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When my first-born was little I thought it unimportant to baby prof the house. We were not going to change our home into some bubble wrapped residence. I was going to teach her right and wrong. I was going to be with her and keep her safe. I was above all of those safety contraptions. I knew everything about parenting as every brand new parent does. I learned my lessons. Trust me I learned my lessons.
When Madeline learned to crawl she was instantly interested in every single light socket in the house. No plug was safe and as a result my baby wasn't safe either. My husband and I promptly headed to the store for some outlet plugs.
When my sweet girl realized the outlets were no longer any fun because Mommy and Daddy had covered up the holes she set her sights on the cabinets. No cabinet in the house was left alone. All contents in every cabinet in the house was ripe for exploration. Suddenly all the dangerous things behind all the cabinet doors in my home were up for scrutiny from a curious baby. Obviously I went right out and purchased cabinet locks.
When Madeline moved on to the stairs we were at a cross roads. We did not go out and get baby gates for the top and bottom of our stairs. We did not even go out and get one gate for our stairs. We worked turned her away from the stairs. She shooed her away. We worked with her and practiced climbing up and down with her. She did great. We celebrated our victory. Then she started walking. So we worked with her and watched her and everything went well until one day it didn't. I watched as little Madeline toddled around with her walking toy in our loft. Her one wrong turn happened in a split second and I didn't have time to get to her and she was tumbling down the stairs with her walking toy. Seeing your baby fall down the stairs feels terrible. Even after you know they are completely fine – no bumps bruises or broken bones – you still can't shake that sight from your mind.
So I've learned my lesson, unfortunately the hard way. We'll be purchasing gates for our stairs when my three-month-old makes the transition from a stationary baby to a mover and a shaker.
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A bicyclist was struck by a car and seriously injured Friday night in the Grantville neighborhood, San Diego police said.
Both the cyclist and the motorist, a woman in her 50s who was driving a 2005 Buick SUV, were southbound on Fairmount Avenue about 6:20 p.m., police Officer David Stafford said.
The driver was turning onto the Interstate 8 ramp when the SUV struck the bicyclist from behind as he rode past the ramp, Stafford said.
The cyclist, who is in his 50s, was transported to a hospital with broken ribs and a skull fracture.
Alcohol was not a factor in the incident, Stafford said.

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Nate Quarry Offers Educated Take on Fighter Pay, Blames Lack of CompetitionJune 28, 2013
Nate Quarry isn't a household name, but he's become a source of insight into the MMA world. A former fighter who can articulate and speak well about the sport is a rarity these days, but Quarry fills the bill nicely.
With fighter pay in the UFC becoming a hot topic of debate, Quarry spoke to John S. Nash of Bloody Elbow about the situation. He offered not only some great insight but also some new viewpoints as to the root of the issue.
Well, they're very unsatisfied. They have next to no negotiating power whatsoever. One big organization basically dictates whatever happens...It's a catch-22, because without the UFC where would I be? Where would the sport be? I consider myself ridiculous lucky because of all the things Dana White, the Fertittas, and the UFC have done for me - and all the athletes - is amazing. But on the flip side, what all the athletes have done for Dana White and the Fertittas is amazing.
Quarry went on to explain a situation where he required back surgery just to be able to train, and White helped him with his medical issues. This is the kind of story that doesn't get a lot of press because it's behind closed doors, but I'm sure it's not an isolated incident of White and the UFC going out of their way to help their fighters.
Quarry also described how competition is affecting what's going on at the negotiating table.
Look at Lombard. He gets all this money even though he's never fought in the UFC and no one really knows who he is and then comes in and has a terrible performance. The reason he gets paid ten times as much as Stephan Bonner is because the UFC had to buy him away from Bellator. You see that in boxing all the time because there are multiple promoters and companies all trying to get a guy because they know he's valuable and they can make money with him.
He also brought up Dan Henderson as a guy who suffered from a lack of competition in MMA. Henderson originally left the UFC due to finding a better deal from Strikeforce. After Zuffa bought out Strikeforce, "Hendo" had little choice but to return to the UFC.
Quarry also brought up sponsors and sponsorship money as well. As most MMA fans already know, this is where fighters, and athletes in general, make most of their money. The payouts we see released represent only what the UFC pays the fighters and doesn't include sponsorship money, which can be more than what the UFC dishes out.
When I started fighting for the UFC, I was told, well we can't pay you very much, but you can have any sponsors you want. Then it became you can't have conflicting sponsors. Then it became we need to approve your sponsors. Then it became your sponsors have to pay a tax so they can sponsor you and the UFC. Now these small companies that could pay a fighter $5,000 can't afford it anymore.
It's clear the UFC wants to rid themselves of low-end sponsors by creating the sponsorship tax. But as Quarry explained, it can lead to some serious loss of income for fighters.
Quarry has always supported the need for sponsorships and has stated that he wouldn't be where he is without companies paying to put their logo on his shorts. Nike and Burger King aren't going to spend advertising dollars on lower-tier fighters, so those guys need all the small sponsors they can get.
While he brought up some valid points, none was bigger than the lack of competition in MMA.
The UFC is it when it comes to a major promotion. Bellator is in second place, but the bargaining tools in terms of financial gains are far from close.
Competition would not only lead to increased fighter pay but also increased production value. Would White and the UFC be as comfortable cancelling an event or showcasing a dud like UFC 161 if Bellator were a true player in the MMA game?
However, Quarry's argument about competition in MMA does have a fault as well. It could lead to fighters becoming even more glorified than they are now and elevate salaries much like what has happened in the major sports leagues.
We could see the day where guys are paid more just to join the UFC than fighters who have been scrapping their way through the rankings—similar to how some rookies are paid exorbitantly compared to some veterans making chump change.
Ultimately, so many factors go into fighter pay that it's hard to focus on just one item. It also doesn't help that the UFC is a private company, which means we never get a clear picture of final payouts.
So long as the UFC is a private company and doesn't release its full financial details, this debate will continue. Seeing as how the UFC doesn't have to look over its shoulder to remain atop the MMA world, don't expect anything to change.


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Environmentalists are calling it a victory. General Mills, however, says it's just a recipe change.
In a recent blog post, GMO Inside.org took credit for General Mills' statement last week that it was making its regular Cheerios out of non-genetically modified sources (GMOs) – a change from its other Cheerios products, which do contain GMOs.
"Cheerios' principal ingredient has always been whole grain oats, and there are no GMO oats," says General Mills.
That's true. According to Quaker Oats, which is owned by Pepsico, it doesn't use GMO oats, either. There are no GMO-friendly oats on the market.
But the sourcing change that has given environmental groups like GMO Inside reason to crow about isn't the oats but those other, seemingly insignificant additives that make the Cheerios taste good: sugar and cornstarch.
"So we were able to change how we source and handle ingredients to ensure that the cornstarch for original Cheerios comes only from non-GMO corn, and our sugar is only non-GMO pure cane sugar," admitted GM.
It's a change that, however much GM wants to downplay, is significant. According to the website NonGMOProject.org, approximately 95 percent of all sugar made from beets (the main source for sugar in manufactured products) in 2010 came from GMO sources. Approximately 88 percent of corn and corn products were GMO in 2011.
So why wouldn't GM want to make a big deal over this? As Mike Adams on NaturalNews.com points out, this is so not-an-issue to GM that it hasn't even announced the change on its cereal boxes.
"For starters, there doesn't seem to be anything in the announcement about General Mills adding any sort of 'non-GMO' label to Cheerios boxes," notes Adams. "It seems as if General Mills wants Cheerios to be secretly non-GMO while avoiding bringing any real attention to the issue."
Maybe. But it may also have to do with the less-than-savory press that GM recently received for its objections to state laws regulating GMOs. According to GM, its objections concerning states, such as Washington, regulating GMOs had nothing to do with its position on consumer choice and everything to do with the way the issue is handled.
Still, the recipe change is a sign that GM knows that this is a hot-button issue for consumers, and that an increasing number are pushing for state laws that will give the public the freedom to decide whether or not to buy products containing GMOs. With the increasing demand for non-GMO products both here in North America and in Europe, tweaking the Cheerios recipe is not only a smart way to see how the market responds, but also a savvy way to show support for consumer advocacy.
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UPDATE (Dec. 10, 2012): First off, thank you to everyone who has already donated games and consoles. Our game pile continues to grow, and I can't wait to dig in and start sending them off to the various hospitals.
Good news for those of you who have been asking for a downtown Toronto drop off location. Once again, our good friends at BNOTIONS have generously offered to provide a drop off location downtown. Thanks again to Paul and the team there.
BNOTIONS is located at 106 Front Street East (just east of Jarvis) on the second floor above The Jason George. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday. So if you were hoping to donate, but couldn't make the trek out to our offices here in Don Mills, please consider dropping by BNOTIONS to visit our friends there.
We'll have another update soon. Thanks again to everyone for thinking of us. And remember, there's still lots of time left to donate. Every little bit helps.
ORIGINAL POST: Once again, the National Post is setting out to help brighten the days of thousands of children in hospitals across Canada with our annual holiday video game collection drive.
Today, we are launching our fourth annual Post Arcade Video Game Drive for Kids, and we're hoping that 2012 will be our best year ever.
The truth is, for so many kids who are going to end up spending Christmas receiving treatment in a hospital, video games offer a chance to escape into another world. One where they can fly, one where they can explore strange new worlds, one where they can score a touchdown or win the Stanley Cup.
Now it's your turn to help us bring that same feeling to kids in children's hospitals and pediatric care centres across Canada. Beginning today, the National Post will be collecting new and used video games and video game consoles which will be distributed to the child's life departments at Canadian hospitals from coast to coast. The games we collect stay at the hospital and are used by kids receiving treatment.
This is a tradition we started in 2009 and which has seen tremendous growth over the past three years. Over the years, we have collected more than 1,850 games and nearly 50 consoles which have been distributed to hospitals across this great country.
In our first year, we collected an incredible 133 video games in just six days between the 18th of December and Christmas Eve, which were then distributed to a pair of Toronto-area hospitals.
In 2010, our readers and our corporate partners really stepped up, helping us collect an amazing 520 games, as well as more than a dozen consoles which we then distributed to seven hospitals across the country.
Then, last year, we once again doubled our efforts and when all was said and done, we had collected just over 1,200 games and nearly 30 consoles which went out to 10 hospitals.
This year, we're hoping to top our totals from last year, but we need your help.
The list of hospitals we're working with this year includes:
- North York General Hospital (Toronto)
- The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
- Markham-Stoufville Hospital (Markham, Ont.)
- Rouge Valley Health System Foundation (Toronto Area)
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton (Hamilton)
- IWK Health Centre (Halifax)
- The Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation (Montreal)
- Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey, B.C.)
- B.C. Children's Hospital Foundation (Vancouver)
If you work for a Canadian hospital and would like to learn more about our program, feel free to email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This year, we're collecting games for all the major game consoles, including Nintendo's Wii and the new Wii U, DS and Game Cube systems, Sony's PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 and both the Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360.
Please ensure the games are suitable for kids (games rated "E-10″ or "E" are best).
Each of the hospitals we work with already have a selection of consoles and each one has individual needs. If you'd like to make a specific donation, or purchase something that will address the specific needs of a particular hospital (such as a power bar or a game controller) feel free to contact me directly and we'll try and connect you with the right hospital in your area. My email's at the bottom of this blog post.
If you're feeling particularly generous and would like to donate a console, such as an Xbox, Wii or PlayStation that can be used in one of the hospitals, we'll make sure to give it a good home.
If you'd like to donate a new or used game that will be used by the hospitals to help entertain their young patients during their stay, we have a number of drop off locations across the country where you can take your games:
If you live in Toronto, you can drop off your donations here at the National Post offices, located at 1450 Don Mills Road (we're just south of York Mills Road on Don Mills Road) between the hours of 8:30 a.m and 4:30 p.m.
You can also ship them to us at:
Holiday Video Game Drive
c/o National Post
1450 Don Mills Road,
Don Mills, Ontario
We are working on setting up additional drop off locations in downtown Toronto as well as in other cities and we hope to have more information on that in the coming days.
Unfortunately, we're not set up to take cash donations, so if you'd like to spread some gaming cheer this holiday season and can't send us games, we encourage you to check out Child's Play (childsplaycharity.org), a fantastic charity that helps connect generous gamers with children's hospitals around the world, including many in Canada.
We're not affiliated with Child's Play, we just think they're awesome people doing awesome things.
If you have any questions about Post Arcade's Video Game Drive for Kids, feel free to contact me personally at email@example.com.
Thanks so much for reading, and happy holidays.
Matt Hartley
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A Level II sex offender who had been homeless in Fargo has moved to West Fargo, police in Fargo said in a news release.
Eugene Winford Hinson moved to 731 Main Ave. W. in West Fargo. In 1999, he was convicted in Florida of sexually assaulting three female acquaintances who were less than 15 years old.
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Victims of terrorism have been left disappointed and bemused by revelations surrounding the John Downey case, Victims' Commissioner Kathryn Stone has said.
She called for greater openness, honesty and transparency over the Government's letters of assurance to on the run potential suspects.
Ms Stone asked Secretary of State Theresa Villiers to meet relatives or survivors of those bereaved by 30 years of conflict, something which Ms Villiers has done on numerous occasions since taking up office, and provide greater clarification of the affair's implications.
"I am concerned that these are very serious matters. People have been very bitterly disappointed and bemused by the event," she said.
"Judge Sweeney makes clear that these letters were never meant to be amnesty.
"There is a perception that that is the case and we need to make sure.
"Perhaps one of the things that could be usefully done is for the Secretary of State to issue a clarification and the sooner that that clarification is made then the better it will be."
Ms Villiers has said the on-the-run letters never constituted an amnesty from prosecution for alleged crimes.
Sinn Fein provided lists of names to the Government as part of the peace process, the Downey judgment revealed.
At least 187 people received the 'letters of comfort' which said they were not currently wanted by police but did not rule out future prosecution if circumstances changed.
Ms Stone has been appointed by the Stormont administration to independently represent the views of victims.
The Commissioner said the Government should spell out details in the Hyde Park judgment which appeared to rule out an amnesty from prosecution, given that most people don't have the time to read such a lengthy document.
"People have taken this to mean not only will they not have access to justice but there will be no opportunity to access justice and that is very difficult for people to swallow," she added.
"We need to be very, very clear about that.
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This is the Wilson Burial
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From: Spengler, Christine J.
To: Bernie Corcoran
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:12 PM
Subject: Wilson Burial - Sennett
Bernie...This is the single grave of James Wilson who died in 1818. I have attached the photos. The markings on the grave face the road. I took a photo from the back of the grave to show the road and give a more clear indication of its location. The site is located right at the intersection of County House Road and where North Street becomes the State Route. On the Sennett map found on the County Historian's websites, it is indicated as a little north of that. The top of his headstone reads "Colonel." What appears to be a footstone has his initials "J.W." and is leaning up against the tree right next to the grave
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One grave on Rt. 34 just north of County House Rd. on west side under tree.
Col. James WILSON died A.D. Aug. 4, 1818 in 47th yr of his age (probably War of 1812)
Record taken by Miss Flora Danielle - 1962 Information also found in Weedsport Cemeteries data compiled by (former Brutus Historian) Mr. Finley
Thanks to Linda Beyor for transcribing the 1960s countywide Cemetery burial inventory information on this page into a digital format.
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Recent case: Judith Thompson testified on behalf of a co-worker who claimed she had been sexually harassed. Thompson claimed that later, a supervisor threatened to discipline her in retaliation. But Thompson was, in fact, never disciplined.
She sued anyway, claiming that the threat itself was retaliation.
The Court of Appeal of California disagreed and dismissed her case. The threat alone didn't adversely change her working conditions. (Thompson v. City of Los Angeles, No. B213601, Court of Appeal of California, 2nd District, 2010)


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Houston Rockets rumors reveal the team is already in hot pursuit of Carmelo Anthony. These Houston Rockets rumors come from early Tuesday morning (July 1), as the franchise is already trying to convince the All-Star forward to come to town. According to a report from Eric Freeman at Yahoo!, the team is rolling out a "full court press" for one of the most sought-after free agents on the market.
Among the selling points that include a huge salary in a long-term contract, the franchise is going to press hard the fact that he would be joining a team that is already in contention. It was no fluke that they won 54 games last season, even though the postseason was over far quicker than fans would have hoped. The return of Dwight Howard and James Harden gives them a chance to put together a very formidable "big three" down in Texas for years to come.
Despite many other Houston Rockets rumors out there, the current roster for the team is stacked with talent. That includes forwards Terrence Jones and Chandler Parsons, as well as defensive-minded point guard Patrick Beverley. It is very clear that the roster would have to shed some salary in order to afford Carmelo Anthony, but they have already traded Omer Asik and plan to do the same with the contract of Jeremy Lin.
Dealing Lin is a requirement if the franchise wants to afford the signing of Anthony, so it might even require something like a sign-and-trade deal with the New York Knicks. If the Rockets were to include a good draft pick or maybe a young asset or two in order to add depth, it might be something that the Knicks would be willing to do. New York may be forced to tread water for a season if they lose their best asset to another franchise (Anthony).
The trip down to Texas will take place on Wednesday (July 2), with stiff competition expected from the Chicago Bulls and Dallas Mavericks when it comes to free agency. It has been rumored that the Phoenix Suns are also planning to put an offer in play for both LeBron James and Anthony, so selling him on the city of Houston will be very important.
As for a possible impact in fantasy basketball, if Carmelo Anthony signed with a team that already has James Harden and Dwight Howard on the roster, he is going to take a hit across the board in the counting statistics.


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Salt Lake City (Utah) Cottonwood has had an elite player in the program over the last four years including the top linebacker in the West this year in Lynn Katoa. The class of 2009 will be strong as well headlined by offensive lineman John Martinez.
Martinez, 6-4, 250 pounds started at right tackle for Cottonwood a year ago (left handed QB) and will make the switch to left tackle this coming season. He's a big, physical lineman and will be among the top OLs in the West region a year from now.
Martinez has a nice combination of size and athleticism benching 345 pounds with a 305 pound power clean and jumping 28 inches in the vertical at USC's summer camp.
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In addition to camping with USC, Martinez has also camped with Notre Dame and will head to Florida for a visit this Friday. The lineman has also attended Junior Days at BYU and Oklahoma State and currently has four offers on the table.
"BYU, Utah, Oklahoma State and Oregon State have all offered so far," Martinez' father Steve said. "We've also heard several other schools will early offer him once they can start sending him real mail as well."
When it comes to naming favorites, Martinez isn't close to narrowing his list and plans to take his time with the whole recruiting process.
"I want to take my trips and see what is out there," Martinez said. "I'm looking for a school where I can get a good education but mostly, I want a school that is going to help me become the best player I can be. Getting better is the most important thing to me.
"That's why for me, my position coach and strength coach will be more important to me than winning tradition, what conference the school is in and other stuff like that.
"My ultimate goal is to play in the NFL so I'm going to do whatever I can and work as hard as I can to achieve that goal. If things don't work out with football, then I would love to be a coach, teacher or trainer but hopefully I'll make it and can play football for a lot of years."


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Milbank: A perfect political storm
WASHINGTON — New Jersey piled sandbags. Delaware fortified its dunes. New York evacuated parts of lower Manhattan.
And Washington prepared for the storm with its own brand of emergency response: gaming out which candidate would benefit. Would the tracking polls be skewed when storm victims failed to answer their phones?
Would storm coverage crowd out political ads in battleground states? Would power outages keep people from getting the campaigns' messages? Would Friday's all-important jobs report be delayed because the Labor Department was closed? "Just the frenzy around the forecast could disrupt this week's early voting, which probably hurts President Obama," Politico speculated. "But he also has an opportunity to be seen as president — a commander in chief moment."
A good answer to all of these questions: Who knows?
An even better answer: Who cares? It may be heresy to say so, just eight days before a presidential election, but some things are bigger than politics. The likely consequences of the storm would be millions without power, tens of millions unable to work or go to school, tens of thousands forced from their homes and lives inevitably lost. Certainly, the storm could alter the presidential contest; in a dead heat, almost anything could.
But there is something ghoulish about finding political advantage in so much human misery. The candidates did what they should have done: They suspended campaign appearances and appealed for contributions to the Red Cross. But the political industrial complex, already in motion for next week's election, could not demobilize so quickly.
On the left, Huffington Post posted a headline saying Mitt Romney wanted to "Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency." This news bulletin, based on his comments in a debate in June, 2011, was picked up by other outlets on the left and provoked a response from the Romney campaign, which said the Republican nominee would not abolish FEMA. On the right, the Drudge Report went with the headline "Most Expensive Pizza Delivery in History," linking to a Washington Times report about Obama flying to Orlando on Sunday only to cancel his event and return to the White House Monday morning before the storm's full impact. The conspiracy contingent, meantime, found material in a statement from the Labor Department, reported by The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and others, that possible changes to the release of Friday's report on October employment would be announced "when the weather emergency is over."
Breitbart.com saw political mischief in this "unprecedented move on the Bureau of Labor Statistic's (sic) part." The conservative website said a delay would be "absolutely outrageous and only further erode trust in our public institutions."
A BLS spokesman, no doubt huddling in a dark basement with his computer on battery power, quickly clarified that the plan was still for a Friday report. The Sunday-show roundtables switched seamlessly to meteorological punditry. NBC's David Gregory identified Hurricane Sandy as the "October Surprise."
CNN's Candy Crowley quizzed David Axelrod on the political consequences of Virginia being "more or less paralyzed by weather." ABC's George Stephanopoulos grilled Stephanie Cutter on the same. "The storm will throw havoc into the race," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) disclosed to Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday." He noted the cancellation of Virginia's Obama's rally on Monday.
It took Sen. John McCain, of all people, to be the voice of calm, when CBS' Bob Schieffer asked "who gets hurt the most" by the storm. "I'm not sure it will affect votes," the Arizona Republican speculated sagely. There were limitless political possibilities to consider.
The Huffington Post had an exclusive about how the storm could disrupt pollsters' "ability to conduct interviews or to reach the millions of Americans who may soon be without electricity or telephone service" — thus playing havoc with the tracking polls. Writing for washingtonpost.com, Democratic strategist Carter Eskew predicted that the storm damage might make it "hard" for Obama "to be at rallies in Iowa or Colorado."
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Old Cowbelle: Lion or Lamb ... And the Tongue
I'm writing this on the 25th of February, so I won't know how March arrived.
I've always wondered who began that one; if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb.
So I looked it up on the internet and learned that the phrase had its origin with the constellations, Leo the lion and Aries, the ram or lamb. It has to do with the relative positions of these constellations in the sky. Actually, I couldn't see what it had to do with it even after reading pages of information. Maybe because I just can't get into astrology stuff.
It seems like it doesn't make much difference how March enters, we always have several big snow storms anyway, and then by the end of March, it's almost spring time.
I do remember that two of our daughters were born in February and March, and both times we had huge snowstorms. On Sonia's baptism day, in the middle of March, the roads were blocked all over, but we could get onto CTH N and drive over to the road that passes Our Savior's Church, 530th Street. (Although it wasn't called by that number back then.) We had to leave our cars on N and walk through a shoveled pathway to the church.
The only people present at the church that Sunday were Pastor Jothun, Wayne and I, and Sandy and baby Sonia, her God parents, my brother Bob Olson and my cousin Leona Grondahl, who had stayed overnight at our house. And the janitor, Melvin Haugrose. I wonder if he shoveled that path! I'm sure my Dad was busy plowing the roads in the Town of Gilman.
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Tomorrow, granddaughter Shannon Gindt will be taking part in the Birkebiner somewhere near Hayward, I think 30 some miles! Brien is also doing the shorter ski run, but even 13 miles sounds like quite a trek! Bet they have sore muscles by Saturday night. Good Luck, Shannon and Brien!
My cross country skis live against a wall in the basement, and each time I pass by them, I feel that "longing" to get them clipped on and glide over the snow. Of course, I won't, since I have trouble even standing! Pipe Dreams! But I have the memories of skiing out on our "then" land, along the lane, stopping to look at the network of small animal tracks, and it was fun while it lasted.
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Have you ever said something you wish you could suck back in? I think we all have, and words uttered can be apologized for, but really cannot be erased.
Reading about the "tongue" in the book of James:3..."The tongue is a small part of the body, but makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest fire is set by a small spark. The tongue is also a fire, sometimes a world of evil among the parts of the body. It can corrupt the whole person; animals can be tamed, but no man can tame the tongue."
Some words are really offensive to the ear. Three words that make me cringe are.....God or Jesus used as swear words; and that repulsive "f" word. I remember an old friend from the distant past, Esther Place, who said, "If you are irritated to the point of swearing, pray instead." Wise words.
But that little tongue in our faces can also be used as a source of comfort, love, peace, wisdom, understanding, humor and singing!
In my next life, I hope the Lord gives me the gift of song. (It is there in my heart right now, but doesn't sound very good when I let it out!)
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My Chocolate Lovers Calendars heading for February reads "Forget love ..wouldn't you rather Fall in Chocolate?"


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The Filth and the Fury is Julien Temple's document of that era. It provides a tremendous amount of context for the times that produced the Pistols' one full-length album, the masterpiece "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols." In fact, Filth is all about context. It is constructed as a glorious montage of those heady London days when riots spilled into the streets on a daily basis, class and racial warfare were bubbling to the surface, the monarchy tried desperately to exercise control over the unruly masses, and a years-long trash strike literally drowned the streets in piles of trash. The fabric of British society was slipping and Johnny Rotten, the Pistols' singer and lyricist, was there to help tear the seams. But he didn't spring full-grown. The film takes its cues from Rotten's professed inspirations: Olivier's Richard III, Alice Cooper, and various British TV comedians. Weaving together footage from classic Shakespearean adaptations, musical and comedy variety shows, riots, and terrorist bombings, with live Sex Pistol footage Temple creates a collage that emulates the creative process: Take one part comedy, one part theatricality, two parts social outrage, and more than a dash of utter disgust, throw it all in a blender, and you'll get a snarling, sneering flame-haired singer with more understanding of modern society than all the politicos and pundits in Parliament.
And Rotten does come off as that most intelligent, thoughtful punk you can imagine. He observes and understands it all, and still has the distance to sit back and laugh. When the press accuses him of hating mother England he responds that only someone who loves the people of England would stand up and criticize the injustices doled out on them by the Monarchy as viciously as he did.
His criticisms come in the form of some of the most brutal, raw, angry, but also beautiful and smart, songs ever recorded. The power of a song like "God Save the Queen", "Holidays in the Sun", or "Bodies" has not diminished at all with time. The film holds out on the music until the appropriate time. After setting the tone with some historical background Temple introduces the four original members: Rotten, Steve Jones (guitar), Paul Cook (drums), and Glen Matlock (bass), who endures some serious trash-talking from the rest. We also meet Malcolm McLaren, the band's manager who would have us believe that he "created" the Pistols. "My little artful dodgers" he intones, in a very Dickensian moment. "You don't create me. I AM me," Rotten responds. How much control McLaren had over the group is a controversial issue. He already had his say in Temple's previous film on the Pistols, 1980's The Great Rock and Roll Swindle a near-unwatchable mess that proposes that the Pistol's were a shallow gimmick constructed by McLaren with no real influence from Rotten, who had just left the group. Swindle then immediately disproves it's own point by showing pathetic post-Rotten Sex Pistols performances.
Once Filth introduces the players it launches us into the world of London in the late 70's. Rotten belts out the legendary "Anarchy in the UK" amidst an atmosphere of plane bombings and slam dancing. From there it's a wild ride through the Pistol's being fired from two record companies, being banned from the radio (the week "God Save the Queen" was number one, the British charts showed a blank slot in the top position), confrontations with police, Matlock's firing, his replacement with Rotten's friend and huge Sex Pistols' fan Sid Vicious, the introduction of Nancy Spungen, the band's misconceived tour through the midwestern United States, and finally the last show they played, a disastrous meltdown at San Francisco's Winterland theater. No one knew at the time that it would be the last show, but after a dead encore cover of Iggy Pop's "No Fun" when a disappointed Rotten, kneeling at the front of the stage, sighs "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?," possibly the most famous on-stage utterance in rock history, there is no denying that the Pistol's time was over. "The band broke up at exactly the right time for all the wrong reasons," states Rotten, and he's right. They never got old and bloated and, except for the final shows in the US, they never just went through the motions on stage.
Filth displays many of the most familiar elements in a new light. Years of rock criticism and academia have turned writing about the Pistols into its own sub-genre. The film ignores all that and only gives us what happened during the short time that the band was playing. Newly shot interviews are conducted witness protection-style, which helps preserve the youthful images of the group. This isn't a move for vanity, but rather a successful attempt to keep the film thoroughly entrenched in its time period.
When Rotten displays tremendous grief over his inability to have prevented Vicious' fatal heroin overdose his sincerity is shocking. We are so used to his truthful-but-knowing attitude that the tragedy of the loss of his friend, which he now knows was a long time coming, really hits home. Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy portrays this downward spiral as the ultimate romantic tragedy, but the reality of Sid's final days and his relationship with Rotten is far more complex. Despite Gary Oldman's amazing performance as Sid, Sid and Nancy will look kind of silly after Rotten's emotional retelling.
Similarly Steve Jones' apology to Rotten for having taken McLaren's side during the acrimonious dissolution of the band is a slap in the face of classic Pistols lore. We come to see the boys in the band as complex, different people who came together for a short time to create something truly amazing.
PICTURE: Given the variety of sources that compose the film, the picture is great. Crisp images, even of the most dingy basement clubs, have somehow survived. The layered multimedia look of the various film stocks and video sources makes the film seem like a real event.
AUDIO: The audio is terrific. The interviews are clean and understandable, even with some tough accents. The music has real kick. These are some of the best songs of the modern era and you'll want to crank whatever speakers you have.
The extras include a narcoleptic commentary track from director Julien Temple, an original documentary called "Un-Defining Punk," and an overheated trailer. On the commentary track Temple could have discussed his own involvement in the punk scene and, more importantly, what he thinks about the differing viewpoints of The
Filth and the Fury and The Great Rock and Roll
Swindle but instead he takes long long pauses between mumbled comments. This is one commentary track that doesn't really add to the film.
The documentary consists mostly of video-shot talking heads and features an impressive array of seminal punks and punk-hanger-ons like Richard Hell (Television, Richard Hell and the Voivod's), Keith Morris (Black Flag, The Circle Jerks), and Penelope Spheeris (Director of the punk documentary The Decline of Western Civilization). Duane Peters, skateboard legend and member of the U.S. Bombs, is particularly entertaining in his off-hand discussion of his years of drug and alcohol abuse. With his heavily tattooed body and numerous skateboarder injuries he comes off as the ultimate punk journeyman.
While the sounds and messages of the bands discussed in Un-Defining Punk are vastly different from the Sex Pistols, the video gives a pretty good background on other punk scenes. Filth displays such an intense focus on the Pistols that the video helps flesh out the rest of the punk world.
The trailer tries to
make the film look like an action movie with loud
sound effects and flying titles. It's entertaining but not essential.
FINAL THOUGHTS: A film of this variety can only be as compelling as its subjects and the Pistols, Rotten in particular, are great subjects. Regardless of whether you're a fan or totally uninitiated there is much to entertain, amaze, and shock in the story of the Sex Pistols. This is a rare film that tells you that the subjects are fighting for something and doesn't rest until you know what that something is. With overtly political songs and a culture of attack, the Sex Pistols were said to have fired the shot heard 'round the world. The Filth and the Fury shows exactly what that means.
Gil Jawetz is a graphic designer, video director, and t-shirt designer. He lives in Brooklyn.


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A recent U.S. appeals court ruling has underscored how rival broadband technologies and a weak infrastructure are causing the rollout of DSL services in the United States to lag behind much of the rest of the world.
Challenging the legality of the Federal Communications Commission's Line Sharing Act of 1999, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found late last month that the FCC failed to fully consider the competitive nature of the U.S. DSL market before reaching its decision. Judge Stephen Williams ordered the FCC to revise the statute, which mandates that entrenched broadband service providers share their lines with an emerging class of DSL carrier.
The court challenged the act on the grounds that in setting guidelines for subscriber prices, the FCC did not take into account the fact that costs in the United States vary widely from region to region. The court also found that the FCC did not consider the competitive threat that cable carriers posed to DSL service providers.
Citing the latest data available from the FCC, Judge Williams observed that there were 2.7 million DSL subscribers in the United States as of June 2001, compared with 5.2 million cable modem subscribers.
Indeed, as it argues its case in court, the U.S. DSL industry is falling behind not only the cable modem market but also DSL providers in Europe and Asia. Despite a 10-year head start, the United States is projected to have only 13.9 million DSL subscribers in 2005, compared with 15.2 million in Western Europe and 29.4 million in Asia, according to Allied Business Intelligence Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y.
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About 40% of the U.S. population still does not have the ability to receive DSL service due to reach problems between the central office and the customer, Sabharwal said.
"The [incumbent carriers] have slowed their infrastructure improvements and new DSL central office deployments dramatically with the telecom downturn," he said. "Instead, they are focused on increasing penetration in areas where the central offices already have" a sound infrastructure.
Component suppliers, in addition to reducing costs and integrating more features per chipset, will have to solve the reach problem in the United States, where population density tends to be lower than in Europe or Asia.
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"DSL is the choice of broadband in Asia and Western Europe simply because the cable networks there are not that extensive and thus the potential market for cable modem services is considerably smaller," Allied Business' Sabharwal said. "The Nordic countries embraced DSL early on, but only in the last 18 months have we seen any significant ramp in other European countries, notably Germany."
Asian telcos have been aggressively deploying DSL primarily because of government pressure and a belief that high DSL penetration will translate into better technological competitiveness on a global scale, Sabharwal noted. "The most aggressive have been Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong," he said. "In the last 12 months, Japan has also been catching up and is seeing aggressive DSL subscriber growth rates."
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Another scam.
Go ahead and blast away. bother Taboo topic everyone feels but no one touches!
They aren't independent, they're with an agency. I'm just curious how clients would feel if they knew. Here is a tip.....most independents don't watch the clock to the minute. I'm just sayin! Nor do they use the same in call as an agency.
As long as the paid escort provides a quality session and shows up on time, it doesn't really matter to me whether she is really with an agency or independent.
And looks like a duck, then we can all assume it's a duck. However don't accuse New independents of lying, unless you're 99% sure.
"clock watching" is a no no whether you're with an agency or Indy
I definitely don't run out of an appointment BC it's 4 minutes past. I actually don't have to be at another appointment to make my agency money on another guy. The beauty of independents is we control our time and don't rush you out the door BC someone else Is coming through. Hey, I suppose some may, but the good ones don't push you out immediately.
Ilovemyjob thanks for bringing this to my attention, I've been in the game forever and had no idea this type of scam existed. Learned something new today
Apparently things aren't going well financially, so the advertising scam is implemented, but hey if it works for the provider and the agency who am i to knock their hustle!
I know some new independents and they are independents not agency. What's your point if your just going to throw it out there and have nothing to show for it?
Another scam.
Go ahead and blast away. bother Taboo topic everyone feels but no one touches!
Move ladies from the site, create a new identity, create an individual website, fill with more glamor photoshopped pictures, raise rates, advertise them as Indy and you guys go bonkers over the the fact that they are now "Indy".
Great marketing ploy and obviously it has worked. You guys have bought it hook line and sinker.
Now if they set their own rates, have control of their ter acct here, control their new site and can break ties with previous manager with out loosing all this then maybe they are Indy. Something tells me that is not the case.
Ding Ding Ding Ding!
Well written so that people actually understand. Good attempt "Ilovemyjob". I'm curious how many times they denied you to post this thread before this actually went up. For some reason the names of girls & agencies isn't being "allowed" and that's fine, I guess. But this marketing ploy has been around for awhile. (at least the 7 years I've been answering the phones for ladies/agencies!)
I have been waitin for a month to see if this was going to air on the boards. Had several pms, emails, calls ect about it before this post about new girls & what's the 411. (& don't ask me now, already told them I wouldn't squeal like a piggy) UTR girls I work for have tried to out them & it's just funny how the "TER" game works.
Eitherway, not taking away from these beautiful new Indy girls. Their services are still their services. You are still getting what you are paying for. That part is still fact. Would I still see them because they are advertising in a special way? Yup, I would. I have nothing against agencies because I came from two popular ones here in Atlanta. But I would like to know if they are affiliated with an agency if I was "agency challenged/afraid"! Hell ya! And I think that's the point. Guys are finding out after the session...
Happy Hobbying guys & dolls...
You are all adults and can do as you please. It is a marketing ploy and they are trying to make more money, and don't be surprised bc you are on a do not see list to an agency BC you asked a girl out and can't see at least 3 new independents.....threats and lies and all the bullshit. The marketing is beyond lame and is not original. Btw it's not just 1 that is starting to do this.
"..threats and lies and all the bullshit. The marketing is beyond lame and is not original. Btw it's not just 1 that is starting to do this."
BTW its not just you doing it.... So does that mean that You are a newly Indepandant ..but lying about it?
Just put me spectacles on and is that an I or a 1? still hard to tell.. so I took it as an I IF it s 1..
then forget my previous post LOL
Sweetie, I'm long gone from your game. It's been years. you and your business partners were the worst....
buisness partner in 17 years till I recently 3 years ago had gotten cancer and needed help after a year and the chemo and radiation I need help and he did me rightously. I wouldnt be here but for him... BUT...As you see Im on my own again... For many reasons... Some Good, Some Bad... BUT thats the only time I EVER had a buisness associate unless you are misinformed about me.
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...post this and cast doubt on every provider that has recently gone independent. The ones that truly are independent don't deserve to have their status questioned. You're throwing out the good with the bad and you soil the reputation of those that have done nothing but go independent at a time proximate to those that are being dishonest.
This kind of post serves no purpose because of the lack of verifiable information.
the ones in question? whether they are indy or still in agencies and just demanding higher prices??
Yes i think we are all aware of a shift in the market in Atlanta. Decide who you want to see and go see her before she turns indy and wanting more...... It is about $$$. If you think these girls want to be with us with out fair compensation. WEll you are smoking crack. LOL
crack is whack.. too soon??? whitney i love you.........
...which ones are in question?
I will see someone I have researched and back channeled about if the donation fits by requirements.
It just isn't right to disparage all that went indy without some verifiable information.
Think about that.....no need to be defensive.j ust think for yourself, im glad i could be of help to the hobbiest that are beng tricked.
and there is some truth to what you are saying.
Some people around here are more interested in endless debates over theme threads and other stupid shit as opposed to discussing real issues.
Completely agreed about the endless debates over mundane issues. Other members are obsessed with how many posts other members have made in a certain period of time. Fortunately, I have more important things to think about than mundane issues like any of those.
Some people around here are more interested in endless debates over theme threads and other stupid shit as opposed to discussing real issues.
You look retarded by following everyone around on their subject lines.
Secondly, don't fucking agree with me on anything.
Thirdly, mundane is your middle name as you are the most mundane poster I have seen in years on this site. You could have a thousand posts this month and still not have anything of value to add.
Why don't you report my fucking post and cry like a baby that someone else is not being nice to Mr Bill.
Thanks. I forgot to add that some are obsessed with having subject lines changed.
Second, I'll agree with anyone whom I choose to when I agree with their points.
Third, you're entitled to your opinion, even if others do NOT agree with you.
There is no need to report your original post. It was NOT rude, slanderous, or troublemaking at all. In fact, your original post offered some cogent points which I agreed with (and still agree with).
Secondly, don't fucking agree with me on anything.
Thirdly, mundane is your middle name as you are the most mundane poster I have seen in years on this site. You could have a thousand posts this month and still not have anything of value to add.
Why don't you report my fucking post and cry like a baby that someone else is not being nice to Mr Bill.
I have seen some of these agency girls that went indy before at the agency rate. I assumed they were splitting about half with the agency. I am puzzled why they get a 100 percent increase in pocketed money plus an increase to $350...... seems to be what the new indy rate seems to be nowadays. I guess it is a market rate that we guys have driven upwards to this high level. Just do the hourly math......if a girl worked like the rest of us at 40 hours a week times 350/hr it would equate to $728,000 a year. WOW....needed less to say they are not working 40 hours a week.....or are they? I enjoy myself no matter how much I have to pay.....but paying 7 times what I make in an hour sometimes seems hilarious for an hour of companionship when you do it on a regular basis. We cares if she is indy or agency? What we really should be talking about is how to move the market average for indys down to agency rate or less in my opinion. Seems greedy to me to keep pushing the rates up.....but what do I know, I am just a guy with a hard on and an ATM card!
and your example doesn't exist
Some paid escorts are worth a lot more per hour than the agencies are willing to offer them for. But when they become independents, the women are able to charge and sustain higher rates. The fact that independents have increased expenses that they must incur is mostly irrelevant, as the women now receive 100% of their fees.
sees 40 clients a week OR even works 40 hors a week. DAMN!! My pussy would be worn the fuck out! I see A LOT less than that! More like 5 or 6 per week PLUS I do have overhead such as incall rent, condoms, refreshments, power bills, Dr check ups, gas to and from among other things so your post is ridiculous! Also a lot of ladies go indy because they want to be lower volume and still make the same amount. I have work both agency and indy and I can tell you that a price increase is definitely understandable. Are you seriously saying you guys should push the prices down? LOOK! A woman has the right to charge what she wants for her body and for you to say "hey we should drive the prices down" is an outright insult to so many beautiful ladies that absolutely desreve every penny she makes!
So you are right about one thing, What do you know? Well obviously not much!
May I suggest saving your money and just jacking off OR I am sure there are planty of corners to go find yourself that perfectly priced girl.
Hugs and kisses
So you are right about one thing, What do you know? Well obviously not much!
May I suggest saving your money and just jacking off OR I am sure there are planty of corners to go find
Women has the right to charge whatever and men has the right to pay what they want including talking about rates. I understand both men and women get their panties all wadded up about rates. Think about this way, ,most women talk about best prices on shoes and clothes and most men talk about prices of cars and trucks since both men and women say this is business transaction (I agree), discussion of rates are normal. "THE ESTABLISHED FACT IN FREE MARKET ECONOMY".
If not why would you women have specials? Is it not a sale for attracting business. Not trying to be ass-hole but, every time the Rate topic comes up, everyone gets tight wadded panties. "Get Over It".
This will not be the last of it. "Get Used to it".
There is market for sub 100's to high 1,000s. If not Back Page would not exist, would it?
yourself that perfectly priced girl.
Hugs and kisses
Some are working 40 hours a week, but, IT TAKES 40 HOURS A WEEK to see 2 freinds a day, running ads, replying to e-mails, screening, trying to sort out who is playing around and not, giving out references, getting ready. FOR EVERY ONE HOUR APPOINTMENT, there is about THREE HOURS BEHIND THE SCENES WORK!
Yea I didnt even mention all that but Ginger is right on!
Hugs and kisses
Why the price hike?
Wasn't it J Paul Getty who said I would rather have 1% of 100 people's efforts than 100% of 1 persons efforts?
An agency has multiple ladies working. They can maximize an incall or advertising to it's potential when they have multiple ladies available. They can have 2 or 20 meetings all going on at one time. An independent lady is only 1 person and can only be in one place at one time having one meeting at a time.
I have wished on many occasions that I could clone myself and be in 2 places at once, believe me.
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Yes theres a shitload of Indys being sold as if there not with an agency... Its all the same people answerin the phone so its easy to tell who is who... BUT... Because an Indy lady uses an incall of an agency for some of her appointments.. That does not mean they work at the agency.. I have a buncha Indy ladies... That for one reason or another.... Cant get a room right away ..or whatever.. They call and ask IF they can use my incall for this appointment and yes I charge them alot less than a hotel... BUT anyway point Im making is that just because some Indys at some point may use an agency incall but.. They answer their phones, do their own emails... all of it except they sometimes use my space. So dont use that as a criteria.
Look how many come to the surface....
I dont understand the question.. do they come to the surface,,,Ivanaofatlanta uses my place frequently and is upfront about it...Is that what you mean?.Ashley Sparks, sofia ,Veronica... They all come out n say its my incall.. Why you so evil gir? Sorry u had a rotten time at the agency I also worked for..Remember I was an employee just runnin that show.. But my orders came from above... I do nt know what disturbed you so but.....were not all the same,
This post wasn't to call anyone out in particular on my end. You know who you are, and ALL of you keep posting and emailing me. Quit trying to defend yourselves, if you had nothing to hide then shut your mouths. I will not respond again to your stupid emails trying to clear your names. I honestly believe it's the inside trying to figure out who I am and posting brand spanking new reviews to clear their girls names. Enjoy your freaking scam, but you should go back to more honest ways of business. I believe agencies have their purpose. Introducing new and young girls to the business. New talent. Now that I have shed light on this marketing ploy, try a new avenue, but be honest with who you're trying to do business with. And stop threatening your girls with weekly emails. If you want to make more money, offer a higher end service.
Not sure of "ALL" the people youre talikng about BUT I have my own damned place that is not with an agency. I pay half the freaking bills there so I KNOW youre not reffering to me! The only scam coming from my place is a gent may have A LOT more fun than he ever imagined! lol
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Casting dispersions upon all agencys Im sorry but I take that personally... I Know Now that you were not talking about me as Ive never sent my girls emails... weekly ,monthly or daily.. Not my style....
So rant on.....
P.S. I did send a PM asking if you would like to chat... I gave no defense nor did I do it more than once... So again... Im assurred youre not talking about me so....


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APS members around Australia responded to the call for increased engagement with their local communities during National Psychology Week (NPW) 2011, holding a range of innovative and engaging events designed to increase their connections.
NPW, which in 2011 was held from November 13 to 19, is one the key APS public relations events, aimed at highlighting psychology and the diverse contribution made by psychologists throughout Australia. A total of 673 events were held in NPW 2011, with many members drawing on the topic of stress and wellbeing in Australia in their activities for individuals or groups. The theme came from the NPW annual research survey (to read more about the 2011 Stress and Wellbeing in Australia Survey, go to www.psychology.org.au/NPW/survey/). NPW event organisers found inventive ways in which to demonstrate the importance of psychological knowledge in helping Australians lead happier, healthier and more meaningful lives.
'How to build resilience in the workplace' was the theme for a public event, held in Adelaide by organisational psychologist, author and South Australian Branch member Kathryn McEwen MAPS. Kathryn's presentation on practical skills to improve individual's workplace resilience proved popular, with the 70 attendees also enjoying a panel Q&A, featuring Denise Keenan MAPS, Jackie Dakin MAPS and Tim Ridgway MAPS, and a 'mix and mingle session' that allowed the audience to meet with the eight psychologists present. The organiser noted that the event's success hinged on finding an appropriate, free venue – with a local grammar school pleased to host it as part of its commitment to promoting wellbeing at the school and in education.
A 'psychology mini expo' held at Ballarat Health Services, in Victoria, proved a clever way to demystify psychology for a range of allied health professionals and to reach the wider community through them. Kylie McKenzie MAPS and colleagues from the APS Ballarat Branch filled a room with displays featuring information and examples of assessment tools, resources and strategies that they use in their work with people who have experienced injury, illness or trauma. Psychologists were then on hand to talk to colleagues about the nature of their work and the relevance of the items, such as a 'cognitive therapy board game', and a series of dolls, masks and gowns, which they use in work to help children prepare for invasive medical procedures.
Information and brochures in Greek were among resources distributed at two special sessions on anxiety and depression that were organised by the APS Mornington Peninsula Branch member Peter Kyriakoulis MAPS. Peter, who appears regularly on a Greek radio station in Melbourne talking about psychological topics, hoped that the hour-long talks conducted in Greek could help to address misunderstandings that discourage some members of the community from seeking help. The talks aimed to educate those attending about psychology and what psychologists can do, as well as provide strategies for coping with anxiety and depression. An important aspect of organising the event was promoting it in venues such as clinics, Greek community groups, churches and aged care facilities.
Barbara McKern MAPS, a nurse, psychologist and member of the APS Illawarra Branch who practises in Bowral NSW, held her annual open day during National Psychology Week 2011. Barbara has held a stall in a local shopping precinct during previous NPWs, but with her practice now well established, she feels an open day in her consulting rooms is more effective as people seem much more willing to ask questions compared with being in a more public place. Barbara found that many of the questions from community members were concerned with making proactive changes in their lives to establish healthy lifestyles, healthy relationships and a healthy work-life balance.
Dr Cheryl England MAPS, of the APS North Queensland Branch, took advantage of existing relationships in the community sector to identify a need for advice among volunteer staff and drivers working for a service providing subsidised transport to elderly or disabled community members in Townsville. She conducted a session on 'Using psychology with demanding clients' with the drivers and staff, to increase understanding of the factors that might be contributing to difficult behaviour among clients. In past years, Cheryl has held similar sessions, providing insights into depression in later life and dementia. Many organisations, operating on tight budgets and with few back-up resources, welcome the offer of advice and time from an expert psychologist.
NPW bookmarks and brochures on understanding and managing stress were circulated to popular local coffee outlets, including a mobile coffee van, as part of the efforts of the APS Albury/Wodonga Branch in NSW to promote NPW. The Branch also arranged a display of information and the circulation of resources through a local library and a local health service, where information on stress management was circulated via an all-staff newsletter. The coffee van is a popular spot in Albury, with lots of people meeting there, and it seemed like an ideal place to reach out to the public and share information on stress, wellbeing and NPW.
Inspiring by example was the intention of the APS Hobart Branch in Tasmania, which staged a lunchtime walk around Salamanca and Battery Point, attended by almost 20 members. Maree Riley MAPS – one of the Branch's dedicated NPW representatives – said that members hoped to raise awareness among the community by talking with interested passers-by, and handing out bags containing NPW resources, including the stress tipsheet. The idea was that they may not need the information immediately, but that this would plant the seed and remind them that psychologists are here to help, when they do need the support.
Judith Buchholz MAPS – a member of the APS ACT Branch – held a group session on sleep as part of her efforts for NPW, targeting visitors to the health centre at which it was held. The session covered different types of sleep problems, and practical strategies to alleviate them. Keeping attendee numbers to under 10 ensured that those present had their particular concerns addressed. Judith, who promoted the sessions via posters and by briefing fellow health and wellbeing professionals in the area, plans to hold a similar event this year, running it several times during NPW to ensure more can attend.
Kendall Newcombe MAPS, a member of the APS South West Sydney Branch, staged a number of activities at schools run by the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, at which she works. Most popular was the establishment of a staff and a student journal, which were circulated throughout a school, for participants to record happy or funny stories, quotes, impressions or pictures which they wanted to share with their peers.Kendall adjusted relaxation exercises to the needs of students as part of her activities, and felt that NPW offered the opportunity to debunk the myth that psychology is just about problems and abnormalities to show the full range of ways it can assist people.
For more information on NPW visit www.psychology.org.au/NPW/ or to read reports and see pictures of other events, go to www.psychologyweek.com.au.
The media exposure generated by NPW 2011 proved the most successful ever, with 200 media appearances reaching a potential audience of 10 million throughout Australia. The topic of stress and wellbeing struck a chord with print, online, radio and TV outlets around the country, with enquiries from media on stress and how to address it continuing to arrive months later. There was strong interest from talk-back radio and radio news bulletins in communities large and small around Australia. The major newspaper supplement 'Body and Soul' – which is syndicated in the Sunday Herald Sun, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times (WA), Sunday Mail (Adelaide), Sunday Tasmanian and Sunday Mail (Brisbane) – ran a detailed featured on women and stress.
Local interest in the results of the stress survey, and APS resources detailing symptoms of stress and strategies for increasing wellbeing, also allowed a number of members to achieve local coverage on the topic, including in the Townsville Bulletin, the Albury/Wodonga Border Mail, the Western NSW Border Times, the Dubbo Daily Liberal, and the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader.


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Since most games on Xbox 360 were P2P, why were we paying for Xbox live?
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ejay8320 posted...Chewy, until there are some actual experience with both the PS4 and Xbox ones online gaming stating which is better is mere speculation.
So Microsoft copies the server infrastructure that Sony has had from day ONE on PSN with the PS3 and that's "innovation" to you???? I think you need to go back to vocabulary class, that's not what "innovation" means at all.
TheRealPhattyJ 4 years ago#122
ExampliaGratia posted...
lilj812 posted...Joey-Zaza posted...ITT: Most games = more like 2 games
according to an October 2011 article on Gamespot it was found out that the "dedicated servers" were a "blast processing" "teh cloud" style marketing gimmick and not actual real servers at all.
ExempliGratia 4 years ago#123
TheRealPhattyJ posted...
ExampliaGratia posted...lilj812 posted...Joey-Zaza posted...ITT: Most games = more like 2 games
According to an article in August 2011 on GameSpot they said that half life 3 is launching in 2015.
Xbox Live Gamertag :ShottaSteveUrkel PSN: Hollaatmyfoot PSNvita: ExempliaGratia
pigman2003 4 years ago#124
Security, it still takes a lot of people to run the Xbox live online structure.
MasteroftheArts 4 years ago#125
TheRealPhattyJ posted...
ExampliaGratia posted...lilj812 posted...Joey-Zaza posted...ITT: Most games = more like 2 games
First, it's interesting to note that you don't actually provide the source.
Secondly, who the hell cares what Gamespot thinks about dedicated servers? Does anyone care about that piece of **** website anymore?
Microsoft has rented out 300,000 dedicated servers for this next generation. If you think they're willing to spend that kind of money on a marketing gimmick, you're an idiot.
Lastly, in 2011? Even if we accept your ridiculous claim that a source exists from a terrible gaming publication, why should we care what some source said in 2011?
"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God. "For proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing..."
iamdanthaman 4 years ago#126
FOXSOLID posted...
TwistedxL3G3ND posted...FOXSOLID posted...TC you shouldn't even bother, I've tried to tell this already and like you, I was attacked and bombarded by false or irrelevant statements.
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iamdanthaman 4 years ago#127
roboto_piloto posted...
iamdanthaman posted...It's not just DL speeds. It's the overall reliability of the service. I do not have a PS3, but I have talked with a lot of PS3 users on the forums for COD and other shooters such as ME3, and while there are occasional problems with matchmaking and disconnections on 360, from what I understand it is much worse on PS3, to the point where some PS3 gamers either quit or bought the game for their 360 or PC to play MP on because it was so bad on PS3, which leads to the relatively small game populations for a lot of games on PS3.
As I said, I don't own a PS3 so I don't know personally, but that is what I have been told. Also, I can't ever remember a time when I got disconnected from servers mid match in Halo or COD on Xbox live, and it only happens rarely in ME3, so if it happens enough for you to say "stuff happens in COD", then it is worse than on xbox live.
All your base are belong to us
You are paying for
Party Chat(which to me was worth the money on it's own)
A demo for every Xbla game and more demo's for retail games
A more reliable service
Tons of apps(they don't just create themselves)
Better match making
Gold only sales(in the course of year year i would earn the money i paid for live back in games i bought on sale)
Rdeal2 posted...
You are paying for
Pretty much all this.
The way I saw it, with the two competing services, in the end, you got what you paid for.
And ironically, PSN users NOW have to PAY to keep playing on P2P and XB1 players will be getting dedicated servers on the most popular games.
A message to PS4 players, if you don't want the XB1 and you're sick of PSN, go PC or bust.
Spit in the face of life and have a good day out of sheer f****** spite!
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lilj812 posted...
Since most games on Xbox 360 were P2P, why were we paying for Xbox live?
Because you would. It's that simple. Microsoft saw an opportunity to make billions from doing basically nothing, and they took it.
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We need proof that you actually tried, and then we can help you on parts that you get stuck on or cannot do.
i can do for number 1 only
x^4 - 11x^2 + 28 = 0
(x^2 -7 ) ( x^2 -4 ) =
(x^2 - 7 ) 0 | (x^2 - 4) = 0
x^2 = 7 | x^2 = 4
x = = + - sq. root of 7| x = +- of 2
i dnt knw the rest beacuse i only knw the simple special products and factoring patterns.
2. x^-4 - 13x^-2 + 36 = 0
( x^-2 + 6 )(x^-2 + 6 ) =
i dnt knw next because it has a negative exponents and some of the rest of the given... sorry
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There are two ways to handle that:
1) Let y= x^-2. Then x^-4= y^2 so the equation becomes y^2- 13y+ 36= 0. Once you have found y, x= 1/sqrt(y).
2) Multiply the entire equation by x^4. You get 1- 13x^2+ 36x^4= 0 which becomes a quadratic by letting y= x^2: 36y^2- 13y+ 1= 0. Once you have found y, x= sqrt(y).
i`m sorry if i have made u think that way (Educated) i just needed help. i never needed an insult sir/madam. i also tried my best to solve the problems in my own little way. I thank you so much for your help. it just happend that i wasn't able to show to you how i did it. Sorry.
You can check them yourself just by putting the numbers into the original equation. If x= -23/9, then x+ 3= -23/9+ 27/9= 4/9 and .
so that is correct.
If x= -2, then x+ 3= 1 and .
, not 2, so that is not correct.
The reason you got an incorrect answer was that, after getting M= 2/3 and -1 as the (correct) solutions to the quadratic, you set which is impossible- a square root is never negative.


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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, the Killeen Branch of the NAACP and the city of Killeen teamed up to host "The Dream Lives On" event Monday night at the Killeen Arts & Activities Center.
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"It has to do with inequity and not only feeling what other people feel but doing something about it," she said.
Members of the community and the NAACP came out to the event, along with city officials including Mayor Pro Tem Elizabeth Blackstone.
Following a reception, guests gathered in the center's auditorium for the ceremony, led by Driver-Moultrie and Jared Foster, councilman at large.
The room was quiet as guests watched the footage of King giving his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.
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text: We will always remember our friend Robin for those words she so proudly said over and over again..........*My best job is being Caitlyn's Mommy* And so well she did her 'job'. I first met Robin during a trip to Dallas in July of 2000, when we were able to get a Dallas DIS meet going while I was visiting there. Among the many DIS'ers I met was Robin, along with her future husband, Dan, and her little princess and love of her life, Caitlyn. I met them all again the following December 2001, at WDW, at MVMCP. Robin was a most pleasant person. In spite of her having MS, along with an overweight 'problem' that she was dealing well with of late, and a very abusive ex, she tried to live life to the fullest. And I think we will agree she did a pretty darn good job of that. Robin sure did provide us with many smiles over the past several years here on the DIS, along with many anxious days, as she dealt with the tough situation of her Caitlyn and her abusive ex. She laughed, she cared. She said it well in her tag under her name..........I want to go to clown school! Along with a Care Bear avatar....... Back about 8 months or so ago, her hubby, Dan, in severe pain from terminal lung cancer, ended his own life, another day of sadness in Robin's and Caitlyn's short lives, and one of sadness on the DIS, family we all seem to be. At the time, I asked Robin if she would like me to post a nice picture I had of the three of them, from a time which Robin had said was the happiest Dan had ever been, their trip to WDW. She said she would very much like me to do so. Here is that picture, along with a few words I posted then...... An evening of smiles for Robin, Dan and Caitlyn..... When I read the sad news that Janette posted earlier today, about Robin's hubby, Dan, I thought back to the couple times I had met Dan, Robin and Caitlyn. I first met them at a DIS meet in Dallas, in the summer of 2000. And last year, at the World, at a MVMCP in December. Dan was a quiet guy, but a great guy, a loving guy. As I said in my reply on the other thread, Dan just wanted Robin and Caitlyn to be happy. He officially became Caitlyn's dad and Robin's hubby this past July. I think he truly accomplished his goal. Here is a picture I had taken of Robin, Dan and Caitlyn at the Crystal Palace restaurant, where a good number of us ate prior to MVMCP that night last year at the Magic Kingdom. Dan is bending over a bit, as I was down low so as to get a good straight-on shot of Caitlyn. A great family they are. I asked Robin tonight if I could post this short post and picture, so more of us here on the DIS might come to know Dan a bit more. She said it was fine. Thank you, Robin, my heart and prayers go out to both you and Caitlyn, yours and Dan's families. God speed, Dan. To this, I can only add, God speed, Robin, to you also, you are now with Dan, and you have all the opportunity to continue with your goal of.......*My best job is being Caitlyn's Mommy* <embed src=http://www.dmurphydis.com/music/beautyintro.mid hidden=true autostart=TRUE height=0 width=0></EMBED>