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SAN DIEGO - New video surfaced Friday that shows triple-murder suspect and former Los Angeles Police officer Christopher Dorner shooting guns during his extensive training at the Los Angeles Police Academy.
The video shows Dorner in 2005 as an LAPD cadet.
The man who filmed the video agreed to be interviewed but did not want to be identified. He spent months with Dorner at the training facility and he does not want this story to make him a target.
"Well, he's an expert with weapons, definitely," the man said. "He's definitely dangerous."
The man said Dorner stood out at the academy. The video shows Dorner's strength as he dragged a dummy meant to simulate a person's dead weight. He picks it up, runs backward and swings it with ease.
However, the man says drill instructors were hard on Dorner at times, picking on him for his weight and slow running.
"When I hear about how angry he is about the LAPD, it matches up to the way I think he had his experience with the LAPD... especially through the academy," he said.
The academy taught Dorner how to use an arsenal of weapons.
In his manifesto, Dorner claims to have explosives, high capacity clips and a 50-caliber rifle with bullets that can slice through a car as well as police body armor.
Investigators hoped to find some of these weapons at Dorner's home in Las Vegas, but they found nothing.
"The LAPD is going to be going after one of their own former," said the man. "And, like I said, he knows what he's doing. I mean, this guy is no joke."
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Welcome back everybody well facilities are under -- as United Kingdom celebrates a huge royal anniversary.
We're talking of course about queen Elizabeth's diamond you -- The special event is a tribute to the queen's sixty years on the throne as she is only the second monarch -- thousand years to hit this milestone.
Joining us now from London Sally Bedell Smith the author of Elizabeth the queen of the life of a modern monarch welcome great to have you here today thank you for joining us.
Great to be here.
The beautiful and London it sounds like as I understand it at Buckingham Palace cooperate with you as you Richard the -- history and also gave you access to the queen herself.
Is -- a big difference between the official and private woman.
Well yes there is that was one of the big surprises I mean I discovered and I discovered a lot about.
What she does which is far more than most people give her credit for she has a wide range of duties.
That she takes very seriously but the more surprising part was her private side the way she is.
With her close friends and her family members many of whom spoke to me.
That she is she has a great -- and gave what of the man who worked for her and her -- that.
Sending him up and Norfolk said she could be heard laughter could be heard throughout the house she -- joyous laugh -- -- one of her cousin said she laughs -- their whole face she loves to sing into Danson.
And the my book has many glimpses of that private side she can be compassionate.
And she can be very very -- and then imagine the queen that you think.
Walking in her regal pace with her handbag on her arm and think about her in her Macintosh trousers crawling along a hill.
And stocking -- above Balmoral with their nose up against the ground.
That's quite a sight quite an image there of course that famous handbags that she always has with her -- always wonder what he has and it.
Anyway with all the extraordinary celebration in play this weekend do you think.
The queen is really excited about this -- and that he draw comparisons with herself and Queen Victoria who was only the other British monarch to serve sixty years.
First of all I think she's very excited she started going on tour -- around the United Kingdom.
Several months ago and you can see the way people -- turned out there have been huge crowds.
Big cheers you can see the look on her face she's.
Thoroughly enjoying it.
When she celebrated her golden jubilee ten years ago it started -- a very sad note with the death of her sister first and then her mother.
But she now I think people are really showing their appreciation for the service that she is given for the past sixty years she is.
She's 86 years old she's a good twenty years beyond retirement she still -- over 400 engagements a year.
She has in the course of her time on the throne bestowed.
Well over 400000.
Honors recognizing people civilians in and military people in the military for their service.
He's done that over 600 times and she sat sets an example for people.
And and I think she is once again seeing.
This groundswell of support this afternoon she.
Went to the F some Darby Q do one of the things she loves more than anything else which is horse racing and one.
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What he enjoys a great deal of affection from her people much like her great great grandmother queen Victoria's well.
Thank you very much for joining us today enjoy the festivities I know it's gonna be a great weekend for you and for others there in England celebrated at queen's jubilee thank you for joining us.
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Fun-loving Phoebe Prince remembered by Irish and U.S. friends
Published Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 11:40 PM
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michealcollins | Apr 02, 2010, 11:00 PM EDT
In response to Everydaydad, if the administration and teachers had have been doing their jobs, this would have been avoided. To turn this around and blame the mother is beyond comprehension. Are you a friend of one of the accused? Furthermore, bullying doesn't mean physical force being applied. Verbal abuse is as bad as being physically abused. "These kids accused should be let off"? Where is the logic in that? So they are not to be held responsible? Talk about lecturing on bad choices. You have made several here. Im ashamed to be Irish?????? Sorry I don't follow the logic here either. By the way having been born and raised in Belfast before immigrating, I've had some experience with bullies and their words hurt just as much as their fists, boots and rifle butts.
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EveryDayDad | Apr 02, 2010, 07:46 PM EDT
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Phoebe's Mom was aware of the harassment and that it was growing. Why would you continue to take your child to such an environment. They had choices. They could have home-schooled, changed schools, the choices are limitless. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (other kids bullying), the power to change the things I can (home or other school) and the wisdom to know the difference (well, they missed this one all together and now it's too late). A sad sad tragedy. Phoebe made a bad choice that cost her her life. If Phoebe had more support and action-based involvement from her parents her death may have avoided. Teasing and getting teased or "Bullied" which to me involved physical force is a part of growing up just like losing a job, a wife or other significant loss. These kids accused should be let off. They will not forget that society is pointing the finger at them. This could lead to more suicides if it continues. Nothing's going to bring Phoebe back and she did kill herself alone. Bad choice Phoebe. If anything, I think her parents should be charged with child endangerment resulting in death for continuing to force Phoebe to go to that school. School is not daycare people, its a learning environment. If your kids not in an environment they can learn in, change it! Don't use public schools as your baby sitter so you can sit home on the couch or make what (money???) and blame everyone else. Lessons learned everywhere on this one. Alot of good those do Phoebe now. Rest in Peace.
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killowen | Apr 02, 2010, 05:38 PM EDT
Stay away from chatting and exchanging over the www
its not only stupid telling folks about your unimportant
self but dangerous. An opportunity for low lives to gain
your confidence leading to ........ you can figure from
here on in - take a walk - kick or throw a ball but get off
these ensnaring tools that "we gotta have" nonsense.
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EricSimmons | Apr 01, 2010, 12:14 AM EDT
TWW is fully commiting to the "STOP CYBER-BULLYING" initiative in memory of Phoebe Prince. Read my blog and show your support by forwarding it to everyone you know. Spread the message & STOP the Cyber-bullying here: http://www.topworldwebsite.com/blog/twweditorsblog/3594
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savvylady | Mar 31, 2010, 11:38 PM EDT
Phoebe may be gone, but her legacy will live on as the impetus of change...how bullying is handled by the schools and the need for accountability by the staff and administration, recognition by South Hadley and other communities that you have a moral resposibility as parents to educate your children about all types of bullying and not stay oblivious to their hateful acts and the formation of strong anti-bullying legislation in MA and all over the USA. It time to out all of you pathetic cowards who engage in this behavior and to hold your parents responsible as well. Rest in peace dear Phoebe, your in a far better place. May God bless and bring comfort your family.
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phoebewsmifrind | Mar 31, 2010, 09:06 PM EDT
phoebewas my friend i cant belive these stupid jerks did this to her i miss her so much phoebe was my best friend i loved her and still do i am going to her funeral i will always miss you<3
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mslynchie | Mar 31, 2010, 05:52 PM EDT
I pray for Phoebe's family. I hope that with the love & support from family & friends they feel comfort.
To the mean boys and girls, your day will come, it may not be today or tomorrow, or even next year but it will come. There is no excuse for your actions so I would really ask that the parents of these children please shut-up, there is no excuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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thefallsroad | Mar 31, 2010, 04:45 PM EDT
I pray for Phoebe's family and friends. Please believe me that this kind of bullying is NOT typical American behavior. This crime is widespread, however. Teachers, Administrators and parents alike must be more aware of what is said and done in schools. Teens are especially vulnerable to taunts and threats. Phoebe sounds as though she was a happy, popular girl before entering her last school. As for being an 'Irish Whore', It remind all of those accused and those whose names won't be associated with this death: Let them among you who are without sin cast the first stone. God Bless you, Phioebe.
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ericalaughlin | Mar 31, 2010, 03:28 PM EDT
Thank you so much for this article. I've been waiting this entire time for an article remembering the lovely girl that she was. My prayers are with her family.
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hyattsville | Mar 31, 2010, 12:35 PM EDT
I'm really confused at the person who keeps asking if this would happen to a Jewish person? Every ethnic group has bullies and bullied. What would you call the Holocaust if not extreme and fatal bullying? Ethnicity wasn't a feature of this particular case, several of the bullies having Irish names.
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borefield | Mar 31, 2010, 09:17 AM EDT
So senseless and sad. I feel the parents of these kids are very much responsible for the actions of their children's behavior. The school principle and teachers are also responsible. They put their heads in the sand and hoped it would work itself out. When my daughter was in 4Th. grade in the 80's, before internet or cell phones, I kept overhearing phone conversations of a feud between two groups in her grade, pretty nasty and meanspirited conversations were takeing place. I talked to her about it, some of it she shared with me but not all of it. I saw a pattern continue and spoke to other mothers about my concerns that this was getting out of control, some agreed with me, others took the "it is a kids issue and they will work it out." I took it upon myself to call the 4Th. grade teacher to come see her. She agreed to meet me at 7:30 a.m as I had to go to work. She was wonderful, told me she was aware of dissention and had actually contacted some of the parents and was met with indifference. After I shared what I knew and my concerns, she discussed in detail whit all the girls what they were into, gave them guidelines and just watched the whole thing diffuse. That dear teacher has since passed away. It all came back to me as I watched this story unfold. What 20 min. to a half hour of intervention may have avoided. I can't imagan those theachers, principle and parents putting their heads on their pillows at night without seeing this young girls face before them. I wish her family peace and healing.
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kfittizzi | Mar 31, 2010, 09:13 AM EDT
I have a 15 year old daughter and when she was younger she was bullied...it was horrible to watch how isolated she became and truly "sad" she was. Luckily, since high school it is 100% better, but I feel for this poor family. The school should of took care of this, and more times than none they don't. No one should be tormented like that, and my heart breaks. I'm glad they are pursuing charges against the school, the students and administration...this young girl took her own life because of people ignoring what was going on...NO MORE!!! This type of bullying behavior needs to be stopped!
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Fierce: 'I'm more powerful than my mind can ever digest,' Beyonce has said of her status as an artist. Photo: AP Images
She looks like a supermodel, sings like an angel and, as far as we've seen, aces everything she tries her perfectly formed hand at. Some of the following observations might apply to her various contemporaries but all of them can be said only of her. Independent women and gentlemen, here The Shortlist presents seven reasons why Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter is truly one of a kind.
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Incredibly, it is 11 years since the woman who now proudly calls herself Mrs Carter released her first solo single, the dirty funk grind Work It Out, for the soundtrack to the third Austin Powers movie, Goldmember. Before that, in the dim and distant days before Twitter, Facebook and even Myspace (ask your parents), she was the shining light of all-girl outfit Destiny's Child, which sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, won scores of awards and helped make modern R&B one of the strongest forces in pop. That Beyonce went on to become even bigger on her own might have surprised nobody but it was a substantial achievement nonetheless. ''I worked so hard during my childhood to meet this goal,'' the 32-year-old told GQ this year. ''By the time I was 30 years old, I could do what I want.'' Also, if you bring into consideration the quality of DC's tunes, Queen Bey's reunion with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams at this year's Super Bowl was infinitely more impressive than Justin Timberlake and those NSync muppets at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Don't get us wrong - being a great singer is nothing to be sniffed at and Beyonce can bust a lung with the best of them. However, she also contributed to the songwriting on Destiny's Child's eponymous 1998 debut and got her first production credit on follow-up The Writing's on the Wall. By third album Survivor her fingerprints in both capacities were on every original song. The triple-whammy of singles Jumpin' Jumpin', Independent Women Part 1 (the song DC did for the first Charlie's Angels flick) and Survivor won Beyonce the Songwriter of the Year award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2002. ''I love my job,'' she told GQ, ''but it's more than that. I need it.''
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Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter is truly one of a kind. Photo: Getty Images
In a world where prominent female pop stars from Madonna to Miley Cyrus have often arguably gone too far with their sexually provocative antics to sell their wares, Beyonce has always known where to draw the line. Sure, she was Bootylicious long before the term ''twerk'' became commonplace, and she has hardly shied away from revealing outfits over the years, but there has always been a certain elegance to her presentation, as well as the sense she is always in charge. ''I'm always thinking about women and what we need to hear,'' she says in this year's documentary/puff piece Beyonce: Life is but a Dream. In a recent interview, teenage sensation Lorde singled her out as a rare pop star she looks up to: ''I think Beyonce is pretty cool,'' Lorde said. ''She's got that attitude of, like, doing things for the girls.''
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7. She literally has it all
Career? I think we've covered that. Happy marriage to an independently successful megastar? Check Jay-Z's ever-wide grin. Motherhood? Check Beyonce's own grin. (Although perhaps not her toddler's when she's old enough to realise her parents called her Blue Ivy.) ''That's what life is,'' the pop icon, wife and mother says in Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream. ''It's the greatest show on earth."
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1981 Beyonce Giselle Knowles is born in Houston, Texas.
1992 Meets Kelly Rowland and both become part of six-piece girl group Girl's Tyme.
1998 Now a four-piece and with an infinitely better name, the group's eponymous debut Destiny's Child is released.
2000 Michelle Williams joins Knowles and Rowland in the final, definitive line-up of Destiny's Child.
2002 Beyonce releases her first solo single, Work It Out.
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Capacity-building workshop for Espoo Convention, Yerevan, 17-19 September 2007
Subregional workshop in Tbilisi, 24-25 May 2011.
Information on application of the Convention to a planned nuclear power plant in Armenia.
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This holiday, treat your lovelies to The Nutcracker, that shimmering, glittering spectacle of holiday cheer. Follow Clara on her journey from the family party to the Land of the Sweets. You'll see a Christmas tree that grows to magnificent heights, dancing dolls, flying cooks and lots and lots of beautiful snow. With music by Tchaikovsky and stunning sets by Desmond Heeley, Ben Stevenson's production has something to delight every member of the family. It just wouldn't be the holidays without The Nutcracker.
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Ballet: The NutcrackerDancers: Connor Walsh with Karina Gonzalez, and Emily Bowen (photo 2)Photos by: Amitava Sarkar
THE NUTCRACKERMusic: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)Choreography: Ben Stevenson, O.B.E.Scenic and Costume Designs: Desmond HeeleyLighting Design: Duane SchulerAge Recommendation: at least 2 years of age
*TOTAL RUN TIME: 1 hour and 55 minutes.
Performance in the Brown Theater at Wortham Theater Center, 501 Texas Street at Smith Street.


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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Shop Update and New Shop!
All my new brooches can be found at Oh My Cavalier! on bigcartel.com.
Please go exploring over there! Currently it has most of the same pieces that are in my Etsy shop, and that shop will continue being open, but if things go well I hope to slowly slowly add new things only to my new store. Or at least I hope to only have prints there and just my cards on etsy? I'm just figuring this out at the moment. Hopefully it won't be too hard to drive business there.
I have a new print update coming soon though to lure you there in a week or two!
10 comments:
- rebecca artemisa said...
ooh they are beautiful. the little bunny one kills me!
- November 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- The Front Porch said...
These are absolutely exquisite. Today and 100 years from now!
- November 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- MarmeeCraft said...
I love your brooches! They are so distinctive and original!! (And ever so elegant and lady like, as well!) :)
- November 20, 2009 at 6:09 AM
- Heather said...
Oh, it looks gorgeous! Love your brooches and the new shop is so lovely :)
- November 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM
- sinnlighet said...
Yes yes yes, I am so happy that I have found your superb blog. Your photos are extraordinary and I love them!
My I borrow some photos to my blog if I refer to your blog?
Peace & Love
Agneta & Sweden - November 20, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- Graham said...
Dear Julianna,
Please make a rabbit brooch in your more 'gentlemanly medal' fashion, and I will purchase them forever.
-Graham - November 20, 2009 at 8:56 PM
- Julianna said...
Done and done graham!
- November 21, 2009 at 6:12 AM
- Sarah said...
Your new shop looks great! <3
- November 21, 2009 at 8:04 AM
- Kelley Anne said...
Wow, these are beautiful. I love the velvet bows with the rabbit cameos.
- November 23, 2009 at 5:16 PM
My goodness you are so very crafty. I feel absolutely lazy looking at all of your work. You radiate quite a bit of energy, passion, and devotion.
- December 13, 2009 at 4:41 PM


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WEST LAFAYETTE – Travis Carroll believes that Purdue basketball fans will see a whole lot more of him this season, while also seeing less of him – or at least a different Travis Carroll.
The junior forward has changed his body since arriving in West Lafayette and with an increased role this coming season, he is confident that he can thrive with more responsibility.
"One of the big things that go into being an upperclassman is leading," Carroll said. "We've got all of those freshmen (five on the 2012-13 roster), especially the freshmen "bigs," we need to help them along."
Purdue began conducting practice sessions this week in preparation of a 10-day exhibition tour to Italy next month. The Boilermakers will practice 10 times and hold an intrasquad scrimmage for the public on Aug. 4.
Carroll has hidden in the front court shadows for much of the past two seasons as guys like JaJuan Johnson and Robbie Hummel rightfully had the spotlight on them. However, those guys are gone and now it will be up to Carroll and classmate Sandi Marcius to be more productive than in years past. Much more productive.
"With the size that we have, we really don't shy away from contact," Carroll said. "I'll hit you if you're there in the post. I'm not afraid."
Carroll averaged just 2.5 points per game and less than three rebounds in each of his 35 appearances, while Marcius produced even less. But Carroll believes both he and Marcius were more valuable than what those numbers indicate.
"The little things that we do, me and Sandi, like defending, not letting the guy get the ball," Carroll explained, "that is something that doesn't go into the stats. Those are little things that help the team win. But obviously with stepping into a bigger role, our scoring and rebounding will have to improve."
Carroll basically weighs the same as he did when he enrolled at Purdue. He was listed at 230 pounds as a freshman, 231 last season and 229 entering his third season. But just like the statistics didn't tell the whole story, neither does his weight. He has become far more athletic through diligence in the weight room and watching his diet, which means saying no to late-night runs to Taco Bell with other Boilermaker students.
"Oh my gosh yes," Carroll laughed when asked if he has improved athletically. "I've tried to change my body as much as I could. I've tried to eat as healthy as I can, but it's hard being a college kid."
Carroll said that in strength and conditioning tests he has even made strides since last season, which has boosted his confidence.
Another facet of recent Purdue history that leads Carroll to be confident in the Boilermakers is the fact that Purdue has demonstrated that it can play with the nation's best teams. Purdue battled Final Four teams Ohio State (87-84) and Kansas (63-60) very tough last season before falling late.
"We didn't win, but it showed us that we can do this," Carroll said. "We had them right there, we just lost it in the end. But it showed us that we can do it, no matter what anybody says. I've noticed that everybody has been really motivated and working hard (this summer)."
Purdue men's basketball coach Matt Painter said recently that "We have a lot of size, it's just inexperienced size."
The Boilermakers will be the biggest tat the program has been in quite some time. However, just how good those big bodies are remains to be seen.
Here is a breakdown of the candidates for playing time along the Purdue front court.
* Travis Carroll (6-foot-9, 229 pounds, junior) - Carroll has been a decent role player for two seasons and has started 25 times in his career. However, no one is fearful of his meager production. He's made efforts to continually improve his strength and athleticism, which has been a weakness for him against the caliber of players that he sees in the Big Ten.
* Sandi Marcius (6-foot-9, 268 pounds, junior) - Marcius has had difficulty staying healthy and productive at Purdue. However, he made his biggest strides late last season and even earned a number of starts in the final month. During the NCAA Tournament Coach Painter praised Marcius for his play. The question remains can he continue that momentum into this season, all the while remaining healthy for two more seasons. Despite scoring just 2.1 points per game, Painter says the guy has the ability to be effective offensively.
* A.J. Hammons (7-foot, 280 pounds, freshman) - The Purdue veterans and coaches have each spoken about Hammons size. He's a big boy. However, whether he can utilize that size effectively in his initial season of major college basketball remains to be seen. He is a heralded recruit, but Painter will play the best, not the highest-rated, players. It very well could be Hammons from Day One.
* Jacob Lawson (6-foot-8, 217 pounds, sophomore) - Endured growing pains through 30 appearances as a true freshman. Is athletic and can block shots. A prime example of a highly-rated recruit that learned that college basketball is far more challenging than high school or AAU is. Needs to take next step in his development and show signs of becoming a solid player for Purdue.
* Donnie Hale (6-foot-8, 230 pounds, redshirt freshman) - Coach Painter recently lauded Hale for his work in the weight room over this summer. Graduated from high school in 2010 and spent a year at prep school and a year simply practicing at Purdue. Has shown flashes in practice of being a good rebounding 4-man. Is athletic and will challenge for a lot of time at that spot this season.
* Jay Simpson (6-foot-9, 268 pounds, freshman) - Battling through an injury this season, but was shooting around earlier this week and should be fine for the regular season.Highly-rated recruit that could get minutes due to lack of talent in front of him or could struggle at times as Lawson did.


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Jaffna: THE Army victory over POONERYN received a mammoth recognition in the JAFFNA peninsula when several hundreds of jubilant civilians on Monday (17) took to streets waving National Flags and shouting slogans against Tiger terrorists. Cheering people lined up along JAFFNA town streets to watch the fleet of three-wheelers with fluttering National Flags atop and marching civilians in glee. Many youngsters while dancing to the tunes of base drums requested the troops to capture KILINOCHCHI as early as possible without letting Tigers to cripple normalcy in other areas of the country.
Some energetic young men heralded the victory bursting fire-crackers as the procession with three-wheelers and civilians wended its way across JAFFNA streets. Police had to divert traffic on congested roads as the crowd and the vehicles joining the procession swelled.
One banner carried in the procession questioned as to why the LTTE leadership, Velupillai Prabhakaran orders surrender of a child from each family when he does not let his children to fight.
Liberation of the A-32 MANNAR- JAFFNA Highway has needless to say, rekindled new hopes for JAFFNA people who maintain very close family relations and other business interests with people in newly-liberated areas. Traders in JAFFNA were among the most benefited section since they would be able to make better profits out of their slashed prices once the road remains open with intensification of fresh supplies to the peninsula through land routes.
Monday's expression of public solidarity for members of the Security Forces for the first time in the recent history, even disregarding possible LTTE reprisals and risks to their own lives, showcased the turn of the tide that remained hitherto, partial to the LTTE but now it is no longer. The jubilation continued for about four hours before the crowd dispersed.
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Smartphones and tablets will play a major part in shoppers' holiday foraging, with 52.6 percent of smartphone owners using them to sniff out purchases. And those who own tablets are even more keen on shopper technology, with 70.5 percent of tablet owners planning to shop with them.
Note that this doesn't say "buy." Just forage. Which I believe means "to seek out."
When it comes to tablet vs. smartphone use, one element I've found interesting is that while retailers and other companies are scrambling to build smartphone apps – Droid and iPhone versions only, let's be serious – there's not as high demand by firms to build tablet applications.
This isn't to say tablets aren't popular. They are.
But you don't necessarily need, say, a banking or e-store app on a tablet, because the screen is large enough to accomodate to regular website. Yet banks and retailers are developing phone-specific applications (or at the very least, mobile-optimizing their websites), because they are easier to view on a tiny screen.
It's easier to browse on a smartphone and buy on a tablet, which brings us to purchasing figures: only 14.1 percent of people plan to buy stuff on a smartphone this holiday season versus 33.8 percent – more than double – who will actually buy goods on a tablet.
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This is more insanity. Physicians have no real control over outcomes, and some patients will have adverse outcomes no matter what. Does this mean that a physician who worked hard on a patient who nevertheless succumbs to their disease process does not get paid for his or her efforts? Ridiculous!
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There's plenty of talk about outcome-based reimbursement, accountable care and otherwise preparing for a healthcare economy based on quality and health, not productivity and sick care. And that is clearly where things are headed.
But pay for outcomes isn't here yet.
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A new HFMA study finds the same: Although 72% of the hospitals surveyed said their main goal in employing physicians is "improved care coordination," they don't pay that way. Hospitals aren't paying physicians mostly for improved care and outcomes. Rather, 77% of current physician agreements are based on producitvity or volume, according to HFMA.
Outcome-based payment will come. "Quality and patient satisfaction metrics are not yet dominant components of physician compensation plans right now. However, as reimbursement models continue to shift, the small changes we've observed recently will gain momentum," as Susan L. Turney, MD, MGMA-ACMPE President and CEO, puts it.
But for now, you'll need to pump out volume.
When the outcomes payment starts, that is when I will drop all my non-compliant patients, the smokers, the morbidly obese. Just take care of well people. What could be easier?
I can't disagree with John or Philip, though, to be even-handed, outcome-based-pay is usually based on changes in health at the population level, not at the level of individual patients. And, as the MGMA data suggest, the whole idea is bit of a red herring as of yet.
I'm intrigued by how factors like smoking or obesity are increasingly seen as societal problems -- food deserts, food industry, no sidewalks, etc. - not as a matter of individual decision or even individual health, sort of.
It really requires physicians to partner with community groups, not-for-profit groups that are tackling food supply or just how we have normalized the way people should look. We've gotten totally used to seeing obesity as normal.


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Torey Krug expected to play in Montreal; Adam McQuaid out
WILMINGTON — About an hour before practice, Torey Krug hit the Ristuccia Arena ice and practiced some stops and starts under the watchful eye of trainer Don Del Negro. Whatever had been ailing Krug enough for him to miss practice on Tuesday had apparently subsided because Krug later joined his teammates for the full practice and will travel with them to Montreal for tomorrow night's game against the Canadiens.
"It was good to get a nice couple of days of rest and get back at it today and skate areound, move a bit. It was good," said Krug.
Read MoreMcQuaid, Krug missing from practice
WILMINGTON — Adam McQuaid and Torey Krug were both missing from practice today, which at least partially explains the emergency call-up of defenseman Kevan Miller on Monday evening.
Coach Claude Julien termed them both day-to-day. He said that McQuaid had re-aggravated the injury that had kept him out eight games, which appeared to be some sort of lower core injury. He had returned for three games before re-injuring himself.
Julien was less clear on what was ailing Krug, though he was hopeful that Krug wouldn't miss game time.
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WILMINGTON -- After a full day off Sunday, only a small number of Bruins took the ice today at Ristuccia. For most of the players, it was just a day for an off-ice workout. The B's don't play again until Thursday, when they meet the Canadiens in what should be an emotional affair at the Bell Center.
Read MoreBruins grind out 3-1 win over Columbus
The Bruins got two goals from Milan Lucic and another one from Patrice Bergeron to lift the Bruins to a dominant 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Garden Saturday night.
The B's outshot the Jackets 36-14. The 14 shots against were a season-low for the B's.
Read MoreBruins look to end month in style
The Bruins will try to finish off an excellent month of November tonight when they take on the Columbus Blue Jackets. So far, the B's have managed a 9-3-2 record that has catapulted them to the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
Read MoreBruins win 3-2
The Bruins erased a one-goal deficit to beat the New York Rangers at the Garden, 3-2.
Zdeno Chara completed a Gordie Howe hat trick at 11:05 of third period. David Krejci picked off a Marc Staal clear up the boards and dished it to Chara at the middle of the blue line and, with Milan Lucic battling with a Ranger defnder in front, blasted it past Henrik Lundqvist to give the B's a 3-2 lead.
Read MoreBruins look to bounce back against Rangers
The Bruins this afternoon have an opportunity to prove what many seem to already believe -- that their 6-1 beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday was an aberration.
They will have to do so against a New York Ranger team that, had it not been for a stupendous performance from Tuukka Rask, played well enough to beat the B's on November 19.
Read MoreB's regroup for Rangers
Even if the Bruins had won 6-1 in Detroit Wednesday night -- and not lost by that score, in one of their poorest showing this season -- they would have spent part of Thanksgiving Day practicing at the Garden.
As it was, they knew they need to get a whole lot better -- in a hurry -- before facing the hot New York Rangers tomorrow afternoon.
"It was really an awful night for us," said coach Claude Julien of the debacle in Detroiut. "No matter what we did, we weren't very good.
Red Wings wallop Bruins, 6-1
DETROIT--It seems like the Bruins began their Thanksgiving holiday just a little too soon, because they simply did not show up at Joe Louis Arena on Wednesday.
The B's were outplayed in every facet of the game by banged-up Red Wings team and they got what thy had coming to them -- an embarrassing 6-1 loss.
The Wings scored a goal in the first period, three in the second and two in the third before Jarome Iginla spoiled Jonas Gustavsson's shutout bid with a meaningless goal with 2:25 left.
Read MoreSeidenberg out, McQuaid a gametime decision tonight in Detroit
DETROIT--Bruins coach Claude Julien ruled out Dennis Seidenberg for tonight's game against the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena, but Adam McQuaid is still a possibility for tonight. Julien said a decision on his availability will be made after pre-game warmups. McQuaid has been out since suffering a lower body injury on Nov. 9 against Toronto while Seidenberg has been on the shelf since suffering a lower body injury in New York on Nov. 19.
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that's so funny. My young man and I are working our way through the Mad Men ouevre and we were just asking last night about whether there was an anachronism database for it. So he's busily perusing it right now looking for some of the things that caught our ears.
As far as accents and England, basically if two populations divulge, one of them pretty much keeps the original accent. So places like Virginia and so on actually have a more accurate representation of what the English accent sounded like at the time.
I've seen that kind of subtitling too, for people with accents that seemed to me to be understandable, and have often wondered if it's necessary.
And your husband is hardly a fair sample, having lived for many years with someone with a mild English accent!
Yeah, we pretty much turn the subtitles on right from the beginning of DOCTOR WHO and DOWNTON ABBEY.
That's interesting. I wonder how many other people in the U.S. do that? I got quite offended the other day when they interviewed someone on the news from the UK and subtitled him. His words were clear as day. i asked my husband, a New Yorker who's never been to England (but obviously understands me pretty well when he chooses to!), whether he understood the guy on TV; Frank had no problem with the interviewee. They had done the same thing to another interviewee who had a slight Italian accent only a few days earlier, once again unnecessarily I thought. I wonder who decides to subtitle and when? Especially when viewers have the option of simply pushing a button if they want/need to do so.
I don't recall having a problem with "The Committments."
We routinely have the subtitles on when watching anything on BBC America. Or Downton Abbey.
Wow, I thought The Commitments was clear enough. I understand East Enders was a problem, though.
Clever Clint... don't you know he translated it into Gaelic, @Kim?
That reminds me of when I watched "The Commitments" with a group of friends and ended up having to translate it -- even though i'm English and the movie's about a bunch of Irish guys forming a band. It also happened with Monty Python.
Okay, I am digressing now. One of my favorite movie blunders was showing the Clint Eastwood character in Million Dollar Baby trying to read Yeats in gaelic. Yeats, of course, wrote in English.
That is a very good point, Mitch. Ironically, the only way to make it clear that the Founding Fathers sounded like English guys back then, is to make them sound like English guys sound today. If that makes sense.
I think one only gets a sense of what was at stake in the Revolution if one remembers that, at the outset, these people considered themselves English. But perhaps I digress.
Mitch-- yes, that's true, the cursing was off the hook, even for HBO. However, the characters seemed to converse in a mingling of guttural/low language and something akin to the Queen's English. I'm wondering how historically accurate the "high speech" was because a lot of it was non-intelligible to me. (And I have a dual-track Bachelor's in English with a focus on etymology.)
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