Thank you.
Carolyn Hax: Call the hotlines--1-800-799-SAFE and 1-800-656-HOPE, and check www.peaceathome.org--to ask about local resources, legal, financial and otherwise, available to abused victims and their families. Money control is a standard element of domestic abuse, and so any centers, etc., that are in the business of getting people and kids safely out of these homes are also prepared to handle the money problem. Just make sure you both understand that a domestic abuse situation can get even more dangerous when a person attempts to leave, so no one can afford to get sloppy.
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Saturday, 1 March 2008
Cold Wet Nose - Warm heart?
They say there's no such thing as good news, but I do usually find there's a very good percentage of happy ending - but of late the opposite seems to have been true.
In the last week several people have confided in me stories of such magnitude that to be honest I've had trouble sleeping. It's easy to just look at the surface and think everything is okay for those about you, but for a percentage life will have taken a ghastly and totally unjust turn and most people will be totally oblivious to their pain.
But I guess, just as bad things can happen to good people, the converse must be true and somewhere someone is enjoying spectacular good luck. I just don't seem to hear about those stories at the moment!
Inca was a Rottie who ended up in rescue. As this is a very familiar story of late, her prospects looked bleak. I'd had a hand in finding her the very, very best home imaginable with some great people. She seemed the luckiest Rottie in the world - so many others were left waiting for a good home. Then, very quickly, she was diagnosed with serious HD and needed a very big op. Her superb new owners didn't even flinch at the vet bill - even though they were uninsured, they already loved her unconditionally and would do anything for her without question.
But there were serious complications and she contracted MRSA. Months and months of very intensive treatment at enormous cost followed with her life hanging by a thread - but against the odds she pulled through and she started to enjoy her lovely life at last. We all enjoyed the happy ending and her busy owners even took Inca to Discover Dogs to support the excellent work of the Bella Moss MRSA foundation.
Then yesterday I heard she'd been killed in a road accident. Her owners who fought so hard to save her are understandably totally devastated at this sudden and unexpected loss.
By chance I'd already heard several other heartbreaking stories in the past week that left me questioning how some people find the strength to get up every morning.
Can we please hear of someone experiencing good fortune soon? For example can poor old Dumbo get the home he deserves? Can one of you write a comment in this blog that gives us a glimmer that somewhere else on the planet something incredibly uplifting is happening that can put the earth back on its axis and make us all feel like we can actually make a difference?
As part of the Cold Wet Nose Show we'll be giving a series of awards to people and dogs that do make the world seem a much more 'human' place.
Now would be a very good time to tell me your happy stories! But even if you have a sad story to share, don't hold back. I'd hate to think people might stop confiding when they are down - we do feel totally honoured to be included in all the lows as well as the highs. Some of our readers have been with us every step of the way for the past 18 years and whether you're one of the old school or the newbies, I like to think at Dogs Today we're at least one part of the planet that wants to listen and help whenever possible. I know I've been very grateful of the same support when my life has had its ups and downs!
6 comments:
- Gina said...
- 1 March 2008 at 19:50
- Beverley Cuddy said...
Hi Gina
Lovely video, I'm going to bed cheered up!
Well worth a look - well done!
- 1 March 2008 at 20:35
- Chapstaff said...
Beverley, I'll tell you about my dog. It's a happy story.
We rescued Cleo, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier from Wood Green Animal Shelter when she was 1 year old. She was about to be put to sleep as she was "vicious" with other dogs.
Her previous owners had loved her, but had to hand her in when she, as an older pup started fighting with her mother.
To cut a very long story short, we agreed to take Cleo unseen, & never regretted it.
We soon found her aggression was due to fear & took steps to help her over this.
We had 15 brilliant years with her & she came everywhere with my hubs & me that she could; every holiday; every outing.She was a very happy girl.
She kept very good health, & as she got older we had 6 monthly "senior health checks" to monitor how she was doing & to catch any problems early.
She developed liver problems, but with a healthy diet kept well for a few more years.
At the age of 16 years she slowed down a lot & eventually "told" us she had had enough. She had been amazingly healthy up until then.
Last July we called out our vet to put Cleo to sleep at home, but she passed away very peacefully snuggled up in my arms before the vet arrived.
I think this is a happy story. Who could ask for more?
I feel very privileged to have had such a lovely dog as Cleo for all those years & had no qualms about getting another Stafford, Tala - now 8 months old, full of mischief as a puppy should be.
- 2 March 2008 at 01:19
- Penkitty said...
Here's a story that hangs in the balance. I recently rescued a GSD from a Pound in North Wales, he was an unclaimed stray and in a put to sleep situation. I presently live in Cornwall and have never seen this dog other than in photo's but I was asked if I could help and I had to do what I could. I have managed to get funding to keep him (Jamie) in safe kennels until mid March after that I don't know. So the race is on to find this lovely dog a forever home.
Jamie is fit and well the vet thinks he is around 7 years old, he's good with other dogs, cats and chickens.
Let's hope this one can have a happy ending.
- 2 March 2008 at 16:19
- Beverley Cuddy said...
Lovely story about Cleo! It's wonderful to look back on a life so enhanced by being rescued.
And Penkitty...
Can you please get in touch with your email details (my email is firstname.lastname@example.com). I've emailed a really kind person from a GSD rescue site to ask for their help and I've just realised I don't know how to contact you!
- 3 March 2008 at 09:52
- Mina said...
I don't know if this counts as uplifting, but I rescued Fred (you met him on a photo shoot) as a failed foster dog. He was left alone all day long by a couple – one wanted him, the other didn't really, and obviously a young dog left alone all day will 'misbehave' – I've seen the evidence on how chewed his original bed is. He was severely emotionally abused for quite some time by one half of the couple, and probably some physical abuse was doled out too. The couple saw a behaviourist for Fred, but it eventually came to the brink of divorce and the mother of one of the couple took Fred away. She couldn't cope with him either, because of what he'd endured, and the behaviourist rescued him, and brought him to me as a foster. He had to be crated to make him settle down, otherwise he'd fall asleep sitting or standing up. He bounced around, running on adrenalin for months – at least 12 families/couples came to see him and said 'lovely dog, but no thanks' - then a home was found for him, so good news! Six weeks later he was back because they couldn't cope with his behaviour – strangely he was somewhat calmer for me, but still bouncing off the walls. On walks he'd jump up at everyone, including toddlers, and if another dog walked past, I'd lose him.
I took him to training classes to try to make him more 'adoptable' and ended up walking out of more than once class in tears or temper, occasionally leaving him with the instructor so we could both calm down. He had to be muzzled, because he lunged at every dog that went past, screamed and cried and savagely bit me when another dog was running or doing agility near him and he couldn't join in, so we muzzled him. Even when he became more socialised, I still had to carry the muzzle for the days he couldn't contain himself and bit me in frustration or excitement. Eventually I adopted him after he'd had no interest for another few months – plus the training work had forged a bond between us that I couldn't bear to see broken. Nearly six months to the day that he started training, he was promoted into an advanced obedience class by winning their bi-annual 'progress tests' for his level and he has continued to progress in the six months since then – he came 7th this time around, but we found out just after the test that he's got a bad leg, so I feel he was robbed of a chance to shine. He moved from sleeping (when he finally learnt to rest) in the dining room, to the living room, the far end of the sofa, next to my leg, then just after I'd had him for a year he made the huge step of climbing onto my lap. Where he's been ever since.
He never needs muzzling now, he's a happy, socialised little dog, never knocks toddlers over any more, he loves to work, is amazingly well behaved and trained considering his problems and although he's on 'house arrest' at the moment due to his sore leg he's still learning new things to keep his mind active. He's won two dozen rosettes for everything from 'Best Rescue' through 'Best Crossbreed' to 'Best in Novelty Show' has his bronze Kennel Club Good Citizen award, and in November he visited Discover Dogs in the semi-final of Scrufts. This year we're hoping for more good things in obedience work. He's started working trials as well, and we hope for agility, although that does still hype him up too much, and I don't want him going back to biting, so we're working on calm behaviour just watching before we venture back in the ring again.
He still jumps up at visitors to the house, which is something we are still working on, but for a dog nobody wanted, he's turned into a fantastically hard working, bright, entertaining and loving dog.
- 3 March 2008 at 12:11


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Apprenticeships are popular with politicians and the public alike. They offer youngsters a debt-free way to gain qualifications as well as improving the nation's skills and employment levels.
A report we commissioned with think tank Demos found the majority of youngsters (54 per cent) would choose to do an apprenticeship if one were available. In addition, apprentices actually came out as more employable than graduates in the research.
Most people would associate apprenticeships with school leavers aged 16 or 17. The perception is that, after completing their GCSEs, teenagers begin an apprenticeship with a local manufacturing or engineering company.
This may have been the case in the past, and still may be true for some sectors. But the rise in both awareness and perceived value of apprenticeships has meant more and more people are applying for them, raising the age and experience of applicants.
At British Gas, in the last five years, the age of our new intake has risen from 18 or 19 to 23 or 24. While we require GCSEs as a minimum, more than a third (34 per cent) of our new Service & Repair recruits had A-levels or degrees.
This means we need to ensure that school age applicants with fewer qualifications and less experience are still considered.
There are a number of ways businesses can do this. Firstly, by recruiting for behaviour and not skills. Applicants often don't need a technical background or work experience for an apprenticeship – they will gain this as part of their training.
Businesses should look for people who want to solve problems, have a community spirit and are excellent at delivering customer service.
Our team of engineers visited nine million homes during 2013. That's why it's a priority for us to recruit from the local area. While older applicants may have more qualifications and experience, school leavers who can build excellent customer relationships in their community stand just as good a chance.
>> The low-down on apprenticeships – how to apply
The second way in which we, and other businesses can, support aspiring apprentices is through partnerships with organisations such as the Prince's Trust.
We are currently working on a campaign called 'Get into Engineering'. This offers youngsters from the Prince's Trust the opportunity of doing an apprenticeship with one of our subcontractors in Wales. We help organise this and also help deliver some of the training in the academies, helping support other apprentices as well as our own.
Encouraging smaller businesses to take on apprentices is also a key commitment of ours. We welcomed the news in the budget for the funding for the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers scheme (AGE). Many of our subcontractors and business customers will benefit from this move and will take on apprentices for the first time as a result.
A third way in which businesses can support school-leavers in their applications, is by providing them with tips and advice along the way. The Plotr website is a great place for students to start planning their career.
It provides plenty of inspiration on different career journeys and resources on building CVs and completing interviews.
Whether it's as a mentor or an employer, there are numerous ways businesses can commit to supporting youth employment.
By taking an approach to recruitment as described here, we can ensure school leavers don't become the forgotten 50 per cent.
Advice for school age students
School age students hoping to complete an apprenticeship should try and build on their CV as early as possible. Whether it's through groups they join at school or volunteering, employers are looking for ways they will stand out from other applicants.
As apprenticeships become more popular with school leavers and jobseekers alike, teenagers should take steps now to ensure they can display the essential qualities employers require.
John Madden, Resource Director of British Gas
For more on apprenticeships read:
Apprenticeships: the big questions answered
The low-down on apprenticeships – how to apply
Apprenticeships: an alternative route


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The transaction will add more than 500,000 of Telefónica UK's telephony customers to Sky's own 4.2 million broadband customers and four million telephony customers (as at 31 December 2012).
The deal means Sky will leapfrog Virgin Media, which has 450,000 customers, and close the gap on market leader BT (6.6 million). It builds beyond Sky's traditional heartland of Pay TV, which reached its target of 10 million customers back in 2010, to tap into the sustained growth in demand for broadband and home telephony in UK homes.
From a standing start in 2006, the media company identified its so-called "triple-play" customers, which take Pay TV, broadband and fixed-line services, as a major growth area and pursued it aggressively. During that time, Sky has established itself as the UK's most popular triple-play provider with 3.6 million triple-play customers, one third of its base.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sky will pay £180 million to Telefónica UK for the consumer broadband, home phone and line rental customers served by the O2 and BE brands, with an additional amount, "not exceeding £20 million", payable upon the successful customer migration.
Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of Sky, said: "We believe that the O2 and BE consumer broadband and telephony business is a great fit, with customers used to high-quality products and strong levels of customer service.
"We look forward to welcoming these new customers to Sky and giving them access to our wide range of high-quality products, great value and industry-leading customer service."
Telefónica UK is said to be focusing its energies away from the home broadband experience in favour of delivering best-in-class mobile connectivity, following its recent £500 million investment in next generation 4G licence.
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Casino Owner Has Third Suitor
Published: April 4, 2006
Ameristar Casinos bid $1.5 billion for the Aztar Corporation yesterday, becoming the third suitor for Aztar, which owns prime acreage on the Las Vegas Strip.
Ameristar joined Pinnacle Entertainment and Colony Capital in bidding for Aztar.
Pinnacle, based in Las Vegas, agreed to buy Aztar in a consensual deal but was outbid last week by Colony Capital, a privately held real estate investment firm in Los Angeles controlled by Thomas J. Barrack Jr.
Last night, Aztar said its board had authorized the company to enter into separate discussions with Colony and Ameristar, saying each offer would probably lead to proposal superior to the Pinnacle agreement.
''I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more higher bids come in,'' said Steve Scruggs, a portfolio manager for Queens Road Funds, which owns Aztar stock.
Aztar, based in Phoenix, is attractive because of its presence in Atlantic City and on the Las Vegas Strip, where its Tropicana casino sits on 34 acres.
Ameristar and Pinnacle both lack operations in the two top United States gambling resorts, a shortcoming as they try to take on larger operators like Harrah's Entertainment, which can offer discounts at its Atlantic City and Las Vegas casinos to reward loyal customers elsewhere.
Ameristar bid $42 a share for Aztar and would assume about $700 million of its debt, making the bid worth about $2.25 billion. Pinnacle has a deal to buy Aztar for $38 a share; Colony offered $41 a share.
In a sign that investors were expecting another, even higher bid, shares of Aztar rose $2.61, or 6.2 percent, to $44.60 yesterday. Aztar's stock has risen more than 19 percent since March 13, when Pinnacle first bid on the company.
A Pinnacle spokeswoman also declined to comment. Colony also refused to comment.
Ameristar, which is based in Las Vegas, owns seven casinos, in the Midwest, Mississippi, the Denver metropolitan area and Jackpot, Nev.
Photo: Aztar's properties include the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City. (Photo by Mike Mergen for The New York Times)


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A friend at work asked me exactly what was meant by the term "smart TV."
He and his wife were shopping, and smart TV was a term he ran across with many models.
If you haven't had to shop for a TV in five or more years, chances are you're new to the term as well.
A smart TV is a set that's connected to the Internet for the purposes of running apps such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, games and even Web browsers.
Having such capabilities built into your TV is a pretty good idea, but in most cases I'd advise against buying a smart TV.
Most smart TV manufacturers don't spend a whole lot of time working on their interface and keeping their apps updated.
That isn't a dig at those of you who already own smart TVs. I'm sure they do the job.
The one smart TV manufacturer I'd consider recommending would be Samsung, as I've seen its offering up close. Samsung has shown it is committed to keeping apps updated, and the interface is pretty nice.
For the other brands, I'd just stick with a non-smart version of the TV and purchase a Roku box or Apple TV or perhaps a Google Chromecast.
Both Roku and Apple have a decent history of keeping their boxes updated with the latest apps and streaming services. Google's Chromecast is a new product that relies on your starting the stream from a computer, smartphone or tablet, so I don't really consider it a stand-alone product like the other two boxes.
For all but the most die-hard Apple users, I recommend the Roku line of streaming boxes. Roku has hundreds of channels, both free and subscription, as well as games, and the boxes are open to adding all sorts of new content.
Apple, on the other hand, has a very slick interface, and if you're a Mac household, you'll find nice hooks into iTunes and all your iCloud content. But Apple is notoriously slow in rolling out content channels for the Apple TV.
Also, there are streaming sources like Amazon Instant Streaming that don't look like they'll ever be added to Apple TV.
Roku also has several boxes with slightly different features. The cheapest Roku (the Roku 1) is just $49, while there is only one Apple TV box for $99. The Chromecast costs $35, but again, it requires another device to initiate the streaming.
So my advice is to keep your TV as dumb as possible and rely on proven streaming solutions if you'd like to connect your set to the Internet.
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Two pregnant moms come together tonight. The Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth represents the Old Testament, she is an older woman at this point, and she carries John the Baptist in her womb. He will be the last prophet. The Old has passed and the new has come.
Mary bears in her womb the New Testament. Just earlier she had asked the angel Gabriel how she could possibly be pregnant because she had never been with a man. But Holy Spirit overshadowed her and she conceived in her womb the very Son of God – the promised Messiah – who would usher a whole new world – a new creation.
After our first parents sinned – God's promised a Savior. A Messiah was promised to Adam and Eve – the seed of the woman who would crush the serpent's head and restore paradise. And now this Seed of the woman, our Savior, has come. The center of all human history is the incarnation of Jesus in the womb of Mary. Mary is the new eve – the mother of all the living and she understands her place in history. Everyone loves that song, called, "Mary did you know?" I like the song too. The words go:
"Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughter…Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new? Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod? And when you kissed your little baby you kissed the face of God Mary did you know?"
Well, the text tonight actually answers the question quite well. Mary clearly did know. She believed. She understood that she was carrying the Christ based upon her song, the Magnificat, a sort of aria, a sublime song of faith about Jesus.
When Mary goes to Elizabeth with this great news – the world world stands still. This is what the whole world has been waiting for. All of the promises of God become are seen in this very moment. But things are not quiet for long – nor should they be. The angels are rejoicing. John the Baptist is leaping in the belly of His mother. Mary is singing. Elizabeth is rejoicing. All of creation is changing. Holy Scripture says in Romans chapter 8: "For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now." Great things are happening.
The Lord of all creation is entering our world. Not as a booming voice from Mount Sinai, not as a burning bush or a pillar of fire but as a little lamb. In Mary's womb, tonight, God is an embryo. The seed promised since the dawn of human existence who would free us from our sins – who would restore life – restore communion with God. He is here.
Mary is the new Eve. A little beating heart under hers. And she gets it. She believes. And she does what pregnant moms do. Announce the good news. As the arc of the covenant was carried with the presence of God to Judea in the Old Testament, now, in the new Testament, the new arc of the covenant – is carried to the hill country. But God is not carried in an arc of gold but in the womb of Mary – the new shrine for the presence of God until His birth in a manger in Bethlehem.
Elizabeth is thrilled at the presence of Mary. She is filled with the Holy Spirit and cries out "Blessed is the fruit of your womb! Why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"
It's a good question. A question we should all ask. Why should we poor miserable sinners expect to be blessed by God? We have unclean lips – we dwell in the midst of an unclean people. It's hard to imagine that the holy presence of God would even dare come near us. But this has always been the will of God, even before the fall into sin - that God would dwell among his people – tabernacle among us – become a man, like us in every way, but without sin – yet bearing sin – that we might be his own. So that we might live under him in His kingdom and serve him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness.
Like Elizabeth. God has come to you. Be glad. He wants to bless you. To heal you. To forgive you all of your sins. That seed born of Mary – would grow and bear the best fruit upon the tree of the cross and Mary's heart would be pierced. He would be crushed for our offenses – nailed and killed – and gobbled up by the grave. But he sprouted up from the earth on the third day to destroy sins power. To overcome death. To open heaven for all who believe – for Mary – for Elizabeth – for John – and for all of God's family, especially for you.
The people in the Old Testament lived broken and sinful lives like us. They too needed to be saved. They needed Jesus just like we do. And now he comes to you, fresh and risen from the grave, to give himself. God comes to you tonight in mercy. He reigns in heaven and down here on our altar as the Lamb of God. He visits you in love. Covers you with his cleansing sacrificial blood. Like Mary you too bear Christ. You carry him in the manger of your heart and bear him in body and soul. God is with us.
In the name of Jesus.


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The Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) Applicant Selection Process is used for the selection of qualified applicants into the second year of the MLT program. The MLT program accepts a total of 24 applicants for the second year course curricula, 12 at the Round Rock campus and 12 at the Eastview campus. This process is used to insure a fair and equitable process when the number of applicants exceeds the number of spots available.
Each admission cycle is competitive. If a candidate defers acceptance to the program for any reason, then the application will be returned to the applicant pool for consideration for the following year. If an applicant declines their spot, the next applicant on the list will be offered that position.
MLT program applications are due February 1st.
- The student must complete all steps of the application process for the application to be submitted.
- Completion of required immunizations.
- Documentation of TSI requirement.
- Completion of pre-requisite courses, with a "C or better":
- MLAB 1101: Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science
- CHEM 1305 and 1105 or acceptable substitute
- Completion of MLT information session.
- Meet with MLT faculty advisor.
- Applicant must have an overall minimum GPA of 2.0 on all ACC course work.
- Submission of official transcripts to ACC Admissions/Records from other colleges/ universities, which contain courses used to satisfy the MLT degree plan. Please submit an unofficial copy of the transcript with the application.
- The MLT application is available on-line at the Health Science website.
- The completed application is submitted to the Health Science Office either at the Round Rock or Eastview campus along with the all required documentation. Required documents will be uploaded to CastleBranch.
- The admission office staff will review the application for completeness. Incomplete applications are NOT accepted. If deficiencies are found, the application will be returned to the student.
- The official application date will be recorded as the date when the complete application was accepted by the HS Office staff.
- Immunization Records will be reviewed and verified for completeness.
- When the application period has closed, all qualified applicants for admission to the next class will be ranked using the Medical Technology Applicant Ranking Worksheet.
- If a tied ranking occurs, the admissions committee defaults to the recorded application date as documented by the HS Office staff.
- The first 24 qualified applicants with the highest ranking score will be sent a letter of conditional acceptance by email to the address listed on the MLT application which will include further instructions. Failure to complete any part of the admissions process will result in withdrawal of acceptance into the program. If a course in year one has not been completed by the end of the second semester of the degree plan, the student's offer of acceptance will be withdrawn. The student's application would be held for the next admissions cycle.
- Once the current class is filled, those applicants not accepted will be placed on an alternate list for the current class and will receive a letter stating their rank in the pool for the current year. If a student declines the offer of acceptance into the second year of the program, the highest ranked student on the alternate list will be offered conditional acceptance. This will continue until the class is filled.
- Students who are not accepted into the current class will be required to complete a reapplication form by the stated application deadline. Failure to submit the reapplication form to the department chair will result in removal of the application from the pool. Points will be awarded for reapplication.
- Applicants who are not accepted into the current class are encouraged to meet with a MLT faculty advisor to discuss improving future ranking. Points will continue to accrue based on completion of co-requisite courses. Students may increase their points by earning a higher grade in co-requisite and pre-requisite courses by retaking the course. Progression must be shown on the MLT degree plan.
- MLT Applications are kept on file for 2 years. The applicant is responsible for maintaining communication with the program on a regular basis to keep the application current. Failure to submit the reapplication form will result in moving the application to inactive status.


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How to Train Your Dragon | 2010
A young Viking defies convention when he befriends a ferocious dragon. Humans and dragons are mortal enemies, so this unlikely pair must overcome many obstacles to save both their worlds.
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Hiccup is a Viking teenager who doesn't fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. His world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.


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Tom Ince jets off to Italy to negotiate a move to Inter Milan [Sky Sports News]
Sky Sports have reported that England U21 winger Tom Ince is flying to Milan to talk about moving to Inter.
Ince, whose contract at Blackpool expires this summer, has been the subject of speculation over where he will play his club football next season, with talk of a move to Inter initially appearing fanciful.
But the men in charge at Inter clearly quite like the player, or maybe they just like how the name looks in Nerazzurri colours – Tom's father Paul played for the club in the 1990's.
Ince spent the second half of the season on loan at Crystal Palace, adding a modest contribution to their battle for mid-table comfort.
He told Sky Sports News Radio: "Going abroad isn't a no-go. It's something that you have to take into consideration. I've always watched European football, so I'm not afraid to do that if I have to."


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Pollardville Family Chicken Kitchen
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2006/06/19 19:07:40
pollardville on highway 99 in stockton ca- just look for the giant chicken off the highway- this is a roadfood place in there ever was one . It even has a small decaying old west village outback ,complete with train for kiddies ( not sure if it works anymore though) , a real conestoga wagon in the dining room, and good honest chicken and gravy..it is really the kind of roadfood place that is rapidly vanishing from the scene ( check out this website
for a better idea)- worth a stop if you are in the area
Junior Burger
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2009/01/07 15:15:35
Pollardville closed in April of 2007. The owners retired and sold to developers.
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Re:Pollardville Family Chicken Kitchen
2009/01/07 16:28:09
Pollardville closed in April of 2007. The owners retired and sold to developers.
Thanks sac ... welcome to RF.
Hope we can expect you next post 2016, seeing how you joined in 2005 and this is your first post.
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2009/01/07 17:39:26
Never mind him, "sactrips". Thanks for the information, regardless. When this old thread reappeared today and I clicked on the link originally provided in "californyguy's" post, it directed me to a poker blog. I thought it was a spam post until I noticed it was originally posted in June of 2006. The people running the poker blog must have purchased the rights to the website name.
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