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Three men wielding baseball bats drove away in a woman's silver convertible BMW after a midnight carjacking in Sydney's east overnight, police said.
The men, who were driving a stolen Subaru sedan, rammed the 51-year-old's BMW from behind when she stopped at the intersection of Frenchmans Road and Clovelly Road in Clovelly.
When the woman got out of the car, the group of men approached her, each brandishing a baseball bat.
The victim, identified as Veronica on 2UE, said the ordeal was horrific.
She said one man got out of the sedan and pretended to inspect her car for damage before summoning the other men.
"I'm still hitting myself that a woman at midnight got out of her car,'' she told 2UE.
"They had baseball bats and they had other weapons. I didn't stick around to see exactly what they had.
"I ran, I ran. I was just screaming. The thought came into my head: there isn't a soul around. There wasn't a car, there wasn't a light. I honestly thought they were going to come after me. I didn't know they were after the car.''
The 2004 vehicle contained her handbag and diary.
"I want my bag back and I love my car,'' Veronica said. "It's horrible. Hindsight is brilliant but I just didn't have it then. I was just busy listening to an audiobook and I was so concentrated on that I didn't even consider the situation I was in.''
Veronica explained that a BMW locks its doors automatically as soon as the driver puts their foot on the accelerator.
"They knew to hit me to get me out of the car,'' she said.
The woman ran to a nearby petrol station for help and avoided injury.
The BMW's NSW registration number is NXF 01Y.
The carjackers are described as being in their early 20s. One man was wearing a dark-coloured beanie.
Police are appealing for anyone with further information to contact Maroubra Police on 9349 9299 or Crime Stopper on 1800 333 000.


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The Alzheimer's Society's Singing for the Brain has been hitting all the right notes today during their three hour Sing-a-thon on Portland.
They've been belting out the hits in Easton as part of their work helping people with dementia to express themselves and sing with others in a similar situation.
Melanie Gale, Alzheimer's Society Peer Group Support Facilitator, said: "It is a social activity for people with dementia and their carers enabling them to express themselves and sing with others in a similar situation.
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This summer, a group of Silicon Valley-based Muslims will serve all-halal meals to the hungry from a roving food truck — an effort that's the first of its kind in the Bay Area, perhaps in the nation.
The Bay Area chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America, or ICNA, will officially debut its yellow Mercy on Wheels truck today.
Beginning in July, the truck, which cost about $35,000 to buy and retrofit, will be used to serve nearly 400 meals a month in San Francisco and Oakland, at a cost of an additional $45,000 a year, organizers said. All the funding comes through community donations.
"We're the first Muslim group to go mobile," said Obaid Siddiqui, president of the Bay Area ICNA chapter headquartered in Santa Clara.
Synagogues, churches, mosques and temples help out with soup kitchens, and sometimes even staff their own meal programs. And of course, Meals on Wheels delivers food to seniors and other homebound people. But no other community group operates a mobile soup kitchen with a halal menu.
"I've never heard of it before," said Lynn Crocker, spokeswoman for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.
For the past three years, on the last Saturday of each month, a group of 50 to 100 ICNA members have been driving to San Francisco in their own cars, serving meals at the United Nations Plaza, and two blocks away, in front of a mosque, said Ameen Ashraf, vice president of the group. At the same time, other volunteers have gone to 32nd Street and San Pablo Avenue in Oakland to feed the hungry.
The delivery spots will continue to be the same, Ashraf said, but now, the rice, mixed vegetables and curried chicken, mostly donated by the Shalimar Restaurant chain and Crescent Cuisine in Santa Clara, will be delivered, hot and steamy, from a converted DHL delivery truck that's painted bright yellow. ICNA bought another truck but can't afford to retrofit it yet.
Ashraf said ICNA has tried to purchase a brick-and-mortar soup kitchen in the Bay Area, but it was too costly. Also, the group tried delivering food to the hungry in Silicon Valley, but Ashraf said his volunteers noted the demand simply wasn't as great as in San Francisco and Oakland. There are no immediate plans to add the South Bay to ICNA's route, even though the group's located in Santa Clara and many of its members live in the valley, Ashraf said.
The Muslim group doesn't ask for any credentials or references before handing out the food and doesn't know how many Muslims or non-Muslims it feeds.
"Frankly, we don't ask, and we don't care," Ashraf said.
Still, Ashraf said the group chooses to use donated food that's halal, prepared according to Muslim dietary law, because those are the restaurant owners they know, and they want to accommodate any devout Muslims who may be hungry. That also means no dishes containing pork.
He did note that the clients, whatever their religious or ethnic background, seem to like the spicy Indian-Pakistani cuisine.
"We started sharing food during a time of sacrifice and feast," Ashraf said. "Doing it once a year was good, but we thought we should be sharing food more often. It's our faith. God requires us to feed the hungry."
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By Amanda Wicks
Wyclef Jean puts himself in the shoes of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders for an updated version of his 2008 single "If I Was President."
Related: Wyclef Jean on Young Thug: 'He reminded me of a modern Tupac'
For "If I Was President 2016," Jean has some fun at the expense of the 2016 presidential candidates as well as one-time hopeful Sanders. Dressed up as each political figure, he imagines what life would be like as president if each one won.
"If I Was President 2016" revises the originally somber song to reflect more current events. Jean sings about Black Lives Matter, police brutality and more in between the updated chorus. "If I was president I'd get elected on Friday/ Assassinated on Saturday/ Buried on Sunday/ And on Monday everybody goes back to work/ It's just an ordinary day," he sings, adding in the bit about Monday.
Despite the song's political message, the video has a cheeky tone about it. In one scene, two aids approach "President Trump" and sing his "calm down song" because he's getting too worked up. Their lullaby fails to soothe him, though, and he responds by throwing a tantrum that causes him to lose his toupee.
"If I Was President 2016" will appear on Jean's upcoming EP J'ouvert.


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Parking in DC is a tricky thing—there are no sure bets. In fact, many times I have told Sterling that I would be so happy if there was a spot always reserved for me in DC. But since that is never likely to happen, let me tell you what we do to find a spot to put our car into.
My first choice is always to park right on the Mall where there is free three-hour parking on Madison or Jefferson Drive. Your best bet for parking in these spots, though, is to get there early. The parking here is open from 10:00 am to 1:00 am. What I usually do is plan to get there at about 9:00ish, in order to get one of these free spots—believe me they fill up FAST. I know, I know, you're thinking, "but that's way before 10:00", and you're right. So I bring books to read to my kids, or have them bring books, and we have a little bit of reading time in the car. Or we get out and run around right near the car until the magical hour of 10:00 strikes. Once the clock strikes 10:00, we're off for three hours.
If you miss one of these spots, my next choice is either the metered parking on the Mall (this metered parking is on the roads that run perpendicular to Madison and Jefferson Dr. and some other side streets—and allows you to park for two hours once you feed the meter with coins or pay by credit card. Signing up for the parking app is really easy, and makes parking at the meters super easy.). If you don't find a spot there, there is also two-hour metered parking on Constitution Ave starting at 15th street heading toward the mall. Constitution Ave also has free three-hour parking before you get to 15th Street (so the streets higher than 15th), and I often park here. It is a little further walk, depending on where we are going, but we enjoy the exercise (or at least I do ☺). The parking on Constitution Ave opens up at 9:30 am. Before 9:30, that lane is for traffic—so sometimes it is a little scary to park there right at 9:30—I speak from experience. In the afternoon, at 4:00 pm, this lane again becomes open to traffic.
If you arrive later in the day, it's always worth taking a chance to see if there are any openings in any of these above-mentioned spots. We'll circle around, and sometimes someone will be pulling out. If you're there in the springtime, or on a beautiful day, you may have no luck though.
If we're prepared for a bit of walking, and plan to spend the whole day in DC, I'll just find a parking garage. It's about $20+, but most of the free parking is limited to only two or three hours. Sometimes they will ticket you if you are there for longer. A note about the parking garages, most are not right near the museums so be prepared for a walk.
If we bring our bikes, or are up for a walk, we'll park out at East Potomac Park/Hains Point on Ohio Drive. There you can get free parking with no time restrictions.
So, there are definitely multiple options, but sometimes you have to drive around for a while. I remember one afternoon of a beautiful fall day, we were going to the National Book Festival, and after Sterling dropped us off, he drove around for an hour looking for a spot. He finally found a spot on one of the side streets near the Red Cross building—off of Constitution. He just finally got lucky. So there is no great solution—but generally the earlier you are there, the better. Also, we have never really had problems finding a spot in the evenings, once the museums have closed, when we're there to see the memorials.
Here's a link for some parking info for parking at or near the Smithsonian Museums. There are actually many more parking garages than noted on the map, most of them north of the Mall.


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I do not see where Demeter's father is listed.
Anna was actually born in February, look at the listing above hers, "Februario".
After Anna's name in the next column is the parent's names. Then comes the godparents column. There, as I see it, is "Joan Bazan GC and Ana Petrisin GC".
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This is Anna Csorej born 12 Jan.1843 in Matiaska.
Her Father was Demeter Csorej....can't quite make out Demeter's Father.
An educated guess anyone?
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Scarlett Johansson is not a woman you could have ever imagined standing outside a bar to get reception in order to text a dude, or hauling ass across town for a booty call. But here it is, as told to US Cosmopolitan:
Long, long ago, I had someone in my life who was forever unavailable...but, like, so attractively unavailable. You have to get to your breaking point… rock bottom is the moment when you're like, 'I've lost myself. Why am I standing outside this bar at 1:30 in the morning texting while my friends are inside? Or taking a taxi to see him at some ungodly hour? This isn't me.' That is the moment you've gotta cut it off. Otherwise, it will keep coming back, suck your blood.
There you have it. Not even Scarlett Johansson is immune to the charms of The Fuckboy.


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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/788,881, filed Jan. 22, 1997, issued now U.S. Pat. No. 6,242,464, which claims the benefit of provisional U.S. application Serial No. 60/013,779, filed Mar. 21, 1996.
This invention relates to the resolution of threo methylphenidate via crystallisation of diastereomeric salts, and to the especially pure enantiomers thus obtained.
Methylphenidate is a therapeutic agent that is widely used in the treatment of attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder. It is a controlled substance. Methylphenidate was first prepared as a mixture of the erythro and threo racemates. U.S. Pat. No. 2,957,880 discloses studies upon the two racemic mixtures, which revealed that the therapeutic activity resides in the threo diastereomer. It is now considered that it is the d-threo [or (R,R)] enantiomer that has the preferred therapeutic activity. Uses of this enantiomer are disclosed in PCT/GB96/01688, PCT/GB96/01689 and PCT/GB96/01690, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The resolution of threo methylphenidate can be achieved using the expensive resolving agent 1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-diyl hydrogen phosphate, a process first reported by Patrick et al (The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 241:152-158 (1987)), and subsequently used by other workers in the field (e.g. Aoyama et al, Journal of Chromatography, 494:420 (1989)). This is perceived to be a more efficient procedure than the method disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,957,880, wherein the corresponding amide of erythro methylphenidate (i.e. R-CONR2 rather than R-CON2Me) is resolved with tartaric acid prior to amide hydrolysis and equilibration at the benzylic centre, followed by esterification of the resultant threo-acid.
This invention is based upon the discovery that racemic threo methylphenidate can be resolved using inexpensive carboxylic acids, specifically O,O′-diaroyltartaric acids, with surprising efficiency. In one embodiment of the present invention, either D- or L-O,O-di-toluoyltartaric acid forms diastereomeric salts with threo-methylphenidate, and these salts are very readily separated.
An important consequence of this discovery is that the desired enantiomer is obtained in greater chemical purity than by any prior method. Thus, while the process of Patrick et al may give the desired product contaminated with resolving agent, this contaminant can only be removed by repeated extractions that cause hydrolysis of the ester, leaving ritalinic acid as a contaminant.
Needless to say, a product intended for administration to humans should be as pure as possible. Surprisingly, the process of this invention gives the desired enantiomer in very high chemical and enantiomeric purity. In particular, the product is substantially free of resolving agent and/or ritalinic acid (and/or the opposite enantiomer). This purity can be at least 98%, preferably at least 99%, more preferably at least 99.5%, and most preferably at least 99.9%. The product may be in free base form or as a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, e.g. the hydrochloride.
The process of this invention may be carried out under conditions that are generally known to those skilled in the art of classical salt resolution procedures.
For example, a mixture of threo-methylphenidate and 1 molar equivalent of D-O,O-ditoluoyltartaric acid in an inert organic solvent is heated and then allowed to cool; the resultant precipitate is filtered, washed with an appropriate solvent and dried to afford directly a salt enriched in at least 97% ee d-threo-methylphenidate, i.e containing less than 1.5% of the opposite enantiomer. Enrichment to higher ee, e.g. at least 99%, can be simply achieved, by reslurrying in fresh solvent and filtering. This is a great improvement on the literature method using 1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-diyl hydrogen phosphate, described by Patrick et al, supra, in which the first crystallisation gave a salt corresponding to 85-90% ee material, and further recrystallisation of this material was necessary to raise the ee to 95-97%. The latter level of optical purity is achieved in the present invention in one crystallisation, with an overall higher yield. The method of this invention is therefore more efficient and more economical than the method described by Patrick et al.
Methylphenidate may initially be obtained as a salt of the resolving agent. This may be converted directly to the hydrochloride salt, or any other pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, by a salt exchange procedure. It may be preferable to release the free base, by salt cracking. If desired, the free base can then be converted to a salt form. All these procedures are known to those skilled in the art.
Further advantages of the present invention are as follows:
(i) Salt cracking at pH 9-10 is by addition of aqueous sodium hydroxide, whereas dilute aqueous sodium carbonate is needed for salts of the more base-labile 1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′diyl hydrogen phosphate; this renders the novel process more volume efficient.
(ii) Lower volume of aqueous medium in (i) means fewer extractions into organic solvent (TBME rather than diethyl ether) to isolate methylphenidate free base.
(iii) Chemical robustness of DTTA allows for clean and efficient recovery.
Either isomer of methylphenidate can be easily obtained by this procedure, e.g. by simply using the D- or L-isomer of the diaroyl tartaric acid derivative as required.
Single isomer methylphenidate according to this invention, especially pure d-threo-methylphenidate, can be used in therapy for the same purposes as the racemate, e.g. in the treatment of ADHD or narcolepsy. The compound can be formulated with any suitable carrier, in any suitable dosage, as will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. Reference in this context may be made to any of the three PCT Applications identified above.
The following Example illustrates the invention.
Ditoluoyl-D-tartaric acid (5.033 g, 12.4 mmol) was suspended in a solution of 2% methanol in acetone (10 ml), and a solution of threo-methylphenidate (2.9 g, 12.4 mmol) in the same solvent (10 ml) was added. The solution was gently warmed to reflux whereupon all the reagents dissolved. The solution was immediately cooled and crystals began to form. The solution was allowed to stand at 4� C. for 17 hours and was then filtered. The crystals were washed with acetone (3�15 ml) and dried in vacuo to yield the ditoluoyl-D-tartrate salt of d-threo methylphenidate (3.516 g, 44.3% by weight; corresponding to 97% ee d-threo methylphenidate, as determined by chiral HPLC after salt cracking). The mother liquors were dried in vacuo to yield the ditoluoyl-D-tartrate salt of l-threo-methylphenidate as a solid, dry form (4.508 g, 50.5% yield, 88% ee).
The ditoluoyl-D-tartrate salt of d-threo-methylphenidate (3.486 g), obtained as described above, was suspended in 2% methanol in acetone, and warmed to c. 40� C. and cooled. This did not dissolve the solid which was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. The suspension was filtered, the solid washed with acetone (10 ml) and dried in vacua, to yield diastereomerically pure material (3.209 g, 92% recovery, corresponding to >99% ee d-threo-methylphenidate).
Repeating this protocol using isopropanol: methanol as the solvent, gave the same salt, on initial crystallisation, enriched in at least 98%. Reslurrying increased this.
For the purposes of comparison, USP grade dl-threo-methylphenidate hydrochloride (3.36 g) was dissolved in an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate (45 ml, 2% w/v), and the clear solution was extracted with diethyl ether (3�50 ml). The combined ethereal layers were dried (MgSO4), filtered, and evaporated to dryness. The resulting pale yellow oil together with (R)-(−)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′diyl hydrogen phosphate (3.36 g) were dissolved in a hot mixture of acetone/methanol (95:5). The solution was gently stirred and cooled to 5� C. and maintained for 12 hours. The resulting white crystals (2.98 g) were isolated by filtration and recrystallised from acetone/methanol (98:2). This product was then treated with a 2% aqueous solution of sodium carbonate and extracted with diethyl ether (4�50 ml). The combined ethereal layers were dried (MgSO4) and filtered. An excess saturated solution of hydrogen chloride in ether was then added and the resulting hydrochloride salt was filtered, rinsed with ether, and recrystallised from methanol/ether. The resulting white crystalline product was analyzed by HPLC and proton NMR:
% w/w l-threo: 3.7%
e.e.: 92.6%
ritalinic acid: trace amount but not quantified by HPLC or NMR
resolving agent:approximately 4% by NMR
It should be understood that the examples and embodiments described herein are for illustrative purposes only and that various publications or changes in light thereof will be suggested to persons skilled in the art to be included within the spirit and purview of this application and the scope of the appended claims.
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The title of Amy Clark's first book of poetry, Stray Home, suggests both a temporary dwelling for a lost, unattached creature, and the act of a creature journeying toward permanent shelter. We can expect Clark to tell us two or more things in the same breath, and so much about love, grief, and hope, for that matter, in two simple words. She unzips rueful lifetimes from sonnets like "First Thing This Morning" and plumbs a bottomless loss in the villanelle "The Lafayette Square Holiday Mansion." Employing predictable forms and exploring such familiar subjects as father and daughter, a dying pet dog, or a soured romance, Clark is anything but predictable or familiar. Her poems shatter glass without histrionics. They make us suspect that our own visions may be self-delusions. Yet compassion and gentleness brim in her work; strays deserve no worse.
Charming and discreetly intellectual, Katy Gordon's poems demonstrate an enviable ability to make any subject come alive. They portray the natural world, the city, and even us silly humans with refreshing wit, clarity, and extraordinary depth. Evident in every poem are an engaged mind—polymathic in its range of knowledge—and an unassuming speaker with both an accessible and delightfully unusual way of speaking. It's no wonder that Gordon also wrote a lengthy glossary of Scots for her anthology Voices From Their Ain Countrie: The Poems of Marion Angus and Violet Jacob (2006), the first scholarly edition of selected poems by the two writers. The glossary, much like Gordon's poetry, twinkles with rare and splendid words.


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any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
the cooking utensil for baking such dishes, usually a scallop shell or small casserole resembling a shell.
a cooking utensil, filled with charcoal, for roasting meat on a spit.
the shell of an escargot.
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any dish, esp seafood, served in a scallop shell: Coquilles St Jacques
a scallop shell, or dish resembling a shell
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Our school district continues to experience change, as well. We are expanding our world languages program this fall to include an introductory class in sixth grade that introduces all students to Spanish, French and German. About 25 percent of our seventh and eighth graders take foreign language classes now, which can count toward high school credits. Our goal is for even more middle school students to take advantage of this opportunity. Expansion of the world languages program into lower grades will be considered in the future.
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Punahou's annual fall school spirit celebration begins with a home football game and includes an evening with great food, keiki activities, a pep rally and the lighting of the 10-foot tall Flaming P.
This is a family event, welcoming current students and their families as well as alumni - a great chance to renew old friendships and make new ones. Parents of younger children should arrange supervision as this is not a classroom event.
This symbol of school pride was born during a demoralizing 1967 football season. The president of the Pep Club, Laurie Connable '68, and the chair of the club's Special Events Committee, Donna Lee Sandler '68 Harris, created the event to rekindle school spirit.
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Zinc is an essential mineral required by the body for maintaining a healthy immune system, building proteins, triggering enzymes, and creating DNA. Besides that zinc can aid in normalizing the negative effects of diabetes mellitus. According to a study, zinc has been shown to alleviate the harmful effects of diabetes by improving glycemic control in type I and type II diabetes. So take in zinc in your daily diet by including the following foods which contain a considerable amount of zinc in them:
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This community planning effort represents the input of hundreds of Killingly, Plainfield, Putnam, Sterling, & Thompson residents. Community members participated in focus groups and/or completed surveys to share what they felt was working, and where we needed to focus our efforts, to address the health, safety, and educational needs of our youngest citizens. This plan also represents the work of many community members who served on the various committees and workgroups. They examined data and investigated factors that are preventing our children from being healthy, safe and successful. They developed strategies to target those factors. We want to thank them for their steadfast involvement. Their work led us to embrace our result statement: "All children, birth through age eight, in Killingly, Plainfield, Putnam, Sterling, & Thompson are healthy, safe and successful learners." This is what we want for all of our children.


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Managers dread the time required, confronting problem performers, the disconnect with important work, rigid forms and barriers to paying high performers more.
HR really gets edgy when managers use the system to manipulate pay, submissions are chronically late, the total time and cost required is excessive and unjustified halo reviews damage legal defenses in terminations.
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Ongoing feedback strengthens relationships and promotes clarity. Sometimes these conversations are difficult, but frequency allows timely correction and coaching rather than delayed criticism. When managers talk monthly or quarterly with employees, everyone knows more about expectations, successes and hurdles. The conversation is less of a review and more of a check-in. There might be a simplified annual review and a year-end pay discussion as well.
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In general, top performers are offended by any rating below perfect. A debate over 4.6 versus 5.0 is not useful and may damage retention. Reviews are not good at delivering precision and repeatability in ratings, anyway. So, if we are irritating our best people, overrating our average performers and super-overrating poor performers to get them a raise, stop the madness!
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A less common but interesting option is peer feedback. Usually, peer feedback is ongoing in the form of kudos and applause for work well done. Software makes this easy to do and is readily available (such as SoundBoard). Targeted comments on specific dimensions such as company values, results achieved and leadership skills might be sought. When you seek constructive feedback from peers, everyone needs training in the how and why. The impact of good data is powerful.
So far, the experience with new approaches is good. They still take time, but improved linkage to company values, to the work required and to employee skill growth is significant. Traditional and annual systems are slightly better at identifying the poorest performers.
HR has driven most of this change. Successful users say you must get top leadership buy-in. Managers need training to understand the new processes and why the changes were made.
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Famous guitarists reveal the stories behind their first six-string and their lifelong passion for music Every guitarist remembers his or her first instrument, the guitar that was a gateway to a lifetime of passion and commitment. In My First Guitar, Julia Crowe presents original interviews with some of the worlds leading guitarists across a variety of genres, including Les Paul, Dick Dale, Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton, Jimmie Vaughan, Alex Lifeson, Joe Satriani, Melissa Etheridge, Paco Peña, Lee Ranaldo, George Benson, and Jimmy Page. Each interview offers an intimate glimpse into the humble beginnings of real-life guitar heroes as they recall their first instrument and share the inspiration, challenges, and successes of their early days.
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Arnold Booth, 89, of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, and formerly of Spencer, passed away July 9, 2009, at his home in Texas.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer. The Rev. Tom Van Tassell will officiate the 2 p.m. service.
Mr. Booth was born in Spencer on May 30, 1920, to Marcus Frank and Myrtle May Booth. On July 10, 1942 he married Wylma Cleo Tomford and five years later they had their only child. Shortly afterward Wylma was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. For the next 35 years Arnold remained dedicated to her care. Wylma preceded him in death on February 8, 1990.
Arnold served in Europe as a First Sgt. with the U.S. Army during WWII where he received numerous medals including the Bronze Star. He worked for Hansons clothing store after his discharge and later in the purchasing department for Spencer Foods. As a member of the First Congregational Church in Spencer, Arnold served as Moderator. He also served as the commander of the Spencer American Legion. He retired to San Antonio in 1980.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers (Robert Keith and Jimmy Ray) and his son-in-law Dr. Gordon Lee Bilbrey.
He is survived by his daughter Pamela Sue Bilbrey and Joseph Michael Connolly of Fair Oaks Ranch, his granddaughter Jennifer Dawn Bilbrey of Austin, brother Donald Wayne Booth of Bandera, Texas and his sister Beverly Jean Blair of Orange Beach, Oregon.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Ebensberger-Fisher Funeral Home in Boerne, Texas. Warner Funeral Home will handle the memorial service at the grave site in Spencer.


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LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan pledged to build 'Naya Pakistan' (new Pakistan), based on rule of law and a corruption-free society.
Addressing tens of thousands of the party cohorts here at Minar e Pakistan, the PTI chief said that he would make only those promises which he could implement.
Imran said that he always condemned drone attacks in Pakistan and he would raise the same voice before America to get the assaults stopped in tribal region.
He said that he would not dramatize the issue of new provinces in order to get votes in forthcoming general elections.
The PTI Chief further said that Pakistan's future is in the hands of youth. "I am concerned with the well being of that people that is why I joined politics."
He added that his strength derived from faith in Allah.
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1. I will never lie to the nation.
2. Me and my government will wage a 'Jihad' against injustice in the country.
3. I will keep all my wealth in Pakistan, I will not be like other leaders who rule in Pakistan but keep their wealth abroad.
4. I will not take or allow others to take unfair benifit during PTI's tenure in the government.
5. I will guard the nation's tax. It will not be spent on Governor, PM and CM houses. The PTI government will break the walls of the Governor houses.
6. We will stand by overseas Pakistanis.


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We also know that the arts have the power to increase well-being, unlock potential and bring communities together.
When the Portsmouth Cultural Trust took over the management and lease for The Guildhall in 2011, we knew we'd taken on a real challenge. The venue had seen very little investment since its reopening by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1959, and the interior of this historic building, to say the least, was beginning to look very tired and jaded.
However from the beginning the board and senior management team could see the potential for this much loved venue to become one of country's leading music, arts and entertainment hubs.
Like many cultural venues around the UK we've seen our local government funding severely cut in the last few years.
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In previous work by Ahrens et al. (2003) and Chung et al. (2003a, 2003b), the extraction of conceptual metaphors was carried out based on prototypicality. Based on this view, the most prototypical mappings of source to target domains in the corpora help determining the Mapping Principle of the conceptual metaphors (Ahrens 2002). However, this approach is… (More)
In MARVS (Module-Attribute Representation of Verbal Semantics), verbs are differentiated based on eventive information, which is comprised of event modules and role modules. Huang et al. (2000) used MARVS to examine near-synonyms and suggested that it can highlight the difference between synonymous sets. This paper suggests that the operational steps… (More)
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This paper proposes a corpora-based approach in comparing the Mapping Principles for economy metaphors in English and Chinese. The Mapping Principles are validated using an upper ontology (SUMO). This research extends on the work of Ahrens, Chung and Huang (2003) by examining the 'economy' metaphors in Chinese and English. In Ahrens, Chung and Huang (2003),… (More)
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The use of lexical resources in linguistic analysis has expanded rapidly in recent years. However, most lexical resources, such as WordNet or online dictionaries, at this point do not usually indicate figurative meanings, such as conceptual metaphors, as part of a lexical entry. Studies that attempt to establish the relationships between literal and… (More)
To what degree do different languages share similar conceptual metaphors? Charteris-Black and Ennis (2001) examined this question by running a comparative, corpus-based study of metaphors in Spanish and English financial reporting. They argue that both languages show considerable similarity in the choice of conceptual metaphors with the same linguistic… (More)
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Synonym groups can serve as resourceful linguistic metadata for information extraction and word sense disambiguation. Nevertheless, the reasons two words can be categorized into a particular synonym group need further study, especially when no explanation is available as to why any two words are synonymous. Lexical resources, such as the Chinese Synonym… (More)
Conceptual metaphors provide in linguistic form the information that is mapped between two knowledge domains. The examination of conceptual metaphors has always involved a comparison of target and source mappings. However, defining what should be included in any one domain is a difficult issue. This paper claims that patterns in conceptual metaphor mappings… (More)
This paper argues that the sorting of metaphorical expressions according to source domains can be verified through using the WordNet lexical knowledgebase and SUMO ontology. This study uses the examples from RECESSION and demonstrates that expressions such as 'painful recession' and 'the exacerbated recovery' are related to the decreasing physical state of… (More)
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The ontological concepts for 1,256 Mandarin metaphor types (such as cheng2zhang3 'grow/growth' and jian4she4 'construct/construction') were stored in a database in the form of metaphor-concept pairings. In each pair, a Mandarin metaphor type is paired with ontological concepts in English. Based on the relations given in these… (More)
In this paper, we present a novel approach using LDA (Latent Dirichlet Analysis, Blei, David, Andrew, Michael, and Jordan, 2003) to analyze synonym groups appearing in fixed frames containing Chinese locative phrases, such as [zái noun phrase (yǐ/zhī) shàng/xià/etc. biān/miàn/etc.], and to understand noun meanings related to the syntactic forms of locative… (More)


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The whole process needs a constant stream of accessible finance geared to the size and experience of the enterprises. Tree Shepherd actively seeks to introduce new local investment into the area for all its partners, whether old, new, small or large. We assist business planning to meet investment criteria and match investors with local businesses.
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How do you become a Patient Employer? Our Patient Employer programme is expressly designed to advise and guide employers on what to expect and how to get the most out of people who haven't worked for a long time. We bring all our experience of working with people from all sorts of challenging environments to the programme and offer direct, common sense guidance.
Michelle Weeks of Clear Channel said, "I can't thank you enough for the 'reality check' conversation. You saved the sanity of a lot of people….It's early days but the programme is going well. The early success can be attributed to a number of things from the 'Colin Crooks view of worklessness'. The depot environment is quite buzzy and the trainees work in close proximity with other people who rely on them for time bound critical tasks."
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Stoicism is seriously overrated.
My role model growing up did what she had to do. It didn't matter how she felt about it. She just did it, day in and day out, no matter how she felt.
That, in turn, is how I have been. It doesn't matter how I feel about most things. What's important is that I do what I can, as often as I can, to the best of my ability.
Recently I'm discovering there are shortcomings to this approach–like, for example, that even the people closest to me can't tell when I'm suffering. I'm being retrained to use my words not only for grandiose sentiments such as appear in blogs, but for little important ones like, "I'm overwhelmed."
Good things: Learning anew to trust my instincts. Getting healthier. Looking forward to posting next Wednesday's interview with the fantastic Reina Salt. Having 1,294 entries in my almost ended book giveaway. Learning to use my words for new kinds of expression, thanks to gentle encouragement and love, and the lovingly spoken words that inspired this post:
"Honey, you are allowed to be grumpy. You are allowed to be sad. What you are no longer allowed to be is stoic. Be a big gay man at a horror movie. Wear your heart on your sleeve. You know what I'm talking about. 'No, girl, don't you run in that alley!'"
Enough about me
My new doctor interrupted me just as tears began gathering in my eyes.
"Good timing," I told her, stifling sniffles. "I was just about to get to a really sad part of this book, The End of Your Life Book Club." I gave her a brief synopsis of the non-fiction book, in which a son writes about the informal book club he and his mom shared during the last two years of her life.
"Hmm," she replied, before asking how I was doing.
Twenty minutes later, I thanked her profusely. "I just can't tell you how thankful I am for you. I mean, where would I start?"
She smiled. "I'm in this line of work because I want to help heal people."
I thought of our meeting as I trekked out to my car, but I was too ravenous to think very clearly. I downed some much needed protein and iron in a Del Taco parking lot before beginning my forty-minute drive back home. I flipped on the radio and was immediately catapulted back in time by the opening notes of a beloved song. Read more…
On February 6, 2010, I learned my mom was going to die—not in an abstract, non-immediate way, but in the very near future.
Whether I mark the date consciously or not, my mood shifts yearly in early February, as I remember what it was like to discover I would be saying goodbye soon. Too soon.
Today I had Valentine's Day lunch with my fiancee and his mom. The restaurant's playlist was one my mom could have chosen herself.
I felt her near, but not in a mournful way. Rather, I felt her near in all the love: Read more…
Interviewing author E.L. Farris
My dear friend E.L. Farris has recently published her first novel, Ripple:
When high-powered attorney Helen Thompson discovers that her fifteen-year old daughter has been sexually assaulted, she takes drastic measures.
Finding herself in trouble, Helen must relinquish control and put her faith in a process she knows to be flawed. As a team of lawyers, therapists and women from a safe house help Helen and Phoebe find hope and healing, a sociopath lurks, waiting for his moment to strike.
A lyrical, dark fairytale that will resonate with fans of women's literature and psychological thrillers, Ripple delves into the nature of evil, without seeking to provide final answers to the issue of what makes a human commit evil acts. And while the author takes readers to scary places, she ultimately shines a light on the human condition and celebrates the triumph of the human spirit in the face of great tribulation.
I enjoyed Ripple tremendously, and for many reasons. Top among those reasons were the strong, compassionate, very dissimilar women who filled its pages. I have read many popular novels recently in which the protagonists were drafted "empty," the better to enable readers to insert themselves into the story as the protagonist.
Those empty characters really wig me out. I want to read stories, like E.L.'s, whose characters would be excellent coffee shop companions. I don't necessarily have to like each of them all the time, but I must always have something to learn or laugh about with them. E.L.'s characters weren't just real people but real friends to me by the time I read Ripple's final pages with a smile on my face.
I am hopeful that these women will inspire some of Ripple's readers to find like women in their own lives, and to find the courage to leave abusive situations, knowing there really is help available. The journey to a safer life needn't be made alone.
E.L. has taken a few minutes out to answer some questions I had for her about Ripple, writing and life. I hope you'll read them and consider buying your own copy of her compelling first novel.
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My mom, my Thunder Thighs, my forever superhero
Today I got something remarkable in the mail.
I knew it was coming. I'd commissioned it, after all.
And yet, there is a difference between envisioning something in the abstract and seeing it with my own eyes, which are currently full of tears.
There were few traditions in my household growing up, unless you count my mom's antiquing and Dumpster diving. One tradition I could count on was periodic weekend walks to the comic book store, where my mom would set my siblings and me free with a dollar apiece. She'd buy the comics that interested her, while we'd rummage through the ten-cent comic bins for our personal favorites. Mine were horror episodics, a la Creepshow, as well as Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Superman.
In law school, I got my sister the full set of Amethyst comics as a birthday present. I hadn't had much cause to think of that, or the comics themselves, until a couple of weeks ago. I'd walked into an antique shop in search of a dresser. There were no dressers available, but I did find excellent conversation with the store's owner, who reminded me so very much of my mom I felt as if she were standing just behind me, too intent in her own rummaging to chit-chat.
Another prospective customer came in and interrupted our discussion with a question. I examined the jewelry in a nearby case for a moment; when I looked up, my eyes landed directly on comic book magic: Amethyst and Superman in the same comic!
I coughed up $10 and decided that, for that single afternoon, I believed in signs.
I still haven't read that comic. It's not important that I read it, just that it exists. It reminds me of my favorite times with my mom, my Thunder Thighs, my forever superhero.
Every time my eyes landed on that magical crossover comic, I thought of another piece of comic art I was waiting for. I'd commissioned extremely talented, conscientious comic artist and friend Sina Grace to draw a piece borne from my blog "Becoming a Superhero."
Because my mom's life was so full of strife, I struggled to figure out how to do her memory justice. How could I help other people see her not as just a crazy bird lady but as the source of my own love, hope and wonder, not through accident but through emulation? How could I remember her that way, recalling not only her life's many tragedies but also its victories?
"Becoming a Superhero" was the turning point for me. It was my answer. As long as I remembered Thunder Thighs, I was remembering my mom–my real mom, not not-Mom, the way she'd want to be remembered.
And as long as I not only remember but live the best parts of her, her love and laughter endure.
At some point I decided I wanted not just words but an image to serve as my reminder to remember my mom and use the remembering well.
I described to Sina what I envisioned, though that envisioning was in blurs and blobs. He asked bunches of questions and set to work, sending me a "blueline" (or very preliminary sketch) a few days ago to make sure he was on the right track. I loved it, and I said so. I was prepared to be enchanted by the final product, but again, I couldn't really imagine what that enchantment would feel like.
Today I received a snapshot of the final image. I laughed and cried all at once, enveloped in the rush of remembered comic book shop visits, Thunder Thighs adventures, and the imagined forays of Dark Moon and Silver Star. My mom would love the image. I sure do.
The print one will be in my hands in a week or two's time, but what's important now is that it's in my heart. Right there with my mom, my Thunder Thighs, my forever superhero.
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Beloved readers,
The Monster's Daughter is not paranormal romance.
Until yesterday, I failed to understand why people would buy my first novel expecting romance. After all, nothing in the title, cover, nor description hints at romance. See the description:
Ginny Connors doesn't believe in vampires. There's totally a rational reason her dad is a lot more bloodthirsty and a lot less interested in food than he used to be. Still, she hangs a cross on her bedroom door. Just in case.
When Ginny discovers people aren't the guests but the main course at her father's New Year party, she wishes she could save the day with garlic pancakes. Instead, she must face the limits of her daydreams, and attempt to stop the monster her father has become.
Vampires: check. Dads: check. Daydreams: check. All present. Romance, though? Romantic love? Smoochie-face? Gaga-eyes? Infatuation? These guys had other places to be. Read more…


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Talk, Red, and Sing to the Children…
By Wallace Allen IV
SAN BERNARDINO, CA- Experts say that reading to babies and toddlers improves their learning potential. San Bernardino County's First 5 Program added talking and singing to the formula at last Saturday's "Talk, Read, Sing Fest" at the Highland Library. At least 100 children visited the event and received access to a variety of activities.
They received free books and piggy banks (No they were not full of money). There was also face painting, a magic show, plus a short concert! In addition to the fun stuff, there was a resource fair that provided valuable information to the many parents in attendance.
The free event was from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call First 5 for information regarding upcoming events being scheduled for young children at (909) 386-7706.


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