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Now available from the Conservative Party website is the full report, detailing how the party will deal with the "deluge of over-regulation" emanating from Brussels, on which yesterday's press conference was based (see previous Blog).
Entitled "Reversing the Drivers of Regulation: the European Union", it runs to 64 pages, with print so large that there is no need to produce a separate copy for the visually impaired.
Produced by John Tate and Greg Clark of the Conservative Research Department Policy Unit, it is a truly wonderful demonstration of how the party has totally failed to get to grips with the European Union and what is represents. If UKIP had got its act together, it could have a field day.
The one good thing about the document, however, is that it is clearly laid out, with the core details enumerated, so one does not have to spend too much time demolishing the proposals.
On offer are eight proposals, three set down for "immediate action" and the other five listed as "Actions in Europe". The "immediate" actions are: minimum implementation of EU directives; allowing existing gold-plating to be deleted; and supporting only EU legislation with price tags. I will deal with these first.
On the issue of "minimum implementation of directives", the authors of the report clearly do not have any idea of what is happening on the EU legislative scene. As our readers will know, the traditional directives were devices for setting out general objectives in respect of specific EU policy areas, which then allowed member states to transpose them into law, allowing considerable flexibility as to how they were framed, as long as the general objectives were met.
However, that understanding comes out of "Janet and John go to Brussels". Directives have long since been transformed into very different creatures. These days, they are often so detailed that they are virtually indistinguishable from the (theoretically) more detailed regulations, and leave very little room for discretion or flexibility on the part of the member states. Generally, they only need to be copied out into the respective legislative codes to become law.
But there has been a more profound change. As with the British government, which relies more and more for its legislative programme on general "Enabling Acts" which simply create general powers for ministers to frame regulation, so does the EU more and more rely on "Framework Directives" which empower the commission to produce detailed European regulations.
These Regulations have what is known as "direct effect". They come into force the moment they are enacted, or "done in Brussels" as the wording over the signature blocks so kindly remind us. They must be adopted word for word, unchanged, and do not require transposition into member state law books.
In other words, straight directives are "old hat" and the problem of "gold plating" is simply less relevant than it was when the Conservatives were last in power. The Tories, like old generals, are preparing to fight the last war.
To that extent, the second of the proposals allowing existing "gold plating" to be deleted is also less relevant. Many of the directives where it was a problem have been – or will be in due course – replaced by EU regulations.
The third proposal, though, is in a different league – supporting only EU legislation with "price tags". This is nothing more or less than sophistry. There are 28 Conservative (and Unionist) MEPs in a European Parliament of 732 members. Britain is one of 25 members of the Council of Ministers in which most legislation is passed by qualified majority voting. Here, the UK is in a permanent minority, representing 13 percent of the vote. Who cares what the Conservatives will or will not support? The commission is not going to roll over and stop producing legislation just because the Tories want "price tags", and neither will the other member states. This proposal is a waste of space.
That brings us to the other five proposals – the "Actions in Europe". The authors of the report claim they will "force" member states to prove they can comply with proposed EU legislation, before signing up to it. Oh dear. And precisely how will this be done? Can it be done? Er.. no - not without a treaty change. Another waste of space.
Next, the Conservatives will "ensure pre-legislative review", thus ensuring that legislation is fully justified. One can only deal with this in increasingly acerbic terms: haven't these drongos heard of the EU treaties? Do they not know that the commission has absolute right of initiative? There is no requirement for the commission to carry out such a review and it will continue churning out the legislation, as it deems fit, with or without pre-legislative reviews. There is nothing the Conservatives can do to stop it.
Next, the Conservatives say they will "introduce a 'red card' for use by national parliaments", scrapping EU legislation that 50 percent of more of "EU national parliaments" cite as disproportionate or contrary to subsidiarity. Er… not without a treaty change they won't, and that is not likely to happen. In any case, all the Tories are committed to is to "press the case". Big deal. And what if the colleagues say "no"?
Next, they say they will introduce "sunset reviews" of legislation, so that EU laws have automatic expiry dates. Again, not without a treaty change, but read exactly what the Conservatives are proposing: "A Conservative government would argue strongly for the European Commission to insert sunset clauses into new legislation". Big, big deal. Forget it.
And finally… "A Conservative government would call for the president to appoint a commissioner with explicit responsibility for deregulation". Er… please Mr Fox, would you look after these chickens for me? Excuse me while I laugh.
What is missing from the whole of this dire document, of course, is any explicit, detailed proposal as to how the Conservatives aim to cut back any of the 97,000 pages of regulation so far produced. There is only one way. That is to set out specific demands, to threaten to leave if they are not met and to mean it. And that, the Conservatives will not do, and that is why nothing in this document is of any value whatsoever.
These people know nothing, have learnt nothing, and are going nowhere.
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Now available from the Conservative Party website is the full report, detailing how the party will deal with the "deluge of over-regulation" emanating from Brussels, on which yesterday's press conference was based (see previous Blog).


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At the end of last week's Gleecap, I was thisclose to popping a hernia and/or giving up Glee for good. However, luckily (or unluckily, in the case of future blood-boilingly asinine episodes) this week's episode restored my passionate love for this godawful show. What was the solution? Having err'body in the (glee) club gettin tipsy, of couse. And because I'm allergic to using the same format twice, this week I present to you…
The Winners:
Honorable mentions: Puck's glasses; Carole King.
The Losers:
(Dis)Honorable mentions: Rachel's Blackout Juice, my coworker who takes everything that happens on Glee very seriously and without irony.
Final tallies: approx. 4 plots, 3:0 pop:showtunes ratio (ouch), 1 act of unnecessary violence, 2.5 realistic conversations, 1 extremely convincing approximation of high school life, fewer than 100 completely unbelievable things…all in all I'd say this episode comes out on the "win" side. FINALLY.
Rejoice in this episode, Gleeks….because we have to wait two whole weeks for a new episode, in which Gwynnie reappears. Who cares—FREE STAMOS!
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
Started reading this afternoon & already halfway through. Blowing my mind.
Hello again, Gleeks! Sorry for not recapping last week's second episode—well, actually, I'm only a little bit sorry. I just couldn't. It was just so…bland. And not even bland-tacular. It's like they decided to take away the little things that made me love Glee one by one until I'm left watching a hollow shell of the show I once adored and defended. So basically, it's a lot like season 3-4 of The O.C. except we're not even done with the second season yet. Oof.
In list form this week, for sanity's sake:
· Will begins the show by telling us "I actually learned something in my Spanish class today." This is surprising, because it means that the Spanish classroom still exists, and also not surprising at all, because I'm sure I'd learn something in Spanish class, too, if I was a Spanish teacher who never went to class because I secretly don't know any Spanish.
· Oh, never mind, Will learned that the "old Will Schuster is back." Wait, Will Schuster the F'ING HORRIBLE PERSON? Because I'm pretty sure he never left. Aaaand sure enough, here is the Old Will Schuster, jumping at the chance to abandon a classroom full of teenagers for his not-girlfriend. Perfect.
· "Sue-icide." Please. I have no words for this plot line. Except "completely unbelievable"—and those words only apply to Will's comment that it's "weird" that Sue's apartment is unlocked. No, it's really not—you guys break into each other's apartments all the time!
· Sue is depressed because blah blah doesn't matter she's joining the glee club. JUST GO WITH IT.
· Quinn Finn Sam Quinn Sam Finn whatever, they're all horrible people and it doesn't matter because the only reason it's happening is so they can sing a tangentially related song, in this case…
· OHMYGOD WHY JUSTIN BIEBER WHY WHY WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS. Okay, well maybe we'll only have to suffer through one song. …Please?
· Brittany is wearing clothes Sue is throwing a fit Emma is wearing gloves BORED.
· Wait, am I supposed to remember who Aural Intensity is? Because I do not.
· According to Sam, Teh Biebs "sums up our generation"? Sorry, is your generation 12? Because I'm not sure aiming the show at 12 year olds is completely kosher given that this episode will go on to include reference to fake tits, guys getting boners while wrestling a girl, and teenagers bending over and shaking their asses. For real.
· The glee club is very hostile to Sam's Bieber fever…that is, until they notice Teh Bieb's publicist standing behind them with a blowtorch and a sign that says "LOVE IT OR DIE, PLEBES." Suddenly, everyone loses their panties over Sam's new hairdo and mediocre dance moves.
· Angry Birds vs. Mike Chang's abs? I know which one I'd choose. Wait…no I don't. GOD DAMN YOU GREEN PIGS.
· Sue has the brilliant idea to pit Mercedes and Rachel against each other, bored bored, oh wait, could this possibly lead to some real singing? BRING IT. PLEASE.
· God, stuff just keeps happening in this episode doesn't it? And yet somehow it feels like nothing has happened at all…
· The boys walk in all Bieb'd out, and Mercedes sums up my life with the line "Sweet Jesus, who bought tickets to crazy town?". In that moment, I realize that what I really want to be watching right now is a show of just Mercedes. Preferably, said show would be a Youtube vlog in which she cuts bitches down to size and sings stuff based on user requests. MAKE IT SO, INTERWEBS.
· There's another Bieber song that I can't be bothered to look up the name of, including an expensive professional lighting device (of course) and, um, fistfuls of chalk being thrown into the air (???). Puck is wearing a wig and it makes me want to die.
· It's official: New Directions has completed the transformation it's been threatening to do since day 1. Like Natalie Portman becoming the Black Swan, it's gone down a thorny path of bad decisions and uncontrollable behavior and finally embraced its true nature: indeed, it is now no longer a show choir at all, but a full-fledged Glorified Karaoke Club. It is a dark day for all of us.
· To help Lauren with her stage fright, Puck comes up with the quirky, original suggestion to "imagine the audience in their underwear." It's official: this show is being written by Google Scribe.
· Oooh yes diva-off! I completely forgot that was happening in the information-dump of plots in this episode. Seriously, can we count the plots? Sue is depressed, Quinn is an indecisive slut, Sam is Bieber, the boys are in a post-Valentine's day slump, something about a comeback for Will, Rachel is paying Brittany to wear clothes, Rachel vs. Mercedes diva-off, Lauren wants to sing a song, they need an anthem for regionals, Santana is controlling Sam's life…aand… I think that's it. And that's TEN. TEN (10) PLOTLINES IN ONE EPISODE. I just…can't.
· But anyway, back to the diva-off! Hooray, I hope they sing good songs! Oh, it's just one song? Okay, I'll take what I can get. OHMYGOODNESSYESS it's a Broadway song? God, I wonder what they'll sing: Dreamgirls, Chicago, Gypsy, anything by Sondheim, wow the possibilities are—oh…it's Rent. So…Broadway lite?
· You know what, though? I'll take it, given the dearth of musical theater lately, PLUS the abominations earlier this episode. And it's actually totally realistic for baby musical theater nerds to be singing some good ol' Jonathan Larson.
· Aww, you guys, this diva-off was fun. Why can't we do this all the time? Oh, right, because Bieber's publicist is here. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.
· Schu wants to know what Sue's doing tomorrow night. Aww yeahh, here's the old Will Schuster! Creepy and inappropriate FTW! Bring it on! Everyone on this show is a horrible person, hahahahaha!
· ……..Wait wtf I can't make fun of him for volunteering in a pediatric cancer ward. Damn it. So let's sit here silently and awkwardly for a few minutes. [Awkward silence while Sue and Schu sing "This little light of mine" with real life adorable but very ill children.] So…this is nice…
· And we're back! Brittany is still wearing clothes, or something.
· Guys, let's just take a step back and examine our lives right now. In ONE EPISODE, we have witnessed: high schoolers losing their shit over Justin Bieber (ever-so-coincidentally right after opening weekend of his big movie!), an awkward bat mitzvah, a crack about someone's fake tits, a pediatric cancer ward, and whatever the hell you want to call what's happening right now—i.e., Lauren Zises singing/intoning "I Know What Boys Like". Because I have no words for it. Puck is playing the guitar in his underwear. Girls are sticking their asses out while wearing short plaid skirts and knee socks. These are all things that are happening. STILL HAPPENING.
· Sorry, after that song my brain broke so I really wasn't concentrating on the rest of the episode. Santana is saying words, and they might be funny, but there's also a good chance they don't make sense.
· Aaand for our big finale, Sue voices the opinion that no one understood this week's "assignment," which, as a reminder, was to come up with an "anthem" for "regionals." And clearly, in order for a song to be appropriate for regionals, you have to have Finn and Rachel on lead vocals, sing for no one in an empty auditorium, and approximate the choreography, wardrobe, and edginess of a Gap commercial. You'd be forgiven for thinking that this means replicating "Don't Stop Believin'." Instead, they sing something else bland and officially kill the "plaid" trend forever.
· According to Rachel, "The Warblers have Kurt and Blaine as their one two punch," even though Kurt is not allowed to sing so it's really only one punch, and "Aural Intensity kicked our butts last year." Wait, how can they have if I really honestly don't remember who they are or what they sang or WHERE THE HELL THEY'RE HIDING CHARICE AND CHEYENNE JACKSON.
· ………Original music? This is SUCH a bad idea.
· Wait, next week's episode involves everyone getting drunk and acting inappropriate? That's funny for two reasons: 1) they always act inappropriate, drunk or not, and 2) what a coincidence, that's what this week's episode made me want to do!
Let me make this clear: this episode broke my brain. Every major criticism of the show that non-fans have ever leveled at me came up last night, and for the first time, I honestly did not feel like debunking any of them. I think next week's episode will make or break it for me, but we'll see….at least there'll be a chance of seeing Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Fancy School for Boys again!
"I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless, nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone: I just miss you, in a quite simple, desperate, human way. You, with all your undumb letters, would never write so elementary a phrase as that; perhaps you wouldn't even feel it."
—More from Vita Sackville-West's letter pining for Virginia Woolf
Hello again, Glee fans! Welcome to a whole new year of Gleecaps. Unfortunately, our friends over at Fox studios neglected to provide a whole new year of plots. This means that anyone who's seen more than one episode of Glee could have written last night's episode in their sleep. It was basically Glee Mad Libs. As a matter of fact, if you don't have time to watch the real thing, just auto-play the 30 second samples of the cast album on iTunes and let that play in the background while you play….
The episode opens in [any location in McKinley High (but probably a hallway)] with [member of Glee] fighting with [member of football team/Cheerios/AV club] because of [arbitrary reason]. This fight is [interrupted/ignored/resolved] by an [adjective] musical number: [Top 40 Hit] performed by the [glee club/Cheerios/any number of Will Schuster's exes]. It looks like it cost [amount greater than $1,000] to produce and involves lots of [fog machines/professional lighting/FIRE/dirt bikes]. Sue Sylvester is duly [offended/inspired/furious] and threatens to perform [illegal action] to [mentally incapacitated student/blackmailed adult] as a result.
Meanwhile, in the [other location in McKinley High] an arbitrary love triangle heats up between [any 3 students (but probably Finn [seriously, what the fuck is so appealing about that guy?])]. It is only tangentially related to [arbitrary fight from earlier], and will be [forgotten/forgiven/ignored] faster than it takes for [Kurt to transfer schools/Brittany to shoot out of a cannon/Quinn to go into labor and give birth to a child]. A mellow showtune is emoted by [Rachel/Kurt/but actually your only choice is Rachel] because of [angst/lust/no apparent reason].


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D.C. UNITED: Late Goal From DeLeon Keeps Cup Hopes Alive
Rookie Nick DeLeon scored in the 88th minute to give D.C. United a 1-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Thursday and a spot in the Eastern Conference finals on a 2-1 aggregate score.
D.C. United will play Houston for a chance at its first conference title in six years. The teams open in Houston on Sunday and return to RFK Stadium on Nov. 18.
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Distal Radius Fractures
The radius and ulna are the two bones in your forearm. The distal radius is the end of the radius that makes up part of the wrist joint. This is a very common area of the upper extremity that is fractured. It usually occurs after a fall or motor-vehicle accident. It is common for young people in high energy accidents and older people with osteoporosis to have this. People will have pain and swelling at the wrist as well as bruising. This is identified by a doctor's physical exam and x-rays. Sometimes a wrist CT scan is obtained to help with surgical planning.
Treatment for distal radius fractures depends on the severity of the fracture. More severe fractures have multiple pieces that have been spread apart from the intact radius. If there is only one piece that hasn't been shifted from the radius, casting can be performed. If the piece has shifted (called displacement) the surgeon will try to re-align the piece (called reduction) in the emergency room. If the piece will stay reduced it is considered a stable fracture and can be treated with casting. Fractures with many pieces that are displaced do no heal well in a cast. Surgery for this fracture involves realigning the pieces and holding them securely with a plate and screws. After surgery patients are still splinted initially until the swelling from surgery has resolved. People with distal radius fractures that heal with malalignment are at greater risk for developing wrist arthritis.


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CRESTWOOD – South Oldham freshman Jasmine Whitfield didn't sugarcoat it when talking about the Lady Dragons' offense against Walton-Verona.
Six students earned Gold Key awards in the regional Scholastic art competition. Whitney Olsen was honored for drawing, Katherine Ferriell for painting and Emily Farmer, Cameryn Jones, Ben Kolder and Catherine Taylor for their art portfolios.
A Jeffersontown man faces an indecent exposure charge for allegedly masturbating in the parking lot of an Oldham rest area.
Several members of the Oldham County High School Symphonic Band were recently honored as members of the All-5th District Bands, University of Louisville and Western Kentucky University Honors bands and the 2009 Kentucky All-State Bands. Forty-eight OCHS band members were selected by audition to perform with the All-District bands conducted by Dr. Greg Byrne from UofL and Joseph Stites from WKU. The bands performed Jan. 10 at the University of Louisville School of Music. Nine OCHS students performed Jan.
Skateboarders and roller-bladers in La Grange may soon face fines if they are found riding on public property that has been designated as a "No Skateboarding" area. Members of the La Grange City Council voted Monday to enact a city ordinance that regulates the use of skateboards and similar devices in city limits. According to the ordinance, it is against state law for skateboarders and roller-bladers to ride on private property within a business in the city "without the direct or implied consent of the owner if there is displayed
It was a couple of years ago that then Oldham Era general manager Julie Satterly encouraged me to write my first column for the paper.
With the combination of Hurricane Ike and January's ice storm, Pewees have had limbs down in their yards pretty much since September, and they're tired of it. So the city council decided to take matters into their own hands.
Oldham County Dollars for Scholars is seeking volunteers to help score scholarship applications.
There will be sessions from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 and 20 at the Pewee Valley Women's Club. Evening sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. March 10, 12, 17 and 19 at Fastline Publications in Buckner Volunteers must not have had a relative who applied for a scholarship this year. For information visit www.ocdfs.org or call Cindy Hack at 376-7653.
For all those wannabe police officers out there, or anyone wondering what it's like to fire a Glock or to see the inside of a jail cell — here's your chance. The next Oldham County Citizen's Police Academy will run for 10 weeks starting April 14.
Faith Community Church will host Marriage Enrichment Weekend, a two-day conference, from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, designed to help couples build a healthy and vibrant marriage. The conference, held at Gingerwoods Event Hall at 7611 Rose Island Road in Prospect, will teach couples how to experience deep spiritual, emotional, and sexual intimacy within their marriage.
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LOL nah this is pretty ok. I'll just tell something for you to look out and polish and you do what you want. Ok So it looks to me that your right handed right? When you draw something if you want it to look smoother use shorter lines. It will look smother and and it wont have jagged edges! Also the neck should be more in the center rather then bit to the right. You drew a portrait that looks directly at us so the neck should be in the middle. The nose seems a bit to the right, when you draw a portrait that is looking directly at us you probably wouldn't see that nose like that,. You would only see a bit of nostrils and some shadows. Still a VEARRY GOOD first try. Try taking some references of you your dad, random peapol on internet and Google, your gardener or anyone else in try and draw them!
Thank You Gedeon ^^ I appreciate the pointers. and for some reason I did the same thing with the neck on my second try. I can understand what you're saying though, I will be sure to take note of it! One thing that confues me though is that you said shorter lines will make something look smoother? I don't quite get it.
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when you use short lines you AT FIRST have some unnecessary lines,BUT after a little erasing action its smooth as a baby's bottom. And the one line has jagged edges all the way....^-^' i don't have a steady hand..... sorry for the double post....laggy net.........
It's alright ^^ I dont mind the double post, as much as i know its the equivalent to murder on a forum.. Yeah now I see what you meant. thank you very much!


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Microsoft Xbox One is a gaming console that comes with an x86-64 processor architecture. It is the successor of Xbox 360. It provides you with a lot of games and entertainment that you can enjoy at home with your friends and family.
Why is Xbox One Not Backward Compatible?
While buying Xbox One, you may hope that the vast collection of Xbox 360 games can now be played on your new gaming machine – Xbox One. Unfortunately the bad news is that the Xbox One gaming console does not support backward compatibility. This is simply because that both the gaming consoles- Xbox One and Xbox 360, are based on two different architectures. Xbox One uses the x86 processor; while the Xbox 360 console uses the PowerPC (PPC) architecture. The movement to x86 architecture from the PPC architecture is because of the less cost involved in it and the ease in development. This x86 architecture helps the developers to quickly create games across various platforms.
Not many people will be happy with the movement to x86 architecture. However, since the architecture of Xbox One is similar to that of computers and laptops, the porting of games from computers to Xbox One and vice-versa are relatively easy. This means it is not only beneficial for developers, but also the users. The new console provides a lot of interesting functionalities that would have been otherwise difficult in the older consoles. It will give the users the compelling and faster kind of gaming experience.
This would mean that the new Xbox One will only work for newer games. It was basically designed to give users an entirely new gaming experience.
If you have both the gaming consoles, you can be connected to both at the same time. To access your Xbox 360 console, connect the Xbox 360 to Xbox One using the HDMI input port provided with the Xbox One.
There are a lot of hoaxes available on the internet listing the instructions to be followed so that the Xbox 360 games can be played on Xbox One. Microsoft has warned its customers against following these pranks as it would mean that the gaming console would end up rebooting itself constantly.
To cater to the needs for backward compatibility, like Sony planned for PS4s, Microsoft has not plans of coming up with a streaming device for backward compatibility.
The similarity with the computers architecture provides a lot of benefits as compared to the cost involved in the purchase of new games. Though not all the Xbox 360 gamers may be convinced with this, but Microsoft has stated that they will come up with more interesting and popular games that will let users stream the games through the cloud. Net result of moving to a different architecture is the experience in playing better and interesting games.
In a nutshell, even if the Xbox One does not provide backward compatibility, it will definitely improve the entire gaming experience with a lot of other options.


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There are two main things that have me on the edge right now about my upcoming adventure to the rainforests of Peru: Language barriers and literally, The Rainforest.
There is so much unknown that I'm going into alone and it's quite terrifying for one, but also totally exciting in my book. As much as I'm a control freak and hate the unknown, sometimes you just have to dive right into something you don't understand to really enjoy it, right? Yeah, that's the way to think about it…so you don't get so scared. Hah!
Right now, the language barrier has me on the rocks. I know hardly any Spanish, only French (so much for all 7 years of French throughout High School and College!!!) and I'm going to a Spanish speaking country. I know the two languages are similar, but also different in so many ways. To help combat the anxiety that I know I'll suddenly be overwhelmed with in the coming weeks I was fortunate enough to have Whit let me borrow something of his: Rosetta Stone!
I know I won't be able to learn an entire language in four weeks but I'm hoping to learn as much as I can, or at least the basics to get me around. I'm most worried about when I arrive at the airport and won't be able to find anyone to help me in English…that and I won't even know where to go or how to do it! Yikes! Hopefully after 3 months in Peru I'll be able to come back with some Spanish under my belt so the next time I go back…hahaha…we'll see about that.
The other thing though, is simply the rainforest. There is some crazy freaking stuff out there. I've been doing my research and have come upon two of the most dangerous and crazy things I could come across (and undoubtedly will) during my excursion:
The Bullet Ant:
Lets just say…that it's name says everything about it. At an inch long, they live in trees and fall from them to bite you and protect themselves. And they shriek. SHRIEK!!!! Have you ever heard of an ant doing that! I most certainly do not want to be hit by one of these guys…but if I do, you'll hear about it. And I'll be able to tell you what it's like to get shot…by an ant. Haha.
And, the Bot Fly:
Now this one, this one is the most extreme one to me.
First of all, there are several varieties, one just for good ol' humans. They lay their eggs on other insects like mosquitoes, which then bite humans and drop the egg, reacting to heat and burrowing into your skin. Yeah, they are freaking parasites and live there, larvae and all, eating you until you remove them or the develop fully and basically fall out. How fun does that sound? I know right, just marvelous. I'm hoping to keep enough of me covered (literally, head to toe) to keep these guys off me. I don't want to have to come back through US customs in October asking me what that is that's wriggling on my arm. Hah!
Of course those are just a few of the insects I need to be highly aware of, but there are also other things like big mammals…including mountain lions, jaguars, bears, other big cats and goodness gracious who knows what else…fun right?!


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Definition of arachnophobia in English:
arachnophobiaLine breaks: arachno|pho¦bia
Pronunciation: /əˌraknəˈfəʊbɪə /
noun[mass noun]
Extreme or irrational fear of spiders.
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- If you don't already have arachnophobia (that's an irrational fear of spiders), you might after seeing this sci-fi flick.
- Would something like this also prove to be the cause of my arachnophobia and my fear of hypodermic needles?
- I found it rather difficult to write the scene with the spider since I have arachnophobia.
1920s: modern Latin, from Greek arakhnē 'spider' + -phobia.
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- But arachnophobes can relax: Assassin spiders are a mere eighth of an inch (two millimeters) long and are harmless to humans.
- I think they are pretty creepy but I'm a bit of an arachnophobe myself.
- As the metamorphosis to Spiderman takes place, Parker learns to scale walls, swing from city rooftops and spin webs all over the place (an arachnophobe's worst nightmare).
arachnophobic adjective
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- My arachnophobic daughter would disagree with that most vociferously!
- While some imagery is potentially more disturbing for young kids (as well as for arachnophobic grown-ups), this adaptation is otherwise straightforward to a fault.
- Mena Suvari turns up as his Reiki-practising, crystal-loving, arachnophobic neighbour, Charlotte.
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This article originally caught my eye because my partner and I are in the middle of a detox (no alcohol, no caffeine, no sugar, no junk food for 2 weeks…it's been awful. The three pounds I've lost is in no way worth it. Come Friday, I am going to drink 3 bottles of wine and eat at least a whole cake). However, I think this sort of detox might be more useful to me than the one I'm currently on.
The Wall Street Journal has done a piece on the potential benefits of a technology cleanse: removing anything with a screen from your home life for a set period of time.
From the article:
Some therapists prescribe tech cleanses for clients. Sharon Gilchrest O'Neill, a Mount Kisco, N.Y., marriage and family therapist, says technology is a distraction from family—and hard to resist because …
… it's portable and provides instant gratification. It's also an easy escape if we're having trouble in a relationship. "Technology should be on the list of the top reasons why people divorce, along with money, sex and parenting," she says. She has seen couples who communicate almost entirely through text, email and phone messages. "There has to be some time in the week when you are all together and you shut off the technology," she says.
I can easily see how technology can affect a relationship. I am on Blackberry (I say that like I'm on a medication for a reason), and my phone is constantly flashing with work demands. I work the sort of job where at any time of the night I might get a phone call from one of our clients who have missed their flight/are lost/are having an issue at the venue/don't know where they are going/etc., and because of this, I never have my phone off. But I should. I know it drives my partner mad that I jump the second my phone makes a noise, that I never go more than a few hours without checking it. We have been out to events where I will have to leave to go handle some work thing, and times when we have been half asleep when my phone would go off and he'd grumble 'Just answer it…'. Even on vacation I keep it on, as I inevitably receive a few emails that have to be answered (I once had a colleague who told me that when she goes away, she changes her email reply and voicemail message to insitrcut "If this is an urgent matter, please contact my mother at xxx.xxx.xxxx. She will put you in contact with me," brilliantly guessing that no matter is urgent enough that someone is going to want to call her mother).
But aside from my Blackberry issues, we are technology heavy people; when he is watching something on TV I don't want to watch (which is likely something involving the military or some sort of theoretical space show we have seen a billion times), I will be messing around on my laptop, looking at blogs. We're in the same room, but we might as well not be.
The idea of giving up technology for a month sounds amazing (a week I know I can do- when we go to the cottage in the summer we have nothing but a radio, and that suits us just fine), but I'm just not sure we could do it. Even if my work place ceased to exist, I would miss the internet, I'd miss TV, and even my stupid Blackberry. Although I am not sure how much difference would be seen in my relationship (I don't really think that technology has lead to a disconnect, so much as a mild annoyance when we're trying to get each others' attention), I would love to break my dependence on technology. I would like to see my phone flashing, and really just not care to check to see why. I would love to just stop watching TV- there's nothing good on anyways. And the internet…well, I'm not sure I want to give that up, but I sure could spend less time on it. I'd also like to see if I viewed the world differently without technology- I know I gave up listening to my iPod in public a few years ago because I found it was distracting me from far more interesting things that were going on around me.
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The Perfect Score Movie Review
- Thursday, January 29, 2004
This film suffers from some script problems, in particular the dialogue, which is generally very weak, minus a few exceptions ("A lot of people think these questions are difficult, but not me. These questions have answers."). The characters are stereotype recreations from "The Breakfast Club" (but to their credit, the writers do give that film a verbal nod). The acting, with the exception of Johansson and Nam, as the very funny stoner dude a.k.a. Sean Penn in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," is mediocre. And, although turning high school students into SAT thieves is a good twist on the usual heist caper, the plot flounders. Despite these near-fatal flaws, however, "The Perfect Score" has a number of things going for it.
First of all, the film underscores the nearsightedness of our educational system, which relies on multiple-choice tests that just happen to be a billion-dollar industry. Second, it portrays the pressure placed on high school students to perform on that test, sometimes without thought to other academic, athletic or artistic achievements. Third, and perhaps most importantly, it jabs a finger in the chests of parents who have emotionally abandoned their kids.
Francesca's father, a successful businessman, cares only about bedding young women. Kyle's parents are oblivious to his academic angst, as are Anna's obsessive parents, who disdain photography, Anna's real interest. Matty, who has been dumped by his girlfriend, doesn't even bother to consult his parents. And, Desmond's mother is trying to make it as a single mom. Interestingly enough, she's the one character who shows us just how important good parenting is.
"I'd be a Mom," Francesca replies, when asked what she would do if money were no object. "Not just a parent, but one who cares more about that title than the one on her business card." Ouch! She's nailed a major segment of the parent population in just one sentence. Fortunately, we see the other side in Desmond's mother, who not only encourages her son to get his college degree – advice that the athlete heeds – but also keeps after him to study. After learning that Roy's mother is dead, this gutsy role model connects it to Roy's drug problem, forcing him to get real. At the end of the film, when Roy has achieved huge success, he rightly attributes it to the tough love of his surrogate mom.
Although the kids do resort to crime as a solution to their problems, "The Perfect Score" doesn't assume that it's okay for them to cheat, simply because they feel pressure. And, in the end, while they all benefit from a distinct advantage, they do opt to do the right thing, which sends a good message about honesty. Unfortunately, director Brian Robbins ("Varsity Blues") makes the characters' language very realistic, with lots of obscenities (include a couple f- words). He also inexplicably introduces the character of Francesca with a shot of her crotch and a comment about "forbidden fruit" – an unnecessary and completely gratuitous addition.
Fellow reviewers will tend to skewer this film for its cinematic failings, but "The Perfect Score" has merit. It's a good movie for families with older teens, who will relate to the frustration-with-parents-and-the-system theme. Hopefully, the film's message will also score high with parents.
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Red Flag Warning Remains In Effect Through Saturday Afternoon
A Red Flag Warning remains in effect Friday as gusty winds and low humidities plague the Southland.
Crews Douse Brush Fire In Santa Clarita
Firefighters on Thursday made short work of a small brush fire in the Saugus area of Santa Clarita.
Josh Rubenstein's Weather Forecast (Oct. 25)
Gusty winds on tap for the next two days. A red flag warning and wind warnings kick in tonight and last through mid-day Saturday.
Car Plunges Off Malibu Cliff Killing Driver And Igniting Brushfire
The driver of a vehicle that went over an embankment in an unincorporated area near Malibu Thursday sparking a brush fire that charred about two acres was found badly burned and dead.
Service Restored To Most Southern California Homes
Service has been restored to most Southern California homes and businesses that lost power for more than a day after wet and windy storms swept through the state.
'Is This A Third-World Country?' County Officials Hammer Edison On Outages
The utility is on the defensive in the wake of a devastating wind storm that has left thousands still in the dark.
'Jesus Is Hanging Upside Down': Winds Destroy Crucifix At San Gabriel Mission
The winds may have died down, but the damage left behind at one Southland mission may require divine intervention to repair.
Weaker Winds Help Crews Douse 3-Story-High Fire Near LA Businesses
Officials said the damage could have been a lot more substantial if winds that had been pummeling cities throughout the Southland had picked up overnight.
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What does home owners and car insurance cover if your property was damaged by the wind?
Multiple Schools Closed Across Southland Amid High Winds
High winds across the Southland left multiple school districts closing their doors after as many as 250,000 residents were left without power on Thursday.
Gusty Winds, Low Humidity Levels Prompt Red Flag Warning
A red flag warning will be in effect across the Southland Wednesday due to high winds and low humidity levels.
Potentially Damaging Winds Expected Throughout Sunday Evening
This weekend marks the unofficial beginning of Summer, but don't tell the calendar as strong and potentially damaging winds are expected around the Southland throughout the weekend.
Skies Expected To Clear By Afternoon, May Gray To Linger
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Winds of up to 50 miles per hour were predicted to rake across the Grapevine and Antelope Valley area starting Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.
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Windows 7 x64 pagefile, scratch disk, temp files, etc
I have the following desktop: TechComet: My Gadgets
My MO is generally to keep things default unless there is a good reason why I should change the way something is set up.
An example is that I read SSDs wear out over time so it is better to put the paging file on a separate disk. Hence, I created a dedicated partition on my 1TB HD and put my paging file there. The partition is 10GB and the paging file can go up to a total of 9GB (I have 6GB of RAM).
I have read articles that I suggest I move my Photoshop CS5 scratch disk of my SSD onto a separate hard drive. Hence, I made my paging file partition bigger and put the scratch disk there. I dont deal with a lot of massive photoshop files, so this shouldnt be a big deal, but again I want the best performance with the least hassle.
So, my questions are:
1. Where should the paging file be placed and approximately how big should it be?
2. Where should the Photoshop scratch disk be placed?
3. Should I move my temp folders off my SSD (i.e. move them to my HD)?
4. Are there any other hardware or optimization tweak that would benefit the speed or longevity of my system?
Again like I said I dont like trying out every obscure hack, for one thing there is so much disagreement over these hacks that it is difficult to figure out what is the best thing to do.
Anyway, thanks for helping!
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Asked and answered, over and over again.
Windows 7 x64 pagefile, scratch disk, temp files, etc
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See, this is the point, no-one replied on this forum, so if I had posted only here I would not have gotten any response at all.
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There are limited number of responders on all these forums and you are attempting to get their attention for something that is not even a problem! Google could have been used, probably with less effort than posting the same question all over the place, to get most of your answers, if not all.
As I noted in that other thread, this practice often does result in conflicting information and it can lead to results that are confusing not only to the OPs, but to the responders as well.
The proper thing to do is post at one site, wait a few days and then if not satisfied, move to another site.
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Most people probably don't give the power consumption of their Internet routers a second thought. But the Internet as a whole is a colossal energy hog, scientists say.
In a Perspectives article written for the journal Science, Diego Reforgiato Recupero, an electrical engineer at the University of Catania, Italy, argues that telecom companies in Italy alone used 2 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2006, or about 1 percent of the country's entire energy consumption. (That is also enough to power about 200,000 U.S. homes.) The Internet's energy use is quickly increasing: the energy demanded by Telecom Italia increased 12 percent from 2004 to 2006.
Recupero said that his experience with computer networking combined with the realization that Internettraffic doubles every three years led him to think about improving the process. "The protocols that run these networks are 20 years old. The TCP/IP protocol is still the same as when they created it," he said.
[U.S. Could Use 80 Percent Green Energy by 2050]
A more efficient method, Recupero says, would be for the routers and serverfarms that make up the Internet to go into standby or throttle their CPUs when not in use. This would lower power consumption without a corresponding decrease in performance.
If such steps were taken in Italy, "with no extra work, Telecom Italia could consume, like, point-three percent," Recupero said.
Applying software to intelligently put servers to sleep could reduce their energy footprint by up to 30 percent, he said. And adding hardware to even better control the devices' switching could boost the energy savings to 70 percent.
Recupero is also working on a greener router for consumer use called Green Home Gateway. "In Italy, in one year, a person would save something like 20 euros. It's not that much, but if we think there are billions of such routers, then we can save a lot of energy and a lot of money."
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Intense pulsed light is the use of intense pulses of non-coherent light distributed over a range of wavelengths from 500 nm to 1200 nm, for rejuvenate skin and other aesthetic purposes. The PhotoDynamic Skin Rejuvenation is an innovative technique that combines two essential elements: the use of a photosensitive substance and intense pulsed light (IPL) irradiation. This combination selectively eliminates the tissue that has been damaged by the sun and promotes the generation of exceptionally high levels of collagen through biochemical reactions which occur when the cream is applied on the areas affected by the atopic cells. This is why the therapy is three times as effective as conventional pulsed light by eliminating skin aging and sun spots.
Moreover, at SHA Wellness Clinic we combine this technique of IPL with strategic injections of hyaluronic acid to exponentially increase their profits on our skin and fight more effectively against problems such as spots and blemishes, pigmentation changes, dilated blood vessels, fine lines and wrinkles, rough skin… they are all signs of damaged skin which not only make us look much older at this time of the year but can also lead to skin cancer.
After the realization of this PhotoDynamic Skin Rejuvenation treatment with IPL technique, it is recommended keeping the treated area completely out of the sun for at least 48h; the treatment should be repeated one month after the first session for the most damaged areas.
PhotoDynamic Rejuvenation was a huge scientific breakthrough for treating the most superficial types of skin cancer and pre-malignant skin lesions without having to resort to surgery. Nowadays, having realised that it eliminates precancerous lesions, favours healthier skin by improving its tone, texture and its elasticity plus the fact that it eliminates the damage done by UVA/UVB rays by stimulating the production of collagen, it is also used in aesthetics.


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Lupianez, Francisco Gallego (2007) On some fuzzy maps. Kybernetes, 36 (2). pp. 267-269. ISSN 0368-492X
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Purpose – To define some new kinds of fuzzy maps related with c-zero dimensionality fuzzy, and various notions of fuzzy connectedness (due to Fatteh and Bassan, and Ajmal and Kohli, respectively), and obtain several properties about them.
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In an effort to lighten the mood during the lockout, The New York Rangers Blog will be writing faux recaps for every Rangers game missed due to the work stoppage. Enjoy. Buffalo, NY - What was supposed to be a chemistry building outing, ended up costing the Rangers the game tonight as they fell to the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 at the First Niagara Center. Before the contest, John Tortorella had the entire team gather at the famous buffalo wing restaurant Anchor Bar for a pre-game meal. "I know from our experience from last year, extended road trips are great for team bonding. And with our eight game roadie to start the season, I was hoping to take advantage of that today," said John Tortorella. "But obviously it backfired." What Tortorella didn't count on was the cook of the Anchor Bar being a huge Sabres fan. Sources say that head chef, Sean Monahan, served the Rangers players rotten buffalo wings that had been sitting in the back of the kitchen for...
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CLUB: Played three years for Los Angeles Water Polo Club under head coach Dustin Litvak ... team finished second at the US Club Championships in 2012 ... Named to the OUP Coastal Zone Team in 2011 and 2012 ... Iron Man League runner-up ... Played two years of Junior Olympics.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Santa Monica High School in 2012 after playing three varsity seasons for head coach Matt Flanders ... Finished prep career with 125 goals, 92 assists and 86 steals ... named All-CIF third team and All-Ocean League first team as a senior ... Team MVP and captain as a senior and sophomore ... Also lettered three years in swimming.
PERSONAL: Born in Santa Monica, Calif. ... Majoring in advertising ... Parents are Maureen O'Connell and Jim Roger ... Brother is R.J. Roger ... Chose Pepperdine because of its amazing location and because his mentor played there.
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- Deputy Premier announces funding of $500,000 to upgrade Ballarat's Victoria Park
- $1 million project will deliver new barbecue facilities, toilet upgrades, seating, shelters, unstructured play space, paths and car parking
- Victorian Coalition Government investing in community infrastructure in Ballarat
A $1 million upgrade of Ballarat's Victoria Park will make the park more accessible for the local community, families, schools and people with a disability, including students from the nearby Ballarat Specialist School.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan was in Ballarat today to announce the Victorian Coalition Government would invest $500,000 from the $1 billion Regional Growth Fund to support the Victoria Park Infrastructure Upgrade project.
Mr Ryan was joined at today's event by Member for Western Victoria Region Simon Ramsay, The Nationals candidate for Ripon Scott Turner, Liberal candidate for Buninyong Ben Taylor and Liberal candidate Wendouree Craig Coltman.
Mr Ryan said the improvements would be carried out at the northern end of Victoria Park, close to Ballarat's Lake Wendouree, and would include new barbecue facilities, toilet upgrades, seating, shelters, an early childhood and all-abilities play area, new paths and car parking.
"Ballarat's Victoria Park and the nearby Lake Wendouree are equivalent in size to New York's Central Park, and being located where they are, so close to the centre of town, is something truly unique in a city the size of Ballarat," Mr Ryan said.
"While Victoria Park is well-used by local sporting clubs, it has lacked the basic infrastructure needed to attract families, picnickers, walkers or those seeking a day out.
"This investment will fill the gaps in Victoria Park's infrastructure to ensure it once again becomes a popular local visitor destination."
Mr Ryan said that by attracting more visitors to Victoria Park, particularly on weekends, pop-up businesses such as coffee and food vans would be attracted to the park, further enhancing its appeal, while nearby retail businesses would also benefit from the influx of visitors.
"This investment will also ensure Victoria Park continues to support the growing suburbs of Alfredton, Lucas, and Delacombe, as well as nearby schools including Loreto College, St Patricks College and Urquhart Park Primary School," Mr Ryan said.
Mr Ryan said a key feature of the new park was the unstructured play area, which is being designed for people with a disability as well as young children.
"The new all abilities and unstructured play areas will provide an ideal setting for students from the nearby Ballarat Specialist School to enjoy time outside the classroom," Mr Ryan said.
"Designs for the new play area will be further developed by council over the coming months, but are likely to include areas where children's imaginations can run free, including sand areas, open grassland, rocks and boulders, treehouses, sculptures, as well as traditional play equipment such as swings, including wheelchair accessible swings, flying foxes and climbing walls."
Mr Ryan thanked the City of Ballarat for driving the upgrades to Victoria Park and contributing $400,000 to the total project cost. He also thanked philanthropic group, Touched by Olivia Foundation, which contributed the remaining $100,000 to help make the project a reality.
"This investment is another example of the Coalition Government's $1 billion Regional Growth Fund enabling local government and community groups to develop much-needed local infrastructure projects," Mr Ryan said.
"This project is one of almost 1,500 projects across regional and rural Victoria to benefit from the Regional Growth Fund, which has now invested more than $400 million directly into local communities, leveraging well over $1.6 billion in total investment."
Mr Ryan said the Victoria Park Infrastructure Upgrade project would be completed by March next year.
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Latanoprostene bunod is a nitric oxide-donating prostaglandin F2-alpha analog in Phase 3 clinical development for the reduction of intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension. It was licensed to Bausch + Lomb by Nicox in March 2010
Bausch + Lomb initiated a global Phase 3 program for latanoprostene bunod (previously known as BOL-303259-X and NCX 116) in January 2013. This pivotal Phase 3 program includes two separate randomized, multicentre, double-masked, parallel-group clinical studies, APOLLO and LUNAR, designed to compare the efficacy and safety of latanoprostene bunod administered once daily (QD) with timolol maleate 0.5% administered twice daily (BID) in lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
The primary endpoint of both studies, which will include a combined total of approximately 800 patients, is the reduction in mean IOP measured at specified time points during three months of treatment. The Phase 3 studies are pivotal for U.S. registration and will be conducted in North America and Europe.
In July 2013, Bausch + Lomb initiated two additional studies in Japan: JUPITER (Phase 3) and KRONUS (Phase 1). A confirmatory efficacy study is expected to be required for the Japanese registration of latanoprostene bunod.


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Is Sen. Rob Portman a red-meat Republican?
Tune in next week to find out, when Portman, R-Ohio, will be a featured speaker at one of the most conservative gatherings in Washington. On June 14, Portman will headline the annual conference of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, a group founded by Ralph Reed, the one-time director of the Christian Coalition who now runs his own PR firm.
Portman—a leading contender for the No. 2 slot on the GOP presidential ticket—will speak at the group's luncheon, along with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., another top VP prospect.
The conference is aimed at getting Republican activists revved up for the 2012 elections. The group says it expects about 1,500 members to attend the DC conference, which also features GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his one-time rivals, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain. Both of Kentucky's U.S. senators—Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul—will also be there.
Portman is a soft-spoken, affable lawmaker–not known for his partisan vitriol. Last week, the Hill, a Washington newspaper, even featured a story about how Portman's good rapport with some congressional Democrats could hurt his VP prospects. So next week's event could be a chance for Portman to showcase his conservative bona fides.
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Free KidPix photo ID programs will be held Sept. 10 from 3 to 6 p.m. in East Rockaway and on Sept. 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. in Rockville Centre.
The events will be held at the East Rockaway Library at 477 Atlantic Ave. and at the Rockville Centre Library at 221 N. Village Ave. The programs, sponsored by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, will provide participating families with a wallet-sized ID card that includes the child's name, physical description, contact information and photograph. The child's fingerprint also is included on the back of the card. If a child is missing, parents can give the card to law enforcement officials.
The cards are processed at the event. For more information, call 516-571-6000.
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