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The result is that back-to-school, the second-biggest shopping season of the year, has stretched from a two-month period in July and August to one spanning nearly four months.
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"Basically what we're seeing is that the consumer is prioritizing their purchases much like with holiday shopping, where it comes in waves," he said.
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$45.8 billion: The total amount college students are expected to spend on school and dorm supplies in July and August.
$836.83: The average amount college students and their families are expected to spend on school and dorm supplies in July and August.
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Cohen said understanding and embracing that trend will be critical in the competition for back-to-college business, which has escalated in recent years as retailers recognize the college-going years as an opportunity to gain and keep loyal consumers.
After all, college students spend more on back-to-school than their K-12 counterparts. They are expected to spend $45.8 billion during the shopping season, the NRF says, compared with $26.7 billion in K-12 spending.
"There's no question about it, that they spend more," Cohen said. "The college student's wardrobe is more expensive, the products are more elaborate and the needs are greater, because they have to furnish a whole room instead of just a closet."
And a retailer who captures a college dollar is also capturing both the parents and the student, who eventually will become tomorrow's spender.
That's why major chains like Walmart, Target, Kohl's, Ikea and Bed, Bath & Beyond are vying to establish themselves early as back-to-school headquarters for the older set.
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Bed Bath & Beyond even has a college gift registry, for those whose wish lists are bigger than Mom and Dad's budget.
Despite these efforts, most people don't shop for college in one place, Cohen said, especially now that they have elongated the buying season. Last year, consumers told the NPD Group that they planned to shop in an average of two stores. This year, they said they plan to shop in nearly three stores.
College-bound students are springing for the essentials first, he explained: Tuition, food plans and any additional items they may need if they're living off-campus. The second wave of purchasing involves the basic dorm necessities of bedding and small appliances. The third wave, for big-ticket clothing items, footwear and furniture, has not even happened yet, he said, because most students want to see what their peers are wearing on campus before spending a lot on their own wardrobes.


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Why would my plastic surgery recommend a re-lift only 6 months after my original Breast lift surgery? Isn't that too soon? Could there be a possibility that he did something wrong? I had a bilateral Mastopexy with lollipop incision.
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Revision breast lift surgery
It sounds like you need to have this exact discussion with your surgeon and find out why he or she feels the need to revise your breast lift so soon after your surgery (and this would be considered very soon). While it is true that the clock starts immediately after a breast lift until you will need another one, it should take years for the breasts to drop again before requiring another lift. I wonder what was discussed with you preoperatively about this possibility and in your specific case, possibly needed some kind of second stage, which would not be the usual case. Of course it is better to undercorrect your breasts (which can be fixed by additional surgery) than to overcorrect your breasts (which is very hard to fix), but 6 months seems strange to be re-operating unless there has been a specific issue. Also - is your doctor charging you another fee? What about the cost of anesthesia and facility? I would have hoped that these issues were raised before you ever had surgery so you understood your doctor's policy beforehand.
Best of luck
Several possible reasons
While it is unususal to conider revising a lift so soon after the original surgery, adjustements are not particularly uncommon. The skin often relaxes quite a bit after surgery, which can affect the result over a few months. Depending upon the specific technique, the vertical pattern is one where there is a lot of change during healing.
Breast Lift Revision timing
Without photos - both before and after, as well as an exam it would be impossible to answer your specific question. From the way you phrased it, it would appear that this is a revision either due to an undesirable result, typically this is due to under correction of the lift. Please realize that there are many variables at work and your surgeon does their best job to predict how you will heal which may be quite different from another patient. For example loss of elasticity of tissue varies from person to person and is affected by prior history of weight gain and loss, smoking, ethnicity, age, sun exposure, etc. 6 months in my opinion is the minimum reasonable time to consider a revision.
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Breast Lift revision after 6 months
Thank you for your question,
6 months is a reasonable time frame to consider revisionary surgery of the breast. Often, this can be done in the office under local anesthesia to correct minor things such as: areola size discrepancy, widened scars, areolas too high or too low, etc. Re-doing the entire lift is a different matter. Overall, vertical lifts do not last very long. Wise and vertical type lifts have an inherent weakness - the vertical incision at the point of maximum tension. These techniques rely on the skin envelope alone to 'hold up' your breast. As we all know: skin is simply not strong enough to hold the weight of the breast in place for very long. The Ultimate Breast Lift techique is a new series of established techniques that permanently suspend/anchor the breast by forming straps from your own tissue and attaching them to your muscles below. This takes the weight off the skin extending the life of the lift. There is no vertical scar of any sort. Incisions are hidden around the areola and in the inframammary fold.
Greater strides in breast lifting techniques are making breast lift surgery more alluring and accessible to those who would not have considered it in the past.
I hope this helps.
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Breast Augmentation/Lifting Revision Normal?
No, the fact that your plastic surgeon is suggesting revisionary breast surgery does not necessarily mean that he "did something wrong". The operation that you have undergone does carry a significant rate of "imperfection" and potential need for revisionary surgery.
Assuming you are working with a well experienced board-certified plastic surgeon, I would suggest that you address your questions/concerns directly to him for more accurate information.
Best wishes.
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Wait to revise breast lift.
1) I assume you are not happy with your breast lift.
2) The lollipop approach is usually the correct one. So I don't know what went wrong.
3) Wait another 6 months before considering a revision. Your breasts may continue to change. Ask your surgeon what he will do differently next time. Get another opinion.
Not All That Uncommon
Breast lift procedures sometimes require revisions primarily because of rapid skin relaxation. There is only so much you can do at a single operation. The lollipop incision does have the disadvantage of not removeing as much skin as the anchor incision and the tradeoff is less of a scar with the lollipop.
Ultimately it is you who should decide how much you want to do and what trade-offs you are willing to make.
Breast Lifting can take on very different procedures
The Breast lifts of the past focused on removal of excess skin. This technique routinely leads to unhappy patients with early recurrence. A better way to achieve beautiful, long lasting results is to reshape and lift the internal tissues of the breast. There are many different techniques available; my favorites are the Lejour technique or Goes technique.
As for your circumstance, without more information there is no way to tell why you are having a reoperation so early after your previous procedure. But keep in mind that cosmetic surgery is an art and almost all surgeons sometimes need two takes to get it right.
It is easier to re-operate on an undercorrected lift as opposed to an overocrrected lift.
In my experience, this does occasionally occur and i have seen it most often with either:
- Massive weight loss patients
- Patients with severe ptosis (sagging)
In these instances the severe skin laxity has a tendency to recur and cause the breast to sag more than in typical cases of moderate or modest cases of sagging.
Furthermore, it is easier to correct a nipple that may have been placed to low rather than correcting a nipple that was placed too high.
Overall the most important factor is your happiness. IF you are satisfied with the results, do nothing. If however, you desire greater correction or lift, I do not see anything wrong or improper with the procedure.
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The man who changed the way we see the World Wide Web is about to change the way we connect to it, too. Jim Clark, co-founder of Netscape Communications and a member of the Tulane board, has pledged $1.7 million to help the university become one of only a handful in the nation to offer campuswide wireless network access to faculty, staff and students.
The new technology will enable computer and personal digital assistant users virtually anywhere on campus to check their e-mail, download files and surf the Net without the tether of an Ethernet cable or phone line.
"Wireless technology has revolutionized the communications and business world and it can do the same for our educational system," Clark says. "We want students to have technology that is as free roaming as the human mind."
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We know that physical conditioning, weapons training and fighting skill prepare soldiers for the rigors of combat, but a recent study by cognitive neuroscientist Amishi Jha shows that meditation practice gives them "mental armor" to better withstand the trauma of war.
Jha, an Assistant Professor of Psychology, uses various neuroscience methods and imaging technologies to study the neural machinery involved in working memory and attention. She is particularly interested in understanding how these brain functions can be improved with exercises like stress reduction, mindfulness training and long-term meditation practice. In a 2007 study with physician Michael Baime, M' 81, who heads the Penn Program for Stress Management, Jha found that mindfulness meditation practice changes how the brain works, sharpening focus and performance. That research led to million-dollar grants from the Department of Defense to study mindfulness training in soldiers. Last spring she briefed members of Congress on her findings, and she has discussed her mindfulness research with the Dalai Lama.
Mindfulness training is the technique of deliberately bringing full attention to present experience and holding it there moment to moment, without judgment or emotional engagement, and returning to the present each time the mind wanders. The clinical value of meditation practice for treating physical and psychological disorders is widely recognized, and there are more than 250 U.S. medical centers offering mindfulness-based stress-reduction programs.
"Working memory is an important feature of mind-fitness. Not only does it safeguard against distraction and emotional reactivity, but it also provides a mental workspace to ensure quick and considered decisions and action plans." – Amishi Jha
To investigate the protective effects of mindfulness practices on soldiers, Jha and collaborator Elizabeth Stanley, an Assistant Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University, provided mindfulness training to Marines preparing for deployment in Iraq. The training was given to one group of 31 soldiers but not to a control group of 17. In the months prior to deployment, soldiers undergo intense training for physical endurance and mission-critical operational skills, as well as "stress-inoculation" training, which helps habituate them to the extreme mental rigors of combat. During this period, Jha and Stanley provided Marines with Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training, which helped them cope with the pre-deployment training and the stresses of leaving family to face the uncertainties of war. The eight-week program used mindfulness exercises like focused attention on the breath and mindful movement, and participants kept track of the time they practiced the formal meditation exercises outside the classroom.
Jha evaluated the protective influence of the mindfulness training on working memory and the ability of Marines to regulate emotion. "Our findings suggest that, just as daily physical exercise leads to physical fitness, engaging in mindfulness exercises on a regular basis may improve mind-fitness," she says. "Working memory is an important feature of mind-fitness. Not only does it safeguard against distraction and emotional reactivity, but it also provides a mental workspace to ensure quick and considered decisions and action plans."
The study, "Examining the Protective Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training on Working Memory Capacity and Affective Experience," was published in the journal Emotion and featured in Joint Force Quarterly, the advisory journal of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Mindfulness training, the researchers suggest, could offer some protection to combatants from posttraumatic stress and other anxiety disorders, and it might provide the clarity of thinking needed for soldiers fighting in challenging and ambiguous counterinsurgency zones.
"Building mind-fitness with mindfulness training may help anyone who must maintain peak performance in the face of extremely stressful circumstances," Jha contends, "from first responders, relief workers and trauma surgeons, to professional and Olympic athletes."
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Press release: Steel Media launches the Official Pocket Gamer Guide to Bubble Witch Saga – out now
February 15, 2013
Latest addition to growing range of interactive companion guides to the biggest mobile gaming releasess
PRESS RELEASE | For Immediate Release
Bath, UK – 15th February 2013 – Are you nursing a broken heart after the love of your life failed to reciprocate your declaration of affection this Valentine's? Agonise no longer, dear player, and take comfort instead in the fact that Steel Media and King.com still adore you.
Why else would we conjure up the Official Pocket Gamer Guide to Bubble Witch Saga on the App Store to help mend the hearts of dejected BWS players everywhere?
Published by Pocket Gamer parent company Steel Media, and produced in association with Bubble Witch Saga publisher King.com – along with expert input from leading BWS fan site, The Blogging Witches – the guide is a bubbling cauldron of BWS goodness designed to assist those in need.
From the complete lowdown on the game's Charms, Special Bubbles, Spiders, and Magic Potions, to a collection of essential tips, exclusive insight from the BWS team, and comprehensive video walkthroughs of the 50 hardest levels, the guide sets out to convey the information and teach the skills beginner to intermediate players will need to get through King.com's absurdly popular game.
The Official Pocket Gamer Guide to Bubble Witch Saga is the latest addition to the recently launched line of delightfully interactive and individually tailored publications that aim to take a player's mobile gaming experience to the very limit of human enjoyment.
Each PG Guide aims to deliver a comprehensive package to aid both the newcomer and the seasoned fan: From series backgrounds, mission logs, complete in-game item breakdowns, tactical advice, character rundowns, to gameworld exposés, developer interviews (with insider tips, no less), sneak peeks at upcoming updates, and more – it's all here. And all wrapped up in a layer of interactive deliciousness that only a digital format can provide.
"From the start, the ethos behind the PG Guides has been to focus on the biggest titles from the biggest mobile game publishers and so we're delighted to have been able to work with King.com on creating a guide for the immensely successful Bubble Witch Saga," said Pocket Gamer Guides editor-in-chief Joao Diniz Sanches. "This is a deceptively layered game that requires genuine skill and knowledge in order to be mastered and helping players out of their personal bubble trouble is precisely what the guide hopes to achieve.
"Looking ahead, we continue to work with the world's leading mobile game publishers and will have further guides hitting the App Store soon."
"As the media landscape is changing from paper to electrons, it feels natural to publish player guides in new innovating ways. Working together with Pocket Gamer on this guide has been the natural choice as they are they are the true veterans in a rather new market segment," said Tommy Palm, Mobile Guru at King.com.
The Official Pocket Gamer Guide to Bubble Which Saga is available now on iPhone and can be downloaded from the App Store here.
For more information please contact: Chris James: chris [at] steelmedia.co.uk
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Yuan REIT Aims for $1.8 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG—Hui Xian REIT, the Beijing-focused real estate investment trust controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing, plans to raise between 10 billion yuan and 12 billion yuan ($1.5 billion and $1.8 billion) from a Hong Kong listing on April 29, in what is set to be the first yuan-denominated initial public offering outside mainland China.
The news of the listing of the REIT, part of Mr. Li's flagship Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. 0001 1.30 % , comes less than three weeks after he raised $5.4 billion from the listing in Singapore of Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, HCTPF -5.25 % which owns deep-water ports in Hong Kong and China.
The Hui Xian IPO will bank on the growing demand outside China for investment products denominated in the Chinese currency. Yuan deposits reached 407.7 billion yuan at the end of February, from 370.6 billion yuan in January, as investors bet on yuan appreciation following China's easing of some capital-control restrictions in Hong Kong last year.
Hui Xian REIT, which started informal meetings with investors on Monday to gauge potential interest, plans to start offering the retail tranche April 11 and will close subscriptions April 19, a person familiar with the situation said Monday. The company will price the deal April 19.
Hui Xian REIT is backed by the Oriental Plaza, a commercial building in Beijing, the people familiar with the situation said earlier. Cheung Kong owns 33.4% of Oriental Plaza, while Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., also controlled by Mr. Li, owns 18%.
Citic Securities Co. 6030 0.77 % , BOC International Holdings Ltd. and HSBC Holdings PLC are handling the deal, people familiar with the situation said earlier.
The share offering would be the latest yuan-denominated product offered to Hong Kong investors seeking returns from their growing yuan deposits. Currently, yuan investments in the city are limited to yuan bonds, also known as "dim sum bonds," which international companies began selling last year.
In another Hong Kong IPO, pharmaceutical company China NT Pharma Group Co. aims to raise up to US$275 million with a listing on April 20, according to a term sheet seen by Dow Jones Newswires.
The company, which was established in 1995, started institutional bookbuilding Monday and aims to sell 357.032 million shares in a price range of HK$4.54 to HK$6.00 (58 U.S. cents to 77 U.S. cents) each, the term sheet said.
The deal also has an option to increase the offering size by 15% in the event of strong demand, which could raise as much as US$317 million. The company plans to begin the retail offering on Friday and will price the deal on April 13.
U.S. private-equity firm TPG Capital owns shares in the pharmaceutical company, according to the Chinese company's web site.
UBS AG UBS 2.32 % is the sole global coordinator of the deal, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS 2.32 % and UBS are the joint bookrunners.
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The Raveonettes at Triple Rock, 9/26/12
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
If you were to describe the Raveonettes to someone who had never heard them, it would undoubtedly sound like a horrific, laughable disaster. We're talking almost quaint two-part harmonies, coupled with fuzzed-out, ultra-noisy garage rock and lyrical content that at times seems to beg for face time with a therapist. It would seem like an impossible task to accomplish in any sort of coherent, listenable manner. But then, no other two people on the planet are the Raveonettes. Wednesday night at the Triple Rock, they made that fact abundantly clear.
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The started with "Sinking With the Sun" from their new Observator release, an appropriate beginning, as the rest of the night continued as a race toward the sunrise in a seatbelt-free Shelby Cobra with blown speakers and the radio turned all the way up. With feedback already thick enough to surround a nuclear reactor, the new "She Owns the Streets" and "Dead Sound" from 2008's Lust Lust Lust both further pushed and perfectly illustrated their overall aesthetic, with Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo trading vocals and offering simple, graceful harmonies, all the while practically peeling the paint off the walls with the unrelenting distortion.
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As the set continued with songs like "Gone Forever" and "Blush" a dichotomy of sorts started to emerge: how is it that the Raveonettes can sound, at once, dangerous enough to crush a bus full of school children without remorse and also as familiar and comfortable as a hug from your grandmother? It's a strange sort of sonic alchemy Wagner and Foo have brewed up, the kind in which it seems you'd thank them if one of them suddenly brandished a knife and cut you with it.
With the assault closing in on an hour, the Raveonettes entered it's denouement phase with 'The Enemy" and "Attack of the Ghost Rider" from 2002's Whip It On, finally wrapping up the set proper with "Beat City." After a few minutes and the crowd cheering almost as noisily as the band had been for the previous hour, the Raveonettes returned to the stage to finish the job they had started.
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The short, sweet, perfect two-song encore began with a spot-on rendition of their new single "Observations" and an ear-splitting, absolutely fantastic version of "Aly, Walk With Me", the fuzzy, blissful distortion making it seem like the very walls of the Triple Rock were likely beginning to bow outward. And as they walked off stage that metaphoric Shelby Cobra slammed on its brakes, leaving a trail of rubber behind it as it hurtled on the shoulder. The ignition was turned off; everyone was a little shaky. The sun was rising in the distance and that ride had likely changed everyone just a little bit, even if they didn't quite how or why.
Critic's Bias: This was my first Raveonettes show. I had missed past shows over the past few years for various reasons, some which could not be helped, some which could have been adjusted to fit the shows into my schedule. I kick myself for not fitting at least one of them, as I was blown away by their performance.
The Crowd: a roughly 50/50 mix of guys and girls in their mid-20s to mid-30s
Random Tidbit: It was free bacon night at the Triple Rock, which somehow makes everything just a little bit better.
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Creative Kidz follows the LITERASCI curriculum that was locally developed at the University of Rochester. This science based curriculum consists of ten units of language, literacy and math skills that include daily hands on activities. The LITERASCI curriculum was developed for the 3-5 age group, but we have altered it to make it appropriate for all age groups at our center. At Creative Kidz, we believe that children learn best by exploring the world around them, and this curriculum highlights our desire to open our children's eyes through science and exploration. Routine activities help all children feel safe and comfortable and one on one time is a crucial part of planning
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Who can use writing support services?
Writing Support Services is open to all students who are currently enrolled in either a traditional class or online at USF Sarasota-Manatee and USF Sarasota-Manatee at North Port. USF students who are enrolled only at the Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Lakeland are encouraged to contact the writing centers on those campuses. We are happy to work with students of all levels on any skills and on any type of writing.
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Posted By Jim On 07/28/2010 @ 7:14 am In Personal Finance | 22 Comments
The other day, I was explaining the Rule of 72 [3] to my lovely wife. It's a simple little mathematical trick that almost epitomizes the advantages and disadvantages of rules of thumb. If you want to know how long it takes to double a sum of money, divide 72 by its interest rate.
At 10% a year, the rule says a balance doubles ever 7.2 years. It's really closer slightly less than 7.275 years. At 5% a year, the rule says a balance doubles ever 14.4 years. It's closer to 14.21. It's a pretty good rule of thumb and good when you have nothing on the line. If it makes a difference whether it doubles in 14.4 years or 14.21 years, then the rule fails. (Incidentally, it's obviously an estimate because if you have an interest rate of 100%, you don't double it in 0.72 years, you double it in 1 year)
Should you have (120-Your Age [4])% of your investments in the stock market? Which stock market? Domestic? Emerging markets? Small cap? Blue chips?
Should you really be paying 30% of your income towards housing? Is this towards rent or a mortgage? Does it count utilities or is it just towards the mortgage or the rent bill? What about insurance?
As you can see, rules of thumb are good when you're just talking about it around the room. They're good for when there's nothing on the line and you're happy with a "good enough." If you want to know with 100% certainty, you need to roll up your sleeves, grab a calculator, and do some work.
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Theory, Practice, Leadership Opportunities
The curriculum for Trinity's graduate program in Health Care Administration – delivered through either the On-Campus or Executive option – is designed to immerse students both in theory and in practice, and to prepare them to be leaders in the health care industry.
- On-Campus Program: Students complete 16-months of coursework that spans the legal, economic, financial, and managerial aspects of health care administration. Students also have numerous opportunities to interact with health care executives. Coursework is followed by a 12-month Administrative Residency where students work and study at a health care organization under the direct supervision of a senior-level administrator and the guidance of a full-time member of the faculty.
- Executive Program: Designed for individuals employed full-time in the health care field, The Executive Program is a 23-month part-time, distance-learning experience. Students come to the Trinity campus at the beginning of each fall, spring, and summer semester for three days of intensive coursework. Course requirements are accomplished through written assignments, teleconferences, and webinar sessions.
No matter the program route, students are led by a distinguished faculty and experienced health care administration executives, where they gain access to both a strong theoretical base and a wealth of real-world knowledge.


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UPDATE: JLo and Steven Tyler Confirm They're Leaving 'Idol'
UPDATE: After two years with American Idol Jennifer Lopez confirms that she will be leaving the show in an interview with the show's host, Ryan Seacrest, on Friday. JLo tearfully confirmed to her co-worker Ryan that she is in fact making her exit from the show.
The mom-of-two says: "Ryan you know this more than anybody... I really have been torn. I didn't know I would be so moved emotionally by working on the show... the contestants. It was super tough to decide... as the kids get a little bigger... it seems like a lot and something had to give. I really was dreading this phone call with you... you're gonna make me cry."
She confirms to her pal: "I honestly feel like the time has come that I have to get back to doing the other things that I've kind of put on hold, because I love Idol so much."
Have a listen and tell us who you think should replace JLo in our commenting section below!
And, on Thursday, she all but confirmed to "Today" that she thinks it is time for her to move on from the reality TV show. "I think it's time for me to go," the songstress reveals when questioned on the morning show on whether she'll be back for "Idol"'s 2013 season. "It's a huge decision, but I have to say there are so many things I do that I put on hold for that. It's a heartbreaking decision if I have to go."
There has been much speculation about the news, with JLo dropping subtle hints over the last few months. But she made it quite clear in her interview on Thursday that she thinks she's made up her mind: "I love everybody, I love the guys, but I am thinking it's time for me to go and do other things I love to do like films and journeys."
Hot off the heels of JLo's announcement on "Today", her fellow "Idol" judge Steven Tyler confirms his departure from the series. In a statement from Fox, Steven says: "After some long...hard...thoughts…I've decided it's time for me to let go of my mistress 'American Idol' before she boils my rabbit."
"I strayed from my first love, AEROSMITH, and I'm back – but instead of begging on my hands and knees, I've got two fists in the air and I'm kicking the door open with my band," he continues. "The next few years are going to be dedicated to kicking some serious ass – the ultimate in auditory takeover…On Nov. 6, we are unleashing our new album, "Music from Another Dimension" on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and way beyond the stars…IDOL was over-the-top fun, and I loved every minute of it…Now it's time to bring Rock Back. ERMAHGERD."
Watch the songstress' interview on "Today" from Thursday below!


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Rhubarb Cheesecake Smoothies Recipe
We love smoothies, so there isn't much we don't use to make unusual combinations. Cream cheese adds an extra special touch to this yummy concoction that our friends and family just love. —Kathy Specht, Clinton, Montana
- 2 cups diced fresh or frozen rhubarb
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 tablespoons honey, divided
- 1-1/2 cups vanilla ice cream
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup frozen sweetened sliced strawberries
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, cubed
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 5 ice cubes
- 1. In a large saucepan, bring the rhubarb, water and 2 tablespoons honey to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes or until rhubarb is tender. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature.
- 2. In a blender, combine the ice cream, milk, rhubarb mixture, strawberries, cream cheese, yogurt, confectioners' sugar, ice cubes and remaining honey; cover and process for 1 minute or until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 cup equals 323 calories, 16 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 147 mg sodium, 43 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein.
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Tipping Point: Financial services
More than any other person, Hugh McColl is responsible for North Carolinas prominence in the financial sector. During his 18 years as CEO of what was NCNB Corp. and later became Bank of America Corp., the company stretched its footprint from one coast to the other and became the nations second-largest bank holding company.
NCNB was always in favor of interstate banking, but nobody else in the state was. We got into Florida through a loophole. Florida law precluded us from buying a bank or bank holding company but did not preclude us from buying a trust company there, so we bought the Trust Company of Florida in the 70s. Then they passed a law trying to keep anyone else from doing that, and in doing so, they wrote a law that allowed us to convert the trust company to a bank and buy other banks. And as we began to grow in the early 80s, it put pressure on the other banks, because they realized if they allowed us to grow unchecked in Florida without them growing, they would be left with a huge competitive disadvantage. That concern then made them willing to enter into a legislative compact, which became the Southern Banking Compact. That effectively put up a wall around the Old South, less Texas. It said banks within that region could acquire any bank or holding company in that region and somebody from outside of there couldnt. That then allowed First Union and NCNB to grow exponentially without being interfered with by the New Yorkers or the Texans, who at the time were quite wealthy. At first, the compact worked to keep out the Yankees, but it eventually became a Berlin Wall keeping us in. NCNB escaped through our acquisition of the failed First Republic Bank in Texas. That then led to an explosion of interstate banking and, ultimately, the demise of the Southern Banking Compact in the late 80s. Our bank and Fleet Bank and Citicorp and maybe one or two others campaigned hard to change the national law for allowing out-of-state banking and subsequently interstate branching, which meant we could branch across state lines, not just buy up banks. And that then led to humongous expansion of what is now Bank of America and Wachovia.


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Ok I'm stumped here, hoping for some ideas :-) I had a very convoluted sequence of events over the last month but basically right now what I'm trying to do is copy over the backed up data, db, store and index directories from a now-dead server onto a temporary VM running the same OS as the dead one (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS x86). The original (dead) server was running 5.0.8 FOSS and the new (temporary) VM is running 5.0.11 NE.
I reset the MySql root password and set it with zmmypasswd and when I run zmcontrol everything is running except stats. When I try to open the admin UI, nothing comes up. I can't seem to find any errors in any log files. Firefox does complain about the unsigned cert, ya ya ok then nothing.
What I'm attempting to do as the end result is use imapsync between this temporary Zimbra server onto our production Zimbra server so some users' data can be restored (6 gigs worth). I'm trying to get the old data back up long enough to sync everything.
Any ideas as to where to look? Would the SQL schema be different between 5.0.8 FOSS and 5.0.11 NE? It's taken me a month to get to this point but here I feel I'm still missing something....
Thank you so much in advance!!!
Ryan in snowy Portland


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Daily Schedule, September 2008
So, here's what my daily schedule looks like, trying to keep up with a daily webcomic and day job:
Current weekly schedule:
4:45 am – Dawna wakes me up
5:10 am – On the road to work (My turn to drive)
5:30 am – Try not to die merging on the South bound I-17
5:45 am – Eating breakfast in the car
6:05 am – at work, doing work
11:00 am – Lunch
4:30 pm – drive home (Dawna's turn to drive)
5:00 – 5:30 am – writing 2 comic scripts on the drive home
6:00 pm – Home (gasp)
6:10 pm – Help make dinner OR check email
7:00 pm – Finishing dinner/hang with family
7:25 pm – Begin creating comic artwork
8:30 pm – Family goes to bed – Say goodnight
9 – 10:30 pm – Finishing up a single comic strip (Making web and eps versions)
10:30 – Sleep
So, it's kinda intense for me to keep things rolling.
I'm trying my hardest to survive, but it often takes a lot of will to work and not just go to sleep.
I'm going to move to a weekly shipping schedule (Shipping on Saturday every week) so that we don't mess this schedule up by going to the post office all of the time. When we do that, we're not getting home until 7:00, and the whole thing get's botched.
Certainly, I could have it way worse. I DO get to work all day on Friday, so that's a BIG help. I've simply built this schedule into my life, the best that I may.
Sunday, I schedule the next weeks strips, and write all of the individual blog posts. Hopefully, I've gotten enough rest that this works out okay.
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PAP Tests :
The Student Health Center offers PAP tests for currently enrolled PCC students. We require students to pay the $28.00 (cash payment) fee at the time they make the appointment, therefore we cannot make PAP appointments over the phone.
Appointments are scheduled with a nurse practicioner or physician and last approximately one half hour. Please arrive ten minutes early to process your paperwork. We highly recommend scheduling at least one to two weeks in advance as these appointments fill up quickly. Due to confidentiality laws, no test results of any kind can be given over the phone. An appointment will be necessary to review the results.
Birth Control:
The Student Health Center has a variety of birth control options for enrolled PCC students. If this is your first time obtaining a birth control method, please let us know so that we may schedule you with an appropriate clinician.
A limited amount of condoms are free and available in the waiting area of the Student Health Center. No appointments necessary.
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Emergency contraception is available at the Student Health Center for enrolled PCC students at a cost of $15.00. Please call or stop by the Student Health Center to make an appointment as soon as possible.
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To prolong the life—and effectiveness—of your garden tools, you will want to give them a little TLC now and again. Here's what you need to do.
You will need:
- Paint thinner (also called mineral spirits)
- Rubber gloves
- A few rags
- Fine steel wool (#000)
- A stiff wire brush
- Three-in-One oil and vegetable oil
- 120-grit sandpape
- Boiled linseed oil (you buy it boiled; raw linseed oil takes about nine months to dry)
- A sharpening stone, a flat file and a round file
Secateurs, shears and loppers
If tools are really dirty and rusty, take them apart; use steel wool and a cloth rag saturated with paint thinner to clean blades, removing all traces of sap and plant debris. Buff away rust and stubborn spots with steel wool.
When blades are clean, use a sharpening stone to remove small nicks and restore their keen edge. Most sharpening stones have a coarse side and a fine side. You may have to lubricate the stone with oil or water first—check instructions.
After wetting the coarse side of the stone, which is used first, set it on a flat surface and run the length of the bevel—the part of the blade that angles toward the cutting edge—across the stone, away from you (photo 1), sweeping the entire blade across the stone in one smooth motion. Eight or nine complete passes should be enough. Now add water or oil to the fine side, and finish the blade with five or six sweeps across it.
Before reassembling the tool, work a couple of drops of Three-in-One oil into hard-to-get-at spots—such as the inside faces of the blades where they bolt together. Then, once assembled, coat blades with a thin layer of vegetable oil to prevent rusting.
If the tool's handles are made of unfinished wood (though most today are made of moulded plastic), use sandpaper to remove dirt and small splinters; then use a rag to coat them with boiled linseed oil, to keep them from drying out and cracking.
If the handles are painted, lightly sand them to remove dirt and splinters and rough up the existing finish; apply a fresh coat of oil-based paint—preferably in a bright colour, so tools are easy to spot in the garden.
Stay in shape
To keep your tools in good shape throughout the season, thrust shovels and secateurs (any instrument with blades) in a bucket of sand and vegetable oil to clean and lubricate them after every use.
The mixture should be about one part oil to five parts sand and have the texture of oatmeal. Be sure to insert the blades only, however, as the oil-sand mixture may stain the handles and will make rubber grips extremely slippery.
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Date(s) - 07/19/2014
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Look Park
On Saturday, July 19th beautiful Look Park comes alive with Highland dancers, Highland pipers and drummers, a clan parade, sheep herding, Scottish dogs and other animals, wool spinners and weavers and lively Celtic music. Celebrate your Scottish heritage – real or coveted – with kilt-wearing, tree-tossing Scotsmen at the Highland athletic games and delight in plates piled high with scones, shortbread, bridies or meat pies.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Juniors Pat Gelwicks and Jimmy Risi slugged two-run home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Butler to a come-from-behind 8-6 victory over Ball State in a non-league game at Victory Field on Tuesday, April 10. The win lifted the Bulldogs to 18-15 on the season.
Gelwicks capped a comeback that saw the Bulldogs rally from a 6-1 deficit in their final four at-bats. With one out in the eighth inning and teammate Jack Dillon on first base, the Butler designated hitter lifted a towering fly ball that sailed over the rightfield fence and landed at the base of the Victory Field scoreboard, 380 feet away. The home run, his fifth of the season, tied the game at 6-6.
Junior Bob Akin followed Gelwicks' home run with a walk, bring Risi to the plate. The Butler first baseman greeted Ball State pitcher Matt Johnsen with a shot that sailed over the right-center field fence nearly duplicating the blast by Gelwicks. The game-winning blow was Risi's seventh home run of the year.
The two home runs highlighted Butler's offensive afternoon, but it was a stellar bullpen performance that kept the Bulldogs in a position to win. Four different Butler hurlers blanked the Cardinals on three hits over the final six-and-a-third innings of the game. Junior Joel Leichty allowed just one hit in one-and-a-third innings of work, while junior Kyle Kramp kept the Cardinals hitless over two shutout innings. Winning pitcher Brad Schnitzer (3-0) gave up one hit in two innings, and junior Chase Byerly allowed one hit in the bottom of the ninth, while picking up his ninth save of the season.
Butler jumped in front in the first inning on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by sophomore Marcos Calderon. Butler starter Dom Silvestri cruised through the first two innings, but ran into trouble in the third.
The Cardinals (7-22) turned six hits, one walk and one Butler error into a six-run rally to take command of the contest. Leichty replaced the Butler starter and recorded the final out of the inning.
Butler trimmed the margin to 6-4 with two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, aided by a pair of Ball State errors, and a single run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Gelwicks.
Lucas Calderon, Marcos Calderon and Nick Hladek each had two hits to spark Butler's 10-hit attack. Gelwicks finished with three RBIs, and Risi added a pair.
The Bulldogs, who improved to 7-1 during mid-week games, will begin a three-game Horizon League series on Friday, April 13. The first game at Bulldog Park will start at 3 p.m.


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A common table expression (CTE) can be thought of as a temporary result set that is defined within the execution scope of a single SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or CREATE VIEW statement. A CTE is similar to a derived table in that it is not stored as an object and lasts only for the duration of the query. Unlike a derived table, a CTE can be self-referencing and can be referenced multiple times in the same query. They permit you to write queries more easily, and to write queries that could not otherwise be expressed.
Common table expressions are useful or may be necessary if a query involves multiple aggregate functions. This provides a convenient means to temporarily store sets of values.
The following example demonstrates why you would want to use a Common Table Expression. Consider the problem:
Determine which department has the most number of employees.
This is a case where multiple aggregate functions are needed. The employee table in the sample database lists all the employees in a fictional company and specifies in which department each works. The following query lists the department ID codes and the total number of employees in each department.
SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee
GROUP BY dept_id
This query can be used to extract the department with the most employees as follows:
SELECT dept_id, n
FROM ( SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id ) AS a
WHERE a.n =
( SELECT max(n)
FROM ( SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id ) AS b )
While this statement provides the correct result, it has some disadvantages.
One way around these problems is to create a view, then use it to re-express the query. This approach avoids the problems mentioned above.
CREATE VIEW CountEmployees(dept_id, n) AS
SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id;
SELECT dept_id, n
FROM CountEmployees
WHERE n = ( SELECT max(n)
FROM CountEmployees );
The disadvantage of this approach is that some overhead is required, as the engine must update the system tables when creating the view. If the view will be used frequently, this approach is reasonable. However, in cases where the view is used only once within a particular SELECT statement the preferred solution is to use a Common Table Expression.
Common table expressions are defined using the WITH clause, which precedes the SELECT keyword in a SELECT statement. The content of the clause defines one or more temporary views that may then be referenced elsewhere in the statement.
The syntax of this clause mimics that of the CREATE VIEW statement. A CTE is made up of:
After a CTE is defined, it can be referenced like a table or view can in a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. A CTE can also be used in a CREATE VIEW statement as part of its defining SELECT statement.
The basic syntax structure for a CTE is:
WITH CTE_name1 [ ( column_name [,...n] )
(query defining the CTE1) ,
CTE_name2 [ ( column_name [,...n] )
(query defining the CTE2)
The statement to run the CTE is:
SELECT <column_list>
FROM CTE_name
Continuing with our example… Using common table expressions, you can express the previous query as follows.
WITH CountEmployees(dept_id, n) AS
( SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id )
SELECT dept_id, n
FROM CountEmployees
WHERE n = ( SELECT max(n)
FROM CountEmployees )
Just as when using tables, you can give different correlation names to multiple instances of a common table expression. Doing so permits you to join a common table expression to itself.
For example, the query below produces pairs of departments that have the same number of employees.
WITH CountEmployees(dept_id, n) AS
( SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id )
SELECT a.dept_id, a.n, b.dept_id, b.n
FROM CountEmployees AS a
JOIN CountEmployees AS b
ON a.n = b.n AND a.dept_id < b.dept_id
A single WITH clause may define more than one common table expression. These definitions must be separated by commas. The following example lists the department that has the smallest payroll and the department that has the largest number of employees.
CountEmployees(dept_id, n) AS
( SELECT dept_id, count(*) AS n
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id ),
DeptPayroll( dept_id, amt ) AS
( SELECT dept_id, sum(salary) AS amt
FROM employee GROUP BY dept_id )
SELECT count.dept_id, count.n, pay.amt
FROM CountEmployees AS count JOIN DeptPayroll AS pay
ON count.dept_id = pay.dept_id
WHERE count.n = ( SELECT max(n) FROM CountEmployees )
OR pay.amt = ( SELECT min(amt) FROM DeptPayroll )
As you can see CTEs can be very useful. I have found them particularly handy when cleaning up demoralized tables. Like imported spread sheets. I can create a CTE distinct on columns that uniquely define rows. Then by joining to it I can create a result set including the 10's of columns that were requested. This way I avoid using a GROUP BY and having to create functions to get the columns not in the group. This task would be near impossible using DISTINCT.
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And Then They Came for Me is more than a play – it is a multimedia journey into the life and world of Anne Frank, and two Holocaust survivors whose lives she changed forever. Combining interview footage with live theatre, this gripping drama is a groundbreaking retelling of Anne Frank's famous story, and brings to vivid life how she touched the lives of two childhood friends, Ed Silverberg & Eva Schloss. And Then They Came for Me bridges the gap between live theatre and documentary, and asks us to take a moment to remember the world of Anne Frank – a remarkable girl whose words gave an innocent voice to one of the darkest periods in our history.
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Youth Performance Company is a world class, award-winning youth theater company developing and empowering young actors, singers and dancers to reach their artistic potential and become community leaders.
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At CES 2014 yesterday, Sony announced its brand new streaming service called PlayStation Now which will allow consumers to play a back catalogue of PlayStation titles on a variety of devices. Across the web there were many incorrect reports that the arrival of PlayStation Now later this year means that the PS4 is now backwards compatible with PS3 games.
Just to clarify: PlayStation Now does NOT make the PS4 backwards compatible with last-gen titles. During an interview with IGN where John Koller, VP of of Marketing for SCEA, stressed that PlayStation Now is actually an alternative to backwards compatibility.
"For a PS4 consumer, someone who has just bought a PS4, there's been a lot of talk about no PS3 backwards compatibility", said Koller. "This is not the answer to backwards compatibility but it does allow you to have the engagement with a great line-up of titles that maybe you didn't get to experience on PS3".
PlayStation Now will actually be a subscription-based service allowing users to stream specifically-chosen PlayStation games on numerous devices, including PS3, Vita, Bravia TVs and certain smartphones. Users will also be able to rent games seperately.
Sony has also recommended a 5MBPS+ connection for PlayStation Now to ensure low latency levels when it launches first in North America this summer.
"In our internal tests, users with this bandwidth or greater have been enjoying a low latency, high-quality gaming experience. PS Now tests your connection of each game and optimizes for quality if you are above the minimum requirements. We strive to make the gameplay experience feel as if the game is being played locally on their device – fast and responsive (including for FPS and games with twitch mechanics). The Closed Beta will definitely provide a great opportunity to test the experience with gamers with varying connection speeds and our developers will, of course, be working diligently to optimize the service based upon the feedback we receive from the community," said Sony's Matt Harper via the PlayStation Blog.
PlayStation Now will go into closed beta at the end of January and is expected to be released in North America in the summer and then slowly rolled out worldwide.


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CHANDIGARH: Early monsoon in the North have led to all-time high hydro power generation in the country. The generation rose 6.04 per cent to 31.28 (BU) in the first quater, according to Central Electricity Limited Data.
The additional supply has eased power demand-supply in grid during summers months and slashed rate of power by one-third in the open power market in the firs quarter compared to the corresponding period in the last year.