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It is designed for those who have little or no experience of the language but would like to find out more.
What do you need to apply for the course?
You do not need any official qualifications to apply for this course, but you will need to be 19 or over on the 1st of September.
What are the key things you'll learn?
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• How to greet a deaf person and getting their attention.
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• BSL grammar and sign order, the vocabulary and phases required to manage and communicate in a variety of situations.
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• Facial expression.
• Difference between Sign Supported English and BSL.
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I noticed people are always quick to jump down each other's throats on here. Sometimes (well, lots of time actually) I see GAGfolk engaging in all out cyber war. My reaction to many comments I read on here goes like....
I just always wonder what are these people thinking? For what it's worth, there's a difference between what you would call 'telling it like it is' and being respectful. You can tell the truth without being rude or obnoxious or hurting someone's feelings. A little tact is all that's needed. Something I learned as a child that you need to know; if you have nothing good to say, it's better to keep it to yourself.
Another good thing to note is that in life respect is like a boomerang, you can't expect to get it back unless you throw it out there first. Yes sometimes people might be very annoying or you may not agree with something they posted, however there are many ways to get your point/opinion across without being a total jerkface. Just treat others the way you expect to be treated, simple as that.
So to recap:
- Respect everyone regardless of differences in opinion
- Be tactful
- Be careful what you say(type) and how you say(type) it.
- Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
- Don't be a cyber bully
I hope someone learns something from this. It can be applied to real life too. Happy posting!


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If you're in the market for trinkets and fun, festive decor, HadHerWays in Scottsdale is the shop for you.
"We've been here in the marketplace for just about four years," said owner Dianne McDonald.
McDonald said the business started selling furniture, then adjusted to include items lower on the price scale to stay afloat during the down economy.
"And so we decided that's how we'd get through it, by having small, pick-up items," she said.
Now you'll find jewelry and ornaments adorning their walls too. It's a step many small businesses have had to take to lure shoppers into their stores, but they're hoping come next Christmas, that will all change.
For years Amazon.com didn't charge state sales tax, but starting in 2013 they'll have to charge 6.6 percent on all online purchases. It's an extra cost for consumers, but local retailers said forcing the online giant to play by the same rules should help level the playing field.
"Well we hope it will, because we feel like we'll have a little bit more of an advantage again, that we'll kind of all be in the same boat more or less and that people will get out and actually shop in person," McDonald said.
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Power Players: Tom Werner NASCAR drivers feel the pinch Earlier free agency essential for MLB Lefton: Fanatics, NHL goods 'Zero-hour' part of StubHub-MLB deal Power Players: Jim Petersen Power Players: Derrick Hall NHRA highlights attendance gains Comcast to make most of Games A question of timing: College football
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How to revolutionize team communications with ticket buyers
The foundation for one-to-one marketing is a powerful CRM system that captures every interaction between a fan and the team. This creates a deeper understanding of each fan by tracking not only past purchases, attendance patterns and ticket usage, but also personal preferences like merchandise, food and beverage consumption, the fan's favorite player, and more. Adding layers of information into their database, and extracting it with a CRM system, enables teams to define how to communicate with each fan through a unique, tailored message and therefore opens unmatched new revenue opportunities.
Social media is a rapidly evolving technology that is ripe with opportunity for teams to engage on a personal level with fans and leverage the power of Facebook to connect with fans and sell tickets. Advanced applications such as fan-gating, which requires a fan to "like" a Facebook page to unlock a ticket presale or unique content, are proving the power of social commerce. A great example of a thought-leading institution using this technology is the University of Michigan. It created a Michigan Football fan-gate offer that required its fans to "like" a certain page to unlock a ticket presale code, which tracked more than $74,000 in ticket sales in a single day.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals changes to Facebook that can affect how fans interact with teams.
Retargeting, combined with social media and mobile, can help sell more tickets.
Now imagine combining retargeting campaigns with social media and mobile marketing to extend your message and sell more tickets. For example, a team might create a social media offer, which drives fans to the team's website to purchase tickets. Subsequently, if some fans visit the page but do not purchase tickets, they would be retargeted with an offer to buy tickets to the next game. Conversely, if the fan makes a purchase, that person is then able to share the event with friends via a Facebook Connect module on the order confirmation page. Friends who purchase tickets then attend the event together and "check in" on Facebook via smartphone, which has the team's Facebook app on it, and the event is recorded on each person's timeline.
I also think there is a meaningful opportunity to leverage one-to-one marketing with season-ticket holders at the time they are renewing their seats. Innovative teams are now customizing their renewal experience with PURLs, or personalized URLs, during the season-ticket renewal process. This is a powerful way to convert season-ticket holders and tailor messaging to each fan. The Philadelphia Flyers this past season created a personalized 3-D video tailored for each season-ticket holder that highlights the benefits of renewing their tickets. To complement the personalized website, the team delivered automated, personalized email campaigns based on action or inaction with the season-ticket campaign. The Flyers campaign achieved a 93 percent conversion rate from season-ticket holders who viewed their personalized website.
Now let's take this concept a step further. In the future, I imagine teams will leverage one-to-one marketing strategies to create personalized landing pages for all fans based on their profiles, preferences or interactions with the team. The page could include customized offers to renew, buy a package, or purchase single tickets bundled with merchandise. These offers would be based on purchase history, preferences and engagement with the team's Facebook application. Subsequent dynamic multichannel marketing messages could also then be delivered via email, social media, mobile, or online advertising, tailored specifically to fit the fan's profile.
It's an exciting time for those in sports business. Organizations able to leverage new technologies to communicate on a one-to-one basis with their fans will increase customer satisfaction and, by virtue of that, earn more revenue per fan. When fans win, teams win.
Dave Butler (email@example.com) is CEO of Paciolan.
Readers drawn to media, college deals, personalities
1. Fox and Big 12 near deal worth more than $60 million a year (03/14/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: Just months earlier, many were writing the Big 12's obituary. This story reported that the conference was days away from signing a deal that would triple its revenue.
2. For rivals, it was unite or lose (05/09/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: An inside look at how two media rivals, ESPN and Fox, teamed to win media rights to the then-Pac-10. The deal came in the early stages of the Comcast/NBCUniversal merger, and people were looking to see if the newly merged company would put a sports stake in the ground. Instead, the deal represented a rare partnership designed to keep the newcomers at bay.
3. NHL viewership trends tied to hockey tradition, Northern exposure (02/07/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: Local TV ratings always resonate.
4. Forty Under 40: Class of 2011 (03/21/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: The annual feature showcasing some of the brightest young talent in sports business is consistently one of the most popular features of the year.
5. U.S. sports executives who run Arsenal see slow gains, intense scrutiny (08/15/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: Names you know — Stan Kroenke, Ivan Gazidis and Tom Fox — drove readers to this rare, in-depth look at how one of the EPL's elite clubs is faring under the stewardship of owners and executives groomed in the U.S. sports industry.
1. ESPN's Bill Simmons Unveils Details Of New Sports/Pop Culture Site (02/18/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: Virtually anything on ESPN, and especially anything on Simmons, gets major eyeballs. This was no doubt fueled by Simmons retweeting this open story to his 1 million-plus Twitter followers.
2. UFC Agrees To Deal With Fox That Will See Up To Four Events Per Year On Broadcast TV (08/16/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: News of this significant deal pushing UFC into the sports media mainstream broke in SBD and represented a tipping point for the MMA series.
3. Pro Football Continues Popularity Among U.S. Sports Fans (01/25/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: This Harris Interactive survey showcased a 25-year trend on sports popularity and showed nearly three in 10 Americans who follow at least one sport said that pro football was their favorite sport. Baseball, while trending down over that same period, was second. This story was a massive hit in the social media sphere.
4. Pac-10 Set To Announce Whopping Media Deal Valued At $3B (05/03/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: As noted above with the SBJ follow, this story, which broke in SBD, showcased a major coup for Larry Scott and the conference with the unique combination of rights for rivals Fox and ESPN.
5. UT To Unveil 20-Year, $300M Deal With ESPN For Longhorn Network (01/19/11)
WHY IT CLICKED: It's been consistently among the most-read topics of the year — from ideation to formation — and this story outlined the financial details of Longhorn Network for the first time.
Look for our listing of 2011's most-viewed stories over the full, 12-month period at the end of the year.
Abraham D. Madkour can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lessons learned from Steve Jobs
Jobs invented or transformed entire industries, including personal computers, mobile telephony, film animation and music retailing. It's telling that hundreds of millions of people around the world learned of his passing on a device he invented and sold to them.
Jobs once observed his and Apple's DNA were intertwined. I'd be lying if I didn't admit a profound connection to that sentiment. I felt the same way about the company I founded 20 years ago, and feel the same way about IMG College today.
No human being is perfect. Jobs and I would probably differ in quite a few areas, personally and professionally. However, whether or not you're a fan of him or Apple products, Steve Jobs the leader leaves us valuable lessons. Let me share a few that apply to our business:
■ Relentlessly pursue excellence: Jobs' single-minded drive was legendary, as he spent every waking moment in a quest to create beautiful products that work beautifully. Apple never cut corners, no matter the cost. (MoMA — the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art — has 25 Apple products in its personal design collection!) As Jobs once said, "The only way to be satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." We, too, can focus our inner drive, and ask, Is there sufficient rigor in our standards? Do we settle for mediocrity? What are we passionate about professionally? How can we channel our enthusiasm and passion more effectively?
■ Customer retention is the end game in all sales relationships: Apple customers are famously loyal. How many have bought an iPod, then switched to another MP3 player? We should prize the quality of each customer interaction, raising our own expectations of what we'll provide, then delivering the goods. Let's give customers no reason to do business with anyone else!
■ Never underestimate the power of personal experience: Jobs had incredible empathy for how customers experienced Apple — from masterfully orchestrated product unveilings to the moment customers entered the store to buy the newest device, to when they flipped on the iPad or downloaded that first song from iTunes. While not every presentation can be grand theater, take nothing for granted in each customer interaction. Treat them artfully. Aspire to over-deliver, sparking some magic in doing so.
■ Facts always win: Jobs' product presentations featured impressive showmanship, but beneath the sizzle was a juicy fact-filled steak. As an editor of Wired once said, "Steve wasn't waving his arms and mystifying you with something that wasn't true. He was mystifying you with reality!" Keep facts in the forefront.
■ Success doesn't always come instantly: Apple began a torrid run of product breakthroughs after unveiling the iPod a decade ago. It's easy to forget that a few years earlier, Apple nearly folded, and Jobs was exiled from the company he co-founded. Instead of quitting, Jobs continued to follow his inner voice. When invited back to run Apple, he forged a comeback for the ages. The company that nearly failed has a current market capitalization of $350 billion — bigger than Microsoft and Intel combined.
■ In the race to excellence, there's no finish line: Every Apple product improves markedly from one generation to the next. New features are added while, paradoxically, the gizmos become smaller and simpler. Sure, Apple had its share of failures, but the enduring memory will be Jobs on stage, sliding another miracle from his pocket. Remember, no one's work is ever fully complete. We can always improve, creating version 2.0 and beyond.
■ Think big … and small: While others viewed computers as giant machines strictly for corporations, Jobs saw a personal electronic appliance for every American. Even while dreaming big to create entire categories, Jobs was also concerned with the smallest details — tinkering with the buttons on the iMac keyboard and the wires inside. (He's a patent holder on the architectural glass used in Apple store stairways.) In our professional lives, both grand ideas and the smallest details matter. We should think big … and take pride in the small stuff.
Steve Jobs may have been secular in many of his viewpoints, but even he'd have probably admitted, God is in the details!
Ben Sutton is president of IMG College and founder of ISP Sports.
Forecast calls for stormy NBA, shifting fronts for NCAA, USOC
The NBA: As the late Dennis Hopper once said in his infamous Nike ad (the one where he played a deranged referee pawing through Bruce Smith's locker): "Bad things, man. Bad things." And, wow, Dennis wasn't kidding. Looking at the NBA's ugly lockout, which led to an Oct. 10 announcement that regular-season games would be canceled, we now see empty arenas stretching out until at least early 2012. Beyond that, we can only repeat what NBA Commissioner David Stern has said all along: The NBA's business model (its system) is broken and this labor stoppage must fix it.
The good news, though, is that with games officially called off, both owners and players have "real" skin in the game to the tune of a reported first-hand ante of $325 million. That's a lot of poker chips shoved toward the middle of the table, especially when both sides say they aren't bluffing. We expect more games will get canceled and more fans will migrate to other arenas of interest.
The NCAA: This one is simply mind-blowing. With TCU's move to the Big 12, we see five super conferences emerging in the very near future (the ACC, Pac-12, SEC, Big Southwest and the curiously named Big Ten). When those 64 teams are tidily aggregated, they will pull away from the NCAA in order to create a massive football-basketball product managed by IMG College and televised exclusively by ESPN.
More canceled games appear on the horizon for David Stern (center) and the labor-troubled NBA.
The Olympics in North America: What's to write? There will be no Games in America before 2024.
Or as U.S. Olympic Committee chief communications officer Patrick Sandusky told us: "The USOC has said for quite some time that until the revenue sharing discussions with the IOC are completed, we will not consider bidding for any future Games. This applies to the 2020 bid but also any future bids. We cannot in good faith have another city [like Chicago] spend the nearly $100 million that it takes to bid these days, while we still have this outstanding issue with the IOC. The original discussions with the IOC were not scheduled to start until 2013. Hopefully, the fact that we have accelerated these talks more than two years ahead of schedule demonstrates how serious we are taking them."
Economically speaking, that means the traditional billion dollars or so generated by a major international sporting event (discounting Toronto's hosting of the 2015 Pan American Games) will not materialize and pro sports leagues will fill the sports vacuum for the next 13 years. Since the USOC won't bid for 2022's Winter Games (leaving Quebec City to win the bid in 2015), we're left predicting the USOC will bring Chicago back for another run in 2017 (for the 2024 Games).
The NHL: Unlike some of the other properties, the NHL's future keeps getting brighter. The league has been bolstered in Canada by the successful return of the Jets to Winnipeg, in Europe where the KHL is struggling (while watching the NHL play games in Stockholm and Helsinki), by impressive improvements in leaguewide sponsorship, by the return of league star and Olympic Games hero Sidney Crosby and the eventual return of the Nordiques to Quebec City.
These positives will be, however, tempered by a few key challenges. First, hits to the head (and the resulting concussions) remain a major media topic thanks to the Crosby injury. Accordingly, Hockey Canada, USA Hockey and various youth associations are now putting in strict measures to protect players. Second, a number of U.S.-based franchises, thanks to ongoing economic realities, will keep facing worsening financial challenges that will threaten teams like Phoenix, Dallas and the New Jersey Devils. For them, the NBA lockout may be a godsend.
The NFL and CFL: Despite the challenges faced by the other sports, American football continues to chug along, virtually recession-proof. The NFL and its players smartly avoided any missed time due to labor negotiations and the NFL season started with a bang: competitive games, Monday night double headers, more protection for QBs and a bright outlook for the future. Similarly (but on a smaller scale), north of the border, the CFL is enjoying a very good season heading toward its 99th Grey Cup in November and an even better one for its centennial year.
Although pro football keeps throwing off a warm glow, a few dark clouds are evident off in the distance; namely the CFL's challenge to establish itself in Canada's largest city and one of North America's top media markets (Toronto) and the ongoing issue of player safety. The NFL will, however, have a team in Los Angeles soon but no team in San Diego. And stop worrying about Buffalo without the Bills. Trust us, they're staying put.
We imagine continued good tidings for Ironman triathlons, MMA, professional lacrosse and, of all things, cricket. But stay tuned, our little industry never lacks for mayhem and disruption.
Rick Burton(email@example.com) is the David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management at Syracuse University. Norm O'Reilly (email@example.com) is an associate professor of sport business at Ottawa University.
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The pernicious, lifelong effects of concentrated wealth and concentrated poverty.
Economic mobility – the ability to work hard and get ahead – has long been the cornerstone of the American Dream. But it's becoming harder and harder for Americans to pull themselves up the economic ladder.
An influential report this past summer from Harvard and Berkeley economists at The Equality of Opportunity Project found economic mobility varied widely across the country. Summarizing the key results of the study, the New York Times headline neatly explained: "In climbing income ladder, location matters." Children from post-industrial metros like San Jose, Seattle, or Boston were twice as likely jump from the bottom income quintile to the top as kids growing up in Sunbelt or Midwestern manufacturing cities.
But what accounts for the geographical variation? A new Pew Charitable Trusts study sheds some light. "Mobility and the Metropolis: How Communities Factor into Economic Mobility" by the University of California, Berkeley economist Bryan Graham and my New York University colleague Patrick Sharkey finds that the amount of economic integration – the degree to which poor, middle-class, and rich residents live in the same areas – was highly linked to levels of economic mobility.
The study uses information from three key data sets: the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. These each collect information on individuals over time, allowing for measurement of family income during an individual's childhood and tracking them into adulthood. The Pew study focuses on 34 metro areas covered in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 because of its larger sample size and longer time period. The authors note that the 34 are all among the nation's 50 largest metros, and provide statistically reliable data.
To explore the relationship between income mobility and the extent to which a city's poor and rich residents remain residentially isolated, the study developed and compared two basic metrics. The first, known as Intergenerational Elasticity of Family Income, captures economic mobility. This is a figure between 0 and 1 that represents how strong the relationship is between the socioeconomic stratum a child grows up in and his future income level. The lower the IGE, the less one's family background plays a role in future earning potential. An IGE of 1 would mean a child would have no chance of moving out of the economic stratum into which they were born. The U.S. metro average is around 0.4, about on par with the U.K. but far above other Western European nations and Canada.
The below table from the report shows the IGE for some of America's major metro areas. Atlanta, Cleveland, New York ,and D.C. have below average mobility levels; L.A., Chicago, Miami, and Detroit have average levels of mobility; and Boston, Minneapolis, Houston, and San Diego have above average mobility. (Note that these metro rankings differ slightly from the findings of the Harvard-Berkeley Equality of Opportunity Project, largely due to differences in data sets and the way that mobility was defined).
The second metric, the Neighborhood Sorting Index, captures income segregation across metro area neighborhoods. This measures whether there is greater income variation within neighborhoods – the hallmark of an integrated city – or between neighborhoods – as in a city with total segregation of classes by neighborhood.
Metros with higher levels of concentrated advantage and disadvantage have higher Neighborhood Sorting Indices. According to the study, just above 30 percent of the total variation in income occurs between neighborhoods in the most stratified metro area, while the Neighborhood Sorting Index is below 10 percent in the least segregated one.
The above table shows how metros rank on the Neighborhood Sorting Index. New York tops the list with the highest level of economic segregation among its neighborhoods. The study notes that neighborhood sorting has increased in many of these metros over the past several decades, as overall economic growth has also meant that "the gap between the rich and poor has grown as has the degree to which they live in separate communities."
What's especially interesting is the study's main finding: that there is a strong, positive relationship between economic segregation and economic mobility. In other words, the more segregated a metro is, the lower the chances for economic mobility across generations. As the authors note:
The relationship between neighborhood stratification and economic mobility is statistically meaningful, suggesting that the IGE is about 0.07 higher in a very stratified metropolitan area, such as New York, than a less stratified one, such as San Francisco. This difference translates into real income differences between people who live in these places.
All in all, the study finds the metropolitan areas where different economic groups live largely in separate neighborhoods also tend to have the lowest levels of economic mobility. Children raised in overwhelmingly affluent neighborhoods, with little exposure to poorer families, grow up to be affluent adults; children raised in poor neighborhoods, isolated from the more successful, don't. "American metro areas with distinct pockets of concentrated wealth and concentrated poverty have lower economic mobility than places in which the wealthy and the poor are more integrated," they write.
The study notes that public policies aimed at addressing economic segregation and mobility fall into two categories – housing assistance and education and skill upgrading. Both must be a part of any successful fix to this pernicious problem.
On the housing front, the study notes the need for more affordable housing. But the authors also point to the need for more innovative mixed-income development, inclusionary zoning, and metro-wide transportation and economic development.
The authors also echo calls for greater skill development and education, especially interventions in early childhood.
The authors aptly point out that we must move beyond national one-size-fits-all policies. Instead, we need to develop approaches that recognize the considerable local difference brought on by spiky and uneven economic geography. Solutions like requiring developers to include affordable housing units in new projects and developing metropolitan-wide transportation are politically unpopular. But they are a necessary part of any effort to restore economic mobility and the American Dream.
The forces limiting economic mobility are quintessentially geographic in nature. It is not just a split job market and growing economic inequality that confront us, but the deepening geographic separation, segregation and isolation of people and communities. Our emerging geography is increasingly one of concentrated advantage juxtaposed with concentrated disadvantage.
Top Image: Graffiti covers a sign welcoming visitors to the Robert Taylor Homes on Chicago's South Side in a photo from June 1987. Before it was demolished, Robert Taylor was once the country's largest public housing project. Chicago remains a city with high economic segregation and only average economic mobility (AP/John Swart).


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by Dhruin, 2008-09-17 01:10:13
Paradox has announced Mount & Blade v1.0 is shipping in NA, with Europe to follow on the 19th. You can also buy it digitally from Paradox' Gamersgate service. No word that I can see on when existing key-holders will be able to download the update.
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Are these names too much?
We are thinking about a 3 rd child. We have Ellison Grace and Benjamin Edward. Is Henrietta Abbott or Zachariah Abbott too much? Out last name starts with a "C" so I'm not sure about HAC as initials. But I just found out my great grandmothers maiden name was Nellie Abbott and I just love it. We would shorten Henrietta to Etta. And Zachariah to Zac. Would the initials ZAC be corny? And finally, inadvertently we are Ed, Erin, Ellison , and Ben (and when Ellison was born we had a dog Emma). I'm not into all the E's so we diverted for Ben. Will he feel left out with an Etta?
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Celebrated for his playwriting, British author Michael Frayn has also written screenplays and several acclaimed novels. Headlong, a Booker Prize finalist, combines a heavy dose of humor with a fascinating glimpse into the world of priceless art.
When Martin Clay and his art historian wife are asked to appraise the private collection of a loutish man, it is Martin, not his wife, who believes he has discovered a lost masterpiece from Dutch painter Bruegel. Keeping his thoughts closely guarded, he embarks on a fast-paced quest to confirm his suspicions. In an effort to swindle the painting away from its owner, Martin heads down a trail of lies and scams that has hilarious and unexpected results.
©1999 Michael Frayn (P)2001 Recorded Books, LLC
"For art history junkies only"
Frayn has written a novel that is pure joy for those of us who geek out on art history. For others, the long expositions may be information overload of the worst and most tedious kind! So if you suspect you won't enjoy so much of that, do skip this and find another. But if you love every delicious detail of art history, iconography, and painting, you're likely to have a great time with this one.
With his background in theatre, Frayn knows how to keep a scene moving and the dialogue snappy. His research is prodigious and I was impressed with his breadth of artistic knowledge. I was never bored and enjoyed both the serious art historical aspects and the elements of absurdity, comedy, and farce.
Steven Crossley is a great narrator, always pleasing to the ear, and perfectly suited to this title.
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8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 cups chicken stock
3 to 4 cups creamy Caesar dressing. divided
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
Freshly ground black pepper
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Chopped romaine lettuce
Shredded Parmesan cheese
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Place chicken in a slow cooker with chicken stock. Cover and cook on low heat for 4-6 hours or high for 2 to 3 hours.
Remove liquid from slow cooker. Use two forks to shred chicken. Pour enough dressing over the chicken and toss to coat. Stir in lemon juice, grated Parmesan cheese, parsley, and pepper. over the top. Heat on high for 15 to 30 minutes to warm. Place chicken in wraps or on rolls with with lettuce and extra shredded Parmesan cheese on top.


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Missing pages in Life Sport audit
Two pages from the Central Audit Committee report into the now defunct Life Sport programme were inadvertently omitted from the final report but it does not affect the findings, says the Ministry of Finance and the Economy. A press release issued last night admitted the "human lapse" was made during photo-copying and was not "deliberate" or an "insidious act of intent".
The report was laid in Parliament on July 25 by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. She referred the damning report to the Commissioner of Police, Integrity Commission, Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Public Service for immediate investigation. As a consequence, former Sport Minister Anil Roberts tendered his resignation as both a government minister and Member of Parliament for the constituency of D'Abadie/O'Meara. He has maintained his innocence and claimed the report was doctored.
The missing two pages related to a legal opinion given by the head of the legal department at the Sportt company, Lisa Solomon, concerning the $34 million contract to EBeam Interact Ltd to provide an educational component to the Life Sport programme. The release said the audit committee examined the legal opinion "when they conducted their audit, and the pages were missing only from the final package laid in Parliament."
"The Ministry will ensure that the 'missing pages' are laid in the Parliament and submitted to the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Commissioner of Police and the Integrity Commission."


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Temperature dependence and phase diagram. (a) Fluence dependence of the intensity decay along the (010) direction of optimally doped Bi2212. In the inset, the fluence dependence of the overall time constant of the decay, obtained from a simple exponential fit (filled black symbols), is shown together with the time constant associated to the electron-phonon coupling time (empty black symbols), obtained from Figure
. (b) Fluence dependence of the derivative of the intensity decay along (010) in optimally doped Bi2212. The characteristic time related to the electron-phonon coupling process is estimated from the minimum in these curves (open black symbols in the inset of Figure
. (c) Lattice-equilibrium temperature dependence of the time constant for both polarizations in all samples. (d) The doping dependence of the coupling constant (
) along the
directions in Bi2212 (blue and red dots, resp.) and its anisotropy (
between the two directions; black solid line), as well as
along the
directions in Bi2223 (green and orange dots, resp.) and the extrapolated anisotropy (black dashed line). A qualitative sketch of the upper critical field and Cooper-pair coherence length (green and violet lines) is also shown.


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Forums > Off-Topic Discussion > So,I moved to Tampa 2 weeks ago...
Lookin' for stuff to do...Places to see...
But what I really need to do is find a job...
a real,9-5,m-f freakin job!!
Been cruising Craigslist,Snag-a-Job,Posting my resume everywhere...
I know something will come along eventually but,I'm just itching to have some structure and some income...mostly income:)...
My professional background is in shipping/receiving/warehouse/E-Commerce
type stuff...
Any ideas are appreciated...
How did you find your job after a re-location???
Apr 29 13 03:36 pm Link
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Orlando, Florida, US
Why did you leave Orlando? No jobs here?
Apr 29 13 03:55 pm Link
Posts: 6255
Salem, Indiana, US
You moved BEFORE finding a job?
Apr 29 13 03:58 pm Link
It gets even more stupid...LOL
I only have about $2000 to my name...
And I'm goin' thru that mighty quickly...
I have 3-4 interviews per week but...then they want a second interview and
then...I don't know what...it's a slow freakin' process!
I have another second interview tomorrow and a first interview on Wednesday.
I left Orlando because the wife of the couple that I shared the place with
is going thru Chemo treatments and wanted some private space for a while.
I was never that crazy about Orlando anyway...I like to be nearer the oceans/beaches/water...
I'm gettin' a bit antsy...sittin' in my hotel room and sending resumes off into
Apr 29 13 04:22 pm Link
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Wilmington, Delaware, US
For some reason CareerBuilder.com has always been the best source for finding jobs. Networking is great but being new there makes that kinda tough. Still, you might mention to people you meet that you are new in town and looking for a job. You never know what might come of it.
Good luck to you. Tampa/St. Pete is a beautiful place. I hope you are very happy there.
Apr 29 13 04:52 pm Link
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Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, US
Welcome! Post in the Tampa thread. I'm on Indian Rocks Beach. We will be having a Meet & Greet in June on a Saturday so keep an eye out for that. Good luck!
Apr 29 13 05:03 pm Link
I was over in the "Indian Rocks " area the other day...a small section called
"Bellaire"...really,really nice area.Looked at an apartment...good sized 1 BDR/1Ba
for $615 mo...$500 deposit...small swimming pool and laundry on site...Publix only about 300 yards away...Pinellas Trail was around 1.5 miles away (I'm a cyclist!).
I liked the area enough to actually live there...IF I can find a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 29 13 05:34 pm Link
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Gainesville, Florida, US
billy badfinger wrote:
take what ever you can for now... as they say it is easier to find a job when you have a job... but i know it is much easier for me to sit here when i have a job.. dont mean to sound flippent... btw welcome to Tampa area... hope this town is good to ya'...and Bellaire.. def a high priced area..if you ever want to slum it.. come to St Pete... plenty of affordable... salvation army style place so stay..lol..
Apr 29 13 05:47 pm Link
Thanks for that!
I'm NOT being that picky really...I could have started at a telemarketing place
the other day but....NOBODY LIKES those people!!!
I may still try it for a bit just to keep the bank account away from $0.00...
Any of you know anything about HSN?
Apr 29 13 06:06 pm Link
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Sarasota, Florida, US
billy badfinger wrote:
one of the girls that works for me... her boyfriend got hired in there. he seemed to like it fine (but ended up at a different job that he had applied for earlier).
Apr 29 13 06:10 pm Link
All good info you guys...thanks for the welcome and good will.
Well...I'm off to an interview with West Marine over on Cypress and D. Mabry
...Huge worldwide Company that is growing...$10.50 hr. to start and It's close enough to ride my bike!...wish me LUCK!!!
Apr 30 13 07:12 am Link
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Atlanta, Georgia, US
Base on 2011 & 2012 data from U-Haul, the #1 and #2 move-to destinations are TX and NC. Perhaps more relative high-pay jobs are in TX and NC these days.
Apr 30 13 07:31 am Link
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Washington, District of Columbia, US
Good luck on your new journey.
Apr 30 13 07:36 am Link
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Orlando, Florida, US
Finding a job takes time. It took me 8 weeks to land one when I moved to this area. The best thing when on the move is if you work for a large corporation and you can ask for transfers. I like more Orlando than Tampa- its easier for me here to work with models and a lot of fun places to go. One word of caution- employers often google names- you don't want them to have a twat right in their face. Just a heads up
Apr 30 13 08:13 am Link
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Columbus, Ohio, US
Colorado Model Amber wrote:
Good friend of mine moved to FL without a job.....he's a millionaire today. People move all the time without jobs. The incentive stays high under those circumstances.
Apr 30 13 08:24 am Link
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Clearwater, Florida, US
billy badfinger wrote:
I wouldn't describe them as growing - more like recovering. They took quite a hit during the recession, since they sell things that are optional in people's lives.
Apr 30 13 09:35 am Link
@Great moments...
Billy Badfinger is not my real name...
and I don't mention that part of my life anywhere on my resume...
In fact,Googling my real name is rather boring...almost nothing shows up!!!
@Gus W...
West Marine has over 300 stores so...HUGE prob isn't the correct word...
BIG is a better description...
But they DO have plans for 2 new stores in Florida alone in the near future.
And while many people see boats and fishing as frivolous luxuries...
for many Floridians their boats are more of a necessary addiction and passion
that often receive more attention than their jobs or families.
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Don't worry, that headline is not as bad as it sounds. We all give EA a lot of flak for making some truly terrible decisions with their games, but the decision to not take action on a certain exploit in Dead Space 3 might be its best decision in a while.
In Dead Space 3, certain weapons are only unlocked after gathering a certain amount of resources. EA, a supporter of controversial ideas such as first day DLC, decided to put these resources up for sale in DLC packs. They were basically introducing microtransactions into a game that you pay full price for already. While microtransactions have a place in free-to-play games, introducing microtransactions in a single player, full price game could be considered a bit… greedy.
However, when Dead Space 3 was released, a glitch was discovered that enabled players to farm the same resources that EA put up for sale. This practice seemingly defeated the purpose of having microtransations. When asked about this exploit, EA said they would not be patching the game because it was a deliberate move to enable players to harvest the same resources for free in game.
For once EA, you make sense. It's the old free-to-play exchange. You can either choose to spend your time unlocking items in a game, or you can choose to spend your money to save time. It's a win-win on both sides. The game company has players logging more time on Dead Space 3, and players can save their money.
Only question I have is if that was what they were planning to do all along in Dead Space 3, then why not mention it in the first place? I remember when the news first hit, there wasn't any mention of being able to harvest resources through farming. Wouldn't be easier to avoid the initial flak and say that the micro transactions were optional? It would have made gamers feel a lot better about buying the game and wouldn't have left people wondering if this "feature" was a "glitch."
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1 October 2012 – Lewis Hamilton could boost his reputation by taking the Mercedes team to the top in F1: something Michael Schumacher has failed to do since 2010. That is the viewpoint of Niki Lauda, three-time World Champion who is joining the squad as an advisor.
"In a bad car he is the best driver in the world because he is unbelievably quick and he makes no compromise," Lauda told Sportsweek on BBC Radio 5 live. "Lewis joining is high motivation. They have realised their weaknesses."
Talking of Hamilton's decision to jump ship from McLaren, Lauda continued:
"I was impressed with his approach to things - very pragmatic, no emotions whatsoever. The real discussion was, 'Why should I leave a competitive car where my life is easy in the future?' So my argument was: 'If you're looking for a new challenge, then certainly the Mercedes team is one. Think of it the other way round. If Schumacher couldn't get the Mercedes team running up front for three years and you next year are doing much better, it makes a huge impact on your personality and people will rate you much higher. In the end it convinced him that the challenge is what he wants to do. For a competitive guy like Lewis, it's very interesting."
"The Hamilton effect will push Rosberg to go quicker and Nico will push Hamilton to go quicker - and that is all you need in a team," Lauda summed up.
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In the movies, when an aggrieved victim decides to take justice into his own hands, things go great. When Brian Knight of Waller decided to do it, he ended up in the slammer, facing five to life.
Knight, 46, who police say owns a car dealership, was pissed that stereos and sound equipment kept getting lifted from his cars. So when he heard that Joshua Blanton, 18, allegedly had broken into one of the cars, he went looking for him.
And, like in the movies, he decided to set Blanton back on the road to the straight life by administering a little tough love. "It is our understanding," says Sergeant Gary Hammond of the Tomball police, "that he forced the individual to get in the vehicle with him to go back to [the dealership with the stereo] and reinstall it into the vehicle he had taken it out of."
Which, according to all that is Hollywood, eventually would have developed into an almost father-son relationship of gruff, unspoken love, mentioned only when the boy Blanton eventually started heading down the wrong path himself.
Shockingly, things didn't work out that way in Tomball. On his way out the door, Blanton told his girlfriend Knight had a gun, and she called the cops. And now Knight faces felony charges of aggravated kidnapping.
Why didn't he just call the cops? Neither Knight nor Blanton could be tracked down, but Hammond has a theory. "If I'm not mistaken, he states that he had been burglarized before and that he just decided to take it upon himself this time," he says, which isn't really much of a theory after all. "This is one of those situations that I wish he -- not only I, but I imagine he -- wishes he would've notified the police. It would've saved him a whole lot of trouble."
No charges have been filed against Blanton, even though he did have the seemingly suspicious stereo equipment with him.
Hammond can only shake his head at the case. "I mean, for a gentleman to have actually considered himself a victim to begin with -- within a matter of hours [he] turns into a suspect that is looking at serious punishment," he says, and you can all but hear the shrug over the phone.
So we guess real life isn't like the movies after all.
If We Crash -- I Will Survive!
Gay guys and lesbian gals like to go down, but they'll be going up -- in style! -- if Houstonian Guy Felder has his way. He and a friend are starting an air charter service called Fabulair, which aims to be to gays what HootersAir is to pathetic businessmen.
The idea started out as an e-mail spoof, but Felder (VP of marketing and officer of On-the-Ground Fabulousness) became convinced it could really work.
"We want to have the perception of a fun airline," says the 26-year-old University of Houston student. "We're not intending to fly bordellos Our flights are not going to be sex orgies; there will be no drugs, none of that."
There will be drag-queen fashion shows, mid-flight seat switches and movies like Mommie Dearest. (Gee, couldn't they have named the thing Stereotype Airlines?)
Details are still being worked out -- which is entrepreneur-speak for "Believe it when you see it" -- but Felder hopes to start offering flights by August.
"We want to make getting there half the fun," he says.
You are now free to move about the cabin girlfriend!
Promises, Promises
A group of parents has been trying for more than a year to have the former Milam Elementary transformed into an all-Montessori school; they've been raising funds and at one point even had model classrooms installed in the Heights-area school.
So they were a little dismayed to discover HISD's plans to make Milam into office space. Loading the building with files and bureaucrats wouldn't exactly fit the Montessori ideal of loose grade distinctions and hands-off education, after all.
They raised a ruckus and got a meeting with HISD superintendent Abe Saavedra, who told them on January 12 that he is still committed to the project. Another school slated to be closed will be picked as the new site, he said.
The parents are mollified, somewhat. "Right now it's like the old Reagan-Gorbachev days: 'Trust but verify,' " says Brad Sullivan of Houston Friends of Montessori. "The problem we've been having is that we've been hearing a lot of 'Free Beer Tomorrow' language from the school district all along, so we're being careful. But I feel reasonably good about it Dr. Saavedra laid out a time line that is fairly aggressive."
In fact, Saavedra's time line calls for students to start being enrolled as soon as next month.
And the parents say they'll make HISD stick to the timetable, which includes naming a replacement building by January 20. "We're going to hold a rally on January 20 -- if they've done what they said, it'll be a 'yippee, way to go' thing; if they don't, we'll be calling the media and letting them know another promise hasn't been kept," Sullivan says.
Buyer Beware
Anyone who's followed the saga of the New Year's Eve Forbidden City fiasco will no doubt be shocked to learn that some people are having trouble getting their promised refunds. Equally shocking, the promoters are saying they don't know of anyone having any trouble at all.
Folks who couldn't get into the party were supposed to come back the next day for refunds, but hellish lines discouraged those who actually gave up their New Year's Day to get reimbursed. So forms could be faxed in and money promptly returned, the promoters said.
At least two people say that hasn't been the case. M.D. Anderson research analyst Cory Null has been a grant writer, so he knows a little about getting money out of organizations. He says he called the promoters twice and e-mailed them as instructed four times without getting any response; fortunately he had charged the tickets on a credit card that allowed him to cancel the purchase.
Chris Wineinger, a photographer, wasn't so lucky. He paid cash for three $150 VIP tickets but got stranded outside when the fire marshal closed the gates.
"I started calling the office -- I did get a girl the first time; she told me to fax a form," he says. "I filled out the form, faxed it back in and that was last week on Tuesday [January 4], and I haven't heard anything back. I've left messages, e-mailed."
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John Seppy, a coordinator for Forbidden City, admits things have been a little hectic but insists $40,000 has been refunded to 350 people so far. "Every single person has actually been talked to and spoken to, and the procedure's pretty easy for them that's trying to get a refund," he says.
Seppy is still steamed about the party, insisting that Houston fire officials at one time said 3,700 people would be allowed in. Houston fire official Richard Galvan says the city always put the capacity at 2,500.
So is Galvan telling a lie? "Not actually a lie," Seppy says, as only a promoter can. "It's just that there's mixed interpretations of what people are hearing."
Just like there's mixed interpretations of how easy it is to get a refund, we guess.


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A provincial official says four police officers guarding a mayor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan.
Abdul Marouf Rasekh, spokesman for the governor of Badakhshan province, says the incident occurred Tuesday in Barak district.
It's the latest in a surge of attacks across Afghanistan as U.S.-led foreign forces reduce their presence after years of battling the Taliban.
Nazer Mohammad Neyazi, mayor of Faiz Abad city, was the apparent target. He was returning from a visit to a road project when the blast hit the convoy.
The mayor was not hurt in the attack. One police officer was wounded.
Rasekh says Neyazi is a former military general and an influential provincial politician.


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Discussion in 'Octopus Care' started by nini, Jun 27, 2005.
is coral safe for octos?
some are, some arn't especially fire corals!!
But you better ask the experts.
Nini...have you maintained a reef tank before? You might want to try some soft corals prior to getting an octopus...
arnt corals harder to keep than octopus? you need more light wich octopus wont be tolarent to and all the equipment can get anoying.
hard corals yes deffo, dunno about soft they seem not too bad....as long as your octo dont rip em apart
most soft corals arnt too hard to keep. never realy got to hard corals. but dont u think the equipment needed for corals would be a waste as they wouldnt apply to octo. light systems arnt cheap. matb better to try some delicate inverts such as shrimp. if there still around when u get your octo theyll b a good snack or sometimes if u have a good repore with yout lps theyll trade them with u for other supplies. though u never get back what u put into it.
yeah i guess so never thought about that, looks like the coral would requier more then its worth
Just as a note: categorizing corals as SOFT and HARD isn't that wise. Anyways definite no-nos for an octo tank are Zoanthids, Ricordea (mostly), SPS and LPS (pretty much any stony corals) and brain. They require too much light.
Well, resolving them into two groups is the way that they are typically sold, so soft and hard coral is just fine.
If you think that corals are harder to keep, or need more esoteric equipment than octopus, you are totally off your rocker.
IMO, zoas dont need much light... ive got less than 100w on my 40g octo tank and the zoas do just fine (no octo yet, it may tear them apart).
Im sure octos are smart enough not to eat them (they are very toxic) and they dont sting, so I dont see why they would be a bad choice.
Completely correct...most of them come from over 25 feet down, and do not require the stunningly bright lights of the true reef corals...
i dont think corals are harder to keep than octos. quite the contrary. what i am saying is that not all of us have more than 1 tank or can aford more than 1 tank and nini should pick the inhabitants of her tank carefully. i also agree that mushrooms would b a good test coral as they spread quite readily if conditions are met and this is a good sighn that so good so far. there are other inverts that would b of a good trial process. i would also reccomend talking to few shop owners like i said. if u dedicate your buisness to one sometimes they will agree to trade for supplies. and im not talkin petco or petblablabla.(although i have to admit iv used them in a pinch for feeders,saltwater,filter suplies ect because i work late and there open longer.) what was i talkin about? oh yeagh.. ive traded new mushroom growth for turb snails as an example. the point tht im stumbling around here is just be careful how u go about it. consider the long run and plan financially. make the errors now and then when u get an octo it will b worthwhile in the end. i talk many wordz
and ps cthulhu77: im not saying that octos need more equipmnet just that ther equipment differs to some degree and it would probably b best to keep inverts with similer needs to cephs. by the way i like your art. u draw good. i drew my avatar though the digital reproduction is poopoo
now i keep a 125 reef and starting a 75 octo an so far both tanks require just as much work except for the lighting factor but the octo tank makes up for that with the skimmer requirements and escapeproofing... zoos are probably a very bad idea for an octo tank considering how toxic they are and if your octo got into them he would more than likely die... also any stoneys are a definite no because all of them will sting your octo... softies or leathers on the other hand might be ok as long as its not a toadstool since they can release alot of toxins into the water if scewed with... mushrooms should be just fine though since they dont require much lighting and dont posess a sting and are for the most part non toxic... if your gonna do corals in your octo tank i would only use mushrooms ( excluding recordia). the mushrooms will also provide the tank with a little more color and give the octo more camoflauge opportunities... one side note though is if the mushroom ingest any peices of food you can expect it to be ripped open by the octo...
The ricordea and zoa's are nonos in my mind mostly because many types require bright lighting. But if you can find low light types, excellent. SPS, LPS, & Brain corals I have seen mostly require Metal Halides which are bad for most octos. Also many SPS have STRONG, LONG nematocysts (sweeper tentacles) which would be very harmful to the sensitive skin of an octopus. Octopuses are obviously harder to keep, I merely try to look for such an animals best 'comfort zone'.
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Kakinada (AP): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today announced to extend all out support to farmers, who intend to take up zero budget natural farming.
"AP government will provide all out support to motivate farmers to turn towards zero budget natural farming," he made announcement at a farmers' training programme here.
On the occasion, Naidu felicitated Subhas Palekar, pioneer of zero budget natural farming on getting the Padma Shri award.
Naidu requested Palekar to stay at least ten days a month in Andhra Pradesh to develop it as a model state in natural farming in the entire country.
The Chief Minister also announced at least seven hours of uninterrupted power supply for farming and free distribution of sprinklers and rain guns for judicious use of available water.
Reiterating his commitment to develop Rayalaseema as a horticulture hub, Naidu said the state would get rid of water crisis by interlinking of rivers.


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Holy Cross Hospital is the First in Broward County to Implant Reveal LINQ™ Miniature Cardiac Monitor
Holy Cross Hospital is the First in Broward County to Implant Reveal LINQ™ Miniature Cardiac Monitor
Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the first in Broward County to implant the Medtronic Reveal LINQ™ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System in a patient, the smallest implantable cardiac monitoring device available.
The Reveal LINQ ICM is approximately one-third the size of a AAA battery, making it more than 80 percent smaller than other ICMs. While significantly smaller, the device is part of a powerful system that allows physicians to continuously and wirelessly monitor a patient's heart for up to three years, with 20 percent more data memory than its larger predecessor, Reveal® XT.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist Rishi Anand, M.D., who serves as the medical director for the Electrophysiology department at Holy Cross Hospital, performed the surgery on Austin Stuart, a 67-year old man from Wilton Manors, Florida, on March 6.
"Often a patient's heart must be monitored over time to determine what may be the cause of his or her symptoms such as dizziness, palpitations and fainting," Anand explained. "A recent study showed that the time to diagnosis was reduced by 79 percent for patients with implantable long-term heart monitors who experienced arrhythmias as compared to those with non-implantable monitors."
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Dragon Age II: How Badly Did It Sell?
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Da2 sold fairly well during the first couple of weeks because it was a sequel to orgins. The mere name Dragon Age sold despite the bad user scores and average press reviews. Da2 was developped in less than 2 years. So even if it wasn't a massive hit like orgins, it wasn't a total failure either.
So Dragon age 2 didn't flop, but we all know how controversial the game's reception was and how cold it left older bioware fans. In the long term for a studio like bioware they can't addord to make games that make mere decent profit. They'll have to score big time with ME3 and swtor if they wish to keep making AAA-games.
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Hello there everyone! Sorry I haven't been around much but I have been working on my New Website! I decided I wanted a space for everything, instead of having a website for my photography, then my art and a blog. Now it is all in one spot. : ) Go check it out!
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Spring Favorites
Here is a list of some of my favorite things about and to do in Spring
// Birds Singing // Hikes // Planting the Veggies in the Garden // The Rain // Sitting in the Sun // Iced Tea // Cutting Fresh Flowers // Walks // Early Mornings // Baking Pies // Painting Outside // Drives // Dresses // More Outdoor Photography // Driving With the Windows Down //
A few pictures : )
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Working on Rebranding
Alrighty everyone! I have been thinking of working on a new logo for my Etsy for a while now. When I first opened my shop I just threw something together and didn't put much thought behind it. I was looking online looking for inspiration, you know, pinterest, instagram, etc. Then A Girl Named Leney did a post on rebranding and it was just the inspiration I needed to start creating. I right now have about three that I am finalizing and working to change into one. I will share once I have them finished!
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Being a Mom { 11 }
We have a little explorer on our hands! Claire used to only crawl around my feet or at least near me, however now she is all over the house! Which, it is great that she is being brave, but less great for me, because I have to chase her all over the house. She is also climbing and standing up on everything, that results in a lot of tumbling and falling.
So far she has her two bottom teeth, and I think she is working on some more, which is no fun for any of us. We have decided that she has a crazy fast metabolism, because she is a huge eater! Where she puts all the food she eats I have no idea. lol Her favorite foods right now are bananas, sweet potatoes and little rice puffs.
She has been saying mama and dada a lot, mama when she is sad and dada when she is happy. : P Drives me crazy!
I have had to temporarily switch Claire to disposable diapers. I tried a new laundry detergent which she had a really bad reaction to. So I rewashed them with a detergent that my mom gave me to try, and again it flared up. So I am going back to the old way of doing things! Until then my child looks like she has no butt! lol
As far as being a mom goes, it has been crazy! I have been trying to do more art and crocheting but she makes that really hard to do. She likes to be played with all the time and if she wants me and I am doing things around the house she will whine, cry and crawl, following me around the house. Even though she is a ball of energy and a handful I love her dearly!
And now for pictures. ;P
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Snapshots { 3.11.2015 }
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Spring is Almost Here
I am going to admit that I am a little sad we didn't get more winter. We had one snow day and hardly any frosty cold days. However at this point with all of the plants coming back to life I hope it just stays spring like.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Being a Mom { 10 }
I have a crazy child! She is always chatting up a storm and trying to explore. She isn't quite crawling yet but she is pulling herself everywhere. { I wrote this draft a few days ago and well she is now crawling! : O } She is now able to go from belly to sitting up! Thank goodness too! She would always fall over and then get mad that shouldn't get back up. However the other night I woke up to her whimpering, so I went in to check on her and she was in the corner of her crib sitting up with her head bobbing up and down because she was falling asleep sitting up. lol I laid her back down but had to keep from laughing at so I didn't disturb her.
I am trying to be better about taking my camera out to capture pictures of Claire doing everyday stuff, and I have been really glad that I have. These are now some of my favorite pictures.


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Cardinals merchandise flying off the shelves after NFC West win
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - The Arizona Cardinals have been named the NFC West Champions. And with that title comes the merchandise hitting store shelves. Cardinals fans are having a good Monday.
The Card's team shop at the stadium opened an hour early because of the title. When employees got to work at 9 a.m., there was already a line.
"This morning we had about 25 people waiting for us to open up the door," said Percy Silva.
Silva says the NFC West merchandise is flying off the shelves as they expected it would.
"They were excited and happy, they were buying shirts and hats for themselves, and last minute Christmas gifts," said Silva.
"There's no way I couldn't, we haven't won since 2009, and hopefully we'll be back to buy NFC champs and Super Bowl 50 merchandise," said Anneliese Ieon.
NFC West Champ Hats go for $31; t-shirts are $33.


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System administrators will now have the ability to more effectively manage department resources. The AD can also help secure the desktop computers in the department and protect valuable data.


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Pop music maven Katy Perry is a true "California Gurl," coming into the world as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara in 1984. Raised by deeply religious parents who were both ministers, she starting performing in church as a child. Perry started taking singing lessons when she was 9 and had already learned to play guitar by the time she reached 13. Though she got an early start, three record deals fell apart before her career truly took off with the release of her hit-single in 2008, "I Kissed a Girl." Finally, a superstar was officially born.
Since then, Perry has sold more than 11 million albums and 81 million singles worldwide. She's also received numerous awards and nominations, including eleven Grammy nods, four People's Choice Awards, and a 2012 "Woman of the Year" from Billboard. Also in 2012, she hit the big screen with the release of her concert documentary, Katy Perry: Part of Me, capturing a behind-the-scenes look at her world tour as well as the breakup of her marriage to actor Russell Brand. It garnered positive reviews and grossed $30 million at the box office.
Known for her over-the-top, unconventional, colorful costumes, the sexy singer keeps her bod ready to "Roar" on stage by following celeb trainer Harley Pasternak's 5 Factor Diet and workout. "I don't have a Kate Moss body, but I'm very proud and happy with mine," she says. —Kristen Aldridge
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His 1st interview: Emre Can talks about joining Liverpool [Video]
Liverpool have released a short video of new signing Emre Can on Thursday.
Can, 20, has moved to Anfield from Bayer Leverkusen for relatively big money, £9.75m, while there are plenty who believe the new German may not cut the grade on Merseyside.
Leaving those naysayers to one side though, Can have been gracious in moving to Liverpool, and the midfielder to LFC TV:
I want to thank the manager for trusting me and allowing me to play here. I am proud to be a part of the family.
I personally see myself as a central midfielder, that's where I feel most comfortable, but I can also play a variety of other positions.
I believe this season the team finished second in the league, so I want to be a Premier League champion next season.
I believe Liverpool Football Club can be on a similar level to Bayern Munich next season.


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Not Enough Words!So many times I have gone to choose a word to describe how I am feeling and the right word is just not there!!!!! It's getting to be frustrating. Maybe there should be a place to enter our own words. Like right now I am feeling completely EMPTY!
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Using empowerment theory in collaborative partnerships for community health and development
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Models of community empowerment help us understand the process of gaining influence over conditions that matter to people who share neighborhoods, workplaces, experiences, or concerns. Such frameworks can help improve collaborative partnerships for community health and development. First, we outline an interactive model of community empowerment that describes reciprocal influences between personal or group factors and environmental factors in an empowerment process. Second, we describe an iterative framework for the process of empowerment in community partnerships that includes collaborative planning, community action, community change, capacity building, and outcomes, and adaptation, renewal, and institutionalization. Third, we outline activities that are used by community leadership and support organizations to facilitate the process of community empowerment. Fourth, we present case stories of collaborative partnerships for prevention of substance abuse among adolescents to illustrate selected enabling activities. We conclude with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities of facilitating empowerment with collaborative partnerships for community health and development.
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Chapter 1 : Ginny\'s Revenge
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Draco woke up and stretched out his arms then jumped out of bed. He walked over to his drawer and pulled out a bottle of extra shiny hair gel then looked at himself in the mirror.
Well, well, well, arent you a handsome malfoy said Draco to himself.
Could you shut up and stop talking to yourself, its really weird yelled Crabbe.
And must you wake up every morning at 6am just to do your hair!
Yes actually I do, I mean how do you think I get my hair so shiny and smooth? said Draco with a slight sarcasm in his voice. Crabbe laughed.
plus the last quidditch game of the year is on today and were versing Gryffindor, whoever wins this will win the quidditch cup, I have to be looking my best when they take a close up picture of me holding the cup. I can imagine it right now, everyone hugging me and cheering me for catching the snitch, and all the Gryffindors crying over their loss and potters broken legs said Draco with a smirk on his face.
With the amount of hair gel you use, Im surprised you can actually stay balanced on that broom of yours, said Goyle overhearing the conversation.
It is not just a BROOM, it is a firebolt 2003. The most fast, well balanced, lightest, flexible and dont forget the most expensive of them all. Even potter cant beat that, said Draco.
Yeah well Slytherin better win this year, I betted 30 galleons on us said Goyle.
You can count on it
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Ginny quickly finished writing in her journal when Hermione busted in on her and told her to hurry up because the game was starting soon. In an instant Ginny stood up and took one more glance at herself in the mirror, she wore a black tight singlet with her bare back showing with thin straps holding it up and her favorite white mini skirt. She was so excited but nervous as she swayed her flaming red hair just past her shoulders. Today was the final match of quidditch, Gryffindor Vs Slytherin.
The problem was that she didnt know who to cheer for, Gryffindor had her friends and family playing but Slytherin had Draco, that sexy bad boy she had desired for so long. So she just decided she would cheer for both and see who wins, although she secretly hoped that Slytherin would win, after all Gryffindor had the glory of winning four times in a row.
Just before the game started Ginny thought she would go and see Draco in the change rooms and wish him good luck. She walked into the change rooms and god it smelt bad, she looked around to find Draco and found him by himself. This is the perfect opportunity to speak to him privately Ginny thought as she made her way towards him.
Hey Draco said Ginny nervously.
Hey Ginny said Draco looking into her eyes and smiling.
Uh . I just came by to wish you good luck, said Ginny awkwardly.
Do you know what would really be my luck? said Draco smiling.
What? said Ginny curiously.
If you gave me a great big kiss and go out with me Saturday night said Draco.
Ginnys heart was beating faster than ever, she couldnt believe that Draco was actually talking to her, let alone asking her on a date.
Well guess you are in luck said Ginny then kissed Draco on the cheek.
Meet you on Saturday then said Draco.
Yeah I guess I will said Ginny then winked at him.
She then walked out of the change rooms looking as happy as Dobby would if he received a yellow striped sock.
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Astros bring up Cedeno, place Escalona on DL
Astros bring up Cedeno, place Escalona on DL
Escalona sprained his left ankle when he tripped over a glove in the outfield shagging flies before Friday's 4-3 loss. He was carted off the field, and even though X-rays were negative, the ankle remains swollen. Escalona is currently using crutches to get around.
Cedeno pitched for Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Oklahoma City and posted a combined 7-9 record with a 4.38 ERA. He started and threw out of the bullpen, and Astros manager Brad Mills said Cedeno will come on in relief and could be a lefty specialist at first.
"What a better time [than] now to take a look at the guy, with Escalona going down," Mills said. "It's good to have a second lefty, especially when you expand the rosters like this."
Mills and the Astros said that Cedeno will arrive Sunday for the final game of the Washington series. The 25-year-old Cedeno has never pitched in the Major Leagues.
Escalona wasn't optimistic about returning in 2011 even before the Astros informed the media he'd be going on the 60-day disabled list.
"It's hurting me a little bit, [but] it's getting better," he said.
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One of Scotland's biggest music festivals has been cancelled this year due to a clash with other major events.
Organisers of Rockness said the festival will return in 2015 but will not go ahead this summer due to the World Cup in Brazil, Commonwealth Games and other large-scale events happening in Scotland.
It has grown from a one-day event to a three-day festival since it was first held in Dores, on the banks of Loch Ness, in 2006 and usually attracts more than 30,000 people.
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The World Cup starts on June 12 and the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn is also being marked with a festival in Stirling at the end of June. The Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow on July 23, with a series of cultural events and the Queen's baton relay set to attract much attention in the build-up.
Artists including Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim and Mumford & Sons have performed at Rockness over the years, with Example, Basement Jaxx and Ellie Goulding headlining last year.
A statement from organisers on the Rockness Facebook page said: "We'd like to thank you for your support over the last eight years. Due to the addition of a number of events alongside the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games we've decided to take a year off.
"We're using this break to make the event bigger and better than ever in 2015 so have an amazing summer and see you back at the loch next year."


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Ricky Dubs - Señor Dubs EP
Growing up in Chicago, buzzmaking beatsmith Ricky Dubs was exposed to immense amounts of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, with a touch of soul and gospel sprinkled on top. He originally wanted to draw inspiration from one corner of that musical heritage with his next project, which would have been titled "Modern Day Blues Album," but quickly found the requirement to stick to a single genre stifling. Thus, the Señor Dubs EP was born.
The project's eight original cuts span all of the above-mentioned styles, while forming a cohesive whole. Reader-approved singles "Keep It 100" (with Mick Jenkins and YC The Cynic) and "Shot a Man" (with Roc Marciano and Knowledge the Pirate) offer a minute taste of the variety of dope sounds in store.
Other contributors to the project, all guests on which hail from either New York or Chicago, include Add-2, Maffew Ragazino, Nitty Scott, MC and Kami De Chukwu.


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Pink is the color of peace and love, it should be a part of Christmas and I am so happy all of you are enjoying it with me! Merry Christmas all!
The world needs lots of pink!
what a beautiful tree and the entire scene/settingMerry CHRISTmas
Hi there pinknblack! I love your pink Christmas tree! My favorite color is pink, second favorite is purple! I wonder if there is a pink and purple Christmas tree out there somewhere for me?
Pilley, seems there was at leas one under there for you. Merry Christmas OmaJacky!!!!!Thanks for stopping by and leaving a message.
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In which we bring you motoring news from around the Web:
• Peugeot, which has competed with Audi for dominance of the Le Mans series in recent years, has announced its withdrawal from the 2012 race calendar. The factory team is not a priority for the French automaker this year, as PSA Peugeot-Citroën tries to reaffirm its market position in Europe and abroad. According to a report earlier this month by Automotive News, PSA lost 405 million euros, or roughly $529 million, in the second half of the fiscal year. Audi beat Peugeot by a margin of 14 seconds to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June last year. (Autosport)
• An advertisement for the Citroën DS4 was banned from British television after a broadcasting standards authority received reports that the spot brought on symptoms of epilepsy in some viewers. The ad features quick cutaways and, at one point, the word "Yes" flashing against a background filled with the word in alternating black and white lettering. A spokeswoman for an epilepsy awareness group applauded the authority for taking action. (BBC)
• Proton, the Malaysian parent company of Group Lotus, which consists of the niche sports-car manufacturer as well as a Formula One racing team, was sold this week to DRB-Hicom, an investment holding company. The government's 42.7 percent stake in Proton was bought for a reported 1.29 billion ringgit, or roughly $416 million. An executive for DRB-Hicom said it would entertain the sale of Group Lotus, which has not been profitable in the 15 years it has been owned by Proton, at a later time. (The Wall Street Journal)
• On Tuesday, Elon Musk, the Tesla Motors co-founder and chief executive, announced on Twitter that he and Tallulah Riley, the British actress, were separating after four years of together and one year of marriage. "@rileytalulah It was an amazing four years. I will love you forever. You will make someone very happy one day," Mr. Musk wrote. He and his first wife, Justine Musk, have five sons. Earlier on Tuesday, Mr. Musk led a conference call to assuage concerns that Tesla was on shaky ground after the departure of two executives caused the company's stock to drop by 19 percent. The stock has since rebounded. (Forbes)
• John Fitch, the former Le Mans driver and one of the subjects of the documentary "The Quest," which was recently featured by Wheels, was reported missing from his home in Salisbury, Mass., last week. He was found on Jan. 9 and admitted to a local hospital. A spokesman for the Connecticut State Police confirmed that Mr. Fitch, 94, was found in the town of Stockbridge, near the Massachusetts-Connecticut border. (Litchfield County Times)