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My email isn't something I can ease in or out of very gracefully, nor is it something that can be taken care of in a single shot, and reading about Martin's routine got me thinking about the differences between "growing up" as a writer today—or, okay, being a youngish wannabe writer, one of this so-called digital generation—and growing up as a writer in an earlier era. I can't really fathom trying to write a whole short story or (god forbid) a novel on paper or a typewriter, although, sure, it might be a good option if the internet's temptations are really killing me so hard. Nor can I honestly imagine writing on some kind of dino processor that's not connected to the internet, though I've fantasized about the idea. It's just that—when I got stuck, what would I do? Sit there? Take a walk? Try harder? Has any other generation of endeavoring writers had to battle a distraction this powerful, this omnipresent, and this snugly nuzzled against their work? On principle, I'm reluctant to entertain any question that, like this one, reeks of literary doomsdayism. I hate hearing about the death of the novel, the poor prospects for literature today—all of it feels false, coming as it does at a time when people seem to be reading, in some form or another, quite a lot. I don't like to believe that the spray of newfangled digi-stuff really represents such a monumental change, even for the literary world. We're still communicating and we're still living. We're still making up stories and writing them down and giving them away to be read. Nor do I really want to address the question in what might be the anti-doomsday way—that is, to come up with some slick metaphor that shows how we internet-surfing writers may actually have an advantage over the writers of the past. I could say that today, more than ever, there is life literally pressed up against our art-work (that funny work of rearranging pixels of meaning on the 2D-but-actually-infinitely-D plane of the screen). Life: the breathing bodies of friends and enemies and strangers, all lurking just behind the virtual page, waiting to chat, to exchange news and jokes and stories and insults and love; life, right there living within and underneath our work, ready to feed and fill and maybe receive our art—this undoubtedly a good and beautiful thing. I do admit to feeling some writerly pleasure at the idea that the boundaries between our lives-lived and lives-on-the-page are blending—at the fact that more and more of our "living" happens in text, in these black squiggles that readily translate into words and that, bouncing between cell phones, between computers, between paper and brain, can so easily become, themselves, an act. But to exalt our historical moment in any way—to pay its idiosyncrasies any sort of privilege or disdain—feels to me like a mistake. I don't know what the opposite of timeless is, but I'm recoiling from it. What I want, frankly, is for my writing work and the internet to exist in some maybe-unremarkable harmony, the way they seem to for Ms. Martin. I suspect that's how it is for many writers who have it better than me: their work is not so precious as to need to go untouched by the bustling online world, and, in hand, the online world is for them less threatening. Maybe their work is also more engrossing (read: better) than mine. It's only because this is what I want but don't have that I can't help but shout it: Painters, actors, musicians, you have it so easy! You veritable farmers! Alone and unbothered out there with your seedlings: watering, harvesting, bearing fruit. It's not even as if we could balance the scales by somehow inviting the internet onto the palette, the stage, the violin—even then, I think, it would not be much of a threat for you others. The thing about the online world is that it is not only physically near the writing artist's work—and, for its sociability, particularly alluring for the writer who works alone—but also that the online world is physically like our artistic world. Made up of letters, sentences, and lots and lots of silent, private, outside-of-real-time talk. A child, an alien, or even a prize-winning author could be forgiven for, once in a while, not being able to tell the difference between the fake real world of the writer and the real online world of…the world. So here's the story: Once upon a time, writers navigated between speech and writing, life and art. On the page, they painted a picture of their world and played the song of its sounds. Now, the page is the world. Or, at least: every day, the page and the world get closer. They creep up on each other, they press together in the dark and feel each other—so smooth, so alike. What's a writer to do? Go out and play with the world, I guess. – Helen Rubinstein is a youngish wannabe writer, one of the so-called digital generation. Her fiction has received awards at Yale, at the Wesleyan Writers Conference, and at Brooklyn College, where she's finishing her MFA. She will be writing without an internet connection as a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony in the spring. 7 Responses Almanacco del Giorno – 1 Dec. 2009 « Almanacco Americano December 1, 2009 […] Electric Literature – Writing Offline […] Reply Cotter December 2, 2009 I'll tell you my trick — I unplug. I work wireless at home, so every morning (until about noon or until I can't handle the suspense) I unplug the router from the modem. When I can't think, I stretch. When stretching doesn't help, I read from one of the million books lying around. 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Now it seems crippling, so I've purchased a laptop on eBay which-gasp-does not have a wireless card. I'll install Linux on it. In order for it to get online I'll have to actually plug it in to a router, which means I'll be less likely to just absent-mindedly get off it. After awhile it will seem ridiculous to do anything but write on it, and that's the goal. Worth the tiny price tag, for me anyway. Reply GHD IV Styler Dark July 19, 2010 Love is an active power in man, a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites him with others; love makes him ovrecome the sense of isolation and separateness, yet it permits to be himself, to retain his integrity. 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Is this a good NexStar deal?
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Not a "steal", but certainly reasonably priced for a year old 8SE in good condition. If I was trying to save a few bucks and I could check out the condition first, I'd pay that for it.
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BUT since he paid $600 (used I assume) its older and I get a feeling in my gut that this guy is a used car salesman OR is mentally off his rocker
Bottom line the OTA itself is worth $300 or so...
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Too much uncertainty for me to lay out $800.
Posted 31 January 2013 - 04:57 PM
He pays $600 for it, but wants $800?
He says it is 1 yr old (or the Ad does) and it's actually 4 years old??
In what way doesn't he lie? Either it is 1 year old (as advertised) or 4 years old!
The seller didn't actually lie, but I was able to find other details.
Would you buy a used car off this guy??
Either walk away or offer him Bob's estimate of $300 and see what he says
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Wait a minute!!!
So let me get this straight...
He pays $600 for it, but wants $800?
He says it is 1 yr old (or the Ad does) and it's actually 4 years old??
In what way doesn't he lie? Either it is 1 year old (as advertised) or 4 years old!
The seller didn't actually lie, but I was able to find other details.
Would you buy a used car off this guy??
Either walk away or offer him Bob's estimate of $300 and see what he says
There is no law or moral obligation to sell something for less than one paid for it.In what is called a free market the buyer and seller mutually agree on a price. If the buyer later discovers he could have bought an identical item for less,or much less, then that is a sign the buyer was too hasty.Or perhaps the buyer wanted or needed the item without delay.
If the poster had found and bought an $800 telescope for $300 then the commenters would be congratulating him on a great deal.I really doubt anyone would have been castigating him for not making the seller aware of the item's commonly accepted value.
There are many people who expect to get previously owned items for practically no cost;and then there are the sellers who expect to recover every dime they originally paid for an item.Neither view is realistic.
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By the way my Nexstar 8SE was used and I am probably the third owner.Just the same the scope was spotless and fully functional.It is sad but I suspect many of these nice scopes atre bought as presents or by people who don't take the time to read and follow the instructions,and when it doesn't work magically,then get rid of it without ever seeing the wonders it might have shown them.I have bought several scopes in pristine condition ,and the original owners barely used because they didn't know how!There is no need to be afraid of used gear ,just as long as you know what you are getting.Very few companies allow transfer of warranty so you are likely no more ,or less, protected buying a one day-old scope as a three year-old one.There is even a question if warranties will be honored on gear bought through returns warehouse,that is, those people who sell all the unclaimed,lost,and damaged in shipping goods plus stores' customer returns and open box items.Should be fine buying open box and demos from actual licensed dealers.
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My NexStar 6SE was 2nd hand. The previous owner had had it for 18 months before he sold it in order to fund a university degree.
Having researched the market, I knew that my scope was a bargain, so realised that there wasn't much room for haggling - even so, I got a bunch of accessories including a powertank and £50 (approx $80) off the asking price.
If I had found out that the vendor had only paid $600 and was asking $800 I'd be pointing out that the scope was now several years older, so I'd offer him the $600 and see what he said. That way, he he hasn't lost out.
You could also point out that you could get a scope much younger than the one he's selling and what incentive do you have for buying his (older) scope at a premium?
Of course, you may disagree. Knowing that the vendor had bagged a bargain, I wouldn't be particularly happy if my purchase resulted in a (significant ~ 33%) proft-margin on used merchandise.
Current price for a brand-new 8SE with a 2-yr guarantee is $1200. When Celestron have a sale, they are to be had for around $1000.
Would you be happy with a 4-year old scope with no guarantee (and, in truth, no idea as to how well the scope has been treated by its various owners over the years) at 80% of a brand-new price compared to a new scope and a 2-yr guarantee (plus vendor support)? I'm sure I wouldn't be.
Too high a price for the age/risk I'm afraid in my humble opinion. YMMV of course.
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If the seller happens to have purchased and is including ,as many "newbies" do, the Celestron power tank and lens/filter kit, then I would add $100.


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Google will discover your location once you log into the program. To search by voice, simply hold down the green call icon and say what you're searching for.
My favorite use of this app is to search for restaurants. With the Google Maps Mobile, you'll be able to not only get the location's phone number and address, but you'll be able to get directions, store hours, reviews, and even the restaurant's alcohol policy.
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Let's start at the very beginning with a chance conversation at a dinner party. Suddenly, Joseph Murgo found himself talking about his background in choral music with Paul Whelton. It was a bit off the usual track for two senior leaders of the Tulane Health Sciences Center.
Whelton is the senior vice president for health sciences and Murgo is chief of cardiology. But it was a very good place to start, and before long, Murgo would find himself organizing something dear to his heart: the Tulane Health Sciences Center Chorale. Now nearly a year old and 50 voices strong, the group of singing students, faculty and staff from the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is doing a lot more than do-re-mi.
With assistance from Latoya Mason, a fourth-year medical student and pianist who serves as accompanist, they're getting ready to perform two holiday concerts with classics by Bizet, Handel, Mozart and Vaughn Williams. The first performance is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, at Trinity Church, 1329 Jackson Ave., followed by a concert at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, in the School of Medicine Auditorium.
"There have been a lot of extra rehearsals and the level of difficulty is challenging, but he's got us whipped into shape," said Paul Rodenhauser, assistant dean for academic and counseling services and professor of psychiatry/neurology. "He really has a way of rallying people, getting them to support the cause."
He, of course, is Murgo, the charismatic leader of the chorale who came to Tulane two-and-one-half years ago to become director of the Cardiovascular Center of Excellence. Previously, he had spent nine years as chief of cardiology at Ochsner. Attention to his career in cardiology had caused him to put his choral music involvement on the shelf for 17 years.
After many years of choral work, from singing tenor in his college choir at the University of Pennsylvania (where he met his wife, a soprano), to performing with the San Antonio Symphony Master Singers, he had a choice to make.
"I stopped in 1983," Murgo said. "My cardiology research was too demanding. I had to figure out if I was a doctor or a musician." His medical career won out, but the choral heartbeat was to resurrect itself eventually.
And that brings us back to a year ago, when Murgo started recruiting singers, first among students and faculty, then among staff, then in the Tulane Hospital. And now he would love to expand with more singers from the uptown campus.
With today's demanding work environment, how did Murgo manage to make the ensemble work? And combine the talents of professionally trained musicians with singers who have a love of music but no training in sight-reading?
"It's my passion," Murgo reflected. "Keeping a bunch of unpaid amateurs together is a challenge, but it's a great escape from a high-stress job and a very busy life. I see so many of the group enjoying it. There are other things in life besides medicine."
Candy Legeai is thrilled that she joined the group. The department administrator in psychiatry/neurology, she was a music major in college. "I love music, but there was always an excuse not to pursue it. This was a good opportunity to try. Singing for Murgo has been a wonderful experience. He's so dynamic," she said. "Everyone has fallen in love with him. And he's doing something unique and challenging."
For Rodenhauser and others, making time for rehearsals is difficult but singing is a joy to do. He added, "I wanted to show support for this. I love the involvement, the camaraderie, the attention it draws to the arts in medical education."
Rodenhauser was especially glad to help get the organization started because he also runs SARBA, Students Against Right Brain Atrophy, a medical students organization now in its fourth year, which involves students in creative and arts-oriented projects to expand their education.
In its first year the chorale has already thrilled audiences. A standing ovation at Trinity Church ended their first concert in the spring. There are even health benefits for the singers. "It's a great stress reliever," Murgo said. What better stress reliever than music? Bring on the harmony.
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At the prison, Glen is dealing with Merle's impatience and demands that he chill out. Merle wants to sneak up to the meeting point and blow the Governor away, even attempting to convince Michonne to join him. Luckily, Michonne is one of the smartest of the bunch and tells him that he is on his own. Something tells me that Merle's intentions aren't totally pure. He may still be working with the Governor and attempting to bring Michonne to him as well as gathering information on Rick's group.
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When Rick gets back to the prison he doesn't mention the Michonne issue, but instead lets the group know that a war is on and that they need to be prepared. Hershel senses that something is up and talks to Rick in private. Grimes reveals that Michonne could end this, but that he doesn't want to give her up and wants Hershel to talk him out of it. Hershel reminds Rick that she has saved three of their group and that she warned them about the Governor as well as letting them know about Maggie and Glen's capture. Hopefully Rick keeps this in mind before doing anything drastic.


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"It's going to be slow going out there. … We're advising people to stay home if they can, or leave as early as possible," Allende said.
At the same time, there are some people who likely aren't going to listen: participants, for example, in Bellingham's annual 93-mile "Ski to Sea" relay Sunday. It will attract as many as 4,000 participants.
Rather than sending all traffic on a single detour route, the WSDOT offered several alternatives.
Northbound traffic, for example, is being rerouted off I-5 at Fir Island Road (Exit 221) south of Mount Vernon. One route going west at that point re-connects with I-5 at Burlington, but drivers headed to Canada are advised to go east and connect with Highway 9.
The detours, however, still have to cross the Skagit River. Most routes send thousands of cars across narrow bridges never intended for that level of traffic.
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Baylor College of Medicine has honored Dr. Eugene Boisaubin, professor of internal medicine, with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Granted during BCM's reunion weekend April 19-21, the award is presented to alumni "whose lifelong pursuits have achieved the zenith of accomplishment and serve as an inspiration to others."
"My reaction to the phone call from Baylor about the award was one of pure shock and disbelief. I called their office the next day to make sure this wasn't a joke or error," Boisaubin recalled.
Boisaubin is a resident alumnus of BCM, graduating from his internal medicine residency in 1975. He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri Medical School. Before joining the Medical School in 2001, he was a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
The inaugural BCM Lifetime Achievement Award was granted to Dr. Michael DeBakey in 2006.
"Obviously a school like Baylor has countless outstanding alumni and others were recognized for contributions to the sciences and leadership. But this alumni award usually goes to people, not because of their NIH awards, but to individuals who have made broader contributions to medicine, the community and even society," Boisaubin said.
Boisaubin is no stranger to accolades, having received the Medical School's first Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award and being named a Health Professionalism Scholar for the UT System in 2011. He is a member of the State of Texas Governing Board for the Physician Health Program and is active on the medical staff at Memorial Hermann Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. An academic internist, he has been a clinical medical ethicist and ethics consultant at three medical universities for over 25 years.
Boisaubin said the "tsunami of technology" that has overwhelmed medical practice in the last 30 years has been one of the most important medical advances in his professional lifetime. "The great bulk of it has been for the good, but increasingly it has also become an excuse for physicians not to spend time with patients to actually find out by history taking and examination whether they really need the proposed technology. Often they don't.
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If Paynter survives & is still going by the time eclipse Awards have their vote, he should be "Horse of the Year" or at the very least, some kind of a commendation for sheer determination in the face of great adversity.
Hopefully there is a clause in the contract that requires I'll Have Another to be returned to the US after retiring from the stud.
It would, but with Belmont's surface, he could have suffered a fate similar to that of Giant Ryan. I'm sure you are referring to I'll Have Another without a tendon problem.
The race isn't always to the swift & I look for him to repeat what Drosselmeyer did this yr. in BC Classic next yr. How many horses in recent history have won the Belmont & then won big later on. We have to get away from all this speed figure stuff etc. to evaluate horses!!!
Animal Kingdom is my choice for more than one reason. He made all three Triple crown races, winning, arguably, the world's most famous one! He recovered from extreme adversity in the Belmont Stakes. Close examination of the beginning where he stumbled lets me know he could have dropped the jockey with one breath. Instead of that, he somehow righted himself seemingly to keep the rider from going off & then continued gamely to the finish! that's enough for me right there.
You always write so expressively, Brian, & you have honored Timely Writer beautifully here. I too was there that day, & will never forget the courage of this very talented horse.
Thanks for a great remembrance of Lawyer Ron, Brian. A wonderful horse & one of my favorites!
Well, Jorge Velasquez must be the jockey anyway!!!!!
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Initial findings released on police and disabled
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A state panel tasked with making recommendations about police training about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities says current training is inconsistent and not comprehensive.
The initial findings were released Thursday in a progress report by the commission, which was appointed by Gov. Martin O'Malley in September. The commission was created in response to the death in January 2013 of Robert Ethan Saylor, a 26-year-old man from New Market with Down syndrome.
The progress report says the panel's initial findings show that the effectiveness of such training in Maryland has not been documented.
The commission will visit for sites in the state in January February as part of a "listening tour" to get the public's input.


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Course Number: Ps301
Course Title: Social Psychology
Instructor: James E. Snipes
Meeting Time:Thur 5:30-10:30 pm
Term Dates: 11 Oct –12 Dec 04
Site: WRPT
Phone: 937/236-6579
I COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a comprehensive study of social psychology. Students will learn the effects of social variables on individuals, including the areas of group dynamics, conformity, leadership, obedience, and interpersonal attraction. Other concerns of the course will include, perception, cognition, attitudes, identity, attraction, prejudice, behavior, aggression, social influence, and their effects on society.
II GOALS OF THE COURSE: This course focuses on various psychological concepts of human involvement, and how they impact on interaction. The course is also designed to promote
knowledge of the basic concepts, methodologies, and rewards for learning, open-mindedness,professionalism, aesthetic, civic, critical science, and values literacy, a diversity of concepts, and civic awareness and responsibility.
III LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After you have completed this
course, you will be able to:
§ Psychological concepts such as the experimental
method, and the correlation method will be covered.
§ Non-verbal communication, understanding the causes of
behavior, impression formation and management.
§ Attitudes will be covered, and how the social world is
§ Heuristics will be reviewed to demonstrate how we use
mental shortcuts in our daily lives.
§ Social thought, formation of attitudes, and behavior,
how persuasion works, how and when attitudes change,
and when, and why we encounter cognitive dissonance.
§ Identity, as well as how we develop gender, and the
role it plays in our lives.
§ Origins of prejudice, and how we break the cycle of
prejudice through methods of intervention.
§ Gender stereotypes will be viewed from the perspective
of female discrimination, and sexual harassment.
§ We will examine how we are attracted to one another,
and how we become friends. We will look at what roles
proximity and emotions play in attraction, and how we
become acquainted, the concepts of similarity, and
reciprocity, and the need for affiliation.
§ We will progress from friendship, to close
relationships such as love, and marital relationships,
and how physical intimacy affects the relationship.
We will also review how we can deal with troubled
relationships, how they can be resolved.
§ Social influence, conformity, and the effects that
groups have. The concepts of compliance, and obedience
will be covered to include ingratiation, compliance,
and destructive obedience.
§ Prosocial behavior and aggression, and the causes of
violence, and how our, or others actions influence
aggression, what the personal causes of aggression
are, and what can be done to resolve or avoid it.
Critical Literacy:
The student will be able to gather, evaluate, and communicate information effectively;
meet the basic computing demands of contemporary life;
know standards of excellence;
recognize varieties of problem-solving strategies; and be able to contribute to desirable
changes or help preserve and transmit fundamental knowledge for the good of society.
Civic Literacy:
The student will be able to see the complexity of social, political, and economic systems and problems on the national and international scene, and then develop ways that would
contribute to the solution of such problems through effective citizenship participation.
V COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Successful completion of this course demands an understanding of the parameters and goals of social psychology and relationships, ability to compare and contrast theories, and acquire knowledge of social and ethical issues that allow for the sorting out of appropriate behavior discussed in class and those assigned as outside reading by the instructor. Additionally, each student must research and present a talking paper to the class on any topic of interest within the realm of Psychotherapy.
VI After the student has completed this course the
student will be able to: (a) explain why the study and
understanding of the individual in the social setting has value for one's personal use; (b) summarize, compare and evaluate the theories and contexts of the individual in social settings; (c) describe the cognitive, social and individual processes of social interaction; and (d) form valid personal conclusions about the disturbances, the stress, and the health problems that occur in the life of the individual.
VII TEXTBOOK LIST: Baron, R., and Byrne, D., Social Psychology, Allyn and Bacon, 2002,
Tenth Edition, Boston.
VIII SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE MATERIAL LIST: Any additional material needed
for the successful completion of this course will be discussed in class during the first
Class Schedule/Session Assignment/s
1 Introduction/ Chapter 1
2 Chapters 2 & 3
3 Chapters 4 & 5
4 Midterm Exam/ Chapter 6
5 Chapters 7 & 8
6 Chapters 9 & 10
7 Chapter 11 & 12
8 Chapter 13 & Review
9 Final Exam
X CLASS POLICIES: All students must do their own work. If it is determined that a student submitted work which is not his or her own, the student will be dropped form the course and given the letter grade of "F". Three (3) unexcused absences warrant an "F" for the course. Two (2) unexcused absences will warrant "withdrawal" from the course. If you know you will miss class because of TDY or other important and valid reason, please hand in a copy of your TDY orders or other appropriate/verifying document/s. All assignments (including homework, quizzes, test, term paper and verbal presentation) submitted late will be subject to a 10% reduction in total points assigned and nonsubmission will result in an F for the assignment.
Faculty members are expected to dismiss from their classrooms students whose behavior is detrimental to good order in the classroom. Such behavior includes, but is not limited to, the use of abusive or obscene language, attending the class under influence of drugs or alcohol, etc. Students who are dismissed from class may be given failing grades, suspension, or expulsion from Park University. Students whose behavior, either verbal or written, is detrimental to the good order of Park University may be subject to disciplinary action ranging from suspension to expulsion from Park University. Students who exhibit abusive or obscene language or behavior toward administrative personnel or support staff are also subject to suspension or expulsion from Park University.
XI GRADING POLICIES: Participation 10%, presentation 20%, and examination/s 70%.Each examination will be made up of 55-70 questions consisting of a combination of multiple choice, short definition, and essay types of questions. *20% of the final grade will be earned by the student's written and verbal demonstration of a concept or issue in Psychotherapy. The written presentation must be at least five (5) pages double-spaced and adhere to the American Psychological Association (APA) style of writing, version 1 or 2 and have at least four (4) sources of research, no more than two (2) from the Internet.


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Kent Schwiesow, 64, of Le Mars passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ with Reverend Jan Christensen officiating. Interment with military honors provided by the Wasmer American Legion Post #241 of Le Mars will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Ireton, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 13, 2011at the church. The afternoon will conclude with a 4:00 p.m. Prayer Service. Visitations will continue Monday morning at the church from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Memorials maybe directed to Hospice of Siouxland. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.
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Description: another concept made for a contest for creating a new logo for Polish Golf Union.
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1ta said on Feb. 28 '12
Red and white can change to green and you can change the colors of the flag
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Fine & pleasant composition!
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i go with 1ta... looks good.. play with colours.. anyways like it
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The newest Bachelor opened up to USA TODAY with answers to all the questions that we Flajnik fans have been itching to ask, from baring his butt on national television to dating Ghost Whisperer's Jennifer Love Hewitt.
He admits that he put his heart on the line while filming The Bachelorette, but how will Flajnik fair now that he's the one making the choices? "I think there's always going to be critics no matter what decision I make," he said. "It's something that doesn't really get under my skin. I'm such a laid-back guy anyway, that part of the experience isn't something that I really think about."
Well, it won't really be the first time he's calling all the shots, since he already turned down Jennifer Love Hewitt earlier this year. "She reached out and wanted to come up to the winery, which she did. We went out to dinner and just kind of chatted about life and the experience. She's a nice girl, but I wasn't–it was right in the middle of the time when I was deciding to be the Bachelor. When this is all said and done, ending up with a Hollywood celebrity is not something that I want."
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The Best Multiplatform Development Environment that Ever Lived on One Box
I decided my consulting company needed to have a professional development environment where I could potentially host works-in-progress for my clients. I wanted high security. I wanted high availability. I wanted to support not only multiple servers (Oracle and Sybase; Tomcat, JRun and Weblogic; different JDK revs), but multiple platforms (NT and UNIX). I wanted to be able to grow disk partitions without having to repartition or re-install. I needed to enable developers from all over the country to have speedy remote access. And, oh yeah, I wanted to spend less than $4,000.00 on all of the hardware and software needed to accomplish this.
This wish list was made possible thanks to Linux, the latest kernel build, a host of freely available and very inexpensive software, and a (relatively) inexpensive server machine.
The bulk of my costs went to the purchase of a refurbished Dell PowerEdge 2300 that I got for a steal, $2700.00. For those of you who don't know, a refurbished Dell carry the exact same warranty as a new Dell.
Cable internet access provides a reasonably inexpensive high-speed connection to the Internet. Since I had only a single "real" IP address from a cable connection, a second network adapter was added to the one that came with the server, so that the server could act as a gateway for my LAN.
The table below outlines the hardware and associated costs:
Hardware Cost Obtained From Refurbished Dell PowerEdge 2300 $2,700.00 www.dell.com (Dual Pentium III 450MHz, 256MB RAM, 54GB Hard Disk, 100Mb Ethernet, external SCSI controller) Second PCI Ethernet Card $ 30.00 Had it laying around 20/40GB DAT Tape Drive $740.00 www.dell.com 256MB Additional RAM $420.00 egghead.com, from mysimon.com (comparison shopping portal) Total $3,890.00
The table below outlines all the software in use, with an overview of its purpose:
Software Purpose Location Red Hat 6.2 Base Operating System redhat.com Kernel v2.4.3 Kernel that includes support kernel.org for LVM and more robust firewalling LVM (Logical Volume Allows physical partitions to linux.msede.com/lvm Management) be grouped arbitrarily into Logical Volumes. Allows Logical Volumes to be grown dynamically. ipchains Firewall kernel module IPCHAINS-HOWTO redir A port redirector to allow sammy.net access from the Internet to the (virtual) NT machine SSH (Secure Shell) Allows highly secure openssh.com authentication and encryption of remote sessions VMware Allows us to run Windows NT vmware.com in a Virtual Machine under Linux VNC (Virtual Network Very thin remote control research.att Computing) software
Of the software listed here, only VMware costs anything, and its price is nominal. We also had software expenses related to the use of Windows NT 4 server, described below.
The first step was to install the base Red Hat 6.2 distribution. I did this by downloading the required boot disks and the DOS utility called rawrite to transfer the disk images to floppies. I then booted off these floppies and installed the entire Red Hat distribution over the Internet. Next, it was time to customize.
Using the Linux kernel v2.4.3 allowed me to take advantage of a key enabling technology: LVM (Logical Volume Management; linux.msede.com/lvm/).
The machine came with six 9GB hard drives. Ordinarily, I would have to have a minimum of six partitions along the boundaries of the physical drives. Not only didn't I want to partition based on this arbitrary boundary, but I also wanted flexibility in our partition plan. If a partition was approaching capacity, I wanted to be able to dynamically grow it. This might mean reducing the size of another, less used partition. LVM allows a high degree of configurability through a host of tools.
I also experienced a performance gain by having logical volumes composed of physical partitions across the six drives. This reduces the overall seek time required when accessing files, since you don't have a read/write head moving around a single disk, but all six at once.
During the process of setting up LVM, virtual devices are created for logical volumes and for virtual groups. Here is the output of the mount command after setting up LVM:
/dev/vgRoot/lvRoot on / type ext2 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/sda5 on /boot type ext2 (rw) /dev/vgHome/lvHome on /home type ext2 (rw) /dev/vgOpt/lvOpt on /opt type ext2 (rw) /dev/vgTmp/lvTmp on /tmp type ext2 (rw) /dev/vgUsr/lvUsr on /usr type ext2 (rw) /dev/vgUsrLocal/lvUsrLocal on /usr/local type ext2 (rw) /dev/vgVar/lvVar on /var type ext2 (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
Here is the output from the df command showing the space on each partition:
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/vgRoot/lvRoot 10885380 106804 10225616 1% /
/dev/sda5 248895 15348 220697 7% /boot
/dev/vgHome/lvHome 4354120 966752 3166184 23% /home
/dev/vgOpt/lvOpt 10885380 3997884 6334536 39% /opt
/dev/vgTmp/lvTmp 2189128 98048 1979876 5% /tmp
/dev/vgUsr/lvUsr 6507036 1530480 4646012 25% /usr
/dev/vgUsrLocal/lvUsrLocal 10865240 4687304 5626000 45% /usr/local
/dev/vgVar/lvVar 2173016 40584 2022048 2% /var
Here is the output from one of the LVM utilities, called lvdisplay, that shows what physical partitions make up a logical volume:
--- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vgRoot/lvRoot VG Name vgRoot (...snip...) LV Size 10.55 GB Current LE 2700 Allocated LE 2700 Stripes 5 Stripe size (KB) 16 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 120 Block device 58:0 --- Distribution of logical volume on 5 physical volumes --- PV Name PE on PV reads writes /dev/sda6 540 7407 394 /dev/sdb1 540 13843 6893 /dev/sdc1 540 14395 94168 /dev/sdd1 540 7793 775 /dev/sde1 540 11093 64148
The last few lines of this output show that this logical volume is made up of five physical partitions. Notice that each of these partitions is on different disks. The output also shows the number of stripes on the logical volume, in this case five. This means that writes are spread across all five physical partitions, instead of waiting until one physical partition is filled, and then moving on to the next partition. It is the striping that can improve performance, since rather than a single read/write head having to seek across a disk, you are using five at once.
During the process of setting up LVM, you create PEs (physical extents) that represent the underlying physical partitions. I broke each 9GB drive into four partitions, each containing about 2.2GB. This became my minimum unit for making up logical volumes. The next step is to create virtual groups and then assign a group to a logical volume. For more detail, refer to the LVM home page referenced above.
Re: The Best Multiplatform Development Environment that Ever Liv
Ever tested it when it crashed? You use ext2 fs, takes a long time to recover (hours i gues).
But otherwise nice.
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Well, you should also try www.tightvnc.com. It really rocks, even under 28K modem.
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An agreement may be reached by the end of May on a final bill that likely will require businesses to fund 100 percent of their pension promises. One of the major sticking points is the use credit ratings to determine whether a company must increase payments to its pension plan. A proposal to give airlines longer than other businesses to shore up their pensions also is generating controversy.
Pension reform is driven in part by a nearly $23 billion deficit at the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation and an aggregate $450 billion in underfunded pension liabilities. The funded status of pension plans improved slightly in 2005, according to a new study by Milliman Consultants and Actuaries.
Although the April 15 deadline for the first pension payments of the year has passed, a leading business advocacy group, the Pension Coalition, says it is not as concerned about the calendar as it is about the substance of the final bill.
"The overwhelming sense of people in the coalition is that Congress needs to do as good a job as possible and get this right rather than get it done on a certain date," says Martin Reiser, manager of government policy for Xerox and spokesman for the coalition.
But the group, comprising about 200 companies and trade associations, also warns that Congress must give businesses time to adjust.
"The longer they go, the more critical it is that they put off the implementation date for a year," Reiser says.
There may not be enough time for the Treasury Department to write the regulations necessary to implement pension legislation by Jan. 1, according to Reiser. Proposals call for funding requirements to increase from 92 percent to 100 percent incrementally beginning in 2007.
"Part of the problem is what does 92 percent mean?" Reiser says. "Treasury would have to spell that out."
Beyond the uncertainty of pension reform, businesses with defined benefit programs also face the prospect later in the year of new rules from the Financial Standards Accounting Board that would require them to put the funding status of their pension plans on their balance sheets. Currently, that number is contained in footnotes of financial reports.
A study by Watson Wyatt shows that the accounting change would cut shareholder equity of the Fortune 1,000 by 10 percent, hitting transportation, communication and utility companies particularly hard. Milliman calculates that shareholder equity would have decreased by $222 billion for 100 large firms with defined benefit pension plans in 2005 if the rule had been in effect.
But so far, there's no sign that businesses will drop defined benefit plans en masse.
"It's too early to tell whether we're going to reach a tipping point where there's a rush to the doors," says Alan Glickstein, a senior consultant at Watson Wyatt.


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not gonna click.
Be glad you didn't
I'll wait for G5 to review it for us, evidently the internet is his personal playgound of poofery.
must get to tube8...quickly
Like a bad car accident...could not look away...
funny that you should post that when the neg rep button is missing!!!!!
That was AWESOME! The pushup part is still making me laugh.
I'm ashamed I lived in the 80's.....What the fug was wrong with us.
I lived and loved the 80s. I can say without a doubt I never watched anything like that. Not even while tripping.
amazing haha
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Is that what they show you when you reach "The End of the Internet"?
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Jessica Turner was voted one of the 20 greatest naturally big-boobed models in Score Magazine history and one look at her cute face and huge tits makes it easy to see why. Add that to her sweet pink pussy and round ass and the vote makes even more sense.
Her site looks pretty good and is very simple to navigate. There are the standard photo and video sections as well as an "about her" section where you can read a little about Jessic's history. Did you know that she was studying economics and law at London University before she became a Score girl? I didn't either.
Nothing much has changed on her site since our last visit and with a mere two videos and 12 photo sets that fact is even more disappointing. Miss Turner became a Score girl back in 1999, so you would think there would be more content to add. Well, whether there is or isn't doesn't matter because no new movies have been added in years. As for the quality, the movies are good in quality (they can be streamed and downloaded) and the pics are high-res.
While Jessica does sometimes get other big-boob babes invovled in her scenes, for the majority of her collection it is all solo Jessica action with our lovely lady showing off all her assets in a generally softcore and sexy way.
With so little content you will be able to get through her entire collection in a matter of minutes. However, it would take you a little longer to get through the collections of all the busty-babe sites that come with your membership with your access to the entire Big Boob Bundle, which includes other chicks with huge tits, like Busty Ines Cudna and Busty Dusty Stash.
Breast lovers of the world I know you know who Jessica Turner is and I know you love her and I don't blame you for it - I have a big crush on her myself. However, given the amount of content she is offering and the lack of updates there is no way I can recommend gettting yourself a membership to her site at this time.
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So, i'm getting the same message a number of others are...
I've trawled through many FAQ's Forums help guides and tried all sorts of settings and tweaks, but no joy.
I'm wondering if someone can help?
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I've checked and the stamps are different, they range from 2-3 seconds to as much as 1 minute different.