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First of all, I'd like to thank Marcia for the chance to post on her site. I really appreciate your support of other writers, Marcia. So here's my post:
I'm excited to announce that PAIRS AT NATIONALS, the second book in my Pairs on Ice series, is now out and available on Amazon. In this book for tweens, Jamie Bartlett, 13, and her partner Matt O'Connor, 15, have just won a gold medal at the sectional competition. Now they are psyched to win gold at the National Championships. But then an accident changes everything. Jamie and Matt are forced to skate at a new rink with a new coach. With skating as the backdrop, this book lets the tween reader (and older one, too) feel the struggles of training, the thrill of competition, the pain of bullying, and the power of family and friends.
For the next ten days you can download the Kindle book for only 99 cents. So now is the time to buy. You'll not only have a fun book to read or give to your favorite tween, but you'll help me achieve a higher ranking on Amazon. Why does this matter? Because Amazon gives more attention to books with high rankings, such as including a book in their "you might also like" suggestions. In addition, once a book receives fifty reviews, Amazon will actually help promote it—and that's especially important to indie authors (like me) who don't have a big publishing house behind them. So . . . if you decide to download Pairs at Nationals and enjoy it, I'd appreciate a review. It doesn't have to be long—just a few sentences is fine.
To find Pairs at Nationals, you can go to my blog at www.elizabethvollstadt.blogspot.com or click on the link under the cover picture.
Here's the first chapter.
PAIRS AT NATIONALS — Chapter 1
Jamie counted to the music as she circled the rink. Five . . . six . . . seven . . . At eight, she tightened her muscles and leapt. One, two, three rotations, then a smooth landing as her right blade touched the ice in a flowing glide. A perfect triple Salchow! Even better, she could see Matt coming out of the jump in perfect sync with her. They were awesome!
She skated over to Matt for a high five. It was hard to believe that when they started skating together last year, they couldn't stand each other. Now he was her best friend—or second best. No one could replace Nicole. She had been Jamie's best friend since their first time on the ice when they were six years old. Jamie looked across the ice. Nicole gave her a thumbs up before setting up for her own triple Salchow.
"So, what do you think we should do next?" Matt asked. But he wasn't looking at Jamie. His eyes swept the rink.
Jamie's eyes followed his. "Where is he?" she muttered. Cam was almost an hour late—and he was never late, not once in the whole year and a half he had been their coach.
"Got me," Matt said, as if she expected an answer.
Jamie scanned the rink again, hoping she had somehow missed Cam. But no, all she saw was a kaleidoscope of skaters jumping, twirling and gliding over the ice. Cam wasn't anywhere to be seen . . . but . . . what was her father doing here? He was standing by the bleachers talking with Bob, the rink manager. They both looked serious.
Her dad glanced up and his eyes met Jamie's. He waved her over. "Get Matt, too," he called as she started skating toward him.
She turned, but Matt was right behind her. They stepped off the ice. "What's up?" Jamie asked. She grabbed her skate guards from the shelf around the rink.
Her father touched her arm. "Let's go sit in the bleachers. I'm afraid I have bad news." He turned to include Matt. "There's been an accident. Cam's in the hospital. They took him to surgery as soon as he got to the ER."
Jamie stopped so suddenly Matt bumped into her. "What do you mean? He's going to be okay, isn't he?"
Dad waited until they were seated before answering. "I don't know. He was unconscious when they brought him in. The only reason Bob knows anything is because one of the skaters' moms—Ashley's, I think—works there. She called to tell him."
"He has to be okay." Matt blurted out what Jamie thought. "We've got Nationals in two months!"
They had almost missed gold at the Midwestern Sectional Championships last week when Jamie stumbled coming out of the twist lift. Luckily, their biggest rivals, Sarah and Sean, fell on a throw jump, which gave Jamie and Matt first place. But they couldn't count on that happening at Nationals. They needed Cam. They had to nail that lift.
Jamie's father gave Matt a weak smile. "Cam may have bigger problems than Nationals."
Jamie flinched. It was hard to imagine Cam lying still on an operating table. Not Cam, who was constantly moving. He was more than their coach. He was like a favorite uncle, always encouraging them to be their best, on and off the ice. His thick blond hair, red Olympic jacket, and soft folksy accent were a calming machine telling them they'd be fine. Tears filled her eyes. She sat stone still. So did Matt, cracking his knuckles, a sure sign that he was upset.
The rink's announcer cut into her thoughts. "Skaters may now take the ice for the next session." Everyone poured through the opening to the rink. She and Matt should be out there, too, having another lesson with Cam.
Jamie stood and grabbed Matt's arm. She couldn't just sit there. She had to be on the ice, just like she had to believe Cam would be back in a week.
"Come on, Matt," she said. "Let's get out there. Cam'd be really mad if we slacked off because he wasn't here for a few lessons."
Matt looked at her as if she had two heads. "A few lessons? Didn't you hear your dad?"
"I know, but Dad's not sure of anything. Besides, I need to be on the ice."
Matt stared at the skaters whirling and gliding in the rink. He shrugged. "Okay," he said, "let's do it."
He took her hand as they charged onto the ice. Jamie breathed deeply, taking in its clean, cold smell. They glided into the familiar Killian position––Matt's right arm around her waist with her right hand over his, their left hands joined in front of his body.
Her stomach slowly unknotted, calmed by the scrape of her blades and the steady rhythm of their strokes. What a difference from the first time they skated together. She remembered how their skates had tangled, causing a fall and a major battle about whose fault it was. Today, they moved as one person, expertly weaving in and out of the other skaters.
"We better warm up again before we start on our lifts," said Matt.
Jamie nodded and they dropped hands. She got into position for the easy Salchow, doing a double jump with ease. She worked through to the more difficult Lutz, where she tapped the ice before leaping, and landed in a perfect glide.
As she turned to skate forward, Nicole appeared. Her red practice dress looked bright and cheerful next to Jamie's black skirt and top. "What's going on with your dad? You guys looked so serious I was afraid to interrupt. And where's Cam? I thought you had lessons today."
The high Jamie felt on landing her jumps faded away. The knots came back to her stomach. "We did, but––oh my God, Nicole––Cam's been in a car accident, and he's in surgery right now. We don't know what's going on."
Nicole's blue eyes widened. "But Nationals are coming!" Nicole skated junior singles and had placed first at Sectionals. Nationals were on her mind, too.
"I know. That's the first thing I thought. Matt, too. Now I feel guilty thinking about us and not Cam."
"Maybe it's not so bad," Nicole offered. "Maybe he'll be all right."
"That's what I keep telling myself, but what if we're wrong . . ." Jamie's eyes filled again as two skaters in her class, Ashley and Megan, joined them. Ashley touched Jamie's arm. "Sorry to hear about Cam," she said. "My mom sent me a text."
Megan nodded. "Me, too." She really did look sorry. Megan was a lot nicer to Jamie now that Jamie skated pairs and didn't compete against her anymore.
"Thanks," Jamie said. She guessed the rink's rumor mill was whirling with the news.
She and her friends skated together silently, then one by one, they went back to practicing. "See you later," Jamie called as Nicole glided away.
Matt took her place. "You're the one who wanted to practice," he said, "so let's do it."
"Okay." Jamie wanted to keep some sense of things being normal. "We should start with the platter. I know I can do it." She loved that lift, but it had been so hard when she started pairs. There was something terrifying about being six feet off the ground. Now she could spring into the air, confident that Matt would hold her.
Side by side, they skated once around the rink before Matt turned to skate backwards. "When I count to four," Jamie said. She counted off to the music, then Matt put his hands on her waist. Two more counts and she jumped as he lifted, until she was in the air, back arched, arms out as if she were going to do a swan dive. Matt turned again to skate forward. A few more beats and she came down, landing so smoothly she hardly felt her blades meet the ice.
"Yes!" said Matt, pumping his fist in the air.
Jamie grinned, but her grin disappeared when Matt said, "How about the twist lift?" That was where she had stumbled at Sectionals.
She shrugged. "Okay. Maybe I can get it together today."
They started skating, Jamie close behind Matt. When they turned to skate backwards, Matt placed his hands on Jamie's waist as she put hers on his wrists. After four beats of the music, Jamie tapped the ice with her toe-pick and leaped. At the same time, Matt lifted and threw her into the air. She drew in her legs and arms as she whirled around––once, twice. She struggled to complete the second turn, but her blades met the ice a moment too soon. She stumbled into Matt as she tried to control her landing. Only Matt's hands on her waist kept her from falling. She stomped her foot. This was just like Sectionals. Would they ever get this lift?
The music stopped and Jamie heard, "This session is now over. Will skaters please clear the ice."
"What the heck's the matter with you?" Matt snarled, as they skated to the exit. "How hard can it be to make two stupid turns?"
"You try coming down clean every time, you're so great."
"I sure wouldn't stumble like some kid who's never skated before." He practically shouted the words.
Jamie's face flushed. "Oh yeah, maybe I wouldn't either if you'd lift a little . . ."
She stopped when she saw her dad talking with Bob again. Maybe he had more news about Cam. That was more important than fighting with Matt, even if he could be so full of himself sometimes.
They stepped off the ice, still not looking at each other. But when Jamie's dad walked toward them, his face grave and shaken, Jamie took Matt's arm. She was over the stumbled landing.
"Cam's wife just called," Dad said before either of them could speak. "She said to cancel all of Cam's lessons."
"For how long?" Jamie asked.
When her dad didn't answer, her heart began to race. "He's not dead, is he?"
"No, but he was hit hard. She said the other car ran a red light and smacked right into him. The impact broke his hip and shattered his femur––that's the thigh bone. He won't be walking for a long time. And . . ."
"Yeah, but he can get better," Matt said. "Maybe he can come to the rink in a wheel chair."
"I don't think so." Jamie's dad reached out to touch Matt's shoulder. "You didn't let me finish. Cam also has a bad head injury. He's not waking up. They think he's slipped into a coma, and they can't predict when he'll come out of it. The longer it lasts . . ."
His voice trailed off as he pulled the two of them into an embrace. "I'm so sorry," he said, holding them tight. Jamie tried to imagine skating without Cam, but the image wouldn't come. Tears filled her eyes.
Matt pulled away, eyes glistening. "I gotta go." He grabbed his skate guards and stopped only long enough to put them over his blades. Then he practically ran to the locker room.
Jamie didn't care who saw her. Her dad's arm still around her, she sobbed into his shoulder. Cam was gone. Maybe he was never coming back. How could they skate without him? And if they couldn't skate, what would happen to their Olympic dream?


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Zona pellucida
|Zona pellucida
Human ovum: The zona pellucida is seen as a thick clear girdle surrounded by the cells of the corona radiata.
The zona pellucida (plural zonae pellucidae, also egg coat or pellucid zone) is a glycoprotein layer surrounding the plasma membrane of mammalian oocytes. It is a vital constitutive part of the oocyte. The zona pellucida first appears in unilaminar primary oocytes. It is secreted by both the oocyte and the follicular cells. The zona pellucida is surrounded by the cumulus oophorus. The cumulus is composed of cells that care for the egg when it is emitted from the ovary.[1]
This structure binds spermatozoa, and is required to initiate the acrosome reaction. In the mouse (the best characterised mammalian system), the zona glycoprotein, ZP3, is responsible for sperm binding, adhering to proteins on the sperm plasma membrane (GalT). ZP3 is then involved in the induction of the acrosome reaction, whereby a spermatozoon releases the contents of the acrosomal vesicle. The exact characterisation of what occurs in other species has become more complicated as further zona proteins have been identified.[2][3]
In humans, five days after the fertilization, the blastocyst performs zona hatching; the zona pellucida degenerates and decomposes, to be replaced by the underlying layer of trophoblastic cells.
The zona pellucida is essential for oocyte death and fertilization.
In some older texts, it has also been called zona striata and stratum lucidum[4] (not to be confused with the stratum lucidum of the skin).
Glycoproteins in ZP1, 2, 3 and 4 are targets for immunocontraception in mammals.
In non-mammalian animals, the zona pellucida (called vitelline layer) plays an important role in preventing cross-breeding of different species, especially in species that fertilize outside of the body (e.g. fish).
The zona pellucida is commonly used to control wildlife population problems by immunocontraception. When the zona pellucida of one animal species is injected into the bloodstream of another, it results in sterility of the second species due to immune response. This effect can be temporary or permanent, depending on the method used. In New Jersey, immunocontraception using porcine zona pellucida has been trialled for the control of deer populations, for example using the products "SpayVac" and "GonaCon".[5]
Zona pellucida glycoproteins
There are four major zona pellucida glycoproteins, termed ZP1-4. ZP1, ZP3 and ZP4 bind to capacitated spermatozoa and induce the acrosome reaction. Successful fertilization depends on the ability of sperm to penetrate the extracellular matrix that surrounds the egg. In the mouse:
- ZP3 allows species-specific sperm binding
- ZP2 mediates subsequent sperm binding
- ZP1 cross-links ZP2 and ZP3.
Data with native human protein are not currently available.
Additional images
- First stages of segmentation of a mammalian ovum
- Section of vesicular ovarian follicle of cat, x 50
- The initial stages of human embryogenesis
- ↑ Gilbert, Scott (2013). Developmental Biology. Sinauer Associates Inc. p. 123. ISBN 9781605351926.
- ↑ Conner, SJ; Hughes, DC (2003). "Analysis of fish ZP1/ZPB homologous genes--evidence for both genome duplication and species-specific amplification models of evolution". Reproduction. 126 (3): 347–52. doi:10.1530/rep.0.1260347. PMID 12968942.
- ↑ Conner, S.J.; Lefièvre, L; Hughes, DC; Barratt, CL (2005). "Cracking the egg: Increased complexity in the zona pellucida". Human Reproduction. 20 (5): 1148–52. doi:10.1093/humrep/deh835. PMID 15760956.
- ↑ Wigham, J. T. (1936). "Endometrioma and other similar abnormalities". Irish Journal of Medical Science. 11 (6): 279–80. doi:10.1007/BF02956856.
- ↑ "Community-Based Deer Management". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
Further reading
- Bork, Peer; Sander, Chris (1992). "A large domain common to sperm receptors (Zp2 and Zp3) and TGF-β type III receptor". FEBS Letters. 300 (3): 237–40. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(92)80853-9. PMID 1313375.
- Oehninger, Sergio (2003). "Biochemical and functional characterization of the human zona pellucida". Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 7 (6): 641–8. doi:10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62086-X. PMID 14748962.
- Boja, E. S.; Hoodbhoy, T; Fales, HM; Dean, J (2003). "Structural Characterization of Native Mouse Zona Pellucida Proteins Using Mass Spectrometry". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (36): 34189–202. doi:10.1074/jbc.M304026200. PMID 12799386.
- Bagnell C (2005). "Animal Reproduction". Rutgers University Department of Animal Sciences.
- Jovine, Luca; Darie, Costel C.; Litscher, Eveline S.; Wassarman, Paul M. (2005). "Zona Pellucida Domain Proteins". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 74: 83–114. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.74.082803.133039. PMID 15952882.
- Monné, Magnus; Han, Ling; Jovine, Luca (2006). "Tracking Down the ZP Domain: From the Mammalian Zona Pellucida to the Molluscan Vitelline Envelope". Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. 24 (4): 204–16. doi:10.1055/s-2006-948550. PMID 16944418.
- Wassarman, P. M. (2008). "Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283 (36): 24285–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.R800027200. PMC 2528931. PMID 18539589.
- Wassarman, Paul M.; Litscher, Eveline S. (2008). "Mammalian fertilization:the eggs multifunctional zona pellucida". The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 52 (5–6): 665–76. doi:10.1387/ijdb.072524pw. PMID 18649280.
- Monné, Magnus; Han, Ling; Schwend, Thomas; Burendahl, Sofia; Jovine, Luca (2008). "Crystal structure of the ZP-N domain of ZP3 reveals the core fold of animal egg coats". Nature. 456 (7222): 653–7. doi:10.1038/nature07599. PMID 19052627.
- Han, Ling; Monné, Magnus; Okumura, Hiroki; Schwend, Thomas; Cherry, Amy L.; Flot, David; Matsuda, Tsukasa; Jovine, Luca (2010). "Insights into Egg Coat Assembly and Egg-Sperm Interaction from the X-Ray Structure of Full-Length ZP3". Cell. 143 (3): 404–15. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.09.041. PMID 20970175.
External links
- Histology image: 18404loa – Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Female Reproductive System: ovary, cumulus oophorus "
- Histology image: 14805loa – Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Female Reproductive System: ovary, multilaminar primary follicle"
- Anatomy photo: Reproductive/mammal/ovary2/ovary7 - Comparative Organology at University of California, Davis - "Mammal, canine ovary (LM, High)"
- Image at um.edu.mt
- Image at um.edu.mt

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How to apply for a place at Lake Farm Park Academy
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More than ever before, those attending Bright found a selection of brands which was more closely allied with fashion and less skate-oriented, reflecting the general market trend toward "streetwear" in its broadest sense having gained a solid foothold in the stock list of many trend fashion retailers. Among young fashion brands, looks mainly ranged from trendy bold allover prints, especially those offered by British labels such as Hype, Jaded or Criminal Damage, and a more hip-hop black-and-white basketball shorts/fake leather look showcased by labels like Black Kaviar or Chill Collective. Newly big players like Reebok or Kangaroos added further relevance.
Surprise collection: O'Neill's collaborations (such as with Liberty)
Hottest trend spotted: Prints, prints, prints (still)
Coolest collection piece: 3D molded shirts by Hudson
Most interesting denim collection: Sweet SKTBS
Coolest shoe: Puma's white tennis sneakers with edgy Velcro stripes
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The topic everyone was talking about: What does BBB's move to Barcelona means for the show – a run by former BBB exhibitors towards Bright or a less international visitor structure?


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Cid shares her experience working as a pre-apprentice through NJ Build's Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program with Project Impact and the New Jersey Reentry Corporation. The program trains individuals for careers in the construction trade unions, and pre-apprentices receive OSHA 10 certification, education preparation for union entrance exams, and linkage to union apprenticeships and job placement. Cid is one of 30 pre-apprentices who recently graduated from the program, having completed 240 hours of construction labor preparation in partnership with Jersey City Department of Public Works.
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Information technology, business software, mobile platforms—information systems are reinventing the way we do business. Computer-savvy people with programming and development skills are in demand in the business world. When your skill set includes training in business solution development, you're a hot commodity.
Business Information Systems (BIS) is a two-year diploma program offered full-time at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Moose Jaw Campus. It includes four academic semesters and a six-month paid co-operative education work term.
The Business Information Systems program starts with a solid foundation in business basics with a focus on information technology functions and learning how to use them to develop meaningful business solutions. This includes training in:
You'll use cutting edge technology in servers, programming and mobile apps. You'll have opportunities to develop or enhance actual production applications, and build hands-on skills in systems analysis, design methodologies and project management.
Graduates can apply to transfer into degree programs at the University of Regina's Paul J. Hill School of Business, the University of Regina's Computer Science department, the University of Lethbridge and Athabasca University.
You're job-ready at graduation. You could work as a software developer, systems analyst, programmer analyst, web/mobile app developer or help desk support. As you gain experience, explore opportunities in IT management or build specialized skills in database administration, advanced web development, project and network management. You could also build a name for yourself as a private consultant or independent contractor.
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Applicants to programs with multiple intakes in an academic year remain in the application pool until the last intake for that academic year has begun. Programs using the FQFA process receive applications year round and maintain an application pool for each academic year. Qualified applicants who are not offered a seat must reapply for the next academic year.
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Joel Caton, professor of animal sciences, has been named vice president of the newly formed International Society for Selenium Research. He will serve in that position for the next two years.
The society was launched at the 3rd International Conference on Selenium in the Environment and Human Health, which Caton attended on Nov. 10-16 in Hefei, China. The event brought together participants from 26 countries. Caton served on the international steering committee.
At the event, Caton gave an invited presentation and cowrote a second invited paper with collaborators. The invited papers also were published as invited book chapters in "Selenium in the Environment and Human Health."
NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.


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Start with the heart.
As an advertising firm that works with health and wellness brands, it can be easy to get caught up in the heady technologies, treatment strategies, and impressive success stories that our clients can rightfully boast. Health and wellness companies are living in an age where providing new innovations, regularly, doesn't constitute bragging rights, it's practically required just to keep pace with shifting consumer attitudes and public policy changes.
Naturally, when you're working so hard to deliver innovative technologies and unique customer experiences to serve them up, you want to talk about it. Surely, if people just knew what your company offered it would logically sway them to choose your brand, right? Well, not exactly. At least not in the way you might think. Like delivering any effective punch line, it's all about timing. You can't just blurt out the punch line before telling the joke, because, well, that just wouldn't be funny. If funny is what you want, you have to take the time to bring your audience along before hitting them with the big conclusion.
Your advertising works much the same. Before delivering dazzling facts, figures and attributes you're just aching to announce, you have to help people understand why you do what you do in the first place. You have to give them a reason to receive and believe your story. Social science has proven repeatedly that this starts with building emotional rapport first, before diving into the logical selling points. If you want customers to consider a new possibility that doesn't exist for them now, one that your brand can make a reality, it requires building a little trust. It's what we Pilgrims call "Heart before Head" and it's our internal daily mantra.
There is solid science backing this premise. According to Columbia Business School Professor and author of "The Art of Choosing", Sheena Iyengar talks about the cultural, social, and biological forces that make up the process of decision-making. One of her top four recommendations for aiding choice, one she terms "concretizing", is to facilitate a vivid and emotional way for customers to feel their way through their options.
Psychologist and Harvard Professor, Shawn Achor, speaks about how cultivating the right emotional state actually enables our brains to first believe in, and then actually achieve, new realities that had previously not been perceived as possible.
And, widely published leadership expert, Simon Sinek, speaks extensively in his popular TED Talk about beginning any sales appeal with your heartfelt reasons for why you sell what you sell rather than logical descriptions. He illustrates that people want to do business with others that share their beliefs and that is established on a sensory not intellectual level.
If you'd like to learn more about how our heart before head perspective could work for your health and wellness marketing efforts, give us a call. We'd be delighted to help.


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My grandmother feared for her life. That's why she stayed.
She helped raise her brothers and sisters in the orphanage and boarding schools of Kake and Sitka after her parents died of Tuberculosis. Her father was Mexican, came to Alaska to work in the canneries, her mother was Tlingit. She married a white man and had twelve children. Her husband, my grandfather, raped her and their daughters, beat the boys. He was an alcoholic and died of a heart attack when my father was sixteen.
My father watched everyone he loved get beaten or raped for his whole childhood.
I cannot wrap my brain around this. The words aren't in English.
All twelve of those tiny heartbeats. All of the scared little anxious blood pumping little pulse prayers. Survival blood. I carry it inside of me, suspended in my cells. The tiniest particles you could imagine, all swirled together with my own experiences and everything I have ever touched. It seizes, awakened, and I am trying to cry it all out of me. Like I can somehow love all of the bad things out of their past. I want to go back and Peter Pan my cousin who wet the bed 'til she was a teenager because her father came to her in the night. I think of my friend, neglected as a child. I want so badly to hug all of the love she didn't recieve back into her.
But I can't. It doesn't work that way. I can't take my uncle's invisible handprints off of my cousin. My friend can never recieve enough embraces to make up for the lack of love she endured. And I can't cry my grandfather out of existence.
When I was being inappropriately touched by my stepbrother at the age six or seven, my father had the file labeled "abuse" tucked so so so far away that he didn't believe it, or he needed to deny it. And he didn't come back into my life until I was eighteen. Even though he continued to see my brother every summer.
I am left with questions.
Does my father know how to love?
Did his mother love him? Was he ever a baby boy scooped up into the nest of a cradling embrace?
How come I've never seen a picture of him as a teenager? A kid, a baby?
Why didn't my father want to raise me? Did the years just kind of get away from him?
Didn't he want a baby girl of his own, to put all of his love into?
Didn't he want to reconcile all of that rage and create something beautiful out of love?
Does he think I am beautiful?
What's it like to have a father-daughter dance?
What does it feel like to have your father hand you a bouquet at your graduation?
What's it like to ask your dad for advice?
What is it like to cry in his arms?
What does it feel like to be protected?
Most days I feel ok not knowing the answers to these questions.
But some days, like today, I am curled up, a sobbing little girl. And there's still this hole in my pumping heart.
And I know that we'll always be filling these cracks.


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I want the individuals to stabilize with one hand, so I removed the stand's legs and wedged the board inside the swimming noodle. This seems to be pretty easy to stabilize and some of them seemed to love it.
The woman in the second picture avoids using her right hand but tolerated stabilizing just long enough to complete the task. She didn't love it.... but tolerating it was good.....
The young man in the blue and white striped shirt often needs many cues to persist and complete tasks. He liked this so much he completed it independently and smiled a lot while doing it!!
I also want to improve their posture so this activity can be raised even higher if needed by positioning on top of a box. The women in the bottom 2 pictures typically have their heads flexed so this activity can address their needs to sit more upright.
I like seeing the individuals learn that once a column is full, they need to move on to a different column. Some were having difficulty understanding how to position the checker to insert from the top, so we worked on that cognitive/visual-perceptual skill as well as motor control.
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Melissa Auf Der Maur joins
Melissa Auf Der Maur has become the first member of THE SMASHING PUMPKINS to announce details of solo work following the group's imminent split.
The bass-player will sing on a track by Team Sleep, the side-project from Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno, according to the Deftones official website [url=]www.deftones.com.
Moreno was quoted as saying: "I wanted Melissa because I wanted a voice that sounded angelic."
Team Sleep are made up of Moreno, guitarist Todd Wilkinson and DJ Crook.
Although no track details have been announced, it is believed that other Deftones members Frank Delgado (DJ) and Abe Cunningham (drums) will contribute to the group. Moreno has described the music as "very nocturnal, droney, ambient. It's pretty experimental. I'm writing short, pop songs for the project, and blending organic sounds with electronic equipment. It's kind of Massive Attack-ish." Team Sleep are currently looking for a label, and hope to release an album next year.
Meanwhile, The Smashing Pumpkins have caused controversy by releasing their final album 'MACHINA II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music' free through the Internet.
Meanwhile, The 'Tones have also just announced a US tour to follow-up their recent sold-out European set of dates. The 'Back To School' dates are: Mercer Center, Seattle, WA (October 13) The Armory, Salem, OR (14) Events Center, San Jose, CA (17) Events Center, Reno, NV (18) County Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA (20) The Joint, Las Vegas, NV (25) Villa Real, McAllen, TX (31) Fairpark Coliseum, Dallas, TX (November 1) Ariel Theatre, Houston, TX (2) State Theatre, Detroit, MI (10) Air Canada Center, Toronto, ONT (14) Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ (18) Roseland, New York, NY (24)


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A cold wind blows from the peaks of Northrend, carrying with it the stench of death, despair, and sweet new collectible cards. Yes, Hearthstone is finally doing the whole Lich King thing. The expansion is due out sometime this August (inappropriately summery, if you ask me) and will add 135 cards, foremost of which are the new Hero Cards. These are legendary rarity cards which transform your hero into a Death Knight with a new hero power. The switch will work in much the same way as Lord Jarraxus currently does for Warlocks, and you can bet Blizzard's designers have come up with powerful (or meme-worthy) abilities for each of the nine classes.
Elsewhere there's the new Lifesteal mechanic, which serves to boost your health for the same amount of damage that it deals that turn, and a host of new Deathrattle effects. Do be sure to use the comments to let us know which of the cards are garbage filler and which is obviously overpowered and should be pre-nerfed. If nothing else all the crafting regret a month after launch is delicious.
Every card from the set has now been revealed, so all that remains is to theorycraft the deck you'll be playing when the expansion launches on Thursday 10 August (at midnight in your local timezone). By the ever-loving mercy of Yogg, please just don't jam that new fetch weapons spell into Pirate Warrior. As ever, we'll update our once the meta settles in a few weeks.


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Patrick Sullivan, the CEO of the insulin device company building a $100 million facility in Acton, will retire at the end of the year.Insulet Corp. president and chief operating officer, Shacey Petrovic, will succeed Sullivan in 2019. She'll remain in the role as president following the transition.Timothy Scannell, a board member for the last four years, will become chairman of the Billerica simultaneously.Sullivan has been CEO for four years, taking over in September 2014. He joined the company after serving as president and CEO of Cytyc Corp. for 14 years until the company was acquired by Marlborough-based Hologic, where he became executive chairman.Under Sullivan, the company's revenue has grown, increasing from $263.9 million in 2015 to $363.8 million in 2017. The company is also underway with a $100-million project to build a new manufacturing plant in Acton. The facility is expected to be operational in early 2019. "It has been a great privilege to lead Insulet over the past four years, and I am proud of what we have accomplished and how well-positioned Insulet is for continued success," Sullivan said in a press release. "We have achieved a great deal, and the company is on a very positive growth trajectory." Petrovic has been with the company since early 2015, first as chief commercial officer and before being named president and chief operating officer in October 2016. In a statement, she said she's learned how to lead the company from Sullivan's leadership. "This is a time of incredible opportunity for Insulet, and I am focused on building on our significant momentum to drive growth and continued value creation," she said.
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A couple of weeks ahead of National Signing Day, Memphis has already received a significant — and experienced — personnel boost for the 2014 season.
Head coach Justin Fuente confirmed in a press release Monday that Brandon Hayes has won his appeal and been granted a sixth season of eligibility by the NCAA. A knee injury suffered during spring practice knocked the running back out for the entire 2010 season, while he did not play in 2009 after graduating that year.
"We're excited to have Brandon returning for another season," Fuente said in a statement. "Not only do we get back our leading rusher from the past two seasons, but Brandon's experience and leadership will be an asset for our younger players as we continue to build."
Hayes led the Tigers with 860 yards rushing and five touchdowns in 2013. That came a year after he led the team in rushing (576 yards) despite not seeing the playing field the first three games of the 2012 season.


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Discussion in 'ETFs' started by sunggong, Feb 14, 2008.
Which would you prefer if you were deciding between those two options?
First it depends on how much leverage you want.
ETFs like DDM offer 2:1 leverage. Up to 4:1 if purchased on margin.
Futures like the E-Mini offer about 15:1 leverage (depends on the margin your broker requires)
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Shocking! Comedy Movie Great Grand Masti Release Date Preponed to July 15th :- The year, we have witnessed the rift between the movies directors and the Censor board. This rift began with the Udta Punjab movie when Censor Board announced to release Udta Punjab with 99 cuts, but then Anurag AKshyap and the other makers of Udta Punjab movie appealed to the Bombay Supreme Court against that verdict.
Great Grand Masti Release Date Preponed to July 15th
Although, Bombay Supreme Court took the favor of the makers of the Udta Punjab and allowed to release that movie with a single cut.
But later on, the whole issue caught fire when Udta Punjab movie was leaked before its release date. This act grabbed a lot of criticism again the Censor Board.
Although, Censor Board clearly denied that they 're involved in the leaked issue of that movie . Now, this issue has again caught the fire as Balaji Telefilms upcoming movie Great Grand Masti was leaked before its release date and it is believed that Censor board is responsible for this leak also.
We were the first one to inform you about all these issues and now we are back with the news, that the makers of Great Grand Masti has preponed its released dates and now this movie will hit the theatre on July 15, instead of July 22.
The Balaji Telefilms took this decision after knowing about the leaked version of their upcoming movie Great Grand Masti.
They have announced on July 5, that Great Grand AMsti will hit the theatres on July 15, instead of its original release date which was July 22, 2016.
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CNN Special Report: The Survivor Diaries
Aired April 8, 2014 - 22:00 ET
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Good evening. I'm Anderson Cooper. The bombings of the Boston bombing were among the worst terror attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11. Tonight, I'm bringing the story of one of Boston's survivors. Her name is Adrianne Haslet-Davis. And she's a professional dancer who lost her lower left leg when the second bomb went off that morning. I met Adrianne just a week later. Her courage and defiance were simply incredible. She vowed that she would dance again. Adrianne agreed for us to film her journey, and she, along with her husband, Adam, also filmed their everyday lives on her phone in video diaries. She told us she didn't want to sugarcoat her story, so we want to warn you, some of the video that she shot and some of the footage of the attack may be hard to the watch, but Adrianne feels strongly that people understand the real reality of what she and her family have gone through this past year. This is "The Survivor Diaries." (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ADRIANNE HASLET-DAVIS, BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SURVIVOR: The hospital confirmed that I will be going home tomorrow. And it makes me really sad, because I don't feel like I'm ready. I'm scared to walk the streets of Boston for the first time after all of this, and I have been living in this bubble of safety, surrounded by countless family and friends in safe hospitals with security. And now I'm just going to go out into the real world, and a world with bombs and strangers and memories that I don't know if I'm ready to face. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You almost never see late moves like that overcome. HASLET-DAVIS: The day of the marathon, a gorgeous day. And we turned on the TV and watched the elite runners cross the finish line. And I looked at Adam and I said, this guy has already run the Boston Marathon, and I'm still in my pajamas. We should go somewhere and do something. ADAM DAVIS, HUSBAND OF ADRIANNE HASLET-DAVIS: Marathon day started out absolutely beautiful and amazing. I'm in the Air Force. And I was deployed in Afghanistan for four-and-a-half months. I got back home two weeks before the bombings. I was still on my R&R time. HASLET-DAVIS: And went down to the exact restaurant where we were having our last meal the night before he left for Afghanistan, and we were revisiting that time where we were so uncertain of the future, and not certain if he would return safe or even with all of his limbs, which is incredibly ironic. DAVIS: And, at one point, just thinking, all right, hey, let's walk one more down -- walk down the marathon and cheer some people on. HASLET-DAVIS: And we were walking, and all of a sudden we heard a bomb go off. There was smoke everywhere. And I wrapped my arms around Adam, buried my head in his chest and said, "The next one's going to hit, the next one's going to hit." And he said, "No, babe, no." David And then the next thing I know, we were on the ground. And at that point, for me, everything was deathly quiet. I remember the smell of smoke. It went from a sunny day beforehand to just a dark day. Nothing I saw in Afghanistan had prepared me for this. HASLET-DAVIS: I remember being in the fetal position, and I couldn't move my foot. I remember Adam picking up my foot and looking and just screaming a scream that you never want to hear a loved one scream. David Her whole bottom half of her foot looked like somebody had grabbed the heel skin on one side and just ripped it around the side. I knew that there was a chance that she would never dance again. HASLET-DAVIS: I drug my shredded body on my elbows across all the glass that had broken and getting through the door of the Forum seconds later saw Adam barrelling through the doors and running and then just collapsing. And I looked down and his shoes were completely shredded open. There was blood everywhere. DAVIS: On my left foot, a piece of shrapnel did cut a nerve. I have got four or five shrapnel wounds on my right leg. I got my belt off, put it around Adrianne's leg, and I remember thinking, this is very ironic because four-and-a-half, I had a real tourniquet on my arm. And when do I need it? I needed it at home. HASLET-DAVIS: And just as I thought I may not make this, barrelling through were the firemen with a board and said, "Take her first" and picked me up, put me on the board and I was gone. And I remember being drug out to the street and seeing other people lying, and I just kept thinking of 9/11 and this must be what this was like, the panic and the -- the sheer terror that was happening around me. And I was at the hospital in no time at all. DR. JEFFREY KALISH, SURGEON, BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER: She made it very well known to anyone within earshot that she was a dancer and that everyone had to do everything possible to save her foot. The bomb itself and the shrapnel really tore through her Achilles tendon and her heel bone. And that led to a situation that there would be no way that anyone could have saved her foot. HASLET-DAVIS: When I went into the surgery, I still thought that they could save my foot. I could move my toes. I could feel them touching my toes. And they said, "Wiggle your toe. Do you feel your foot?" I could still do it. So I thought, in my forever optimism in thinking positive, that I would still have my foot. COOPER: When did you realize you didn't have the foot? HASLET-DAVIS: I was -- I woke up and my parents were there, and I hugged them and kissed them and I said: "Mom, can you help me? I feel like my foot's falling asleep?" because it feels like my ankle is falling off of the pillow and my foot is half on. And she looked at me and said: "Adrianne, you don't have a foot. Your foot is gone." And I just lost it. It was really hard to hear. COOPER: You're determined to dance again. HASLET-DAVIS: I am. Yes. COOPER: Dancing is really important to you. HASLET-DAVIS: It's so important to me. It's my life. COOPER: What about it? HASLET-DAVIS: Dancing is the one thing that I do that, when I do it, I don't feel like I should be doing anything else ever. I feel so free and so wonderful. I'm big on music and I feel like all of us when we hear music we kind of move to the music and I feel like... COOPER: I don't. I stay rock-solid, because I'm such a bad dancer. (CROSSTALK) (LAUGHTER) HASLET-DAVIS: We're going to change that. I told you I'm going to teach you. I'm going to teach you. (CROSSTALK) COOPER: I would like that. I would like that very much -- I'm a tough student. HASLET-DAVIS: That's OK. I'm going to hold you to that. Now it's on camera. (LAUGHTER) COOPER: How are you coping with this new reality? HASLET-DAVIS: You know, it's minute by minute. Overall, I'm excited for the challenge. I look at this as someone trying to stop me from realizing my dreams, and I'm going to prove them wrong. I'm terrified that I -- I don't know if I have the tools to face it. I feel like I can stay as positive as possible, but it doesn't mean that the outside world isn't going to hurt me. First time at the Boston memorial. I'm just going to go check it out and see what's going on. I wheeled right into a crowd. And a woman comes up to me and she just immediately hugs me. And then another woman comes up and hugs me. I went into complete panic and stranger danger, which I then glanced over and saw the memorial and all the shoes. And it was like it was happening in slow motion. And I was a wreck. It was my first day out in the real world, and it was very eye-opening that that was going to be my new normal for a long time. I'm on my way. They are going to fit me for my leg. Yay! UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here's your foot. DAVIS: She's standing on her own. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you want me to tell you each time I'm going to pull? Do you want me not to tell you? HASLET-DAVIS: No. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. HASLET-DAVIS: Ow. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. We will take a break on that one. HASLET-DAVIS: How am I doing, Adam? DAVIS: Good, baby. HASLET-DAVIS: Is it scary-looking? DAVIS: No. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not at all. HASLET-DAVIS: OK. I'm OK. Ow. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. OK. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You are doing amazing. (CROSSTALK) HASLET-DAVIS: I have become so much more brave. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You were brave... (CROSSTALK) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... brave to begin with. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. HASLET-DAVIS: Well, I think I became brave after that bomb went off. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, goodness. HASLET-DAVIS: Having seen my ankle torn to shreds, I'm realizing that this is going to be my leg now once the stitches come out. That means that it's all permanent. CHAUNI HASLET, MOTHER OF ADRIANNE HASLET-DAVIS: It's OK. It's OK. You're alive. HASLET-DAVIS: Yes. C. HASLET: And strong. Look at that smile. BILL HASLET, FATHER OF ADRIANNE HASLET-DAVIS: There she goes. C. HASLET: She is so graceful. There's always a smile on her face. Good for you, girl. You go, girl. She left him in the dust. B. HASLET: Yes. C. HASLET: Oh, it makes me happy to see her so happy. Dancing, to her, is like breathing. It just comes naturally. It's something she needs to do. She loves to be moving, always. B. HASLET: Once she got in to the dancing, that she enjoyed dancing so much that everything else was gone. Anything she does, she gets in to quite a bit. Once she got in to dancing, she was full-bore. DAVIS: When she dances, I see her just glow. I see her light up. She is a very expressive, outgoing person. And I think that is just like one -- a great form of expression for her is just with her entire body is moving across the dance floor. And to all of a sudden have it removed in a split-second is just -- I mean, it's devastating. HASLET-DAVIS: I am on my way to a prosthetician appointment. Still working on that word. And they are going to fit me for my legs. Yay! So exciting! You and those two legs walking all fast? I'm so going to race you later. (LAUGHTER) HASLET-DAVIS: I'm sick of only wearing one shoe. Not only did I bring shoes. I brought dance shoes. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Perfect. (LAUGHTER) HASLET-DAVIS: The important ones, yes. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right, so grab your leg. HASLET-DAVIS: Oh, my gosh. She said leg. I'm so excited. Oh, my gosh. Hi. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here's your foot. HASLET-DAVIS: Wow. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Look at the other side. C. HASLET: This is like seeing my child walk for the first time again. It's pretty emotional and it's pretty exciting. But she's a star. She's amazing. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So stand up for me. Does it hurt? DAVIS: No. She's standing on her own. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So what do you feel? And what I need you to differentiate -- OK? You're doing good, at your own speed. HASLET-DAVIS: OK. OK. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One. HASLET-DAVIS: It feels really good just to stand up right now. I haven't stood up in a really long time. I almost forgot what it felt like. It reminds me of dancing. And I just so desperately want that again. And I am so close. It feels really good. I feel like I could do this all day. DAVIS: I love you. Congratulations. HASLET-DAVIS: I love you, too. Thanks. DAVIS: That's pretty sexy. HASLET-DAVIS: Is it sexy? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. (LAUGHTER) HASLET-DAVIS: I'm taking my morning cocktail. I'm taking this one for anxiety. It basically is a pill that will help me not be so anxious for those moments that aren't so positive and happy. That's just a sign of PTSD, I think. Navigating the streets of Boston for the first time, it was really tough. I thought everybody had a bomb. I hate even saying things like that out loud, because it sounds crazy, but I would just -- I had horrible anxiety. Obviously, I know now that the majority of the population isn't like the two bombers, but it's hard. I mean, I don't know when or if that will go away. Part of my PTSD was always thinking that a bomb would go off at all times. DAVIS: Can we please have somebody stop setting off fireworks, please? (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) HASLET-DAVIS: Hey. So, I haven't done one of these in quite a while. My PTSD has gotten to the point where I just sort of shut down the reality of knowing that someone tried to kill you and letting that sink in. It's just been really difficult. Part of my PTSD was always thinking that a bomb would go off at all times. They lit fireworks over the harbor. And all of a sudden, we heard explosions. And I started screaming and crying and called 911. (SCREAMING) DAVIS: Can you please have somebody stop setting off fireworks? Please. HASLET-DAVIS: We keep yelling stop with the fireworks. DAVIS: The fireworks in the harbor, stop them. OK. Was your foot blown off like my wife's was in the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) bombing? HASLET-DAVIS: I have gone through many, many stages, not only of PTSD, but also of mourning the loss of my leg. I just want to go to bed like a normal person, like, without taking my leg off. I want you to feel my legs around you. I'm so over putting on my leg when I have to pee. I'm so over you taking off my leg every night. I'm so over stumbling over steps. It didn't sink in that this is life now, and I'm on the other side of sadness. I'm coming close to acceptance, but I'm not there yet. DAVIS: Here's Adrianne trying to do a handstand. There she goes in the water. Yeah! Woo! HASLET-DAVIS: Did I do it? DAVIS: Yes, both legs straight up. And here we go again, try number two. Perfect form. Perfect form. Our trip to the cape in July was our first time together outside of the Boston area since after the bombing. The fact that she could stand up, like on one foot using the water to help brace herself, she was able to swim, she was able to do handstands in the water, she's now out there now doing everything that she used to do on her own, literally on her own. HASLET-DAVIS: The cape was a turning point for me. We needed time away from the memories of the city streets and just to be in a quiet house. It was definitely a game-changer. DAVIS: We talked about her future dance career. We talked about my military career, and are there any changes we need to make to our life's plans, and for the most part, our big picture of where we want to see our lives as a couple hasn't changed. We started replanning our lives again. HASLET-DAVIS: Today, Adam and I are going to talk to the prosecuting team about the case, and we are going through every gruesome detail leading up to the moment of the bombing, everything from what it felt like to the injuries. They want to know how it's impacted us, how has it not, really. They want to know if we would like them to seek the death penalty, which has been weighing heavy on our hearts. I think they want to know as much information as possible to get this guy. I always questioned whether I would be able to be in the same courtroom as him. But if they need me there, I will be there. And justice needs to be done. I don't think about him often, but today's the day that I have to. We're here at the Forum, back for its reopening for the public for the first time. And this is it behind us, lots of memories. This mailbox right next to us blocked a lot of people from the blast. DAVIS: That one spot, of course, is very emotional for us and very symbolic, as it being the point of where it happened. HASLET-DAVIS: We're going to walk in. DAVIS: I think it was important for us to go back to conquer the fear of that spot, push towards like, you know, a little bit more of that healing, one more, like, all right, yes, this is where it happened, but it's, you know, not, you know, where we lost our lives. It's just where a very traumatic event happened to us. HASLET-DAVIS: I remember you. I think about you when my eyes shut, and I think of that day and I think about what happened. And I think about the smoke, and I think about what happened. I think about that day. GRAPHIC: Adrianne reunites with a Forum employee who comforted her until firefighters arrived. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was praying for you, that you were OK. I got home that day, and I was like, God, please make sure she's fine. HASLET-DAVIS: It felt amazing to be able to see him and to hug him and to tell him that he was the reason why I was able to make it through those early minutes. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Beautiful. HASLET-DAVIS: I can live with that. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, my goodness. HASLET-DAVIS: There's a lot of healing that comes with being able to go back to the Forum. It seemed like a less scary place. GRAPHIC: Coming up. HASLET-DAVIS: I'm at the studio and just tried dancing again. Determination is going to get me through, but, crap, it's hard. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) HASLET-DAVIS: I'm at the studio. GRAPHIC: Arianne is ready to try dancing again for the first time. HASLET-DAVIS: And I just tried dancing again. Feels pretty awful. I can't quite do it yet, and I just feel my limits so much. I'm just terrified that my leg is going to give out from me and makes me not go all out. Determination is going to get me through, but crap, it's hard. It's so hard. And it's interesting because you -- like right now I'm rolling through my foot better. But... Right around that same time that I was in the studio, I met Dr. Hugh Herr, who is a professor at MIT. And he is the top, if not one of the top designers of prosthetics in the world. I'm really excited about today. DR. HUGH HERR, PROFESSOR, MIT: Yes, me too. Me too. HASLET-DAVIS: It's like Christmas. We came up with the idea that he was going to help me dance again. HERR: I lost my legs in 1982. And my injury (ph) was to climb mountains again. So I really emotionally connect with Adrianne's mission to dance again. So you are going to do the waltz and the cha-cha. What we're doing today is taking Adrianne's friend and colleague Kia (ph), a dancer. And Kia (ph) is going to dance some of Adrianne's favorite dances. So we put those markers across Kia's (ph) body... UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How's that? HERR: ... and the cameras and the software tell us where that marker is in 3-D space. HASLET-DAVIS: Back twinkle into a check and rotate. HERR: We're going to measure everything about the dance: the movements, the forces. We're going to embed that into the bionic ankles that Adrianne will be fitted with in the future. HASLET-DAVIS: Kia's (ph) dancing both a rhythm and a smooth dance: a waltz and a cha-cha. That just helps him kind of define and start to work on different movements in dance. Nice. Yes, let's do it. Let's do it. Cha-cha's my favorite! HERR: This is a very hard problem. Dancing, it's not repetitive like something like walking and running. It's varied; every step is different. There hasn't really been a lot of work in dance limb technology. So part of making Adrianne's dream come true is inventing a whole new type of prosthesis, and that's what we're doing here today. HASLET-DAVIS: I do feel closer to dancing again now. It's great to know that I have a team of people that are working on it. Thank you so much. Thank you. I just -- I hope that this helps someone else wanting to dance in the future. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We welcome back the inspiring couple who embody the phrase "Boston Strong," Adrianne Haslet-Davis and United States Air Force Major Adam Davis. HASLET-DAVIS: One, two, three. Play ball! DAVIS: Play ball! HASLET-DAVIS: Since the marathon, I've had a huge outpouring of support from Boston. We were invited to the Red Sox parade. Red Sox, woo! I was cheering for the people that were lined up. The Red Sox parade went straight down Boylston Street where the marathon happened and right across the finish line. I was so proud of Boston, because I know it was on my mind, and I bet that it was on everyone else's mind that something could happen. I think people feel this strong sense of resilience. They want to fight back with just their sheer presence and show that they're not scared. And what I've received from that is pretty incredible. GRAPHIC: Eight months after the bombing. Adrianne invites Anderson to Boston to see her dance on her new prosthetic leg. HASLET-DAVIS: So nice to see you. COOPER: Nice to see you. You look great. HASLET-DAVIS: Thank you. Hi. COOPER: How are you? HASLET-DAVIS: Good. COOPER: You look amazing. HASLET-DAVIS: Thanks. I wasn't quite as mobile the last time. COOPER: I know. Amazing. HASLET-DAVIS: Yes, right? This is my new home away from home. I moved from a dance studio to MIT. GRAPHIC: She also wants to fulfill her promise of a dance lesson for Anderson. HASLET-DAVIS: Hey! How's it going? COOPER: Hey, how are you? Anderson. Nice to meet you. What are you going to be doing today? HERR: We have a bionic limb that we're designing for dance and will sense that Adrianne is on her toe and spinning and stiffen the ankle in the right way. COOPER: This is incredible as a piece of machinery. It's awesome. What are the different parts? HERR: So your calf muscle is basically the motor in here. That goes to the Achilles tendon, which is represented by this black spring. COOPER: Wow. HASLET-DAVIS: Yay. HERR: And then there's computers on board that control that calf leg muscle in the same way that your spinal cord controls your calf. HASLET-DAVIS: Can we dance now? HERR: Let's do it. HASLET-DAVIS: One, two, three, four and one, two, three, four. And one -- you've got to learn all this. Right? There's going to be a quiz later. HERR: Ready? HASLET-DAVIS: Yes. HERR: OK. COOPER: So in terms of her progress, what do you think? HERR: Staggeringly well. I'm just -- I'm so happy to see how well she's doing. It's just been months since the bombings. I'm so proud of Adrianne, because she's just succeeding and winning. Nice. That was awesome. COOPER: That was good. HASLET-DAVIS: Thank you. HERR: So are you ready for a partner perhaps? HASLET-DAVIS: Yes. COOPER: All right. HASLET-DAVIS: Let's dance. Lesson one. COOPER: Be easy on me now. HASLET-DAVIS: I am -- I am going to be easy on you, I promise. COOPER: All right. HASLET-DAVIS: Scared? COOPER: Yes. Not to dance with you, just to dance in general. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) HASLET-DAVIS: Scared? COOPER: Yes. HASLET-DAVIS: It's OK. COOPER: Not to dance with you. Just to dance in general. HASLET-DAVIS: Thank you for being so specific. Appreciate that. You start with your left foot. You can take a step toward me. Here we go. And forward, side, together and back. COOPER: Side, together. HASLET-DAVIS: Yes, see. Totally got it. This is rumba. COOPER: I'm not sure this is technically really -- I'm not sure we're actually dancing yet. HASLET-DAVIS: It is. This is like high school, right? COOPER: And you know what? This actually was very much like my high school. HASLET-DAVIS: It was. Right? Or like this. COOPER: Yes, that's how all my dates ended with girls. Thank you, good night. OK, Good night. HASLET-DAVIS: I don't know what to do with you. Bye. So if we with added timing to it. Slow, quick, quick slow. Quick, quick slow. Good. Make your steps really small. Quick, quick slow. Quick, quick slow. Nice. Yes! COOPER: Honestly, I keep forgetting which leg of yours is the prosthetic. HASLET-DAVIS: Yes? COOPER: Yes. HASLET-DAVIS: Nice. That means it's moving like the other one. COOPER: Yes, it is. HASLET-DAVIS: Yea! I didn't -- I didn't think I would be here the last time I saw you. It feels good to be making progress. COOPER: You're making amazing progress. HASLET-DAVIS: As are you. One, two, nice. COOPER: I'm turning. One, two, three. HASLET-DAVIS: You totally got it. Nice job. Nice job. COOPER: Congratulations. HASLET-DAVIS: Thank you. Thank you. COOPER: Nice job. Thank you. You've come down here a couple of times. HASLET-DAVIS: I have. I have come down here a couple of times. I've only walked by the Forum on the sidewalk since that day once, and that was to revisit the Forum. COOPER: Is there a day that goes by that you don't think about -- about that day? HASLET-DAVIS: You're always reminded of it. I try and concentrate on the things that I've accomplished recently, but I'll tell you on the hard days when I want to just get up and stay in bed, I feel like if I did that that the super horrible things that I can't say on television man that did this to me will win, and that's not going to happen. COOPER: You don't use the name of the person who did this. HASLET-DAVIS: No. I don't even know how to pronounce it. I haven't learned. I'm happy about that. COOPER: You don't want to say it? HASLET-DAVIS: No, then it would run through my head. COOPER: There will be a trial. Is that something you may be called in for? HASLET-DAVIS: It is. I have actively pursued participating in it. COOPER: You want to participate? HASLET-DAVIS: I do. I know I'll see him, and I know that it will be incredibly emotional. But I also know that I am strong enough to do it, and I need to do it. COOPER: Have you told authorities what you would like to see happen to him? HASLET-DAVIS: I have. Yes. That's a question that I've been trying to answer for myself, and I haven't yet, but I know what my gut feels. COOPER: Do you want to say what it feels? HASLET-DAVIS: Death penalty. COOPER: So you would like to see this person die? HASLET-DAVIS: I do, yes. COOPER: What's the thinking on it? HASLET-DAVIS: You know, I don't feel like -- I don't feel like you can get away with something like that. COOPER: Was that a hard decision for you to make? HASLET-DAVIS: I didn't make it without thinking about it, long and hard. My memory of exactly where we were right here is a little bit foggy. I crawled on my arms. I cut my elbows open, and crawled over here into the doorway. COOPER: Does it feel like a long time ago? HASLET-DAVIS: It feels like so long ago and it feels like it just happened. It's both, minute by minute. Yes. GRAPHIC: New Year's Eve, 2013. HASLET-DAVIS: I remember last year sitting on New Year's, sitting in this apartment without Adam and without knowing what challenges I would face in the new year. I remember thinking that my phrase of 2013 was to win at life, whatever that meant. I wasn't even sure at the time, but, wow, there's so much to celebrate. I cannot wait for that ball to drop. As I stand here tonight, I can't help but think that I totally won at life at 2013. So cheers! I would rather have champagne than real pain. I would rather have my husband home than not home, and I'd rather have a prosthetic on my leg than not. So I have a lot to be thankful for this year. Bye, 2013. GRAPHIC: Nine and a half months after the bombing. HASLET-DAVIS: Here we are just waiting to check in. We are packed, and off we'll go. We just boarded the plane to Costa Rica. DAVIS: Costa Rica. HASLET-DAVIS: We are ready to embark on our Costa Rican shark-diving adventure. Ready to go meet some great whites, and whale sharks, and reef sharks, and tiger sharks and whatever else, oh, and hammerheads. I have had a life-long dream of swimming with sharks, and the dream is coming true. This is the fin that I use. Today we are on board the Undersea Hunter, and we have diving with sharks, very, very large sharks. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So we're going to have no deeper than 18 meters. We're going to have a 45-minute dive. OK. Are you ready? One, two, three and roll. HASLET-DAVIS: I feel so much more calm and so much more me and so much more relaxed than I have felt since the marathon. No flashbacks, no sirens, no hectic world. To be here is pretty fantastic, especially after all that Adam and I have been through this past year. Having survived and gone through what I've gone through since the marathon bombings, I knew that time was of the essence. You know, you never know what's going to happen the next day. So my bucket list is more of a priority now. I live life to the fullest. Emotionally, this trip did so much for me. It helped me realize that I am limitless. I still have fear, but it's about conquering that fear, a little bit braver than before. I'm definitely more brave and willing to take a little bit more risk in life. Diving factors into whether or not I'm dancing again. It gave me the confidence to know that everything that's worth doing takes a little time and takes a little challenge, and dancing is no different. GRAPHIC: Eleven months after the bombing. HERR: It was 3.5 seconds between the bomb blast and the Boston terrorist attack. In 3.5 seconds, the criminals and cowards took Adrianne off the dance floor. In 200 days, we put her back. HASLET-DAVIS: I am backstage about to dance for the first time since the Boston Marathon. I am dressed, and ready to go. I'm shaking like a leaf and very nervous. I can't believe this is happening. I can't believe I'm dancing. GRAPHIC: Adrianne's first public appearance since the bombing at the annual TED Conference. HASLET-DAVIS: That could have never been accomplished if not for the unwavering support from family and friends and my incredible husband, Adam, who I can't even say the name of without crying. HERR: We will not be intimidated, brought down, diminished, conquered or stopped by acts of violence. HASLET-DAVIS: I'm so excited. I've got to go. Wish me luck. HERR: Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce Adrianne Haslet-Davis. Her first performance since the attack. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She is one of the bravest people I know. She wanted to heal in happiness. She is going to show the world that nothing is going to stop her. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's shown strengths that we didn't know she had. DAVIS: I think her strength and her drive to not let this event define her, just to let it add to her, is what keeps her going. HASLET-DAVIS: It's important to me not to be called a victim. A victim means that I belong to somebody or I'm suffering. I'm not suffering, I'm thriving. I am a survivor. GRAPHIC: Adrianne & Adam plan to return to the finish line at this year's Boston Marathon... ... to cheer on her brothers, who are running in her honor. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Tonight we brought you the remarkable story of Adrianne Haslet-Davis and her husband, Adam. They're just two of Boston's survivors. So many more were dealt such heavy blows on that tragic April day. So many more have struggled, fought and triumphed over terror in the last year. Like Adrianne, many still have far to go in their recovery, but like her they, too, are defiant. They will win in the end. They are all Boston Strong, and we salute them. I'm Anderson Cooper. Good night.


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Uber Will launch Tesla Vehicles in Dubai from October 10Submitted by Shalini Kakkad on Sun, 10/08/2017 - 20:48
Uber's Middle East division has announced that the ride-hailing service will launch Tesla vehicles in Dubai on October 10. The project has been started by Uber in cooperation with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai. Dubai is a fast growing market and with high number of tourists, there is high demand for Uber services in Dubai.
Uber users will be able to book Tesla Uber cars in Dubai starting October 10. Pierre Dimitri Gore-Coty, head of Uber's operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa said, "Customers will then be able to choose between the Model S or Model X, with a fee that is expected to start at a base fare Dh10 and charge Dh1.9 per kilometer."
ICC names cricket legend Tendulkar as ambassador for 2015 WCSubmitted by Narinder Hans on Mon, 12/22/2014 - 19:10
Dubai, Dec 22 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar as the ambassador for its pinnacle tournament for the second consecutive time, scheduled to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March.
The ICC today announced Sachin Tendulkar as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador. It will be the second successive time that the India maestro will be the Ambassador of ICC's pinnacle tournament, after he fulfilled the role in the previous event, which was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka in 2011.
Eva Longoria says she relates to struggle of ArabsSubmitted by Jatin Malhotra on Mon, 12/15/2014 - 20:18
Dubai, Dec 15 : Eva Longoria has revealed that that she can relate to struggle faced by the Arabs.
The 39-year-old actress said that she Mexican-American, so she's American, but was raised with Mexican culture, thus has a different language, religion, Gulf News reported.
She said that she understands the similarities that happen when people judge you for having a culture and an ethnicity or an identity.
'Web is designed without an attitude of what it should be used for': Tim BernersSubmitted by Satish Kumar on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 18:32
Dubai, Dec 08 - The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners Lee has said, at the first Knowledge Conference on Sunday, that the web is "designed without any attitude of what it should be used for".
According to Gulf News, he said that the internet should be used to promote language, culture, knowledge and help break down the boundaries between nations and people around the globe.
A man who has the access to the web is more resourceful than one who does not, said the man behind the internet revolution.
Lee said that he spent the last 25 years inventing the web, promoting it and most recently defending it.
ICC announces schedule of warm-up matches for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015Submitted by Narinder Hans on Mon, 12/01/2014 - 23:00
Dubai, Dec 1 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the complete schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, including match start times and warm-up matches.
A total of 14 non-ODI warm-up matches will be played across Adelaide, Christchurch, Melbourne and Sydney from 8 to 13 February, with host and four-time former world champion Australia taking on reigning world champion India at Adelaide Oval on the first day.
Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi in Dubai for 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' shootSubmitted by Supreet Sharma on Mon, 11/17/2014 - 16:30
Dubai, Nov 17 : Bollywood stars Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi are in Dubal for filming their upcoming film 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani.'
According to Gulf News, director Mohit Suri said that the film is set in the UAE, and hence major part of the project has to be shot in the most glamorous and populous city of the country.
Suri, who was shooting final UAE leg of production at Miracle Garden, added that though the city was generally treated for its high-tech buildings and modern landscapes, he wanted to romanticize it and show its softer side.
Farhan Akhtar honored to be UN's Women South Asia Goodwill AmbassadorSubmitted by Supreet Sharma on Sat, 11/15/2014 - 14:37
Dubai, Nov 15 - Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar is honored to have been appointed as UN's Women South Asia Goodwill Ambassador.
The 40-year-old National Award-winning star, who will now work towards gender equality and violence against women and girls in India through his Men Against Rape and Discrimination ( MARD) campaign, had stated that he wanted to call on all males to act as a "catalyst for change," Gulf News reported.
Akhtar, who's become the first man to be chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador for UN, added that he supported UN Women's HeForShe campaign and believed that men and boys could play a huge role in stopping crime against women and girls.
ICC terms West Indies pull out of India tour 'unacceptable'Submitted by Narinder Hans on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 12:07
Dubai - Terming the controversial pull-out by West Indies midway their India tour as "unacceptable", the ICC warned players against taking contractual matters into their own hands and hinted that they could be penalised by disallowing them to play in domestic tournaments like IPL if they repeat such acts in future.
The West Indies team left India four matches into a five-game ODI series after a pay dispute between the players and their Board, with a Twenty20 international and three Tests to play. As a result, the BCCI have demanded USD 42 million in compensation and damages.
The ICC said in a statement that the pull-out by the West Indies team damaged cricket's integrity and reputation.
Kohli, Mithali Raj nominated for LG ICC 2014 Cricketer of the Year awardsSubmitted by Sukhdeep Grewal on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 18:42
Dubai, Nov 05 : India's star batsman Virat Kohli and Indian women team's skipper and number one ranked batter Mithali Raj have been nominated for ODI Cricketer of the Year in men and women categories respectively as the International Council of Cricket announced the shortlists for LG ICC Awards 2014.
A. B. de Villiers, Charlotte Edwards, Mitchell Johnson, Angelo Mathews, Mithali Raj, Kumar Sangakkara and Stafanie Taylor nominated for two awards each
Australia's Mitchell Johnson and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara are in line to win their second Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year after they were shortlisted for the LG ICC Awards 2014.
PC picks 'blonde groom' at Abu Dhabi Film FestivalSubmitted by Jatin Malhotra on Fri, 10/31/2014 - 15:36
Dubai, Oct 31 - Priyanka Chopra recently picked a suitor at song-and-dance show held at the Emirates Palace as a part of Abu Dhabi Film Festival .
The 'Barfi' star, who had asked the men to woo her hand in marriage, "Bollywood style", chose a blond candidate, Nathan, Gulf News reported.
The man, though couldn't dance, impressed the Bollywood diva by saying that she have amazing eyes and a body to die for and that he will lover her and her mother.
Chopra added that she was very happy to be present at the event, as she got to meet people who love and celebrate cinema. (ANI)
I'm personally not a suicidal drunk, says Aditya Roy KapurSubmitted by Supreet Sharma on Tue, 09/16/2014 - 16:46
Dubai, September 16 : Renowned for his portrayal of drunk character, Aditya Roy Kapur has revealed that he is personally not "a suicidal drunk" kind of a person.
Speaking about his performance in 'Aashiqui 2', the 28-year-old star admitted that he has been in love and around people who are heavy drinkers and has even come across people who are the real 'Jekyll and Hyde', so he took up the role as he could pick out things from people and experiences he has encountered, the Express Tribune reported.
He has played the role of a drunkard in 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and ' Aashiqui 2'.
India become sole number one in ICC ODI rankingsSubmitted by Sukhdeep Grewal on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 18:09
Dubai: Their dominating performance against England coupled with Australia's shock loss to Zimbabwe today made India the sole number one team in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued here.
"World champion India have been confirmed as the number-one ranked side in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings following Zimbabwe's three wickets victory over Australia in a triangular series match in Harare on Sunday," the ICC said in a statement.
ICC to consider Judicial Commissioner ruling from Anderson/Jadeja caseSubmitted by Sukhdeep Grewal on Tue, 08/05/2014 - 21:42
Dubai, Aug 5 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that it has received and is considering the written decision of Gordon Lewis, the Judicial Commissioner, in respect of his findings that England's James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja of India were not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct and Player Support Personnel, following an exhaustive disciplinary hearing which was held in Southampton on Friday.
As per Section 8.3.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct, ICC Chief Executive David Richardson has seven days - until Sunday, 10 August - to consider whether to lodge an appeal against the decision.
Royal Jordanian to shut down Delhi, Mumbai flightsSubmitted by Ashok Rawat on Sun, 07/27/2014 - 13:34
Dubai: Royal Jordanian Airlines has decided to stop all its services to Mumbai and Delhi as part of its restructuring plan.
RJ will stop operating to Mumbai on September 10 and to Delhi on October 31, this year. The airline is also shutting down its Lagos route with effect from October 10.
With the closure of the three destinations, the RJ routes will count 51.
RJ Chairman of the Board/President and CEO Nasser Lozi said that the decision is part of a synchronised plan to turn around the airline covering operations and financial structure.
Jadeja found guilty of Level 1 breach of ICC Code of ConductSubmitted by Narinder Hans on Fri, 07/25/2014 - 20:47
Dubai, July 25 : Indian all rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Code for Players and Player Support Personnel for his involvement in an incident with James Anderson during the second day of the first cricket Test against England at Trent Bridge on 10 July.
Jadeja was fined 50 per cent of his match fee by David Boon of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, who found him not guilty of the offence which he was originally charged with, but found him guilty under Article 2.1.8, that relates to 'conduct contrary to the spirit of the game'.
Tech Mahindra further expands footprint in Saudi ArabiaSubmitted by Satish Kumar on Tue, 07/22/2014 - 15:20
Dubai: Tech Mahindra, a specialist provider of connected solutions, has signed a joint venture agreement with Midad Holding, which is a subsidiary of Al Fozan, a pre-eminent group with diversified business interests in Saudi Arabia.
The joint venture will be called Tech Mahindra Arabia, it was announced here.
Tech Mahindra will have 51 percent ownership while Midad will own 49 percent stake in the joint venture. Headquartered in Al Khobar, Tech Mahindra Arabia will also have presence across other major cities in Saudi and will be functional post the regulatory approvals.
UAE to launch Arab world's first mission to Mars by 2021Submitted by Pankaj Mathur on Thu, 07/17/2014 - 19:52
Dubai, July 17 : In a bid to enter the race to develop space technology, the United Arab Emirates has launched a project to send an unmanned spaceship to Mars by 2021 which will go down in history as the first space mission from the Arab world.
With a view to coincide the journey with the 50th anniversary of UAE's formation, a new space agency will be created to supervise the mission, Gulf News reported.
With this mission, UAE will be one of the nine privileged countries in possession of the space programme to explore Mars.
Ashok Leyland introduces 2015 models in Saudi ArabiaSubmitted by Dalbir Sahota on Wed, 07/16/2014 - 17:00
Dubai - Ashok Leyland, a market leader in staff transport solutions category in Saudi Arabia, is launching the 2015 models this month.
A company statement said it has established itself as the primary choice for commercial transport not only at the construction sites but also in school and staff transport segments.
Falcon series of air-conditioned and non-air conditioned buses with options of 56/66/83 seats are flagship products and have proved their utility.
ICC launches tender process for sale of media rights for 2015-23 eventsSubmitted by Sukhdeep Grewal on Tue, 07/01/2014 - 21:06
Dubai, July 1 : The ICC today launched the tender process for sale of media rights for ICC events for the next eight years.
This process offers television and digital broadcasters, content delivery platforms and media conglomerates the opportunity to own an attractive media rights package, either globally or by territory, for ICC events which includes two editions of the ICC Cricket World Cup, the second largest single sport event in the world, and two ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, the pinnacle event for one of the fastest growing sports formats in the world.
Ashwin stays on eight spot in Test bowlers chartSubmitted by Sukhdeep Grewal on Fri, 06/13/2014 - 17:57
Dubai: India may not have played a Test match for more than three months now but off-spinner R Ashwin held on to his eighth spot in the ICC Test bowlers` rankings led by South African paceman Dale Steyn.
Ashwin, who has bagged 104 wickets and accumulated 788 runs in 19 Tests, has also stayed firm behind Vernon Philander in the all-rounders` chart.
Cheteshwar Pujara also kept India`s flag flying high in the Test batsman`s table as the Saurashtra batsman climbed three places to occupy the seventh spot.
Star batsman Virat Kohli (10) also maintained his position in the top-10, which is led by South African AB de Villiers.


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Google's purchase of bonkers robotics company Boston Dynamics in December prompted lots of hand-wringing: owning a Department of Defense supplier doesn't jive with many people's concept of "don't be evil." At the time, Google said it wasn't interested in becoming a military contractor, and today's rumour seems to confirm that: according to PopSci, Google is withdrawing its teams from the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
PopSci quotes an unnamed source involved in the DARPA Robotics Challenge with the news, which Google so far hasn't confirmed. This means that SCHAFT, the Google-owned team that won the Robotics Challenge in December, and Boston Dynamics, the Pentagon-funded maker of the ATLAS robot used by many Robotics Challenge teams, are both out of the military-backed competition.
While the rumour isn't confirmed, it definitely corresponds with Google's earlier assertion that it's not interested in military contract work. And it takes most of the wind out of December's breathless prognosticating over Google's desire to get into the military supplier business. Gizmodo has contacted Google for comment.
And just why wouldn't Google want a piece of that pie? Well, Brian Gerkey of the Open Source Robotics Foundations tells PopSci that compared to Google's current revenue streams, the military robotics business just isn't big enough to interest the company. "Even the companies these days that are selling robots to the Defense Department are looking for other markets to sell robots to. You only ever need so many military robots in the world, and the size of that market pales in comparison to the consumer market," Gerkey told PopSci.
So, everyone take a deep breath. Google isn't assembling a robot army to take over the world. At least, not a robotic United States Army. [PopSci]


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To help you keep your system at peak running efficiency, Karmic has a Computer Janitor utility (System → Administration → Computer Janitor) which searches your computer and finds all those orphan programs and shared libraries that it thinks that you no longer need. If, like me, you are a trusting soul, the temptation is to simply click the Do Selected Tasks option and think no more about it: however, I urge caution!
This is the second time that I've used the utility only to find subsequently that I couldn't use Wine. I only use Wine to run a single program, Memory-Map and to be honest, it doesn't run particularly well: nonetheless, I have a great wide-screen monitor on my Ubuntu box and it makes for superb viewing of 1:25,000 scale maps. Anyway, long story short: it seemed easier to remove Wine completely and start from scratch than it did to try and repair the damage. I went to the command line and typed:
sudo apt-get remove wine
Typed in my password and waited for the system to do its thing. After removing Wine, I noticed that there was still an entry for the program in the Applications menu although nothing would work when I clicked on the shortcut. It turns out that the standard remove command doesn't remove the Windows applications, you have to remove the ~/wine directory manually.
Open a terminal and type:
rm -rf $HOME/.wine
Once the directory is gone, you can then remove the menu entries and desktop items:
rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm
Source: Wine HQ FAQ 5.1
Reinstalling Wine from the Ubuntu software Centre is easy enough and replacing the map viewer from Memory-Map didn't trouble me either but I will think more carefully about spring cleaning in the future!