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January 24th
Missouri Students To Receive Special Call From Space
A little bit of the final frontier is coming to Missouri during a live in-flight education downlink from the International Space Station. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 10:05 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. CST, selected students from the Northeast Nodaway school district and Northwest Missouri State University will spend 20 minutes talking to Expedition 18 astronauts Mike Fincke and Sandy Magnus aboard the International Space Station. The event will be the first with a Missouri school in the eight-year history of education downlink opportunities.
Northeast Nodaway students have been preparing for the downlink by visiting the NASA Web site to learn about the station, Expedition 18 crewmembers, mission objectives and science experiments. The school is part of the NASA Explorer School project. The project offers a three-year partnership between NASA and school teams, consisting of teachers and education administrators from diverse communities across the country. Focusing on underserved populations, the project is designed for education communities at the fourth to ninth grade levels to help middle schools improve teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
January 23rd
X-Band Mini deep space network opportunity
NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft are giving astronomers an over-the-horizon look at the 'dark side' of the Sun. This new perspective could lead to important advances in space weather forecasting and solar physics research.
St. Cyr notes that experienced ham radio operators can participate in this historic mission by helping NASA capture STEREO's images. The busy Deep Space Network downloads data from STEREO only three hours a day. That's plenty of time to capture all of the previous day's data, but NASA would like to monitor the transmissions around the clock.
"So we're putting together a 'mini-Deep Space Network' to stay in constant contact with STEREO," says Bill Thompson, director of the STEREO Science Center at Goddard.
January 22nd
Castor Valley ES, Greely, Ontario, Canada, Tue (Jan 27) at 19:34 UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Castor Valley Elementary School in Greely, Ontario, Canada on 27 January. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1934 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VA3ITB. The contact should be audible over most of eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Castor Valley Elementary School is a French Immersion site in the Ottawa District School Board. It is nestled in the cornfields of Greely found on the outskirts of Ottawa, the Canadian capital. There are currently 660 students enrolled at CVES attending Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 classes. Castor Valley students are eagerly awaiting January 27th, anticipating what it will be like to communicate with Commander Mike Finke aboard the ISS. We are very excited to make contact with someone who is not on this planet.
January 21st
Crew Inaugurates New Exercise Device, Prepares for Shuttle Visit
January 20th
56th Inauguration Features NASA Astronauts, Lunar Rover, Panoramic Photos and Live Twitter
WASHINGTON -- NASA astronauts who recently returned from a trip to the International Space Station will join representatives from across the country and the nation's armed forces in the 56th Inaugural Parade.
The NASA contingent will include a next-generation lunar rover that astronauts will use for future exploration of the moon. The parade will travel down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Jan. 20 following swearing-in ceremonies for President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden. Many of the participating astronauts -- Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe, mission specialists Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg Chamitoff -- flew on space shuttle Endeavour in November 2008 on the STS-126 mission.
ARISS Status January 19, 2009
Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Richard Garriott Debrief
3. Cosmonaut Training Status
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Canada has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, January 20 at 18:06 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. A space club has been formed at the hospital and those children participating in the club have learned about the ISS via videos, the internet and guest speakers. They have learned to use correct radio protocol and have tracked and plotted the course of the ISS. They have also created artwork to be displayed during the contact. Media coverage of the event is expected.
January 18th
Station Crew Does Science, Prepares for Upcoming Visitors
The Expedition 18 crew focused on science activities aboard the International Space Station Friday.
Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov spent time with a plant biology experiment as well as studying crew breathing in microgravity. He also took photographs of the Earth as part of an Earth observation experiment.
Commander Mike Fincke and Lonchakov worked out on the station's treadmill while Flight Engineer Sandra Magnus continued the setup and checkout of the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device.
The station crew members spent some time Friday in a space-to-ground conference with their successors. Expedition 19 is scheduled to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on March 25.
January 16th
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tue (Jan 20) at 18:06 UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 20 January. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1806 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and ON4ISS. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Audio from the contact should also be available via the AMSAT conference on EchoLink and via the 9010 Discovery reflector on IRLP. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
January 14th
Station Reboosted; Toilet in Zvezda Working
The engines of the International Space Station's Zvezda service module fired at 1:06 p.m. EST Wednesday for a 2-minute, 22-second reboost of the station. This was the second of three planned reboosts that will put the complex at the ideal altitude for the arrival of Discovery and the ISS Progress 32 cargo craft in February.
The toilet in the Zvezda Service Module was working again after a malfunction early Wednesday sent the crew off on troubleshooting procedures. Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov replaced a gas separator and checked other plumbing elements. The new Waste and Hygiene Compartment in the Destiny laboratory would have served as a backup if the toilet had continued to malfunction.
Shuttle Crew to Visit NASA Headquarters, Available for Interviews
NASA Headquarters will welcome the astronauts of the STS-126 space shuttle mission on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. EST. The crew completed a 16-day flight on Nov. 30 and delivered equipment to the International Space Station that will allow the outpost to house up to six astronauts for long-duration stays.
The astronauts will share the mission's highlights with NASA employees, their families and journalists at NASA Headquarters' James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium, 300 E. Street, S.W., in Washington. The crew's presentation will air live on NASA Television's public and education channels. The astronauts will be available for media interviews following the presentation. Interested reporters should call 202-358-1100 before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, to confirm an interview time.


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Thing 1: The Google Play debacle redux
- Another Nexus 4 batch expected to ship out this week, says Google
- Google: Nexus 4 available for purchase in U.S. at noon PST today
- Nexus 4 back in stock on T-Mobile USA site
- Dear Google ...
Thing 2: Jelly Beans, leaks, and updates
- Android 4.2.1 hits AOSP, for you build-from-source types
- Android 4.2.1 update hitting Nexus 4 and Nexus 10
- Nexus 7 gets its turn at 4.2.1 -- it's pushing now or can be manually flashed
- Galaxy Nexus (takju) starts to get its Android 4.2.1 update, manual update available now
- Jelly Bean 4.1.2 leaks for the original Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000
- Jelly Bean OTA for Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3's to start arriving Dec. 3
- HTC One X Jelly Bean update arrives in more countries
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Daniel Drezner on what would happen if those author blurbs that come at the end of articles were forced to be honest:
* Suzie Wong has never been to the country about which she is writing. What's in this op-ed is culled from a quick perusal of the Economist and a few phone calls.
* Cass Bunstein is a law professor. He dashed off this essay in his head while commuting to work this morning, wrote it in under thirty minutes, and it's still smarter than anything, my dear reader, that will ever pop into your brain.
* Augusta Cornington has been teaching at an obscure state school for two decades, lying in the tall grass, waiting for her arch-nemesis to make a mistake in print. This book review is her chance to completely eviscerate him.
I once received a manuscript from a reviewer who seemed to take this principle to heart: "The writer of this review," he wrote for his author tag, "is an associate professor at a midwestern liberal arts school, and isn't it an outrage that someone who writes this well still hasn't been promoted to full professor?"


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Lackadaisy Notes and References
(Lackadaisy Introduction 1)
The Riverboat pictured here resembles a Streckfus Steamer, one of the vessels that would have been characteristic of the St. Louis Mississippi riverfront at the time. Riverboats of this type were famous in part for featuring live musical acts in the early days of jazz as they traveled up and downriver.
(Lackadaisy Introduction 1)
National Prohibition, enacted in 1920, marked the illegalization of the manufacture, distribution, and import of alcohol (for consumption) in the United States as established by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and outlined by the Volstead Act. Rather than quell the prevalence of alcohol as a means of business and pleasure, however, the legislation transformed it into an underground enterprise and a trend of unprecedented organized crime followed. Unpopular, and largely considered a failure, the amendment was repealed in 1933.
(Lackadaisy Introduction 1)
The Limestone Caves winding beneath St. Louis are a reality, though in recent decades many of the caves have been destroyed by highway construction and filled in by building demolition.
(Lackadaisy Introduction 3)
The Spirit of St. Louis, named for the city of St. Louis and piloted by Charles Lindbergh, was the first plane to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. The famous flight was made in May of 1927 between New York and Paris.
(Lackadaisy Rumrunner)
The zoot suit Rocky is sporting is something of an anachronism. Although the very first zoot suits seem to have evolved out of the jazz culture of the late 1920's, they were much more a style of the 1930's and 40's when this distinct look carried with it a connotation of social rebellion.
(Lackadaisy Rumrunner)
English Cave is located in part beneath St. Louis' Benton Park. It reportedly had several secret manmade entrances in the south part of the city, but perhaps for safety concerns, known entrances seem to have been officially sealed off.
(Lackadaisy Sunshine)
The Sunshine Special was a passenger train that ran on the Missouri-Pacific railroad between Austin, St. Louis and Little Rock from 1915 through the 1950's.
(Lackadaisy Formaldehyde)
The Perils of Pauline was a popular action-suspense serial during the silent film era. One of Pauline's perils, of course, was being tied to railroad tracks.
(Lackadaisy Formaldehyde)
Embalming fluid was one of a number of unsavory alcoholic products commonly used to cut bootleg liquor during Prohibition, occasionally with deadly results.
(Lackadaisy Arithmaphobia)
The Union Trust Building was built in 1893, but is now better known to St. Louisans as 705 Olive. With its steel frame, it counts among the nation's earliest skyscrapers.
(Lackadaisy Quantentheorie)
Albert Einstein published a paper entitled "Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung" in 1917, predicting "stimulated emission", the eventual basis for laser physics.
(Lackadaisy Quantentheorie)
Famous-Barr for most of the twentieth century was a major St. Louis department store with its flagship location at the ornate Railway Exchange Building. Recently, the chain was bought out by the Midwest division of Macy's, Inc.
(Lackadaisy Dithyramb)
Old Man River is one of the Mississippi River's common nicknames.
(Lackadaisy Dithyramb)
Eads Bridge, built in 1874, largely with Carnegie steel, spans the Mississippi between Missouri and Illinois. Originally, it hosted trains, trolley cars and foot traffic. Today, it accommodates road traffic on top and the St. Louis Metrolink on the rail lines.
(Lackadaisy Reciprocity)
Roark is Rocky's proper name.
(Lackadaisy Scathefire)
Homemade stills were commonly used to manufacture moonshine. They were also quite the fire hazard.
(Lackadaisy Sockdolager)
The electric ignition was a feature of most vehicles manufactured after 1920. Prior to that, cars were started primarily with a hand crank.
(Lackadaisy Quarrymen)
The St. Louis Bond Issue of 1923 was a large-scale civic undertaking to revitalize city growth, which included paving and widening roads and which, in ensuing years, saw the construction of new hotels, hospitals, plazas and the implementation of electrical streetlights for the whole of the city.
(Lackadaisy Quarrymen)
The Mayfair Room was St. Louis' first five star restaurant. It opened in 1925 with the Wyndham Mayfair Hotel.
(Lackadaisy Hatchetman)
The Cajun dialect is a mix of multiple languages, predominantly English and Cajun French (a distinct dialect of Continental French).
(Lackadaisy Growltiger)
McClure's was a once prominent political and literary magazine that saw the conception of muckraking journalism. A writing staff exodus eventually led to its transformation into a women's magazine in the 1920's.
(Lackadaisy Cutthroat)
The Browning Automatic Rifle, or BAR, was designed by John Browning and originally manufactured during WWI where it saw use as a light machine gun. The weapon's rapid rate of fire, comparative stopping power and ability to penetrate car bodies is perhaps what made it a famous favorite of the Barrow Gang in later years.
(Lackadaisy Vaudevillian)
A nut zipper obliquely refers to an old fashioned chewy peanut-flavored candy called a Squirrel Nut Zipper® (proprietary of NECCO®). It's also eponymous of the band of the same name.
(Lackadaisy Bunny-box)
"Lady Dionysus" is an over-romanticized metaphorical name Rocky uses to describe to Mitzi, not, as some readers have indicated, a mistakenly feminized reference to the Greek deity himself.
(Lackadaisy Dry-gulch)
The Thompson Sub-machine Gun, or Tommy Gun, was initially developed during WWI according to the designs of Gen. John T. Thompson. As the war ended before the new weapon made it to troops overseas, however, it instead became indelibly linked with a much different sort of warfare that afterwards played out among gangsters and law enforcement in the era of Prohibition.
(Lackadaisy Myopia)
"Success and glory are in the advance; disaster and shame lurk in the rear." -- Maj. Gen. John Pope, addressing his troops prior to the Second Battle of Bull Run, 1862.
(Lackadaisy Blindside)
"Cellar door" was, according to J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the most beautiful phrases in the English language. I don't suppose it remains true in this context. (Tolkien, J. R. R. "English and Welsh." 1955.)
(Lackadaisy Wishy-washy)
The Lindy Hop, the Charleston, and the Breakaway were all popular dances of the time. The Lindy Hop (for which Charles Lindbergh was the namesake) was perhaps the longest-lived, as it evolved and remained popular into the swing era of the 1940's.
(Lackadaisy Killjoy)
A raid in this case refers to a surprise incursion by either police or Prohibition Agents - an exclamation that would probably have cleared any speakeasy in a matter of minutes.
(Lackadaisy Quacksalver)
The Duesenberg J model, produced by the Auburn Automobile Company, was actually not introduced until 1928.
(Lackadaisy Echolalia)
A peccary is a mammal resembling a pig and fairly common in the wilds of the Americas. An array of different bones have been discovered in the St. Louis caves, probably the result of animals (some long extinct) falling in through cracks or sinkholes in the ground above. (Hubert and Charlotte Rother. Lost Caves of St. Louis. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing Company. 1996)
(Lackadaisy Quicklime)
Quicklime, or calcium oxide, applied to a body can rapidly render it visually unidentifiable. As such, aside from its practical uses, it's been a player in many a shady situation. Contrary to popular belief, though, it won't tend to destroy a body completely. Rather, the resulting formation of adipocere has a preserving effect.
(Lackadaisy Lassitude)
Double-ought commonly refers to a buckshot pellet size of approximately .33 inches in diameter.
(Lackadaisy Lassitude)
Chloral Hydrate is a depressant that was used as sedative prior to the development of barbiturates and, likewise in the past, was often utilized in veterinary medicine as a general anesthetic.


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This is Anita, a very loving kitty who had come in with a batch of five kittens. Anita adores attention and is always wanting more. She needs a home with lots of love and also enjoys playing. She is only about a year old and very much like a kitten, this black kitty enjoys having other cats around and is very good with kids.
You can find Anita at the Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County located at 9700 Uva Drive, in Redwood Valley. The hours are from?1 to?5 p.m.?Wednesday?through Friday, and from?11 a.m.?to?3 p.m.?Saturday?and Sunday. The phone number is?485-0123. Shelter cats are waiting to meet you at Coast Hardware in Willits.?Adoptable animals may also be?seen?at Petfinder.com, and at Lucky's in Ukiah on the first and third Saturdays of the month, from 11 a.m. to?2 p.m.


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The appetite for fast fashion has dissipated over the past several years. It's simply no longer stylish to buy throw away "trend" pieces. Today's modern consumer prefers to make a considered choice, not just about the item he or she buys, but about how it is created too. Just as most of us favour a farm to fork approach from our food suppliers, shoppers are coveting transparency and authenticity from the brands they buy clothes from.
Stella McCartney is probably the best know (almost) vegan fashion designer right now. But if you can't afford to spend €1,500 on a handbag (and I know I can't), it doesn't have to mean that you're not in the market for ethical clothing. Here are three of the best, and most affordable, vegan fashion brands available.
US brand Vaute Couture has removed animals from the fashion equation entirely, and was the first vegan label ever to show at New York Fashion Week, in 2013. Signature pieces include its waxed and snow coats, but its casual wear is worth checking out too. I love this unisex shirt in particular.
Accessories brand Matt & Nat offers beautifully made leather-look handbags, from crossbody to backpacks and everything in between. Over the years, the brand has experimented with recycled nylons, cardboard, rubber and cork, and most handbag linings are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles. This tote has removable as well as fixed length straps, so can be worn crossbody too.
Every one of Beyond Skin's shoes is beautifully handmade in Spain. The brand is dedicated to demonstrating that fashion and ethics go hand in hand. These pretty retro sandals are so chic, and a classic pair of heels worthy of a place in any woman's wardrobe.
Holding shot: Vaute Couture


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Millom Railway Station gets new stands and CCTV to attract cyclists
A west Cumbria railway station is to get more cameras and bike stands in a bid to attract more cyclists.
Ten new covered stands will be installed at Millom Station, as well as extra CCTV, as part of a government initiative to encourage cycling in the county.
Northern Rail, which operates the station, said it wanted cyclists to know their bikes would be safe.
Spokesman Craig Harrop said money would also be invested in more station signs.
Transport Minister Norman Baker said £200,000 was being spent on promoting cycling in the west of the county to try and improve public health.


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7 common foods that you should avoid
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:42:19 GMT —
COLUMBIA (WACH) â?? According to prevention.com, here are 7 foods that are loaded with toxins and chemicals that you should avoid, and many of them can be found right in your cabinet.
Canned Tomatoes- The resign linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems to heart disease, diabetes and obesity. The acidity in tomatoes causes BPA to leach into your food. Substitute bottled pasta sauce for canned tomatoes.
Corn-fed beef- Cows are fed corn and soybeans by farmers to fatten up the animals faster for slaughter. Grass-fed beef is higher in beta-carotene, vitamin E, omega-3s, conjugated linoleic acid, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Itâ??s also lower in inflammatory omega-6s and lower in saturated fats that have been linked to heart disease. Grass-fed beef can be found at specialty grocers, farmersâ?? markets and Whole Foods.
Microwave popcorn- The lining of the bag include perfluorooctanic acid (PFOA), which may be linked to infertility in humans, according to a study from UCLA. In animal testing, the chemicals cause liver, testicular, and pancreatic cancer. Studies show that microwaving cause the chemicals to vaporize and migrate into your popcorn. Pop natural kernels in the skillet and use real butter or dried seasonings for flavoring.
Nonorganic potatoes- Potatoes are treated with fungicides during the growing season and then sprayed with herbicides to kill off the fibrous vines before harvesting. Buy organic potations, which are only $1 to $2 a pound.
Farmed salmon- Farmed Salmon is fed soy, poultry litter and hydrolyzed chicken feathers. It is lower in vitamin D and higher in contaminants, including carcinogens, PCBs, brominated flame retardants and pesticides such as dioxin and DDT. Switch to wild-caught Alaska salmon. If the package says fresh Atlantic, itâ??s farmed. There are no commercial fisheries left for wild Atlantic salmon.
Milk produced with artificial hormonesâ??Milk producers treat their dairy cattle with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH and rBST, as it also known) to boost milk production, but also increases udder infections and pus in the milk. In people, high levels of IGF-1 may contribute to breast, prostate and colon cancers. Rick North, project director of the Campaign for Safe Food at the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility says that IGF-1 is banned in most industrialized countries.
Conventional apples- Apples are sprayed with pesticides frequently. Buy organic apples. If you canâ??t afford organic apples, be sure to wash and peel them.
Sonya Jones, the Director for the Center of Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities says that the foods on this list are all foods that people should include in a healthy diet, and that the list is really focused on questionable farming, processing, and packaging practices.


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Under the guise of achieving energy independence and reducing fossil fuel consumption, the U.S. Congress passed the Energy Independence Security Act of 2007, which created new energy efficiency standards for numerous household appliances including the incandescent light bulb. In reality, Congress was crafting a de facto ban on incandescent light bulbs.
It is often assumed that a government mandate is always met with resistance by business, and therefore this would be a triumph of environmentalism over corporate interests. This simple, convenient narrative is false, but it is an effective tactic in riling up anti-corporate and pro-environmental sentiment in order to pass legislation. Instead, policies always create winners and losers. In this case, the winners are major companies, and the losers are customers and smaller incandescent bulb makers.
Major companies were behind the energy efficiency legislation in 2007, and they organized to defend their agenda again when the law looked as if it might be repealed in 2011. The ban means that companies like GE and Phillips are able to continue producing legal but more expensive bulbs, while smaller incandescent bulb producers and consumers lose out.
But was a "ban" even necessary to get people to use more efficient bulbs? Not really, since many businesses and organizations that use large amounts of electricity could and did save money and energy by switching bulbs. The same incentives apply to individuals. In order to save money, many people began purchasing more efficient bulbs; but some consumers have concerns besides cost. Various qualities of incandescents, such as ability to dim or use in heating, tipped some consumers' preferences towards traditional bulbs. Besides aesthetics and uses, though, it has been reported that fluorescent bulbs can cause migraines, meaning that some people actually can't be around fluorescent bulbs for long. Fluorescents also contain toxic mercury, raising some fears about potential health effects. For some people, this leaves incandescent bulbs as the better choice.
Ultimately, choice in the marketplace gave people what they wanted―more efficiency and lower costs or better aesthetic and health qualities. The incandescent bulb ban illustrates the harm government mandates can do: They tend to support some interest groups' agendas over the rest of society, disadvantage consumers by eliminating choice and driving up costs, and most importantly are unnecessary.


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Stomachs only growl when they're hungry or preparing to bite the hand that keeps tickling them. Tame the beast within with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- $11 for $20 worth of Italian cuisine
- $16.50 for $30 worth of Italian cuisine<p>
Tuck in to a menu of Old-World favorites, such as italian sausages sautéed with bell peppers and sweet onions ($7), lamb osso buco roasted with merlot and rosemary ($16), dijon salmon in tarragon sauce with artichoke hearts ($16), or asiago ravioli served with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and a white-wine cream sauce ($13.50). Pair your meal with wine, available by the glass ($6+) or bottle ($23+).
Luigi's Italian Restaurant
When guests enter Luigi's Italian Restaurant, they're greeted with the scents of baked pasta, meatloaf, lamb shanks, and minestrone. Chefs prepare each margherita pizza and prosciutto-stuffed chicken with fresh cheeses, meats, produce, and spices, presenting each meal amid the charmingly familiar decor of red-checkered tablecloths, a darkly stained wood bar, and the saltshaker from your grandmother's kitchen. Diners clink glasses of rich Italian wine over plates of italian meatloaf and eggplant parmesan or order offsite catering for their parties and banquets. Occasionally, the restaurant also hosts events, such as a New Year's Eve bash set to live jazz.


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It may bring an ironic smile to the face of former premier John Brumby. He lost office by the thinnest of margins in 2010 as commuters struggled with overcrowded trains and patients faced long delays in hospital waiting rooms, but now Melbourne's infrastructure has now won top marks on the international stage.
Melbourne has officially retained its title as the world's most "liveable city" in a survey of 140 cities, thanks to perfect scores for healthcare, education and infrastructure.
It is the second year running Melbourne has been crowned the world's move liveable city in a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
And this year, Adelaide has overtaken Sydney in the liveability stakes. Adelaide rose three places to joint fifth place in the rankings because of improved infrastructure. Sydney came in seventh.
Melbourne scored 97.5 per cent in the survey.
It will surprise few to learn we lost points for our climate.
Melbourne also lost points for culture - which might come as a shock to some - and was also marked down for petty crime.
Melbourne scored 95.1 for culture - more than Adelaide, Sydney and Perth, but below Vancouver, which received a perfect score of 100 for culture, and Toronto's 97.2.
Music Victoria chief executive Patrick Donovan said he was "very, very surprised", Melbourne had been marked down for culture.
"Melbourne's one of the top music cities in the world, a claim backed up recently when Music Max [pay television channel] concentrated on six great music cities in the world and one of them was Melbourne," he said.
He said Melbourne had 370 venues providing fantastic live music.
"You can see any style of music any night of the week at any number of venues - we are the envy of the international music community," he said.
Other cities to perform well overall in the survey were Vienna, second with 97.4, and Vancouver with 97.3.
Cities are ranked on factors including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Perth was ranked in ninth position.
The world's top 10 most livable cities:
1. Melbourne, Australia.
2. Vienna, Austria.
3. Vancouver, Canada.
4. Toronto, Canada.
5. Calgary, Canada.
5. (equal) Adelaide, Australia.
7. Sydney, Australia.
8. Helsinki, Finland.
9. Perth, Australia.
10. Auckland, New Zealand.
(20. Brisbane, Australia.)
A summary of the full report is available at www.eiu.com/liveability2012


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By Kevin Kelley
Crocker Park officials have revealed new details about the continuing development of the Westlake lifestyle center, including plans for a hotel and additional residential units.
The details emerged during a June 18 Westlake City Council committee meeting. At the meeting, Crocker Park officials requested that the building containing Bed, Bath & Beyond and the vacant Borders store, located in the Promenade shopping center, be rezoned from the business shopping center category to planned unit development, the zoning category used for Crocker Park. The Promenade, which was built before Crocker Park, has been zoned under the business shopping category.
Under the rezoning request, the Borders building strip would become part of what city planners and Crocker Park officials call Block K of the lifestyle center.
Under plans discussed before the council committee, the back portion of the now-vacant Border store would be expanded for a new tenant that Crocker Park officials did not name.
Steve Rubin, chief operating officer of Stark Enterprises, which owns and operates Crocker Park, said his company has had discussions with several retailers for the Borders site.
Above the back section of the vacant Borders store, Stark Enterprises plans to build four stories containing 22 residential units that it intends to rent as apartments. Just east of that will be a T-shaped hotel building with space for retail and restaurants slated for the first floor.
Because a portion of the planned apartments will be built in what is now a zoned shopping district, the rezoning must be approved by voters. The City Charter requires any rezoning that allows multifamily development be approved at the ballot box.
Before the measure goes to the voters, it must obtain approval from both the city's Planning Commission and City Council. Crocker Park officials would like to have the rezoning measure on the Nov. 6 ballot.
A motion to draft legislation for the proposed rezoning was passed by the committee by a 3-0 vote.
Crocker Park officials also said there has been discussion of converting part or all of the Promenade into planned unit development over the long term. Council members Ed Hack and Ken Brady said they would like to see future plans for the Promenade be presented all at once instead of piecemeal fashion.
"By doing it piecemeal, I think it's going to hurt the project," Brady said.


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Also known as Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale.
Also known as Vlaamse Primitief.
There are 6 different labels and six different versions of this beer. All are similar.
The name refers to a description of the Hieronymus Bosch painting used on the label.
SPOON WHACKER - Released Fall 2004 - (Original Recipe -- 35 IBU's)
PIG NUN - Released Fall 2004 - (45 IBU's)
SURLY BIRD - Release Date: May 2005 - (45 IBU's, extra finishing hops)
PINHEAD - Release Date: Fall 2005 - (50-55 IBU's)
DEMON FISH - Release Date: August 2006 - (50-55 IBU's, roasted malts, and lots of Saaz aroma hops)
RAT RIDER - Release Date: TBD - (Recipe undetermined)
Commercial description: Fermented three times with two different yeasts, including a strain of brettanomyces - the "wild yeast" of lambic brewing. Pale golden color with an enormous rocky white head. Brett and spicy aromatic notes, with a malty-juicy note on the palate. Finishes with Brett and dry hop notes. April 2003 selection - Michael Jackson's Rare Beer Club. 94 points - World Beer Championships
Brewer: De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Sour/Wild Ale
Alcohol Content: 9%
Seasonal: No
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He's still available Price reduced to $2,000.
I wish I could take him. We're not going to be able to add another horse until at least the fall. I have two kids getting started riding, and they'd love him to pieces. If he's still available when we're ready to buy another horse, I'll drop you a line.
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Dr. Jonathan Harrington
Associate Director of Employer Services Dr. Jonathan Harrington directs all the recruiting aspects of the Career Center. This includes supervising the on-campus interview program, employer services, and career fairs. Jonathan also provides assistance to students in their self-directed job searches and instructs a section of Career and Life Planning, EDLD 301. He serves as the immediate supervisor for the Recruiting Coordinator and the Assistant Director of Employer Services.
Dr. Casey Cockrell Stuart
Assistant Director of Employer Services Dr. Cockrell coordinates Career Day, Teacher Recruitment Day, Engineers Career Day, and Pharmacy Recruitment Day, and maintains the Career Center's credential file service and local, part-time employment opportunities through the Job Location and Development program. They serve as the liaison between the Career Center and the School of Education, and may also teach a section of Career and Life Planning. The Assistant Director of Employer Serrvices also serves as a supervisor to the JLD Graduate Assistant.
Ms. Christy Wright
The Recruiting Coordinator is responsible for employer activities and a variety of services to students and employers that include on-campus interviews, information sessions, and job postings for both full-time positions and internships. She is also the Career Center liaison with faculty and administrators to publicize career opportunities for students via email or other marketing avenues. Christy corresponds with potential employers, collects employer information, coordinates the employer literature library, and chairs the Career Center sponsorship program. She is responsible for scheduling and planning the daily operations of the on-campus interview program. The Recruiting Coordinator also serves as supervisor for the Internship Coordinator Graduate Assistant.
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ABORTION/ It's Time for a New Feminism
This past fall, I couldn't turn on the television, open my web browser, or walk down the streets of Washington, DC, without hearing, reading, or seeing abortion-rights advocates campaigning against the War on Women.
Many of my American sisters solicited me to join them through online ads, door-to-door campaigns, and political commercials. Their rhetoric pitched this as a necessity: We needed to fight the offensive, strategic maneuver of some politicians to repeal a hard-earned feminist victory—namely freedom from any restriction on our reproductive liberties. I was invited to stand with women who loudly and unabashedly denounced any such "restrictions" in a battle where the weapons were words, and the strategy was to couch the cause in the language of basic civil and human rights.
Though portrayed as defensive, I found it to be an offensive campaign, not merely seeking to hold a line, but to move it forward. This campaign was filled with graphic slogans about the female body, candid confessions of personal sexual experiences to the public, and even ads in which voting was compared to casually losing one's virginity. It was also a campaign filled with language about the self: my rights, my freedom, my liberties. This campaign struck me as particularly antithetical to femininity, in everything from its crude content to its aggressive delivery.
These women feared to lose not only things around which they have built their lives—access to birth control and abortion on demand—but also an ideology that disassociates sex from love, responsibility, and, of course, children. While birth control and abortion still would have been readily available to them if they lost their campaign, their ideology's strength certainly would suffer: The door would be wide open to voices that promote a feminism rooted in utterly different grounds.
Perhaps more importantly, these women persuaded the media that all women who call themselves feminists agree with them about what women need to be happy, healthy, and free. They even had the support of Congress and the White House, despite the legislative and executive branches' rejection of a ban on abortions that target baby girls in the womb.
It was clear to me that this brand of feminism lacked consistency, clarity, and real solutions to women's issues.
Whether the media acknowledge them or not, there are feminist voices mobilizing today who do not hold these presuppositions. They might not get the celebrity that Lena Dunham is enjoying or receive federal funding for their case, but they are quietly and steadily speaking up in an effort to protect and defend women's rights, dignity, and equality—precisely because abortion cannot give women what they need to flourish.
In fact, Time magazine just featured a piece highlighting the fact that forty years after Roe v. Wade, abortion-rights activists find themselves having to vigorously and repeatedly defend abortion. They are discovering that younger women no longer necessarily see abortion as one of their fundamental rights.
I'm not alone in challenging the old feminism, in which women's equality comes at the cost of their femininity. By continuing to promote abortion, lawmakers, politicians, social workers, lawyers, educators, and all parties with a vested interest in women's health and wellbeing distract themselves from providing women the resources and tools they really need to be happy and healthy.


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We began to research our family history with the intent of tracing each family to the immigrant ancestor. In some cases we have been successful, but in others, we are still not there yet. As we have traveled down each branch of the family we have found unique individuals, interesting family stories, and a new perspective on the social/political history of these United States. Our families immigrated from Ireland, England, Wales, Germany, Sweden, Norway, and France as long ago as the late 1600s to as recently as the 1890s. Initial settlement varied from New York, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and more recently Wisconsin. Once in the United States, various family members migrated to Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Kansas and beyond in search of free land, gold, and new opportunity.
Brief Description
The oldest known Jackson that can be traced through primary source documents is Ralph Jackson (~1650 – between 27 October 1708 and 1 Feb. 1709), who arrived in the Virginia colony near Jamestown as an indentured servant in the late 1600s. He eventually purchased land in Henrico County south of present day Richmond in what is now Chesterfield County. His daughter and sons and their descendants expanded into the surrounding counties, and after the Revolutionary War, many of them crossed the Appalachians in the general westward expansion of the time. Descendents of Ralph Jackson lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Dakota.
Related Families: Barton, Britton, Dance, Deaton, Dunnevant, Ellzey, Ellzey, Gill, Grainger, Moore, Perkinson, Power, Shelman, Trosper, Vaughn, Walthall, Watkins, Williams, Worsham
Michael Cooney left the Free State of Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s, emigrating to the US with his brother. He married Catherine Murnan, who was also from Ireland and had fled the famine with her family. They met and married in New Ulm, Minnesota, and after the Sioux Uprising in 1862, when Michael's brother was killed, the surviving Michael and Catherine moved to the Yankton, South Dakota area, where Catherine's sister had already settled with her husband. The descendents migrated to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
Related Families: Rooney, Murnan, Maloy, Stanage
The Redmond family traces its roots back to northern Ireland, when James Redmond and his wife gave birth to William Redmond in the spring of 1862. Young William emigrated to western Iowa in America in the 1880s, and married Martha McCandless, the daughter of another Irishman in the fall of 1884. They moved to western South Dakota in the early 1900s, and their descendants fanned out from there during the Depression and following World War II.
Related Familes: McCandless, Nelson, Pike
The Scotch-Irish Berry family emigrated to the American colonies in the early 1700s as part of a great tide of immigration from the British Isles. They first appear in primary source records in Augusta County, Virginia in the early 1740s. From this area, many family members migrated to Washington County, Virginia as part of a great movement of Scotch-Irish to this area after the French and Indian War. Following the Revolutionary War, they expanded westward into Kentucky and Tennessee. My line headed to Ohio by the late 1820s, then westward, to Iowa, by 1840.
Related Families: Beal, Blake, Brafford, Brown, Burner, Campbell, Claypool, Connelly, Crawford, Cunningham, Dickerson, Doak, Gibson, Gillespie, Harris, Henry, Hunter, Jamison, Johnson, Journey, Kerr, Lewis, Litton, Lowry, Martin, MaGill, McCampbell, McCleary, McChesney, McCord, McCutcheon, McDanald, Nesbit, Oliver, Porter, Ralston, Sammons, Scott, Sharp, Stuart, Sutton, Tallman, Temple, Thomas, Trimble, Wallace, Wanless, Wardlow, White
Ernst Heidt came to the United States from Germany in the 1840s and settled in the Syracuse, New York area. He and his family later migrated to the Lansing, Michigan area.
Related Families: Baumgrass, Trumm, Pabst
Isaac Blanford born 1820 in Wales, immigrated to the Central Pennsylvania region in the 1850s. Along with Isaac was his wife, Elizabeth, and two young sons. Descendents migrated to Kansas/Missouri area.
Related Families: Jones, Mathias, Yates, Cox, Peddicord
Nikolai Martinson Midtlien and family immigrated from Norway to Vernon County, Wisconsin in approx 1880. Descendants continued to live in the nearby vicinity including Minnesota and Illinois.
Related Families: Volden, Bjornstead, Thoune, Ophus, Summers, and Ohde
Joseph Nilles was born in Germany, he married Mary Klug around 1898 in Turtle Lake, Barron Co. Wisconsin. The family later moved to Blue Island, Illinois. Joseph's siblings also immigrated to America. Descendents stayed in the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois area.
Related Families: Klug, Stratka, Siefferle, and Warner
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The Take Action! Tour will be participating in a press conference on Capitol Hill this coming Wednesday, February 2nd. The conference, hosted by the National Mental Health Association and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, will kick off the tour and support the launch of the new Youth America Hotline (YAH!).
Moreover, the conference will call on Congress to fully appropriate the $82 million funding for the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, which passed September 9th, 2004. The act was introduced by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) in memory of his son who died by suicide. The act will help establish critical and needed support for mental and behavioral health services to students on college campuses. Further, it acknowledges the significant toll that mental and behavioral health problems can take on a student's ability to succeed in college. A majority of the funds authorized in the bill are dedicated to statewide Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention Strategies.
Speakers will include Louis Posen, founder of the Take Action! Tour and president of Hopeless / Sub City Records, Reese Butler, founder and president of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, YAH! 1-877-YOUTHLINE and the National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE, tour acts Sugarcult and Hawthorne Heights, as well as Clark Flatt, president and founder of the Jason Foundation. Congressional leaders will participate and Michael Faenza, CEO of the National Mental Health Association, will moderate.


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Ferries to Patra
The port of Patras serves ferries to Italy. The most popular routes are from Patra to Ancona and from Patra to Brindisi. The trip from Patra to Bari is the shortest, while the trip from Patra to Venice is the longest.
From Italy to Patra
Ancona & Brindisi to Patra
Bari & Venice to Patra
From other islands
Corfu, Kefalonia & Ithaca to Patra
About PatraPatra (or Patras) is the third largest town in Greece and one of the busiest ports of the country. The town developed a lot in the 19th century, when many Neoclassical buildings and ample squares were constructed, such as the Square of King George I and Psila Alonia Square. A wonderful region for strolling is the beach promenade of Patra close to the port, with many cafes, bars and restaurants along the walkway.
The port of Patra is very busy as it serves ferries to the Ionian islands and Italy. The modern town bursts with life and has nice sightseeing, including the Medieval Castle of Patra built on top of a hill above the town, the Roman Odeon and few interesting churches. In close distance to Patra, there are many beaches and also an important tourist resort is Rio.
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Anybody know what happened to Mark Herman? I know he was doing TV during the preseason, but he's not doing the radio broadcasts. I miss him.
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Anybody know what happened to Mark Herman? I know he was doing TV during the preseason, but he's not doing the radio broadcasts. I miss him.
Yeah bring Herman back !!!Originally Posted by McClintic Sphere
Why Not Us ?
They fired Herman I think
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Kind of reminds me when he was our quarterback and they day after he led us to a win they cut him.
Yeah, they fired him a couple months ago I think.
Tell ya truth, though, all I ever hear is Lamey. He's a great game-caller. Whoever is in the booth with him generally just says, "Yeah, they've got to (insert whatever Bob said) if they want to win."
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
They went with a two man booth becuase it is "more effective".Originally Posted by Believe_in_blue
This is obivous, but they should have let the coach retire and kept Herrman and had their two man booth that way. I like Ted but it taked him way too long to spit out what hes trying to say, and he uses the cliche "by the same token" about 50,000 times during a brodcast


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The 2012 CES Unveiled
However, CES Unveiled certainly attracts a lot of press attendees, which may be because (a) there's nothing else on at that time, (b) they serve food and have an open bar, and (c) the event does provide an opportunity to see some neat gizmos (mostly accessories for smart phones and tablet computers) and it's the first opportunity to seebehind glassproducts that are recipients of the CES Best of Innovation Awards.
I was surprised by the lineup for CES Unveiled last year, and thought that, since this year CES is supposed to have tightened the criteria for who qualifies as "press," the lineup would not be as long. But the lineup was even longer! There were people lining up a full two hours before the event, and once the doors were opened it took ages for people in the lineup to be admitted. I went away, looked in on some of the audio companies that were setting up their exhibits, and came back at just before 5 o'clock, and even then there was still a bit of a lineup.


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Hillsborough school board will discuss changes to evaluation system
As it nears the midway point of Empowering Effective Teachers, the Hillsborough County school district continues to fine-tune the evaluation process.
The changes, welcomed by some teachers and traumatic to others, are Hillsborough's version of education reform. The rest of the state is under Senate Bill 736, which similarly aims to reward teachers for results instead of seniority.
At Tuesday's school board meeting, Hillsborough officials will talk about changes they have made in response to feedback from their 15,000 teachers.
These adjustments include the following:
- Online teachers in the IMPACT program have been removed from the new evaluation system, along with adult education teachers, to give officials time to determine the best possible rating systems for them.
- More tests are being used for the value-added portion of the teacher score, which makes up 40 percent (it's 50 percent in other districts).
- Instead of giving the principal 30 points and the peer another 30 toward the final score, principals will be given about 35 and peers 25, subject to ratification of the union contract.
- Second-year teachers, and not just first-year teachers, now get mentors.
- More peer evaluators are being hired to decrease caseloads and allow for more interaction with teachers. This includes meet-and-greet sessions at the beginning of the school year.
New this year, in addition, are visits to each school from an evaluator who is not assigned to that school. The goal is to help teachers feel comfortable asking questions about how the system works without fearing they will make an unfavorable first impression.
"It's a totally neutral person who does not know you from Adam," said Jean Clements, president of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association.
Clements said the changes illustrate the district's flexibility and administrators' desire to design the best possible system.
"There's been a lot of reflection, even after decisions are made," she said. "Once it's started, if it doesn't seem right, the district is more than willing to make a quick reversal."


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WTTW's legendary and groundbreaking music series Soundstage returns in 2015-2016 with a new season of star-studded concerts. Filmed in WTTW's intimate Grainger Studio, Soundstage presents spectacular performances that make you feel like you're in the front row.
From 1974-1985, this innovative music program featured so many artists that defined the era, including Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green, the Doobie Brothers, and Harry Chapin. Soundstage was reborn in 2001 to enhance the one-hour musical performances of the original show with high definition video and Dolby 5.1 audio. A wide variety of musical artists representing the pop, rock, country, soul, bluegrass, and folk genres appeared on the series, including Tom Petty, Jon Bon Jovi, Trisha Yearwood, Chicago, Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss, Cyndi Lauper, and many more.
Check here throughout the year for exclusive opportunities to learn about Soundstage concert tapings at WTTW's Grainger Studio.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 7:30 pm (taping)
Renowned for her powerhouse presence and show-stopping performances, Katharine McPhee possesses a voice for the ages. Audiences first fell under McPhee's spell during a storied run on American Idol Season 5. Propelled by the smash "Over It," her 2007 self-titled album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and achieved an RIAA gold certification. 2010 saw her return with two records – Unbroken and Christmas is the Time To Say I Love You. McPhee also co-starred alongside Debra Messing on Smash from executive producer Steven Spielberg. A sought-after performer, she has taken the stage for PBS specials, including Foster and Friends and Chris Botti In Boston. She released 2015's Hysteria to much fan praise and now, McPhee reimagines, recharges, and reinvigorates a host of timeless jazz standards on her fifth full-length, I Fall In Love Too Easily produced by Don Was (The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt).
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Taped on Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 7:30 pm
From Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers to a successful solo career, Michael McDonald has captivated audiences for decades. Michael McDonald has been awarded an impressive five Grammys® as an artist and songwriter. McDonald has triumphed from his music, with a remarkable voice and a body of well-crafted songs. Join McDonald for this special live performance as he plays classic hits, as well as songs from his newest album, on Soundstage!
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The Manhattan Transfer meets Take 6 is one of the most unique and thrilling musical collaborations ever assembled. With 20 Grammy Awards between them, these two musically iconic groups have joined forces to perform together.
Unlike other music co-bills or meetings, The Manhattan Transfer and Take 6 were not content to sing and simply join each other for a finale. They have created musical moments on stage – singing and performing nearly a dozen songs together. You will experience the creativity, excitement and renowned performances that only two phenomenal groups can bring to one stage, in-the-moment.
Ravinia Festival
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Saturday, July 22, 2017
At the dawn of the new wave era, Blondie helped push punk onto the dance floor and introduce hip-hop sounds a wider audience, building a catalog of enduring pop hits along the way. The band shaped and continues to inspire the world of music; frontwoman Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein keep their ears to the ground, creating trends, never following them. Get your tickets today!
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Taped on February 12, 2016
The incomparable Tom Jones takes the stage to perform repertoire from across the range of his long and illustrious career. This exclusive Soundstage performance will feature songs from Jones' recent, critically-acclaimed albums as well as a selection of his iconic hits that will take the audience on a musical journey across the eras and musical spectrum. Over his 50 year career, Tom Jones has sold more than 100 million records and is a Grammy and Brit Award winner. Along with sustaining his popularity as a live performer and recording artist for five decades, Tom Jones has garnered the best reviews of his career for his most recent albums, Long Lost Suitcase, Spirit in the Room, and Praise & Blame.
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WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on Friday, July 29, 2016
Regina Spektor is an internationally known pop singer and songwriter. Regina studied classical piano and garnered a loyal live following in New York before self-releasing two albums. Her breakthrough album, Soviet Kitsch, was released by Sire Records in 2004, followed by the gold-certified Begin to Hope in 2006, far in 2009, Live from London in 2010, and most recently 2012's What We Saw From The Cheap Seats. In 2013, Regina was nominated for a Grammy Award for her original theme song written for the Netflix Original Series Orange Is The New Black.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 and
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Kenny Loggins' remarkable four-decade-plus career has brought him from the top of the charts to the toast of the Grammys. He's had smash hits on Hollywood's favorite soundtracks, rocked worldwide stages, and found his way into children's hearts while bringing his smooth, beautiful voice to platinum albums of a stunning variety of genres. His gift for crafting deeply emotional music is unparalleled, and it's been a part of his life as long as he can remember.
Kenny Loggins is joined by special guests Jim Messina, Michael McDonald, and David Foster in this once in a lifetime Soundstage experience!
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on Thursday, July 21, 2016
With a career spanning over two decades, two Grammy Awards, 20 million albums sold, and starring roles on Broadway, the acclaimed, romantic sounds of Jon Secada have resulted in numerous hits in English and Spanish establishing him as one of the first bilingual artists to have international crossover success. Adored by millions around the world, Secada is recognized as an international superstar by both fans and peers alike for his soulful and melodic voice. In this special performance, Jon Secada pays tribute to Afro Cuban music icon, Beny More', and serenades the audience with his classic hits including "Just Another Day," "Do You Believe," "If You Go," and more.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on May 7, 2016
One of the most acclaimed bands of the classic rock era, England's Bad Company has put its indelible stamp on rock 'n' roll with a straight-ahead, no-frills musical approach that has resulted in the creation of some of the most timeless rock anthems ever. Led by the incomparable singer and songwriter Paul Rodgers, Bad Company was an instant hit worldwide. Their 1974 self-titled debut went platinum five times over and featured the smash hits, "Can't Get Enough," (a #1 single) and "Movin' On" along with electrifying rock anthems like "Ready For Love," "Rock Steady," and the title track.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on February 18, 2016
Country music's rising stars Jake Owen and Old Dominion are taking Soundstage by storm! Guided by sheer musical instinct, a drive for self-improvement and a willingness to experiment, Grammy and CMA Award Nominee Jake Owen has ascended to stardom with five #1 smashes, including the two time platinum anthem "Barefoot Blue Jean Night." Tipped by Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Huffington Post as a 2015 band to watch, Old Dominion brings their spirited take on modern country to their RCA Nashville debut, "Meat and Candy." While undeniably country, the songs sparkle with clever lyrics, innovative instrumentation, genre-busting arrangements,and finger-popping melodies.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on December 10, 2015
This iconic and multi-platinum selling band from New York City, co-founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein, defined the punk and new wave era in the mid-late 1970s, and is just as edgy and trendsetting today. Blondie's influence shaped and continues to inform the worlds of music, fashion, and art. They helped push punk onto the dance floor at the dawn of the new age era and introduced a wider audience to hip-hop sounds, all the while building a catalog of enduring pop hits along the way. Hear all of this, and much more, in this exclusive Soundstage appearance.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on October 7, 2015
Award winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell graces WTTW's Grainger Studios for his Soundstage debut. A native of Green Hill, Alabama, Isbell will perform songs off his recently released album, Something More Than Free, as well as his critically acclaimed Southeastern. Isbell and his band The 400 Unit promise to provide an unforgettable evening at this once-in-a-lifetime Soundstage event taped in front of a live studio audience.
WTTW's Grainger Studio, Chicago
Taped on September 3, 2015
Country music superstar Toby Keith pays a visit to WTTW's Grainger Studio as Soundstage returns to the entertainment venue where it all began 40 years ago. Grainger's intimate setting is the perfect showcase for Keith, one of the country's most successful songwriter/artists of all time, and his tight-knit band. In this electrifying performance taped in front of a live audience of some of his biggest fans, Keith performs a variety of popular hits spanning his storied career, as well as selections from his latest soon-to-be released album, 35 MPH Town.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Taped on August 20, 2015
The four-man group of talented instrumentalists, a YouTube sensation for its wildly innovative music videos, brings their artistry to the stunning Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado for this all-new music special taped in August 2015. Watch them get music out of classical instruments in ways their original inventors never envisioned! The eclectic song list includes "Let it Go" from Frozen, "What Makes You Beautiful," "Rockelbel's Canon," and more.
Palazzo Theatre at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas
Taped on December 11, 2014
Soundstage returned to public television nationwide in spring 2015 with this star-studded concert taped at the beautiful Palazzo Theatre at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Legendary Beach Boys co-founder and iconic songwriter Brian Wilson performs with his 12-piece band along with special guests Nate Ruess from Fun.; Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and renowned guitarist Blondie Chaplin; singer/songwriter actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward (She & Him); Capital Cities' Sebu Simonian; Grammy-winning country star Kacey Musgraves; and jazz trumpeter/composer Mark Isham. These talented artists all perform with Wilson on his new album release – No Pier Pressure – which features new arrangements of Beach Boys classics as well as exciting new material.


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Southampton relegated by insolvency ruling
Southampton were effectively relegated from the Championship on Thursday when the Football League docked the club 10 points for breaking their insolvency rules.
Should Saints finish outside the bottom three they will have the points deducted this season, which will place them back inside the relegation zone and thus consign them to League One next season.
However, if they are relegated conventionally at the end of the season the 10 points will be taken off at the start of next season with the former Premier League outfit in the third tier of English football for the first time in 50 years.
They are currently four points adrift of safety with a poor goal difference and just two games left, meaning it is most likely they will begin 2009-10 on minus 10.
The club's parent company, Southampton Leisure Holdings plc, went into administration a few weeks ago but it was felt a penalty could be avoided as Football League rules apply to clubs rather than their associated companies.
However, the Football League were concerned at the link between Southampton Leisure Holdings and Southampton Football club and ordered a financial review before deciding whether to impose a 10-point penalty.
The review concluded that the entirety of the income streams for the holding company came directly from the Football Club, and as such there could be no doubt that the two are "inextricably linked as one economic entity'', and that the 10-point deduction should be applied.
The 1976 FA Cup winners dropped out of the Premier League in 2005 after a 27-year stay in the top flight.
The Football League said on it's website: "The report, by Grant Thornton, set out in detail the various inter-relationships between the four different group companies at Southampton Leisure Holdings Plc (the Holding Company).
"The conclusions were based both on the content of the annual accounts published by the Holding Company, which include the Club, and other information made available to Grant Thornton as part of their enquiries. The Board noted that Grant Thornton reported that toward the end of their enquiries co-operation with them was withdrawn.
"The report concluded, among other things, that: 1.The Holding Company has no income of its own; all revenue and expenditure is derived from the operation of Southampton Football Club Limited (SFC) and the associated stadium company.
"2.The Holding company is solvent in its own right. It only becomes insolvent when account is taken of the position of SFC and the other group companies.
"3.The three entities (the Holding Company, SFC and the stadium company) comprise the football club and they are inextricably linked as one economic entity.
"In light of all this advice, the Board concluded that an administrator had been appointed in respect of the Club or part of its undertaking or assets. Accordingly, it was left with no alternative other than to invoke its 'Sporting Sanctions' regulations and apply a 10 point penalty to the Club. The other provisions of The League's insolvency policy also become effective.
"As the insolvency event occurred after The Football League's deadline of the fourth Thursday in March, the points deduction will take effect either: 1.In the current season, if Southampton avoid relegation to League 1; 2.next season, if the club does not avoid relegation."
Southampton are likely to appeal against the decision, meaning further uncertainty towards the end of a turbulent season for the club both on and off the field.
A statement from the club read: ''The administrators and the club were informed of the League's intention to issue a release on the findings of the independent forensic report five minutes before its publication, leaving no time for consultation and to inform fans, players and staff.
''We are of the opinion that an incorrect conclusion has been reached. The football regulations do not apply to the circumstances surrounding Southampton Football Club.''
Saints also refuted the Football League's claim they withdrew their co-operation towards the investigation.
The statement concluded: ''Both the club and the administrators are now considering their positions and expect to launch an appeal.''
Football League chairman Lord Mawhinney acknowledged the club do have the right to appeal.
Speaking on Sky Sports News, he said: ''There is an appeal mechanism and it's up to Southampton to decide whether they want to appeal and on what basis.''
He added: ''(The decision) wasn't inevitable, we commissioned forensic accountants to look at the situation. They gave us their report, they drew our attention to the holding company's annual report and we got external legal advice.
''The weight of all three of those made it clear that the club's affairs were inextricably linked to the holding company and, as a consequence, we took the view that an administrator had been appointed relating to the club and therefore we had no choice under our regulations but to apply the sporting sanctions.
''I have sympathy for the fans but the fans know as well as the rest of us that this has not been a shining example of football management. We have had changes and tension at board level and so the fans have had a difficult time.
''I can't imagine there is a Southampton fan in the world who welcomes this decision but the job of the Football League Board is to protect the integrity of the competition and that is what we have done.''
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The Rolling Stones Joke About Jay-Z At New York Show
NME reports that Mick Jagger joked about Jay-Z during their 23-song show at the Barclays Arena in Brooklyn. He referenced a clip from Jay-Z's upcoming documentary in which Jay-Z talks to an old woman on the subway.
He said: "It's great to be here in Brooklyn, in this great new arena. We rode the subway here, I sat next to a guy named Jay Zed…I mean Jay-Z."
The band, who previously performed in London last month, opened their show with "Get Off My Cloud" before the Lennon/McCartney-written 'I Wanna Be Your Man'. The band were then joined by Mary J. Blige for "Gimme Shelter". They were joined by blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr for "Going Down" and the Trinity Wall Street Choir on 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'.
They will next perform two shows at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 13 and 15. They will also play the 12.12.12 Hurricane Sandy relief concert in New York.
The Rolling Stones played:
'Get Off Of My Cloud'
'I Wanna Be Your Man'
'The Last Time'
'Paint It, Black'
'Gimme Shelter'
'Wild Horses'
'Going Down'
'All Down The Line'
'Miss You'
'One More Shot'
'Doom And Gloom'
'It's Only Rock 'N' Roll (But I Like It)'
'Honky Tonk Women'
'Before They Make Me Run'
'Midnight Rambler'
'Start Me Up'
'Tumbling Dice'
'Brown Sugar'
'Sympathy For The Devil'
'You Can't Always Get What You Want'
'Jumpin' Jack Flash'
'(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'


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Has this season started yet? Honestly. Everything we've seen so far feels like a poorly packaged clip reel, designed to generate interest in the show, but created by people who aren't interested in the show. Everybody is going through the motions. Snarky judges. Lousy contestants. Good(ish) contestants. Ryan being short and adorable and useless and annoying, all at once. But it's all lacking spirit. It's as if Paula, along with her uppers, downers, body glitter, and Big Bag O'Crazy, took the show's spark with her when she left for Whoville. Let's hope it gets better at Hollywood, because another thirty-six episodes of this? Not at all sexy. This is American Idol. "Get ready, skanks! It's time for the truth train!"
Tonight's auditions take place in Orlando, Florida. Disneyworld is in Florida. I went there once. The space shuttle also departs from Florida. I haven't been to space, although some claim I'm originally from there. An obnoxious cheerleader tells us she's "gonna be a star." We will never see her again. The judges and Ryan make a pre-audition detour to Miami for some R&R. They work sooo hard. How does one manage to sit in a chair, drink free Coke all day, and judge others without collapsing from exhaustion? How?!
Oooh! Kristin Chenoweth is tonight's guest-judge. She's famous for being awesome. Also famous for being in Broadway things, like Wicked, and TV things, like the unfortunately-canceled Pushing Daisies (now on DVD), and appearing in Glee that one time (which Ryan classifies as a "stint," but nobody ever said he was smart). If you don't know her, Google her and experience her, because she is the shit. The super-talented and incredible shit.
First up is Theo Glinton. Jesus Christ, it's 8:03 and this show is already assaulting me. This, ladies and gentlemen, is Theo:
Let's just allow Theo to speak for himself. "I am beautiful. I am all that anyone can be." In case it's unclear, Theo has giant sequins (or possibly loose change) glued to his face, and several feathers affixed to his right eye. "In ten years time, I can see myself running a corporate salon." Which has everything and more to do with singing, especially with Theo being the personification of the word "corporate." He performs Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker," loudly and aggressively, like he's using his voice to kill the bugs from Starship Troopers (shout out to Dave!). It could work. Simon is simply repulsed by the sight of Theo, and although there's a vague seed of…something…in his voice (which, in fairness, could just be a hairball), his demeanor, coupled with the fact that he even exists on the face of God's green Earth, qualifies him for the big reject-o. Then Seacrest helps him remove his drag makeup, because who here has more experience in that field?
Meanwhile, Kara and Kristin "annoy the shit" (Ryan's words) out of Simon. Mostly because they're girls, but also because they're stealing his camera time, which he can regain by acting huffy. Do y'all think Simon and Kara have had sex? Sometimes I wonder. I think he'd shag her, if he hasn't already, just as long as she didn't muss up his hair.
Seth Rollins, 28, has an autistic son. Here we go… Sob Story. At-home footage shows Seth interacting with the kid, who seems pretty normal, but what the hell do I know. This is still better than last night's "my parents are divorcing" trauma-drama. Seth, a big Magilla Gorilla of a man, wants to sing full-time, and what better road than the shortcut to fame that is American Idol? Leaving his weeping, special needs son in the hallway, Seth steps before the judges to seek his fortune. He sings "Someone To Watch Over Me" in a soft, comforting voice. Love from the judges. Hollywood for Seth.
Jermaine Purifoy, 24, auditioned back in Season 7. I do not remember him. Jermaine says he didn't make it then (obviously), but he "wasn't surprised," whatever that means. Fox is feeling cheap with the flashback clips tonight, so his past remains a mystery. Randy tells Jermaine to come in and "don't be scurred." I love it when people talk like that. Easily pleased, me. Jermaine sings "Smile" (the Charlie Chaplin one, not the Lily Allen one), and his voice is lovely and melodic, and he's absolutely of value. Hollywood.
Sob Story. Again? Already? Shelby Dressel, 18, was born with an underdeveloped cranial nerve or some shit like that. So the left side of her face is a bit slack. On the one hand, it looks like she's suffered a mild stroke (and that was my first guess, yelling "Stroke!" at the TV, because I'm classy like that). On the other hand, you can barely notice it. It actually adds character in a Milo Ventimiglia sort of way. Ain't nothing wrong with that boy. If Shelby is at all insecure because of Her Condition, it certainly doesn't show in her voice, which is confident and appealing. If she lasts, I think they might put her in a country box, although she's auditioning with a Norah Jones song. The judges like her potential. She gets four 'yes' votes (Simon's is "with a small 'y'"). Hollywood.
Other people make it to Hollywood via a montage. Some are cute, some are ugly, but none are freaks. So if you're planning to audition, pay attention and do the math. Or the meth. Whatever's necessary.
Meanwhile, Kara feels the need to give the waiting room a pep talk, because it's been five whole minutes since anyone has paid attention to her. Better this than she takes her top off, that's all I'm saying. Her deep, well-considered advice to the masses: "Just go for it." I know Kara's written a lot songs, but based on that nugget, I'm sure she's also responsible for "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service." The woman is a credit to our generation.
Jay Stone, 25, seems like a nice enough fellow. Then he starts beat-boxing, and simultaneously singing, The Beatles' "Come Together." Did you hear me? Yes. Beat-boxing. For those of you not reading this opus during the Blake Lewis season, let me catch you up: Beat-boxing is retarded. And grown men beat-boxing is more retardeder. So Jay is wooptie-zoot-booping and skizzle-mitt-kooping, spraying spit all over the joint. His face turns red as he performs and causes me physical pain through my TV set. I want to kneecap him in the eyes. Then Randy asks him to sing like a person, which he does. It's quite nice — although Randy and Kara start beat-boxing over Jay's singing, so what was the fucking point? I also want to kneecap Randy in the eyes. And listen up, I have two knees, so there's enough for everybody. Then Jay starts beat-boxing again, and sweet lord, he's going to Hollywood.
Cornelius Edwards (cheers to his parents for naming him after my favorite ape) learned to dance from some "adult entertainers" who "dance for money." While breathily singing Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" (also known as "Rolling," in Cornelius's world), he jumps up, does a split and tears his pants wide open through the crotch. "My pants done ripped!" he exclaims. Now his "Proud Mary" is "Rolling" on the ground for all to see. This mishap is enough to get him a ticket to Hollywood, because they've already let Guitar Girl through, so what the fuck does anything matter at this point?
Bernadette Desimone, 27, and Amanda Desimone, 23, are sisters who look like Mariah Carey's panties got fucked by The Jersey Shore and gave birth to stripper twins. But I'm sure they're lovely people. They work at their mother's salon, and they're actually kinda likable, if totally ridiculous. I shouldn't hate on them. Bernadette goes first, and her voice is okay. She mostly gets by on character. Amanda has a better voice, but she's a little shaky with her take on Whitney's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." Kara thinks they can really bring something to Hollywood. Like poles? (Hey, I said I shouldn't hate on them. I didn't say I wouldn't.) They are unanimously, albeit begrudgingly. double-bumped to the next round.
Jared Morrell is warming up outside the building. Doing push-ups? Making car sounds? I don't want to have to rewind, but he's doing queer things. He's giving off a slacker vibe. Maybe a stoner vibe. Ah, let's say it's both. Jared could use a wash, too. And a shave. Also, a nose job. He sings "Amazing Grace" like he has razor blades instead of vocal cords. No, no, no, and no from the judges. But whatever happens now, I blame on Kara. "Good lord. What was that?!" She's so giving, that Kara. Well, Jared is not entertained by her, and he also thinks he can sing. Unstoppable force? Meet immovable object. Jared wants two seconds more to sing another song. "I'm trippin'. I'm losin' it." The judges refuse. So he sings "another" song: "Amazing Grace." The judges want him out. Randy, randomly and unnecessarily, calls for security. That dude is a pussy. Then things get out of control. Jared now refuses to leave, so he's physically pulled and pushed out of the room. Off camera, there's a slam, like he's kicked or punched a wall, or possibly just knocked over a piece of the set. Next thing you know, there's a goddamn police officer standing over Jared, and Jared is laying on his stomach, being handcuffed. Then they escort him from the building. What's his crime, exactly? He's odd, but I don't think he's tweaking. He didn't assault anyone (that we saw). I'm not even sure it qualifies as trespassing. Bad singing is legal in our wonderful country. So is being dirty. So Jared's crime, I guess, was that he scurred Randy. Jared's no prize, but the judges were straight-up asswipes to him (excluding Kristin Chenoweth, who is gone by this point, because she has more sense than to hang around this sinking ship).
Ah, wouldn't it be wonderful to end the night on a Sob Story? There's nothing like the savory taste of another person's suffering to keep a body warm until the next new Idol episode.
Matt Lawrence, 25, lost five years of his life. Was he in a coma? Was he in the Iraq, and everywhere, such as? No. He was in jail. Because this rocket scientist, at the age of 15, had a "desire for adventure." Specifically, he desired to take a BB gun and hold up a local bank. So that's what he did. Shit like that is hilarious on Drake & Josh, but in real life, they lock you up alongside individuals with colorful character flaws, like enjoying rape and having a propensity for killing people. So Matt was in the slammer for half a decade, shaming his entire family. Now he's trying to make good on the fact that he was a teenage fool. Wearing his best cowboy hat, Matt sings "Trouble" by Ray LaMontagne. He has a gruff, world-weary voice, in the vein of Joe Cocker, but without the weird affectations and enhanced, no doubt, by his life experience. Simon smells money. And Matt would be a good fit for the "American Glory" slot, held last year by Michael Sarver. It's Hollywood for him. I hope they don't have BB guns there. Or banks.
Next week, more auditions and more lame stuff. Guest-judges, too. Hopefully, Neil Patrick Harris. I hear he's coming. But it looks like we're just getting Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne. Wait! A last minute TV Guide check promises both NPH and Joe Jonas. I wonder if they've ever done it…


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Re: [PATCH] apr_getopt_long interface update and interleaving support
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson_at_MIT.EDU>
Date: 2000-11-25 01:35:16 CET
>> - char *const *argv;
> Um. I don't think we can do this with argv. I'm surprised that it
We can do whatever we want with argv. That's pretty well-established.
It wasn't "const char *const *argv" before because a "char **"
(Branko said this as well, in different words.)
> Certainly, if we make a copy of the array (of pointers), then we
I can do this if you think it's important, but the gnu getopt_long
> I think the name "apr_option_t" is a bit too generic. The
Okay, will resubmit with that change.
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Details are now coming out that new mama Kim Kardashian may have delivered her baby girl five weeks early due to a condition called preeclampsia.
According to People, they've got details on the emotional night that Kardashian and her boyfriend, Kanye West , spent at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center together waiting for their arrival of their baby daughter. In their story, People confirms that Kim was admitted due to "complications" and went into premature labor.
While reports are still unconfirmed, it could be likely that Kim suffered from preeclampsia throughout her pregnancy. But what exactly is preeclampsia? It's condition that's a combination of high blood pressure and the appearance of protein in your urine (which is a sign that your kidneys aren't working 100 percent). It's also known as toxemia or pregnancy-induced hypertension and is usually diagnosed after week 20. If Kim did have the pregnancy condition, chances are she would have known about it after visiting with her doctor at (or after) week 20 during her pregnancy.
As for the public, there might have been some warning signs Kim wasn't feeling 100 percent herself during her pregnancy, either. A noticeable symptom of the condition is swelling in your hands, feet and face. Photos taken of the star throughout her pregnancy show swelling in her feet — and she even tweeted about her swollen lips. It's also marked by an excessive weight gain of more than four pounds in one week. Expectant moms also dealing with preeclampsia could experience vision changes, intense pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, vomiting and severe headaches. Preeclampsia can also affect the placenta, as well as mom's kidneys, liver and brain. In some cases, it can lead to a condition called eclampsia, which creates seizures and can cause major organ problems and even death.
Preeclampsia is fairly rare (5%-10% of pregnancies) and usually pops up between week 20 and a few days after delivery. There seems to be some genetic link, so pay special attention to warning signs if your mom had preeclampsia. Risk is also increased in women with chronic hypertension, blood clotting disorders, diabetes, kidney disease or certain autoimmune diseases, as well as those who are obese, older than 40 or younger than 20, or carrying more than one fetus. Keep an eye on your body, and let your doctor know if your hands, face or feet swell excessively or if you gain more than four pounds in one week. Other warning signs include vision change, intense pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, vomiting and severe headaches. If you're diagnosed with the condition, your doctor will monitor you very closely, limit your activities, and may induce labor a bit early.
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My husband and I are trying to come up with a name for our third son and are having a disagreement. My husband loves the name George and is lobbying hard for it. I like it a lot too and don't have any problem with it other than we've already used it as a middle name for our oldest son, Henry. I say it would be too weird to use it again for a first name for another child, especially since we use Henry's full name often. I, especially, call him Henry George or Henry G a lot. I think it would be confusing and possibly upsetting for Henry to have to share part of his name with the baby.
My husband thinks that I'm overthinking it and that its not a big deal. In his family, I guess it isn't, since his father's middle name is his father's brother's (my husband's uncle's) first name!
Thoughts? Am I overreacting? Any thoughts on how to resolve this issue? (I have already suggested names that I feel are similar to George and my husband hasn't liked any of them...sigh!)
Thanks so much!