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PowerPlay is a non profit organization that offers girls a free leadership program for sports and developement. Not only are the girls introduced to new sports, but they also learn about lifeskills and powerful life lessons that many of them do not forget. I, myself joined PowerPlay and was one of the Summer 2011 graduates from the program. From my personally persepective, PowerPlay left a lasting memory that I will always cherish because it taught me useful lesson like how to network, write a resume, go through an interview, and best of all new sports that I never thought I would enjoy. I will always be appreciative of PowerPlay and the great people I met from it. -NZ
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Re: The letter "Godly principles are missing," A-J, Jan. 30.
I concur with the writer in some ways, but have a correction regarding President Obama's statement. The full text of the statement, made in 2006 before he was president, is:
"Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation and a Buddhist nation and a Hindu nation and a nation of non-believers."
Obama went on to say "Americans are a religious people," noting "90 percent of us believe in God."
He also said, "I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the role of faith in people's lives, in the lives of the American people."
Readers may still disagree with the statement and disapprove of President Obama, but it is always best to get the full statement and its context before drawing conclusions.
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For the first time since his move to 11:35 PM last month, Jimmy Kimmel was beaten by his hero David Letterman last week. CBS' The Late Show bested ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live in total viewers by 40%, pulling in an average of 3.4 million to the ABC show's 2.48 million for the week ending February 8. Letterman also topped Kimmel in households (2.5/06 to 1.8/05), adults 18-49 (0.8/03 to 0.7/03), adults 25-54 (1.1/04 vs. 0.9/04) and adults 18-34 (0.5/02 vs. 0.4/02). That's a 14%, 22% and 25% margin of victory respectively for the key demos. However, that result partially tells us that the Baltimore Ravens weren't the only ones to get a win out of Super Bowl XLVII. Letterman's show was strongly promoted on CBS during the big game and he had MVP Joe Flacco on the day after the February 3 Super Bowl. The Late Show also did well against NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. The CBS late night show tied Leno in adults 18-49, adults 25-54, and adults 18-34 last week. Letterman was just a tad behind Leno in total viewers average over the week, garnering 3.47 million to The Tonight Show's 3.52 million.
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May 6, 2010
BROWNSVILLE, TX — The Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) recently held its annual employee celebration at which a custodian at one of the district''s schools was named an employee of the year, according to the Brownsville Herald.
Erasmo Sanchez, the head custodian at J.T. Canales Elementary School, was named employee of the year in the manual trades category, the story stated.
According to the story, Sanchez was presented with a commemorative award during the celebration — this year dubbed "A Star Spangled Gala" — at the Brownsville Events Center.
Sanchez has been a custodian at J.T. Canales Elementary School for 24 years and has held the title of head custodian for the past two years, the story noted.
J.T. Canales Elementary School Principal Debbie Alford, who nominated Sanchez for the employee of the year honor, said: "He is a born leader. Where many schools have drama in the area of custodial staff, I am blessed with none. They do their jobs. They work hard. They follow Erasmo''s lead."
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Kenya, 12 August 2011: Mobile schools aim to ensure education
ASIGER, Kenya, 12 August 2011 – Across this vast and semi-arid north-western corner of Kenya, threatened by alarmingly high malnutrition rates, live the Turkana, a traditional ethnic group who work the dry plains as shepherds. In a valley of microclimates, when water and green brush run dry and brown, the communities move on foot to new areas - roaming for life's essentials.
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The impact of this year's drought is severe. "School enrolment is down, people are on the move with their children looking for water and grass for their livestock," said head teacher Samuel Loscuwat, who runs a fixed, stationary elementary school, St. Boniface, where enrolment has dropped from 200 in 2010 to 156 last month. One result of the drought, which has worsened already fragile food security, has been that families are left with no choice but to withdraw their children from school. Mitigation against that is another element of UNICEF's work in education.
In order to help people adapt to the recurrent drought and ensure that every child's right to an education is honoured, the Kenyan Government and UNICEF have brought an innovative programme to this corner of the Rift Valley – mobile schools which move with the Turkana.
About five kilometres from St. Boniface is a simple structure, thatch walls covered by slabs of corrugated roofing plastic – it is Christine Tukei's mobile school.
A key strategy
Since 2008, Christine, 35, has worked as a school teacher for the Ministry of Education in the Rift Valley, and as the Turkana move, she moves with them – accompanied by her two daughters, Rael, 13, and Lydia, 12. Currently her children attend St. Boniface, but they live in a typical and simple mud house among the Turkana people. She is assisted at the school by two volunteer teachers.
"I teach kindergarten and first grade for children, but also to anyone who is interested in learning," said Christine.
Christine uses simple songs to help her students memorize numbers and basic English words; like parts of the body, animals, and plants. Her classroom walls have neatly hanging, and carefully preserved, educational posters, including a map of Kenya.
Mobile schooling is a key strategy in the UNICEF-supported Nomadic Education Policy, enabling children to access education even in nomadic lifestyles. To improve the quality of learning, UNICEF provides mobile schools with basic learning materials, such as books. UNICEF also undertakes high-level advocacy for long-term government support to mobile schools, including employment of teachers and provision of Free Primary Education funds.
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Christine explained the community she serves has been stationary long enough that the Kenyan Government built the temporary building, and another one about 15 kilometres away, in areas where families often move to in search of water and vegetation. She has worked and lived at the other location, as well.
One of her many challenges as a teacher is that her student body changes randomly, with families coming and going. Both Christine and Samuel have requested the Government to build dormitories at their schools, as this would encourage parents and guardians to leave their children in the care of the school while they find new areas for their livestock to survive.
Christine is a dedicated, charismatic, and inspiring woman, and one living an extraordinary chapter of service. She even has a battery-powered DVD player to share educational videos with her students. It is a quite a draw to help keep her students coming back and inspire others to make the long journey to St. Boniface.
When I said goodbye and thank you, she waved, "See you again. You are welcome." She fully expects me to keep coming back, just like the Turkana.
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Upgrading from Professional to Enterprise?
Is there anyway to upgrade from Windows 7 64x Professional to Windows 7 64x Enterprise?
I've tried simply changing the version seen in the registry to Enterprise and the install looked like it was going to work but once it finished there was a blue screen and my computer rebooted as it was before the upgrade took place.
I've also looked into doing an Anytime Upgrade but it is nowhere to be found on my computer.
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Windows 7 Professional x64
Sorry, I don't think that is possible. See this article: Windows 7 Upgrade Paths
It looks like you will need to do a clean install.
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Win7 Pro is a retail version, while Enterprise uses volume licensing.
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REVIEW: LG Flatron M2794D Part 8
Below, we tested the LG M2794D with regard to its colour fidelity and checked how well the LCD monitor could be calibrated. The results are mainly of interest for graphics and photo editing. For office use and games, they are mainly negligible, since the subjective impression is more important here.
We first measured the maximum colour space of the LCD and compared it with the ISO Coated printing colour space and the sRGB, AdobeRGB and ECI-RGB 2.0 colour spaces.
sRGB is the lowest common denominator for the interaction between various input and output devices in the consumer sector. In addition, Windows assumes sRGB if no colour profile is present for a device or graphics file.
Many colour printers work on normal paper with the sRGB profile. This is also why the sRGB colour space is significant for "normal users" unlike the ISO Coated printing colour space.
The comparison of the monitor's colour space with the ISO Coated colour space used in offset printing is also interesting, since this generally represents the least that modern inkjet printers can manage. Many modern inkjet printers can also cover even larger ranges.
ISO Coated: 97 % coverage
Three-dimensional comparison of the monitor colour space with the "ISO Coated" reference colour space used in offset printing.
We also measured how well the LG M2794D covers various colour spaces. The sRGB coverage is important for normal users. On the other hand, AdobeRGB is of interest for graphics workers and photographer, as is ECI-RGB 2.0. Through the extended colour space, we expect good results, especially for the last two colour spaces.
Explanation of 3D views: The black grid represents the respective standard colour space and the white grid represents the monitor's colour space. The coloured cube represents the actual intersection between both colour spaces. The monitor's colour space can no longer display the standard colour space where the black grid protrudes beyond the cube. If the monitor's colour space is larger than the respective standard colour space, the white grid protrudes beyond the cube.
sRGB: 94 % coverage
AdobeRGB: 82 % coverage
ECI 2.0: 73 % coverage
The ISO Coated colour space is almost completely covered at 97 percent. The coverage of the sRGB colour space is sufficient at 94 percent, but there are some places, especially in the blue area, in which the sRGB colour space protrudes beyond the model's colour space. AdobeRGB coverage is weak for a model with an extended colour space at 82 percent. The same applies for the comparison with the ECI 2.0 colour space, which is covered less well at 73 percent.
Neither fish nor fowl: overall, the results here are not so convincing. Ideally, LG should have done without an extended colour space for the M2794D or should have extended it considerably with regard to AdobeRGB and ECI 2.0.
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You know what did we ask if built this build on the UCLE2 radio or the new radio UCLF2.
should not matter I've run MIUI on le2 ld2 and many others.. its the ROM something is missing....
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Team Alberta is right on the heels of British Columbia in the medal chase at the Western Canada Summer Games.
Alberta sits in second place with 73 medals to B.C.'s 82 .
A big reason for the host province's strong medal haul has been its success in the pool, where 45 medals were won.
"The swimmers lifted their performance for these Games and they were way above our expectations," said Alberta head coach Dave Johnson.
It's been 17 years since swimming was part of the Western Canada Summer Games, and Johnson said the team served notice to the rest of the country that Alberta will be a future contender for national team spots in the future.
"I'm a former Olympic coach and for many years a big portion of the contingent of swimmers on the national team have been from B.C. and Quebec.
"But seeing how well Alberta did this week opened up a lot of eyes," Johnson said. "The future definitely looks bright for Alberta swimmers."
After finishing up competition Monday night, Johnson took a group of swimmers who participated in the WCSG to a meet in Los Angeles to further their development.
"This is a slightly higher level where they'll compete against swimmers from Mexico, the U.S. and all of Canada," he said yesterday.
"They will take what they have learned from their time in Sherwood Park and use it down here."
Rachel Nicol, 14, had the pressure of being Alberta's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies, but she definitely didn't disappoint in the pool. Nicol won three gold medals and set records in the 100m and 200m breaststroke.
"Rachel has been on fire and she'll be heading to the upcoming Olympic trials," said Johnson.
"She's not quite there yet, but down the road she'll be a contender for sure."
Team Alberta's twin goals heading into this edition of the Games was to finish atop the medal standings and beat their best ever finish.
"We want to finish No.1 overall," said Alberta media liaison Marvin Dobish.
"Because we are hosting it this year and with all the resources we have put into these Games, we would be disappointed if we didn't finish on top."
Dobish highlighted the first phase with Alberta coming away with gold medals in men's softball and women's soccer.
The women's soccer team went a perfect 4-0, outscoring their opponents 19-0 in the process.
The men's softball team beat rival B.C. for the gold.
"Any time Alberta plays B.C. in any sport there are more bragging rights on the line.
"The men's softball team lost to B.C. twice in the round-robin, but rose to the occasion and beat them twice on the same day to win the gold," added Dobish.
"We are very pleased with phase one and we feel heading into phase two, we've set ourselves up in a good position."
The second phase of competition opens today with cycling, diving, volleyball, field hockey, baseball, canoe/kayak, wrestling, rugby and athletics.
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Sunday proved to be the perfect autumn day to pick pumpkins and enjoy the Pumpkin Festival in Beckley.
The Burlington United Methodist Family Services held their 8th annual Pumpkin Festival Saturday and Sunday.
Kids of all ages enjoyed hay rides, bouncy castles, live music, an auction, pumpkin cider and much more. Mother of two, Crystal Milam, told 59News how much her children enjoyed the outing.
"This is our second day coming back because yesterday we really didn't have enough time to do everything and my kids woke up this morning asking to come back to the Pumpkin Festival and it's such a beautiful day, I didn't want to tell them no," Milam said.
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Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said on Friday they have approved a new drug made by Roche Holding AG for some patients with late-stage metastatic breast cancer who have failed other therapies.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it approved Kadcyla, also known as ado-trastuzumab emtansine, for patients whose cancer cells contain increased amounts of a protein known as HER2.
The drug's label will carry a boxed warning, the most serious possible, of the drug's potential to cause liver and heart toxicity and death. The drug can also cause life-threatening birth defects.
In clinical trials, patients who took the drug, known during its development process as T-DM1, survived an average of 30.9 months, compared with 25.1 months in the control group.


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If you are American or Canadian and have lots of money, you can apply to St. Andrews University in Scotland. They've recently launched a program that allows North American students to complete a medical undergraduate degree and then be automatically admitted into medical school at the University of Edinburgh. The program outline says Canadian and American students will get "dedicated assistance with preparation for" exams and residency matches at home. BUT the program costs well over $250K in tuition alone.
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2017 DRMT Mission Trip Details
• Week 1: Friday, June 30 to Sunday, July 9, 2017 ($1,400 all inclusive)
• Week 2: Friday, July 7 to Saturday, July 15, 2017 ($1,400 all inclusive)
• DRMT Lite: Friday, July 7 to Wednesday, July 12, 2017 ($1,325 all inclusive)
• DRMT Lite Plus: Friday, July 7 to Saturday, July 15, 2017 ($1,550 all inclusive; this trip includes the full DRMT Lite trip at Casa de Campo then last few days at Casa Pastoral)
• Two Weeks: Friday, June 30 to Saturday, July 15, 2017 ($2,100 all inclusive)
Complete the online application to reserve your spot on the 2017 DR Mission Team!
To read blogs, see photos and video of the 2016 mission trips involving 147 volunteers, visit the DRMT blog, search #DRMT16 on social media, and follow @drmissionteam on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
These trips are for all ages, interests and abilities! There is something for anyone and everyone to do to serve the poor and help those in need. It is expected that our teams this summer will continue construction at the Joe Hartman School and in Batey 50, provide desperately needed medical clinics, feed the hungry; provided educational experiences for the children, work at the Good Samaritan Hospital, share the Gospel and pray with people in a variety of settings, and interact with some of the most beautiful people in the bateyes and barrios near La Romana.
Once again there is the "DR Mission Team Lite" trip, a shorter trip for those who will experience the love, excitement, and faith involved in the mission trip, but for a shorter time and less stressful accommodations.
There will be many more details about this trip and the other DRMT projects at the monthly meetings. Please download the planning calender below and make sure to attend these very important meetings.
For more information, please email or call 203-626-2239.


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Investigators have recovered the missing memory unit of the flight data recorder from an Air France flight from Rio to Paris and hope that it will indicate why the aircraft went down in a remote area of the mid-Atlantic in 2009, killing all 228 people on board.
France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) said a search by a submarine located the unit Sunday morning 12,800 feet below the ocean's surface.
"The investigation team located and identified the memory unit from the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) at 10 h UTC this morning," said BEA, which has been tasked with investigating the disaster.
The statement included photos of the recorder — a red cylinder partially buried in sand on the sea floor. The BEA statement said the device was "in good physical condition" and had been "lifted by the Remora 6000 ROV [robot submarine] on board the ship Ile de Sein."
"At this stage, the box seems to be in good physical condition. Our experts will tell us if there's hope to read the data," said BEA director Jean-Paul Troadec, Agence France Press reported. "If the data can be used it will allow the enquiry to make headway because the FDR [flight data recorder] records the altitude, speed, and the various positions of the rudder."
However, a BEA spokesperson told the Associated Press that the recordings may yet prove unusable owing to the undersea pressure they were subjected to for nearly two years
"We can't say in advance that we're going to be able to read it until it's been opened," a BEA spokeswoman told the AP.
The device was expected to arrive at BEA offices within eight to 10 days.
The flight data recorder stores technical data from the flight while another so-called "black box" records cockpit conversations.
Investigators said Wednesday that search teams had retrieved part of a black box flight recorder from the Airbus A330 but not the part containing the key data. The memory unit was found detached from the chassis nearby, the spokeswoman told the AP.
Submarine probes were continuing the search for a second black box, she said.
Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to the French capital, Paris crashed into the Atlantic northeast of Brazil after running into an intense high-altitude thunderstorm.
Automatic messages sent by the Airbus 330's computers showed it was receiving false air speed readings from sensors known as pitot tubes, according to the AP. Investigators have said the crash was likely caused by a series of problems, and not just sensor error.


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Hillis to Speak at Chapel-Forum Sept. 17Sept. 16, 1997
Dr. William D. Hillis, vice president for student life at Baylor University, will speak on "Lessons I've Learned from Creeks I've Been Up" at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, during Chapel-Forum in Waco Hall.
Hillis graduated from Baylor in 1953 with a bachelor of science degree and went on to earn a medical degree in nephrology from Johns Hopkins University. He served in the U.S. Air Force as chief of epidemiology until 1964 and was a professor of pathobiology and medicine at Johns Hopkins.
Hillis returned to Baylor in 1981 as the chairman of the biology department and in 1985 became executive vice president. In 1989 he became vice president for student affairs, although he continues teaching upper-level biology courses.
He is an active member of the Baylor and Waco communities, holding positions at Seventh and James Baptist Church, Caritas, Downtown Waco, Inc., and the Waco Conference of Christians and Jews. He spent two years in Calcutta, India, a year in Zaire, and two years in Denmark doing medical research and helping the people of those countries.
For more information, call the Office of the Chaplain at 710-3517.
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Today we bring you a track from a relatively unknown producer, Andy Immerman. Nonetheless, this is one we're excited about. In fact, we are the first music blog to ever feature Immerman. He may not be someone you have heard of, but his sound is one you should know about. We caught wind of this track a few days ago, and instantly fell in love. Immerman hails from Colorado, and has an interesting musical background. He has been producing since the age of 13, when his father first gave him recording software for his PC. Now 23, he hasn't given up his love of music. In fact, he was the assistant sound engineer for the last Bon Iver album (which won a Grammy in 2012). His ear for mixing is impeccable, and his craft shows through the melodic nature of Forecast. We think you will like this track, and suggest you download it for yourself. It has a euphoric downtempo vibe – extremely chill. We like Immerman's sound, and hope to hear more from him in the future.
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Lauren Turner / PopSugar:
Rob and Bikini-Clad Kristen Kiss During a Romantic Day Poolside — Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart kissed while hanging out at her new house in LA yesterday. The couple showed PDA while embracing each other and sharing a few laughs on a patio. Kristen later emerged in her swimwear for a dip.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, NY Daily News, The Blemish, Dlisted and Us Weekly
Joyce Chen / NY Daily News: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson spotted together in public for the first time since actress' affair …
Justin Ravitz / Us Weekly:
Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel Throw Pre-Wedding Beach Bash in Italy — This party has officially started! — On Wednesday, husband-and-wife-to-beJustin Timberlake and Jessica Biel hosted over 50 guests in Puglia, Italy for a pre-wedding beach party dinner, Us Weekly can report.
Discussion: Yeeeah!, In Case You Didn't Know, Celeb Gossip …, Splash, The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
RebeccaL / In Case You Didn't Know: Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Throw Pre-Wedding Bash In Italy
Tracee / Celeb Gossip, Celeb News and Celeb Pictures: Inside Info About Jessica Biel & Justin Timberlake's Wedding
Bossip: Matrimony-dom: Justin Timberfake To Wed Jessica "Nice Cakes" Biel In Italian Wedding Ceremony This Week!
Leslie Gornstein / E! Online:
NEWS/How Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Could Easily Spend $6.5 Million on Their Italian Wedding
NEWS/How Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Could Easily Spend $6.5 Million on Their Italian Wedding
Discussion: Socialite Life
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Justin, Jessica to wed in Italy
Justin, Jessica to wed in Italy
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Daily Mail: Pictured: Justin Timberlake enjoys pre-wedding drinks ahead of nuptials with Jessica Biel …
Jenni Maier / Crushable: It's Not Too Late For Britney Spears To Crash Justin Timberlake's Wedding To That Chick From 7th Heaven
Melissa Noble / OK! Magazine: Guests Arrive at Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's Secret Italian Wedding Location
Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Dancing With the Stars: Drew Lachey "Threw a Fit" Over Bristol Palin — Bristol Palin was shown the door on this past Tuesday's Dancing with the Stars — but singer (and experienced dancer) Drew Lachey went home first, and vented backstage on Oct. 9 about that the single mom, 22, had outlasted him on the ABC smash.
Discussion: OK! Magazine
Sam Lutfi: Britney Spears OD'd on Amphetamines the Night She Was Committed on a 5150 — Britney OD'd on Amphetamines — The Night She Was 5150'd — BREAKING NEWS — Britney Spears took a huge amount of amphetamines the night she was strapped to a stretcher and placed on a 5150 hold …
Flavor Flav — Accused Of Double-Knife Rampage Before Arrest — Rampage Before Arrest — BREAKING NEWS — Flavor Flav violently threw his fiancee to the ground last night, ripped out her earring, then chased her teenage son around the house while clutching TWO KNIVES …
Discussion: In Case You Didn't Know, What Would Tyler Durden Do, PerezHilton, Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Hiphopobama / Bossip: Fear Of A Black Planet: More Details On How Flavor Flav Manhandled His Boo And Chased Her Son …
Danielle Staub — I Had a Meeting w/ Andy Cohen ... ABOUT 'HOUSEWIVES' — THE B*TCH IS BACK ... well, almost ... 'cause Danielle Staub says she had a meeting with Bravo honcho Andy Cohen yesterday and claims they totally talked "Housewives." — Staub — who was booted from …
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Hollywood Gossip
Jen Heger / RADAR:
Bravo Wants Jill Zarin To Come Back To Real Housewives of New York!
Bravo Wants Jill Zarin To Come Back To Real Housewives of New York!
Discussion: PerezHilton
Meriah Doty / Yahoo! Movies:
First adult film star Sylvia Kristel dies at 60 — Sylvia Kristel, arguably the first adult film star, has died at the age of 60 after suffering a long battle with cancer. — "She died during the night during her sleep," her agent told the AFP. She was admitted to a hospital in July …
Greg B. Smith / NY Daily News:
'Beyonce' rooms for affluent new moms at Lenox Hill Hospital are putting newborns at risk: nurses — The executive suites, including the one where the mega-star delivered baby Blue Ivy in January, receive nearly one-on-one nursing care. Two floors above, up to 18 newborns are sometimes tended by a single nurse.
Discussion: Bossip
Dazzling Alessandra Ambrosio proudly unveils the 'Fantasy Bra' — It is the moment every Victoria's Secret angel dreams of. — So it's no surprise Alessandra Ambrosio had made sure she looked her best as she unveiled the coveted 'Fantasy Bra' that she will be modelling at this year's catwalk bonanza.
Erin O'Sullivan / omg!:
Miley Cyrus Can't Get Enough Of Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson — Miley Cyrus stopped by "Chelsea Lately" on Wednesday to dish about her upcoming stint on "Two and a Half Men," but the topic quickly turned to the 19-year-old's obsession with Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson.
Discussion: X17 Online
Ryan Seacrest:
Meital Dohan and Sean Kingston Go Skydiving For 'On Ya!' [VIDEO]
Meital Dohan and Sean Kingston Go Skydiving For 'On Ya!' [VIDEO]
Rebecca Macatee / E! Online: NEWS/Miley Cyrus: Jonas Brothers' "Wedding Bells" Is About Me, It's "Pretty Blatant, It's Whatever"
Us Weekly:
Video: LOL! See 9-Year-Old Mila Kunis' 1993 Lisa Frank Commercial — Long before she was the sexiest woman alive, Mila Kunis was just an adorable stationery enthusiast. — The Ted actress, now 29, starred in a commercial for Lisa Frank's beloved unicorn-and-teddy-bear-covered line of stickers …
Christopher Rosen / The Huffington Post:
Joaquin Phoenix: Oscars Are 'Bullsh-t' According To 'The Master' Star … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Joaquin Phoenix, Video, Daniel Day Lewis, Academy Awards 2013, Best Actor 2013, Joaquin Phoenix Best Actor, Joaquin Phoenix Bulls**t, Joaquin Phoenix Interview, Joaquin Phoenix Oscars …
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Elvis Mitchell / Interview Magazine: JOAQUIN PHOENIX … When I show up 15 minutes early …
Melissa Noble / OK! Magazine: Joaquin Phoenix: I Think the Oscars "Are Bullsh*t, I Don't Want to be a Part of It"
Jocelyn / In Case You Didn't Know: Joaquin Phoenix may be nominated for an Oscar this year, but in case you're wondering, he thinks …
Halle Kiefer / VH1 Celebrity: Joaquin Phoenix Says Oscars Are "Bulls—," Which Is Funny Because He's Totally Going To Win One
Natalie Zutter / Crushable: Joaquin Phoenix Would Like To Thank No One For This Oscar, Because He Didn't Want It In The First Place
X17 Online:
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Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:
'Justice League' aims for summer 2015 after Superman victory — Warner Bros. can go ahead with plans for a live-action "Justice League" movie in 2015 following Tuesday's victory in a Superman legal case. Above, the animated "Justice League" TV series from last decade. (Cartoon Network / October 18, 2012)
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Christopher Rosen / The Huffington Post: 'Justice League' In 2015? Warner Bros. Might Battle 'Avengers' Sequel In Three Years
Mark / I Watch Stuff: 'Justice League' Coming in 2015 — Which, Hey, That's When 'Avengers 2' Comes Out!
Alicia Lutes / Hollywood.com: 'Justice League' Movie Planned for Summer 2015
Mildred Baena Reads Arnold Schwarzenegger's Book — Why'd He Skip The Sex? — Reads Arnold's Book — Why'd He Skip The Sex? — EXCLUSIVE — Looking to relive her adulterous glory days, Arnold Schwarzenegger's baby madre Mildred Baena has decided to read Arnie's tell-all book …
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Hiphopobama / Bossip: Dirty Dog Diaries: Arnold "Sperminator" …
Britney Spears — Buys $8.5 MILLION Mansion with Jason Trawick — Buys $8.5 MILLION Mansion — with Jason Trawick — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — Britney Spears has left Calabasas ... and moved into a brand new $8.5 MILLION mansion even further away from all of the Hollywood madness.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Hollywood Rag
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Shailene Woodley Near 'Divergent' Deal — EXCLUSIVE: Suddenly, The Descendants breakout Shailene Woodley has become the hot young actress in town. She's in talks to play the Mary Jane role in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, and now I hear she is negotiating to play the female lead in Divergent …
X17 Online:
ADAM LEVINE SEXES UP THE SMALL SCREEN IN HIS DEBUT ON AMERICAN HORROR STORY — Adam Levine made his acting debut on American Horror Story last night, and the Maroon 5 hottie plays Leo, a newly-married photographer who travels with his wife Teresa, played by Jenna Dewan-Tatum.
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Is Unicode's so-called "bidi algorithm" really bidirectional, that is, does it govern horizontal text layout in right-to-left and left-to-right languages?
Or is "bidi" a metaphor here, for more possible text orientations, including vertical boustrophedons and other historically available options? I'm asking because I tried to read the Unicode 3.0 paper documentation and wasn't sure what it was saying at some points.
Also, on the Internet, are historically vertically placed languages being written vertically? Some of them are BOTH vertical and right to left...........How difficult is this technically?
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Top prize-winners from the Cannes and Berlin film festivals are among 65 movies competing for the foreign-language honor at the Academy Awards next March.
Oscar contenders include Germany's "The White Ribbon," director Michael Haneke's sober drama that won the main prize at May's Cannes festival. Set on the eve of World War I, the film explores the collective guilt of a small town besieged by strange acts of violence.
Also in the Oscar race is France's "A Prophet," Jacques Audiard's prison drama that was the runner-up at Cannes.
The top winner at February's Berlin festival, Claudia Llosa's "The Milk of Sorrow," is Peru's entry for the foreign-language Oscar. The film explores the fear of women abused during the Peruvian government's war with leftist guerrillas.
Italy's entry, the coming-of-age tale "Baaria," is the latest from Giuseppe Tornatore, whose "Cinema Paradiso" won the 1989 foreign-language Oscar.
Notably absent is Oscar winner Pedro Almodovar, whose "All About My Mother" took the 1999 foreign-language trophy. Spain chose Fernando Trueba's "The Dancer and the Thief" as its Oscar entry over Almodovar's "Broken Embraces," which co-stars last year's supporting-actress winner Penelope Cruz.
Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards come out Feb. 2. The Oscars will be awarded March 7.
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The heartbroken family of a Blackpool man killed when a plane was shot out of the sky today paid tribute to a devoted uncle who "loved life".
Glenn Thomas, 49, was an avid traveller excited about going to Australia for the first time when his Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight to Kuala Lumpar crashed over war-torn Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.
Speaking from a hotel in Spain, where she was waiting to travel to the airport before flying home from holiday last night, Glenn's twin sister Tracey Withers told The Gazette: "There was no uncle or brother like him in the world.
"I can't believe it – he was the most generous, kind person who always thought about others first."
She was on holiday with husband Mark, 50, and daughter Brittany, 17, when they heard the flight from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport had crashed on Thursday.
Glenn, a former journalist and spokesman for the World Health Organisation in Geneva, was on his way to a medical conference in Australia when his flight came down close to the Russian border.
Tracey, of South Shore,said: "He had never been to Australia before and he was so excited.
"He loved life and was doing what he does best – travelling. Last year he was away every weekend.
"He just idolised my two children.
"He wanted them to do so well.
"Everyone that knew him knew what he was like – there's not a bad word to say about him."
After learning of the tragedy, Tracey and her family faced an agonising wait before it was confirmed her brother had boarded the plane – made worse by the fact her son, Jordan, 22, was at the family home in Blackpool.
"The last 48 hours have been horrendous," she said. "I just wanted to get back."
Jordan, who spent seven months in Geneva living with his uncle after leaving university, said: "There was a couple of hours when we got our hopes up thinking he might have missed the plane.
"He had missed so many before – he was so laid back that he was always cutting it fine."
He said the news had hit the family hard, just 13 weeks after the death of Glenn and Tracey's father. "He was an amazing man," he added. "He treated me as a son and I looked up to him. A week before my 21st birthday he said 'pick seven friends, we're going to Lisbon all expenses paid' – he was that type of person.
"Through all his life the one thing he said to me was go to university and go travelling.
"The one place he hadn't been was Australia and obviously that's where has going for a conference."
The family had been planning a major celebration in September, with three birthdays and Tracey's wedding anniversary coming up.
Jordan said: "It's coming up to mum and Glenn's 50th, Brittany is turning 18 and it's mum's wedding anniversary too. We were going to have a massive big do but it's not going to be the same now."
Glenn, who grew up in South Shore and went to Highfield High School, joined the civil service after dropping out of Blackpool Sixth Form.
He went to night school where he got his A-Levels before studying economics at Bangor University.
From there he got his first job in journalism at The Citizen in St Annes.
He went on to work for Granada and the BBC, as well as writing for national newspapers, later moving to Geneva, Switzerland, to work for the World Health Organisation.
Tracey added: "He was such an amazing person who did so much."
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One of the most common animals that we humans have around us is the dog. It is not a guarantee that if you have a dog around you, that the dog is your animal spirit totem. However, if you do have dogs around you, it may be worthwhile for you to take advantage of that opportunity to learn from our friend, the dog.
We have main guides and teaching guides. Very often an animal will come into your life briefly, cross your path, or even be killed by you. Those are present in our lives to serve as teaching guides. You can bet if you run over an animal with your car, you have a lesson to learn from that animal's traits and ways. If you are a hunter and you kill an animal, that animal's wisdom and ways should be something you research and learn.
In the case of dogs, they teach us so many valuable lessons. I think the one we all are familiar with is, of course, loyalty. Everyone knows about a dog's unconditional love and undying loyalty. We are also familiar with the fact that dogs protect us. Many dog owners actually own the dog for the specific purpose of protection. Dogs have also helped man work, such as the herders, hunters, and sled dogs. One of the traits I find so fascinating in the animal spirit totem dog is the ability to bounce back, heal, and let go of the past. It is incredibly hard to break a dog's spirit. I had the privilege of helping a horrible broken and abused dog recently. She would hide her head under her leg whenever food or water was put down and her whole body would shake. I finally got her to trust me enough to be able to put my hand inside her cage. I then eventually got her to eat out of my hand. That was approximately three months ago and that dog doesn't even remember those days any more. When I see her with her family, she is nothing less than joyful! She let go of her past so quickly. I have to grin every time I think about how we humans will hold on to baggage from forty years ago, but that little dog can forget someone stomping her back so hard that her pelvis was broken. It took her less than three weeks to get to where she trusted the humans around her and started exploring her new life.
To wrap the animal spirit totem dog up in a nice little package, the most common and familiar traits are as follows:
- Unconditional love
- Undying loyalty
- Protection
- Nearly unbreakable spirit
- Companionship
- Helper
- Understanding the difference between and the duality of doubt and faith
- Knowing when trouble is close
- An innate ability to sense good or evil in beings
If you are finding yourself with the dog as your animal spirit totem, you may want to ask yourself some questions. Do you have the proper companionship in your life? Do you have a lack of love? Do you allow yourself to receive love from others? Are you faithful to yourself? Is your spirit low? These are just some of the questions that an animal spirit totem dog can help you answer and heal in your own life. Are you curious about your totem? Come on in and find your power animal today.


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Apparently, fast food and retail stores have graduated to the POI, or Points of Interest, that many GPS devices use. Tele Atlas is including POI icons based on company logos for GPS map data, so that when you're looking for McDonald's Golden Arches, you'll see…well…the Golden Arches on your GPS. (New corporate slogan?: Over 1 billion GPS-vehicles swerved here)
Other corporate easting destinations include Arby's, Bennigan's, Chile's, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Wendy's and Subway. Sounds to me like you could eat your way across America, but without any healthier food choices, I suspect most folks wouldn't make it from New York to Chicago. This explains why I only weigh 125 pounds fully clothed, soakin' wet and with mobile devices in my pockets….
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According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the median age in Minnesota is 37.1. That means half of Minnesotans are older than that and half are younger. Minnesota's median age is slightly higher than the nation's by six months.
The median age in Minnesota and the U.S. has been creeping up for years as baby boomers age. Since 2000, there has been a 22 percent jump in the population of people who are 85 and up, and there's been a 40 percent increase in the number of people in their 50s.
"We're all aging. We're all getting a bit older," said state demographer Tom Gillaspy. "I know some don't like to admit it, but we are getting older. That's pretty normal for a person to do that, but it's not really normal for a society to do that.
But the baby boom, coupled with the fact that Minnesotans are having fewer children, translate into an older population in the state.
The increasing age of the population is the state's number one public policy challenge, according to Sen. Geoff Michel, R-Edina.
"These numbers, I think, should serve as alarm bells for public policy-makers, especially those of us here in St. Paul, to get to work," said Michel.
Michel meets with a group of lawmakers dubbed the 20-20 Caucus.
"We use that number, because the year 2020 will be the first year in Minnesota history where we have more retirees than kids in schools," explained Michel. "Alarm bells, health care budgets versus education budgets. Where do you set priorities, how do you deal with that kind of challenge?"
And as the population ages, fewer people will be working and paying the taxes that fund government services for retirees like Social Security and Medicare.
Tom Hesse with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce said that has huge tax implications for workers for several decades.
"In addition, it indicates that the workforce needs to become more productive, so we can deal with this in a way other than just increasing taxes, because I don't think we can just keep increasing tax levels on Minnesotans in order to fund the needs of a more aging population. It would just be too costly," Hesse said.
Some older workers will continue to be part of the tax base, though. The oldest baby boomers turn 62 this year -- the average age when Americans begin retiring. But AARP spokesman Amy McDonough said they're not all ready to retire.
"No longer is 65 the automatic age where people decide to give it up. People want to stay in the workforce oftentimes, because they're healthier and they're able to do it. Often they have to stay because of the costs of health care are so high that they can't afford not to," said McDonough.
McDonough said the implications of workers staying on the job longer can be positive, because they bring knowledge, experience and a traditional work ethic. And that can be valuable to employers that are having trouble recruiting younger workers.
Census estimates show that's likely to get harder. There's been a 14 percent drop in the number of 35- to 39-year-olds since 2000. One of the industries that will be hard hit by the shrinking workforce is technology.
Kate Rubin, President of the Minnesota High Tech Association, said the industry has been trying to convince a higher percentage of kids to pursue math and science careers.
"We'll need between 22 and 33 percent more workers in the technology area over the next 10 years. So we need to get more of the people who have not traditionally looked at those careers into those careers," said Rubin.
It's clear that the workforce won't be getting bigger in the near future, but it eventually will stop shrinkng. Census estimates show the number of kids under age five is on the upswing.


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1\2A Pylon Racing (GWS Warbirds & Racing Wings)
The Utah Valley Aeromodelers Club out at the Saratoga field has been holding pylon racing for years. Last year they started an electric class using GWS Warbirds. They have continued their high-speed gas class as well, which alternates heats with the electric class. The electric class has been gaining ground, and is growing quickly, while the gas class has been diminishing.
The Utah Flyers Organization wants to join with the UVA in electric pylon competition, and this thread is here to help our gang of flying maniacs get in on the action.
I've spoken with Jason Gillies, who ran their electric class last year, and he went over their rules and specs with me, so I'm going to put as much info as I have here in the next few posts and try and keep it updated.
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The pylon races are held out at Eagle Mountain on a sod farm.
March and November are "iffy" months for their schedule, but they plan on holding races on the 2nd saturday of every month all year, weather permitting.
I'm including the UVA 2008 schedule, and a map here.
1/2A GWS Pylon Racing Parts
To order your parts, first go here:
Click on the RCHOTDEALS.com link on the right of their page. Doing this is what gets the club good deals, including prizes to be given out. If you just go directly to RCHotdeals.com, the club doesn't get prizes or discounts.
In the drop down "Select....Go To Anywhere From Here" select "Combo Packages"
Select the third one from the bottom 240918CB
Change the ESC from Suppo-20A ESC to HW18A ESC
Change Motor from 2408-21 to 2409-18SS (+$5.00)
SS stands for "Short Shaft", which keeps your shaft from getting bent as much.
Jason Gillies from UVA recommended getting replacement shafts.
in the drop down "Select....Go To Anywhere From Here" select "Motor Mounts and Shafts" and order the first item "Spare Shaft for Motor 2409-18SS W/Prop Adapter".
Any 3S or 4S battery is allowed in the race. Nobody has used 4S in the past, but a few including Jason are planning on it this year.
Planes can be purchased from Apex in AF or Some Dudes on Redwood Road, and if you mention the UVA club racing, they'll sell the white slope glider versions for $25.
Jason mentioned that most of the guys will actually have 2 or 3 planes ready to fly because they are constantly running into each other or crashing.
Now THAT'S my idea of a GOOD TIME!
Your order should look like the attached image.
1\2A Rules & Points
The contest rules and point system can be found on the UVA web site following this link. There's also a thrust chart which sheds light on what setups get you speed and thrust with the approved electronics.
Monitoring Weather Conditions
I've been using this web site heavily since I found it. It's a great tool for estimating conditions, including temps, wind speed, wind direction, cloud cover, and precipitation. I'm including it here in case it will help people plan their travels according to conditions.
Who Can Fly 1/2A?
Anybody can compete in these competitions as long as they are using the approved electronics. You don't have to be a club member, nor do you need AMA. People come from all over the Wasatch Front to compete, and they usually have 15-20 people flying in multiple heats.
The more people we can get to come and do combat after the competition, the more likely we'll get more people joining us for combat. Talk about ulterior motives!
The competition is sponsored by GWS, who provides free plane kits to the club as prizes. So chances are, if you crash a plane one week, you'll win one another week.
These races are only once a month, so they won't really pose a threat to our regular combat sessions, the combat may just move to the sod farm on the second week and we'll do combat there before or after the races, depending on time of season.
I cant believe they would allow a 4S setup. Maybe the added weight offsets it but seems like you would just want a 4S setup to go faster than others.
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I think they've been more focused on having consistent setups and winning by skill rather than winning by design advantage. But after flying 3S all year in 2007, it sounds like some of the guys are ready to advance in speed - both to make it more exciting, and to make it more challenging. The faster you go, the harder the course is to fly cleanly.
The motor can probably handle 4S, but it depends on the size of prop you choose. The faster you fly, the wider your turns are, and the longer it takes for your plane to build speed back up because you're gonna be spinning a smaller prop. Smaller prop means less torque, and these planes are not efficient, they scrub speed fast.
So a 3S setup may appear way faster than a 4S just because it has the torque to regain speed after scrubbing it in a turn.
Would the little red motors we've been using be a better choice for GWS pylon? I know they're better on wings, which can use smaller props, but don't the GWS planes need to fly with 8 or 9" props?
It has been my expreience that an 8" prop is minimum. I flew on a 7x6 and it was terrible on the Corsair for the motor I had.
This could be fun.
I would agree that they are smart to keep things as simple/cheap as possible. Especially when the chance to pile up a plane are very high. I dont want to be running around with a $400.00 setup and have some idiot fly right through my plane. Not that a guy like Todd would do that. ..... Please put your hand on your heart and remember the Formosa of Love.
There is always one of those guys (Finch) who would be able to always get a faster motor and it may limit the participation of 95% of those interested if it too hard to compete. I would agree that it would be fun to go faster than you can get a fat GWS warbird to go.
We just need to play along and find out what works for these guys.
A plane that would be a good faster, but still cheap and easy, would be the slipso.
WOW that happens to be the EXACT configuration on my spitfire!!!!
I'll give you something to remember me by Todd. Oh and by the way John, there's no way I'm slowing down in front of you again.
I agree that an arms race would not be fun. But the motor in this class sucks, imo. When you have to buy spare shafts to replace bent shafts due to just landing, that motor is too cheap. I wish they'd have picked a different motor. In the end motor selection is likely of minor importance when compared to piloting skills.
I've got a slipso 3/4 of the way done. The build is much more difficult than a gws kit, but the additional speed might keep me interested longer.
I don't think it would be a hard sell to get everybody to move up to a better motor if the price of the motor were agreeable. Jason said several times that after reviewing what's out there now, especially from the United Hobbies site, that he wishes he could move it up to something a little nicer.
But somebody has to do the R&D and prove that a specific motor is a good fit for those planes. Then we can sell it to others either as an upgraded class of warbird racing, or as a replacement for the existing class. The best time to do that is now, before the season gets going.
I don't have a plane ready to go, but I do have some motors that could be tested if somebody had time. I don't, I'm slammed at work.
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A fantastic traverse - Vigil to KnightsEl Paso/Teller Counties
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Mt. Vigil, 10,073 (5.3)
San Luis Peak, 10,460 interpolation/map error
McKinley Peak, 10,450
Knights Peak, 10,490
Stats: 7.3, 2880' gain.
Partners: Greg Hakes, Pete Krzanowsky, Derrill Rodgers
We parked at the Bear Trap Ranch after checking in with them, and headed uphill. Couldn't find the start of the trail due to snow, but bushwhacked west until we found it, then followed it in the snow to the rocky area below the summit. We roped up for the climb, but it can be soloed if you are willing to take the chance. There is a bolt on the east side of the first crux, but gear can be placed as well. Above that on the 2nd crux, gear can be placed as well (a #2 slots in nicely), as someone has removed the hangar from the bolt. Above those, there is a double hangar anchor for toproping the slab to the NW of the anchor. I set up a nice anchor here and belayed Pete and Derrill up. We all summited, and then Dad, being bored, soloed up to meet me while Pete and Derrill broke things down and got ready to move on. Dad and I summited again, then he used the ropes as a handline and downclimbed, spotted by P & D. Then I changed the anchor, rappelled down, and we cleaned up and headed west.
We eventually found the San Luis Trail, but I imagine it is much easier to find when dry. We followed it over some fantastic rocks to the summit area, which was one of the coolest summits I've been on. Nice giant rocks, very LCW-like. I made the mistake of not leaving my register (couldn't find one) as we were unsure about the next rocky point over, maybe 400' away. It is significantly lower. Doh!
From there, we continued on the shared ridge to McKinley, which is very close. Found a register from cftbq, signed in, and headed on to the tallest and most difficult part of the day, Knights Peak.
The bushwhacking was the densest once we started uphill, and the snow was the deepest we found, from 1-2', sometimes more. Eventually, we hit the ridge, then went south to the summit area. Cool! Found the register, had a snack, and descended north, never finding the trail indicated on the Ormes P.P. Atlas. Down to the road, we walked it back to the ranch, going downhill to save walking the road. We headed up and then parked below Sugarloaf, hitting that one as the snow turned into a whiteout. A nice finish to the day.
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I have seen that thing on the different trailer part websites as I need a cap for one of my trailers.
How does it work? I know you turn it! What is actually doing the lock out?
If you liok at the a60 in the attached link you will see a cutout above the reservoir. This lockout basically will slide into that cut out and freeze the unit
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Babies who died too soon remembered at 'Walk to Remember' in Cheektowaga
CHEEKTOWAGA – More than 1,000 relatives and friends joined together at the annual "Walk to Remember" on Sunday to share tears, hugs and memories of babies who died in infancy or through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or stillbirth.
The event, held at Cheektowaga Town Park, was hosted by the Western New York Perinatal Bereavement Network. The first local walk was held 21 years ago but it has grown dramatically in recent years.
Sunday's event brought out dozens of families, along with their supporting relatives and friends, to walk the one-mile "Angel Memory Walk" in the park. The walk ended with a picnic for participants.
The event is held in October as part of Pregnancy Loss and Awareness Month.
Many participants walked as teams, wearing matching shirts remembering a lost baby or, in some cases, simply T-shirts that said "Mommy" or "Daddy." They also released balloons, inscribed personalized paper butterflies for a Garden of Hope and wrote notes for lost children on "seed paper" planted with a pear tree in the park.
Board member Lisa Jerebko of Lancaster said the Bereavement Network – which covers the eight counties of Western New York – has planted a memorial tree in the park for each of the last 10 years.
Jerebko's son, John Paul, was stillborn in 1999.
"I always say, "I love you, and I miss you, and I wish you were here. You are my sunshine,' " Jerebko said of the message she left on the tree. She said the message, like the event itself, is a way of healing. "We all have a common bond because, unfortunately, we all lost a baby."
"The annual memorial walk provides a supportive environment for all who have been touched by the death of a baby and gives participants an opportunity to remember and celebrate their loved ones with understanding and without judgement," said Christine Scott, the Bereavement Network's executive director. Scott lost her son Jacob Wesley, who was stillborn, on May 27, 2000.
It never gets easier, said Candace Frankowski of Hamburg, who lost her daughter Madison shortly after Madison was born Aug. 7, 2010.
"It makes it easier knowing there are so many other people that have gone through the same thing," Frankowski said.
Anthony "Tony" Ramsey and girlfriend Renee Moran of the Town of Tonawanda have two toddlers, Lyliana Heavyn and Wyler Anthony. But, Ramsey said, it was "a long trip to get there" after they lost a daughter in May 2003; another baby in January 2009; and twins in January 2010. Moran also suffered two miscarriages.
The couple have been coming to the walk for the past 10 years.
"It's very hard to smile. I'd say it took us quite a few years," Moran said.
Ramsey said they like to participate each year, knowing that some of the money raised helps parents who have lost a child, especially those who need funds to prepare for a funeral and burial, rather than for bringing home a newborn baby.
The Rev. Richard "Duke" Zajac, chaplain at Sisters Hospital, said events like Sunday's are an important part of bringing families together to share their grief, "so no child is forgotten."
More information for those who have lost an infant is available on the group's website, www.WNYPBN.org.
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hell yeah juga
agreed the design is sick….but seems like its to hard core for a white tee…black is better!
I'll vote though.
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saudara tak lekang oleh waktu…..
keren gan, ntar hadiahnya bagi2 ya….
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dan tetap keren seperti yang lainnya…mantap
I really like this one,
it might be better on a black T though.
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Innovations in healthcare technologies, including smartphone apps, wearable devices, lab-on-a chip, biosensors all of which offer easy link to the patient quickly becoming part of the transformation of the healthcare landscape. The driving concept in support of point of care diagnostic is to bring testing closer to the patient and provide results appropriately and quickly. This is different technique than earlier used where all the tests were performed in the laboratory.Point of care testing has extensive application base that includes, oncology, hematology, endocrinology, prenatal testing and near patient testing in infectious disease management. Most substantial progress have taken place in the fields of oncology point of care molecular tests and infectious diseases.Rapid flu testing is a leading application for point of care platforms.
Near-Patient Molecular SolutionsMarket: Drivers and Restraints
Factors, such as the increasing incidences of diseases such as cardiac diseases and diabetes in developing countries, increase in the usage of home-based point of care devices, and advancement in technology with demand for development of faster and easy to use devices are energizing the point of care diagnostic market. Rising demand for home healthcare facility and the increment in population of elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions is expected to drive point of care diagnostics market over the forecast period. In light of the many factors increasing the demand for point of care diagnosis, manufacturing companies are pushing the envelope to make point of care devices faster, easier, and more reliable. Shortage of skilled-staff, especially in the field of diagnostics, are expected to restrain the market growth for point of care diagnostic.
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Based on technology, the global near patient molecular solution market is segmented into the following:
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Based on product type, the global near patient molecular solution market is segmented into the following:
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Based on end user, the global near patient molecular solution market is segmented into the following:
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Near-Patient Molecular SolutionsMarket: Overview
Although the market of near patient diagnostic is less, but it is expected to grow over forecast period according to new healthcare analysis. It has been observed that near patient molecular solutions have witnessed higher penetration in medical system market though they facilitate better antimicrobial treatment. Point of care products for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis, malaria and other infectious diseases are supposed to achieve substantial growth in emerging markets. Manycompanies are developing molecular diagnostic platforms and assays that are designed to for near-patient. The initial focus of most of the medical devices companies is on infectious disease testing.
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Region wise, the global near patient molecular solution market is classified into regions namely, North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Middle East and Africa. North America dominated the global market for near patient molecular solution due to good reimbursement policies for diagnostic procedures and number of clinical studies investigating the efficiency. After North America this market is followed by Europe due to increase demand for near patient testing growth over. Asia Pacific region is expected to perceive a significantly faster growth over the forecast period due to a lower availability of hi-tech central laboratory testing facilities.Increasing number of local players providing near patient testing in countries such as China is expected to boost the market growth in APEJ region.
Near-Patient Molecular SolutionsMarket: Key Players
Some of the key players in the market of near patient molecular solution are Abbott Laboratories, Inc. Roche Diagnostics Limited, Siemens AG, Beckman Coulter, Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Johnson & Johnson, Alere Inc., PTS Diagnostics and Nova Biomedical. Other prominent player in near patient molecular solution market are Bayer Healthcare, BioMerieux, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cepheid, Danaher Corporation.


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Killing prosperity is not necessarily the aim of Socialism, but it is always the result. Try as he might, Obama could not use the massive economic engine of the United States to make Socialism work.
The Progressive Left has been certain that if only they could control our economy and accelerate government spending, a Socialist paradise would emerge. Indeed it has – more people are now on food stamps than at any time since President Johnson initiated The Great Society.
Obama's spend, borrow, and tax policies continue to weaken our economy. Taxes and regulations are driving companies, jobs, and investment money overseas. Investors are frightened by the initial economic devastation created by ObamaCare. They fear for much worse to come.
Our corporate taxes remain the second highest in the World, and Obama is adamant on raising taxes on the most productive and economically successful upper 3% of our population. Investors are holding onto their money and moving their money and economic interests overseas where they find much less government intervention, lower taxes, and an eager and appreciative workforce.
Our official government unemployment rate remained at 9.6% as our workforce was cut by another 95,000 jobs in September. Unemployment has been at 9.5% or above for 14 months and above 9% for 17 months in a row.
On Friday, Obama claimed he cared about the people who lost jobs.
"But I'm not interested in trends or figures as much as I am interested in the people behind them, the millions of honest, hard-working Americans swept up in the one of the most devastating recessions of our lifetimes."
However, Obama's actions indicate that he seems to care nothing for the unemployed but only about buying more political power for himself. Obama's solution still remains more government spending, which has simply been the transfer of money to states devastated by Democratic leadership, to unions, and to Wall Street and all who have supported Obama. He blames Republicans because they want to stop spending and cut taxes.
Investors and company owners are afraid of what Obama will do to us next. Obama plans to let the Bush Tax Cuts expire and will push for new destructive taxes, including a massive Cap and Trade Tax. He is pushing through massive new regulations that will degrade the productivity of all of us.
Countries in Asia and elsewhere are cutting taxes and regulations in order to boost their economies. China's GDP grew 11.1% the first half of this year. Singapore's economy expanded 19.3% in the second quarter. Taiwan expects a growth of 7.7% for this year, and India will see 8.5% growth for the year.
At the G-20 Summit earlier this year in Toronto, Obama was the only leader of a major country who was still planning to raise taxes and use government money in an attempt to "stimulate" the economy. All of the other leaders have tried Socialist economics and found they only destroy the incentive to work and to prosper.
The Socialists in the European Union and the Communists in China have warned that Obama is taking us down the road to hell. They are telling us Marx and Lenin were wrong and so is Obama.
All Obama appears capable of understanding is the Socialism Saul Alinsky and Reverend Jeremiah Wright taught him. Obama turns out to be nothing more than an unimaginative Marxist retread with speechwriters and teleprompters. Such a man is dangerous.


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Anoka County prosecutors charged an Andover man with third-degree murder of his girlfriend.
According to the criminal complaint, Seth Adam Olson, 24, purchased and later gave methadone to his 39-year-old girlfriend in mid-February. The woman, also of Andover, died hours after taking the drug.
Paul Young, division chief for violent crime in the Anoka County Attorney's Office, says prosecutors are filing more homicide charges in overdose deaths.
"It's in response to sort of an evolution, that even though people may willingly choose to participate in the taking of the drug, that there still has to be a responsibility for those who provide them," Young said.
Last year, Minnesota saw the highest number in a decade of adult third-degree murder charges related to overdose deaths.
Olson's bail was set a $250,000. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 8.


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California brand illest presents a small Summer 2014 capsule collection in celebration of the one-year anniversary of its Orange County flagship store. With events being held on the weekend of June 13, the capsule collection includes two T-shirts, a raglan baseball T-shirt, two 5-panel caps, a snapback cap, and a bucket cap. All caps feature reflective logos with a custom print, as seen on the brand's previous G-Shock collaboration watch which was released earlier this year. A nice lookbook for the small capsule offering has been produced, introducing all product available.
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In one attack, four U.S. soldiers from the Multinational Division and their Iraqi interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad.
Another bombing in Baghdad's Waziriya neighborhood targeted an Iraqi police station, killing seven and wounding four bystanders.
Fifteen Iraqi Tae Kwon Do athletes and their driver on their way to a training camp in Jordan were kidnapped in western Iraq.
"We are negotiating with the kidnappers who are demanding $100,000 in ransom," said Jamal Abdel-Karim, an official with Iraq's Olympic committee.
The violence comes amid Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's last Cabinet meeting before Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki announces his final Cabinet choices for Iraq's ministries. Al-Maliki has until Monday, the last of a 30-day constitutional deadline, to present his appointments.
Al-Maliki has said that he will inform parliament of his choice by Saturday, but may wait before announcing his defense and interior ministers.
His choices to head the defense and interior ministry posts are seen as the most important to forming the national unity government and restoring security to Iraq. The defense ministry runs the army while the interior ministry handles the police. Shias, Sunni Arabs and Kurds have been in dispute over the make-up of the unity government since elections in December, causing a power vacuum.
In Basra, police chief Gen. Hassan Swadi survived a roadside bomb that hit his convoy on the way to work Thursday morning. The assassination attempt came as Britain's Defense Secretary Des Browne was visiting the 8,000 British troops stationed there. Despite the escalating violence in the area, Browne said, "Basra is calm, and British forces are working hand in hand with their Iraqi and coalition partners. Suggestions that the city is, in some way, out of control are ridiculous."
Elsewhere, Al Jazeera television showed video of an abducted man, said to be Naji Rashid al-Nuaimi, the United Arab Emirates diplomat in Iraq. Al-Nuaimi was kidnapped Tuesday night in Baghdad by gunmen, killing his driver in the process. Although the video did not contain any audio, Al Jazeera reports that the kidnappers have demanded the closing of the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Iraq and the shutdown of a Shiite television station.
Southwest of Baghdad, seven car mechanics and their driver were killed when gunmen stopped their minibus on the road.
A U.S. sailor died Wednesday due to enemy action in Iraq's Anbar province, bringing the total of U.S. military deaths to at least 2,455 since the invasion of March 2003.


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Spanish for Community Leaders and Parents
BAPAC has been researching the need for Spanish for Community Leaders and Parents. After discussing the matter with the OUHSD Adult School Principal, a class was identified that would serve the needs of the community and enhance our ability to communicate with all members of the community.
A Conversational Spanish Class! The class is for 10 weeks from 3 – 6 p.m. It will cost $90. Let's become bilingual get proficient in Spanish! We can also be examples for our youth. See you in class!
All those interested should notify Dr. Irene Pinard by January 31. She is coordinating the class with the district for the community.


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Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Georgia
what is the statue of limitation for a car repo your being sued for in the state of georgia
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Usually 4 years, but it could be different if the contract specifies the law of another state rather than Georgia as governing the contract.
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Where was the contract for the car loan made? It could be 4 years or something else if created in another state.
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Lee Decker is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand DJs in San Francisco. His high-energy mix of progressive house, vocal house and tribal sounds have kept many a dance floor raging into the early morning hours. In addition to a weekly spot on Saturday nights at Lookout's Social Club (one of the hottest events in the Castro), you can catch him at events like Adonis, Underworld and Colossus and this weekend's San Francisco Pride. GayCities editor Dan Tracer caught up with Lee to get his take on music, San Francisco and Pride '09.
Lets be honest – with so many parties in one weekend, you can be sure there will be a hell of a lot of pre-partying across the city. What kind of music puts you in the right mood when you're getting ready for an event? Any summer anthem prospects?
Pride definitely has a special vibe surrounding it and there are certain songs I bring out just for that. But to get me in the mood before an event, I usually just listen to my feel-good songs of the moment. Right now, I'm really into the Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feelin'" and "When Love Takes Over" by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland. They've definitely got that Pride feel to them. And the latter has my vote for the song of the summer.
Where are you spinning this Pride?
You'll find me on Friday night playing along side another great SF DJ and buddy Kevin Lee at Underworld, a Gus Presents party where you don't just check your coat, but basically as many layers as you want. So make sure your skivvies are cute! And then on Saturday, I get to play from 11:30pm-2am in the heart of the Pink Saturday party in the Castro at Social Club @ Lookout. DJs Luke Fry and Derek Monteiro will be there too, so it's going to be a hot night.
How would you describe your sound?
It varies depending on what sort of event I play, but whatever I do, I like it to be high energy. At a party like Social Club, the music will be dancy, poppy and fun. And at a club like Underworld or Adonis (also Gus Presents), you'll hear a lot of tribal and progressive sounds.
Does any one memory either as a DJ or a spectator stand out as a perfect mesh of sound and a crowd's energy?
Such a hard question, because there are so many great memories! On New Years Day this year, I got to work at Mass, a legendary SF party with Phil B. and it was a huge rush. When I was done playing, they were yelling for more. That's what I like! I was on the other end of that in Miami when Manny Lehman played at Cameo for Winter Party. When the club closed at 5am, it was still completely packed and they were screaming for Manny to keep playing. As a DJ, having that crowd go crazy for you, especially when you're a part of something so iconic, is pretty amazing.
Who are the DJs or artists you look to for inspiration?
I love a lot of the club music coming out of Brazil, Mexico and Central America. They really know how to party down there. And DJs like Luis Erre, Ana Paula, Allan Natal, and Filipe Guerra are where it's at. I've also been really lucky to have some great inspiration around me, too. Phil B. has really been a great mentor and friend. And DJs like Joe Gauthreaux, Twisted Dee, and Manny Lehman make me excited to do what I do every time I hear them. I see someone like Joe who has had such an amazing career at such a young age, and I can only hope I achieve that level of success someday.
When you're not behind the tables, where do you like to go to dance?
I love Fresh at Ruby Skye. That space is just amazing and they not only get some of the best gay DJs for Fresh, but Ruby Skye has world-class DJs other nights of the month, too. I dance around the house a lot, too. Does that count?
Absolutely. How about just to hang out with some friends over drinks?
I live in the Castro, so it's pretty easy for me to just walk down to Trigger, Lookout or QBar and grab a quick drink. One of my best friends works at Trigger, so that seems to be where we end up these days when I'm not hiding away in the house to prep for a gig.
Any tips for SF Pride? What is on your must-see list for a first timer?
Everybody knows about the Civic Center event and parade; that's a given. But I'm really excited about Juanita More's pool party at Bambuddha Lounge. It's just a nice change from the regular daytime events.
Anything at Pride to avoid like the plague?
If anything, just avoid staying in. There's so much to do. And if you're at Underworld, definitely avoid pants.
After Pride is over and we can't get that amazing song you played out of our heads, where can we find you?
Steamworks…kidding! I play every Saturday night from 12-2 for Social Club at Lookout, so you can always catch me there when I'm in town. Also, there's a great event coming up in August called Sundance. It takes place up at the Russian River and it's basically just a big weekend of gays getting out of town. I'll be playing with Jason G. at a pool party.
Check out more on Lee Decker and the GayCities San Francisco Pride Guide.
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Gabbie has begun literally counting off the days until her scheduled sexual reassignment surgery (SRS), and hormone therapy continues to make a big difference in her day-to-day life. Raci is also buoyed by hormone therapy, but relies on a street dealer since she can't afford a doctor. Lucas visits his mother and brother in Oklahoma, and they become the first family members to learn of his decision to begin hormone treatment. Unable to pursue medical treatment because of family opposition, T.J. has found different ways to express his masculinity, including drag performance.