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Work is under way on the house at 1680 S. Lumpkin St. for the Two-Story Coffee House, where Classic Hair salon and an antique shop used to be.
Rob and Deandra Bailey are opening the coffeehouse, which will feature a standard coffeehouse downstairs and study area in the upstairs, Rob Bailey said. Two-Story will serve 1,000 Faces coffee, breakfast items such as granola, oatmeal, bagels and scones, as well as desserts, including pies, cheesecakes, cakes and muffins, manager Christina Byerly said.
The business is expected to open by the end of October. Hours of operation will run from 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday. The phone number is (706) 850-5422 and the Web site is www.twostorycoffeehouse.com.
Gift shop marks silver anniversary
Joan Dotson and her daughters, Donna Cochran and Kathy Stewart, owners of The Flower & Gift Basket, are marking 25 years in business this year with an open house the week of Nov. 10-15.
The shop, located on Baxter Street in the Alps Village shopping center, has remained in the same location for a quarter-century. The Flower & Gift Basket sells fresh flowers and designs floral arrangements and gift baskets for special occasions.
Man's invention helps keep covers off feet
Jefferson businessman Carey Strickland has invented a product designed to help provide a good night's sleep to people who feel like sheets and bed covers are too binding for their feet. The Cover Hover, which has a patent pending, is a small collapsible frame that lifts the bed linens and creates a canopy over the feet.
Strickland, co-owner of Hi-Tec Machining Inc., a precision parts manufacturer in Jefferson, came up with the idea for the Cover Hover after a minor foot surgery made sleeping with his bandaged foot under the covers uncomfortable.
Strickland's product differs from other cover-lifting devices on the market, as it consists of telescoping plastic tubing, which makes the product significantly less expensive and lightweight. Its snap-lock structure requires no tools for assembly and folds down to the level of the bed's baseboard for storage during the day.
For more information, visit www.coverhover.com or call (706) 546-7137.
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You know it's illegal to discriminate against someone based on his or her national origin. You may not know that it's also illegal to discriminate against someone who simply has characteristics that reflect a particular heritage, whether or not he or she claims a particular heritage.
Recent case: Francisco Salas worked as a probation officer for almost a decade with no discipline problems. Salas identifies himself as Hispanic. He claimed he was fired after he agreed to testify before the EEOC in a co-worker's race-discrimination case. Salas' employer said it fired him for failing to supervise a parolee.
Salas saw it differently, and filed his own EEOC complaint and a federal lawsuit alleging national-origin discrimination. The employer argued that Salas never said what country or area he or his ancestors were from, so he couldn't claim national-origin discrimination.
But the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed. The court said national-origin discrimination includes denial of employment opportunities "because an individual has the physical, cultural or linguistic characteristics of a national origin group"—not just because of an employee's or ancestors' actual place of origin.
In other words, one does not need to actually be Hispanic to be protected; seeming to be Hispanic (or black or Asian, etc.) is enough. (Salas v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections, et al., No. 06-2483, 7th Cir., 2007)

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Geneva The United Nations' top human rights official expressed hope Friday that differences over an accord on racism had been narrowed enough that the United States would drop its threat to boycott a U.N. racism convention.
"What we are all now focusing on is how to ensure that the United States ... will be at Durban with all other states," said Mary Robinson, U.N. high commissioner for human rights.
Negotiators failed to agree on wording of the accord before adjourning Friday, two hours before the midnight deadline. Nevertheless, Robinson said she was encouraged because negotiators had erased some differences over how to address the Arab-Israeli conflict and Africa's demands for slavery compensation.
Work will resume when the World Conference Against Racism opens Aug. 31, she said.
The United States has warned that it will not attend unless language it regards as offensive toward Israel is removed from the draft.
But U.S. officials said a final decision by Washington was not expected before next week.
Israeli Ambassador Yaakov Levy protested Friday evening that "the same shameful language" on the Middle East that was in draft documents when the negotiating session began had not been removed.
"Consequently Israel will have to reconsider its participation in the Durban conference in the days to come," Levy said.
Robinson, however, said she was encouraged by progress made in the last two weeks.
U.S. negotiators, who walked out of discussions Thursday evening, had also rejected any direct mention of Palestine.
But the announcement Friday that the United States appeared "at least willing to look at possible text" on Palestinians' suffering was "very significant," Robinson said.
"We've come a long way," she said. "A lot remains to be done, but a framework has emerged."
Israel also walked out Thursday over wording proposed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, with Levy saying it denigrated the suffering of Jews under the Nazis.
The Arab group had removed direct references condemning Zionism, the movement that led to the founding of the modern state of Israel. But in acknowledging the Holocaust, the proposal referred to it as "the Jewish holocaust in Europe" with a small "h," in defiance of Jewish demands.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference draft "condemns Israel 77 times rather that 88 times, which the Arab draft did," Levy told The Associated Press.
Speaking for the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Ambassador Rajmah Hussain of Malaysia said her group had demonstrated "a spirit of flexibility" in trying to "reflect the plight of the Palestinian people" under the "racist practices of the occupying power."
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IU Residents
On this page: Medical | Prescription drugs | Mental health | Vision
Medical Plan
The plan is administered by Anthem and is available to all eligible Residents, regardless of area of residence. When network providers are used, participants receive full benefits. Partial benefits are received from non-network providers, except in the case of an emergency. Network providers include Anthem Blue Access PPO providers in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky and BCBS Blue Card providers in other states.
Medical Plan Highlights
- Anthem's national PPO network; includes PPO providers and coverage outside of the US
- Annual deductible of $350 ($1,050 family)
- Office visit copay of $25, Specialist visit copay of $40
- Urgent Care copay of $75, Emergency Room copay of $150
- Preventative services covered at 100% when in-network providers are used
- Most other services covered with 20% coinsurance
- Vision care coverage through Anthem Blue View Vision, including an annual eye exam with a $20 copay and discounts for vision wear
- Express Scripts national pharmacy networks, mail order service, and Accredo Specialty Pharmacy
- Up to a 30-day retail prescription copays of $10 generic/$25 preferred brands/$75 non-preferred brands
- Up to a 90-day mail order prescription copays of $25 generic/$60 preferred brands/$180 non-preferred brand
- Plan year begins each January; deductibles and out-of-pocket amounts restart annually on January 1st
- Premiums for eligible Residents and qualifying dependents are fully paid by the affiliated hospitals through the School of Medicine Office of Graduate Medical Education.
Useful info and tips
- Terms and definitions
- Preventive Medical Services (PDF)
- Get coverage when out-of-state or overseas
- Federal notices
Things you can do…
- Download a PDF of the 2017 Medical summary chart for information about services, copays, and deductibles.
- Download a PDF of the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) in the Healthcare Reform format.
- Contact Anthem customer service at 844-736-0920 or visit the Anthem Web site for questions about coverage, claims, and provider networks.
- Locate a network medical provider by consulting the Anthem Provider Directory.
- Obtain information about precertification of a medical procedure by calling Anthem Pre Certification at 866-643-7087.
Prescription Drugs (Rx)
This medical plan's prescription benefit includes medications available on the Express Scripts Formulary, which may offer potential savings when a physician prescribes formulary medications.
Things you can do…
- Visit IU's Express Scripts Web page to learn about medications and how to use the plan.
- Contact Express Scripts customer service at 800-988-1794 for questions about coverage, claims and provider networks.
Mental Health and Chemical Dependency
This medical plan offers full benefits from Anthem Behavioral Health network providers. Partial benefits are received from non-network providers. All services must be authorized in advance in order to be covered.
Things you can do…
- Download a PDF of the 2017 Medical summary chart for information about services, copays, and deductibles.
- Contact Anthem customer service at 844-736-0920 for questions about coverage, claims and provider networks.
This medical plan's vision program is Blue View Vision-Exam Plus Option #5. Anthem has an extensive nationwide network of doctors who provide quality eye care and materials. When you are seen by a participating doctor, your plan covers an eye examination, less any applicable copayment. You may also purchase eyeglass frames, lenses, and contact lenses at a discount.
Things you can do…
- Download a PDF of the 2017 Vision summary chart for information about services, copays, and deductibles.
- Contact Anthem customer service at 866-723-0515 for questions about coverage, claims, and provider networks.
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Feature Description
Create processes that automatically detect and extract MICR E-13B text from personal and bank checks by using LEADTOOLS in .NET (C# & VB), C/C++, WinRT, iOS, macOS, Java, and web applications. Add other LEADTOOLS technologies such as image processing and OCR to create a complete check processing solution. Automating processes with LEADTOOLS MICR technology saves time and money as compared to manual data entry and inspection.
Free Live Online Demo - Click here to see LEADTOOLS MICR in action
Watch a video that covers LEADTOOLS Check Processing technology
Overview of LEADTOOLS MICR and Check Processing SDK Technology
Comprehensive personal check and bank check data extraction to retrieve all MICR information, including
- Auxiliary On-Us
- Routing number
- Account number
- Check number
- Amount
- Detect important information from any bank check, including date, name, amount, signature, and MICR line. Requires LEADTOOLS ICR Pro to recognize handwritten fields on checks
Fast, accurate, and reliable magnetic ink character recognition for use in any application and environment
- Large volume document batch processing
- Single and multi-page documents
- Tablet and mobile devices
- Web and Cloud applications
- Utilize camera preview on phones and tablets for real-time check recognition and processing
- Utilize multiple cores for unparalleled performance
Fully featured check scanning SDK
- High-level classes for one-shot recognition from image to final document
- Low-level functionality for full customization
- Spell checking and dictionary support
- Automatically detect, segment, and recognize multiple languages on the same document
- Full-page analysis and zonal recognition
- Unique color and bitonal image recognition for scanned documents and pictures
Automatic document cleanup
- Omni-directional noise removal
- Undither text
- Dot matrix correction
- Option to remove lines from tables
Automatic document preprocessing
- Deskew of scanned document
- Detect and correct the orientation of the document (flipped or reversed) with single and multi-page modes
Fully configurable recognition engine
- Narrow down possible results with character and numeric filters
- Multiple voting techniques for enhanced accuracy
- Trace and progress callbacks
- Specify font characteristics for fast text-only recognition
Comprehensive reporting for text results
- Character location, size, and baseline
- Character attributes (end of word, end of line, end of paragraph)
- Font properties (monospace, proportional, serif, sans-serif, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough)
- Confidence values
- Obtain the recognized words directly for zones and pages without saving to an external document
Output searchable text document formats such as PDF, PDF/A, DOC, DOCX, XML, and XPS that maintain the original look and feel
- Text with detected font characteristics (font-family name, style, size, bold, italic, underline, and strikeout)
- Location
- Tables reconstruction
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- Integrates seamlessly with LEADTOOLS Forms Recognition and Processing
- Implement large-scale distributed MICR detection applications using LEADTOOLS Distributed Computing SDK
Automatic Zone Recognition
Automatically segments an image into various zones which can improve recognition accuracy and efficiency
Manual Zone Recognition
Allow the user to draw and recognize text from specific regions of interest
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How to: Populate Documents with Data from a Database
You can access data in document-level projects for Microsoft Office in the same way that you access data in Windows Forms projects. You use the same tools and code to bring the data from a database into your solution, and you can use Windows Forms controls to display the data.
In addition, you can display data by using host controls. Host controls are native objects in Microsoft Office Word that have been enhanced with events and data binding capability. For more information, see Host Items and Host Controls Overview.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects for Word 2013 and Word 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.
The following example shows how to add data-bound controls in document-level projects using a designer. For an example of how to add data-bound controls in application-level projects at run time, see Walkthrough: Simple Data Binding in an Application-Level Project.
For a related video demonstration, see Binding Data to Word 2007 Content Controls Using Visual Studio Tools for the Office System (3.0).
To populate a document with data from a database
Open a Word document-level project in Visual Studio, with the document open in the designer.
Open the Data Sources window and create a data source from a database. For more information, see How to: Connect to Data in a Database.
Drag the field you want from the Data Sources window to your document.
A content control is added to the document. The type of content control depends on the data type of the field you selected. For more information, see Content Controls.
You can add a different control by selecting the data field in the Data Sources window and then choosing a different control from the drop-down list.
In addition to the control, the following data-related objects are automatically added to your project:
A typed dataset that encapsulates the data tables that you connected to in the database. For more information, see Working with Datasets in Visual Studio.
A BindingSource that connects the control to the typed dataset. For more information, see BindingSource Component Overview.
A TableAdapter that connects the typed dataset to the database. For more information, see TableAdapter Overview.
A TableAdapterManager, which is used to coordinate table adapters in the dataset to enable hierarchical updates. For more information, see Hierarchical Update and TableAdapterManager Overview.
When you run the project, the control displays the first record in the data source. You can use the BindingSource to enable users to scroll through the records.
To scroll through the records
Use BindingSource methods such as MoveNext and MovePrevious.
For information about how to send updates to the typed dataset and the database, see How to: Update a Data Source with Data from a Host Control.


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African Rhino Programme
The African Rhino Programme (ARP) coordinates WWF's investment in rhino conservation in Africa. It works closely with TRAFFIC, rhino expert groups and WWF's various regional programmes and country offices. The ARP provides technical and leadership support to ensure overall coordination of rhino-related projects.
Mapungubwe Revisited
Latest Rhino News
Blog: 6 reasons why wild rhinos (and the people looking after them) matter
As we celebrate World Rhino Day, Andrea Weiss contemplates why wild rhinos matter.
WWF pays tribute to rhino heroes for World Rhino Day
This World Rhino Day, WWF pays tribute to all the men and women working to save our rhinos.
VisionThe vision of the WWF African Rhino Programme is that, in 50 years' time, viable and well-distributed populations and/or meta-populations of African rhinoceroses will occur throughout their natural historic range in Africa, acting as flagship species for biodiversity conservation and wildlife-based sustainable economic development.
GoalBy 2020, at least five key rhino populations and /or meta-populations are increasing by at least 5% per annum and at least two new populations would have been established.
This goal is designed to take advantage of current opportunities and minimise the impact of identified threats.
Key priority areasThe African Rhino Programme, in line with the WWF Global Species Programme, has identified six key areas for priority strategic actions that would promote and support conservation efforts of the African rhinoceros:
- To further relevant policy and legislation in all sectors and at all levels.
- To ensure the necessary extent, integrity and functioning of critical habitat.
- To ensure adequate protection and biological management of populations.
- To generate mutually beneficial incentives for the co-existence of people and species.
- To create awareness and influence adverse attitudes and behaviour.
- To promote regional and national leadership capacity to coordinate and implement rhino conservation strategies.
The ARP liaises closely with strategic partners like the WWF-South Africa Rhino Programme, IUCN/SSC-African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG), IUCN/WWF trade monitoring network (TRAFFIC) and other conservation partners to ensure money is put where it will be most effective. Strategically, raising the profile of rhinos globally and creating awareness for greater corporate and civil society responsibility towards rhino conservation presents increased funding streams and opportunities.
RHINO GALLERY© Brent Stirton
White rhino calf in boma
The white rhino is listed by the IUCN as endangered.
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Rhino adult and calf at a water way
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Desert black rhinoceros at Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape


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Lehigh Valley a top hospital for 19th year
Lehigh Valley Hospital ranks for the 19th consecutive year as one of the nation's top hospitals on U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals list.
The 2014-2015 list names LVH among the nation's top 3 percent of leading hospitals in 10 categories: cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; ear, nose and throat; gastroenterology and GI surgery; geriatrics; gynecology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology. This is the first year in which the hospital ranked in double digits. LVH is the only hospital in the region nationally ranked.
LVH's cardiology and cardiac surgery; gastroenterology and GI surgery; geriatrics; gynecology orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology specialties also made the 2013-14 Best Hospitals list. This is the 10th time cardiology and heart surgery; geriatrics; and urology have been on the list; the ninth for gastroenterology and GI surgery; the sixth for orthopedics; and the third for gynecology and pulmonology.
LVH is the only hospital in the area to make the U.S. News national rankings in at least one specialty area every year since 1996.
In addition to the Best Hospitals national rankings, U.S. News cites only about 15 percent of hospitals as "high-performing" in regional markets around the country. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg are both recognized among the Best Hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania/ Lehigh Valley. Lehigh Valley Hospital is ranked the number three hospital in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg is listed as a high performer in gastroenterology and GI surgery; geriatrics; orthopedics; pulmonology and urology, and is ranked 24 in the state. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton is listed as a high-performer in pulmonology, ranked number 35 in Pennsylvania and recognized among the Best Hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania/Lehigh Valley and the Scranton metro area.
"This kind of national quality recognition reflects the passion, talent and hard work of our 13,000 network colleagues," said Brian A. Nester, DO, MBA, acting president and CEO of Lehigh Valley Health Network. "Their daily dedication to healing, comforting and caring for the people of our community is unparalleled."
U.S. News evaluates hospitals in 16 adult specialties. In most specialties, it ranks the nation's top 50 hospitals and recognizes other high-performing hospitals that provide care at nearly the level of their nationally ranked peers.
"The data tell the story a hospital that emerged from our analysis as one of the best has much to be proud of," said Avery Comarow, U.S. News Health Rankings Editor. "A Best Hospital has demonstrated its expertise in treating the most challenging patients."
Lehigh Valley Health Network includes four hospital facilities two in Allentown, one in Bethlehem and one in Hazleton; 11 health centers caring for communities in five counties; numerous primary and specialty care physician practices throughout the region; pharmacy, imaging, home health services and lab services; and preferred provider services through Valley Preferred.


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A MAN and his dog were rescued by firefighters after a suspicious blaze at their Chorley flat.
The resident, believed to be in his 50s, was found 'disoriented' in his smoke-filled lounge when the crew entered through the unlocked backdoor of the ground floor apartment in Fell View.
He was led outside to safety by two firefighters, who headed back into flat to get his Staffordshire bull terrier before putting out the fire.
The blaze caused 30 per cent damage to the hallway of the flat and was put out using a hose reel.
Paramedics treated the man for smoke inhalation at the scene before an ambulance took him to hospital for precautionary checks.
Watch manager Naveed Sharif said: "We got there within three minutes of the call being made and it was just in the nick of time.
"The consequences could've been fatal.
"It just goes to show the importance of having a smoke alarm.
"It saved his life."
The resident's upstairs neighbour called 999 after hearing the smoke alarm of the ground floor apartment bleeping for ten minutes at around 10.30pm yesterday.
The police and fire service are carrying out a joint investigation into the incident.


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Get the best from your destination and make the most of your time.
As an EC student, you will be invited to a free welcome event and enjoy a varied calendar of social and leisure activities throughout your stay. Some of the many activities available include:
Movie Afternoon
Watch and discuss a movie with other students.
Taste of Montreal
Learn about and taste local foods with our monthly food events.
Fitness Class
Stay in shape with exercise classes in school.
Watch a film and discuss it afterwards.
Please note: All activities are subject to change without notice and may be offered seasonally.


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University of South Carolina officials have added protections for gay and lesbian employees to an existing policy that forbids discrimination based on age, race, sex, religion, and national origin. The change ends a long debate about the school's nondiscrimination policy. The university's faculty senate had unsuccessfully pushed for the change several times in the past decade. But former school president John Palms argued that adding sexual-orientation protections to the policy could make the school vulnerable to lawsuits. Spokesman Russ McKinney said officials no longer believe that's the case, noting that the College of Charleston and several South Carolina municipalities include gay men and lesbians in nondiscrimination policies.
The issue heated up in 2001 go when longtime trustee Michael Mungo opposed an attempt by the faculty senate to change the policy. Mungo suggested gay men and lesbians were "trying to take over the world" and vowed trustees would block the move. Trustee Miles Loadholt said changing the policy was the right thing to do, and most board members support his decision. The change was approved in November by Sorensen. Board approval is not required.


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What does "El Chicharrito" mean? (details inside)
Asked by 2davidc8 (7795) June 30th, 2014
So, I've been watching the Soccer World Cup in Brazil.
There's a Mexican player whose nickname is "El Chicharrito". I could not find this word in my dictionary. BTW, couldn't find "chicharro", either.
Does anyone know what this word means?
Is this a strictly Mexican locution?
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Top 10 List Of Most Expensive Cars To Insure Has Five Mercedes
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With the advent of the new year, insurance companies have correspondingly adjusted their tables and a new list of the most and least expensive cars to insure have now been made public. Insure.com conducted a survey of 6 insurance carriers and came up with the list.
Insurance premiums are based on:
* Sticker price: The more a car costs, the more it costs to replace if it's totaled or stolen.
* Repair costs: The latest vehicles are more expensive to repair because of technology.
* Theft and fraud patterns: Cars that get stolen a lot are generally more expensive to insure.
* Model year, weight and vehicle type: Vehicles with more horsepower tend to have higher premiums.
* Driver demographics: Where you live, your age, gender, driving record and even your credit history affect premiums.
* Technological progress: Vehicles have so much new technology, which
means that when you have an accident the cost of repairs increases.
The survey results were based on state of vehicle trim and the
vehicles in the most expensive list are dominated by German machines.
Unsurprisingly, five Mercedes-Benz cars are in the list of the top ten
most expensive cars to insure for 2011. In the top 5, in fact are three
Benz models. Here follows the list of most expensive Mercedes-Benzes to insure:
1. Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG ($3,543.81)
4. Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG ($3,263.46)
5. Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG ($3,220.86)
7. Mercedes-Benz CL600 ($3,114.28)
10. Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG ($3,086.49)
The figures after the Mercedes models are the expected annual
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Our friends in Chicago had a prime spot in Grant Park and are covered Lollapalooza all weekend long. They also recorded some incredible in-studio sessions with a handful of Lollapalooza acts.
Northern Ireland's own [lastfm]Two Door Cinema Club[/lastfm] brought unique sound to our studios this weekend. Often being described as "altronica" or "post-punk revival", there's no disputing their reputation as "pretty great."
Led by bespectacled ginger Alex Trimble, the band have developed a devoted following stateside, and were definitely one of the acts to check out at Lollapalooza.
They've only released one album for consumption so far, so try not to get too hooked yet. Awesome music detox is the worst.
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FontanaMixer is a generative sound environment based on John Cage's composition "Fontana Mix" (1958). The original concept of the piece uses a graphical random generator that is supplied with the score.
Volume Slider
Volume Slider is a simple application which allows you to control your computer's volume using a slider on a small window that you can place anywhere on your screen. Volume Slider has two components including (1) a small volume slider with a mute button on it, and (2) a resizable mute button separate from the slider which is useful for rapidly muting the sound.


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whats wrong with my sound?
I have meet a question. That my flash plugin in Netscape and Gaim and Realplay play no sound again.
Which my System is mandrake 9.2
but in my mozilia flash plugin and other program as xmms, Totem works with sound well
I think maybe problem with linux sounds set which I used now aRts
how could I get my sound with gaim,Netscape flash plugin, realplay again?
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Lions bring back singers to benefit area needy
"The Memories" are returning for their second annual holiday concert in Ellsworth this month, hosted by the local Lions club.
The Menomonie-based singing duo will perform in concert Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Ellsworth High School Cafetorium, according to organizer Jay Nesseth of the Lions.
Proceeds from the event are again designated for the Pierce County Food Shelf and the Gift Box program, Nesseth said Wednesday. A change this year is there won't be a discount on admission for concert goers who donate a non-perishable food item or toy, but instead ticket prices will be kept reasonable and the public is invited to contribute such items anyway, if they wish, he said.
"How many places can a family be taken for an inexpensive night of entertainment while helping a lot of people?" he said.
The performance mixing music and humor by Warren Petryk and Tim Stevens drew an audience of approximately 250 here last year, Nesseth said. The pair have entertained coast-to-coast for over 30 years, their past publicity states. They apply unique harmonies to memorable songs and are described as "true professionals."
Friends since elementary school, Petryk and Stevens have shared stages with Barbara Mandrell, "The Oak Ridge Boys," "Alabama," Ricky Nelson and others, the publicity states. They've performed at seven state fairs, over 400 county fairs and city festivals, Disneyland, major corporate events, holiday concerts, annual meetings and banquets.
With a tightening economy, higher foreclosure rate and difficult budgeting, Nesseth said the need to help deserving people is greater than ever.
"More and more families are struggling," said the originator of the local concert. His wife, Stacy, continues to volunteer with the Gift Box program, he noted.
Local businesses have been receptive to sponsoring "The Memories" for another year, he said. The holiday-type program is scheduled to last approximately an hour-and-a-half, and include an intermission.
Tickets will be available at the door, though advance sales are presently underway at M&I Bank, Bank Mutual, Associated Bank, Village Pharmacy, Hinck's Economart and Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services, he said.


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August 2011 Movie Releases
Which August Movie Release Are You Most Excited to See?
Summer is starting to wind down, which means we've already seen most of the season's biggest movies — but that doesn't mean August will be dry of new offerings. There's comedy to be found in films like 30 Minutes or Less and The Change-Up, and though we're a few months away from Halloween, there's also a fresh crop of horror coming our way. So which August release are you most excited about?


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JERICHO, N.Y. - It was almost a perfect ending to another great day for Bruce Fleisher in the Long Island Classic.
He was the tournament's first wire-to-wire winner last year and he started this year off with a course-record 63 on Friday.
He closed a 6-under-par 66 Saturday by just missing a hole-in-one on the 165-yard 18th and held a three-stroke lead over Allen Doyle.
''It looked like a 7-iron to me but my caddie said 'Hit the 6' and I trusted his intuition,'' said Fleisher, whose 15-under 129 was the low 36-hole score on the Senior PGA Tour this year and broke the tournament record shared by Raymond Floyd in 1996 and Fleisher last year by four strokes.
The 54-hole record of 16-under 200 by Lee Trevino in 1994 appears to be in trouble as well.
'The golf course is not that easy,'' Fleisher said. ''I seemed to be in between clubs today.
"It seemed I was always 18, 20 feet away all day.''
He made birdies on three of the final four holes starting with an 18-foot putt on the par-3 15th. He made a 5-footer on the par-4 16th, just missed a birdie putt on the par-5 17th, then closed with the tap-in 2.
''I was able to finish good,'' he said. ''But I better not look back tomorrow. Mr. Doyle wants it bad and he's playing good.''
Doyle, who finished second here last year, had a run of five straight birdies on the back nine at Meadow Brook Club and his 64 had him at 12 under.
'He'll be tough,'' Doyle said of Fleisher. ''He's not invincible but he's awful tough. No one worries about me.''
Doyle began his birdie stretch on No. 13 and it included a 40-foot putt on the par-3 15th.
When he made the fifth straight, at a 20-foot putt at the par-5 17th, he was within one stroke of Fleisher at 12 under.
''On Friday I finished pretty good and I figured I was hitting some shots so I could make some birdies,'' Doyle said.
He has five senior titles, including one this year. Fleisher won seven times last year as a rookie and he's looking to make this his third successful defense this year.
Fleisher has not made a bogey in his 36 holes.
''I had a couple of putts that went 5 feet by and made those pars,'' he said. ''But you don't look at rounds like that.
"You just want to keep your rhythm, keep your pace.''
Dana Quigley, the 1997 champion of this tournament sponsored by Lightpath, started the second round one stroke behind Fleisher. He had a 69 and was third at 133. Jim Thorpe had a second-round 66 and was at 134, one stroke in front of Jim Dent, who matched the course record with a 63, Tommy Aaron, who had a 68, and Leonard Thompson, who had a 66.
Scores were low for the second straight round as the greens and fairways were still soft from 4 inches of rain Wednesday and Thursday. Dent had five straight birdies starting at No. 10 and all the putts were 10 feet or less except for a 25-footer on the par-4 12th.
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NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland - South Africa's John Bland took a one-shot lead over Christy O'Connor Jr., who beat him to the title 12 months ago, after the third round of the Senior British Open on Saturday
Bland, 54, from Johannesburg, shot an even-par 71 for a three-round total of 7-under 206. Former U.S. Open champion Hubert Green, is in third at 5-under 208. Japan's Seiji Ebihara, second in his last two starts on the European Seniors Tour, shares fourth place at 211 with Australia's Noel Ratcliffe and England's John Morgan.
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an animation about the /v/ board on 4chan.4.43 / 5.00 6,925 Views
Pmation: "Unchairable"
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Great art; overall not amazing
The art was most definitely the best part of this flash.
The animation was okay... the sound was horrible. It didn't really make much sense, but the art basically keeps it from being a complete failure.
Front page?
I'm sorry but this just isn't worthy of front page in my opinion. Your sketches were nice, but your animation was sub par and the sound was absolutely horrible. What I find amusing is the fact that this site is all about animations yet this film had perhaps 3 seconds worth of actual animation. Once again, I'm sorry if I sound harsh but I just feel that a "flash" such as this doesn't belong amongst the other front pagers such as Owls and Super Mario Hyadain.
Like the 2 says
Nothing too new or interesting. Pretty much the same generic creepy main character who shrugs their shoulders at a violent ending, only with TERRRIBLE sound. Horrible sound, absolutely can't stand that shit quality.
You can obviously draw well though.
this animations sound was poor. It was like the mic was too close to the mouth without a windscreen. *shudders* just not pleasant to listen to. It had a point, and it tried to be funny, but it just wasn't. Somehow it still got on frontpage though - successfully catered to the right audience? I'm certainly not part of that group.
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Very good movie. I love it. The little girl's voice fit perfectly and I love the exploding pig. Good work!


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A 50-year-old woman was brutally assaulted when two unknown men dragged her from her driveway into a nearby veld in the Moot.
Corma Du Plessis said she had just driven into her driveway last week when she was approached by two men.
"I got home, shut down my car and opened the gate. As I was about to get back into my car to drive in, two guys grabbed me from behind and dragged me into the veld near the house. One of them got on top of me. He rolled up a T-shirt and closed it over my mouth so I couldn't scream."
She said the man started to hit her in the face. His accomplice entered her car and started to reverse.
"Luckily they didn't know where the anti-hijack button was so the car started to beep. The people that I live with heard this." Du Plessis said.
She said the man on top of her had already started to unbutton her trousers.
"The car beeped again and one of the tenants came out of the house. The men then ran off."
The men fled with her car keys and her handbag which had her wallet, bank card, cellphone, glasses, camera.
Du Plessis said she suffered severe bruising to her face.
"Every muscle is sore and I'm blue in the face."
A case was opened at the Moot police station.
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Five Jaguars players were unable to participate in Tuesday's opening organized team activity workout outside EverBank Field, but only one player wasn't working or watching.
Defensive end Chris Clemons was the lone no-show for the two-hour workout, the first of 10 OTAs over the next three weeks.
The workouts are voluntary and Clemons has been present throughout the off-season program. A team source said Clemons is expected back Wednesday.
"I hope so," coach Gus Bradley said. "I've got a call into him today. I was hoping he would be back. We had 89 out of 90 [here]. I know it's voluntary but we'd like to see him back here."
Bradley toed the line when asked about Clemons – the head coach couldn't be critical of the player because the workouts are voluntary. But Bradley has a history with Clemons from their time in Seattle together and he was integral in bringing him to the Jaguars. Plus, Bradley is all about creating a culture of accountability and communication.
Bradley talked to Clemons last week, but didn't receive official word from him before practice started that he wouldn't be present.
"I know he's got some issues; family things that he's taken care of, so it must have carried over to [Tuesday]," Bradley said.


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...are The Devils of Loudun (1952), a detailed psychological study of a historical incident in which a group of 17th-century French nuns were allegedly the victims of demonic possession; and The Doors of Perception (1954), a book about Huxley's experiences with the hallucinogenic drug mescaline.
influence on the Doors
...Los Angeles, conceived the group after the singer recited one of his poems to the keyboardist on a southern California beach. Morrison took the band's name from Aldous Huxley's book on mescaline, The Doors of Perception, which in turn referred to a line in a poem by William Blake. The Doors acquired a reputation for pushing the boundaries of rock composition, both musically and lyrically,...
...the rock group that the two formed in 1965 with guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They called themselves the Doors, taking their name from Aldous Huxley's book on mescaline, The Doors of Perception (1954), which was itself titled after a line by William Blake.


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"It's A Wonderful Life" Radio Drama Script, Music & Sound Effects
by Tony Palermo
Also available: Stage play version of "It's a Wonderful Life"
I offer a radio-professional's adaptation of Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life--as a radio drama. This version is faithful to the film while being thoroughly entertaining as a radio-on-stage production. I am a professional radio dramatist and sound effects artist, a veteran of over 1600 radio shows--who has worked with the greats from the Golden Age and today--on-air and on-stage. I've used my extensive radio drama expertise to craft a Wonderful Life that brings the delight of classic radio drama to modern audiences.
My adaptation is intended to be performed as a 1940s-era live radio show, taking place on-stage, with actors reading from scripts while standing at microphones, and sound effects artists doing the doors, footsteps in snow, Mr. Potter's squeaky wheelchair, etc. The script works for live broadcast, podcast or audiobook, but my focus is in presenting theater audiences with an authentic and delightful experience of radio drama in its heyday.
The full version of the script runs 102 minutes--without intermission--but breaks into three acts. For troupes wishing a shorter show, I also offer a 60-minute version--that omits the Violet Bick character completely and pares back other scenes and trims dialogue. However, the story still holds up.
Additionally, I offer pre-recorded sound effects and pre-recorded music tracks using an authentic radio-drama organ score (plus some piano, accordion and jazz combo tracks.) Sheet music for the organ/piano score is also available, so a single keyboardist can accompany the show--live.
The script comes with a 60 page appendix: How to Produce 'Wonderful Life' as a Radio-on-Stage Show, detailing everything from thematic approaches to the material, to casting monologues, a sound effects cookbook, pre-recorded track listings, audio gear resources, right down to instructions for "working" a microphone. Additionally, there's a history of how radio-on-stage shows were produced in the Golden Age of 1940s radio and how you can blend the various styles to fit your troupe's resources and likings.
The performance royalty is based upon the venue (school, stage, recording, or broadcast) and the number of performances/broadcasts. Contact me at and tell me about your intended production for a quote. Sample copies of the script are available as PDF files. (See the link below.)
I accept payments via the free and secure www.paypal.com service.
TO ORDER: Contact me at and tell me which version of the script you are interested in--the 100-minute or 60-minute version. Also tell me about your intended production (venue size, seating capacity, ticket prices, how many performances, etc.) I deliver the script (and optional sheet music score) via e-mail as a PDF file, and the pre-recorded music cues and pre-recorded sound effects tracks can be downloaded as MP3 files. The live sound effects (bells, plates, footsteps, etc.) are up to you to assemble, but my script has a "cookbook" section explaining how to make each sound using items you can find in your town.
As an experienced theater pro, I understand that sometimes changes need to be made to fit a troupe's resources--and cast makeup. Unlike other playwrights, I allow you to skip or alter scenes, change the gender of characters, and fit the script to your troupe. I can even send you a list of recommended cuts if you need to shorten the show. Also, I allow you to make as many photocopies of the script as you need for cast and crew--at no additional fee.
While you must assemble your own live sound effects kit, my script's "SFX cookbook" section explains how to make each sound using items you can find in your town, on-line, or construct. Additionally, since I am a professional sound effects artist, I offer pre-recorded tracks of the more unusual sounds--(plunging into the river, glass breaking, crickets, cars, etc.) for a one-time fee. I also offer pre-recorded music tracks--using an authentic theater organ and piano--for a one-time fee. As stated above, sheet music for the original score is also available for troupes that want live accompaniment for their show.
If you want to produce Wonderful Life as a radio drama, you couldn't find a more authentic and resource-laden version than this.
You may also be interested in my other plays--for the stage, or radio-on-stage:
It's A Wonderful Life is radio veteran Tony Palermo's faithful radio drama adaptation of Frank Capra's classic film about dreams, sacrifice and redemption in small town America. Tony's imaginative radio adaptation has been performed by Hollywood professionals, radio stations, community theatre troupes, and schools across the world. This perennial holiday favorite works well as a live-on-stage performance--one that doesn't require elaborate sets or memorization. The live sound effects (mostly doors, bells, footsteps and vocal "walla walla") always delight live audiences. You can download pre-recorded sound effects (one time fee) and period-correct musical underscore tracks (one time fee) --as MP3 files. Sheet music is also available, matching the pre-recorded tracks of the score.
NOTE: The script includes a 60-page guide How to Produce 'Wonderful Life' as a Radio-on-Stage Show. (sound effects "cookbook", casting monologues, engineering info, advice for live accompanists and more.)
Above, Michael Richards, Sara Rue, Susan Sullivan and Orson Bean appearing in a 2005 production of Tony's adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life. Other productions from Tony's script starred Alfred Molina, Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub, as well as another run, starring Joe Mantegna, Sharon Lawrence, Fred Willard, and Jamie Farr.
Free "It's A Wonderful Life" radio drama sample script:
SCRIPT SAMPLE - RADIO DRAMA VERSION - It's A Wonderful Life - TRUNCATED.pdf
You can view/print the script, which is in the PDF format, via the free Adobe Acrobat reader program, which works for PCs and Macs. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
Tony's Notes On
Interpreting 'It's A Wonderful Life'
Cast size:
Throughout the play, there are never more than 11 characters in a scene, so a small cast can easily perform the entire show. However, you can employ anywhere from 11 to 35 actors.
Maximum: 10 men, 9 women, 16 men-OR-women, and optionally, 2 boys and 2 girls
(but those roles can be handled by adults--as in the golden age of radio.)
This show requires 1 or 2 sound effects artists who can perform the live SFX (and, optionally, trigger pre-recorded SFX, too.)
Live sound effects for "It's A Wonderful Life":
Pre-recorded sound effects for "It's A Wonderful Life":
Pre-recorded musical tracks for "It's A Wonderful Life":
ALSO: Downloadable SHEET MUSIC for the organ and piano cues. See below for details...
Here's a free MP3 clip demonstrating the "Wonderful Life" score's authentic radio organ and how it
accompanies the show's intro:
Here's a sample of the sheet music for the above cue:
Sheet Music for "It's A Wonderful Life" score:
I also offer sheet music that matches the above-described original score--to allow a single keyboardist to accompany your show--LIVE. The instrumentation consists of organ and piano. The score is delivered via e-mail as a PDF document. The book also contains info on how to get 1940s organ sounds and plans for building an organ "shell" to give modern keyboards a period-authentic look. NOTE: The accordion and jazz combo cues would be produced by pre-recorded tracks—included when you purchase the sheet music.
Free "It's A Wonderful Life" Radio Drama Score:
SHEET MUSIC SAMPLE - RADIO DRAMA - It's A Wonderful Life Overture - TRUNCATED.pdf
ALSO: Many troupes find it useful to purchase both the sheet music AND the pre-recorded music tracks—since this allows the actors and crew to rehearse the full show without having the accompanist present at every rehearsal.
TONY PALERMO is an audio
theatre producer, performer, and educator living in Los Angeles, California.


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Q: squeaky front end on 1997 Dodge Ram 1500Edit
have a very squeaky front end on left and also when turning the steer wheel but has no problem with driving, etc. sounds like a 1900 car when you go over a speed hump and just as loud when you turne the steering wheel
Your concern sounds like a possible wheel bearing or a possible tie rod ends or ball joints. The best thing you can do is lift the front end up off the ground and support the front suspension with jacks and block the back wheels for safety. Then take the front wheel and shake it back and forth to see if there is any play in the tie rod ends or wheel bearings, due both sides and then grab the same wheel and go up & down to see if there is any play in the ball joints, this is a start. If there is no play in these areas you should look at the sway bar links, they are on the upper control arm and go down to the lower control arm, they are a small stright pin with bushings on both sides and the bushings could be bad, but also look at the bushing on the control arms. If you have any play in these areas then get it to a shop unless you can perform the work yourself. I hope this helps.
lubricate your front suspension - tie rods - ball joints and check the torsion bar bushings usually they squeek when going over bumps - turning can be caused by no lubrication in front steering components - including pitman arm if zerts are available
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Garry Wills takes a jaundiced look at the current pope's fastracking of "sainthood" for a recent one.
He starts with John Paul's beatification of the horrible Piux IX.
Pius IX was a polarizing figure. He wrested from the Vatican Council a declaration of his own infallibility; he condemned such modern heresies as democratic government; he took a Jewish child, Edgardo Mortara, from his family—on the grounds that Edgardo's Christian nurse had baptized him as an infant, making him belong to the church, not to his infidel parents.
So he beatified someone a little bit nicer at the same time. Clever wheeze.
Now Pope Francis has come up with another ablutionary pairing. He is canonizing John Paul II in record time (Benedict XVI had already waived the normal five-years-after-death period to allow the beatifying process to begin.) Though John Paul II is not as hotly resented by liberals as Pius IX, he is still subject to deep criticism. He presided over the church during its worldwide pedophile scandal, and he gave the handling of that problem to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the head of the Congregation on the Doctrine of the Faith—the very man who, succeeding him, would waive the time-lapse needed to begin his predecessor's canonization. (Who can think that a saint in heaven ever protected a predatory priest?) John Paul had treated as "irreversible" his stands on matters such as homosexuality, married priests, and women priests.
And his stands on those matters were all bad.
But—not to worry—the "good Pope John" is again being pressed into service. He was beatified to take the sting out of Pius IX's promotion. He is now being canonized to make a joint heavenly pair with John Paul II. To rush John XXIII forward, Pope Francis is even waiving the normal requirement of a second miracle for canonization. John XXIII is the feel-good pope in a time of turmoil, even though he is being used to sanction the turmoil caused by John Paul II.
It's all such a con-game.
The Vatican no doubt feels that combining a liberal hero with a conservative hero shows how big a tent its sacred baldacchino is; the holy institution transcends earthly politics. Besides, the modern canonization process is supposed to have inoculated sainthood from politics, basing it on objective evidence, provided by documents, interrogation, medical examinations, scientific certification—all Enlightenment techniques used to sanction a pre-Enlightenment concept. But, after all this lengthy preparation, only the pope can declare that a supernatural miracle happened—and to say who worked it, the particular address in heaven to which prayers for it had been sent. The pope knows the address, and certifies its reception by the right party. That is knowing a whole lot.
In other words it's complete nonsense, a fairy tale, with "documents, interrogation, medical examinations, scientific certification" pasted on for the sake of appearances. It's annoying that grownups take this seriously.


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Gina J's Dirty Laundry October 20, 2014Kris Jenner sets the record straight on Bruce Jenner becoming a woman... but not so much who he's dating. Plus, a new face comes to DWTS while an old face returns to the Housewives of New York and more in today's Dirty Laundry, presented by Harte Nissan and Harte Infiniti!
Glee's Matthew Morrison Announces Christmas EPMatthew is celebrating the holidays with a new 6-song release.
Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele Address Passing Of 'Glee' Co-Star Cory MonteithBefore starting his concert in New York last night (July 14), Matthew Morrison addressed the death of his 'Glee' co-star Cory Monteith, while other members of the cast have taken to Twitter to honor their fallen friend.
Matthew Morrison Gets Help From Adam Levine On New Album [VIDEO]The Maroon 5 frontman signed Morrison to his label 222 Records and enlisted legendary producer Phil Ramone, who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Barbra Streisand to Billy Joel before passing away earlier this year, to help the actor work on an album filled with standards and Broadway hits.
Matthew Morrison Offers Insight Into 'Glee' Finale: 'Things End Very Nicely'On the eve of the 'Glee' finale, Matthew Morrison assures fans that his character Will Schuester will get his happy ending.
Matthew Morrison Joins NKOTBSB Tour, Postpones/Cancels Solo Shows
'Glee' Cast Perform Original Track For Season Finale
"Glee" Streaming Tracks: Gwyneth Paltrow Teaches You About Sex
"Glee" Star Matthew Morrison Duets With Music Legend
"Glee" Cast Grabs Golden Globes
Is Cameron Diaz Hot For Teacher?


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Court Circular: January 18
Buckingham Palace
17th January, 2013
The Earl of Wessex, Honorary Liveryman, the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, was installed as Upper Warden this morning and afterwards attended the Committee Day at Guildhall, Gresham Street, London EC2.
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17th January, 2013
The Princess Royal, Chancellor, the University of Edinburgh, and Patron, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, this morning opened the new Farm Animal Practice facility at Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Bush Farm, Roslin, and was received by Sir Robert Clerk, Bt (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Midlothian).
Her Royal Highness, President, Victim Support Scotland, this afternoon attended a Young People's Conference at Whitburn Academy, Shanks Road, Whitburn, and was received by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of West Lothian (Mrs John Brydie).
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The Duluth School Board has approved an Ojibwe language immersion program to start next year at one of the district's elementary schools.
The initiative will start with one kindergarten class spending almost its entire day learning in Ojibwe from a licensed teacher and an assistant. The program will then expand each year by adding the next grade level.
It builds off a preschool Ojibwe immersion program sponsored by the University of Minnesota Duluth that has taught more than 40 students over the past three years.
Research shows bilingual education can help students of all cultures, program director Gordon Jourdain said. "They're able to think deeply about problem solving and all of the current situations that our students are faced with today."
Seventy schools across Minnesota have language immersion programs, mainly in Spanish, French and Chinese, according to the Minnesota Advocates for Immersion Network. This will be only the fifth in a Native American language. The program will cost the Duluth schools about $150,000 a year to administer.
"When you look at our Native American population group, we're seeing other populations grow, but this is an area that we're just not reaching out to," said Duluth school board member Annie Harala.
She said she hopes the program will eventually improve the Native American high school graduation rate in Duluth, which last year dropped to 33 percent.


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Egyptian Prime Minister says, "Ladies, your babies have diarrhea because you are too ignorant to clean your breasts."
UK Daily Mail (h/t Mary Lynn) Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said he had witnessed children suffering from diarrhoea immediately after they had been breastfed because their mothers hadn't cleaned themselves probably. He added that many women in rural Egypt don't even bother to clean their breasts at all before feeding their youngsters. (Actually, he might have a point. See below)
Qandil was speaking about the spate of recent epidemics in Egypt's rural communities during an address at a cabinet meeting. Women members present were noticeably uncomfortable as Qandil made the comments, according to a report from International Business Times.
Qandil, 50, is the youngest Prime Minister of Egypt in the last five decades. He served as the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation before being appointed by President Mohammed Morsi. Qandil previously caused widespread anger by offering a bizarre solution to Egypt's power crisis. He urged the Egyptians to wear cotton clothes and gather in a single room to conserve power. (And we are gifting these people with the most advanced fighter jets in the world?)


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Fantasy Forecast – Week 1
by Rituro
If you're like me, the lead up to the beginning of a new season is the most stressful part of the fantasy year. Rosters are fiddled with daily, players are transferred in and out (and in and out and in and out), and even the slightest clue as to how the first games of the season will play out is treated like infallible Confucian wisdom. Most fantasy sports vets are prepared for this inevitable preseason stress; however, fantasy newbies may be overwhelmed by the possibilities both good and bad presented by a new season. Fear not, gentle reader – I come to you today with tips and advice designed to ease you into the first few weeks of the 2014 MLS Fantasy Manager season.
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With the expanded roster rules for this season, being miserly with your cash is not only approved but expected. No longer can you grab the likes of Omar Gonzalez and Aurélien Collin and ride them to defensive victories on the cheap; those key players will command much higher salaries this year, which means finding savings wherever you can, starting in goal. Colorado's Clint Irwin remains, for me, a must-have goalkeeper. At $5.0 million, he's a steal considering he grabbed the starter's job from Matt Pickens in 2013 and never looked back. Philadelphia's Zac MacMath is another fine choice at the same price, especially considering the team in front of him improved heavily in the off-season – perhaps more so than Colorado. However, both of those goalkeepers are in poor positions to start the season: Irwin has a bye and MacMath gets the unenviable task of surviving an away trip to Portland. I'd pick one of Irwin or MacMath for Week 1, not both. To fill that second spot in goal, consider Chivas USA's Dan Kennedy, whose price has dropped to the exceptionally reasonable $4.5 million to start the season. A home match against Chicago isn't the worst draw, either, assuming Carlos Bocanegra and the rest of the Chivas backline can hold Mike Magee and company in check. One final note on goalkeepers: keep an eye on MacMath. If he begins to falter, touted draft pick (and cheaper fantasy option) Andre Blake could see some minutes.
Support the Stars
Now that you've saved some cash, it's time to spend it. Avoid the temptation to dive in and grab every big name available – Graham Zusi, Diego Valeri, Robbie Keane, Thierry Henry, Eddie Johnson and so forth – since you'll quickly realize you've blown half of your salary budget and still have two-thirds of a team left to build. Pick one or two star players and build around them with affordable, reliable players who are going to get you minutes and thus points. There's nothing wrong with picking the Zusis and Keanes of the world; just don't try and pick all of them. Focus on filling roster slots with players like LA's Juninho at $7.0 million, Houston's Kofi Sarkodie at $6.5 million or Real Salt Lake's Joao Plata at $7.0 million.
Future Gazing
So you've saved your cash and hopefully spent it wisely; now, the final thing to do is check the calendar. As I noted earlier, betting against teams like Portland at home is not smart. Holding onto players with bye weeks isn't earning you points, period. As the season begins to unfold, plan out your transfers and/or roster changes in advance to prepare for the rough times like long road trips followed by a week off. New England, for example, opens their season away to Houston, away to Philadelphia, home to Vancouver and away to San Jose. That's not exactly an inspiring schedule; I'd avoid picking up any New England defenders for the first few weeks since clean sheets will be a tough ask.
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Good luck!
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By Mr. BINGAMAN:
S. 3469. A bill to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I am today introducing a bill to implement the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.
The Blue Ribbon Commission was appointed by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, at the request of President Obama, in March 2010. The purpose of the Commission was to examine the nation's nuclear waste management policy, consider alternatives, and recommend a new approach. The Commission was made up of 15 distinguished members, and co-chaired by Representative Lee Hamilton and General Brent Scowcroft. Two of our former colleagues, Senator Domenici and Senator Hagel, were also members.
The Commission did an outstanding job. It met more than two dozen times over two years, conducted five public hearings across the country, heard testimony from countless experts and stakeholders, visited nuclear waste management facilities both here and abroad, and assembled a very thorough, thoughtful, and authoritative report.
The Commission made eight clear, concise, and eminently sensible recommendations. Principally, it recommended that we adopt a new, consent-based approach to siting nuclear waste management facilities, and that we establish a new organization to manage the nuclear waste management program. It affirmed the need to build one or more geologic repositories in which nuclear waste can be permanently buried, and it endorsed the need to build one or more temporary storage facilities in which nuclear waste can be stored until it can be permanently disposed of in a repository. It emphasized the importance of giving the new organization access to the funds needed to implement the program. It also made useful recommendations on transportation, and on the importance of continued support for nuclear research and development and international nuclear non-proliferation programs.
The Commission published its report at the end of January, and the two co-chairs, Representative Hamilton and General Scowcroft, testified to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on it in early February.
Since then, I have been working with the Ranking Republican on the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator Murkowski, and the Chairman and Ranking Republican on the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Feinstein and Senator Alexander, to try to put the commission's recommendations into legislative language.
Much of our time and effort centered on the Commission's recommendation for ``a new organization dedicated solely to implementing the waste management program.'' The Commission recommended that Congress establish a new ``single purpose organization,'' outside of the Department of Energy, but still within the Federal Government to manage the nation's nuclear wastes in place of the Department of Energy. More specifically, it proposed formation of a government corporation, and suggested that the Tennessee Valley Authority might provide a useful model.
Our initial efforts focused on the government corporation approach, but we ultimately agreed to set that model aside in favor of a structure that we believe may be both more effective and more accountable. We chose to focus full responsibility and authority for the program in a single administrator, and to establish a separate board made up of senior Federal officials to oversee the administrator.
Most of the rest of our discussions focused on the siting process for temporary storage facilities and permanent geologic repositories. We agreed with the commission's recommendation that the new organization employ a consent-based approach to siting nuclear waste facilities and with the need for to establish interim storage facilities pending completion of a repository. But we were unable to agree on the ``linkage'' between storage facilities and the repository.
Under current law, the Department of Energy cannot begin constructing a storage facility until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a license to construct the repository. The Commission found that this tight linkage has prevented a storage facility from being built and recommended that it be eliminated. But the commission also recognized the need for what it called ``positive linkages'' between storage and disposal to ensure that progress continues on both fronts and interim storage does not end up become permanent.
Meanwhile, while our discussions were underway, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee reported legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Energy to begin storing nuclear waste at interim storage sites. My proposal for ``positive linkages'' was to allow the new agency to store up to 10,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel at a storage facility built under the authority in the appropriations bill, even if no agreement has been reached on a repository, but to require there to be an agreement for a repository before allowing the new agency to store nuclear waste at other storage facilities.
Regrettably, we were not able to reach an agreement on this issue or on whether the siting process for storage facilities should be identical to the siting process for repositories wherever possible.
Nonetheless, we agreed that I should introduce the bill with the linkages that I have proposed and that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources should hold a hearing on it in September. I recognize, of course, that the bill will not become law this year. But my hope is to obtain testimony on it and to build a legislative record that might serve as the foundation for further consideration and ultimate enactment in the next Congress.
The Blue Ribbon Commission found that ``it is long past time for the government to make good on its commitments to the American people to provide for the safe disposal of nuclear waste.''
``Put simply,'' the Commission said, ``this nation's failure to come to grips with the nuclear waste issue has already proved damaging and costly. It will be even more damaging and more costly the longer it continues. ..... ''
The commission has performed a very valuable service to the nation in showing us a way forward. Its recommendations merit our careful consideration and deserve our approval. I have attempted to put them into legislative form so that they can be enacted and implemented.
I recognize that will not happen this year. It will take a great deal more time and work. But it must begin and I hope it will continue in the next Congress.
Mr. President, I ask for unanimous consent that the bill be printed in the Record.
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Jo Evelyn Conley Culp, wife of Loren Allen Culp, died of complications following many years of battling auto-immune hepatitis on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at age 79.
Jo moved to Hood River from Muskogee, Okla., in 1947 where she married Loren in 1952. They later moved to Seattle, Wash., and eventually settled in Portland, Ore.
Jo expired peacefully at home with her two children, Gary Culp and Christie Gaye, by her side. She is also survived by her husband, Loren, five grandchildren residing in Portland and Tulsa, Okla., and two great-grandchildren.
Jo will be interred at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. In lieu of flowers, the family is suggesting gifts be sent to Alzheimer's Association.


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JEFFERSON - Athens Christian leads after the first day of the Region 8-A girls meet at Memorial Stadium.
Athens Christian has 60 points, followed by Jefferson with 55, Social Circle with 33, Talulah Falls with 28, Athens Academy with 24 and Commerce with 14. Prince Avenue and Rabun Gap have not scored.
ACS' Kimber Cummings and Jessica McElhaney finished first and second in the pole vault, Catherine Bryant was second in the high jump (5 feet, 2 inches) and third in the triple jump (30-5). Cummings also finished second in the mile (5:57) and Valerie Stuart was second in the shot put (28-20.75).
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Power supply decoupling had to be achieved using only on-chip capacitance. This capacitance consumed a significant fraction of the silicon area. Behind this capacitance multiple voltage domains were established using internal LDOs, again using only internal capacitance to ensure stability.
By choosing ON Semiconductor's I3T50 0.35 μm process, AnSem was able to incorporate power capture and conditioning, RF signaling, high linearity ADC and digital control functionality on a single die within the meager power budget and at low cost. Sensimed also benefits from the security of supply afforded by the automotive qualified process, which is so important to companies operating in the medical electronics field. As the lenses are single-use devices, cost was also an important factor. The ASIC digitizes the MEMS sensor reading and transmits the measurements back to the recorder via the same RF link used to power the device using load modulation techniques. For maximum RF power coupling an internal tuning capacitor had to be matched to the antenna inductance.
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In this application, the die is mounted directly onto a transparent lens structure. Care had to be taken with light sensitivity of the circuitry. The back die had to be metal coated to prevent light penetration. Meeting specifications over temperature is usually a large part of our design work. It is well known that transistor parameters vary widely over temperature. Thankfully in this application the patient's eye maintains the device at around 34ºC (temperature of the surface of the eye).
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Making Informed Decisions for Better Health
Overview | Health Outcomes | EBM | Patient-centered Care | Informed Decisions | Examples | Talking to Your Doctor | Resources | Sources | Return to main article (use browser Back button)
Various factors can influence the decisions made and actions taken by patients and their healthcare practitioners regarding testing. No decision can be viewed as entirely clear-cut and the elements influencing decision-making can be seen as existing along a continuum among a spectrum of possibilities. Balancing these influences according to a given situation can be central to improving healthcare.
The following is the second set of examples in a series of three. These are testing situations along the spectrum of care in which patient-centered considerations may be the priority if the patient chooses, regardless of the evidence:
|Example one
|EBM supports testing, but only the patient can determine its usefulness
|First or second trimester screening for fetal abnormalities
|Outcome goal
|Better management of pregnancies
|Early detection of abnormalities can lead to managed pregnancy, better newborn care
|Standard care
|Offer screening to all pregnant women
|Patient considerations
|Some women want testing in order to know about abnormalities; others know results will not make a difference in their care so choose to forego testing
|Healthcare improvement
|Patient is in control of healthcare decision
For pregnant women in the U.S., the standard of care is for practitioners to offer screening for fetal chromosomal abnormalities, regardless of personal or medical history. This may be done as part of first trimester and/or second trimester screening tests. Each patient who is confronted with the choice of testing or not will have different needs, values, and preferences and these will override any evidence that supports testing. While one woman will want the test in order to manage her pregnancy, another woman with different values may choose to forgo testing because the results of the test will make no difference in the management of her pregnancy. In this case, the values and needs of the patient override the evidence. Yet, in the patient's viewpoint, her health care needs have been met and her care is appropriate for her.
|Example two
|Testing and actions based on results are patient's choices
|BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing
|Outcome goal
|Identify people at increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer
|People with BRCA mutations have increased risk of hereditary breast cancer and ovarian cancer
|Standard care
|Offer test to people who have a strong family history of breast or ovarian cancer or have a close family member with a BRCA mutation
|Patient considerations
|Patient may opt to have testing or not; genetic counselor can provide guidance and help patient decide
|Healthcare improvement
|Patients who are well-informed about their risks can decide whether or not to have testing done, depending on their risk tolerance and preferences regarding interventions they would consider if they have a mutation
Testing for mutations in the BRCA gene may be offered to people who have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, or close family member with a BRCA mutation. The results of testing can inform women (and some men) about whether they have a significant greater risk of having breast or ovarian cancer over the general population. It does not, however, absolutely determine whether or not they will develop one of these cancers. This information from BRCA testing, however, can give them the power to then make decisions about their care, depending on their preferences and risk tolerances. Options for risk reduction range from greater surveillance (more frequent screenings) to invasive procedures such as removal of breasts (mastectomy) or ovaries. The choice of these options, and indeed about testing itself, is a personal one. Some people who are offered testing may not want it because they know the result would not affect their decision-making or cause them to choose a different course of action. Conversely, other individuals might choose testing to gain information about their genetic predisposition so they can decide whether or not to take action. Opting for predictive BRCA testing for breast cancer is an example of an important health decision and a good illustration of when a well-informed patient is an empowered one. Moreover, a genetic counselor is often a good resource for understanding genetic test results, but perhaps more importantly, can provide guidance when making the decision about whether or not to be tested.
|Example three
|Patients may decide to opt out of testing based on their personal risk tolerance
|Hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening for "baby boomers," people born from 1945 through 1965
|Outcome goal
|Decrease number of deaths due to complications of chronic hepatitis C
|People born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest incidence of chronic hepatitis C; screening everyone in this age group will identify more of those infected and allow for treatment with new, effective drugs, decreasing the number of complications and deaths due to HCV
|Standard care
|Offer testing to all people born from 1945 through 1965 regardless of risk factors
|Patient considerations
|Some people may consider themselves at very low risk and may see no benefit in undergoing testing
|Healthcare improvement
|Though evidence shows the general population of baby boomers will benefit from screening, an individual in this age group may choose to opt out of what they may perceive as unnecessary testing because of very low risk
More Americans today die from hepatitis C than from HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the rise in deaths disproportionately affects people born from 1945 through 1965, so-called "baby boomers." Over 3.2 million Americans are living with chronic HCV infection, which can cause long-term liver damage, and two-thirds were born from 1945 through 1965. Without treatment, it is estimated that as many as half with chronic infection will develop cirrhosis and/or liver cancer, both of which can be fatal. The virus is usually spread through sharing needles or other equipment when injecting drugs but may also be transmitted through other means, including snorting drugs or risky sexual behavior such as having multiple sex partners. Before 1992, when widespread screening of the blood supply began in the U.S., HCV was also commonly spread through blood transfusions and organ transplants. Many people who may have contracted the virus 40 years ago are unaware of their condition as it is a slow-progressing disease and can be relatively asymptomatic for decades until late, incurable complications develop. Detecting infections early through screening allows for treatment with newly-available drugs that are safe and effective. In 2012, the CDC undertook a study to determine whether routine age-based screening would raise the rate of cure. The study concluded that routine screening of all individuals born from 1945 through 1965, regardless of risk factors, would significantly reduce deaths. Nevertheless, some individuals in this age group may perceive their risk of having HCV to be so low that there is no benefit in undergoing screening. Though the evidence shows that this population in general would benefit from screening, each individual must make a decision on whether screening would be useful for him or her.