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I'm so happy to see that this question has been asked , because I have been reading books and going online reading(which is probably my problem) it says that laying on my back and stomach is bad for the baby. Well, with me having a miss carriage 2 years ago, I am very paranoid and nervous about this pregnancy. This will be my husband and I first child and I really this pregnancy to be successful. So when I read that this was bad for the baby, I started panicking because I sleep on my back. I try so hard to sleep on my sides, but when your body falls asleep ,u have no control of your movement. I wake up to use the bathroom about 4 times a night and I realize I was sleeping on my back. When I get back in bed, of course I got right to my side, but again wind up on my back.
I am also hearing a noise in my ear that sounds like a heart beat. It's very annoying. Is anyone else experiencing this? Also, I have been having orgasms in my sleep. This has happened many times. The last one was so strong it woke me up.
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that doesn't mean you can't answer her...
I'm almost 33wks pregnant, and I still find myself waking up on my back when I go to pee. like jillian said, she went the entire pregnancy on her back and her baby is just fine. But if you are really paranoid about it, get a body pillow (or just lots of pillows) and prop them against your back while on your side (preferably your left). That's what I do, and it usually helps for awhile.
As for the heartbeat in your ear, you are gaining blood volume. I had it as well, especially when I was cleaning and my heart rate went up. Sounds completely normal to me.
As for the orgasm thing, I'll switch you if you don't want it! If your dreams are very vivid, your body can take affect to them, and that's what it sounds like. Most women get 'sex dreams' while pregnant (I know I do) so it would make sense that your body is just reacting to them. Again, if you are scared about it or it seems too strange, you always have your doctor.
I wish you a happy healthy 6 more months! (remember pregnancy is 10 months! 40 divided by 4 isn't 9!)
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I split this because it was in fact two years old...
Lilly Ivy wrote:
remember pregnancy is 10 months! 40 divided by 4 isn't 9!
Lily, It depends on how you look at it. The only month that has exactly 4 weeks is February. The rest of them have more than 28 days, so there is more than 4 weeks in most months. All in how you look at it I guess
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that heart beat sound in your ear when your on your side is actually your pulse.
i get it ALLLLLLLL the time and GOD! its soo annoying lol i have no idea how to stop it except for moving my head to find a posision till it doesnt hurt.
oh btw. ive never been told not to lay on my back when sleeping
but because my backs quite sore i lay on my sides anyway. but i toss and turn all night so even if i fall asleep on my back within 5-10 mins al be on my side
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LOS ANGELES - Tiger Woods has been on the golf course every day, either practicing or playing, hitting his full array of shots without fear of pain shooting down his left leg or bones sliding out of place.
The next step is taking that inside the ropes. And not even Woods is sure what to expect.
"I'm as curious as you," Woods said Friday during a conference call. "The feeling of adrenaline, the rush of competing and playing again, all that I haven't done in a while."
Woods will have gone more than eight months - 253 days to be exact - without hitting a shot that counts when he returns from reconstructive knee surgery next week at the Accenture Match Play Championship just north of Tucson, Ariz.
His goal is to win. That hasn't changed. The surgery in June was to repair his knee, not his heart or his mind. But as confident as Woods feels about his game, his main concern is how sharp he will be in his first tournament since the U.S. Open last June.
"It's one thing to do it in a practice environment at home against my buddies for a little bit of cash," Woods said. "It's a totally different deal to do it at a PGA Tour event against the best players in the world. I'm excited to get out there and experience that."
But at least he'll be doing it on a healthy knee, saying "it's been years" since he was without pain.
"One of the great things coming back is my bones aren't moving anymore," Woods said. "It's a very comforting feeling hitting a golf ball without your bones sliding all over the place. That's been very exciting to play that way, and I'm looking forward to the season."
► CHAMPIONS TOUR: At Naples, Fla., Vicente Fernandez and Don Pooley shot 4-under 68s on Friday to share the first-round lead in The ACE Group Classic, while Jay Haas finished a stroke back after a two-stroke penalty for hitting a piece of pine straw in a hazard.
► PGA TOUR: At Los Angeles, Scott McCarron shot a 3-under 68 Friday that gave him a two-shot lead over Steve Stricker and Tommy Armour III in the Northern Trust Open.
Phil Mickelson was nine shots worse than his opening-round 63.
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HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) — The Hoover Fire Department is making use of new tools.
On Monday,the department showed off medical tools used to make the jobs of paramedics and first responders easier.
The department recently used one of the tools, an oxygen sensor and carbon monoxide detector, at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa.
On March 29, 2013, Hoover Fire Department officials responded to calls from the resort and discovered unhealthy amounts of carbon monoxide in certain rooms on the fifth and sixth floors.
In addition, the Hoover Fire Department displayed a tool called AccuVein.
The device acts as a visual aid to help paramedics detect veins and blood flow in possible patients.
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xmms install (needs glib>1.22), just installed glib 2.4.8 and still get error message
***Repost from www.justlinux.com (but nobody answered there)***
I just tried installing the newest version of xmms and it decided to tell me that:
code:#tar -xvzf xmms-someversion.tar.gz
#cd xmms-someversion
then I get this error message
"checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.2... no
*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to glib-config.
configure: error: *** GLIB >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***"
I say fine, and I go pick up the latest tar.gz of glib (2.4.8). I go through the install (tar -xvzf, cd, ./configure, make, su root, make install) and everything is fine. I go back to complete my xmms installion:
#cd xmms-someversion
And I end up with the same error message as before! Whats going on?
Ps. I know that this means ./configure cannot find my Glib updated packages. However I don't know where my updated packages are, and I don't know how to telll ./configure (as well as make and make install), where they are.
Pps. It would also be nice if I were able to move these Glib packages to a place where other "./configure's, make, and make install"s will be able to find and use them.
Usually, when installing libraries, there are two types to install - the regular library, that will let you run programs (you'll need this to run any program that uses it), and the development library, that will let you compile programs that use it. Since you're trying to compile xmms, even though you have the right version of the glib libraries installed, you'll want to install the development version of the glib libraries so that it can compile programs that use them..
However, that being said - with Mandrake, you can probably download an appropriate RPM or install all of these things (glib, glib-dev, and xmms) straight from a package manager. This is part of the ease of Mandrake and other user-friendly distributions - you don't often have to compile your own things. I don't know enough about Mandrake to know where their package manager is or anything, but I would check on some mandrake forums or in a mandrake tutorial, and it should tell you how to install all of this stuff without messing around with compiling your own stuff. You might also check your menus for some kind of "package manager" program, that might do the trick.
Good luck! :)
That worked! I had to install GTK and GLIB developement libs and it worked!
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The surge is pushing house prices higher ahead of Stamp Duty changes in April, according to RICS.
What's the latest?
House prices are being driven higher by a surge in buy-to-let investors rushing to purchase property ahead of the hike in Stamp Duty.
According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), 49% more estate agents reported that house prices rose in January.
And the number of agreed sales also rose at the fastest pace since April 2014, with most areas across the UK seeing a jump last month.
Meanwhile, mortgage lending at the start of the year soared to a nine-year high, due to a 20.6% jump in buy-to-let mortgage approvals, according to chartered surveyor e.serv.
Why is this happening?
The new 3% Stamp Duty surcharge for investors buying additional properties comes into force on 1 April, giving them just a small window in which to complete deals.
And while it may not sound like much, the additional tax will actually add £7,500 to the cost of purchasing a £250,000 property.
Who does it affect?
The current situation is good news for existing homeowners, particularly those who are looking to sell their first home to trade up the property ladder, as demand is currently very strong.
But it is bad news for potential first-time buyers as they will face high competition for starter homes from investors, who typically also buy properties on the lower rungs of the ladder.
However, e.serv said the rise in buy-to-let investors had not been at the expense of first-time buyers in January, with lending also increasing to people purchasing their first home.
Sounds interesting. What's the background?
"...with buy-to-let investors rushing to get into the market ahead of the Stamp Duty hike, the near-term pressure on prices is, if anything intensifying despite a higher level of supply."
RICS said it was just the third time in 18 months that the housing market had seen a pick-up in the supply of homes for sale.
But it warned that the rise was not enough to meet the surge in demand from buy-to-let investors.
Critically, three-quarters of estate agents expect there to be a further increase in buy-to-let purchases in the run up to April – which could push property prices up even more.
Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief economist, said: "The rise in new instructions in January, although modest, is very welcome.
"However, with buy-to-let investors rushing to get into the market ahead of the Stamp Duty hike, the near-term pressure on prices is, if anything intensifying despite a higher level of supply."
Top 3 takeaways
- Sales in January rose at the fastest pace since April 2014 as buy-to-let investors flooded the market ahead of April's tax hike - and the rush is pushing prices higher.
- Three-quarters of estate agents think there will be a further rise in investment landlords buying properties in the run up to April.
- Mortgage lending in January soared to a nine-year high, due to a 20.6% jump in buy-to-let mortgage approvals.
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Clitheroe Fashion Week got off to a flying start when the town's clothing boutiques got together to stage their opening fashion show at The Grand.
Shops taking part in the week-long event included organisers La Tete et Tout, Seasons, Elan, Mint, County Vogue, Style Diva and EQ Woman.
A fun photo booth was in place on the night and the raffle raised £400 for East Lancashire Hospice.
Singer Ella Shaw entertained the audience, who were given a programme to identify items of clothing that they liked from each of the shops taking part, to enable them to then go along and purchase with discounts throughout the course of the week.
Blackburn College Fashion and Textile students also exhibited their work as part of the fashion show and throughout the week in shop windows across the town.
A presentation on moissanite diamonds was also given on the night by Rebecca Slater, a former participant on Sir Alan Sugar's The Apprentice.
Lucy Greenhalgh, organiser and manager of La Tete et Tout said: "I'm really pleased how the fashion show and the whole week came together. It was a great showcase for Clitheroe retailers and we're hoping to make it an annual event which can be built on and improved every year."


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Fifteen years ago today, Michael Jordan had his famous "Flu Game" in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz. You remember it, don't you?
Images come to mind of Jordan barely being able to stand, IV's at halftime, being helped off the court by Scottie Pippen at the end of the game. It's one of those basketball moments that will forever be etched into one's memory. It was a performance that helped cement Jordan's legacy into what it is today.
On the morning of June 11, 1997, it was unknown if Jordan would even play. But he did and hung 38 points (on 13-27 shooting from the field), seven rebounds, five assists and three steals on the Jazz, all with a 103-degree fever in a 90-88 Bulls victory to take a 3-2 series lead.
Of his performance that night Jordan would say afterwards, "That was probably the most difficult thing I've ever done. I almost played myself into passing out just to win a basketball game."
The Bulls went on to close out the Jazz in Game 6 on the road to win their fifth NBA Championship.
They say that legends are born in the playoffs, and what Jordan did in Salt Lake City that day left no doubt in anyone's mind that he was in fact, the greatest ever.
- A look back at "The Flu Game" (NBA.com)
- Highlights of Jordan's memorable Game 5 performance (New York Post)
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Andrea Bocelli holds the record.
What record? Just pick one — at least in terms of classical music sales — and there's a good chance his name is attached.
Most notably, the 54-year-old Italian tenor has sold more than 80 million records — which makes him the world's best-selling classical music solo artist. A healthy chunk of that came courtesy of 1999's "Sacred Arias," which sold some 20 million copies across the globe and set a record for the biggest solo offering in classical music history. He even made the Guinness Book of World Records, after simultaneously nabbing the top three spots on the U.S. classical charts.
Bocelli, however, appears far from ready to rest on his laurels. The classical-crossover crooner stays busy with a variety of projects and maintains a healthy touring schedule, which includes a show Friday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Recently, I interviewed Bocelli by email about his latest effort, the compilation "Opera."
Q You're latest album is a collection of opera arias. You certainly had plenty to choose from. How did you decide on the track listing?
A The selection was difficult and somewhat painful, considering the great amount of masterpieces that the repertoire provides. I have tried to give an anthology of the most dazzling moments of the history of opera, with a lot of Italian pieces along with some digressions taken from the French masterpieces. Every piece, musical phrase, is a piece of music history but it is also a segment of the story of my artistic life. I could define this album as the quintessence of my adventure in the field of opera.
Q Do you enjoy singing arias more than other works?
A Opera is the paradise of music. It is the result of a smart idea conceived four centuries ago in Tuscany (the land where I was born), a representation where many forms of art are assembled. Melodrama offers a complex experience which has been developed through centuries and which requires self-sacrifice from those who perform it. It is, however, worth it because it offers such deep sensations so as to remain impressed in one's heart for a lifetime. I think it is impossible not to be conquered by it. That is why I never get tired of singing and listening to it.
Q I know that opera was one of your first musical loves, but do you consider it your greatest?
A I do not deny my long and happy adventure in the pop repertoire. I am curious about all kinds of music. But I have got opera in my blood. According to what my mother used to say, when I was still a baby in her arms I was fascinated by it: As soon as I heard a voice singing, I immediately stopped crying and remained quietly listening, as if hypnotized. When I was 8 or 9, I was already able to recognize the voices of the greatest interpreters of the time. Today, almost half a century later, opera never stops giving the rhythm to every day of my life.
Q Do you have to get in a different mindset for singing arias than other works?
A I like to offer this suggestion: To sing a song is like whispering in a child's ear. To sing an aria requires much more, you must have the absolute control of your voice, the physical health of an athlete and a great concentration.
Q The album seems like such a natural idea, I am wondering why you waited so long to put it out?
A I have always faced the lyrical scores, both on stage and in recording studios, with great humility, with a great deal of deference for those who have composed them and for the great performers of the past. After 20 years of career and of unwavering dedication to this repertoire, I have thought it possible to offer the public a selection that sums up, at 360 degrees, my sensitivity in connection with such masterpieces. I feel quite comforted by the fact that close to me are the names of the most prestigious orchestras, podiums, colleagues who have contributed to create the executions in this album.
Q How gratifying is it to you when you hear that you helped introduce a new person to opera? I'm assuming you hear that all the time.
A It is one of the greatest gratifications. When somebody listens for the first time to pages full of passion, taken for example from "La Boheme," from "Madame Butterfly," from "La Traviata," "Tosca," they will discover that opera is neither a difficult art to enjoy, nor an elitist one. Primary emotions come into play, the word flourishes through music acquiring such richness in subtexts, to get straight to the heart of the spectator. I always hope that after the first fascination, the neophyte may feel the desire to investigate, thus discovering that every drama has an extraordinary series of relationships (with literature, the visual arts, history, society) and it is the key to understand better oneself and the strength of feelings and relationships.
Q How much will the album "Opera" factor into the tour's set list?
A Some of the many musical gems in the album will, no doubt, become part of the program. I would like to stress the fact that be it an aria from "Opera," be it a popular romanza or a song, there is not a single piece in the lineup that I do not consider among the most intense, enjoyable and touching pages ever written. In order to sing a page of music most convincingly, first I must fall in love with it.
Q Do you ever take time to consider your worldwide record sales? The figures are pretty mind-blowing.
A I am often moved and surprised by the affection that people show me. But I never indulge on figures and records. I try to go on knowing perfectly that my voice is a gift, which I have by chance, and that it could leave me any time. To boast is an intellectual accident I try to avoid.
Follow Jim Harrington at Twitter.com/jimthecritic, Facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.
Andrea Bocelli
When: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: HP Pavilion, 525 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose
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Our engagement photos are here! Early!! (Dogs are howling and our wine glasses just shattered—I may need to calm down.) After the shoot, I left wondering what level of awesomeness the photos would be. We had a great location and photographer, but would we screw them up? I was convinced I'd have my eyes closed in a third of them and Mr. P would look painfully uncomfortable. Happy to report that on a scale of 1–10, this one goes to 11!
As much as I'd like to keep the location of our amazing photo shoot a secret, I feel that it's my bridal obligation to spills the beans so everyone else can visit too! Drumroll, please…
Terrain at Styer's.
They pulled through for us in a BIG way last minute. And it was FREE! (Nothing is free anymore. Anything this cool, that is.) The awful thunderstorms were a blessing in disguise, forcing us to scrap our outdoor shoot in favor of Terrain, which offered indoor and covered outdoor spots. And the rain kept everyone else home—it was just us and the Terrain folks!
OK, I've delayed enough. Our wonderfully cool photographer, Heather Fowler, posted a preview on her blog and was kind enough to supplement those shots with some of our personal favorites!
One of the very first photos. (Insert nervous laughter here.)
Our American Gothic
Laughing because raindrops were plinking us in the head…and my false eyelashes and Mr. P's jeans. (If you look closely, you can see a splat on his knee.)
There are quite a few of me glancing at him. What?! I had to make sure he was smiling!
Super sweetness. Also, look—sunshine!
My (face) cheeks were starting to ache from so much giggling. (Sitting on Heather's raincoat to keep our bums dry.)
Cracking ourselves up. What you don't see is Mr. P pinching my rear to make me laugh so he would laugh.
Going in for the kill.
Heather: OK, let's do a serious one...as I absolutely explode with laughter when I see him…making THAT face. (This one we framed; I grin every time I see it.)
Muchas smoochas!
Trying not to topple over! (Mr. P says, "Weebles may wobble, but they won't fall down.")
And we end with this one of Mr. P pulling me close, just before he tried to dip me.
And just for the continuity nuts, did you notice hair transform from stick straight to wavy? (Thanks, humidity and random raindrops.) We really enjoyed our shoot with Heather. Mr. P is more comfortable with having his picture taken, which was partly why we did this. That and to have some kick-ass pictures at the end of it. To top off the evening, we reserved a table at the BYOB cafe. Pretty much a perfect day.
Will you have an engagement shoot? If you did one, do you now feel more comfortable with your photographer and in front of the camera?
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Dave Chappelle Wins His First Emmy For Hosting 'Saturday Night Live'
Dave Chappelle just won his very first Emmy award in the Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category for hosting the first post-election episode of Saturday Night Live.
On Nov. 12, Chappelle did the honors of hosting the comedic show, as A Tribe Called Quest served as special guest performers. The funnyman delivered a powerful monologue aimed at Donald Trump and spoke about a number of other topics like mass shooting, Black Lives Matter and more. In this show opening, Chappelle told the president to give everyone in the country a fair chance.
Chappelle would later apologize for telling Trump these words. He admitted that he never wanted to actually do that in the first place. The Saturday Night Live episode that the comedian hosted "delivered the franchise's season high in adults 18-49 and total viewers, and the show's highest 18-49 rating since 2013," Deadline reports. The comedic genius beat out other stars such as Tom Hanks and Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Emmy category.
Congratulations, Dave Chappelle! This achievement is long overdue.
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Editor's note: Each week, the good folks at ESPN Stats and Information will help us take a look inside the numbers that matter prior to Georgia's games -- and they really knocked it out of the park for this week's showdown between No. 5 Georgia and No. 6 South Carolina. We'll share some of their data here on the blog every Friday this fall.
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Williams-Brice Stadium/Columbia, S.C.
It would be reasonable to say this is the biggest Georgia-South Carolina game ever. This is the first time that both teams are ranked in the Associated Press top 10 at the time of their meeting -- a major step in a series that started in 1894 and includes 64 meetings. The closest challenger came in 1980, when No. 4 Georgia beat No. 14 South Carolina 13-10 in Athens.
Georgia fans' nickname for freshman tailbacks Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall -- "Gurshall," a reference to famed Bulldogs back Herschel Walker -- is quickly catching on. Walker wore jersey No. 34 and led Georgia to a national championship as a freshman in 1980. Gurley wears No. 3 and Marshall wears No. 4 and the Bulldogs have similar championship aspirations this season.


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Clerk: Teen who drowned in hotel pool had been drinking
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) -- The night clerk at a Bloomington hotel where a 17-year-old drowned says the teen was apparently intoxicated while in the pool.
Usman Mian says he was was worried about 17-year-old Joe Viereck, who was sitting alone in the pool after midnight Tuesday.
Mian says Viereck appeared to be drunk and that Mian suggested that he rejoin his friends who had returned to their rooms at the Days Inn on Normandale Boulevard. Mian says the teenager responded in slurred words that he didn't want to leave the pool.
Mian later found Vierech at the bottom of the pool about 30 minutes later.
Police Commander Jim Ryan called the drowning "totally preventable."


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An bhfuil tú tinn de Tinder, POF agus a leithid? Bí linn ag Rock agus Roam - Cleamhnas Ceilteach ar Oileán Thoraigh, deireadh seachtaine de ceol, damhsa, nádúr, cultuir, scealaíocht, comhra agus craic ar Oileán Thoraigh. Ceiliúradh de cultúir na ngael. Agus má tá suim agat Cleamhnas Ceilteach a fháil ón Rí - tá fáilte mhór romhat litir a scríobh ag an Rí nó riomhphoist ag firstname.lastname@example.com agus seolfaidh mise é chuig an Rí. Sílim gur áit an romansúil atá i dToraigh, leis an stair, an landscape, an seanchaí agus an cultúir, áit ar thit go leor daoine i ngrá. I love that feeling of being removed from reality. In san aois a bhfuil miuid, tá sé deacair casadh le daoine go nádurtha, fríd damhsa, caint agus craic. Seo deis to step back in time, fill your soul with music, culture, folklore, connect with nature and likeminded people agus do chuid gaeilge a labhairt chomh maith.
*Muna bhfuil moran gaeilge agat, táimid ag cuir le cheile dóigh a dtig leat comhra bunúsach a fhoghlaim le cuidiú leat a bheith páirteach agus meascadh le daoine.
Are you sick of Tinder & POF? Would you like to meet likeminded people in a more organic environment? Every time I visit this island I learn more about the fantastic myths, legends, traditions and culture. I think there is such a romance to the this place, I also believe there is a beautiful romance to our native language. So we invite you to join us and for Rock & Roam Tory Island and in one weekend, learn to dance, connect with nature, heritage, workshops in learning your story in Irish, all with like minded others and much more.
And to add to the romance, the king has offered his services as a Celtic Match Maker for anyone looking for romance the traditional way. There is a tradition of match making on the Island and no shortage of love in our native language. Send a letter to the King before the the 2nd October explaining about yourself why you're looking for romance. Or you can email firstname.lastname@example.com and I will forward your letter to the king. Send to Patsy Dan Mac Ruaidhrí, Rí Thoraigh, Oileán Thoraigh, Rock agus Roam Cleamhas, Co. Dhún na nGall.
Arriving on Friday on the 5pm ferry from Magheraroarty pier, we group together for a guided night walk with star gazing to the light house. Returning for Scottish style céilí expertly hosted by local sean nós singer Noilín ní Cholla, bring your instruments, poems, songs and we'll learn to sing a song os gaeilge.
Saturday morning, guided tour of the island visiting all the legendary places, with stories, folklore, myths, history and a wonderful insight into the magical history of Tory Island.
Afternoon workshops in céilí and sean nos dancing as well as a special talk on the romance of the Irish language and learn some phrases of love.
Saturday night Céilí ag an club Soisíalta le muintir Thoraigh.
Sunday free time before we return to mainland 4pm.
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I've always loved the theater. When my son developed his love for it also I was overjoyed. Through the Garage Theater he had the chance to develop his passion through their exceptional Youth Conservatory Program and I had the wonderful opportunity to watch him grow through the musicals he was in and also to attend Garage's entertaining and moving equity shows which, director Michael Bias produces in this intimate theater. My son is now off to college pursuing his passion. A passion which he would never have realized if it wasn't for Michael and his wonderful theater. I still attend the adult and youth shows to this day. Don't let this gem of Bergen County slip by you. Go see a Garage Show today.
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"Shop while you charge" may be an advertisement for a store near you according to some analysts in the industry. While there are only "1,400 publicly accessible chargers scattered around the country, Pike Research projects 13,000 stations by the end of 2012."
Depending on where they are located, that should be more than enough to satisfy the "fewer than 15,000 all-electric cars on U.S. roads today according to Plug In America, a group promoting the technology."
Many if not most analysts doubt that number will not explode to the one million that President Obama hopes for 2015. Regardless, small and chain businesses, like Walgreens have shown interest in ordering the chargers, in part because of a federal government subsidy of "$130 million for two pilot projects that help pay for chargers at homes, offices and public locations."
"A 480-volt 'fast' charger, capable of recharging a vehicle in 30 minutes or less, typically costs $40,000, plus installation. The more common commercial 240-volt chargers... can cost $2,000 to $3,000 and take almost eight hours to fully charge a Nissan Leaf, though they offer a meaningful boost in shorter periods.
Home chargers can cost $700 to $1,000, plus at least that much for installation. Those costs will fall as production rises, says John Gartner, an analyst at Pike Research."
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MARY Tansley, pictured below, remembers the wonderful times she had with her brothers, sisters and friends during the long summer holiday.
Today, much of the six-week break from school, which is just ending, is dominated by TV, computers, tablets, iPhones and lots of other new technology. But life back then was much simpler – and fun.
Now in her 90th year, she recalls happy times growing up in Bridge Street, Osney, Oxford.
She writes: "We thought it great fun going to school walking on planks to try to keep dry from the quite deep floodwater overflowing from the river in East Street, Osney and at Headington.
"I learned to ride my Fairy cycle in the street as there was little traffic.
"This was about the only time my sisters, brothers and I were allowed in the street – we were always in the back garden.
"But what wonderful concerts and other games we devised – I remember them well."
After several bouts of bronchitis and pneumonia, she and her family were advised to move to higher ground, "otherwise this child will not survive".
So in 1934, when she was nine, the family took a house on the newly-built Great Headley estate at Headington, just below where the John Radcliffe Hospital is now.
Mrs Tansley, of Arlington Drive, Old Marston, whose maiden name was Smith, recalls: "We had a brick kiln at the bottom of what is now Headley Way. All the bricks for the estate were made here – plenty of clay in this area!
"We 'helped' with the making of the bricks, then made our way home through the woods.
"Headley Way was thick woods with lovely springs and very up and down. This was our only way to get to school in New Marston, other than along Pullen's Lane, which was a private road and was closed once a year by a gate to remind us it was private.
"Jack Straw's Lane was so rickety and very dark with lines of trees on either side. Very few houses were in this lane and there were extra large ones right at the top.
"Fields were all around us. We camped and dug dens, stole potatoes from mother's larder and cooked them on a smoky fire. We ate them, half cooked and very black, but what fun.
"We swam in the river down the side of St Clement's Church. We were never bored and it seemed the sun always shone."
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Giving back: Nonprofits are tough to start and tougher to keep going
By Jackie R. Broach
When Jimmy Chandler started the S.C. Environmental Law Project in the 1980s, he never intended for it to be around long term. That's why he used the word "project" in the name, said Amy Armstrong, who took over as head of the nonprofit after Chandler's death from cancer last year.
"He started it to take on a few cases that wouldn't be fee generating. The idea was to whip the agency [DHEC] into shape and have them make better decisions and the project wouldn't be needed anymore," she said. "When he told me that, we kind of chuckled, because when I started he was 10 years in. Now it's still here and operating because you aren't going to whip the agency into shape."
The project will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year, and it's only luck and a lot of hard work that have kept it around that long, defending the state's natural resources, Armstrong said. When it comes to running a successful nonprofit, "there's no formula to it."
"It's kind of figuring out what model works and then constantly reassessing that model for financial stability," she added. "There have been years — recent years — where we have questioned whether we'd be around long term.
Without constant reassessment, the project might not be.
Like other nonprofits, the project has been hurt by changes in the stock market and foundations having less money to distribute through grants.
"Our model used to be mostly driven on foundation support and individual grants," Armstrong said. "We had to shift that a little, to incorporate some fee for services to keep the doors open."
The project is currently struggling to raise money to hire a third lawyer to handle its case load.
Chandler's death could have also meant the end of the project if not for his planning. He had long been grooming Armstrong to take over when he retired and she already had an integral role in the functioning of the project when Chandler got sick.
If that hadn't been the case, "SCELP could have very easily closed down," Armstrong said.
If people knew going in how much work starting and running a nonprofit is, they would probably think twice about it, said Betsy Marlow, executive director of Miss Ruby's Kids, an organization dedicated to early literacy. She is also a co-founder of the group with her sister, Jo Fortuna.
Miss Ruby's Kids started in 2003 as an outreach mission of Holy Cross-Faith Memorial Episcopal Church, but it didn't take long for organizers to realize it needed to be a separate nonprofit.
"It was really kind of scary because we didn't know if we were going to be successful," Marlow said. "With fear and trepidation, but with a lot of support, we stepped out and got our 501(c)3 in June of 2006."
They had a "fair amount of training" before they got to that point, but all the work that goes into starting a nonprofit was still a bit overwhelming. There was setting up of files and learning which records had to be kept, registering with the S.C. Secretary of State to raise funds and seemingly a million other details.
"It's a small business is what it is," Marlow said. "You can't just have good intentions. You've got to do it right."
The group was lucky it was able to start out under the umbrella of another nonprofit on the church campus, Baskervill Outreach, and with help from other groups.
"It takes time," David Gaines, said of keeping a nonprofit going. "I would have to say you have to be very passionate about what you're doing."
Gaines and his wife, Melanie, run the Ashley G. Charitable Foundation. The family started the foundation in 2008 while the Gaines' teen daughter, Ashley, was battling lymphoma. She died that same year.
The foundation is dedicated to raising awareness concerning the symptoms, treatment and care of children and teens with lymphoma, and to funding research for treatment of the disease and giving financial assistance to lymphoma patients and their families during treatment.
Getting donations is tough, "especially with the way the economy is right now," Gaines said. But he thinks the foundation has it easier than a lot of nonprofits, because so many in the community knew and loved Ashley, but also because of its cause.
"Everybody has got a grandparent or father or someone who has had cancer. It touches everyone," Gaines said. That makes people a little more willing to "dig into their pockets."
But no matter how good the cause, it's a good idea to test programs and ensure there truly is a need before starting a nonprofit, said Geales Sands, executive director of the Bunnelle Foundation. The foundation awarded more than $2 million in grants to 73 organizations last year.
"It's like test driving a car," she said. "People have good ideas every day, but good ideas don't always merit being acted upon." She cited one case where a group raised millions of dollars and built a homeless shelter for teens in Alabama. When it opened, nobody came. It turned out there wasn't a need for a teen shelter in that area.
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Minneapolis likes Southwest light rail concept but not the current plan
Nobody wants the freight trains.
The City of Minneapolis moved a step closer to endorsing the Southwest Light Rail Line but will not accept a plan (PDF) that includes freight trains, light rail and the recreational trails running through the relatively narrow strip of land known as the Kenilworth Corridor.
The plan to move the freight trains, which currently travel through the Kenilworth Corridor, to a line through St. Louis Park is being strongly opposed by citizens in that community.
"The freight trains will have to be relocated to St. Louis Park," said Donald Pflaum, a transportation planner from the Minneapolis Public Works Department, as he explained the city's position on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project to members of the City Council's Transportation and Public Works Committee.
Any plan that places freight trains, light rail and recreational trails in the Kenilworth corridor "will not be accepted by the City of Minneapolis as part of the municipal consent process," according to the official comments that will be submitted to the Federal Transit Administration.
"We see the trails as highways," Pflaum told council members. The city position requires that the existing recreational trails be preserved and remain open during construction. The trails, which currently cover an area 20 feet wide, are used by 2,000 people a day. The city wants a width of at least 16 feet, rather than the idea of a 12-foot corridor.
The official city position also opposes the removal of private homes along the route and calls for minimal tree removal.
The city also rejects a proposed North Loop operations and maintenance facility for the light rail line. It says the structure would not be "consistent with existing land uses, future land use direction or existing zoning."
Minneapolis disagrees, too, with proposed park-and-ride facilities, saying they encourage car use "when a primary purpose for Light Rail Transit is to promote alternatives to driving."
The city proposal also states that the traction power substations and signal bungalows along the route should not interfere with the "visual or aesthetic" quality of a neighborhood and should not interfere with potential development.
The substations are expected to stand 10 to 11 feet high and be as long as 45 feet. The signal bungalows would be the same height but less than half the length.
Decisions on a bridge where Cedar Lake Parkway crosses the rail line have been delayed, Pflaum told council members. He also said a proposed tunnel will not work at Seventh Street near downtown and quite likely would be replaced by a bridge.
Minneapolis does endorse all five proposed Minneapolis train stations.
"The Royalston Station, close to downtown, has a lot of potential," Pflaum said but cautioned, "We have some very successful businesses in that area and we don't want them to suffer during construction."
Potential shoppers at the Royalston stop also would have access to the Minneapolis Farmers' Market, but it would require a multiple-block walk.
The next stop heading south is the Van White Station, which would give riders access to Dunwoody College of Technology and the Walker Art Center. The challenge here would be supplying police and firefighter access to the area.
The Penn Station, at 394 and Penn Avenue, would need vertical access because the station will be located below street level adjacent to the Cedar Lake Trails. The challenge there will be making it "connect to the neighborhoods," he said.
The challenge at the 21st Street Station would be curtailing tree loss in what Pflaum describes as a "park-like setting." This station would be within a block of Cedar Lake and adjacent to recreation trails in a neighborhood of single-family homes.
The Lake Street Station has the greatest potential for development, according to Pflaum. It is also the station expected to attract riders early. The Metropolitan Council is considering a streetcar link between the station and the Midtown Greenway.
The comments, as outlined by Pflaum, were approved by committee members and are expected to be approved by the full council a week from Friday. Those comments are then forwarded to the Metropolitan Council, which, along with the Federal Transit Administration, will provide responses in the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
If approved and funded, the Southwest Light Rail Line is scheduled to begin operations in 2018.
Prime development site
The old Nicollet Hotel site — and the entire block across the street from the Minneapolis Central Library — will soon be available for development. Or maybe for a park.
Minneapolis acquired the land in 1993 for $2.6 million through federal grant funds that were tied to a larger grant for mass transit with alternative-fuel buses. The block is currently used for surface parking and as a bus layover station.
"There are higher and better uses for that property," said Steve Kotke, city engineer and director of Public Works.
The buses will be moved to the ground level of the Gateway Parking Ramp. The surface parking could continue until another use is found for the property,
Mattresses at the curb
The new system Minneapolis is using to dispose of used mattresses is apparently working but not without problems.
If you drag your old mattress to the curb on garbage day bjut it's not also a recycling day, your mattress will not get picked up, as it would have with the old system.
What your old mattress will get is a sticker telling you to drag it back to wherever it was and wait until next week.
"We're now dealing with mattresses as a problem material," said Dave Herberholz, director of Solid Waste and Recycling for the Public Works Department. "It's working relatively well."
The old system was scrapped when Hennepin County, which owns the garbage burner, decided to stop accepting mattresses.
Minneapolis then awarded the mattress collection contract to Project Pride in Living, which has been doing the pickups since late July. Since then, 11,633 mattresses, or 326 tons, have been picked up. About 66 percent of that material is recycled, according to Herberholz.
Council nixes more parking
The Minneapolis Public Schools' plan to add 150 surface parking spots adjacent to the Davis Center on West Broadway has been rejected by members of the Zoning and Planning Committee.
"The idea of another block that is hard-surface parking just drives me crazy," said Council Member Meg Tuthill, who voted against the additional parking.
MPS already has 490 surface parking spots at its new headquarters but said they needed more because the location also houses an education and service center with lots of visitors on workdays.
A system using bus passes as an alternative to driving has been suggested but not implemented.
Council Member Cam Gordon suggested the idea of a parking ramp, but Mark Bollinger of MPS said the option was too costly.
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Every day I see more complaining about the chosen Southwest alignment, and I almost feel like it would be better to scrap the whole thing and start over. I'm usually not one to advocate for "more study". But by the time this sucker is eventually built in 2018 (at the earliest?) and the $1.2 billion+ is spent, there will probably be at least ten thousand more people living Downtown and something near that number new to Uptown. I have to wonder what the Cost Effectiveness Index numbers would look like recalculated to take that into effect.
Minneapolis is now facing a
Minneapolis is now facing a future where the western half of the Scenic Grand Rounds National Byway will not be so scenic. One of Minneapolis's biggest assets is our parks and lakes. Why are we trading that in to get light rail? Can't we design a route that keeps both? To get a better idea of the parks at stake, check out this blog:
SW Alignment
I challenge anyone to go walk around the proposed Mpls rail stop locations on the SW Alignment and conclude that the Kenilworth route makes any sense for the City. The only stop with development potential (near Calhoon Village on Lake) would also exist on the Greenway/Nicollet alignment. This is not news, some will argue the City had little choice in a County driven project, But that doesn't excuse the City's planners for recommending Kenilworth over the Greenway/Nicollet alignment.
Development along the Greenway since that decision only reinforces that light rail there would significantly decrease congestion, something the Kenilworth alignment will not impact.
If you accept that this project is an inter-city rail project to link the SW suburbs with downtown, the proposed alignment is OK, but it is probably a waste of money to build all the planned Mpls stops. But do not believe for a moment that this project will have any significant positive impact on Minneapolis. Too bad there wasn't Mpls leadership then to match the rail to the development patterns and insist the County commit the necessary funds to put rail where it was needed, not where it was cheaper.
There is an excellent blog about this, with excellent maps, from 2009. Here is the link: http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/11/southwest-minneapolis-tran...
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William Hembley married Wilmet Sanders on 26 March 1744 in the Crediton Parish of Devonshire. I have that much information but nothing to prove it. Can't find anything on the actual parish records on the two films I have looked at from the LDS Film Library. Any suggestions, hints, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks.
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I looked at the entry on the IGI and it says that it's an extracted record. Extracted records are usually reliable (transcription errors not withstanding ), as in 'they exist'; submitted records are sometimes figments of the submitters' imagination.
The relevant film number is 0917184, which is for 'Parish register transcripts, 1558-1843' which then breaks down into 'Baptisms 1813-1843 Marriages 1558-1785'.
The other film number listed on the new FamilySearch site 0917185 is again Parish register transcripts, covering Marriages 1785-1837 and Burials 1557-1654, so it definitely won't be on that one.
Logic says it has to be somewhere on film 0917184, unless they've put the wrong parish on the film. Have you still got the film available to view? If so check to see if you can find any of the following marriages:
John Ableton to Mary Wanacott 24 Aug 1762
Richard Bedford to Grace Seage 19 Jun 1768
Philip Burgoin to Elizabeth Martin 22 Oct 1744
James Connaway to Joan Saunders 21 Feb 1747
If you can't find any of them on the film then the LDS have put the wrong parish on that film. (Yes, it does happen.)
Remember though, that the entries are (allegedly, as I haven't seen the film) only transcripts and not the actual parish register.
If you've already returned the film then you have two options.
For something like two US dollars the LDS will send you a copy of the (transcript) entry. Can't remember the precise details - think you have to apply to Salt Lake City - but I think your local FHC will be able to tell you.
Alternatively, for a few dollars more, apply to Devon Record Office for a copy of the entry in the parish register. http://www.
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Contact the Devon Family History Society. They are very helpful - although it looks as if your query might be a little too early for their records which seem to start ten years later.
However, if you look up 'Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office', this shows the records starting from 1558.
Pam beat me to it, and with much more info!Sadly, our dear friend Dorothy (alias Thomasin) passed away on Sunday, 17th. February, 2013.
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Yes, films returned long ago. Shall try all other recommendations. Thanks.
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When I was twelve I had posters on my wall of mostly boats. Formula, Cigarette, Apache and Magnum were the big time Vee bottoms of the day. No chics, just mostly boats.. And one car….. The Porsche 911 Turbo.
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by Dan Burrows | April 24, 2013 1:33 pm
So much for the Great Rotation.
In case you forgot, 2013 was supposed to be the year that investors pulled their money out of the bond market and put it back to work in equities.
Given that all bond mutual funds have seen net cash inflows of about a trillion dollars since 2009, this rotation out of fixed income and into stocks was supposed to deflate — if not burst — the alleged bond bubble once and for all.
But it ain't happening, at least not yet.
And a world of weak economic growth, low inflation and seriously frayed market nerves makes it look more unlikely than ever.
Just have a look at Tuesday's intraday action when the AP's Twitter account was hacked[1]. A fake tweet said a bomb went off at the White House, injuring the president.
How did the market react?
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note — which moves in the opposite direction of price — hit an air pocket on that fake tweet. The CBOE 10-year Treasury note index cratered to an intraday low of 1.64% — a mid-session level last seen in December.
[2]Have a look at yesterday's 10-year Treasury action in the five-day chart from MarketWatch:
Make no mistake: When the market freaks out, it rushes into the warm embrace of U.S. government debt. Not only is the Treasury market the biggest and most liquid in the world — making it big enough to hold all those panic-stricken refugees from other asset classes — but after gold's freefall of late[3], it looks to be the last safe haven standing.
The thing about Treasury debt is that it all but eliminates one of the three big risks that holders of fixed income have to worry about.
Inflation kills bondholders because it erodes real returns. A rise in interest rates clobbers them because it causes bond prices to fall.
But the biggest risk for bondholders is default — of not getting your regular interest payments or the return of your principal. And when it comes to Treasury debt, the risk of default is about as low as you can get without being nil.
After all, the federal government has a massive tax base and a printing press to make good on its obligations. Equally important, in the U.S. system, the banks and securities firms designated as primary dealers are required to bid on federal government debt. By design, Treasury auctions cannot fail. (Another reason why the U.S. is not Greece.)
That's why when a Wall Street investment bank blows up or there's an earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster in Japan (or a Twitter account gets hacked), Treasury prices spike and yields fall.
Which is another reason why the case for the Great Rotation even beyond Tuesday's panic doesn't look so strong these days: The yield on the 10-year note closed as high as 2.06% as recently as early March. Now it's down to 1.7%. Treasury prices are going up, not down.
Mutual fund flows don't back up the Great Rotation meme, either. Domestic and international stock mutual funds have had estimated net cash inflows of $67.5 billion so far this year, according to the Investment Company Institute. Meanwhile, taxable and municipal bond funds have seen even greater inflows, adding a net of $72.2 billion.
Money has been flowing into stocks and bonds — not one asset class at the expense of the other.
The knee-jerk reaction to that fake tweet showed how sensitive the market remains to outside shocks. Sure, the news was fake, but the trade was real — and it showed the market's shaky hand.
A wholesale rotation out of debt and into equities seems unlikely as long as the market's appetite for risk can turn into nausea at the speed of a tweet.
And when it does, it vomits up stocks.
As of this writing, Dan Burrows did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Shares of Domtar Corporation (UFS - Free Report) touched a new 52-week high of $89.07 during its trading session on Dec 5. This is an increase from the previous high of $89.06 witnessed on Oct 28.
Domtar closed the trading day on Dec 5 at $88.99, reflecting a year-to-date return of 4.8%. The trading volume for the session was 447.9K shares. This paper products company, with a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) has potential for further accretion. This is reflected by both its earnings growth rate (3.0% over the next five years) and earnings estimate revision for 2014.
Growth Drivers
Domtar has been eyeing expansion for quite some time now. The company has been launching products and also pursuing inorganic growth. Moreover Domtar is hiving-off assets which are incompatible with its core competencies.
Recently, Domtar's wholly-owned subsidiary, Domtar Inc. entered into a definitive agreement with Windmill Development Group Ltd., for the sale of the erstwhile Domtar paper mill site in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. Also, last month, Domtar announced the acquisition of privately-held Laboratorios Indas, based in Spain, to expand its personal care business in Europe.
The company expects to generate more business on the back of increasing global demand of pulp, mainly in China. An improvement in the paper prices are expected to boost revenues in the subsequent quarters.
In the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2013 has increased 3.7% to $4.21 per share, and for 2014 it has gone up 31.8% to $8.46.
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Domtar currently has a market capitalization of $2.9 billion. Other stocks to watch out for in the industry include Clearwater Paper Corp. (CLW - Free Report) , KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. (KS - Free Report) and Orchids Paper Products Co. (TIS - Free Report) . While Clearwater Paper has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), KapStone Paper and Packaging and Orchids Paper Products hold a Zacks Rank #2.
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The Libel Tourist exposes how Saudi banking magnate Khalid bin Mahfouz has exploited Britains notoriously accommodating libel laws to challenge any book or article that associates him with financing terrorismeven when such articles or books are not published in Britain. Many American authors and researchers have found themselves silenced and harassed by the Saudi billionaire's transcontinental manipulation of libel laws. By detailing Mahfouz's legal machinations, The Libel Tourist shows how Saudi wealth has ominously joined forces with the British legal system to silence and control the worlds media.
Directed by Jared Lapidus, the short film explains how Mahfouz filed a libel suit against New York criminologist Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of the 2003 book Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financedand How to Stop It. The suit was not filed in the United States, where Ehrenfelds book was published and sold, but instead in London, where twenty-three copies of the book had been imported from online booksellers. In 2005, an English judge ruled against Ehrenfeld, ordering her to pulp copies of her book and to pay legal fees and damagesdespite the fact that nothing in her book about Saudi terror financing was ever disproved.
Since 2002, drawing on his vast fortune, Mahfouz has brought so many lawsuits in Britain, where libel laws heavily favor the accuser, that his actions have earned the country a reputation as a global hub of libel tourism. Every media outlet or publisher Mahfouz has sued, or threatened to sue, has apologized, retracted its publication, and paid fines. Even Cambridge University Press, the worlds oldest publishing house, capitulated to Mafhouzs legal aggression when it chose to pulp the 2006 book Alms for Jihad, apologize, and pay damages.
Ehrenfeld, however, has fought back. In The Libel Tourist she speaks about her shocking experience of modern-day book burning by British courts, and describes the First Amendment lawsuit she filed against Mahfouz in an effort to render British libel rulings unenforceable under U.S. law. Her struggles were not in vain: They inspired the New York Assembly and Senate to pass the bipartisan Libel Terrorism Protection Act, which governor David Paterson signed into law in April 2008. Known informally as "Rachel's Law," the legislation is a bold effort to reclaim the American freedoms of speech and freedoms of the press that foreign libel laws threaten to curtail.
Ehrenfeld has graciously acknowledged the vital role The Libel Tourist played in raising public awareness about the complex threats foreign libel suits pose to free speech. "Thor Halvorssen, the Moving Picture Institute, and Jared Lapidus film have been most helpful in this important struggle to protect and defend our First Amendment rights," she says. "The Libel Tourist is a masterpiece, and should be viewed by every American and by freedom-loving people worldwide."Official Film Website


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Wiring harness RED and GREEN LEDs for the sides of the front part of the canopy which remain solidly lit.
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I was going to post about this a few days ago but things came up and I was running short on time. The USA National Team Development Program is playing in the U17 World Challenge this week in Timmins, Ontario. This tournament is obviously overshadowed by the U20 World Junior Championships but we'll try to get you as much coverage as possible.
Committed recruit Jake McCabe, who has been with the NTDP all season long is obviously playing. The surprise, is that 2012 committed recruit Jordan Schmaltz was invited for the tournament. Schmaltz, who was snubbed from the NTDP tryouts last spring has been playing midget hockey for the Chicago Mission this season. Schmaltz did spend a short two game stint with the Sioux City Musketeers who own his rights.
Joe Fiala, who like Schmaltz is from Verona, has also been invited to play in the tournament. Fiala was taken late in the OHL Priority Selection but probably will go the college route. He's currently a junior and plays for Verona's high school team along with Team Wisconsin Majors. Fiala is currently not committed to a school but you would have to assume that the Badgers would have strong interest. .Schmaltz and Fiala are only two of three players from outside of the NTDP to be invited. The other player is a forward named Austin Wuthrich who plays for Team Illinois but is from Anchorage, Alaska.
Team USA pounded the Canadian-Atlantic team in the opener of the tournament 7-0. Schmaltz had a goal right at the end of regulation. McCabe was scoreless. Yesterday the United States beat the Czech Republic 3-2.
The United States next game will be tonight at 6:00 PM against the communist Russians. You can follow team USA at the tournaments website.
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A Senate committee was expected to approve a bill Thursday that would keep eight Texas Air National Guard cargo transport planes in the state.
Texas' congressional delegation and several Gulf Coast states' governors have been fighting a proposal to move the C-130 Hercules planes used for post-hurricane evacuations.
They say the big transport planes should remain based at Fort Worth's Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base. They say it would be more difficult to mobilize the aircraft to help with Gulf Coast disasters if they're in Montana.
A Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Tuesday approved a $604 billion defense spending bill that reverses proposed Pentagon cuts in Air Force personnel and equipment. The proposal included moving the transport planes out of Fort Worth in two years.


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On first contact I was impressed by the explanation of the procedure to hire a wheelchair. Because it was the first time I had done this I had numerous questions and these were answered quickly, professionally and with a friendly attitude. I was made to feel very comfortable with my choice and when the wheelchair arrived I was stunned. It was packed in a wonderful container, easy to open and keep for the return. The wheelchair was as new and I could not believe the quality compared to some I had seen, it was perfect, spotlessly clean and ideal for our needs. The cost was extremely reasonable for hire and delivery.
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(CBS) – A new study suggests sacked lunches are breeding grounds for bacteria that cause vomiting, diarrhea, or even death in some children.
"Sack lunches packed by parents can be an inexpensive alternative to school-prepared lunches – but they can also make kids sick" the authors said in a written statement.
What's the problem? High temperatures.
For the study – published in the September issue of Pediatrics – researchers checked temperatures of 705 sack lunches at Texas child care centers 90 minutes before lunch time. Even though nearly half of them contained one ice pack, only 1.6 percent of the lunches were kept at what researchers considered a "safe temperature zone."
"We thought it might be bad, but we did not know it was that bad," study author Fawaz Almansour, a nutritional studies researcher at the University of Texas at Austin Department of Nutritional Sciences, told ABC's "Good Morning America."
The study showed that more than 97 percent of meats, 99 percent of dairy items, and 99 percent of vegetables were stored at unsafe temperatures – only 22 out of the almost 1,400 food items were considered safe, Time reported.
What should parents do? The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service recommends that parents freeze some types of food, like mayonnaise-less sandwiches, the night before to keep them cool until lunch time. Lunch bags should be well-insulated and contain an ice pack or a frozen juice box to cool down the bag's contents.
Experts agreed the study has an important message although too-warm food is only one cause of foodborne illness in kids.
Dr. Harley Rotbart, a professor of pediatrics and microbiology at the University of and author of Germ Proof Your Kids, told GMA. "The much greater risks come from inadequate handwashing… and from home kitchen contamination of countertops, sinks and other inanimate objects with insufficiently cooked meat, chicken and fish."
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I'm well aware of the 'pick any two of three' mantra, and of those criteria the most important is probably size, followed by video quality. It's to be used while commuting and a Drift HD or GoPro will be too unwieldy, so I really want something small.
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The School of Medicine has published the 2007 edition of the Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book. The publication offers the most current and comprehensive source of county-level data on health and healthcare in Nevada.
Did you know that 87 percent of Nevada's land mass is made up of rural and frontier counties? Just 10 percent of the state's population lives in those counties. These 268,542 Nevadans go to great lengths travelling to receive healthcare.
Spread out over 95,431 square miles of frontier, the average distance most rural Nevadans must travel to reach one of the sixteen acute care hospitals in rural counties or to reach one of the closest tertiary care hospitals in Reno, Las Vegas or Salt Lake City is 114 miles. These surprising statistics are just a few of the healthcare facts you will find in the 2007 edition of the Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book.
Published bi-annually by the Nevada Office of Rural Health, a program of the Center for Education and Health Services Outreach at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, the data book contains a wide range of current information on population health and the healthcare delivery system in rural and frontier regions of the state.
The data book is designed as a tool for public policy makers, healthcare professionals and administrators, rural healthcare advocates and the residents of rural Nevada. The primary purpose of the publication is to provide the most current and accurate data on rural healthcare to these audiences.
The data presented in the 2007 edition of the Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book spotlight important differences among rural, urban and frontier areas of the state. According to John Packham, Ph.D., co-author of the data book, the premise of the publication is that characteristics distinguishing urban from rural and frontier areas have important impacts on population health, the availability of hospital and other healthcare resources and access to healthcare services.
"The age distribution of a county has a significant influence on the health state and healthcare needs of a population," says Packham, who is director of the Nevada Rural Hospital Flexibility Program within the Office of Rural Health.
"All things being equal, rural counties tend to have an older population," he said. "Older populations are at greater risk of serious illness and death than younger populations and use a larger share of healthcare resources. Important differences in demographics, economics and social characteristics exist between urban, rural, and frontier areas and they produce differences in health priorities, access to care and the delivery of health services."
To highlight these differences within the publication, Packham and co-author Tabor Griswold, health services research analyst for the Office of Rural Health, divided the Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book into the following sections:
- Demographic characteristics in rural and frontier Nevada, including recent population estimates and projections;
- The social and economic characteristics of rural and frontier Nevada, including data on income, poverty, and educational attainment;
- Population health issues and health insurance coverage in rural and frontier Nevada;
- The healthcare workforce in rural and frontier Nevada, including estimates and projections for many healthcare occupations across the major regions of the state;
- Hospital and other healthcare resources in rural and frontier Nevada;
- Economic aspects of healthcare in rural and frontier Nevada including estimates of the income and employment impact of the healthcare sector in each rural and frontier county.
"The need for increased access to care is acute across the state," says Packham. "The data in this publication is compiled to help us make educated policy decisions by looking at trends and statistics."
An important statistic Packham points to is the projected growth for healthcare occupations in both urban and rural areas of the state. While the demand for health occupations in urban areas is expected to exceed that of rural areas, the projected growth in the number of rural healthcare jobs is anticipated to grow by nearly 50 percent from the 7,737 jobs in 2004 to 11,208 jobs in 2014.


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By Nicholas Grube
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In what amounted to many moments of confusion and eventual clarification, the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approved a 5 percent pay increase for county employees, but not for themselves.
The increase, voted on during a special meeting Tuesday, would offset the financial burden of a mandatory health insurance program for county employees.
As it stands, the new health insurance mandates a 5 percent payroll deduction from county employees. This payment would then be balanced by a 5 percent pay increase, essentially nullifying the financial impact of the mandatory deduction.
However, when the board voted on the same agreement for themselves, they could not reach a concensus, resulting in no deduction or pay increase.
andquot;I have a personal priciple that I should not be voting myself a raise,andquot; said District 4 Supervisor Gerry Hemmingsen.
Even though he said he understands the pay increase only would cover the mandatory 5 percent deduction, thus making it a wash, the process of giving himself a raise is against his personal principles.
andquot;I'm not going to vote for a raise, regardless,andquot; he said.
District 2 Supervisor Martha McClure used the vote as an opportunity to voice her philosophical opposition to the current board's practices.
andquot;I felt the board has the potential of not following process this year,andquot; McClure said after the meeting. andquot;And I'm not sure we deserve a 5 percent balance (of the health insurance deduction.andquot;)
Due to this dissension, the board will not have a 5 percent payroll deduction for health insurance. Nor will they receive the offsetting 5 percent pay increase.


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New Pedersoli dbl percussion shotguns with single trigger???
I'm just sitting here waiting for the clock to tick down to Christmas surfing and looking at new fronstuffer smoothbores and...
I was perusing the Cabelas site and saw a couple of new percussion shotguns from Uberti that seem somewhat interesting at first glance.
The "cavalry" and "stagecoach" guns have back action locks and look good except for the single trigger.
It states that each barrel has to be fired singly, and that's why there is only one trigger. Has anyone held or looked at one of these things? I hope to at least seen one in a couple of weeks.
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