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What Do You Get With The Paris Pass
It's your all-in-one comprehensive sightseeing package and will save you time, money and stress, providing you everything you need to discover Paris from free entry, to fast track entry and useful information along the way!
- FREE ENTRY to top Paris museums and monuments like the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay and more with the Paris Museum Pass
- FREE ENTRY to the best Paris attractions including a River Cruise and tour of the Opera Garnier with a Paris Attractions Pass
- FREE Paris Bus Tour to see the sights on a 1 day hop on hop off Big Bus tour
- FREE unlimited travel on the metro, RER and buses with the Paris Visite Travelcard
- FAST TRACK ENTRY at top Paris attractions and museums like the Louvre and Centre Pompidou
- FREE 120+ page Paris Guidebook full of useful information, tips and itinerary suggestions for your trip to Paris
- Extra Special Offers at shops and restaurants in central Paris to save even more money
- New Paris Pass App download the Paris Pass App to your smartphone device
The Paris Pass Saves You Money
You'll make savings with the Paris Pass from the start, as many top attractions are over €20 to enter alone! Our all-inclusive pre-paid pass means you have over 60 top attractions and museums in Paris to visit for free! Here are some of the top attractions and tours in Paris and their normal ticket price without the Paris Pass:
How does the Paris Pass work?
The Paris Pass comes in 2, 3*, 4 and 6 day durations to suit all kinds of trips, from short weekend city breaks, to longer vacations. Your Paris Pass is activated the first time you scan it through at an attraction and is valid to use for consecutive days of your Pass duration – 2, 4, 3 or 6 days. Watch our video to find out more.
The Paris Pass is also subject to a "purse value" of maximum gate prices (a total value of attraction entries) related to the number of days on your pass. For example; with a 6 day adult Paris Pass (online price: €244) you get a whopping €350 worth of attraction entry! If you exceed your "purse value", the pass will expire. Here is a complete breakdown of purse values.
*The 3 Day Paris Pass comes with a 2 day Museum Pass.
When will my Paris Pass expire?
Your pass will automatically expire at the end of your pass duration meaning you will no longer be granted free entry into any more attractions. Your Paris Visite Travelcard, also included free, grants you unlimited use of the transport system between zones 1 – 3, covering central Paris, on the metro, buses and the RER. The Paris Visite Card needs to be activated with the date of the day you start using the pass and will be valid for the duration of your Paris Pass package.
Paris Pass holders can enjoy Fast Track Entry to some of the busiest museums and art galleries in Paris, including the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Centre Pompidou and Grevin Wax Muesum. Just show your valid Paris Pass and jump to the front of the line! The Paris Pass also includes a free guidebook with every adult pass, packed full of useful information and top tips for exploring Paris.
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text: Korean artist Sung-Myung Chun creates eerie sculptures of young boys wearing his face who are usually in a situation that revolves around drama. He works with his life experiences through these sculptures of himself, and presents it to us cinematically by freezing them in moments of great reflection, violence, fatigue, etc – much like in T.V. shows or movies.

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Watch Movie Maps to the Stars Streaming In HDDownload Maps to the Stars Full Movie with duration 112 Min and released on 2014-05-21 and MPAA rating is 25.
Original Title : Maps to the Stars
Movie title in your country : Maps to the Stars
Year of movie : 2014
Genres of movie : Drama,
Status of movie : Released
Release date of movie : 2014-05-21
Companies of movie : Prospero Pictures, Sentient Entertainment, SBS Productions, Integral Film,
Countries of movie : Canada, Germany, France, United States of America,
Language of movie : English,
Durationof movie : 112 Min
Average vote of movie : 5.8
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Translation of movie : EN,IT,FR,DE,ZH,CS,RU,HU,NL,ES,HE,
Cast of movie :
- Julianne Moore ( Havana Segrand )
- Mia Wasikowska ( Agatha Weiss )
- Evan Bird ( Benjie Weiss )
- John Cusack ( Dr. Stafford Weiss )
- Robert Pattinson ( Jerome Fontana )
- Sarah Gadon ( Clarice Taggart )
- Carrie Fisher ( herself )
- Olivia Williams ( Christina Weiss )
- Emilia McCarthy ( Kayla )
- Niamh Wilson ( Sam )
- Amanda Brugel ( Victoria )
- Jayne Heitmeyer ( Azita Wachtel )
- Clara Pasieka ( Gretchen )
- Jennifer Gibson ( Starla Gent )
- Joe Pingue ( Arnold )
- Jonathan Watton ( Sterl Carruth )
Maps to the Stars Synopsis:
Watch Streaming Maps to the Stars Led by the loathsome yet funny and touching child-star Benjie, we witness the convoluted world of shallow, selfish celebrities and their minions, all of whom are about to be manipulated and destroyed by the young woman who literally represents the fruit of their twisted machinations, Agatha, Benjie's tormented, apparently psychotic sister.
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Some seem to have been told that we cannot use the GO dies in the Studio. THIS IS AN UNTRUTH! I just used my 3 1/2 inch strip in it by taking my adapter pad from my Big shot Westminster and even the tray since I have not yet received the studio one and added another piece of plyboard put the die in, fabric, than two pads on top and it worked.
You don't have to go to the extreme that I did and only did so until my tray comes in for Studio for strips.
Anyway any die cutting machine can be fixed to be used. for instance I have used .45 thick chipboard in my other machines that needed a lift to use other dies in the Big Shot such as the Go dies.
Haven't looked to see if Accuquilt has an adapter pad for the studio to use the Go dies in it but one can be creative and create there own adapter pad. Simply go to a place like Lowes and get 2 or 3 different thickness boards cut to fit your tray and use as a lift in your machine to be able to use all sorts of dies for your machine.
I've used the chipboard in my Big Kick, Westminister and now the Studio to use dies from other companies in these machines. For the Studio I will go and get couple boards or so of various thicknesses so I can use any die in it.


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Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS)
SPARCS is a comprehensive all payer data reporting system established in 1979 as a result of cooperation between the healthcare industry and government. The system was initially created to collect information on discharges from hospitals. SPARCS currently collects patient level detail on patient characteristics, diagnoses and treatments, services, and charges for each hospital inpatient stay and outpatient (ambulatory surgery, emergency department, and outpatient services) visit; and each ambulatory surgery and outpatient services visit to a hospital extension clinic and diagnostic and treatment center licensed to provide ambulatory surgery services.
The enabling legislation for SPARCS is located under Section 28.16 of the Public Health Law (PHL). The regulations pertaining to SPARCS are under Section 400.18 of Title 10 (Health) of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules, and Regulations of the State of New York (NYCRR).Further Reading
- Data Governance Policy and Procedure Manual (PDF, 527 KB)
Contact Information
SPARCS Operations
Bureau of Health Informatics
Office of Quality and Patient Safety
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza
Corning Tower, Room 1970
Albany, New York 12237
Phone: (518) 473-8144
Fax: (518) 486-3518
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Did you know there is a 'secret' way to pay off your mortgage early? No doubt you've heard ads on the radio willing to sell you this secret for only thousands of dollars.
Guess what? I like you, so I'll tell you for free.
How to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early
Before you start paying extra on your mortgage, make sure you've 1) paid off all other consumer debt, 2) have at least a 3-6 month emergency fund, 3) begun investing in your retirement, and 4) saving for your children's college
Yes, you do want to pay off your home early, this is a key to wealth building. You'll lose your tax deduction, but it's not worth staying in debt and paying interest to get a tax deduction.
If you have a paid for house, just think of what you can do with all that money! You can pay it off early with a simple little trick.
I'll assume that you already have a fixed mortgage of 15 or 30 years that is around 25% of your take home pay.
Also, if you have an ARM and plan to stay in your home for another few years–Now is the time to refinance and get a lower %–even if you have to pay 1 or 2 points
Bi-weekly House Payments
This is the 'secret' that you hear many ads on the radio about. They'll try to sell you software that magically helps you pay off your mortgage early. Bi-weekly mortgage payments.
It's not magic, it's math. If you pay bi-weekly, you'll end up making an extra payment per year and thus paying off your mortgage early. You'll also be knocking out interest, so more money goes towards the principal balance.
Could you end up paying a 30-year loan off years faster with this method? Sounds crazy right?
Let's look at an example below. If you want to figure your own bi-weekly amortization schedule try bankrate.com.
Bi-weekly Payment 30 Year Mortgage Year Example
In our 30 year example at 5% you'd save $44,417.33 in interest and end up paying off your mortgage about 4 years early.
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Tips for Setting Up a Bi-weekly Payment Schedule
- Make sure you don't have a penalty for paying off your mortgage early. If you do, you'll have to crunch some numbers and see what your break even point is.
- Be certain the extra payment goes to principal and not to future interest. Your goal is to take a chunk out the principal with this method. The banks want you to keep paying.
- Check with your specific bank or lending agency to see if they use a 3rd party to administer their bi-weekly payments. There is sometimes a set-up fee to get on a bi-weekly schedule.
- Monitor your mortgage statements to make sure they are applying your payments correctly.
Have you set up or thought about setting up a bi-weekly schedule?
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It's easy to love the feeling of walking into the Cockrell Butterfly Center. As you take your first step inside, you're ensconsed in the warmth of the air and the comforting blanket of humidity…well, as a native Houstonian, perhaps I find that feeling more comforting than most.
As you skim over your surroundings, you'll see flowers the size of your monitor, vines as thick as your keyboard, and the most inviting non-yellow brick road you've ever seen. Butterflies from all over the world aimlessly fly around you and it hits you like a ton of bricks that now is the time to relax and take life at a slower pace. After 10 minutes of pure relaxation, you finally start poking around the place and finding the most curious things: butterfly host plants holding cocoons and caterpillars, creeping vines crawling up two floors of glass walls to soak up the light, and the splash of the waterfall which causes tiny droplets of water to spray upwards while the butterflies dance on them. All of these things make up the rhythm of life within the Cockrell Butterfly Center.
Now, it's your chance to participate in that rhythm. For a contribution of $15, you can release a butterfly into the Center and become a butterfly parent. Your contribution helps to pay for butterfly and insect food, for weeds to be cut back, for new plants and insect species to be introduced, and for the upkeep of our greenhouse – a safe haven for butterflies and plants until they are mature enough to reach the Center. You are also contributing to HMNS' ability to provide you and all of our visitors with the latest information and research about these incredible creatures.
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Join us this Saturday (October 11, 2008) from 9 am until 2 pm in the Cockrell Butterfly Center for your chance to release a young butterfly into its new home. Adopt A Butterfly tickets can be purchased online or at the door for $15. Receive your butterfly to be released in the Center, your adoption certificate, your name on our web site as a Butterfly Parent, and a small commemorative gift for your donation.
While you're here, participate in our crafts and activities! Houston Holocaust Museum is spreading awareness of The Butterfly Project here at HMNS. Find out more at their web site and learn how you can help.


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HOUSTON, April 14 (UPI) -- Houston's James Harden pumped in 29 points and distributed nine assists Sunday, propelling the Rockets over Sacramento 121-100.
Harden connected on 11-of-16 from the field.
Jeremy Lin heated up in the third quarter, netting 11 of his 15 points in the key frame, as the Rockets racked up their second win three games.
Houston, seeded sixth in Western Conference, also got double-digit performances from Carlos Delfino (14 points), Chandler Parsons (13, five assists) and Omer Asik (10, 12 rebounds).
Sacramento was led by Travis Outlaw with 15 points.
Cole Aldrich provided 12 points and 12 boards as the Kings fell for the sixth time in seven games.


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Public Comment
New: EBRPD-Oakland Fire Hazard EIS
I am not a tree hugger or an activist. Three weeks before our wedding on November 9, 1991, my husband lost everything he owned in the Oakland HIlls Firestorm. I have every sympathy and interest in fire mitigation. I now live near the Lake Chabot area referenced in this proposal.
The problem I have is that this EIS proposal has been essentially hidden from public review. If it hadn't been for an activist finding out about the final public meetings at the last minute and contacting the press, none of the affected residents would've been aware the meetings. Why?
While there are very rational reasons for vegetation management, I am highly suspicious of the "under the radar" process that EBRPD and the City of Oakland used in their attempt to get FEMA to approve the funding.
Hopefully, FEMA will think twice about funding this program now that it's obvious that residents and park users are questioning the proposed activities


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Turnstiles, speed gates and revolving doors
Safe, convenient, reliable – physical access systems from Kaba
Safe, convenient, reliable – physical access systems from Kaba
Kaba offers a wide range of solutions for controlled physical access to buildings, areas and specially secured zones. They vary according to the specific application, level of security, frequency of passage and design requirements.
Kaba physical access systems have compatible electronic interfaces for all popular access control systems. The diversity of design, shape, finish and colour enables a wide range of applications, including offices and administrative buildings, industrial premises, research institutions, public authorities, banks, airports, railway stations, sports stadiums, swimming pools and theme parks, as well as public toilets and bathrooms.


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Install iOS 7 today: Here's what's new
(MoneyWatch) For the many millions of iPhone and iPad users in the world, today is a big day: You can upgrade to iOS7, the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system. This is no minor update, either. While the iPhone's OS has had incremental upgrades every year since its inception, this is the year that it gets a major makeover.
Granted, it's not as revolutionary as the change from Windows 7 to Windows 8, but the visuals are dramatically different, "flattened" and stripped of any skeuomorphic representations of the real world. (Goodbye, leather stitched interface, and not a day too soon.)
- How secure is Apple iPhone's Touch ID?
- Apple's new iPhones prepare iOS for future
- 5 things you didn't know you could do with Siri
Are you ready for the upgrade? Here's a rundown of the most important changes you should expect to see when you update your phone or tablet:
New UI. Of course, this is at the top of the list. Even if you only casually noticed Apple's announcements about the new iPhones, you probably didn't miss the flat UI, with its bright, illuminated-from-within background. The good news: It looks visually striking, but you won't have to relearn how to use your phone from scratch. For the most part, you should be able to make sense of iOS 7 without much trouble.
Control Center. Rather than having to dig deep into the Settings app to make simple and common changes to your phone, now there's the easily accessed Control Panel. Go here to change the screen brightness, toggle Airplane Modem set up Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, play audio, and more.
AirDrop. Finally, simple file sharing comes to iOS. Using the AirDrop service, you can quickly share photos, videos, contacts, and all sorts of other files with nearby iPhones. AirDrop works with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, setting up a sort of peer-to-peer network around you.
Better multitasking. The iPhone's multi-tasking has always been fraught with problems, but now you should see much better performance. Specifically, all apps should be able to multi-task properly, and -- best of all -- apps update in the background, so when a notification appears over an app's icon, the app itself already has that data. No more opening Facebook and then waiting two minutes for the app to refresh with the data it already notified you about.
Safari. The phone's Safari browser has gotten a massive makeover in iOS 7. By smartly hiding some UI elements, Apple has made more real estate available to display Web pages -- essentially delivering a minimal browser experience, like Chrome and the latest versions of Internet Explorer. It also has improved search and better tabbed browsing.
Camera. The camera itself can't be upgraded via software, of course, but the camera app is dramatically improved -- great, because Apple has the least powerful camera app of any smartphone on the market. Now you've got Instagram-like filters, better camera controls, and -- secret until today -- the cool new burst mode announced for the new iPhone 5s and 5c.
Photos. The Photos app is downright impressive. The new Years, Collections, and Moments are ways to smartly group your photos in a way that's easier to browse. And iCloud Photo Sharing lets you share your photo stream with other users.
Siri. Finally, I'd be remiss not to mention Siri's enhancements. "She" might no longer be the right way to refer to the voice recognition service, since it comes with both male and female voices. Siri has more services built in -- including Wikipedia and Twitter -- and can understand a broader range of commands.


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A Slice of Heaven: In Defense of Gourmet Pizza
Editor's note: My friend and neighbor Brian Koppelman (writer of Ocean's 13, among others) loves pizza with designer toppings, for which he gives an impassioned defense here. It's an excerpt from my book Pizza: A Slice of Heaven.
Words by Brian Koppelman | MY FATHER, WHO FIRST INTRODUCED ME TO PIZZA, IS A PURIST. To him, a pie isn't legit unless it's built like the ones he ate during his high school years in Far Rockaway, Queens. Out there, among the row houses by the Atlantic Ocean, the neighborhood joints served it straight up: crisp crust, tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella. Maybe a sprinkle of Parmesan. That's all. No pesto. No goat cheese. Definitely no pineapple. That's how my oId man liked it. He's still a no-nonsense guy. I, however, am a fop hooked on "gourmet" pizza.
Give me a pie like the ones they make at Joanne's on route 25A in Manhasset, Long Island—either dotted with pieces of sweet honey-Dijon chicken, or chunks of chicken wings, with the whole pizza slathered in hot sauce and blue cheese, or even stacked high with bread-crumbed baked clams and roasted garlic or one like Mark Strausman's white pizza drizzled with aged balsamic vinegar at Fred's at Barney's on Madison Avenue in Manhattan—and you won't hear another word from me until the entire thing is gone.
It's not only my father who looks down on the rococo pies I dig so much, but also people of taste throughout the food world. It's as if I were professing a love for jazz-fusion, or the art of Thomas Kinkade, or line dancing. There's even a moniker for this funky pizza, an in-the-know word used by foodies to classify and mock: designer. "Designer pizza isn't pizza," they say, "it's casserole." In Italy, the legislative body has even proposed a law to codify that which can be called pizza, relegating all nonconforming pies to the gray market, I suppose, where dealers will skirt the law and slip you a shrimp-scampi slice at their own risk of prosecution.
That's fine with me. Let Italy protect Old World tradition. The way I see it, gourmet pizza hews to a particularly American ethos: Take a classic and make it better by adding, taking away, adapting it to the times.
This is not to say that I don't like the original. I understand the need for pizza that shows its terroir, its ecological pedigree. A well-prepared slice of basic pizza is an example of perfect simplicity, the sauce, cheese, and crust as satisfying as great three-chord rock and roll. But just as much as recent-vintage, three-chord rock has lost the spark of the original and now sounds redundant, imitative and boring, much of the pizza that you will find being sold in street-corner parlors is served stale, with fake cheese and watery tomato sauce, crust either brittle and overcooked or reheated and soggy.
If, however, you walk into Giorgio's on Second Avenue in Manhattan, where the awning advertises "gourmet pizza by the slice," you will find pizza good enough to stand up to the contempt of the pizza police. They serve one slice in particular—the Giorgio roasted garlic, spinach, and ricotta slice—that epitomizes all that I find compelling about gourmet pizza.
The crust at Giorgio's is thin but substantial, and always crisp without being flaky. They use a sweeter sauce than is traditional, and that tastes not merely of sugar, but also of tomatoes picked at the very height of flavor. The mellow roasted garlic, along with the ricotta and slightly bitter spinach, cut the sweetness of the sauce, enhancing the richness and depth of the slice. All of the ingredients used in this slice are, taken separately, fairly common in Italian restaurants and pizzerias, but when combined in this distinctive manner, they truly rise to the ideal of the gourmet.
It is this notion, that there can be gourmet, not merely designer pizza, that I find animating. Why should this most egalitarian food be limited by any constraints? Why shouldn't innovation, imagination, and creativity be encouraged, rewarded? Yes, many of the attempts to make brilliant, new pizza have failed. For every wonderfully exciting pie, there are 12 that should have been thrown out the moment they came out of the oven (starting with the Tandori Chicken pie at California Pizza Kitchen). Still, I look forward to discovering my next gourmet pizza obsession. Will it be a cheeseburger-and-bacon slice with jalapeños in Boston or an heirloom-tomato-and-Stilton combination outside of London, or a sea-urchin-and-wasabi slice with rice-infused crust right here in New York? I don't know, but I can't wait to find out.
Pizzerias Mentioned
Fred's at Barney's, 660 Madison Avenue, New York NY; 212-833-2220
Giorgio's, 1343 Second Avenue, New York NY; 212-628-8419
Joanne's, 1067 Northern Boulevard, Roslyn NY; 516-869-8686
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SimPE 0.73.44 QA for everyone
This QA has been stable for a long period, and I think it is safe to offer it generally. It's a 7Z and will require manually unarchiving into its own folder and running from SimPE.exe (or you make your own shortcut). Remember to change what runs (your file association) when you double-click on a .package file. If you don't know how to do that, then start SimPE before using File/Open to open your packages.
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Introduction to neuroscience: basic physiology; microstructure and anatomy of neural tissues; mechanisms of neuronal development and integration; sensory-motor control; auditory, visual, and olfactory systems; neural foundations of animal behavior; evolution of nervous systems. Emphasis on development and critical evaluation of neuronal theories of brain function using biochemical, mathematical, and/or deductive/inductive models of reasoning and experimentation. Pre-requisites: Chemistry 101DL or equivalent; Neuroscience 101/Psychology 106 is required for Neuroscience majors; must have completed or be currently enrolled in Biology 201L or 202L; not recommended for first year students. Instructor: Bilbo or Meck
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Say "Thanks" In Style
5 Jan
A Refresher Course in Writing Thank you Notes
By Sue Fox, StudioNotes Etiquette Expert
Saying "Thank You" with handwritten note cards is a gracious and traditional way to repay holiday kindness – especially in today's fast-paced world of changing technology. With less formal options of e-mail, texting, and social networks, writing a thank-you note is still absolutely necessary.
A handwritten thank-you note is a shining example of repaying kindness with kindness. It also expresses your gratitude and makes others feel appreciated. More importantly, it shows respect.
The excuse of having no time to write a thank-you note isn't acceptable. Think about all the time and effort, not to mention the expense that may have been involved in providing a favor, a gift, a dinner, lending a sympathetic ear, putting a party together, or other acts of generosity. The silence is disappointing to the giver, but has bigger implications—hurt feelings.
Writing thank-you notes isn't terribly difficult or time consuming—it takes just a few minutes at the most!
When you sit down to craft a thank-you note or letter, be yourself and write with sincerity. Your letters and notes should reflect your personality, as if you were talking with the recipient in person. Be sure to use the following basic elements in the structure of your note.
- Always use a salutation or greeting. Depending on your relationship, you may use either a first or last name and appropriate title.
- Keep in mind that three to five sentences are all that's necessary in the main body of your thank-you note.
- Always refer to the gift, deed, or act of kindness by name (not just "Thank you for the present") and describe the deed
- If you've been given a gift, say what you like about the gift and mention how you plan to use it.
- If someone went out of the way to help you, mention the actual deed and how that person's support was beneficial.
- Include a closing sentence. You want your closing statement to flow with the letter or note. The closing sentence can be a final mention of your appreciation or something as simple as "I hope to see you soon." Always end on a positive note.
- Close your letter appropriately. Depending on your relationship, a close can be personal ("Yours truly,") or formal ("Respectfully,")
Here are a few additional tips on writing personal or business thank- you notes.
- Thank-you notes should be sent within a week at best. If it happens to take a bit longer, don't apologize or make excuses for why you're late.
- Neatness counts! Take a deep breath just before you begin. If you mess up somewhere along the line, start over with a fresh piece of paper, note card, or envelope. Strikeovers, ink blots, messy erasures, etc. are not acceptable.
- Thanking people for something usually follows the form in which the invitation was extended. If you receive a telephone invitation, a telephone thank-you is appropriate, although a thank-you note is a nice touch. If you receive a written invitation, you should always write a thank-you note.
- Thank-you notes are not reserved for parties and dinners. The general rule is this: If someone goes the extra mile for you, a thank-you note is appropriate; if the thank-you is just for day-to-day business, a verbal "Thank you" is good enough.
- If you've been a houseguest and are continuing to travel, send a thank-you postcard from your next destination rather than waiting until you arrive home to send a thank-you note.
And, like just about everything else in life, the habit is learned young! Remember mom and dad—children learn by example. When parents give children a pass on showing gratitude with pen and paper, they foster a sense of entitlement—to invert the popular saying, you can get something for nothing in this world.


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Our meetings provide a national forum for leaders in the field to explore and discuss priorities, challenges, and policy implications in health security.
Atlantic Storm
How would world leaders manage the catastrophe of a fast-moving global epidemic of deadly disease? Atlantic Storm was a ministerial table-top exercise convened on January 14, 2005 by the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the Center for Transatlantic Relations of the Johns Hopkins University, and the Transatlantic Biosecurity Network. The exercise used a fictitious scenario designed to mimic a summit of transatlantic leaders forced to respond to a bioterrorist attack. These transatlantic leaders were played by current and former officials from each country or organization represented at the table. There was an audience of observers from governments on both sides of the Atlantic as well as from the private sector, but the venue was designed to focus all attention on the summit principals and their discussions around the table .
Take a ringside seat with Atlantic Storm Interactive: The interactive presentation brings the event to life as you watch the news, learn the facts, read the briefings, and listen to excerpts of the players' discussions--from the ringside perspective of an observer, or from the hot seat perspective of a world leader facing a global outbreak of a deadly infectious disease. Atlantic Storm Interactive walks you through the day, unveiling events, materials, and developments in the same sequence in which they were unveiled to the players. You can listen to audio that highlights the most important moments in the players' deliberations, watch videos that brought the scenario to life for the players, and use an interactive timeline to move back and forth through the day. Go to Atlantic Storm Interactive now.
BBC Newsnight Video: BBC Newsnight aired a report on Atlantic Storm on January 17, 2005. Watch the video (made available with permission of BBC)
Navigating the Storm: this article by Atlantic Storm authors includes a summary report on the exercise and recommendations for actions to improve national and internation response to large-scale attacks with biological weapoins or fast-moving pandemics of a natural source. Download article
Organizers and Sponsors
Atlantic Storm was authored and organized by the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, the Center for Transatlantic Relations of Johns Hopkins University, and the Transatlantic Biosecurity Network
The exercise was sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative
Atlantic Storm Executive Committee
- Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH, Director/CEO, UPMC Center for Biosecurity
- Thomas V. Inglesby, MD, Deputy Director/COO, UPMC Center for Biosecurity
- Daniel Hamilton, PhD, Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations
- Esther Brimmer, PhD, Deputy Director & Director of Research, Center for Transatlantic Relations
- Colonel Randall Larsen (USAF, retired), Founder & CEO, Homeland Security Associates, LLC
- Brad Smith, PhD, Atlantic Storm Project Director, UPMC Center for Biosecurity
Our special thanks to D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH for his invaluable contributions to the development of the Atlantic Storm exercise.
Use of Materials: If you who would like to reference or use Atlantic Storm materials to please note the following:
- UPMC retains copyright with all rights reserved for all materials created for the Atlantic Storm exercise and posted on this Atlantic Storm website.
- Feel free to link to any pages on the Atlantic Storm website; links to our materials do not signal our endorsment of the site where the links originate.
- Materials posted on the Atlantic Storm website may not be reprinted (including reproduction for distribution or posting on another website) or adapted without the permission.
Requests to reprint, reproduce, or adapt Atlantic Storm materials, may be submitted by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please be sure to include your name, your institutional or organizational affiliation, the materials you would like to use, and a brief description of how you intend to use them. Please use the phrase "Request to use Atlantic Storm materials" in your subject line.


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Taunton is Somerset's thriving county town, and its biggest. In this forward-looking place, bustling modern life sits comfortably alongside reminders of an eventful history which dates back to Saxon times.
Residents benefit from all the amenities of a busy town, with many opportunities for employment, and some great shopping, yet still have easy access to west Somerset's beautiful, undulating countryside.
Property in and around Taunton encompasses a wide range of houses.
Characterful cottages are often available in the popular villages surrounding the town, which also benefit from country views and decent-sized gardens. Closer to the centre, there are more modern homes, flats and terraces.
House prices in Taunton are slightly higher than in some parts of Somerset, but still more affordable than other areas of the UK, despite the upward trend of property values in the south west since the turn of the millennium.
The town centre abounds with historic buildings, from sixteenth century almshouses to Taunton Castle, home of the Somerset County Museum, to the Priory and Tudor Tavern, now a coffee shop, which dates from 1578.
The town is Somerset's retail capital, with all the top names in shopping on hand, alongside a selection of independent outlets. A large indoor shopping centre, officially called Orchard, is still referred to locally as the "Pig Market", since one operated on the site between 1614 and 1882.
Bath Place is a quaint area of town just off the High Street and the ideal spot to look for arts and crafts and specialist foods.
The extensive local facilities include two theatres, swimming pools, gyms, an ice rink and a good range of pubs and eateries. Meanwhile cricket fans will love having Somerset's county ground on the doorstep.
There are several nature reserves locally, and nearby South Taunton Streams is an urban wetland. Nearby parks include Vivary, on the site of a medieval fish farm, Goodlands and Victoria parks.
The town's railway station is on the Bristol to Exeter line, and there are also services across the West Country and the UK. There are hourly trains to London Paddington, and typically one fast and one slow hourly train to Bristol and Exeter.
There are also good road links. The M5 is close to the town, as are other major routes like the A38 and A358.
Families with school-age children are well catered for, with four secondary schools in Taunton. There is specialist sixth form provision geared towards sports and performing arts. Further education is provided by Somerset College of Arts and Technology.
All in all, with its many excellent amenities and readily accessible breathing space, not to mention its stunning rural backdrop, Taunton is perfectly placed to offer families, couples and single people a superb standard of living.
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I'd prefer to simply lock on that file - or more specifically, that filename. Its a dubious proposition to lock on String objects in Java as different objects can represent the same set of characters. You can intern() all your strings (which makes sure the objects you have are the "one" system-wide representation of that String) but that is rather global. I wanted to do things locally - where I can control the scoping of the lock.
(The filename example is just an example, I've needed this structure in many different scenarios - so don't look to just solve that problem).
I might have missed it, but I didn't find any facilities in java.util.concurrent to help me (and to be fair, I haven't kept up with the happenings there. Long story short, I wrote my own.
Of course the best advice when writing concurrent locking datastructures is - DON'T.
But I did. And I probably plan on using it eventually, so I put it here for review. I'll update it as comments come in (so if you see a comment below that makes little sense it's probably because I heeded it and changed the code).
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ALAMEDA — Left defensive end Jason Hunter missed all three practices this week with a sore quadriceps. Even so, coach Dennis Allen is leaving open the possibility of Hunter healing well enough to give it a go against the Washington Redskins.
More than likely, though, Hunter won't be able to play — he's listed as questionable — and the Raiders will turn to Brian Sanford and Jack Crawford to help fill the void.
Sanford is a third-year players out of Temple. Crawford is in his second season out of Penn State. Allen feels as if Sanford is a bit ahead of Crawford in terms of being a polished all-around player.
"He's got some versatility," Allen said of Sanford. "He can play inside in the nickel, he's got a little bit of rush ability but he's also athletic enough that he can play some base defensive end for us and that's really the role that he's played on our defense."
As for Crawford, he didn't play much his rookie season, as the Raiders leaned heavily upon veterans Lamarr Houston, Andre Carter and others.
If Hunter can't play Sunday, it's an ideal opportunity for Crawford to make a case for more playing time from here on out.
"There's still a lot of improvement that he needs to make," Allen said of Crawford. "We feel good with some of the guys that we have and feel good with Brian Sanford going in there. … It would be a great opportunity for Jack if Jason's not able to go, to get in and play and do some good things."
— Rookie offensive tackle Menelik Watson hasn't played all season because of a torn ligament in his right knee that required surgery.
Allen said he is "hopeful" that Watson will be cleared to resume practicing next week. Watson missed most of training camp with an injury he suffered during the offseason and then got shut down a few days after he first practiced in camp.
It will be interesting to see what the Raiders do upon Watson's return. He was slated to start the regular-season opener at left offensive tackle.
Khalif Barnes is at the left tackle spot now, with veteran Tony Pashos playing well at the right tackle spot. It says here that Watson goes to left tackle — at least until Jared Veldheer returns from his triceps injury — and Barnes moves into one of the guard spots.
— Here are the official status reports of the injured Raiders for Sunday's game:
SS Tyvon Branch (out); Hunter, LB Sio Moore (probable), G Lucas Nix (questionable), FB Jamize Olawale (probable), CB Tracy Porter (probable), QB Terrelle Pryor (questionable) and Watson (out).


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Wabash vs. Wittenberg – The Entire 10 Yardsby Tom Runge • October 24, 2005 Share:
Wabash Coach Chris Creighton said it would be a war – and he wasn't wrong. Wabash and Wittenberg played a great game – a back and forth struggle that wasn't decided until late in the fourth quarter. Wabash came away with a well deserved and hard fought victory, 26-20.
It was another great fall day for football. The rain stayed away and the temperature crept into the 50s – just exactly what you would suspect for October in Indiana.
Pre-game tailgating was alive and well as every possible parking place around Jennison Street was full. People were having fun but everyone knew it would be a tough game for the Little Giants.
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Boston Ballet names Meredith Hodges new director
Boston Ballet announced Tuesday the appointment of Meredith (Max) Hodges as the company's new executive director. She succeeds Barry Hughson, who left the company in January to become executive director of the National Ballet of Canada.
Hodges is currently executive director of Gallim Dance, a New York-based contemporary dance company that performed at the Institute of Contemporary Art in January.
She has Boston ties, however: She majored in social anthropology at Harvard University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School, and she has also worked as a senior associate consultant for Boston's Bain & Company. Before joining Gallim Dance, she was senior manager of finance and planning and then project director at the Museum of Modern Art, where she managed a $145 million operating budget.
Speaking by phone from London, Hodges recalled meeting Jack Meyer, chairman of Boston Ballet's board of trustees, in 2010 when she was a student at Harvard Business School. "I just remember being very excited about the Ballet's tremendous artistic success," she said. "I knew that there were really smart people at the organization and at the board, and that was my first encounter with the company's leadership."
Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen said the company talked to about 10 candidates. He's not concerned about Hodges's lack of a ballet background. "At the end of the day," he said, "it's a question of the individual, of finding the right person with the right DNA."
He described Hodges as "a match for the organization."
"We are a forward-thinking, quite aggressive organization. We act fast, and when we identify something, we go for it," he said. "We were not looking for business as usual — you know, let's do steady little improvement in five years. This is an individual who is extremely bright and is also a great people person. And that is important with the donors, and for building teams in the organization."
Does it matter that she's spent eight years in Boston? "Of course it helps," he said. "But it doesn't matter that much. She is hungry. This is her dream job. That kind of uranium energy is exactly what you want. I sometimes joke that I'm the Energizer Bunny who can't find the off switch. I'm always going and going and going and doing and doing and doing. So I think it's quite a wonderful match."
Nissinen, the Ballet's artistic director since 2001, renewed his contract last month for five more years.
Hodges cited her years of experience at MoMA "in a very large and complex organization run at the highest standards of excellence in scale and scope and complexity." And of her time with Gallim, she said, "I think being part of a small company has given me tremendous exposure to the breadth of activity that happens at a dance company: marketing, development, touring, board development, really being hands-on in all those elements."
She was familiar with the Ballet during her years in Boston. She remembers with particular fondness seeing Nissinen's first "Swan Lake" with the company, in 2004.
But it's what Hodges calls her "passion" that comes through in conversation. "What really struck me about this opportunity," she said, "was the world-class art and also the world-class ambition on the part of Mikko and the board and throughout the organization to deliver excellence and innovation at the highest level. Boston Ballet is one of the best dance and ballet companies in the world, and it's on the rise. Mikko is fantastic and wants to take Boston Ballet to the top and showcase it across the spectrum of classical and contemporary dance. I'm very excited to have the role of supporting that artistic vision."
She's also excited about returning. "I know and love Boston very well, and I'm very eager to come back." Apart from her new position, what is she most looking forward to? "Flour Bakery," she says. "Fenway Park. That moment when you're riding the Red Line between Charles/MGH and MIT and you pull above ground and the river is full of sailboats. I miss that moment."
Hughson had been executive director of the Boston Ballet since 2009. During his tenure, he steered the $10 million Clean Slate Fund campaign, which retired the company's debt. He also negotiated the land lease for the company's Clarendon Street headquarters, and in 2011 he oversaw the $3 million renovation there.
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We took the Chunnel to Paris early Saturday morning. It's so fast and easy. I'm envious of Europeans who, with the Chunnel and the cheap flights, can so easily travel Europe, even just for a weekend.
We were a little weary from our busy schedule in England so we resolved to take Paris more slowly, and we did. It's less about seeing the sites, and more about just soaking it all in anyway, I think.
After we checked into our hotel (in the 7th, near the Eiffel tower) our first mission was to plant ourselves at a café. And there I found heaven. A café in Paris is my happy place. All the seats facing out for optimal people watching. Not a cell phone, laptop, iPod or blackberry in sight. Heaven. The cheapest thing on the menu is wine, so what's a girl to do? We had a half-litre with our lunch.
After that, we were a little sleepy. We strolled over to the Eiffel tower. It was a glorious day and everyone was lounging around the park directly below it. We joined them and had a nap.
We spent the afternoon exploring the neighbourhood, then after a shower we took the Metro to Montparnasse, former stomping grounds of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Callahan, among other greats. I love this neighbourhood. Lively and vibrant and tons of great places to eat it seemed. We stopped for a drink at La Rotonde, a café Hemingway and Picasso used to frequent. Then we strolled around looking for a place to eat. We had resolved during our time in Paris not to eat dinner at any restaurant with an English menu. We found a small bistro on a side street that was full of Parisians. There I tasted my first steak frites in Paris. Heaven, I tell you. The meal, plus a nice bottle of red and chocolate soufflé for dessert, and I was a very happy woman indeed.
Sunday morning we allowed ourselves to sleep in (what a luxury). We started the day with the hotel's breakfast, an awesome buffet of fresh baguette, croissants, Danish, café au lait (my god the coffee's good in Paris) as well as a bunch of healthy food, which we ignored. Then we took the Metro to the Latin Quarter. We explored for awhile, then crossed the Seine at Notre Dame. Notre Dame is absolutely stunning. Pictures don't do it justice. It is the thing that exceeded my expectations most on this trip, I think. Next we took a Seine cruise. It was glorious. I soaked up the sun and took in the sights. After that, we walked to the Louvre and, amazingly, there were no lines, so we went in. The Louvre was probably the most disappointing thing on the trip, but I expected that. I like the art at the D'Orsay much more. The huge museums stress me out.
After a short spell at the Louvre, we strolled through the Jardin des Tuileries, which was stunning. We stopped for the most expensive Coke (as in Cola) ever, at 7 euros each! No wonder they drink so much wine. Fortified, we promenaded up the Champs-Elysee to the Arc de Triomphe. What a spectacle. By then our feet were tired, so we took the Metro home for some sex, shower and sleep. Later we ventured out into our neighbourhood to find a restaurant. We found a small Mediterranean place nearby and had another great bottle of wine with a lamb and couscous dish that was fabulous. After dinner, we went back to the Eiffel tower to see it at night. What a spectacular sight! This is the second thing that really surpassed my expectations. The tower is very beautiful at night (we found out later that every night, for about twenty minutes, all of the lights start twinkling and it is a very gaudy sight. I'm so glad we missed that). There were still crazy lines to go up the tower (we had resolved to wait in no lines), so instead I tried to talk our way into the fancy restaurant for a nightcap. No dice. You don't go up unless you're buying the 100 euro entree. Instead, we went back to our favourite local café for some more wine and chatted with Americans. It was a full and splendid day.
This is getting long, so I'll save the rest for another post. By the way, sorry for so much detail, but I'm recording this for my own sake more than yours.
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Last night made for a very interesting sudden death match for the boys and Nicki Minaj, who wanted to marry Chris' vibrato, cradle Charlie and have Elijah's babies.
The Mirage in Las Vegas was the backdrop for 10 boys, all with the same mission: Perform and be chosen at the end of the night as one of the five that makes it to the next round.
Paul Jolly was the first up and he started the night off with a subtle bang. Taking the bold move of singing a Keith Urban ballad, Keith was honored, yet each of the judges warned Paul to watch it, as he walks the line of over-performing. No one denied that he has an awesome voice. Paul had the longest wait to see if he made it.


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Cruise Secrets Revealedby Paul Motter | 03.21.12
What every cruiser needs to know to get the best out of their cruise choices.
|Every cruiser wants to select the best ship for their own personal tastes.
Secrets of Cruising
What insights are craved by every cruise traveler? How to select the best ship for their personal tastes and get the most for their cruise dollars is a good start.
There are many, many things that non-experienced cruisers need to know just to get started in that path, but there are also many facts and bits of perspective that frankly never even occurred to many experienced cruisers that can affect far more things than they ever imagined.
I am talking about the "wow, I never would have thought of that" kind of details. This can include everything from understanding what a butler does, to the comparative prices beween hiring a taxi or buying individual transfers from the airport to the ship. Just to show you how it works - it depends on how many people you have traveling. Coming in to Miami for example, if you arrive with two people it is cheaper and faster to take a taxi (about $35 plus tip and tolls). However, if you are traveling singly, it is obviousy better to take the shuttle- or best yet tp split a cab with a couple heading to the same ship to which you are headed.
So we have Ten Chapters on Cruise Secrets just written by CruiseMates with something for everyone. Without a doubt, the least experienced cruisers will tend to benefit from these articles the most, but that does not mean there are not several items for experienced users to reaad and use as well. In some cases it may be something you never knew, had never really thought about, or had just plain had forgotten.
Here are the chapters in order:
1. Selecting a Cruise Port This first article helps you select the best port of departure for your needs. You can sail from Galveston, Texas, and visit the same ports as many Miami cruises! For West Coasters, this means faster and cheaper air - so no need for a pre-cruise hotel stay.
2. Related "Getting There" Costs Sometimes getting to the ship is the biggest challenge - especially if you have kids. It may be more convenient to drive than you think and we help you figure that out. Other ways to save as well.
3. Picking Your First Cruise Ship A guide to help first-time cruisers differentiate and select their first cruise line and ship. More experienced cruisers already know the various ship styles - but there are even some tips here for experienced cruisers.
4. Timing Your Cruise Purchase to Save Money How to save money on your cruises by timing your cruise purchase. This article shows the methods cruise lines use to set their prices; simple supply and demand. Now you can save significant amounts of money by choosing the cruises they need to sell - not the ones in short supply.
5. Discounts and Other Credits Tips for getting onboard credit and other perks on your cruise. How to maximize your cruise dollars, manage your cruise booking and protect your investment.
6. Cruise Ship Stateroom Selection How to get the best deals and the smoothest ride - location, size, amenities and number of beds. There is more to stateroom selection than whether it is inside, outside or a balcony.
7. Saving Money During the Cruise The experienced cruisers at CruiseMates to tell us the many ways they have to save money onboard the ship. Is the spa worthwhile? What about the cost of drinks? Are you required to pay gratuities?
8. Shore Excursions and Tours How to save time and money on shore tours in port during your cruise. Ship tours may not be the best value, but they offer the highest level of security that you won't miss the ship. How important is that?
9. Seasickness and Health at Sea How to avoid seasickness and the fabled "cruise ship virus" aboard cruise ships. How bad are cruise ships, really, when it comes to the potential for picking up a virus, and how can you avoid it if you end up on a "sick ship?"
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fwiw~ found at sucks Published by: Carlos - Julio 29, 2005 04:57 A.M. the film of the series of Guatemala of the survivor is around extreme in the next week. The CBS is very contented how it has been. We have heard that five are lazy with the past only gone before were called Marjorie. They are beginning now to clean upon the village of the equipment. # Published by: Almagimo - Julio 31, 2005 01:04 p.m. the program of Guatemala of the Survivor finishes finishing film in date yesterday. There is portion of the enthusiasm of the equipment of the demonstration and the CBS is very contented with the new survivors. The cleaning now goes ignition and we told on a rise from the tourism the area in a moment. The final survivor to win is a named woman Lynda. # Published by: Almagimo - August 5, 2005 11:28 A.M. www.guate360.com/blog/archivo/000599.php
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Please read this before submitting the reciprocity form.
The Career Services Office (CSO) of New England Law | Boston will gladly request reciprocity with another law school's career services office for students, subject to the following:
- The CSO will only execute one request per student at any given time.
- Each reciprocity request which is granted by another law school's career services office shall last for three months. Reciprocity requests at other law schools on behalf of the student will not be made during this three-month period.
- The CSO will only execute requests during the months of November to August. The CSO is prohibited from requesting or granting reciprocity with any other law school, except Consortium on Innovative Legal Education (CILE) schools (see below), during this time as per the National Association of Law Placement.
- The CSO cannot and will not guarantee the granting of reciprocity requests at other law school career services offices, as it is solely within the discretion of the requested law school's career services office to do so.
- The definition and policy of the reciprocal services offered by the host law school's career services office remains wholly and solely within the host school's discretion.
- The CSO is prohibited from requesting reciprocity with any other law school in the Boston area.
Please note: Due to the busy nature of the fall recruitment season, no reciprocity arrangements can be scheduled between Aug.1 and Nov. 1.
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A student who is a degree candidate at a Consortium law school (the "home school") may be extended placement assistance and have reasonable access to career resources at another Consortium law school (the "host school"), provided at that time of the student's request, the student initially contacts the director of the host school's career services office. The student must also present a student ID or other proof that he or she attends or attended one of the Consortium schools upon entering the host school's career services office.
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A judge will ultimately decide if a teenager is mentally fit to face charges that he broke into a 20-year-old Raceland woman's home and raped and robbed her.
A judge will ultimately decide if a teenager is mentally fit to face charges that he broke into a 20-year-old Raceland woman's home and raped and robbed her.
Jerry Cleveland Jr., also of Raceland, is accused of committing the crime with two other teenagers. His case has stalled because a judge sent him to the state's mental hospital in Jackson to be evaluated.
Cleveland appeared in Judge John LeBlanc's courtroom Tuesday afternoon so the judge, the prosecution and his defense attorney could address state doctors' findings. However, LeBlanc said those doctors haven't been able to evaluate Cleveland well enough to determine if he is fit for court proceedings.
"Part of it is due to Mr. Cleveland's reluctance. Part of it is due to other issues," LeBlanc said.
LeBlanc pointed out Tuesday was Cleveland's 18th birthday. That may affect which doctors evaluate him.
Cleveland's attorney, Mike Billiot, said based on his interpretation of doctors' preliminary reports at the Jackson hospital, "there's some indication he's going to be determined to be competent."
"But I could be wrong," Billiot said. "I'm not a psychologist."
If they find him incompetent, Cleveland will be sent back to the Jackson hospital where doctors will try to treat him to make him competent.
Billiot was not representing Cleveland at the time his attorney requested the judge order a panel of psychologists and psychiatrists to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial. To be determined competent, he would have to understand the situation he's in and be able to help his attorneys defend himself.
Doctors' records about Cleveland are sealed, court records show.
Cleveland, who was 16 when the rape was reported, is the youngest of the three accused of raping and robbing the woman while her 3-year-old son was in the home. The Lafourche District Attorney's Office decided to try him as an adult the day after he was arrested.
His age has nothing to do with questions surrounding his mental competence, Billiot said.
The victim alleges the crimes began soon after someone knocked on her front door March 6, 2012, asking if a man named Calvin was home, according to the police report. She said no, and that man left. About 15 minutes later, three men busted through her front door, one with a pistol.
Two of them were wearing cloths over their faces as masks, but another was wearing a white muscle shirt with no mask. The victim, looking at a Facebook picture of Cleveland, later told detectives Cleveland was this unmasked intruder, the report says.
They looted her home at gunpoint, and while passing her child's room she saw her son playing video games, the report says. The detective's report makes no other mention of the child.
After the looting, all three men allegedly began to rape the woman. The unmasked man was the first to demand sex, the victim told detectives. Although all three had control of the pistol at some point, the unmasked man "appeared to be the leader" because he was the one who demanded money, then sex.
The victim told detectives the same man who knocked on her door that day — not Cleveland — had knocked on her door the weekend earlier. Her boyfriend, who wasn't home at the time, told detectives Devon Richard had knocked on his door that prior weekend, looking for a man named Byron, and seemed shocked that it was the boyfriend who answered the door, the report says.
The boyfriend is not named Calvin or Byron.
Richard and Darrel Thomas, both of Raceland and both 17 in March 2012, allegedly confessed to the rape and robbery less than 48 hours later, the Lafourche Sheriff's Office has said. The Sheriff's Office has not said whether Cleveland confessed, and that information is not in available police reports. Cleveland's report is sealed because he was a minor at the time of his arrest.
The mandatory sentence for those convicted of aggravated rape is life in prison or the death penalty. However, it would be extremely rare for a district attorney's office to seek the death penalty in a rape case. Those convicted of armed robbery can be sentenced to up to 99 years in prison without parole.
Richard and Thomas are on track to go to trial May 20, records show.
LeBlanc, Billiot and prosecutors will meet in court again June 13 to discuss what Cleveland's doctors have to say.
Staff Writer Katie Urbaszewski can be reached at 448-7617 or email@example.com.


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Every now and then, I buy something that becomes my pride and joy. Previous pride-and-joyers include:
1) My first Mulberry Bayswater Bag
2) My Gameboy
3) My Macbook
4) A first edition version of The Usborne Detective Guides!
And now…these beauties!
Tesshyu Collection brushes are by Mr Tesshu Takemori who is a brush artisan. He personally chooses the materials to make his brushes which (the website says!) are crafted by his hand with care.
Oh yes – Tesshyu brushes are EXPENSIVE!
But then again, you get what you pay for.
Tesshyu brushes comes in two lines, the M Line Series (what I have here – a compact travel range) and a standard set. The M Line is cheaper than the standard line but also more up my street because I love having everything in one place.
There are only 5 brushes in the M Line range – a powder and blusher brush, 1 double ended eyeshadow brush, 1 double ended brow brush, 1 double ended lip brush and finally, a pouch.
I bought the brow and eyeshadow brushes:
These are not remotely flimsy – as soon as I got them out of the packet I could feel the quality of the brushes; heavyweight, well made, no hairs out place. The brushes you have to pull out and clip back into the base (held in by magnets)…
Clever stuff.
Here are the instructions! It's quite good because you can check the brush is protected in the barrel before you push it back in:
The construction of these eyeshadows is extremely high; no complaints there.
Each of these brushes I bought are double ended so you can pretty much manage to do your application in one go.
I bought the brow brush, not because I even use brow products a lot (I don't really need more pigment!) but because I thought these would be good multi functional tools and they are. They are good for eyeliner, eyeshadow and even the lips I think:
Those brushes are lovely and firm which I like in a good eyeliner/brow/lip brush.
The eyeshadow duo has a fluffy brush for blending and a firmer brush of patting the colour on. I like how all the hairs look different – it seems like they really have taken the time to pick out the best hair for the job, not just gone for what looks uniform:
Another view of the fluffy brushes – it's dense but also great for blending at the same time:
What a gorgeous brush range and already my pride and joy – I have to be careful not to lose these!
I really love how well made they are, the bristles, the convenience of it. I paid about £26 each for these brushes so really, no, they aren't astronomical but they aren't cheap. I guess you could say that you get 2 brushes in one so it's only £13 each?!
Check out the range . I bought these from adambeauty.com but they are sold out now so you may need to look on eBay.


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Monday, June 9, 2008
Due Time
We're trying, with some success, to forget the whole hospital ordeal and move on. Thanks so much to those who commented - I can't tell you how good it felt to get reassurance from you that what happened really WAS fucked, and we weren't just psychotic crunchy people with a grudge against western medicine.
Anyway, it helps that Evan is so goddamned perfect it hurts. She sleeps, she eats, and she is awake, wide-eyed and mesmerized by light filtering through the tree leaves. She smiled yesterday -- her first true, eyes to mouth smile -- at the dog. She loves to float in a sink full of warm water, as long as she's got a two-handed, iron-clad grip on the finger of a larger, sturdier individual. She is instantly rendered unconscious, even in the midst of a full-blown hiccup attack, with a head massage. She tolerates kisses with a look of mild disgust.
As fucked-up as her arrival was, our 1 Great Triumph was that she never had one drop of formula. E pumped every three hours starting the morning after her birth, and her milk came in on day 3, which I consider a minor miracle due to the circumstances of her delivery. Evan was bottle-fed breast milk at the hospital, and once she got home she transitioned to breast-feeding within a week. Her diminutive stature and narcoleptic behavior made it difficult at first, but an extremely strict lactation consultant with many small plastic instruments and a bubbling cauldron turned things around, and then they were off and running.
Some minor bumps along the way:
1. Choking at every feeding. We realized that E's boobs were functioning like beer bongs, forcing milk down the poor baby's throat at a speed alarming to a newborn. E made some adjustments (switch sides every 2 feedings) and things have improved. She still chokes at the first feeding on the new side...any advice on how to prevent that? I've experienced few things as heartbreaking as listening to my tiny, hungry infant splutter and gasp for air. Although her milk-bong induced coma is sort of hysterical.
2. Excessive, at times scary, projectile spitting up. I'm embarrassed to admit that there were a few times in which I felt afraid of my baby. Note to new parents: don't prop up your baby and stare at her in the middle of the night in a darkened room. Babies look kind of creepy in dim light, and when their eyes suddenly cross and white liquid shoots out of their mouth, jesus christo, who wouldn't say a little prayer?
Anyway, we spent a couple of days worrying that she had reflux, so we called our lactation consultant who laughed and pointed her finger at us and laughed some more. You'd know if your baby had reflux, she said, cryptically. Just prop her up when you feed her, and don't bother me with such nonsense in the future, fools, for I am busy ensuring the babies of the world Gain Weight and Thrive, and frankly your baby's thighs are much too large for that preemie diaper she's wearing.
8 pounds, 2 ounces on her due date. I could not be more proud of E. She set about the breastfeeding thing with steely-eyed, lock-jawed determination and lucky for all of us her body cooperated and Evan is totally thriving.
And you know what? Since the day I met her, the longest this baby has cried is the time it takes to stuff a pre-fold diaper into a cover. Slap the diaper on, pick her up, and girlfriend's like, waa- what up, gangster? What was I crying about?
I don't presume that things will stay so easy forever...but it's hard not to feel like we lucked the fuck out with this one.
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Nice work, ladies. ~Scoutgjee
- June 9, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Melody said...
Maybe you guys took all the pain of the first year up-front, and now it's just bliss till she hits 12 months, 1 day.
- June 9, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Some good tips on forceful letdown: http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/fast-letdown.html
And she is just beautiful!
- June 9, 2008 at 11:34 AM
- starrhillgirl said...
Lord, it's good to here from y'all. That girl sure is pretty as the day is long. Tell E I said good work on the bf.
- June 9, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- bleu said...
I had major milk. I could pump 8 oz in less than 5 minutes, no kidding. I found if I pumped a few ounces before starting feeding he choked less, but then after a few months he wanted the huge gush immediately and I had to do the opposite, I had to syringe him milk before let down even happened so he had not even 45 second of waiting for milk so be careful when you go one way or another,lol.
So beautiful, congrats mama's.
- June 9, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- Aunt Becky said...
Dude, GS, she's bloody awesome. And cute.
You three done good. Now, Auntie Becky will be coming to visit sometime soon.
- June 9, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- owl said...
She is just beautiful. I am glad you are finding things easy. I hope they stay that way, well deserved happy baby-moon after such a horrific start.
- June 9, 2008 at 2:58 PM
- Eliza said...
OMG she's ADORABLE! And that's coming from an objective third-party, kids--your baby is GORGEOUS!!! I'm so glad to hear that breastfeeding is going well; I did some worrying on y'all's behalf because it IS a total miracle E's milk came in on time after such a horrible traumatic delivery--I've heard of women having crash sections less traumatic than E's whose milk just didn't come in after, or took weeks of pumping and domperidone to be enough to sustain the baby, or...oy. Let's just say that I was very worried, because after everything poor E. went through I figured not being able to breastfeed might be the last straw for the poor girl--I'm relieved to hear that at least that much is going right, and don't worry, Evan will learn to deal with the "fire-hose" let-down better once she's a little bigger. If she's not puking EVERY feeding, and screaming like a banshee after, and/or crying while trying to eat, she probably doesn't have reflux. My kids all did, one so severely that we had to stop feeding the child by mouth while the poor wee esophagus healed from all the damage--in fact, that one is almost three and currently eats through a g-tube...sigh. We did purchase, at GREAT expense, a "reflux wedge" which has a washable cover with a flap that comes up between the baby's legs and snaps by their waist to keep them suspended at a 45-degree angle while sleeping for minimal pukage (didn't look very comfortable to me, but my kid slept in it without complaint). I still have it because I am not bright enough to figure out e-Bay, and if you're interested, would be willing to send it to you should the puking continue to be an issue or get any worse.
Oh and my mom was a midwife; I have seen over 250 babies born and had three of my own, and I have NEVER heard of a delivery turning into such a massive clusterfuck of agony and all-around suffering. NEVER, EVER let anyone (including your inner critics) convince y'all that Evan's birth was, with the exception of the outcome, anything but a brutal and abysmal failure of medical and surgical judgment and execution. She TOTALLY should have had the steroid shots (although those take three days to kick in and it sounds like E. was a pretty sick girl so there may not have been time), they absolutely should've repositioned the epidural, or short of that just given poor E. some general anesthesia, at the very least after they got Evan out, those two nurses playing solitaire ought to lose their fucking jobs (YOU DO NOT CALL A BABY "IT" AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE OTHER PATIENTS TO TEND YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY SIT BY THE BABY AND OBSERVE/SOOTHE THEM), I cannot BELIEVE the hospital with the "there can't be two moms" (this is the twenty-first century, assholes, and you can't tell me you two were the first two-mom family to deliver at that hospital), and...well I could go on and on but if I were you I would be on the lookout for symptoms of PTSD (yes, you can totally get that just from having a baby in the NICU, neverMIND such a horrific delivery) such as feeling the need to tell the story over and over, reviewing it constantly in your head, hearing the monitor beeps when you're half-awake, panicking when you smell medical adhesive, etc. There is a specific type of therapy called EMDR that if you read about it sounds like a bunch of hoodoo, but I have been doing it for a couple of months for PTSD of a different type and it really does help within the first couple of sessions--my therapist says nobody really knows WHY it works, just how to do it and that it shows that the brain accesses memories differently on a PET-scan before and after therapy. You might want to look into this for yourselves to help you move past the horrible beginning to your wonderful new family if you feel like it's a problem (not diagnosing you or anything--the fact that neither of you is currently in a rubber room is a very GOOD sign IMHO).
Did I mention that that is one good-looking baby? Love the burgeoning pudge on the cheeks and how alert and expressive she is in the second picture. She really is PERFECT.
- June 9, 2008 at 3:26 PM
- amy said...
i'm glad you guys are doing so well! there's nothing better in my opinion than the bliss that is those first few weeks of getting to know eachother. some would say i'm insane and that certainly doesn't take away from the incredible love that continues to evolve as they grow but there's something about that brand new exploration between baby and new parents that is euphoric even in the insanity that is no sleep and figuring out what all of her sounds mean.
- June 9, 2008 at 6:22 PM
She's a cracker! Great pic. Glad everything is going so well now that you guys are in the driving seat!
- June 10, 2008 at 3:34 AM


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