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Summer is my favorite time of year: I love the warm weather, long days, and alfresco dining. I prefer to use a special set of outdoor dinnerware when eating outside. To ensure that we all enjoy meals outdoors this Summer, you headed off to market in search of outdoor dinnerware. You looked for durable, colorful platters, plates, bowls, and glasses that won't break when dropped on a wooden deck or concrete patio. You bookmarked your dinnerware in the Yum Market on TeamSugar with the keyword tag, Outdoor dinnerware.
I especially like these black and white melamine plates that marcella found. She loves "the idea of sitting outside and having a meal with these plates" and I couldn't agree more.
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Lesley is a professional actor who speaks from her own lived experience of recovering from a concussion and as a meditation instructor.
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Northeastern U. Opens the First in a Planned Series of Graduate Campuses Across the U.S.
The Chronicle, October 31, 2011
Northeastern University opened a graduate campus in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, the first step in a far-reaching plan to expand across the country, form research partnerships within cities, and take advantage of regional needs for specialized workers.
In its pursuit of a new, more entrepreneurial model of higher education, the private Boston institution plans to break out of the private-research-university mold and open up shop at satellite campuses around the country, including California's Silicon Valley; Austin, Tex.; Minneapolis; and Seattle. The university hopes to open the Seattle campus next year.
But Northeastern's growth plan isn't a typical expansion, in which a university duplicates little versions of itself in other cities. President Joseph E. Aoun said in an interview on Monday that when Northeastern opens a satellite campus, it won't provide just teaching but, through research affiliations with local industry leaders and nongovernmental organizations, will become part of the city.


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Lufkin Country Club is an 18-hole regulation length golf course in Lufkin, Texas. This short layout has adequate length for a regulation course. Some holes are quite challenging and interesting, but overall it can be somewhat forgiving. Online tee times may be available at Lufkin Country Club or at nearby golf courses, often at a substantial discount from the going green fees rate.
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Stormont: Why the odd couple have to soldier on...
Danny Morrison suspects the Assembly could collapse, but hopes he is wrong. I don't think we are in that territory yet. The more immediate danger is that Stormont limps on as a zombie assembly, where nothing much is done and the big parties veto each other's initiatives, while the small ones nip at their heels.
Let's examine the case for collapse. Things have been deteriorating since April. Back then, Martin McGuinness signalled his discontent in his speech at his party's ard fheis.
He complained of "lack of cohesion between unionist and republican ministers". He said people were telling him "that Sinn Fein ministers are in government with unionist ministers, because we want to be, but that unionist ministers are in government with Sinn Fein, because they have to be." He added: "Speaking frankly, this isn't good enough."
Since then, things have steadily deteriorated. As republicans see it, the DUP has sidled closer to the Orange Order and this has made relations more difficult.
In August, Peter Robinson pulled the plug on the Maze/Long Kesh peace centre, which was part of a carefully worked out deal with Sinn Fein.
Danny Morrison described that as a "letter bomb from America", because Mr Robinson's decision was delivered as a fait accompli in a fairly bellicose 11-page dispatch while he was on holiday in Florida. It put some of the blame on the republican parade in Castlederg, which had left local IRA victims feeling retraumatised.
Mr Robinson had already been under pressure on the issue ever since the RUC widows had told him publicly to think again.
Sinn Fein strategists expected turbulence, but there had been no warning, or consultation, with Mr McGuinness who, as a result, was left looking ineffective and powerless.
Republicans wondered if they could trust the DUP to keep its word and, like many commentators, if Mr Robinson was still in charge.
Gerry Adams voiced concern in the Dail last week. He and Mr McGuinness had previously asked the same questions about David Trimble and decided to let the UUP leader fall, rather than give him the sort of concessions on issues like decommissioning he needed to survive.
There are similarities, but this isn't the same situation. For one thing, Mr Robinson doesn't need concessions from Sinn Fein. He will also remain on as leader at least past the coming elections – provided he hangs tough.
For another, letting David Trimble dangle wasn't as big a risk for republicans as collapsing the Assembly.
Sinn Fein is riding high in the polls south of the border and has its eye on government. If there was a Dail election tomorrow, it would be tricky to construct a coalition without them.
They would, however, become really toxic as potential partners if they just pulled out of government in the north, creating chaos. Anyway, they have other weapons in their armoury besides the nuclear button. Mr McGuinness recently stated that he will hold up all other developments on the Maze/Long Kesh site, with the exception of the Balmoral show.
John O'Dowd has made a more friendly overture, saying that the party will reflect on the Castlederg march and the hurt it had caused, suggesting that such an exercise was unlikely to be repeated.
That leaves the ball in the DUP's court. They may try to smooth things over and both parties will step off the ladder of escalation.
If they don't, we are in for a costly period of blocking tactics and inertia in the Assembly.
In other words, Stormont could die on its feet, but it is unlikely to actually fall over.
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Clean up on horizon for hoarders in Hubbard County
A new solid waste ordinance is aimed at curbing Hubbard County hoarders.
But the new ordinance, if enacted, will refer to them in a more genteel fashion: collectors.
And scroungers, the precursor to hoarders, had better clean up their act, too. It truly is illegal, and has been all along, to pilfer the contents of the solid waste transfer station one by one and move them to your back yard in the name of "recycling."
You must get permission first.
The public hearing on the proposed changes is May 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the county boardroom.
Many of those changes are housekeeping matters, said solid waste superintendent Vern Massie.
"We've upgraded it to the state statutes and rules that have changed," he said.
"We did define what a collector is," he added. "Before you were either a bona fide junkyard or you were just a problem. So we put in what a collector is so we've got a little more meat" (to enforce violations.)
And substantive changes will target residents who store vehicles, old tires, boats, motor homes, snowmobiles and junk.
And what's junk?
"Scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash rubber debris, ferrous material, non ferrous material, inoperable and/or inoperative and/or unlicensed motor vehicles, RVs, agricultural or construction machinery" and parts, according to the existing ordinance.
The new ordinance adds: "Something of poor quality, worn or discarded articles, clutter, something of little meaning, worth or significance; worthless."
Having more than five unlicensed, unused vehicles on your lawn for more than three months is verboten.
"That's where I get into it is when they have five, six vehicles in the yard and the neighbor gets tired of looking at them," Massie said.
Under new rules, if you operate a junkyard or are classified as a collector, you must obtain a storm water permit from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The cost is $400 and landowners must file a comprehensive drainage plan for MPCA review and approval.
Or you must file for an exemption from the permit and prove you're worthy of one.
Massie said that could potentially eliminate some problem collectors in the county.
Another change that will affect county residents is that self-haulers of trash, branches or debris must tie down their loads or risk a citation.
"This will give the sheriff and police department a little more concrete stuff to work with," Massie noted.
Law officers respond to frequent complaints of self-haulers dropping their loads on roadways, causing traffic hazards and obstructions.
And homeowners are forbidden to keep more than two cubic yards of trash on their property for more than two weeks.
At that point, "you need to clean it up," Massie said.
Another change, addressing a chronic problem, will be the storage of old tires on your property.
"No more than 10," Massie said. "Some of these guys, each time they change their tires they must throw them back" into the woods or their yard, he surmised.
The ordinance proposal will be posted on the county's website for public review.


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...Though discovered (1789) by German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, who named it after the then recently discovered planet Uranus, the metal itself was first isolated (1841) by French chemist Eugène-Melchior Péligot by the reduction of uranium tetrachloride (UCl 4) with potassium.
...element uranium in 1789 in a sample of pitchblende. Klaproth named the new element after the planet Uranus, which had been discovered in 1781. It was not until 1841, however, that the French chemist Eugène-Melchior Péligot showed that the black metallic substance obtained by Klaproth was really the compound uranium dioxide. Péligot prepared actual uranium metal by reducing...


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Jimmy Kimmel quizzes 4-year-old Marvel trivia maven
Earlier this year the Internet was dazzled by Mia Grace Montross, the 4-year-old daughter of a comic fan whose mutant power is knowing a lot about Marvel Comics, even more than her dad.
But does she know more than the superheroes themselves, or at least their Hollywood Boulevard counterparts? Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel decided to put Mia to the test, pitting her against some of the Marvel Universe's best and brightest, including Iron Man, Captain America and Spider-Man. See her answer questions about Cap's shield, Wakanda and more, as the heroes pretty much eat her dust.
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T-9 ewing_sarcoma(58) _________________________________________________________________ adriamycin...... 20 mg/sqm IV on days 1, 2 and 3; and on days 42, 43, and 44. methotrexate.... 12 mg/sqm IV on days 1, 2, and 3; and on days 42, 43, and 44. cytoxan......... 1,200 mg/sqm IV on days 1 and 42; and 500 mg/sqm IV on days 22, 23, and 24. actinomycin..... 0.5 mg/sqm IV on days 22, 23, and 24. bleomycin....... 10 U/sqm IV on days 22, 23, and 24. vincristine..... 2 mg/sqm IV on days 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. FREQUENCY....... Repeat cycle on day 64 (9 weeks). Continue for 5 cycles, with adriamycin deleted from the fifth cycle after a total cummulative dose of 480 mg/sqm. reference... Rosen G. Caparros B. Nirenberg A. Marcove RC. Huvos AG. Kosloff C. Lane J. Murphy ML. Ewing's sarcoma: ten-year experience with adjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer. 47(9):2204-13, 1981 May 1. abstract... Since May 1970, 67 consecutive patients with primary (nonmetastatic) Ewing's sarcoma were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) in addition to radiation therapy (RT) or surgery for the primary tumor. The first 19 patients were treated with four-drug sequential CT (T-2). The second protocol was a seven-drug induction combination CT (T-6) followed by T-2 maintenance CT; in both protocols CT was continued for 18 months. The current protocol (T-9) consists of combination CT given continuously for a period of 9 months. Of the entire group of 67 patients, 47 (70%) had axial and proximal lesions (pelvis, spine, rib, humerus, and femur) and 20 (30%) had distal lesions (forearm, leg, and foot); 53/67 (79%) are surviving free of disease 12--118 months (median 41 months) from the start of treatment. Fifteen of 23 (65%) patients with axial lesions, 19/24 (79%) patients with proximal lesions, and 19/20 (95%) patients with distal lesions are free of disease. Disease-free survivors include 28/39 (72%) male patients and 25/28 (89%) female patients. Thirty-four patients had RT, and 33 had surgery or surgery and RT, in addition to chemotherapy, for local treatment. The disease-free survival rate was 76% in the RT group and 82% in the surgery group; failure in the RT group was attributable to local recurrence in 7/34 (21%) patients. Recent experience with T-9 CT has demonstrated that CT given prior to RT or surgery can cause a great reduction in the size of the primary tumor while allowing the pathologically-eroded bone to heal prior to the initiation of RT; this also allows the high-risk patient with an axial primary (pelvis or spine) to tolerate the aggressive CT needed to prevent distant metastases. In addition to dramatically increasing survival in patients with Ewing's sarcoma, combination CT has helped achieve permanent local control. The superior survival rates for all sites of primary tumor are attributable to the early use of aggressive combination CT.
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Zvi Bar'el / Israel Doesn't Want to Make Peace With Syria
With Damascus no longer isolated, Israel has no alternative plan that would put the blame on Syria.
After nine years of rule, Syrian President Bashar Assad can note with satisfaction that his situation has never been better. Damascus has become the main stop for senior American and European government officials. Lebanon, even without the presence of the Syrian army, is under strong Syrian influence and will form a government when Syria wants it to. Saudi Arabia has renewed its warm relationship with Syria after four years of stagnation, and internal Palestinian reconciliation depends quite a bit on Damascus.
Assad can chalk up another "achievement": In Israel there is no partner for peace. Assad is managing to persuade others that he is not the "unripe" leader for peace - Jerusalem is in refusal mode. This time it's not just a question of a stubborn Israeli prime minister, but an entire flock of legal jugglers who know very well how to foil diplomatic moves.
Until U.S. President Barack Obama came on the scene, Israel could depend on the theory of Syrian isolation to protect it from having to consider withdrawing from the Golan Heights. According to this theory, if Syria wants relations with "the world," that is, with America, it must sever ties with Iran, expel the Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaderships, and neutralize Hezbollah's militia. Only then would Israel consider negotiating with it. The slight deviation during Ehud Olmert's term in office, in which indirect talks were held with Syria through Turkey, went out with a whimper. Now, with the crash of the isolation theory, Israel has no alternative plan that would put the blame on Syria.
The Golan Heights lobby, frightened by the Syrian-American rapprochement and expected pressure on Israel to withdraw, has quickly mobilized its legal efforts. It will not be the government and prime minister who will have to hold up under pressure, but rather "the law." And the law, as we know, is much harder to bend than a politician.
As in the Passover Haggadah, if the Knesset had been satisfied with the Golan Annexation Law of 1981 - dayenu, that would have been enough. Menachem Begin explained at the time that the law does not prevent negotiations with Syria, but even then it was clear that if Israel was not withdrawing from occupied territory, it would certainly not withdraw from territory it had annexed "by law." Then came 1999, which gave us the law mandating a referendum for surrendering sovereign Israeli territory, but in the same breath also determined that a basic law on referenda should be passed. Such a bill has not been passed, so according to opponents of withdrawal, the law has no real significance.
Then came 2008, when a bill passed in first reading, proposed by Avigdor Itzchaky, then coalition chairman under Kadima. It was very simple: There would be no withdrawal from the Golan. True, like every bill, it was carefully formulated, outlining possible conditions for leaving the Golan: a majority of 80 MKs in favor of withdrawal, which would release the government from holding a referendum; or new elections, which would obviate the need to forge an 80-MK majority. If neither of these prevailed, there could be a referendum to decide on peace with Syria. In short, no withdrawal from the Golan.
That's an easy bill to vote on. Now, after the delay because of the early elections, we have to see if the bill can be brought for a second and third reading, a decision that can be made in a day, even an hour. The matter was to have been discussed on Thursday by a special subcommittee of the House Committee and Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. The debate was postponed but not taken off the agenda, because now Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also wants extra protection from expected American pressure.
This ostensibly is a legal, constitutional matter: Why does the public need to be asked after it has already decided in elections that brought in a Knesset and cabinet? Is it necessary to waste NIS 200 million on a referendum? Perhaps a referendum on non-peace, and then war, could be decided by text message? These are all certainly very important questions that have blurred the main issue: Israel is neither ready nor ripe, nor does it desire to make peace with Syria.
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Drive Highway 130 to the Lake Marie West Trailhead (see Getting There). To find the trailhead from here, follow the highway (or with snow-coverage walk along Lake Marie) until you reach Mirror Lake Campground (as seen on this TOPOZONE). On the link, the center of the map marks the start.
Route Description
Continue along the trail labeled "Lakes Trail" to to west slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain. From here, leave the trail and scramble the boulders to the top. Descend your ascent route.
The trail will have very little elevation gain, but once you reach Sugarloaf Mountain, the trail will be steep. Also, beware of falling rocks on the mountain; its steep and loose. If you stashed a car (or desire to camp) at Lewis or Libby Lake, just continue out via the trail seen on TOPOZONE or via the Lewis Lake Trail.
Essential Gear
General hiking boots, water, and proper clothing is sufficient for summer hiking. Trekking poles make things easier, too. For winter, crampons and/or snowshoes, ice axe, and warm clothing is essential for the steep climb.
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(This story was updated at 4:37 p.m.) The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has denied the application for rehearing filed on behalf of two subsidiaries of Mentor-based Gas Natural Inc. that face an investigative audit ordered by the commission. That means no changes to the commission's Nov. 13 opinion and order, in which it levied civil forfeitures and ordered the audit based on PUCO concerns. Now, the companies — Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Corp. and Orwell Natural Gas Co. — have 60 days to appeal to the Supreme Court of Ohio. As reported by Crain's last month, the PUCO has ordered an investigative audit of Northeast and Orwell, plus all related companies, citing concerns about the companies' internal controls, the propriety of their executive compensation system, and alleged self-dealing by management, which includes members of the well-known Osborne family of Mentor. In his Dec. 13 filing on behalf of Northeast and Orwell, attorney Mark S. Yurick had argued that the PUCO's ordering of the investigative audit and its assessment of civil forfeitures were unlawful and unreasonable. But, in its entry on rehearing filed Jan. 8, the PUCO found no merit to the companies' argument that the commission erred by subjecting the affiliated entities to investigative audits on grounds that the affiliate entities have not had an opportunity for notice and hearing in the matters, which violates due process rights. "At the initiation of these proceedings, the parties of interest were the companies subject to the financial audits," the commission's entry stated. "…Only after having conducted a hearing and reached findings regarding the necessity of conducting an audit, was the commission in a position to order such audit. …At the time such audit is conducted, any parties named to be part of the investigative audit will be given notice of the proceeding and the opportunity to participate in any hearings, the opportunity to present or cross-examine witnesses, and permitted to present evidence on any subject to be examined at the hearing." The PUCO also indicated that the investigative audit and the actual scope of that proceeding will be adjudicated separately, and "thus, any attempt to find error in the order in these cases due to our mention of the companies' affiliates is misplaced and premature." The PUCO also found no merit to the companies' argument that its assessment of civil forfeitures against the companies was unlawful and unreasonable on grounds that the commission is not authorized to assess forfeitures in gas cost recovery hearings. The civil forfeiture fines total $26,000 for Northeast and $50,000 for Orwell. "…The evidence that served as the basis for the commission to impose civil forfeitures was well known to the companies far in advance of the hearing because the evidence related to both the failure of the companies to terminate purchase contracts and the provision of transportation service to residential customers was highlighted in the staff report, that was filed six months in advance of the hearing," the PUCO's entry stated. Read the entire entry on rehearing here. Given that the order is only a day old, Mr. Yurick said his clients and he haven't discussed at length whether to appeal. He said it was good to get clarification on certain issues in the PUCO's entry on rehearing. "There were questions that we had as far as interpreting the order, as to what passages in the order meant, how we were supposed to comply with the order, so I think some of those issues were addressed in the entry on rehearing," Mr. Yurick said. "They (the companies) desire to be in compliance with all PUCO orders, to the extent that they understand those orders and are able to do that."
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Mendip Hills AONB web site relaunch. During this interim period we will not be including any links to our site in this update. We will let you know when it is launched and look forward to your feedback.
The National Association of AONBs (NAAONB) are holding regional Chairman and lead officer meetings to bring AONBs up to date with the current situation in relation to Defra sponsorship and discuss future work of the Association and how to harness the collective energy of the AONB Partnership. The Mendip Hills AONB Chairman Cllr Dawn Hill will be attending the SW session of 1st February 2011 in Bristol.
The Mendip Hills AONB Futures Working Group meets on 27th January to discuss ways in which the AONB Partnership could adapt to attract non exchequer funding and what the appropriate model is for doing so. Members of the group are Cllr Dawn Hill Partnership Chairman, Barry Lane Wells and Mendip Museum, Michele Bowe Somerset Wildlife Trust, James Small NFU, Chris Head SDF Panel and Partnership member, Sarah Jackson AONB Manager. This group will report to the AONB Partnership and Officer Support Group.
Mendip Hills AONB Partnership Parish Representatives have been working with the AONB Manager to liaise with Parish Councils regarding future priorities and funding. The AONB Manager attended Compton Martin Parish Council meeting to which all the B&NES parishes were invited to attend by the B&NES parish rep Richard Curry. Nigel Taylor representing the Somerset parishes is attending St Cuthberts Out PC and Wells Town Council meetings this month. North Somerset parishes – Hutton and Banwell have requested additional information for their meetings.
Wells and Mendip Museum are organising a number of events in partnership with the Mendip Hills AONB Unit and Somerset Wildlife Trust. Pod cast training takes place for local groups on 5th Feb, the AONB Annual Historic Environment Day takes place on 5th March and there will be another coordinated programme of events for Festival of Archaeology in July. For further information see the Museums newsletter attached to this email.
Burrington Commons Access Controls. New lift-out bollards have been installed at two locations on Stony Lane in Upper Langford as part of measures to prevent illegal 4×4 vehicle use of the Black Down. The bollards are the last step in blocking vehicle access points to Black Down following the installation of vehicle barriers last year.
Mendip Hills AONB Young Rangers have helped the Hawk and Owl Trust by making 15 barn owl boxes as part of the Mendip Barn Owl Project. The project is taking practical steps to halt the decline in numbers of barn owls by creating artificial nest sites as well as organising public events and working with schools. http://www.hawkandowl.org/
After their hard work the Young Rangers all enjoyed an astronomy session in the Charterhouse Centre observatory. After a disappointing start due to cloud cover the skies cleared and the group explored the craters of the moon and saw Jupiter and 4 of its moons.
Mendip Hills AONB Advanced Young Rangers have spent a day replacing tree guards in the Rickford Community Orchard with the village community association. Working with a band of village volunteers the group removed the old tree guards which the apple trees have outgrown and replaced them with new larger guards that will protect the trees from livestock and deer for many years to come.
Considerable media interest followed the AONB Unit's recent press release issued on behalf of both the Mendip Hills and Quantock Hills AONBs highlighting a joint response to the proposed wind farm on the Somerset Levels mentioned in the December update. This included a BBC Radio Somerset interview given by the AONB Planning Liaison Officer.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is currently consulting on their Draft Core Strategy until 3rd February 2011. The Core Strategy will be the spatial expression of the Bath & North East Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy and sets out a strategic planning framework to guide change and development in the District over the next 20 years and beyond.
National Grid public consultation on its policy on under-grounding the electricity lines needed to connect new power generation. Consultation will run until 16 March 2011. National Grid will consider all feedback received before publishing its revised approach to under-grounding in April. Anyone wishing to contribute can do so by completing the questionnaire on www.nationalgridundergrounding.com. The Planning Liaison Officer is currently preparing a response on behalf of the AONB Unit.
Anyone with further questions can contact National Grid by calling the project information number: 0800 319 6175 or Sending an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com or writing to: National Grid Under-grounding Consultation, Freepost NAT3717, London SE1 2BR
South West Climate Change Trade Fair 2011
Save and Profit from climate change: a sustainable future for your farm
Thursday 24th February (10am – 4:30pm) – The Matford Centre, Exeter
Over 50 leading organisations and businesses will have specialists on hand.
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ASUS recently announced their new full HD monitor that has an impressive response rate and dynamic contrast ratio. Codenamed as ASUS ML238H, this new 23-inch Full HD monitor has 10,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 2ms response time. This version of Asus Monitor has an unique stand design consist of double ring blended together with Ergo-Fit II technology, which let you easily adjust the angle of the display.
ASUS ML238H also providing a D-Sub and HDMI connectors for Full HD Footage. ASUS ML238H Full HD monitor is now available in the Europe market for MSRP of 249 Euro.
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Experience the magic of Valentine's Day by spending it in Los Angeles, even if you already live in the city limits. The ideas of silver-screen romances are abundant throughout the city as many hotels offer romantic get-a-ways for the couple looking for a staycation on that special day. Spend the romantic holiday in style with these locations.
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SYRACUSE – St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center has appointed Douglas G. Smith, FAHP, to the position of vice president for development, effective February 1. He replaces Margaret R. Martin, who retired at the end of 2012.
Smith is a senior level fund-raising executive with more than three decades of experience in positions of leadership, both in health care and higher education. Most recently, he served as vice president of development and Foundation president at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Md. He held similar positions at Pittsburgh Mercy Health System and Vail Valley Medical Center, as well.
A native of northern New Jersey, Smith received a Bachelor's degree in English from Ohio University and a Master's degree in public management from Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. He has been an active member of the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy for more than 25 years.
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center is a non-profit, 431-bed hospital and health care system providing services to patients from Onondaga and 15 surrounding counties. Through prevention programs and the latest diagnostic treatment procedures, St. Joseph's works with patients to achieve optimum long-term health. A 14-time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice award, St. Joseph's is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis.
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The Texas Longhorns do not reach into the Junior College ranks much, but the efforts have been increased as they look to fill needs in the 2012 recruiting class.
On Wednesday, Mack Brown and the Texas staff got just what they hoped for when four-star Northwest Mississippi C.C. offensive tackle Donald Hawkins gave the Longhorns his pledge.
"It's done. The quote is 'Hook 'em," Hawkins said. "I just wanted to get it over with. I'm ready to sign.
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"It was really the program overall, coach (Stacy) Searels and Mack Brown. I have a chance to play right away and compete for a championship. Now it's up to me to get a starting position, make sure the expectations come true. The goal is to get a national championship."
Hawkins, a 6-5, 320-pound two-year starting left tackle for the Rangers, is the Longhorns' 22nd commitment of the 2012 recruiting class, choosing Texas over the likes of Auburn, Florida, Georgia, and Arkansas. He earned First-Team MACJC honors and is ranked No. 15 in the Rivals.com Junior College Top 50.
The standout offensive lineman was offered by Georgia, Mississippi St. and Southern Miss out of Tunica (Miss.) Fort Rosa High School and emerged on the national scene as a junior college prospect for his dominating play at Northwest Mississippi C.C. and his high end potential.
"He's a great talent. They don't make guys who are 6-5, 320 like that who can bend their ankles and move their feet like that. He's just incredibly talented," Northwest Mississippi C.C. offensive coordinator Jack Wright said. "He has a huge upside. He's only been in the weight room two years for us and he's put on 30 pounds. There's no telling what he's going to do at the next place once he gets into a defined program. He really does have NFL type ability."
Since taking an official visit to Texas on November 18, Hawkins has made it clear the Longhorns were his favorite.
"The chances of me playing here are very high," Hawkins told Orangebloods.com following his visit to Texas. "The expectations of me here are very high. I was impressed with the recruiting class they have coming in. By my senior year, the should be a national championship contender. That's something I want. Another thing that stood out to me was how the players embraced me. They made me feel welcome. They want me to come here, said they need me. They said the missing link is me. I was impressed by that."
Following his visit to Texas, Hawkins was scheduled to take an official visit to Oklahoma St., but did not take the trip. He did take an unofficial visit to Auburn for the Auburn/Alabama game November 26, and met with head coach Gene Chizik, offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, and offensive line coach Jeff Grimes.
Northwest Mississippi C.C. has seen several college coaches visit over the last few weeks to check in on the standout offensive lineman. Auburn, Mississippi, and others have stopped by the school recently. On Wednesday Searels stopped by to meet with Hawkins and that's when the commitment became official.
"I did it when I talked to coach Searles today," Hawkins said. "He came to see my mom and then talked to me. He wanted to make sure I was 100 percent."
In addition to Texas, Hawkins also took official visits to Kansas St. and Kentucky. He is on track to graduate in December and enroll at Texas in January. He will have three years to play two seasons as a Longhorn.
Hawkins joins fellow Longhorn offensive line commitments Kennedy Estelle, Camrhon Hughes and Curtis Riser. He said Searels indicated Texas will not sign any other offensive line prospects in the 2012 class.


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European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its traffic results for the month of January across the European airport network. This first indication of the air traffic performance in Europe reveals a promising beginning to the year with passenger traffic growth at Europe's airports reporting an increase of +6.3% compared to January 2013.
EU airports showed an increase averaging +4.6% in passenger traffic, with those national markets most affected by the sovereign debt crisis now all back in growth mode. Passenger traffic at non-EU airports reported an average increase of +11.8%, as ever driven by extremely dynamic growth in Turkey, Russia, Iceland and also Israel. It is worth noting that Istanbul- Ataturk airport jumped to the third position amongst the busiest European airports, after London-Heathrow and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airports.
Aircraft movements for the whole of Europe reported an increase of +2.9%, while freight reported an exceptionally robust result of +9.0%.
Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE commented "This is a very good start to 2014, even though these figures are helped by comparatively weak ones in January last year. Still, 80% of Europe's airports saw an increase in passenger traffic in January, the best overall performance in more than 2 years. Freight volumes are now more than 3% above their 2011 levels, which also confirms a renewed market dynamic. The fact that airlines are cautiously adding more capacity should help sustain further growth in air traffic in the coming months."
Airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year (Group 1), airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers (Group 2), airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers (Group 3) and airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers per year (Group 4) reported an average adjustment of +5.2%, +7.8%, +5.6% and +7.0% respectively when compared with January 2013.
Airports that experienced the highest increases in passenger traffic per group, when comparing January 2014 with January 2013 were:
GROUP 1 Airports – Istanbul IST (+14.8%), Antalya (+10.4%),
Moscow SVO (+10.3%), Amsterdam (+6.7%) and London LGW (+6.6%)
GROUP 2 Airports - Istanbul SAW (+43.6%), Ankara (+20.8%), St Petersburg (+16.0%), Izmir (+15.1%) and Lisbon (+10.4%)
GROUP 3 Airports – Kiev (26.4%), Lanzarote (+17.1%), Birmingham (+10.6%), Catania (+9.7%), Bologna (+9.7%) and Gran Canaria (+9.7%)
GROUP 4 Airports – Bucharest BBU (+93.0%), Vatry (+91.3%), Santorini (+44.5%), Rome CIA (+38.0%) and Kaunas (+36.7%)
The 'ACI EUROPE Airport Traffic Report – January 2014' includes 187 airports in total representing approximately 88% of European air passenger traffic.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - There was a big, welcomed sight at Canes practice on Monday morning.
Seantrel Henderson took the field for the first time since the Canes opened camp.
Henderson was out for the first few days while attending a friend's funeral in Minnesota.
The Junior offensive lineman is expected to be a key part of the team this season.
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SPENDING cuts worth millions of pounds will be put before councillors next week, as a cash-strapped authority aims to balance its books.
Darlington Borough Council's cabinet will be asked to support a draft six-year financial plan – containing a council tax increase of 1.94 per cent per year - when it meets next week.
Cabinet members are expected to recommend that the budget be adopted by the full council when it meets later this month.
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Lengthy public consultations were held last year, resulting in spending cuts of £13.75 million pounds by 2016/17 being identified.
These include the closure of the Head of Steam railway museum and Cockerton library in 2015 – both will be lost unless community groups come forward to save them.
Other proposals in the budget include increasing charges for some council services, with the cost of adult cremations set to rise by £17 to £605.
It is also proposed to set aside £8.5m from reserves to fund one-off expenses.
These latest cuts come despite the council having already cut more than £22m from its budget since 2012, resulting in the loss of almost 500 jobs.
It is predicted that the amount of grant funding the council received will fall by £22m by 2020.
Council leader Bill Dixon said: "These reductions are unprecedented.
"The council's main sources of income going forward are Council Tax and Business Rates.
"The ability to increase income to protect services and offset the loss of government grant is limited by the Government.
"Unless a referendum is held the Council may only increase tax by 1.94 per cent each year.
"The level of business rates is set by the Government.
"In simple terms the only way we can collect more tax is to build more houses and attract more business to the borough."
At the consultation events, it was suggested that the council cut back on services it is not required to provide by law.
Coun Dixon added: "If this was the route we chose to go down, we would have no sports facilities, no parks, limited street cleaning, no theatre, no museums, limited libraries and no children's centres among other cuts.
"This felt like a place heading for decline not growth, with loss of jobs and businesses.
"A place people would choose not to visit and not to live.
"This was not our vision for Darlington and from what was said [at the consultations], it's not what other people want."
Cabinet meets at 5pm on Tuesday (February 18) at the Dolphin Centre.


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WWE sent out the following today…
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — WWE(R) WWE +1.69% today announced the appointment of Eric Pankowski as Senior Vice President, Creative and Development. Pankowski, previously a senior executive at Reveille and Warner Bros., will report to WWE Executive Vice President of Creative, Stephanie McMahon. In this role, he will be responsible for the creative development of all television content including concepts that go beyond in-ring such as reality and kids programming; the management of WWE's creative writing teams; and selling programming to major cable and broadcast networks, studios and other content distributors.
"Eric is a creative veteran whose knowledge and experience will be a tremendous asset in both the creation of new WWE content as well as enhancing our core product," said Stephanie McMahon.
Prior to joining WWE, Pankowski was the Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs for Reveille charged with launching a department that focused on daytime, access and late night programming in syndication and cable. Pankowski spent more than 12 years of his career working for Warner Bros., most recently serving as the Senior Vice President of paraMedia inc., Jim Paratore's production company. Pankowski oversaw paraMedia's development slate which included the development, launch and production of Lopez Tonight where he worked closely with the creative, promotion and product integration teams; managed pilots and sales presentations for all projects including TMZ; and produced and pitched original show ideas to broadcast and cable networks. Prior to paraMedia, Pankowski served as Director of Programming for Telepictures where he oversaw The Ellen DeGeneres Show and several other shows. Pankowski started his career at Warner Bros. Corporate Media Research Department as a Junior Analyst, quickly becoming Manager.
Pankowski holds a Bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington.
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company WWE +1.69% , is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Istanbul and Tokyo.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Actress Mariska Hargitay has narrated a TV program about children who lost a parent in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, NBC said.
"Children of 9/11" is to air on the network Monday.
"The special follows a year in the lives of some of these children, watching them overcome the loss and turn their lives around by achieving ambitions that would make their parents proud," NBC said in a synopsis. "For the first time, this special gives a voice to the young people directly affected by 9/11. A bitter twist of fate has indelibly linked their childhood to the worst terrorist attack of modern times. As the film interweaves their stories, home movie footage creates intimate portraits of the families, both before and after the event. Powerful interviews reveal the tough and inspiring personal journeys that the children have taken."
Hargitay has earned eight consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for her role as Olivia Benson on "Law and Order: SVU," with a win in 2006. Inspired by her role on "SVU," Hargitay created the Joyful Heart Foundation, which has a mission to heal, educate, and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, and to shed light into the darkness surrounding these issues, NBC said.


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European Union officials have raised concerns over the commitment of Israel's hardline Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue genuine peace talks with Palestinians.
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt says he is worried Netanyahu's talks with other hard-line parties to form a coalition could halt peace talks with Palestinians.
Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra says he expects a "rough start" once a new Israeli government takes office, warning a two-state peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians is narrowing now that Netanyahu is likely to form a government.
Asked whether Netanyahu's nomination would be good for the peace process with the Palestinians, Vondra said: "That remains to be seen."
"I think we can have a bit of a rough start, but we need to move ahead with the peace process because the two-state solution road is narrowing," Vondra said on arrival at a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
The EU's 27 foreign ministers were discussing peace efforts in the Middle East at talks held in Brussels Monday. They insisted that a two-state solution was the only option.
"It's simply not possible to abandon this strategy of two states living in peace and security," Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said. "And I think Prime Minister-designate Mr. Netanyahu will follow such a strategy."
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report


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The Rotary Club of Downtown Manila, in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Changi (Singapore) and the Rotary Foundation (United States), joined hands in a Matching Grant Project. The total grant was awarded to the Co Kim Eh Rescue Foundation in 2003 and was used to acquire the "Rotary Mobile Rescue Response Vehicle," along with hydraulic cutting tools (aka "Jaws of Life") and other equipment deemed necessary to enable forcible entry and emergency rescue operations.
CKERF thanks RCDM, RC Changi and the Rotary Foundation for this Grant,
and hopes that the next two phases of the project (rescue air bags and
thermal imager) can also be implemented soon. As of now, all the
equipment that were bought from the funds have already seen action, and
all of our members have been trained in their use.


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Ramona Disposal Service will collect trees curbside on customers' service days. Trees need to be cut to no longer than 4 feet in length.
For customers unable to cut their Christmas trees, Ramona Disposal will have drop-off sites in the parking lots at Ramona High School, 1401 Hanson Lane, and the Village Shopping Center, 23600 block of San Vicente Road in San Diego Country Estates on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Jan. 7 and 8, also from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Clean green trees only. No plastic bags, ornaments or yard waste will be accepted. For more information, call 760-789-0516 or visit www.ramonadisposal.com.


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Steven Soderbergh's stripper movie Magic Mike has already added one child of entertainment industry royalty to the cast by casting Elvis's granddaughter Riley Keough, but it turns out there's room for one more. The Playlist-- which appears to be Soderbergh's go-to source for dropping any information at all about his films-- reports that Cody Horn, daughter of former Warner Bros. President Alan Horn, has landed the female lead in the movie, playing the sister of the main character played by Alex Pettyfer who also winds up in a romance with the titular Magic Mike (Channing Tatum), her brother's mentor at the male strip club where they both work.
When erroneous reports hit last week that Jessica Biel had been cast in the film, word was that she played a stripper who got romantically involved with Tatum's character. Given that the casting news wasn't true I'm not sure if Horn will also be playing a stripper, or just an innocent female tossed into the lusty world of a male strip club. Either way it's likely a big role for Horn, who had no trouble building Hollywood contacts thanks to her dad's job but is still taking pretty small roles, including in David Ayer's upcoming End of Watch and on the next season of The Office. No offense to Horn or Keough, but I still think Magic Mike is going to be all about the guys. Soderbergh knows what he's doing casting famous pretty boys Matthew McConaughey and Matt Bomer in a movie based on Tatum's early days as a male stripper, and it's how he directs all that male beefcake that we're all dying to check out. If anyone actually manages to remember that women are in the movie, it'll be an accomplishment on their part.
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LONDON — I'm usually guilty of overplanning my vacations. I pack early and bring too much. I know where I'm dining, which events I'm attending, which sights I'm seeing well in advance of the trip.
But for my first trip to London, all I did was reserve a hotel room and consult a map to learn where the hotel was. I borrowed a couple of guidebooks, but I didn't read them until I was on the plane.


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I highly doubt I'd one day manage to find an original copy of this debut album from the Russian folk/pagan metal band Svarga, and it's a pity. As it is one of these bands which, while not being revolutionary, definitely have this little bit of talent that distinguish them from the bunch of their counterparts. Yes, this is undoubtedly a promising album, if you ask me.
Despite the use of harsh vocals, which constitutes more than half of the singing here, this act still belongs to "soft" pagan metal bands. One may be in pain finding, for instance, any black metal element here, as it's often the case in the Viking/pagan subgenre. The main inspiration of these guys is rather traditional metal bands, with especially bass parts and guitar solos reminiscent of Iron Maiden and their followers, without forgetting small riffing parts more in the thrash/speed metal vein. Some tracks may also remind more of pagan power metal style a la Ensiferum. In accordance to all this the overall pace of the album is lively without being utterly fast, and the production crystal clear.
Songs never fall into monotony or easiness. Only the second (the intro doesn't count) and longest track, Vojna, may become a bit repetitive, for the rest the band manages to keep the balance right between melodic, folkish acoustic parts, and straightforward aforementioned metal parts. Despite the short length of the songs, the longest one clocking at six minutes, those often exhibit complex structures, tempo shifts or mood changes, most of time beginning in gentle fashion before the genuine metal kicks in. Occasional female vocals, amusing sound samples (a cuckoo, for instance) or fortunately punctual electronics complete the scene – and, of course, there is the accordion.
Because accordions are not limited to drunken humppa metal a la Finntroll, and those who always thought in that way may change their minds with this album. This instrument isn't relegated in the background here, but plays a part similar to the one of the guitars, either playing the rhythmic line or soloing, being universally present but in the speed metal parts - where, let's admit it, it would have sounded a tad displaced! And its wailing sound was exactly what the band needed to add a slight touch of melancholy to its music. Definitely a great inspiration.
Eventually there is no real weak moment on this album. Inspired songwriting, decent musicians, an undoubtedly metal feeling – not the kind of folk metal band where "folk" comes before "metal" –, liveliness, and, yes, a genuine beauty. Just forget the keyboard intro and outro you've already heard a billion times before, the rest is really worth a listen, or even your money. The only little flaw one may find is the impression some songs give of not going anywhere, but it's not so frequent. If I had to pick up my favourite tracks it would be the opening song, Szech', which sets up the mood for the whole album, or the closing one, Cherez Myortvuyu Reku, a sad tune, a bit slower and far more keyboard-driven than any other one, where the singer may display his best clean vocals performance – very low, deep and impressive. A pity that I've no clue of what he's talking about, it just doesn't sound very funny...
And now, I'm gonna campaign for buying every metal band an accordion.
Highlights: Szech', Cherez Myortvuyu Reku


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The year 2000 in Malaysia saw the conclusion of the sensational trial of Anwar Ibrahim, the former protégé of Prime Minister Dato Seri Mahathir bin Mohamad who had been fired as deputy prime minister and finance minister in September 1998 and later arrested on sexual misconduct and sodomy charges. The judge refused Anwar's lawyers' requests that Mahathir be summoned to testify, and the trial came to an abrupt end in August. Anwar was found guilty on three charges of sodomy and was sentenced to nine years in prison. The few protests that followed were swiftly squashed by police. Continuing to maintain his innocence, Anwar claimed that the charges had been fraudulently concocted because he had fallen out of favour with Mahathir and the prime minister feared an electoral challenge within the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO).
In May the UMNO held its triennial party elections. The polls had been put off for a year to prevent Anwar's supporters from gaining an upper hand. Mahathir and his allies succeeded in curtailing the campaign of another former finance minister, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, who had challenged Mahathir for the UMNO leadership in 1987 and narrowly lost. Still, the party elected three former Anwar allies—Najib Razak, Muhammad Taib, and Muhyiddin Yassin—as vice presidents. The UMNO and the Malay community at large remained deeply divided between those who supported Anwar and those who opposed him.
In October Mahathir and his allies proposed key amendments to the UMNO constitution that would replace the current electoral college system that elected the party's president, his deputy, and the Supreme Council with a much larger, more representative electoral college. This was seen as yet another attempt to reduce the influence of Anwar and his allies within the UMNO. Following a popular revolt in the party's ranks, Mahathir backtracked and diluted most of the amendments just before they were put to vote.
Malaysia's economy continued to recover in 2000, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth at about 8%, up from 5.8% in 1999. As the world's third largest exporter of semiconductors, Malaysia benefited from a robust demand for electronics components from manufacturers of personal computers and telecommunications equipment. Toward the end of the year, however, there were signs that the demand for semiconductors and other electronics components was dramatically slowing. As a net exporter of oil, Malaysia also benefited from higher oil prices during the year, though higher government oil revenues were not enough to push Malaysia's chronic budget deficit into a surplus. The budget deficit remained a high 5% of Malaysia's total GDP. Malaysia stuck with its capital control measures throughout the year; the government kept the nation's currency pegged artificially low to the U.S. dollar to boost exports. In October the government announced that it would remove a 10% levy on foreign portfolio investments in order to improve lacklustre foreign interest in Malaysia's stock market.
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Mission Chinese, San Francisco's popular dining establishment/philanthropy group, just opened a location on 154 Orchard St this week. Seventy-five cents of every entree and liquor sale will be donated to the Food Bank for New York City. You can check out their menu here. It's full of flying ninjas, if that's your thing.
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Legal Question in Immigration Law in Ohio
My wife and I are Syrian, We entered to the USA since Sep,2012 with B2 visa. Now, I have F1 visa, and my wife still waiting her F2 approval. Do you recommend us to apply for the new TPS as Syrian, is there any conflict between our cases and the TPS? Thank you Fadi
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Depending on your circumstances, you may want to consider asylum. If you choose the latter, you will need to file within one year of your last entrance. TPS is more for people who lack status. As you have student status and your wife will likely be approved for F2, TPS doesn't really apply to you.
Answered on 6/22/13, 6:57 am
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It's simple – getting rid of the toxic crap.
You know what I mean. The habits that only hurt you. The people who only serve to drag you down. The food that doesn't nourish your body. The 'can't do' attitude that paralyzes you.
And by you I actually mean me.
I'm in the middle of reading a great book by Dean Dwyer called Make Shi(f)t Happen about divesting one's self of all the ways that we block ourselves, while taking responsibility or ownership of the changes we desire.
The changes we're totally, completely in control of each and every day (regardless of what we might actually believe deep down inside).
It's primarily aimed at those trying to lose weight – but the philosophies apply across the board to any situation where you feel stuck.
And you're right, in one sense – as long as you make it this big unsurmountable problem, you'll never figure out how to grab onto one teeny-tiny part and just dig in already. (Or come up with all kinds of lame-ass rationalizations about why now's not the time, or you're missing one critical component in order to start…) Steve Kamb over at Nerd Fitness talks about this today in An 8-bit Kick in the Ass as well.
And by you I again mean me.
Well, I'm ready to dig in. And in order to do so, I have to also burn down the crap that's getting in the way of my ability to dig in. Or just move beyond it, or give it any power to derail me.
I was thinking of this today while I went out for my daily #whimstomp to clear out some nagging conversations I'd been having with a few people on Twitter. I put my heavy-duty noise-canceling headphones on, turned the volume way up and got inspiration from the chorus to Atmosphere's The Best Day:
Every day can't be the best day
Do what you can right now, don't hesitate
That's why we try to make love and get paid
Take the bad with the good, now let's play
So sure, tires will pick up bolts. Unexpected expenses will sideswipe you, or annoying people who want to pick fights for no good reason will want to commandeer your spare time & attention – even on what started off as a supportive 140c shout-out on Twitter for a friend who needed a lift.
You know what? Don't let it get to you. Or as my friend @beckyjoj said:
Right hand comes up, brushes off left shoulder, and I walk on.
So my pre-walk Twitter 'do I follow you?' philosophy had 2 way-too wordy parts:
- be interesting
- able to carry on a conversation
- don't be a celebrity train wreck
- Don't be an asshole.
My friend Robert Wagner added this 3rd component:
While @lelonopo added this pithy gem:
But I like what I got to after my 3.2 mi #whimstomp:
Don't be toxic.
Avoid those who breed toxicity, or who want to suck you into their own toxic environments. Side-step, avoid and/or eradicate anything or anyone that might infect you with toxic crap.
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My intent here is to show you tonal control and manipulation solely through the use of so-called "conversion" tactics, that is, selecting a tonal value for certain colors. I assume that certain refinements will occur after this step to complete the image, but that this step can eliminate a certain need for more tedious work later.
This color conversion can be done broadly or with very fine distinctions between shades and tints of a color, depending on the tools you use and the combination of colors you adjust. As you work you will notice that green is indeed a combination of blue and yellow, and that too much blue manipulation can bring noise in as a detrimental factor. But that's something you can see as you work, given that you often bring the image to 100 percent as you go through the process.
In this article I have illustrated the idea using some common image-editing programs such as Photoshop, Aperture, and Lightroom, including Adobe Camera Raw, but there are many more to explore such as Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro, Alien Skin's Exposure, Adobe's Elements, Corel's Paint Shop Pro, DxO's Optics Pro, Phase One's Capture One, and most of the camera company Raw processor programs. Most of these have both "manual" and preset controls as well.
Now that we have printers and papers that can deliver extremely subtle black-and-white prints and programs and tools that concentrate on the black-and-white workflow, black-and-white photography will continue to undergo a renaissance that will allow many more of us to create prints that rival those made by experienced darkroom workers in years past.
George Schaub is teaching a weeklong workshop on Black-and-White Digital Photography at the Santa Fe Workshops from March 13-19, 2011 (www.santafeworkshops.com) and a black-and-white printing course at the Maine Media College in the summer of 2011 (www.mainemedia.edu). Check the websites for more details. Schaub's black-and-white work can also be seen at: www.georgeschaub.com.
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The poll showed support for Clinton at 51 percent while Sanders stood at 44 percent. This indicates a substantially tighter race than the previous iteration of the same poll in late February, which showed Clinton leading Sanders 55 percent to 38 percent.
These results also are consistent with most national polls, which have shown Clinton leading by widely varying margins.
TPM's PollTracker Average shows Clinton at 50.2 percent and Sanders at 42.4 percent in national surveys of Democrats.
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Archive for Thursday, August 13, 2009
District prepares for possible H1N1 outbreak
August 13, 2009
With classes starting next week in De Soto's USD 232, school officials are taking the necessary steps to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus.
The De Soto district recently launched a new Web site to give patrons and community members up-to-date information on the virus and up-coming flu season.
Alvie Cater, district director of communications for the district, said the staff was focusing on prevention and symptoms of the flu.
"We are telling working parents to have a back-up plan," he said. "What will you do if your children have the flu."
Last spring the De Soto district's Riverview Elementary School had five confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus before the county health department ceased testing for the strain.
"The last count was five confirmed cases, but since then in our community there was no way to know for sure how many cases there were. We could have had a lot more," Cater said.
On Aug. 5, the district learned of new guidelines suggested by the Center for Disease Control on how to deflect the spread of the virus.
Shelby Rebeck, district nursing coordinator, said the guidelines did away with the previous seven-day and sibling exclusions.
Students with symptoms can return to school once they have been fever free for 24-hours with out the aide of fever reducing medicines, Rebeck said.
Previously, students with symptoms and their siblings were to stay home from school for seven days or until symptoms subsided.
The CDC also recommends separating students who become ill during the school day from others, including staff.
Rebeck said the district was taking precautions to isolate students in a separate room and provide a mask for those students until arrangement can be made with parents.
The district will also focus on prevention through proper hand washing and coughing etiquette.
"The principals have met with the nurses and the front office staff to spread the word that right now what the county is recommending is that we just get the word out how to prevent it (the virus) through good hand washing, not touching the eyes, nose or mouth, to cough into a tissue and wash hands immediately and to remind staff to use the same precautions," Rebeck said.
The district's Web resource dedicated to the H1N1 virus prevention will have a link to district nurses' Web site to answer any questions.
"We had two efforts at one time. Last year, the nurses created a Web site — a health services Web site. We had created it to go live this year and, with the H1N1 site, created a live linked to the health services site," she said.
The nurses' site covers a wide-range of topics related to health in schools, from new vaccination requirements to questions about the district's medication policy, Rebeck said.
"I think anytime you give parents the heads up — that these are the preventative measures (and) here's what to look for and what to do — you are already a step ahead of the game," Rebeck said. "As far as controlling this illness, H1N1 is contagious 24-hours before showing the fever. It's difficult to control, and it's going to spread.
"The social distancing and washing hands helps. But we're in a public setting. We've done as much as we can do. And we have to see how hard it hits us in the fall when students are back."
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English used to have two extra runic letters in its alphabet -- thorn for "th" and wyn for "double-u".
The letter Ø is missing in HTC Desire HD touchscreen keyboards intended for the Norwegian market. Ø dear. This language faux pas* was uncovered today by Eurodroid, whose Norwegian correspondent Jostein tells the site: I recently purchased the HTC Desire HD and quickly discovered that the Norwegian letter "Ø" is non-existent …
English used to have two extra runic letters in its alphabet -- thorn for "th" and wyn for "double-u".
... eth and yogh! And ash, (æ) which is still to be found reasonably often.
It's still pretty much there in UK's spelling of words like paedophile, encyclopaedia, etc.
The Spanish language has used to have a couple of weird non-letter letters like "ch", "ll" which are really sounds, not letters. Thanks to technology these non-letters have been excised from the Spanish alphabet.
Google Translate, as most machine translators do, ignores any word that it doesn't recognise, assuming that it is a proper noun.
Faux Pas translates literally as "false move" - I don't think it means "blunder" - so stumble isn't a bad literal translation.
False step, not false move
Reminds me of another faux pas I saw with a customer in a previous job. We were delivering a system for their operations in Turkey and it's when we did the first integration test that we discovered that their back-end system could deal with every Turkish special character, except for the first letter of the word İstanbul.
I remember many (many) years ago ordering a bunch of DEC terminals for programmers, and the ones we received had UK English keyboards, where the { and } characters had been replaced by ¼ and ¾. Made C programming somewhat tricky...
Apparently DEC had so many complaints that they produced update kits: little plastic bags with 8 keytops in them, and instructions about how to prise the old ones off & clip the new ones on...
Do any of these companies do any testing with their target markets? I appreciate it takes time and money and PR droids are always setting impossible deadlines, but how much is this going to cost in time and effort, plus lost sales?
Many moons ago during an election campaign the Norwegian Labour party when campaigning in North Norway made use of the North Norwegians contempt for consonants by using a poster slogan which when translated into English meant "I am also in the Labour party". All they needed to do was print posters with "Æ E I A Æ Å" to convey that sentiment. Amazing how much information one can convey with only a few vowels.
So what is "stumble" in English translated into French?
We demand to know!
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I've noticed that a lot of recent phones and smartphones alike lack the acute tilde for SMS messages. áéíóú don't appear, except for é ... but the reverse tildes àèìòù do appear. I blame this lack of support for all that bad typing the Spanish-speaking-and-writing yoof have these days! Also, no ü character... lazy SMS people!
is a verb meaning to stumble or to stutter. «Faux pas», of course, is a noun phrase....
may well be something other than "faux pas". Many of the French expressions used in English are either obsolete in French or were never idiomatic French in the first place.
I seem to recall that these are called "faux amis". I have no idea what the French for this is - even less the Norwegian.


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AN evicted animal sanctuary owner has spent the weekend barricaded in her former farm.
Paula Campbell and two supporters have been in the farmhouse at Milkup Bank Farm in Willington, County Durham, since about 1pm on Friday (March 29).
They were granted permission to return to the farm, from where she ran the Rainbow Ark Animal Sanctuary, to collect personal belongings, but the trio barricaded themselves in with furniture.
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One was escorted out on Sunday afternoon (March 30) amid concerns about his health.
Speaking on a mobile phone from inside the house, Ms Campbell said she remained as defiant as ever.
Supporters of Ms Campbell said they had asked for permission to go on the site to give food, supplies and medication to the barricaded protestors but they were denied access.
Ms Campbell was evicted from the farm in January after a long-running dispute with Redstone Mortgages Ltd.
The firm had not replied to any requests for comment over the barricade but have previously said they took action after Ms Campbell went into arrears on her mortgage.
But Ms Campbell claimed she was not in arrears and accused the court order that permitted the eviction of being unlawful.
More than 350 animals were taken from the sanctuary after the eviction to other sanctuaries and charities around the country.
Concerns have been raised about the welfare of some of the animals and the RSPCA is investigating.


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Winter Olympic coloring page featuring the Olympic rings for the XX Games, a past Olympic game held in Turin, Italy.
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Nokia Job Cuts May Not Impact India Much
The major job cuts announced by Nokia Corp. are unlikely to have a significant impact on the company's India operations.
That's because the ailing handset maker's hopes for survival in the global mobile industry rest largely on demand from India, analysts say.
The Finnish company Thursday announced sweeping changes to its business, including 10,000 job cuts, plant and research and development center shutdowns across the U.S. and Europe, and yet another cut in its earnings outlook.
"The planned changes will impact Nokia employees throughout our operations globally," a spokeswoman for the company's India operations said, before adding, "we don't see significant impact on India operations." She didn't elaborate.
The company is being battered by competition both at the high end of the market from the likes of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, as well as from cheaper devices running Google Inc.'s Android software.
India has been something of an exception in the company's fortunes. Here, Nokia has been keeping pace with the competition, especially on phones that are priced at the low end of the spectrum, for which demand is rising.
Nokia hasn't been as successful in India's smartphones segment, where its market share has been gradually shrinking. Nokia said Thursday that competition in the mobile industry had hit its smartphone business "to a somewhat greater extent than previously expected."
The new round of layoffs comes after the company already slashed 14,000 jobs last year, when it phased out its old operating system in favor of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software.
Nokia has been trying to revamp its strategy in India, which is one of its primary focus markets and its second-largest market after China, Rajeev Gopi, a senior market analyst for mobile devices at IDC India said in an interview.
Mr. Gopi said Nokia's Indian operations might actually benefit as production in India may have to increase to make up for plant shutdowns elsewhere.
In India, the overall market share for Nokia in shipment terms was around 28% in 2011, according to research firm IDC. However, its market share for smartphones has been fast eroding with South Korea's Samsung Electronics making inroads over the last six months of 2011, Mr. Gopi said.
Nokia has a production facility in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, from where it exports handsets to over 80 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Its mobile phone factory in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, is its largest, employing over 8,000 workers. The factory has produced 600 million phone units since its inception less than six years ago.
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Let's start this off with the admission that Toronto FC fans -- who have a well-earned reputation across Major League Soccer as the most passionate, most colourful and loudest supporters -- are no candidates for sainthood.
As Sun Media writer Brett Clarkson pointed out so well in the Sunday Sun, however, there are some of the more than 20,000 who have made seats at BMO Field the hottest ticket in town, who have taken their enthusiasm to an ugly new level.
At the Sept. 13 game against the Columbus Crew, for example, full cups of beer were thrown at opposition players from the rumbustious south end stands and after the game Crew fans alleged that they were assaulted by drunken, foul-mouthed Reds supporters in the parking lot.
The beer-throwing has been documented and yesterday TFC's parent -- Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. -- let it be known that it has identified some of the participants as season-ticket holders who now are in danger of losing their seats.
The post-game battle in the parking lot, though, appears to be a lot less black and white.
Columbus fans described to the Sunday Sun in detail how they were shouted at, spit at and punched by TFC fans -- one of whom they claimed started the whole thing by stealing a Crew team scarf from one of their supporters.
Yesterday the TFC fan in question -- on the condition that he remain anonymous for fear that he, too, would lose his BMO seat -- contacted me with a somewhat different account of what happened.
Here is his story:
"I was sitting near where the Crew fans were in the northeast section," he said. "At halftime one of the Columbus fans struck up a conversation with me about how much fun it was coming to Toronto.
"As the game ended the same fan came over to chat. He asked me if I wanted to trade scarfs with him the way rival players sometimes do after big international matches.
"I said sure, and he gave me his yellow and black Crew scarf and I gave him my red and white TFC scarf.
"I was walking toward the parking lot when a man and a woman started shouting at me: 'You don't deserve to wear that scarf.'
"The next thing I know the guy grabbed the scarf and tried to pull it off me. Then all hell broke loose and the woman then started to scream that I had stolen her husband's scarf, which was strange because if the police looked they could see he clearly still had his on."
That -- and some swearing -- was pretty much the extent of the damage.
It must also be pointed out that nothing that took place was deemed serious enough to warrant any arrests by the Toronto Police Services.
Now, more than a week later, Columbus fans have begun a campaign at the league level to make an example of TFC fans by placing some sort of sanction against them or the team.
Bob Hunter, executive vice-president of venues and entertainment at MLSEL, said that TFC management has from the start of the two-year-old franchise sought to enforce rules of behaviour at BMO.
"Safety for the players and fans at BMO are paramount," Hunter said. "We have a security detail and police presence in every section of the stadium to make sure there is a proper decorum during games."
He said MLSEL will pull season-ticket privileges and even press criminal charges if fans get out of hand. But in the same breath, Hunter pointed out that in nearly two full MLS seasons, the post-game fracas Sept. 13 was the lone blight on BMO's security file.
"We have sold out every game for almost two seasons," he said. "That is 20,000 fans a game and we have only one incident."
There are some who suspect, even some in the front office of MLSEL, that the Crew fans have just decided to start an anti-TFC campaign because they feel MLS gives too much credit to the franchise for soccer's new popularity in North America.
A quick read of some comments being made in the blogosphere seem to bear this out.
One Crew fan wrote on the Big Soccer site:
"Toronto is the younger brother that mom (MLS) made us take to the football field with our friends and now we have to play one hand touch instead of tackle because mom "doesn't want Toronto to get hurt."


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A few years ago I was offered the position of being the reading teacher for students with special needs especailly, difficulties in the areas of reading and comprehension. I struggled like any other new teacher. I tried to do books way beyond their reading levels or comprehension and I worked too hard with very little results. I had heard about the Neuhaus training but wondered about how to get involved. At about this time I was given an opportunity by my principal to get trained at Neuhaus. That summer before I went back to teaching reading with no concept I got trained at Neuhaus. I was equipped with information that I needed to get them started, but my thirst for knowledge kept me going back for more. Today I am considerd a reading specialist at my school, and I am the dyslexia contact person. I am enrolled to complete my dyslexia practioner's course and I am scheduled to complete it this year. My students have made tremendous progress due to my training. I can finally teach students how to read, write and spell using multi sensory techniques.
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