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Peabody Energy dumps retirees in to company "created to fail," then cuts their pensions and benifits
Peabody Energy, the largest coal company in the US and one of the largest in the world, is once again embroiled in controversy over shady treatment of employees. In 2007, Peabody Energy created Patriot Coal, a spin-off company comprised of Peabody's eastern US mines. According to lawsuits involving the United Mine Workers (UMW), Patriot was formed as a place to stash union mines in West Virginia and the Midwest, along with the significant pension and health-care obligations that these eastern mines held. According to UMW, Patriot was essentially a "company created to fail," to give Peabody Energy and Arch Coal (another major US coal company who sold union mines to Patriot) an easy way to avoid paying union pensions and health-care benefits, while continuing to profit from their giant, nonunion surface mines in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming.
Once Patriot declared bankruptcy, which it did last July, all of the pensions and medical benefits Peabody was obligated to pay their workers were put on the chopping block, just as Peabody had hoped. If Peabody succeeds, 10,000 retirees and another 10,000 dependents will lose the benefits promised them. Now, retired mine workers who labored for Peabody under the promise that they would receive health care and pensions, are outraged. Protests have forced Peabody to move its annual meeting to Wyoming, to avoid the civil disobedience by coal miners in the east. This is just the latest chapter in a long history of deceptive and exploitative practices by Peabody Energy and the coal industry in general. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), a coal front group funded by Peabody claims "Coal = Jobs." But Peabody's callous treatment of pensioners exposes what math the coal industry really cares about.

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- TenRen's TEA passed the ISO 22000 and HACCP verification, also is the only tea company that gets ISO 22000, HACCP, ISO 9002 three kinds of verification in the tea industry.
- TenRen is the largest and best known tea manufacturer in the Far East.
- TenRen's King's Dark Oolong Second Grade consists mainly of high quality oolong harvested during the premium seasons, spring and winter, and from the best area to grow oolong, the mountains of central Taiwan. Each tea leaf is handpicked to ensure harvests of young terminal buds. The steeped tea has a light golden brown hue, mild roasted aroma with sweet undertones, the initial flavor of roasted chestnuts, and a sweet and roasted aftertaste which lingers at the back of the throat.
- The water used to steep this tea should be about 185-195¢XF or 85-90¢XC. Use about 2 teaspoons (3 grams) of tea leaves for about every 5 ounces (150 milliliters) of water. A steeping time of about 3-5 minutes is recommended with more or less time depending on the desired concentration. As a rough guide, the higher the temperature of the water or the greater the amount of leaves used, the shorter the steeping time should be. The tea leaves should uncurl for full flavor. For the ultimate enjoyment, a traditional Chinese Yixing teapot is recommended for loose oolong tea. The teapot should be half filled with leaves and initially steeped for 45 seconds to 1 minute with the steeping time increased by an additional 15 seconds for each successive steeping. The leaves may be steeped multiple times.
- Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) and boiled water. Tea leaves are processed using traditional Chinese methods. Chinese tea is drunk throughout the day, including during meals, as a substitute for plain water, for health, or for simple pleasure.
- Oolong (Wulong) is a traditional Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced through a unique process including withering the plant under the strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting. Most oolong teas, especially those of fine quality, involve unique tea plant cultivars that are exclusively used for particular varieties. The degree of oxidation can range from 8 to 85%,depending on the variety and production style. Oolong is especially popular with tea connoisseurs of south China and Chinese expatriates in Southeast Asia. Different styles of oolong tea can vary widely in flavor. They can be sweet and fruity with honey aromas, or woody and thick with roasted aromas, or green and fresh with bouquet aromas, all depending on the horticulture and style of production. Different varieties of oolong are processed differently, but the leaves are usually formed into one of two distinct styles. Some are rolled into long curly leaves, while others are 'wrap-curled' into small beads, each with a tail. The former style is the more traditional of the two in China. The name oolong tea came into the English language from the Chinese name, meaning "black dragon tea". In Chinese, oolong teas are also known as "qingcha" or "dark green teas". The manufacture of oolong tea is intricate because some of the basic steps involved in its making are repeated many times before the desired amount of bruising and browning of the leaves is achieved. Withering, rolling, shaping, and firing are similar to black tea, but much more attention to timing and temperature is necessary. One last step, baking or roasting, is exclusive to oolong tea and is referred to as the real art in making this tea.


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I've been self-employed for almost five years now. Along the way, I've learned a lot of things about self-employment.
Originally, this article was going to be much longer, but as I found myself writing tip after tip, I discovered that most of them were either simply restating the same thing or they were very narrow, meaning they applied either only to my own psyche or specifically to writers.
Instead, I took a broader look at those ideas and boiled them down to five keys. If you are thinking of taking on some type of self-employment or working at home, here are five key things you need to concern yourself with.
Have a place that's focused on work.
When I decided to make a full-time attempt at working, we converted the smallest bedroom in our home into an office. Aside from a shelf of board games in the opposite corner of the room from my work area, the room is pretty much entirely devoted to my professional work.
I have a shelf of personal finance and time management books at the ready. I also have some books on the art of writing. I have several notepads nearby to jot down ideas. Any electronic devices I'll actually need, such as my headphones for Skype, are right there at arm's length.
In short, the environment is set up to be conducive to whatever my work needs are.
When you need to bear down, shut off distractions. All of them. Yes, that means your cell phone, too.
What I don't have are DVDs or fiction novels or other things to distract me from my work. I don't have any video games nearby and although I do have a few computer games, they're locked away from my work profile so I'm not tempted by them and, eventually, they'll all be on the "family" computer, anyway.
When I know I need to bear down on my work, I shut down all programs but my writing software. I close my door. I turn off my phone. I try to make it so that it's incredibly hard for any sort of distraction to interrupt my work.
That's because I find that my best work occurs when I can slip into a work "zone." By that, I mean that time starts to slip away from me because I'm so engrossed in what I'm doing and, eventually, I snap back to the "real world" to see that significant time has passed, but I've also accomplished a lot of good work.
Establish a daily routine around you.
One of the big reasons for me to work at home is so that I can fold my schedule around that of my family. This means that I constrain a lot of my work to the period where the older ones are at school.
I'm also aware that my peak writing happens first thing in the morning, so I usually get up an hour or so before they do and get in some solid work before anyone else wakes up.
I usually take care of a few loose ends in the evening when the kids are falling asleep, too.
In a typical week, I try to work ahead a little bit so that when a difficult week happens – the children are sick, there's a school holiday, and so on – I can handle it without skipping a beat.
These add up to a varying amount of time in a given week. Some weeks, I work well over forty hours – other weeks, I don't.
The key here is that I have a daily routine that I stick to the vast majority of the time. That routine keeps me always moving forward. Without that routine, I would find myself constantly distracted and constantly bumping my work around, and the end result of that would be not getting my work actually done at all, which would be a crisis.
A routine is vital. Without it, it becomes so easy to be distracted.
Save time for open-ended brainstorming, preferably outside of your place where you work.
Every few hours, I go on a short walk in which I try to brainstorm through any and all problems that I'm facing. I'll start walking, try to wrap my head around one problem, and if a solution isn't obvious, I'll move to the next one.
Often, by bouncing from issue to issue like that in an open way while I'm strolling through new environments, answers sometimes just pop into my head out of the blue.
It happens so often that I consider this type of "brainstorming" to be an integral part of my day. Without it, I would spend an awful lot of my time just grinding my wheels and not really accomplishing much.
Be highly organized with your money.
Self-employment usually means irregular pay. It also means that you have to manage your own tax payments.
The second you even consider self-employment, you must set up a system to manage your money very carefully. Without it, you're going to wind up in a financial pickle at some point.
My suggestion is to have all of the money flow into a business checking account, from which you pay yourself a regular wage. What should that regular wage be? I suggest 50% of the money you bring in from self-employment in a year should be paid out to you, with the rest going to taxes and business expenses, but that depends on what exactly you're doing.
At the start, pay yourself as little as possible, for two reasons. One, you want to build up a very healthy balance in that business account so that cash flow isn't a worry. Two, you want to establish what you can reasonably expect for a year's worth of revenue so that when you do switch over to regular "paychecks," you know a safe amount to pay yourself.
If you can't make it on half of what you're earning in pre-tax revenue, then you shouldn't be jumping to full-time self-employment.
If you are thinking of making the leap, good luck to you. It's a challenging path, but it's one with a lot of rewards as well.


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Father's Day is less than three weeks away — Sunday, June 19th in the U.S. — just enough time to come up with something that would make dear old pops feel loved. Of course, at the end of the day, like my father who has practically everything, all he really wants is a phone call or skype or facetime if you're geographically challenged or maybe a hearty hug if you're closer.
But still. What dad, what MAN (am I profiling?), wouldn't want to get a bright red tool box full of homemade BBQ, bacon, and chili flavored chocolate? Or a handmade Paracord hammock? Does he play golf?–hand dipped tees? Does he like to hike? Enjoy nature and the great outdoors? How about homemade beef jerky? Or does he enjoy watching sports–Remote Control Cookie? What about beer? One of the coolest new items coming out of Japan is a Frozen Beer Slushy Maker by Kirin Ichiban that perfectly pairs with the DIY black and tan soap! Scroll and click for more homemade DIY Father's Day gift ideas sure to make pappy happy!


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Just and devout old Simeon lived;
to him it was revealed,
That Christ, the Lord, his eyes should see
ere death his eyelids sealed.
For this consoling gift of Heav'n
to Isr'el's fallen state,
From year to year, with patient hope
the aged saint did wait.
Nor did he wait in vain; for, lo!
revolving years brought round,
In season due, the happy day,
which all his wishes crowned.
When Jesus, to the temple brought
by Mary's pious care,
As Heav'n's appointed rites required,
to God was offered there,
Simeon into those sacred courts
a heav'nly impulse drew;
He saw the Virgin hold her Son,
and straight his Lord he knew.
With holy joy upon his face
the good old father smiled;
Then fondly in his withered arms
he clasped the promised child:
And while he held the heav'n-born Babe,
ordained to bless mankind,
Thus spoke, with earnest look,
and heart exulting, yet resigned:
Now, Lord! according to thy word,
let me in peace depart;
Mine eyes have thy salvation seen,
and gladness fills my heart.
At length my arms embrace my Lord,
now let their vigour cease;
At last my eyes my Saviour see,
now let them close in peace.
This great salvation, long prepared,
and now disclosed to view,
Hath proved thy love was constant still,
and promises were true.
That Sun I now behold, whose light
shall heathen darkness chase,
And rays of brightest glory pour
around thy chosen race.
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Having spent a couple of weeks in New Zealand for a business trip, coincidentally coinciding with the Rugby World Cup, I thought it an interesting interlude to point you to a (rather dated but still interesting) post looking at some pseudoscience, rugby, and incidentally the All Blacks:
32 genetically determined combinations of left right dominance of brain hemisphere, hand, foot, eye and ear, determine people's reaction to stress. Based on the genetic brain profile, Lotter and Associates claim that they are able to predict "blockages" persons will experience under stress. These "blockages" cause different parts of the brain to become inaccessible under stress.
"(Rugby) Players with left-eye dominance are overly sensitive to body langauge, and if you know that, you can throw them of their game by pulling faces or making gestures. You might also wonder how they would react to the haka (the Maori war chant used by the All Blacks)"
I find the post an interesting example of critique and persuasion (albeit satirical) on what is otherwise a passionate subject of rugby. Check out the rest of the post here.
Meanwhile back to the games… er… I meant work! And by the way, the All Blacks is facing Japan tonight! Go All Blacks!


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Danny O'Donoghue has revealed he left The Voice because he was frustrated the show was not music focused enough.
The Script frontman stepped down as a coach on the BBC talent show after two series last year and has been replaced by Kaiser Chiefs star Ricky Wilson.
Danny - who mentored 2013 winner Andrea Begley on the show - told The Sun he thought the show was too entertainment focused.
Danny is reported to have said: "The BBC wanted it to be more entertainment and not too deep.
"They told me to cut out the technical terms. But you have to allow people to be themselves, that's where the friction came from."
Danny also admitted he felt let-down by the show after its winners - Andrea and Leanne Mitchell - failed to make a dent on the charts.
"That's the difference between a television company running a music show and a record company running a television show," he said.
"I was also very disappointed in the aftercare the label [Universal] gave the artists."
The 33-year-old Irish singer also revealed he has been caring for his 67-year-old mother for the past eight months, after she was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.
Danny said: "She had a brain aneurysm on the base of her skull. I flew straight home and we were told she might not make it through the night. We had weeks and weeks of care and being there for her."


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3 people stabbed in Pa. Target store; man arrested
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A knife-wielding man being chased after a fight ran into a Target store Monday, slashing two men and stabbing and seriously injuring a 16-year-old girl, authorities said.
The suspect ran into the store in the East Liberty neighborhood after a fight with several men down the street, police said.
Shortly afterward, the knife-wielding man was seen chasing one of his pursuers from a Target restroom, police spokeswoman Diane Richard said.
The man with the knife ran toward the checkout lanes and grabbed a teenage girl standing with family members, Richard said. He held the girl in front of him while brandishing the knife, she said.
Dominique Gomez, 21, of Wilkinsburg, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that the suspect was screaming that he had been robbed.
"It looked like he was holding her hostage," he said.
Police called shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday used pepper spray to subdue the suspect, but the girl was cut in the back and arm. Two men were also injured, one with a cut on the lip and the other with deep cuts on his fingers, Richard said.
The girl was taken to Children's Hospital in critical condition, but police later said she had been upgraded to serious condition.
The suspect and a police officer were also taken to hospitals to be treated for pepper spray exposure. A bystander who complained of chest pains was also taken to a hospital.


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Can anyone help? Had a shower (Aqualisa) this morning and when I turned off the flow dial, it had no affect - the water continued to flow. It only stopped when the water in the tank ran out and the pump went off.
Got a plumber in but all he was able to do was to close the shower off so that we could turn the pump back on in order to get water to the rest of the house.
Do you think I need a new shower, or is there a more simple answer?
Thanks for any suggestions.


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"This multi-dimensional book covers virtually every aspect of India's security, from public-private partnerships for indigenous manufacturing of its military needs, to dilatory and damaging acquisition processes, to military's diverse roles in the nation's life, to the comparative relevance of doctrines and strategies, etc. Our security establishment should pay special attention to what this wise and thoughtful military leader has to say about the necessity of a Chief of Defence Staff to ensure jointness in our military's planning, decision-making, operations in war and in tendering single-pointed advice to government in matters pertaining to the country's defence."
- Maharajakrishna Rasgotra, Former Foreign Secretary


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Europe's Suicides Up Road Deaths Down After Economy Tanked
Researchers say death trends reflect effects of financial crisis
THURSDAY, July 7, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Suicide rates increased in Europe since the start of the global financial crisis, while road deaths decreased, according to researchers.
Across the European Union, unemployment rose 2.6 percent (a 35 percent relative increase) between 2007 and 2009. At the same time, there was a reversal in the steady downward trend in suicide rates seen in EU countries before 2007.
In 2008, the suicide rate increased less than 1 percent in new EU member states (those that joined in 2004) and increased nearly 7 percent in old member states (pre-2004). In both groups of countries, suicide rates continued to rise in 2009, the new findings showed.
"The countries facing the most severe financial reversals of fortune, such as Greece and Ireland, had greater rises in suicides (17 percent and 13 percent, respectively) than did the other countries, and in Latvia suicides increased by more than 17 percent between 2007 and 2008," according to the findings reported in a letter released online in advance of publication in the July 9 print issue of The Lancet.
Of all the countries studied, only Austria had fewer suicides in 2009 than in 2007 (a 5 percent decline), researcher David Stuckler of the University of Cambridge in England, and colleagues found.
While suicides increased, there was a substantial decline in road deaths in the EU, especially in new member countries with previously high road death rates. For example, the road death rate in Lithuania fell by almost 50 percent, the authors noted.
The overall decline in road deaths was likely associated with reduced car use due to higher levels of unemployment, Stuckler and colleagues said. They pointed out that road deaths in the United States fell by 10 percent since the start of the economic downturn.
The researchers also found that the availability of organs for transplants -- which are dependent on donors involved in traffic crashes -- dwindled, especially in places such as Spain and Ireland where road deaths fell by more than 25 percent between 2007 and 2009.
"These findings ... reveal the rapidity of the health consequences of financial crises," the researchers wrote.
The team is conducting further research to learn more about why some people, communities and entire societies are especially vulnerable to economic turmoil, while others are more resilient.
More information
The American Psychological Association outlines ways to manage your stress during difficult financial times.


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Late this summer, Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski looks to prove he's not all bark and no bite.
Leo Khorlinsky, the former UFC heavyweight champion's manager, today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the fighter will headline the first offering of the newly revamped ProElite on Aug. 27 at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu. Broadcast plans for the event have yet to be announced.
Khorlinsky said a tentative opponent is in place for the late summer show, though bout agreements have yet to be signed. Arlovski (15-9) begins training early next week at Greg Jackson's academy in Albuquerque, N.M.
Arlovski returns to action after a brutal knockout loss to Sergei Kharitonov this past February in the quarterfinals of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix. It was his fourth consecutive loss since a knockout of Roy Nelson in October 2008, which took place under the banner of EliteXC, the fight promotion arm of ProElite before the company underwent a major restructuring amid heavy financial losses.
Stratus Media Group completed its acquisition of ProElite this past month and announced its intention to hold MMA events.
According to recent reports, a middleweight matchup between UFC vet Drew McFedries and Kala Hose is in the works for the Aug. 27 event, as is a possible deal with recent UFC release and "The Ultimate Fighter 3" winner Kendall Grove.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported the inclusions this past week, as well as a women's bout pitting former Olympic wrestler Sara McCann against Raquel Pa'aluhi and a bout between former University of Hawaii linebacker Jake Heun against Mark Ellis.
ProElite Vice President of Fight Operations T. Jay Thompson was not available for comment.
(Pictured: Andrei Arlovski)


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What close season?
John Taylor
August 18, 2010
The well-travelled Samoan Epi Taione will be gracing the Championship in London Welsh colours this season © Getty Images
The players might have been able to disappear and indulge in some sun worship before reporting back refreshed and raring to go for pre-season training but there is no such luxury for anyone trying to manage a Championship club - as I've learned to my cost this summer.
The golf handicap, which is normally coming down at this time of year, has soared into the teens and any thought of a holiday has had to be postponed. Summer is actually the busiest time of year if you are a Championship club with any ambition.
The first thing we had to sort out was the fixture list. With a 12-club league, play-offs have to be part of the equation but everybody agreed that last year's format was far from perfect. Moseley were spitting teeth when it seemed likely they were going to be relegated after a bad start to the play-offs. Despite having won 10 games during the regular season compared to Birmingham's nought they started level going into the crucial relegation phase notwithstanding the fact that Birmingham actually finished with a minus 9 total after being docked 15 points for financial irregularities.
This was obviously unfair and a new format was eventually agreed whereby the clubs going into the relegation play-offs will carry through a point for every win this season - which would have given Moseley a healthy buffer.
Similarly, it was felt that there was not enough incentive to win the regular season league because you again started level in the promotion play-offs so, once a top eight finish was assured there was little to play for.
This year the top two clubs will carry through three points, the next two will take two points, fifth and sixth a point with seventh and eighth starting on zero.
It was also decided we should add in a quarter-final knockout round in the British & Irish Cup. With five-match pools, clubs playing away three times are clearly at a disadvantage and some complained their interest (and therefore spectator interest) could be ended after a first round defeat if only the pool winners went through to the semi-final knockout stage. Not ideal - we are starting the season a week earlier than many of us would have wished - but eventually the compromise was agreed.
That sorted it was on to domestic matters. Losing last year's head coach, Danny Wilson, to Newport Gwent Dragons at a late stage meant a quick re-think. Phil Greening moved up to head coach and after protracted negotiation we have Mike Friday (his old boss in the England Sevens set-up) confirmed as his assistant.
Hopefully, it will give us a more balanced coaching team with Friday being an 'attack' specialist. We shall soon see. Next there were the players' contracts to finalise - Greening wanted to put his own stamp on the squad, of course, and that led to protracted renegotiations and some late changes. On to the new kit deal! More negotiations before Samurai secured the contract for the next three years. I think it's the best we could have done.
On to the lay-out at Old Deer Park - always a sensitive issue because we share the ground with Richmond Cricket Club and have to consult on everything. We made big changes last year, some worked and some were a waste of time - the temporary grandstand which nobody wanted to use, for example.
The hospitality marquee was much more successful but too extravagant so another re-think before ordering a modified version. Next job - planning permission. Must get that right or the London Borough of Richmond will be on our backs.
To add spice to everything - this is our 125th anniversary season and it kicks-off with the Welsh Guards staging a spectacular Military Tattoo - music, marching and fireworks as well as some rugby - at ODP next Wednesday evening. With our limited resources it's all hands to the pump but thankfully everything has fallen into place - now praying for good weather. And behind the scenes we're making sure we comply with all the extra regulation from the RFU that modern health and safety protocol requires.
More expense and limited resources but that's life in the Championship. The RFU wanted to create a second tier of professional rugby for all the right reasons but at present the funding is less than adequate so life is difficult as every Championship backer will tell you. London Welsh are determined to mount another assault on promotion to the Premiership - we know we'll need a new ground so preparations for that are also at an advanced stage - so funding is always at the forefront.
It's a massive challenge as every Championship club will tell you. Fortunately, the team seems to be coming together well - can't wait to see the impact Epi Taione will have in the Championship - and we've already played London Irish in a pre-season 'friendly'. Once the season begins it will actually become slightly less hectic - I might even take a few days off. Roll-on the last weekend in August!
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|Xintthe siyił genitht'uq. The first time I flew in an airplane. Told by Ellen Savage at her home in Anchorage, AK, October 2002.
|Recorded by Alice Taff and Donna Miller MacAlpine. Transcribed and translated by Donna Miller MacAlpine (DMM), Ellen Savage, Hannah Maillelle (HM), Edna Deacon, and Alice Taff. (added for clarity) {false start} [notes]
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|Gila, he'?
|Gogide che che.
|Here's some more.
|(In) my village,
|gits'i dixidiyoq.
|something bad happened.
|Q'idaghidhilinh yozr
|A young man
|got shot,
|sanh yix.
|(in) the smoke house. [lit. 'summer house']
|Yitots'i, anh yit xidineyoninh
|So then, the one who went in there
|xiłdi dina iłne.
|told us.
|Toxin tr'idelanh;
|Three of us went;
|se, se, me,
|me, me,
|Genevieve and Esther.
|"Down there
|ayiggi lo che,
|down there sure enough,
|viłałtingh q'i dingit'a,"
|he appears to be sleeping,"
|dina iłne.
|he told us.
|{tr'anitl} "Tr'antatldhit ine'
|"I started trying to wake him up but
|vinasinek," xiyiłne.
|I couldn't do it," he said.
|"Ooo," tr'ine.
|"Ooh," we said.
|Yuxudz xo'in xiłdi,
|That's the reason then,
|{tthitr'indiy} tthitr'iliggok yuxudz,
|we all ran out,
|3 of us.
|Ngitthing yitots'i smokehouse
|Down to the smokehouse
|we all ran in.
|Diyiggiy xoqodz,
|That one across over there,
|yiggiy iy,
|that thing,
|bed xiq'i iy,
|like a bed,
|viq'i ditr'athtanh hiy,
|the bed,
|on top
|he was lying.
|Gho ninigiggok ts'i xiłdi vitth'e,
|I ran to his head,
|I grabbed it.
|Diggandhitldonh yitots'i.
|I sat him up then.
|Auntie Esther
|yit'osin xildalning'.
|patting his back.
|And Genevieve xiłdik
|And Genevieve then
|vanhts'e xiłdik che
|(from) his nose then
|dił tr'inelingh.
|blood was flowing.
|Genevieve xiłdik che yanhts'e,
|Genevieve then his nose,
|(HM) Yanhts'e iyił.
|(HM) Blows in his nose.
|Yanhts'e iyił.
|Blows in his nose.
|Even so,
|ghidithino gits'in'.
|he didn't move.
|Ndadz go di'asroleł.
|We didn't know what to do with him.
|Yuxudz yeg...
|Just like...
|{q'udiyo} dadz go dasroleł.
|we don't know what to do.
|Xidigał xezron che,
|Finally at last,
|nq'oxdina' ye dixitathdatl.
|people start to come in.
|Yuxudz xo'in xiłdi yeg
|That's why
|itsa'a ghiluq ye yił,
|dear old grandmas too,
|they come to him.
|Yuxudz xo'in vitr'idighenek.
|That's why we quit working on him.
|{xiłdi xitthe do' ta}
|ttheting xidoy
|outside near the door
|nazritliyo xingo.
|meanwhile we were standing.
|Dina longh ts'i dixideyoq.
|Lots of people congregated.
|{xiyi} xiyenitl'an'.
|they start to look at him.
|Deg xidhi'onh xiyił,
|While we're waiting,
|giłiggi dina iłne,
|one person was telling us,
|"Go lo che ditltilin anh.
|"Sure enough, he's been shot.
|{virz vivizr} Vidoghon didltił,"
|He got shot in his chest,"
|dina xi'ne.
|they tell us.
|Che getiy.
|That's too much.
|Yuxudz yit dina yuxudz tr'itathtrax yuxudz.
|We all start crying.
|Dideyoq lo che go yuxudz.
|He's actually dead already.
|We tried to revive him.
|Xiłdi xełedz dontidineł,
|He'd get better,
|tr'ivitr'inedhinh ts'in'.
|we are thinking about him.
|Yuxudz xo'in an at
|It's all because,
|xonh detth'at
|we were the first
|to see him.
|Ts'i yitots'i,
|After that,
|xandinałchithin ye,
|the policemen [lit. the ones who tie us up],
|they came.
|Axa xiłdik,
|And then,
|dinayił xinxadilighusr.
|they're talking with us.
|Go xildit,
|Here then,
|tri'nagił'an ts'i yuxudz xiyan',
|how we saw him when we first entered,
|xivinughił ditr'ine.
|they're asking us.
|{oxo kidh} Yuxudz xiyan' xantr'ixuniyh.
|We know only that part.
|ndadz sre' axa didiyoq.
|I don't know how he died.
|Yuxudz xo'in xiłdik.
|Or why.
|That time,
|xulegg an go didiyoq.
|in spring it happened.
|Sanh tixighedhit.
|Summer went by.
|Yit yitots'in,
|And then,
|{q'inagh q'i}
|(HM) Xiyh nonxididhit.
|(HM) Winter arrived.
|(HM) Xiyh nonxididhit.
|(HM) Winter arrived.
|Xiyh nonxididhik ts'i yitots'i,
|Winter arrived and,
|iy Q'unodle chux
|that Christmas
|Iy totl'ogh xiyił,
|After that,
|tthe xingo gilegik naghinedatl
|before then we got a letter
|from up river
|Qay Xichux xits'in'.
|Big Village. [Fairbanks]
|Here it is.
|First of New Year.
|All of us,
|ngine' tr'itodił
|we are going to go up there
|xiłdik dina idiliqit xo'in
|because of questioning us
|xi'ne ts'in'.
|they said.
|Ts'i yitots'i,
|And so,
|a xiłdik {yi} yit nonxidedhidi.
|then the time came.
|Q'ugandiyił iy
|An airplane
|Iy xiłdi ye tr'ighedatl.
|Then we went in.
|Down there,
|Genevieve yił,
|with Genevieve,
|Benjamin, his wife yił,
|Benjamin and his wife,
|che itthedz neyo,
|came from over there,
|Anvik xits'i go xits'in'.
|from Anvik to here.
|Anh yił.
|Him too.
|Xiyi qat di'ne.
|They want him he says.
|Xivoxo, {giq}
|For them,
|xivixo xitehał,
|for them he'll translate,
|xałne ts'in', xiłdik,
|they tell him, then,
|gashigh xiq'i xinay ts'i, deg xiq'i che.
|white man talk he speaks, Deg Xinag also.
|Xinayh ts'i yeg.
|To interpret. [lit. talking shadow or echo?]
|Giditthiginh oxo xitexał.
|For those who can't understand, he will talk.
|Xałne ts'i xo'in.
|They tell him that's the reason (for him to go).
|Dinayił giyigheyo.
|He went with us in it.
|{diva a} xiday iy?
|where is she?
|"Yith q'i dathdo," vidisne.
|"Sitting on the bank," I tell them.
|Anh yił
|That one
|vitthey iy Billy
|her grandchild Billy
|Painter ghitiniyił.
|Painter was with those guys.
|Yuxudz airplane ye tr'ighedatl, but
|We all went in the airplane, but
|airplane iy,
|eight, eight peoples, eh, viyet,
|ghilał iy.
|it carried.
|Iy xiłdi ye tr'ighedatl.
|And then we went inside.
|Deg yuxudz dinayił genitht'uq.
|The airplane took off with us.
|Oh, no.
|airplane ye tr'ithdal xingo xiłdik,
|…we go in it then,
|sitsiy neg,
|my nice grandpa,
|Old Man Workman,
|engosin nineyo.
|from the other side (Lower Village) he came over.
|dina xidineyo.
|he came in our house.
|Mama xiłdi yiłne, "Gogidet,
|Then mama told him, "Here she is,
|your granchild.
|Q'ugandiyił xiye tohoł,
|In the airplane she will go,
|ngine' xits'i," yiłne.
|upriver," she told him.
|"Agidet," ne.
|"OK," he says.
|Sughinineyo ts'in' xiłdi, gile axa disaghił'an'.
|He came to me then, he did his Indian medicine on me.
|Ts'i yitots'i airplane ye tr'ighedatl.
|And so in the airplane we went.
|Ngine' dinayił genitht'uq yitots'i.
|Then we're flying upriver.
|Ndagh sre'!
|I don't know where!
|Yuxudz yeg iy {q} q'ugandiyił iy
|It's like that airplane
|dinayił nighidinogh.
|is wobbling around with us. [turbulence]
|Yuxudz getiy ndadz go ditasneł ts'i.
|I really don't know what to do.
|We don't have tied up thing, too.
|We just sit there.
|Yitots'i yuxudz yeg deg xidhi'onh.
|Then it was a long time.
|Dran xiyił getiy niłq'idz.
|The days were really short.
|Deg xidhi'onh xiyił,
|After a while,
|sighiłda tidhi'on'
|it's getting dark
|dinayił ginot'ux xingo.
|while it is flying with us.
|Ndagh sre'.
|I don't know where.
|just like deloy tux xiq'idi
|...among the mountains
|deg xidhi'onh xiyił.
|the sun is going down.
|Like a, Anvik, a, Yukon.
|I see
|that river.
|Dina yitots'i
|And people
|qay I see qay
|village I see a village [Ruby]
|deloy q'i dixidhi'onhdi
|on the mountain top
|it was
|yigidigh q'un'.
|lighted up.
|Yitots'i yit niginaghiłt'uq anh,
|Then he landed there,
|the person who is taking us (the pilot).
|Ts'i yitots'i,
|And then,
|dina iłne,
|he told us,
|"Gogide tr'enoxiłdi.
|"Here is the place where we'll camp.
|Venhdida xiłdik,
|Tomorrow then,
|Fairbank xitsits
|…to it.
|tr'itodił," dina iłne.
|we will go," he told us.
|"Go tr'enoxeł.
|"We'll camp here.
|Gil yuxudz nuxdał.
|Everybody go ahead and get out.
|Up there
|the marshall
|yoxo yix, yix
|their house
|yix oxo
|(is where) you guys
|{eno} enuxił," dina iłne.
|you guys will camp," he told us.
|Ts'i yitots'i yit
|And so there
|it's cold!
|{ith yiq} Ngitthegh tinh q'idz nazritliyo.
|Down there on the ice we're standing.
|Xidigał xezron che,
|Finally at last,
|one person,
|chel dina ghinineyo.
|a man came to us.
|"Izredi ndadz uxt'a?" dina ałne.
|"It's a cold place, what's wrong with you all?" he says.
|"Ngo xadinałchidhinh,
|"Well, the marshall,
|davo ditr'et'a, xałne.
|we are to wait for him, they said.
|Xidan ixan at?"
|Where is he?"
|"Ngidiq go dughitux siyił didinuxdał," dina iłne.
|"You all go right up there with me," he said to us.
|"Soda dodiggidhedo," ne.
|"My older sister stays right up here," he says.
|Anh xiłdik yit xidinanelo.
|Then he brought us in there.
|Nq'ołonh neg,
|A pretty woman,
|yuxudx yeg
|just like
|getiy nq'ołonh xezrenh gho xitr'inedatl.
|a really nice woman we went in to.
|Yitr'ididlitthe, xiyił anh,
|We stayed in there, then someone,
|the marshall
|dina gho, dina ghidineyo.
|he came in to us.
|"Ay'ot, 'n a enuxdrił," dina iłne.
|"Over there, that's where you are going to go to bed," he told us.
|"Gil one'," dina iłne.
|"Come along," he told us.
|Viyił tr'itathdatl yitots'i.
|Then we went with him.
|Yix xichux,
|A big house,
|xidi dinanelo.
|he brought us in there.
|"Gogidet ngidiq xiłdik,
|"Here it is up there (upstairs),
|enuxdrił," dina iłne.
|(where) you'll go to bed," he told us.
|Up there,
|ngidix tr'itodił
|we start to go up
|"Enuxdrił xiyix yixe yixatasneł,"
|"Where you'll go to bed I'm showing you,"
|dina iłne.
|he told us.
|Ts'i yitots'i,
|And then,
|viyił ngidiq tr'itathdatl.
|we start going up with him.
|Tr'enodrił xiłdi dinanoł didaghine.
|He told us where we'd go to bed.
|Ay'ot che che dinanoł.
|Over there he tells us again.
|"There it is. [The bathroom]
|Yuxudz, tthe didhuxtret xingo,
|Everyone, before you go to bed,
|gon axa duxt'anh,"
|use this one,"
|dina iłne.
|he told us.
|I looook at it.
|Yiq'i, inisdhinh.
|What's that, I wonder.
|Agide ngiyixi didltth'en,
|Now the ones downstairs,
|on top of them
|te ditot'eł xiye xiviq'idz,
|water will drip down on them,
|If we fill it up.
|denisdhinh ts'i yuxudz.
|I'm thinking of all this.
|I don't want to go.
|Ngiyixi an downstairs didltth'en,
|The ones staying downstairs,
|xiviq'idz tr'itolitr, inisdhinh ts'i.
|I might pee on them, I'm thinking.
|Yan' tthe,
|yixi tr'ididltth'e xiyił an.
|we're just sitting around.
|That was New Year's eve.
|And ah...
|xadinałchidhinh he tell us
|the marshall...
|dina iłne that
|he tells us...
|we'll eat.
|"Gila nonuxdidał ngiyiq vav
|"Go on downstairs (where there's) food
|for you
|tlits'enh," dina iłne.
|it's made," he tells us.
|"They cooked,"
|dina iłne.
|he tells us.
|yit xiditr'inedatl.
|we go in.
|Xiviq'idz galnon chux xiłdi yit,
|(There was) a big table in there,
|long one,
|yix tr'ididltth'e.
|(in) the house where we are staying.
|Vav neg viq'i dighisdlo.
|Nice food was on it.
|A yiq'i tax iy.
|There was one thing.
|Gan yiggin?
|What's that thing?
|Dits'in dighułchux xiy.
|Such a big goose.
|Ine' che yuxudz yeg, liq'uł che.
|Yet it's all white (meat). [It was a turkey.]
|Denisdhinh ts'in', dał'ine.
|I wasn't thinking, even so.
|Gitr'aghiłno' yitots'in'.
|Then we ate.
|Yitots'i yit gitr'aghiłno' ts'i tr'inathdrit.
|Then we ate and we went to bed.
|Yit vinixiłyiq xiłdi che.
|Then morning again.
|{q'an} q'ugandiyił xiye ntr'itidatl.
|we went back into the airplane.
|Ngine' xiłdi Fairbanks,
|Then upriver to...
|with us
|it starts flying.
|Yit che che xiłdik,
|There again then,
|{xi} yeg
|they brought us to
|nq'ołonh neg,
|a nice woman,
|vigisraqay longhin,
|her children were many,
|gho ghisdo'.
|I stayed with her.
|One month yi tr'idołtth'e!
|...we stayed there!
|Ndadz sre' yuxudz yeg
|I don't know what all
|dixit'anh xingo.
|they're doing meanwhile.
|Xiday mama?
|Where is mama?
|"Xighexal an.
|"Don't talk.
|Yuxudz xinangił'an dixeyan',
|Only what you saw,
|xoxinexayh," siłne.
|tell them," she told me.
|Yuxudz xiłdi digist'anh.
|So that's how I did.
|So that's how I did.


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As a kid one of my favorite movies was the epic film Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston. The chariot race in the movie was about as action packed as a bull in a china shop. One thing about the movie that always seemed to perplex me was the part after Ben-Hur won the chariot race, he received a crown made of leaves. That's it? After all he endured all he won was a crown made of leaves? As a kid, I never understood that moment. I understand it now. He wasn't racing for money-his motives were different.
While modern racers competing at the Bonneville Salt Flats are not horsewhipping each other and racing side by side, as they did in ancient Rome, some similarities do exist. A strong-willed personality, a vision, a vehicle, and a dedicated race team aren't any different than the ancient charioteers. Bonneville racers are not competing for silver cups or cash sponsorships from soda companies, or hardware stores. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) wants racing on the salt flats to be about the experience of being there. Building and piloting a vehicle that will propel you past the timing clocks and into the record books is at the very core of what land speed racing is all about. The experience, participation, and possibility of receiving the coveted red hat that reads, "200 MPH CLUB" is akin to that crown of leaves.
Last year saw a record amount of entrants on the salt. Perhaps the movie The Worlds Fastest Indian served as an inspiration for many racers to get out there and see what they are made of. There were 330 vehicles and 103 bikes, with a combined total of 2,018 timed runs during one week.
One of the race teams we paid close attention to this year was the So-Cal Speed Shop and GM Performance Division team. GM and So-Cal partnered and built a couple of fast vehicles to test on the salt. GM and So-Cal set three world speed records that week, including the first-ever Bonneville record using E85 ethanol.
This "Holy Hugger Orange" '69 Camaro is owned and operated by Dale Williams from Wyoming. Perhaps the most intriguing piece of news from the salt this year was from Al Oppenheiser, the director of the GM Performance division. Oppenheiser had a hand in the rebirth of the new Chevy Camaro, and during a conversation with Al we asked if GM will have the new Camaro running like a scalded ape out on the salt. According to Al, if he has anything to say about it, yes, there will be a new Camaro on the salt flats. We can only hope that the powers that be at GM will see the success of its Performance Division on the salt, and give Al and his team the green light for a salt flats version of the 2009 Camaro. Without a doubt Super Chevy we'll be there for that event. If you're interested in attending Bonneville one year or even racing, checkout the official SCTA Web site www.scta-bni.org, if you want to see more completely random Bonneville photos, take a look at the Super Chevy Web site www.superchevy.com. See you on the salt in 2007 and beyond.


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Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga is a distinguished academic and, from 1999 to 2007, was the President of Latvia.
Born in Riga, she was brought up in Latvia, Germany, Morocco and Canada, where she earned a PhD in experimental psychol-ogy at McGill University in Montreal in 1965.
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Here Kitty, Kitty! New iPhone App Rallies Stubborn Cats
Good news for anyone who has ever had difficulty luring their cat out from under a bed, up a tree, from under the car or anywhere else! A cat-loving University professor from Indiana and two of his students have developed Here Kitty, Kitty! – a feline-friendly iPhone (and iPad) application that provides a creative and fun way to help you find your lost (…or stubborn) cat.
Available on iTunes, Here Kitty, Kitty! provides a fun way for users to attract their cats with familiar sounds that will bring the feline around when they don't come when called. It features the sounds of a cat meowing, a man calling a cat and an electric can opener readying a can of kitty nom-noms.
Here Kitty, Kitty! just launched a few weeks ago and so the App reviews are limited, but the few that do exist on the site are very positive. Let me know if it works for your cat!
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Daily news summary
Education minister plans to prolong compulsory education to ten years
Czech Education Minister Kateřina Valachová wants to prolong compulosry education in the Czech Republic from nine to ten years by making the final year of preschool compulsory. The proposal is part of an amendment to the School Act, which will be submitted to the government in mid-September. According to the draft legislation, all children at the age of four should be entitled to a place in nursery school by 2017 and by 2018, preschools should be available to all three-year-olds. Under the proposal, children in the final year of preschool should be entitled to free lunches.
Some 200 people demonstrated against police repression of far-left groups on Friday
Around two hundred people attended a protest march in the centre of Prague on Friday evening against alleged police repression of the Czech far-left scene. The participants went from Jungmann square to Bartolomějská street, which was notorius as the base of the Communist secret police, and ended on Wenceslas square. The organizers were questioning the police raid on the Cibulka squat in Prague in May this year, as well as the operation Fenix in April, which resulted in the arrest of over thirty people. Several of them were later charged with allegedly taking part in the preparation of a terrorist attack on a train.
Prague plans to introduce SMS mass notification system
The city of Prague plans to introduce a mass notification system via text messages, which could be used in case of emergencies or accidents to inform inhabitants of the affected districts. Mayor of Prague, Adriana Krnáčová, made the announcemnt on Saturday at a meeting with journalists on the occasion of the Rescue Services Day. At present, the SMS system is limited only to those who have subscribed to it, which is not very effective. For instance in the case of water contamination in Prague's Dejvice district, which happened in May this year, only several dozen people received an SMS with an early warning.
More than 80 castles open their door to public on Saturday night
More than 80 castles and chateaus across the Czech Republic join the annual Night of Castles on Saturday, opening their door to visitors with special programmes, including evening tours, concerts, theatre performances and more. The main programme of the festival's sixth edition will take place at the Kratochvíle state chateau in South Bohemia. In Prague, people will have a chance to visit the Senate's Wallenstein palace at Malá Strana and the gardens at Prague Castle. Four famous villas in Brno, including the Tugenhadt villa, will be also open on Saturday night.
Giant puppets in Pilsen attracted thousands of people
Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Pilsen on Friday night to watch a procession of giant puppets of the Spanish theatre company Carros de Foc, which marked the opening of the Skupa's Pilsen Festival organised as part of the European Capital of Culture 2015. The huge marionettes, including a 20-metre-long dragon and a huge flying bird, are part of a site-specific show La Niña transforming the historical centre of Pilsen into a theatre stage, along with dozens of acrobats, dancers and musicians. The event will be repeated on Saturday and Sunday night. The Skupa Pilsen festival of puppetry and alternative theatre was established in 1967 and takes place every two years.
Dutch parachutist dies at Klatovy airport
A Dutch parachutist, aged 49, died at an airfield near Klatovy in West Bohemia on Friday evening, after his parachute failed to open during a jump from the altitutde of 500 metres. The case is being investigated by the police and the Air Accidents Investigation Institute. The airport in Klatovy, which is mainly popular due to an extreme discipline called swooping, based on a high-speed landing with a parachute, has seen a number of fatal accidents in the past few years. The most recent one involved a world-famous Danish skydiver Mads Jensen, who died at the airport during a training jump in May this year.
Kvitová and Šafářová to meet in all Czech final at Connecticut Open
Petra Kvitová and Lucie Šafářová will face each other in an all-Czech final at the Connecticut Open, after winning their semi-final matches of the WTA tournament in New Haven in straight sets. Petra Kvitová secured a 7-5, 6-1 win over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, while the fourth seeded Šafářová beat Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-2, 7-6. Czech number one Petra Kvitová has a 6-0 career record against her compatriot Lucie Šafářová.


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JAFFA—The recent discovery of six chambers of mass graves in Jaffa has captured international headlines. The skeletal remains of hundreds believed to have been killed during the 1948 Nakba were uncovered, and consequently, further light has been shed on the carnage that translated into Israel's establishment on the land of historical Palestine.
Violence, terror, and massacres, he said, are part and parcel of war, and in 1948 some 1.5 percent of Palestinian society was killed.
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StudyBlue Secures $9 Million Series A-1
Leading Mobile Study Platform Announces New Investment from Great Oaks Venture Capital, WARF and Existing Investors to Grow Community and Expand Online and App-based Tools
Madison, WI – January 4, 2013 – StudyBlue, the leading mobile and social study platform, today announced a $9 million Series A-1 funding round led by Great Oaks Venture Capital with participation from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and existing investors. The new investment will help StudyBlue to build on its strong momentum as the leader in the mobile education technology space, with a user base today of more than 2.5 million who have created and shared 100 million study materials across the Web and iPhone, iPad (iOS) and Android apps.
"We are experiencing rapid growth. This financing allows us to further expand our community and platform to help students master their course material faster, said Becky Splitt, StudyBlue's CEO. "Our online, mobile and social tools connect students to a comprehensive crowd-sourced library of content on nearly any subject, and to each other, in a highly relevant way.
Students are hungry to move their backpack off their back and into their phone – nearly 1.5 million of StudyBlue's current users have joined in just the last year. Because students use StudyBlue to turn their study materials into flashcards and quizzes, the company has amassed the largest and fastest growing library of student generated study materials in higher education, with over 100 million ranging from anthropology to zoology and every subject in between.
"We are really excited to be a part of the StudyBlue movement," said Andy Boszhardt, Partner, Great Oaks Venture Capital. "The entire edtech industry is seeing tremendous growth and StudyBlue has particularly impressive traction in the space with over 2.5 million registered users who use its platform across a myriad of devices. They are in a perfect position to expand the audience of students they serve and we're really pleased to be a part of that."
"We see Great Oaks as a perfect complement to our efforts" said StudyBlue Founder Chris Klundt. "Their breadth of experience across consumer, mobile and online businesses as well as a commitment to the edtech industry makes this a great partnership."
StudyBlue provides students with a "digital backpack" that helps them store and organize their class study materials, turn them into digital flashcards and quizzes, and compare them with others studying the same subjects. The cross device platform allows students to pick up where they left off wherever they are, in class, on campus, waiting for the bus or waiting on breakfast.
"We're pleased to support development of StudyBlue's mobile education technology and view this as an opportunity to participate in an emerging segment of the educational technology market," said Carrie Thome, director of investments for WARF. "We believe the combination of the strong management team and other investment partners including Great Oaks will help this homegrown technology find even broader acceptance among students nationwide."
With the education technology sector continuing to show strong growth and potential, it's clear that investors are bullish on how technology is going to shape the educational experience for instructors and learners alike. As 2013 opens, the educational sector will continue to see disruptive technology as a positive force in and out of the classroom.
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StudyBlue is made for students. Its mobile and social study platform empowers a generation of ambitious digital natives who expect and deserve high quality digital study resources. The StudyBlue community today consists of more than 2.5 million students who have shared 100 million study materials across the Web and iPhone, iPad (iOS) and Android apps. Using the knowledge of the masses, StudyBlue delivers study materials that are matched specifically to the individual, according to the classes they're taking, the subjects they study and the classmates they're connected to. StudyBlue helps students learn better. Learn together. And get smarter.


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Hello friends today is a good opportunity to catch up on some sleep, you have a good excuse to give to the boss if they catch you taking forty winks at work, because
its World Sleep Day.This is what I got from the web.
World Sleep Day is an international annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It aims to lessen the burden of sleep problems on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders. World Sleep Day 2010 is being held on March 19th, under the slogan "Sleep Well, Stay Healthy".
This marks the third World Sleep Day event organized by the World Association of Sleep Medicine. This year's event involves the organization of local groups promoting sleep health, presentation of educational materials, a competition of best productions celebrating World Sleep Day, and exhibition of historic videos.
The World Sleep Day declaration is as follows:
Whereas, sleepiness and sleeplessness constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life,
Whereas, much can be done to prevent and treat sleepiness and sleeplessness,
Whereas, professional and public awareness are the firsts steps to action,
We hereby DECLARE that the disorders of sleep are preventable and treatable medical conditions in every country of the world.
Psalm 4 ;8 says
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety
Many nights I am unable to sleep due to worrisome thoughts or even tiring activity,or
I found this photo of mules or khachchars
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We are professional, dedicated and passionate about our kennel and our dogs, never forgetting the importance of the police service dog's duties. We use our years of experience and knowledge to ensure the highest quality in workability and health, allowing us to offer an exceptional guarantee on both. All imports are hand selected and tested personally to ensure each dog possesses the proper genetic makeup to become a police service dog. Each dog is checked by our veterinarian in Europe before shipping, and again by our veterinarian at the kennel within days of arrival, to further ensure you are purchasing a top quality, healthy partner you can count on for years to come.
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You can read the first SEVERAL chapters at Goodreads in a very pretty interface.
Part One: Melinda
1. Rapunzel
The radishes called to her. Despite the hour and the warmth of her husband asleep beside her, Melinda slid from the covers, her bare feet arching against the cold floor.
She hurried down the stairs of the silent house, her lace nightgown billowing around her legs, and padded into the kitchen. The refrigerator's searing light forced her eyes closed, but she could not bear to hesitate and reached blindly into the vegetable bin.
Her fingers fumbled with lettuce, cucumbers, and finally, the radishes. Despite her mother's voice scolding her to wash them first, she crunched into an icy bulb. Her teeth throbbed, but the peppery bite eased her desperation to eat. She leaned against the counter, sated, running one hand over her stomach.
Ten weeks along and still no belly bump. Probably a good thing. Her Aunt Bea waited until thirty-five to have a baby too, ending up wider than the door of her travel trailer. Melinda had a closet full of custom-tailored suits to return to. Eventually.
"Quitter," she muttered. She'd been unemployed for six months and still hadn't stopped chastising herself for going domestic. She'd been out-argued, hoodwinked into stay-at-home-wifely submission by the lead attorney for Lindeman, Crum, and Finch. Her husband.
She tugged another radish from the stem, ignoring the dirt that clung to its wiry root.
Folic acid, a friend had told her. That's why she craved them so much. Melinda was glad for the reason, as ever since the need hit her, all she could think of was Rapunzel's father stealing radishes in the enchanted garden, and the deal he had struck to give up his first-born child to spare him punishment.
That man should have called her husband.
The third radish burned in her mouth, so she filled a glass with filtered water. Melinda glanced around the kitchen as she gulped. Only the scraggly vegetables broke the perfection of the sweeping marble countertops and inlaid tile, the gleam just visible in the light from the hall.
The cleanliness wasn't her doing. She had more help than a Louisiana plantation. Her mother would have had a conniption, never putting any stock in some other woman swiping your toilet. Melinda had no such prejudice. Too bad Mom died well before the onset of Jake. She would have thought he was a movie star.
Ajax whined from the utility room, so Melinda popped open the door to release the chocolate lab. "Hey puppy dog, love muffin."
His dark nose sniffed at her hands
"Midnight snack for you too? Let me find some biscuits." She opened the cabinet beneath the sink and bent down to locate the box.
A strange pop low in her abdomen made her double over and clutch her stomach. A cramp began, like a fist in her belly, starting small and tight but rapidly rippling out. Her breathing shifted to huffs, like labor. Before she could consider what might be happening, fluid gushed between her legs, soaking her panties. Melinda froze, afraid to make it worse, trying to calm her breath wheezing in and out.
Ajax whined again, rubbing his nose on her thigh. Melinda grasped the hem of her nightgown and pressed the white lace between her legs. Even in the dim light she could see it soak scarlet. The baby. God, the baby.
She walked in mincing steps across the floor toward the bathroom. A wet drop hit her ankle and she looked behind to see a red trail from the cabinet to her feet. She leaned against the wall, shivering and gasping to breathe.
Pull yourself together. Melinda reached for the phone to call an ambulance, her doctor, someone, then set it down again. Jake first. She could scream, perhaps, make enough noise to wake him upstairs. He was such a heavy sleeper.
Only one thing would get her husband up during the few hours he slept each night. She snatched her purse from the counter and tugged out her cell phone. She sent a text message to his work line, a ring tone he always answered unless he was in court. Her Hail Mary, one she never used. "Come downstairs. Emergency."
She heard his feet fall on the floor above, then his frantic steps crossed the room and down the stairs.
"What the hell?" Jake stumbled into the kitchen and stared at her as she leaned over the counter. Then he saw the floor, his eyes following the smear of blood on the tile. He flipped on the light.
Melinda could not meet his eyes. The chandelier blinded her, the room swirling white and hot.
He bent near her in his pajama bottoms, his bare chest tan and smooth. "Mel?"
"The baby," she said. "I lost the baby."
He picked her up, cradling her against his body, and carried her upstairs, away from the blood. "Let's get you changed and go to the hospital," he said. "They can do something."
Melinda could have argued with him, as she had read that first trimester miscarriages could not be saved. But she knew Jake, and he needed reliable testimony, expert witnesses, hard facts. They stopped in the bathroom, and he brought her a clean nightgown and panties. She searched through the cabinets for pads and cleaned herself, the bleeding now slowed to a trickle. Ajax had followed them, sitting quietly by the door, his pink tongue lolling out.
For once, Jake ignored her dog. "Ready?" he asked, handing her a blue pea coat. "Can you walk?"
Her arm caught inside the sleeve, and Jake tenderly tugged it on. "Would you rather have an ambulance?"
She shook her head for no, not trusting her voice. It seemed too much, the sirens, the uniformed paramedics. The baby, she knew, was gone.
They drove silently through their neighborhood, past mansions and perfect lawns, until he entered the freeway. "You going to tell me what happened now?" Headlights flashed into his face, chiseling his features with hard edges.
"I felt a pop, and the bleeding started."
"What were you doing in the kitchen?" Jake zipped across the freeway to the far left lane despite the lack of traffic. "Eating?"
Melinda gripped the door handle. "Yes, I wanted some radishes."
"And it just happened like that—pop."
"I was getting a dog biscuit."
"Did that dog jump on you? Jump on your belly?"
Melinda watched the signs whiz by. Hospital, next right. He was going to miss it. "That wouldn't hurt anything."
"You don't know that. Something caused this." He jerked the steering wheel to cut across lanes, just making the exit.
Her fingers tightened on the handle. "Not everything has to have a reason, Jake. Some things just happen."
"Not in my world."
"Then welcome to mine. Dead mom. Dead dad. Dead baby."
They coasted to the light. As the car idled in the red glow, Jake laid his hand on her arm. "Baby, I'm sorry. Let's see what the doctors say."
The bright cross marking the hospital beckoned across the intersection. Jake pulled into an emergency slot and pressed his palm to Melinda's back as he escorted her inside. "Sit here and rest." He directed her to an empty section of blue plastic chairs. "I'll check you in."
Melinda watched Jake stride to the large white desk, disconnected, as if he were some other man, and this was some other place. The cuffs of the coat scratched her bare wrists, so she pulled her hands up inside, shivering despite the wafts of heat coming from the ceiling. A dozen people waited in the long room, scattered among the seats lining the walls.
Jake returned to sit beside her. He crossed a foot over his knee and balanced the clipboard on his ankle. "I can't fill this out—date of last period and all that." He passed the paperwork to her and leaned forward, bracing on his elbows.
She stared at the words and lines, trying to decipher the questions. Date of birth. Allergies. Medical conditions.
Jake began tapping his leg with his thumb, a nervous habit he usually kept tightly controlled. Melinda hoped they would be called back soon, for his sake. She kept her head down, focusing on the white paper and its small checkboxes.
The nurse called for a mother carrying a sleeping child.
Jake stood. "What's the freaking holdup?" He strode back to the white desk and leaned on his arm, flashing a bright smile at the woman seated there. Melinda closed her eyes again, torn between chagrin and pride. Jake could get the job done. He always did.
Her eyes flew open when a hand cupped her knee. She felt a wave of embarrassment now at her nightgown covered in the blue coat. Everyone else in the waiting room was dressed despite the hour. Jake squatted beside her, taking her hand, eyes beaming concern. "They should call you soon. I explained things."
Melinda nodded, and the clipboard slid to the floor.
"Here, baby, let me get that." He scooped up the paperwork and stood, tapping the flat acrylic against his hip.
"Melinda Carmichael?" The nurse in scrubs standing by the entrance to the examining rooms looked right at her.
"Now that's more like it," Jake said, again touching the small of her back as the frosted doors hissed open.
The nurse slid back a section of blue curtain on a track and patted the examining table. "Up here."
Jake stood in the corner, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his jeans. He had ruffled his hair several times, and now the front section stood straight up like an exclamation.
The nurse asked about the amount of blood, and if she were cramping anymore. Melinda shook her head no.
"See?" Jake said when the woman left. "No indication whatsoever that this is the end. They can probably give you something, and it will all be fine."
Melinda could have told him that she just knew, some intuition, some internal warning system had sent out a flare, but he would not listen. "If you can't prove it, it ain't so," he liked to say both in court and out, paired with a thermonuclear smile and an almost-but-not-quite wink.
The curtain slipped aside, and a young doctor entered. "I'm Dr. Blais." He flipped through the chart. "Let's take a look. Have you had a sonogram yet?"
"Last week," Melinda said. "He measured out perfectly. Good solid heartbeat."
Jake stepped nearer to the table. "Any explanation for the bleeding and cramping? Does this happen often?"
Dr. Blais picked up the ultrasound wand. "About forty percent of all pregnancies have some sort of bleeding. Only ten percent of pregnancies miscarry overall. The odds are with you, especially at this point."
Jake turned back to Melinda, one eyebrow cocked.
The doctor sat by the sonogram machine and squeezed lubricant on the probe. "We'll do a transvaginal ultrasound, probably just like you had last week."
"I'm bleeding, though," she said.
"It's okay. It won't affect the image."
Melinda lay back and fitted her heels in the stirrups. Dr. Blais did not turn the machine's screen to them as her obstetrician had. The sound was on, however, its crackle and static puncturing the quiet.
The whomp whomp of a heartbeat filled the room, but before Melinda could relax, Dr. Blais said, "That's mom's heartbeat. A little fast at ninety but still nowhere near baby's speed."
He pushed the probe more firmly against her and she felt the pressure, the hardness of it. Her fists clenched until she couldn't feel her fingers. Jake's shoes scraped across the floor as he paced.
The pulse sounds skipped a beat as Dr. Blais shifted the probe. "I can see the sac and the baby now," he said. "I'm going to take some measurements."
He already knows. Melinda felt her heart race and waited for the echo of the machine to relay her anger to the men. He obviously wanted to hold off telling her the baby's fate until he'd done whatever the hell he was doing. Her pulse sped up another notch.
Their curtained space fell silent as he switched off the sound. Beeps and coughs and lowered voices penetrated from other parts of the ward. He grimaced as he worked, finally pulling away and switching off the machine. Melinda's face grew hot to the point of abject discomfort. Just say it!
He tugged off his gloves. "The baby doesn't have a heartbeat. It's measuring nine weeks now, so I am guessing it died shortly after your last doctor visit."
Melinda shot forward as if pulled up by a string. "I knew it."
"I'm very sorry." His mouth was set tight, firmly in a line, and his concern didn't meet his expression. He saw worse every day, she thought. This is small to him.
Jake waved his hands beside his temples. "Now, wait. Are you sure about this? What sort of equipment does this hospital carry?"
The doctor tossed the gloves into a lined can. "Good enough for this. With the combination of symptoms your wife is experiencing, it's really just a confirmation."
Jake turned to Melinda. "Did you strain yourself? Work on the baby's room?"
Melinda steeled herself with calm. "No, Jake."
Dr. Blais stepped forward. "Mr. Carmichael, your wife didn't do anything wrong. Most likely this was a genetic loss, something formed incorrectly inside the baby, and it just stopped growing. Sad and unfortunate, but common."
Jake turned to the doctor. "I already have two kids. We didn't have any problems."
Melinda gripped the paper cover of the examining table until it tore. "Stop it! Stop it now! You're acting like I caused this to happen!"
The ward silenced. She felt a small cramp and a gush of fluid or blood or maybe just the lubricant from the probe. She curled over her belly.
"Ms. Carmichael, are you okay?" The doctor bent over and touched her arm.
His eyes had softened. He'd lost his professional detachment.
She nodded.
He squeezed her lightly, then turned and picked up the clipboard. "You can call your regular doctor for a D&C if you don't want to wait it out."
"How long?"
"Could be today. Could be two weeks or more. Here's a prescription for some pain medication in case the cramps get very bad. Would you like something to help you sleep?"
"No, she doesn't," Jake said. "None of that."
Dr. Blais tore the paper off the pad and handed it to Melinda. "It's the Ambien. You can fill both or just one."
Melinda tucked the paper inside the sleeve of her nightgown. "What do I do if the baby comes out? Do I need to save it?"
"You can if you want—put it in a plastic bag and refrigerate it until you can take it to your doctor. But you don't need to. First miscarriages aren't generally tested and usually get contaminated at home."
The two men stared at each other, then at her, certainly picturing the grim scene to come. The doctor nodded, then rolled open the curtain and left her alone with her husband.
Melinda stood, holding the white liner in place until she could reach her underwear. Jake paced the length of the curtain.
Outside the room, Melinda halted, not sure where to go in the endless line of blue fabric on silver tracks. There seemed no escape.
A few feet away, a young man whipped open a curtain and dashed out. A teen girl, partially covered in a blue sheet, lay on the table, a machine strapped to her belly. Small feet sheathed in rainbow stockings peeked out the end. She was crying.
Jake came up behind her. "Is she pregnant? She can't be sixteen."
Melinda turned away, disarmed by the proximity of another pregnant person, the heartbeat on the machine, and the striped stockings. A nurse approached her, closing the open curtain as she walked by. "Ms. Carmichael? Here's some information for you. Instructions and a flier for the pregnancy loss support group the hospital recommends."
Melinda accepted the paper. "Thank you."
She glanced back at the examining table where she'd just been, empty and rumpled but otherwise unchanged by what had occurred there.
"The exit's over here," Jake said. "We should go." He strode away, strong and tall, glancing at the people he passed with curiosity and disdain.
What have I done? Who have I married? She struggled to keep up with him, each rapid step prompting another sticky gush from her body. The first crisis of their marriage, and he was failing miserably, unaware that he was losing her, rousing in her an anger she had forgotten she possessed. She was worth more than this.
Another cramp tightened in her abdomen. She froze, hand pressed to her belly, and decided screw him, and this time continued down the corridor at her own pace.
Paperback copies
The Book Spot in Round Rock, Texas will have copies in by late August. Visit them or call for it. They are also hosting the book launch on Oct. 15 at 3 p.m.
Indie Bound has it listed finally (although without the cover yet), but you can follow that listing to an independent bookstore near you.
Barnes and Noble has it in stock in their online store and is shipping now.
Amazon is having trouble keeping it in stock, but they have it. (Discounted to $11.66 last time I checked.)
Amazon UK also has it if you live there.
If you want a copy signed by the author, you can order it through the publisher, and I will get the dedication or inscription to write inside before it ships. Signed copy through the publisher
The publisher also has a discount program for baby loss web sites to sell copies as well as hospitals or support groups who want to order five copies or more. Email them for details.
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Apple iBooks for iPad/iPhone (coming soon)


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