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What's the worth of a life with no fun, joy or sense of fulfilment? Sometimes the daily routine can start to drag, leading to feelings of boredom and unhappiness. When we get lost in work, money, family and relationship issues, we can very easily forget about the other things in life that make us happy.
A 'hobby' is any activity a person chooses to do for fun in their spare time, away from their usual commitments. Unlike pastimes like watching TV or browsing the Internet, a hobby usually involves learning new skills and working towards a goal.
Hobbies can add excitement, diversity and enjoyment to daily life. Through hobbies, people often meet friends and partners, discover things about themselves, develop new skills and find themselves in new situations. Without hobbies, it can become very easy to slip into a routine with no room for fun, adventure, or personal development.
While some people manage to balance their hobbies with their daily routines, some struggle to find the time or energy to have a hobby, and others simply lack the confidence or motivation to start something new.
If you're getting a little bored of life, or you're looking to build new skills, meet new people or simply change the way things are going for you, then getting in touch with a life coach could be the first step on the road to improvement. Whether you need help finding your feet, making time to get out and do things, or building the confidence to fight any anxieties you have about starting a new hobby, life coaching could provide the support and guidance needed to get you there.
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Do I need a hobby?
The phrase 'I need a hobby' is searched over 8,000 times on Google every month. While some people are lucky enough to already have a natural interest, most of us continue to search for that ideal hobby well into adulthood.
Some of the most common reasons people feel they need a hobby include:
- Boredom - The everyday routine can get monotonous if you fail to make time for fun and diversity. Often, people decide they need a hobby because they're simply bored of life and want something new to open doors and spice things up.
- Inadequacy - It's not unusual to feel inadequate when you see other people fill their lives with extra-curricular activities.
- Personal development - It's good to feel like you're progressing towards something in life. Many people take up hobbies to learn new skills and build on their strengths.
- Meet new people - Moving to a new place, experiencing a massive break-up/loss, or simply wanting to make new friends are all reasons people feel they should start a hobby.
Benefits of having a hobby
Hobbies are limitless in their ability to enrich lives and create opportunities. Anyone can start a hobby. Even if you've never considered yourself to be particularly talented, how will you ever know the true extent of your ability unless you try things? For all you know, you could be a whizz at surfing, or a professional flamenco dancer in the making!
The more you try things the better you'll get to know yourself, and the closer you'll get to finding fulfilment.
If you're in two minds about starting a hobby, then it might be worth considering some of the potential benefits...
Life skills
Every kind of hobby requires a certain amount of skill. From footwork in tango dancing to muscle strength in weight lifting, from concentration in woodwork and creativity in writing - it takes practice to hone a craft. However, the sense of achievement you gain from progressing week by week is unrivalled.
As well as learning skills specific to the hobby you choose, you will also learn other, more general life skills. These include:
- Communication skills - If there is a social element to your hobby, then you will no doubt have to interact with other people from a range of different backgrounds, ages and personalities. It's not often that we have the opportunity to get to know people outside of our families, social groups and work-lives.
- Persistence - Doing something you really enjoy makes it easier to keep going when things get tough. Having this experience will help you realise that achieving goals takes patience and persistence - qualities you can take with you into other areas of your life.
- Self-discipline - Sometimes it's difficult to get up and do things. The temptation to procrastinate can mean many of us let our creative energies sap away in front of the TV or Internet. You can't get good at something if you keep missing sessions, or taking short cuts. Having a hobby is a commitment and it takes a high level of self-discipline to keep it up.
Employers look to the 'hobby' section of potential candidates' CVs to get a better idea of who they are and where their interests and skills lie. It's true - our hobbies do say a lot about us. For example, you might expect someone who puts 'reading and writing' to be more introspective and quiet than someone who puts an active, group activity like 'synchronised swimming', or 'volunteer work'. If you're trying to increase your employability then starting a new hobby is a great place to start. Even choosing something free and simple like running can demonstrate you have will-power and self-discipline.
Mental wellbeing
According to mental health charity Mind, "Good mental health isn't something you have, but something you do." Reserving time for yourself to do the things you enjoy doing is an important part of mental wellbeing. Work and relationships are equally important parts of life, but they should not dominate it. Having personal interests, goals and pastimes are also very important. Hobbies will keep your mind occupied, build your self-confidence and give you a sense of purpose and achievement necessary for mental well-being.
Physical health
Of course, not all hobbies are good for your physical health. Hotdog eating contests, for example, are not very healthy. It goes without saying that active hobbies like rock climbing, sports, athletics and weight lifting are all fantastic for boosting physical health - but even non-active hobbies can be good for your physical health. For instance, even standing in a studio for band practice, or sitting in a classroom learning French, uses up energy and stimulates your body more than going home and doing nothing.
Self-esteem and confidence
Low self-esteem is the feeling of not being good enough. If you ever start to doubt your abilities, or lose sight of your own worth, then starting a new activity could help you build the confidence to enjoy being you.
Often, people with low self-esteem are just as capable of doing things as people with high self-esteem; however, in believing they can't do something, people with low self-esteem massively limit themselves.
Part of personal development in life coaching is about realising your virtues. If you never take the time to explore your abilities, then how are you ever going to reach your full potential?
Starting a hobby in something you find interesting could help you identify your strengths and finally break out of destructive thought patterns.
Meet new people
One of the greatest things about starting a hobby is that you get to open up your social life and meet new people. Even if your hobby is something solo like knitting, or reading - simply having the hobby connects you in some way to all the other people out there who also like knitting and reading. You can join Internet forums, book groups, wool conventions - the possibilities are endless.
Many life-long friendships start with a mutual hobby or interest, and joining a group is a great way to meet potential love interests.
Change your life
Although the main purpose of having a hobby is pleasure and recreation, having one often leads to more significant things. For example - many technological developments are made not by professionals, but by individuals playing around with equipment at home. Take the modern phenomenon of Facebook - what started out as a hobby in a student's dorm soon became a multi-billion pound website with the power to change the way humans communicate forever.
Who knows, your quiet interest might just be the beginning of something much bigger. If you don't explore that hobby and hone your talent - how will you ever know?
Downsides of having a hobby
There are some people in life who seem so multi-talented and busy that it's exhausting just being around them. These people seem able to juggle parenting duties with global travel, high-powered careers with exercise, charity work with socialising and so on. But just how do they do it?
Not all of us possess the energy, motivation or inclination to try our hand at every single hobby going, while others don't feel happy until they're immersed in something that challenges them.
While it's beneficial to have hobbies, getting stressed and feeling inadequate for not having one is not good. If you feel happy with the way your life is then don't feel pressured to spend money and time doing things just because you think you should. Hobbies are fantastic for people who have a particular interest they'd like to pursue, or for those who feel like their lives aren't quite satisfying them - but for people who are perfectly content spending time with friends, relaxing and enjoying their current routine, there may be no reward in starting a new hobby.
The downsides of having a hobby include...
- Time commitments - Most hobbies require you to set aside time every week to do them. Once the novelty of starting something new wears off, your hobby might feel more like a chore - especially if it takes a great deal of training and commitment.
- Money - Some hobbies are free, while some - usually ones that require specialist equipment, like scuba diving and rock climbing, cost a significant amount of money. It's worth considering whether you can afford to continue your hobby once you start.
- Energy - Again, the amount of energy you need for your hobby will depend on what kind of hobby it is. If you have an active job, you might feel too tired at the end of the day to do your active hobby. Likewise - if you spend your whole day sitting down at work, you might not feel like sitting down to paint, write, or sew when you get home.
- Frustration - Starting hobbies only to realise they're not as enjoyable or fulfilling as you hoped can become quite frustrating. Even if you do enjoy your hobby, there often comes a plateau-point. This is the point at which you stop progressing and often have to put even more time, energy and effort into edging forwards. Failure can be frustrating and it is important to think about what impact this might have on other areas of your life.
How could life coaching help me?
Starting a new hobby takes confidence, there's no doubt about it. People can be put off by thoughts such as:
- What if I fail?
- What if no-one likes me?
- What if I make a fool of myself?
In some cases, you might even be afraid of coming to harm. Extreme sports are addictive and fun, but they are also dangerous.
Whatever you anxieties are, a life coach will be able to help you sort them into a rational order so one by one, you can look at what they mean and learn to overcome them.
During your session, you might be asked the following questions:
- Why do you want a hobby?
- Where do you think your strengths lie?
- What skills do you hope to build on by starting a hobby?
- Do you have any concerns about starting a new hobby?
By considering your motives for wanting to start a hobby, and looking at the obstacles standing in your way, you could put yourself in a better position to make a decision.
A life coach will help you:
- build the confidence to try something new
- understand your need for a hobby
- make time in a busy schedule
- believe you can succeed
- decide which hobby is best for you.
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Farmington's industrial park is poised for expansion, but only time will tell when that will happen and what types of businesses will come.
Consultants for the city of Farmington are in negotiations with four landowners who own a combined 300 acres of land north of County Road 50 and west of Pilot Knob Road. The negotiations are going well, said community development administrative assistant Lisa Dargis, but it is very early in the process.
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Developing a love of reading starts early in life, and some of those readers turn into writers: whether you're a reader or a writer there is something for you at the 2nd Annual Augusta Literary Festival. Founder, Corey Johnson, and East Central Georgia Regional Librarian, Sherryl James, explain why both feel so strongly about bringing the festival to Augusta. The weekend is also a chance for local authors to be recognized when the first ever Yerby Award, named for Augusta author Frank Yerby.
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Six days after concluding its finest season in history, the University of Hawaii's football program was thrown into chaos with the departure of Coach June Jones and the expected resignation of Athletic Director Herman Frazier.
The result could be felt as far away as San Jose State, where Spartans Coach Dick Tomey is expected to receive consideration for one or both of the positions.
Jones, who guided Hawaii to a 12-1 record and the Sugar Bowl this season, agreed Monday to a five-year deal worth about $2 million per year to coach at Southern Methodist. Everyone from UH football fans to the governor greeted the news with shock, sadness and frustration. Many blamed the coach's departure on Frazier, who waited until the final days to get into serious contract negotiations with Jones.
Frazier's resignation was expected to be announced at a news conference today.
Tomey could be the salve for Warriors fans, boosters and administrators.
He still is revered in the Islands nearly three decades after he put the Hawaii football program on the map. He was Hawaii's winningest coach until Jones surpassed him this season.
Tomey and his wife, Nanci, have a home near Honolulu and he often has said he considers Oahu "home."
"Dick is an example of somebody who wasn't born in Hawaii but really understands what 'Aloha' means," Artie Wilson, a former Hawaii basketball player and current television analyst, told the Mercury News in 2006. "It's a lifestyle, it's a way you treat people, it's a feeling. It's all of the things that Dick has in him."
Tomey did not return telephone messages left by the Mercury News on Monday.
In three seasons at SJSU, Tomey has a 17-19 record. After last year, he signed an extension through the 2010 season. The deal includes a contract buyout worth nearly $1 million, but it is unknown if the provision includes administrative positions.
SJSU officials said that as of Monday night there had been no requests from Hawaii officials to speak with Tomey.
Jones, 54, had a record of 75-41 with Hawaii, including 4-2 in bowl games.
"Hawaii will always be my home," he said. "I just really believe this is the time for me to move on."
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) affects an estimated 12 to 15 per 100,000 people a year and causes considerable risk of mortality because of the potential risk of rupture. First introduced in 1991, endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) using a stent graft now provides a less invasive alternative to open repair. The procedure has excellent results in appropriately selected patients with good anatomy.
Because aneurysms are often asymptomatic, they are frequently discovered via examination of the abdomen or through an X-ray examination, CT scan or ultrasound study of the abdomen performed for another purpose. If the aneurysm is less than 5 cm in diameter and there are no symptoms, monitoring annually with Doppler ultrasound is recommended. Optimal medical management should include blood pressure control and smoking cessation.
Repair is usually recommended for aneurysms with a diameter of 5 cm or more in women and 5.5 cm or more in men or if there has been growth of more than 0.5 cm in a year. During EVAR, the femoral arteries can be exposed using small incisions, or the procedure may be performed totally percutaneously. Following puncture of the femoral artery, a guide wire is passed across the dilated portion of the aorta, and the stent graft is advanced over the wire. Once the stent graft is correctly positioned, the device is released and the graft expands to exclude the aneurysm just below the renal arteries.
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I read Susan Sontag's In Plato's Cave again with the latest vision for my project in mind, and found the essay more relevant than I did before. In particular the frequent references to the ubiquity of images and to the fact that photographs strongly contribute to our perception of the world. See some excerpts below:
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Google to Launch Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Competitor at Event Next Week -Gigaom
Gigaom reports that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may launch its own cloud service platform, according to sources, at the Google I/O developer conference, which runs from June 27 to June 29 in San Francisco.
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Grand Rapids Community Foundation is pleased to partner with WZZM 13, the Downtown Market and area farmers and home gardeners to provide fresh food for families in our area. If your garden is providing more produce than you can use, we urge you to consider donating the surplus food to hungry families in our community. Many West Michigan food pantries welcome fresh produce grown in home gardens.
Things to keep in mind:
- Don't overload the pantry you bring produce to—some have limited cool/cold storage and you don't want your food to go to waste.
- Bring your produce in the morning, so people who are looking for food throughout the day will be able to choose it.
- Bring your produce, separated and in bags if you are able. Choose produce that isn't starting to spoil or is overripe, just in case the vegetables don't get picked up the same day you deliver them.
All Access Network food pantries accept fresh produce donations. For more information:
There is also a network of three Senior Food Pantries and ONLY the Fuller Ave. location accepts produce donations. This location distributes produce to the two other locations. Their website is: http://www.seniormealsonwheels.org/senior-pantry
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During the years of her popularity it never occured to me that Twiggy might be sexually attractive.
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Were she a boy I'd find her meltingly irresistible. Not that I don't enjoy androgynous girls. They are beautifully androgynous.
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Apple Thunderbolt Display Review
With the increase in travel as of late I am finding myself tied more and more to the laptop. Despite an extensive home lab with KVM switches and dual monitors, there I would sit with my 11″ MacBook Air. Simplicity was the main reason I found. Transfer files, syncing something to a new machine, etc. just was much more hassle than I needed. I had what I will call the semi-dock with my Air in which I'd sit it on a stand and then run the myriad of wires to tie it into the home desk system. GONE!
I am going to focus on the docking capabilities and desk integration more than the monitor itself. It is an LG Display that is beautiful. There is nothing I can say that other reviews have not already. Its beautiful and soaks up the entire desk with its size. In standard Apple fashion it is beautifully engineered and designed. Matches the sexy look of the MacBook Air for sure.
The monitor has a single cable attached permanently to the back with the power cable being removable. Soon as I lifted it from the box I knew this would be a long-term issue as it caught to my belt loops. The cable attached is the MagSafe connector and Thunderbolt link for the laptop. My concern stems from this being the single cable with the most movement and use as the laptop is attached and removed. How many times have you found an old CRT with the VGA cable frayed and attached to the monitor? Other than this small concern the cables are sufficiently long to put your laptop around a desk in multiple places without too much taunt. I wish the thunderbolt/magsafe was a little more loose, but I can deal with it for now with some cable management. Just be aware that it isn't as straight and laying flat as Apple's pics would have you believe out of the box.
FINALLY! I get home from work/travel, take the laptop out, plug in to easily accessible cables and get to work. Before the purchase I would hunt down the cables that fell below the desk and pull out multiple USB hubs to connect everything. The most transfer speeds I could get via my USB ethernet adapter were not enough to justify the cable many times. Now though, Jumbo Frames on Gigabit Ethernet! Firewire 800! Das Keyboard! I finally feel like the Air is my primary machine and it doesn't require me to strew cables across everything.
They suck. Good enough, but don't expect to rock out to them. Passable for VOIP conference calls.
iSight HD
The camera on the MacBook Air is the lower resolution camera vs. the HD version found on the rest of the lineup. The camera is MUCH MUCH better. Also having the camera on your primary monitor does away with the side-of-face view many of my business associates experienced. The microphone also seems much more capable of picking up my voice for calls which is nice for someone who spends a lot of time on VOIP calls.
The laptop is incapable of driving both its internal monitor and external display at native resolution. When gaming with Civ IV or DoD:Source I have to step the resolution down to 1366×768 (native of the Air) to get any decent performance. I don't do a lot of gaming, but it is nice to get online and frag my little brother from time to time. I am sure the display would be fine with an upgraded GPU.
Going Green
Before this purchase I literally had 4 computers and 3 monitors on standby at anytime. Now the power is just my monitor and laptop. Also the monitor is more integrated into the ecosystem of Apple so when I put things to sleep they all go to sleep rather than bits and pieces. I don't measure the power per device (out of fear more than anything) but I can wager that I am saving some money on my power bill for sure.


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Sweden's main news outlets were dominated by coverage of the US elections on Monday, just a day ahead of the opening of voting for the 2012 elections in the US.
In addition to front-page banner headlines, Swedish papers have also taken full advantage of online tools to beef up their US election coverage, with Dagens Nyheter (DN) going as far as arranging online chats for their readers with a Democratic and Republican family in the United States.
Indeed, the US election has been making headlines in Sweden for months, and while it's no surprise that Swedish media outlets have kept up with the race between Obama and Romney, the amount of coverage in Sweden appears to have reached new levels.
"The coverage really is massive and comprehensive. It's really quite astonishing," Ann Towns, a Swedish-born, US-trained political scientist currently teaching at University West in Trollhättan, told The Local.
"They seem to have a story on every possible angle. It's like an introductory course in US political science. Overall I think they have done a pretty good job."
Brian O'Connor, an American living in Karlstad in central Sweden, agreed.
"I've been somewhat surprised by the level of coverage this time around," he told The Local.
O'Connor, who has lived in Sweden for more than a decade, said he finds Swedish media coverage of the US election campaigns "refreshing".
"There is less propaganda on the airwaves here in Sweden. The Swedish media also covers things in a more explanatory way, which I enjoy. It's allowed me to brush up on things about the US electoral system that I would have likely overlooked or forgotten about if I were in the US because of all the vitriol," he said.
While O'Connor also keeps up with election coverage in the US media, he finds that reading and reflecting on the way the US presidential race is covered in Sweden has provided a different level of understanding how the US is perceived abroad.
"I certainly think more about how US policy decisions can have an effect on the rest of the world in a way that I might not fully appreciate if I were living in the US," he said.
"I also feel that the coverage in Sweden allows me to focus more on what the candidates are actually saying rather than getting caught up in how they are saying it."
But far from all US expats find Swedish coverage of the US elections useful.
"I don't pay a lot of attention to it," Peter Dahlen, an American who has been living in Sweden for more than a decade, told The Local.
Dahlen, who lives in Stockholm and previously chaired the Swedish chapter of Democrats Abroad, is more engaged in US politics than the average US expat and finds that it's easiest to get news about the presidential race straight from US news sources.
Nevertheless, he said there are some advantages to being able to follow the US elections from Sweden.
"You don't have to watch all the political advertisements," said Dahlen.
"And the 24/7 news cycle isn't as relentless here. You get some relief from the breathless coverage of the issue of the day."
Political scientist Towns said that the US elections are likely more of a fascination for the Swedish media, rather than the Swedish public in general.
However, she said there are a couple of factors that likely account for Swedes' continued and growing interest in US presidential politics.
"On the one hand, the US is a major power and what the US does affects Swedes, so they are interested in who wins the presidency," she said.
"But I think a major reason for the enthusiasm is that these days there seem to be more Swedes who have a personal connection to the United States compared to 1970s or 1980s."
She cited the relatively muted coverage in Sweden of the change in leadership in China, which she called a "growing world power".
"Swedes just aren't as connected to China as they are to the US. There are lots of people who travel or work in the US or have friends or relatives that do, which has helped them develop a more nuanced view of the complexities of US society and the election system," she said.
But O'Connor cited a somewhat less high-brow explanation for why Swedes can't seem to get enough of US politics.
"It's entertaining and unlike any spectacle that you can get in Sweden," he said.
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I'm trying to put together a series of clips with background music etc and put it back on the camera. That way i can plug to the vcr and make copies for people.

Camera used = Canon PowerShot A70 (still pretending to be a vid cam)

I have a card reader writer, and can easily put unedited movies taken from the camera and put them back on. However, i am having trouble with putting edited movies back on the camera (CF wither writer) that i have edited.

I am using Adobe Premiere 6.5. I kept getting curropted data and invalid format. Is there a certain codec/compression or anything that i have to use to make it compatable? (hopefully with Adobe Premiere to save double exporting of the video)

Has anyone put any edited video's back on there camera, if so what software and how did you do it?
I've done it. I used Microsoft Movie Maker (it comes standard with Windows XP) and a digital video camera. Worked just fine for me. I recommend upgrading to moviemaker 2 (free on the MS website) and lots of memory in the computer if you want to keep the quality up.
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Selena Gomez Gets Asked to Army Ball [Video]
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Justin Bieber, look out. An army man is encroaching on your territory. Colin Gray, a 20-year-old East Texan enlisted in the Army and serving in Afghanistan, has asked Selena Gomez to accompany him as his date to the Army Ball.
In the video, Gray is working out, doing chin ups, showing off his enviable physique in perhaps a calculated, survival-of-the-fittest-moved to show Selena how in shape he is!
When asked about his Army Ball plans, he said, "I would love to take Selena Gomez. She's from Texas." Well, that's a start. They have something major in common.
The handsome and stacked Gray removed his shades like a gent, introduced himself and politely asked her out.
The ball is in her court, even though she seems reunited with The Biebs, who has nice abs, but he is not built like Gray!
Perhaps Biebs, who is Canadian, can do his part for America and let Sel accept this date?


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CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan said 120 minutes, or even 90, was too much to ask of him in the LA Galaxy's recent US Open Cup loss, but he expects he can go all out when they return to MLS action with Saturday night's California Clasico against the San Jose Earthquakes (10:30 pm ET, NBCSN, Free stream at NBCSports.com).
Donovan, who came off the bench in the second half of Tuesday's 1-0 extra-time loss in North Carolina to the NASL's Carolina RailHawks, acknowledged he has been dealing with a couple of minor injuries and the resulting fitness concerns.
"I'm not fit; I haven't played for a few weeks," Donovan said after LA's training session Thursday at StubHub Center. "It was important for me to get minutes [against the RailHawks]. I think the goal was, hopefully, 30, but as the game went, we needed 60 out of me, and I feel a lot better now. It's good to get a rhythm."
Robbie Keane looked rusty in the Open Cup match, and associate head coach Dave Sarachan said afterward he wasn't "fit enough." Head coach Bruce Arena said Keane and Donovan needed to improve on their fitness.
"They've been behind our group for a long time, in terms of that," Arena said. "They've got a little catching up to do."
Keane did not train Thursday and was not available to speak to the media. Donovan said he sprained an ankle in the June 1 draw at Chicago and has dealt with tendinitis in his knee.
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"We just needed some days to back off," he said. "I didn't train as much over the last few weeks, so I wasn't ready for that yet. ... [Now] I feel good, and I'll be ready for San Jose. As always, it's Bruce's decision what he wants to do, but I feel good."
Arena did not say how he planned to use Donovan, nor how many minutes he thought he could get from him.
"Whatever I think, you think that's something I would make public? No," Arena said. "Don't worry about it. It's not a question I'm going to answer."


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In an article in PLoS Medicine, Gert Meijer (University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands) and colleagues discuss what kind of progress there has been in restoring the function of diseased or damaged bone by bone tissue regeneration.
Until recently, say the authors, the use of bone grafts from a different part of the patient's own body has been the number one choice for attempting to restore function. But there are major problems with such grafts--for example, removing bone from a different part of the body can lead to post-operative pain, infection, and abnormal sensations at the removal site. An alternative is to use bone given by a donor--but such bone grafts from donors are less successful and there is a risk of transmitting viruses from the donor to the recipient.
Given all these problems with bone grafts, scientists have attempted to engineer bone tissue. "Bone tissue engineering using bone marrow stem cells has been suggested as a promising technique for reconstructing bone defects," say Meijer and colleagues. Bone tissue engineering has shown success in animal studies.
In their article the authors review the available data on bone tissue engineering in human studies, including clinical research they themselves have conducted. They also discuss possible new directions that need to be exploited to make bone tissue engineering a clinical success.
Citation: Meijer GJ, de Bruijn JD, Koole R, van Blitterswijk CA (2007) Cell-based bone tissue engineering. PLoS Med 4(2): e9.
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Reporting methods of blinding in randomized trials assessing nonpharmacological treatments
An assessment of blinding methods used in nonpharmacological trials published in one year in high-impact factor journals classifies methods used and describes methods that could overcome some barriers of blinding.
Citation: Boutron I, Guittet L, Estellat C, Moher D, Hrobjartsson A, et al.(2007) Reporting methods of blinding in randomized trials assessing nonpharmacological treatments. PLoS Med 4(2): e61.
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Surfing on the net, I found the beautiful web site of flamenco dress maker, Adela Olmos who lives in Jerez de la Frontera. Adela designs dresses especially to dance. I fell in love with the dress below. Can you imagine a glorious bride dancing away at her wedding just like this ?
Mmm...we'll see if I ever become a flamenco fashionista !
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Talking about effective altruism is a constraint, as is talking about mathematics. Being a subject society makes it easier to get people from that subject to attend; it also makes it harder to convince people from outside that subject to even consider coming.
TMS pulls 80+ people to most of its talks, which are not generally from especially famous mathematicians. TCSS got 600 people for a Pensrose-Rees event. Both TCSS and TMS have grown rapidly in 18-24 months, having existed for far longer. This seems to indicate that randomly selected student societies have low hanging fruit. It doesn't seem incongruous to suggest that OUIS, OUSS and GWWC have the capacity to at least double their attendances -- the TMS did in one term, and doubled the number of events (so a x4 in person-talks).
Whose status ordering are you using? Getting someone who is not a mathematician to TMS is harder; within the Natural Sciences it is possible, and there are O(1) Computer Scientists, philosophers or others. For the historians, classicists or other subjects, mathmos are not high status. In terms of EtG, these groups are valuable - most traders are not quants.
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NATCHEZ — United Mississippi Bank officials say a merger will expand the Natchez-based bank into Franklin and Amite counties.
UMB President Sammy Porter tells The Natchez Democrat the merger, which is being completed through a stock purchase agreement with People's Bank of the South and PBFC Holding Company, is a "great thing" for both banks.
Peoples Bank has branches in Bude, Meadville and Gloster and has a loan origination office in Liberty. UMB CFO Adrian Sandel said once the merger is complete, the Peoples Bank locations will be rebranded as UMB.
Sandel says Peoples Bank's assets as of December 2012 totaled $79 million.


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Israeli Justice Minister: Assimilation of Diaspora Jews Fulfills Hitler's Vision
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman compares 'horrific' overseas assimilation to Hitler's plans in panel on conversion policy at President's Conference in Jerusalem.
Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman said on Thursday that assimilation into non-Jewish society overseas is threatening to do for Judaism what Adolf Hitler tried and failed to do in World War II.
Speaking at a panel on conversion at the President's Conference in Jerusalem, the justice minister rejected recent criticism from American rabbis over Israel's conversion policy. "The problem in exile isn't conversion, it's assimilation," Neeman said. "How many [new] Jews join the Diaspora Jewry by converting, and how many [Jews] assimilate? Let's face the truth. What Hitler - may his name and memory be forgotten - didn't manage to do is happening in the Diaspora with its horrific assimilation."
The panel was titled "Conversion: Who Keeps the Gate for the Jewish Nation?" and was chaired by journalist Shmuel Rosner. Neeman also slammed the panel as an example of sinat chinam (baseless hatred ): "We can sit and solve our problems," he said. "No one should interfere with how the other is praying, which commandments he carries out and which not. But one thing is clear - what kept the people of Israel together long enough to go back to our homeland after 2,000 years in exile is the Jewish religion, and the Jewish religion is very diverse."
Neeman was speaking after another minister, Interior Minister Eli Yishai, had delivered a short speech and then left the stage, prompting speculation about whether he was uncomfortable sharing a stage with both a conservative and reform rabbi.
The panel was titled "Conversion: Who Keeps the Gate for the Jewish Nation?" and was chaired by journalist Shmuel Rosner. Participants included conservative Rabbi Gilah Dror; Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky; reform Rabbi Peter Knobel; and Dr. Dov Maimon of the Jewish People Policy Institute. The only ultra-Orthodox participant, Rabbi Yecheskel Weinfeld, of the Center for Advanced Talmudic Studies, canceled at the last moment, prompting Rosner to allegedly spontaneously invite Yishai to the stage. Yishai agreed, apparently setting a precedent by appearing on the same stage as conservative and reform rabbis.
In his brief remarks, Yishai said that, according to the view of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, conversion should be "as lenient as possible." Yishai attacked "political organizations," hinting perhaps at the reform and conservative movements, for opposing the Orthodox monopoly on conversion. He said that adhering to the rules of halakha in the conversion process was essential, because "if we actually change the rules and act outside the value-based Jewish rules, we lose our values and our identity. What keeps the Jewish people is its unity. It's important we are united."
Yishai also said that ten years ago, a study was published in the United States showing "the Jewish gene" was passed along the maternal line, affirming the ancient halakhic line of Jewishness passing along the maternal line. This remark was met with sneers from the audience.
After emphasizing once more the need for unity within the halakha, Yishai left the hall abruptly, prompting Rabbi Dror to comment: "It's all right if he didn't want to shake hands with us, but at least he could stay and talk with us."
Yishai's spokesman, Roi Lahmanovitz, said the minister usually leaves immediately after speaking, and his departure had nothing to do with the presence of reform and conservative rabbis on the stage.
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Picacho Self Storage in Las Cruces, N.M. Adds U-Haul Rentals
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Nov. 1, 2013) — U-Haul rental equipment and moving supplies are now available at Picacho Self Storage, located at 1760 W. Picacho Ave. Owner Jonathan Boldt has been operating his 220-room storage business since 2008.
"Self storage and U-Haul are a natural fit," said Boldt. "By offering truck and trailer rentals along with an array of moving supplies, we are a one-stop moving center for customers"
Picacho Self Storage has storage units available for rent and is a U-Haul Self-Storage Affiliate utilizing WebSelfStorage Business Platform. This provides their business with access to confirmed reservations from the world's largest moving and storage reservation system including emove.com, uhaul.com, and 1-800-GO-UHAUL, along with being able to display their storage facility features and photographs online.
Families needing the finest in moving services will now have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving, which not only makes their move easier but also has the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. U-Haul partnering with business owners across North America to increase convenience for customers while helping our environment is just one of the programs that support U-Haul Company's Corporate Sustainability initiatives.
"Allowing small business owners to add U-Haul truck and trailer rentals to their existing product, an offering that comes with no start-up costs, helps provide these businesses with instant profits," exclaimed Tom Neill, president, U-Haul Company of New Mexico. "We are more than happy to have given Jonathan the opportunity to build his primary business with the U-Haul name brand."
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A little over a year ago, I shared my experience recharging alkaline batteries. What a game changer that became!
In the ensuing year I have learned a lot about the practical side of recharging alkalines; mostly that after a few recharge cycles, they tend to leak. This is especially true of those cheap Kirkland brand batteries from Costco. Actually, lately those Costco batteries tend to leak even when they are brand new so I avoid purchasing them entirely.
I have also learned that when the battery recharger says BAD, the battery really is bad. Being stubborn, I will often set the bad battery aside and try it again later. Sometimes it will charge up but for the most part, I send them off to the recycle box.
Something we tend to overlook is that when a flashlight or gizmo is dead – meaning, of course, the batteries are dead – there is often only one dead battery and the others in the device are okay. So how do you tell? I use this inexpensive battery tester gizmo I purchased for testing batteries. It is nothing fancy but for less than $4, what would you expect? Anyway, it just works.
When I find an assortment of partially used batteries, I top off the okay batteries in my recharger and they are good to go for another round. And the dead batteries? I try to re-charge those as well and in the past year, have experienced about a 70% success rate.
Note: Recharging dead alkaline batteries is different from recharging "bad" batteries.
I have been thrilled with both the alkaline battery recharger and my cheapie testing device. To learn more, here is the original article for your education and enjoyment.
How to Recharge Alkaline Batteries
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On Tuesday, population expert Steve Mosher condemned recent statements made by Chinese government officials praising the country's one-child policy. Mosher, who helped voice alarm over the policy when it took effect 30 years ago, decried situation as an "unmitigated social disaster."
Commenting to China Daily on Sept. 27, National Population and Family Planning Commission leader Li Bin lauded the one-child policy, saying the country would continue to uphold it. Over the past 30 years in China, 400 million births have been prevented.
"Historical change doesn't come easily, and I, on behalf of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, extend profound gratitude to all, the people in particular, for their support of the national course," Li Bin said.
"So we will stick to the family-planning policy in the coming decades," she added.
In a statement on Oct. 5, however, Population Research Institute (PRI) president Steve Mosher called the country's one-child mandate an "unmitigated social disaster," making China the "ugly poster child of forced abortion and coerced sterilization."
Despite government officials' claims that the policy has helped China's economy and contributed to other social advances, Mosher argued that a primary goal of the mandate has been to "help maintain the muscular rigor of the one-party dictatorship that rules China."
"China is a police state, after all," Mosher continued, adding that "such a state, to remain strong, must have something to police. Economic controls have been loosened over the past 30 years, so control over other aspects of life must be tightened. The brutal one-child policy is one consequence of such a system's relentless drive for control over people's lives."
"The Chinese government," he noted, "supported by foreign population control zealots, believe that its program should be held up as a population control role model for the rest of the world."
"In reality, it should be roundly condemned for its widespread and systematic violations of human rights, especially the rights of women."
Mosher has been joined in his criticism of the one-child policy by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who recently appealed to President Obama to speak out in defense of the Chinese people "on this terrible anniversary," noting "what an encouragement that would be for hundreds of millions of Chinese hearts, to suddenly feel that the leader of the free world understands and empathizes with their plight."


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Blues remain confident in front of a daunting task
ST. LOUIS — In a quiet locker room, gruff answers were issued in clipped sentences.
"We lost an important hockey game," Jaden Schwartz said. "Frustration is definitely part of it. We live to fight another day."
"That's playoff hockey, Alex Pietrangelo added. "And we have to keep grinding."
"We had our chances, and we didn't bury them," Alexander Steen concluded. "We go back to LA."
So went the reaction of a St. Louis Blues team that failed to stop the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings from taking a 3-2 series lead in the Western Conference quarterfinals at the Scottrade Center on Wednesday evening.
It was Slava Voynov who spoiled what appeared to be destined for a Blues' comeback win. After St. Louis tied the game in the final minute of regulation, the LA defenseman scored on an odd-man rush just eight minutes into overtime, blasting the puck past Blues' goalie Brian Elliot to give his team a 3-2 win, its third straight in this series.
Shortly after, St. Louis addressed the loss, and one thing was clear. This team, which opened the series with back-to-back wins against the Kings, still feels it can pull this thing off. Even if few others do.
"It was our best effort, collectively," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "It was our best effort of the year. We played a hell of a hockey game. If we play like that again, I like our chances. All we gotta do is win a road game and get it back here again."
"This is not over," he added. "Somebody's got to win another hockey game. Like I said, if we can raise our spirits again and go at it again like we did, I like our chances."
The question is, will all this confidence make a difference?
These guys know what they're up against. In order to keep from adding another chapter in their team's novel of playoff disappointment, they have to beat the Kings on their home ice Friday.
That's easier said than done.
The Kings have won nine in a row at home. Seven consecutive times, they've beaten the Blues at the Staples Center. Seven consecutive times, the Blues have lost elimination games in the playoffs.
Those entrenched trends will have to be reversed Friday in order for the Blues to send the series back to St. Louis for a seventh and final game. It is the Blues' only hope of coming out on top of this back-and-forth battle with the Kings — a series that's been to two overtimes already and is yet to see a game decided by more than one goal.
Impossible, right? Maybe in the eyes of some. But not this team's.
"They don't give you any easy ice, so you have to go out and earn it," Hitchcock said of LA. "You have to fight for your space. If you're not willing to do it …. That's why they swept so many teams last year. Over the course of 60 minutes, they wear you down. They're willing to stay in that space and fight for it. If you're not, you get pushed out. What's impressed me is that we're going in there and fighting like crazy."
The Blues have fought, and that's admirable. Even at the brink of this series ending, they continue to say the right things. But in order for everyone else to buy in, they're going to have to beat some major odds in LA.
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Nun, also spelled Nu , oldest of the ancient Egyptian gods and father of Re, the sun god. Nun's name means "primeval waters," and he represented the waters of chaos out of which Re-Atum began creation. Nun's qualities were boundlessness, darkness, and the turbulence of stormy waters; these qualities were personified separately by pairs of deities. Nun, his female counterpart, Naunet, and three further pairs together formed the Ogdoad (group of eight gods) of Hermopolis. Various Egyptian creation myths retain the image of the emergence of a primeval hillock formed of mud churned from the chaotic waters of Nun. Since it was believed that the primeval ocean continued to surround the ordered cosmos, the creation myth was reenacted each day as the sun god rose from the waters of chaos. Nun was also thought to continue to exist as the source of the annual flooding of the Nile River.
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OSHA has levied more than $3 million in fines against BP North America and BP-Husky for violations at their plant in Oregon, Ohio. The fines result from a September 2009 inspection that revealed 42 willful violations of OSHA codes and 20 serious violations.
Following a 2006 inspection of the plant, BP-Husky entered into a settlement agreement to resolve issues found during the inspection. OSHA says BP-Husky met the terms of that agreement, but the violations revealed in the recent inspection are new ones.
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Right now, I have it like this: example.com/some-page
I am asking this since number of articles on my website is growing, and I can come up with 4 main categories (or topics) where I can put my articles.
My site is 2 months old, and doing pretty good with Google... Do you think I should change URLs to example.com/category-name/some-page? Will it hurt my SE rankings if I change my URL structure now?
Are there any downsides if I leave just the way it is (example.com/some-page)?
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Yes but being only 2 months old best do it now so it is organized as you want it to be for growth.
What you are seeing is a typical problem of a site doing better than expected and you run into navigation problems. It is far better now to fix this issue than wait till it becomes a monster and your site really suffers from this move.
301 the old url's to the new ones be sure this fix does the trick and you won't be doing it again
take some time to think of good directory names though - don't scrimp on them. use as many as you think you'll need in the future.
make them into keywords. it might not help your search engine ranking much (if at all), but it might help to target your ads better if you're using adsense, and it might help with things like internal search engines as well.
That's because I am using good CMS, and I can make categories and put articles inside those categories. What I'm saying is that I can make good usability on my site without changing my URLs.
Basically, I have main menu on the top:
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Then if you select Category1, it will take you to example.com/main-article-from-category1
and on the left side, there will appear block with links to articles that belong to Category1. So whichever category you choose, block on the left side will display links to all articles from that category.
So I think this will make good user experience. I might add breadcrumb trails into the mix.
What do you think? and should I really change URL structure? btw I am using mod_rewrite for URLs, there are no real physical directories.
If you feel the navigation is user friendy and you feel it won't be an issue for future growth leave it alone.
Best way to check this is get your mom or an inexerienced comuter user and tell them what they are there for "add an article, research something, etc." watch them see if they get lost see if you have to tell them something.
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Bold, bright, sweet, and somewhat buttery, this tea's boost of energy and its uncanny ability to be steeped through numerous infusions sets this Oolong apart. I usually steep the loose leaves in the cup I plan on drinking from, with 195 degree Fahrenheit water. I don't remove the tea leaves at any point, and instead wait about 3 – 4 minutes for the flavor to extract before consuming the tea through a straw or bombilla (if these options are available to me). I don't usually notice any bitter flavor until about 10 minutes or so in, and this is more noticeable with each infusion.
One of my favorite things about Oolongs is how they "unroll".
I use 1 tsp for every 8oz, and by the time I get to the 8th infusion, the cup is full to the rim with huge unrolled tea leaves.
One of my personal favorites, and highly recommended to any Oolong lover.
As an interesting side note, I've been told a story as to why this tea has been nicknamed "Monkey Picked Oolong". Apparently this variety of Oolong is grown by Monks in China. These Monks like to pick the youngest Oolong tea leaves from the top of giant tea trees. Since they can't reach these tea leaves, Monks will throw rocks at Monkeys that are sitting in the top of the tea trees, and the Monkeys retaliate by throwing the tea back down at the Monks. Thus you have Monkey Picked Oolong. It is also more commonly called Ti Kuan Yin, as Kuan Yin is a Buddhist Goddess.


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With a blood-alcohol level high enough to kill a grown man, Taylor came very close to death. She and her mom share their story.
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With the NCAA March Madness tournie and St. Patty's Day right around the corner -- take warning when heading out to your favorite watering hole. Starting March 13th through April 3rd, 160 police agencies throughout Michigan will be cracking down on drunk driving.
How drunk do you have to be not to notice your car is on fire, while you're actually in it? A guy in Grand Rapids was so drunk that he fell asleep in his car but didn't notice it was on fire. Cops pulled him out of the car and the guy still didn't realize what was going on, even as cops tried to tell him his car was on fire. Watch what happens after the jump.
Frightening new data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals that in 2009, more than 14,000 people visited hospital emergency room for intentional drug poisoning.
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GAA and IT Sligo team up to slow down emigration
THE GAA has teamed up with Sligo IT to try to stop young people emigrating.
The two bodies are linking up with a number of companies to help fast-track young players into careers in Ireland.
The college's Higher Diploma in Science in Computing is aimed at retraining graduates in a non-computer related discipline.
This will give them the skills they need to pursue a career in an IT-related field.
It's a free course for all successful applicants under the Government-funded Springboard initiative, and is open to any student who holds a primary degree.
IT Sligo sought to develop the partnership with the GAA community, in particular, as it has lost many of its younger players to emigration.
The initiative has the backing of seven GAA county boards in the region including Cavan, Donegal, Mayo, Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon and Sligo.
Programme coordinator Diane O'Brien said: "Between now and 2018, the projected shortfall of computer graduates in Ireland is 45,000. IT Sligo is providing this programme to offer young graduates a clear pathway towards a sustainable career."
The Higher Diploma in Science in Computing is a full-time course and the lectures are delivered online. A key component of the course will be a work placement with prominent regional businesses of three months' duration.
The closing date for applications is August 29th.
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text: I was traveling when the thread about scissors was posted. I have had cuticle scissors confiscated and they are no where near 4" long. What I have found to be successful is baby scissors or child scissors with short blades and blunt tips. Pull them out and put them in the bin so they can be inspected quickly. Nail clippers with a nail file attached will be either confiscated or the file broken off. If you have larger scissors in your checked luggage, it will probably be inspected. I have had more trouble outside the US than in...particularly returning to the States.


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Following BART's illegal shut down of cell phone service last week to interrupt a protest at San Francisco Civic Center Station, the hacktivist group Anonymous promised to launch a cyber attack against the rapid transit system.
"For the people outside of San Francisco, show solidarity by using black fax, email bombs, and phone calls to the BART Board of Directors. BART decided to cut off your communications and now we will flood theirs," the group said in a statement.
Anonymous calls the effort #OpBART. The statement includes links to media materials and "email and fax bomb info."
The BART cell phone shutdown occurred on Thursday and took out service from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PST at the Embarcadero, Montgomery Street, Powell Street, and Civic Center BART stations.
"Shutting down access to mobile phones is the wrong response to political protests, whether it's halfway around the world or right here in San Francisco. You have the right to speak out. Both the California Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protect your right to free expression," the ACLU said following the outage, a violation of the Communications Act of 1934.
The outrageous BART action follows a call by British PM David Cameron to censor social media in response to riots in London. Cameron said the "free flow of information" can be a problem and promised the government will work with business to shut down internet and cell phone communications in the future.
Home Secretary Theresa May called for meetings with the three companies following Cameron's statement.
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Cameron set a precedent that will not be used by government to silence critics and the political opposition.


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Superintendent Deborah Low told the Board of Education Monday night her proposed budget would increase school spending 3.24%, or $2.6 million, to $83.9 million in 2013-14.
Half a million dollars of that increase would be for added security staffing, including $235,000 for adding two new police officers and one of the two additional police cruisers needed for them to get around, moving from building to building throughout the day.
Ms. Low said the police expenses might wind up in the police budget, but she didn't want the expenses to be overlooked.
The security costs are part of a comprehensive security overhaul effort launched immediately after last month's mass shooting in a Newtown elementary school.
The increase also includes $215,000 for eight security guards which have already been hired this year but were not in the budget.
Ms. Low said the current year's security guard costs might require a special appropriation from the Board of Finance.
"We'll see if we can cover it this year. I'm not real hopeful about that," Ms. Low said.
Without the security related costs, the increase would be 2.61%.
Read this Thursday's Ridgefield Press for more.