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At Milan Institute of Cosmetology's network of campuses, veteran instructors mold aspiring cosmetologists into the styling superstars of tomorrow, overseeing students as they administer an array of salon and spa treatments. The institute allows clients to bask in inexpensive beauty services so protégés may hone their skills, and each of their locations sports a specialized menu that emphasizes different areas of body beautification. Though the Institute's student salons, spas, and hall-pass systems evoke a classroom feel, their treatments are far from elementary.
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Founded with the goal of outfitting its pupils with the skills necessary to excel in the spa and salon industries, Milan Institute of Cosmetology deploys a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes professionalism and hands-on learning to train fledgling cosmetologists and aestheticians around the country. As the most important aspect of the course of study, student salons and spas serve as a real-world classroom wherein nascent beauticians—under the careful supervision of their instructors—can practice their newly minted skills on humans or sentient mannequins. The beauty apprentices gussy up patrons head to toe via sundry lavish salon and spa services—specific to each location—that may include nail services, haircare, facials therapeutic massages, or nourishing body wraps.


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Public sector reform in Northern Ireland is essential.
The Province has long been severely reliant on lavish subsidies from London.
For decades the main political parties have unanimously backed this 'spend, spend, spend' approach because of their determination to see stability in the only part of the UK to have experienced prolonged tribal violence.
But in an age in which growing nationalism on the fringes of the UK risks fuelling a similar nationalism in England – a country with millions of inhabitants who are already tiring of both Europe and Scotland – the indefinite nature of such lavish subsidies cannot always be guaranteed.
A shockingly high proportion of Northern Ireland's GDP is public money. If the Province suddenly had to go it alone, it would immediately have one of the biggest budget deficits in the world.
The case for reform is therefore unarguable.
Belfast was once one of Britain's great industrial hubs, and our talented workforce (ranging from skilled tradesmen to ex-grammar school pupils) can make it so again.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton is plainly right to say that reform both needs to be gradual, but also to become "embedded in the DNA of the public sector".
The old days of a public sector job-for-life, regardless of competence, is unsustainable. It is wrong that Northern Irish workers on the minimum wage (of whom there are many) see their hard-earned tax contributions used to help prop up a job security in the public sector that they themselves are not getting in their private employment.
But the public sector cannot become a barren place either. It must recruit the best by paying well when such pay is deserved – be they civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors, judges and so on.
Northern Ireland needs a thriving public sector. But it needs an even stronger private sector, so that we are not utterly dependent on subsidy.

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Hi, for the past few years i have noticed that my right eye and eyebrow is higher than my left and also further away from my nose. What could be the cause of this, and is there anything that can be done?
Why Are my Eyes Uneven? What Can Be Done to Fix This? (photo)
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On this day: Roger Federer won his only French Open title and completed career Grand Slam- View: 8788 by Talha Asif
Roger Federer was already among the best in history of tennis but he lacked something which could make him THE BEST and it was the French Open title. However, the Swiss Maestro's long wait ended as he put his hands on Coupe des Mousquetaires on 7th June 2009.
Federer defeated Swedish player Robin Soderling to win the French Open and become just the sixth male player in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam titles. The Swiss star should stay thankful to Soderling for his entire life as he cleared his way by beating Rafael Nadal in the fourth round.
Federer had been defeated by Nadal in the four previous French Opens, losing in the semi-final in 2005 and then three straight finals from 2006-08. However, even destiny wanted Federer to win French Open this time and complete his dream as Nadal bowed earlier.
He celebrated in his trademark style as he fell on his knees straightway after winning the last point with tears of joy flowing down his face. What Federer said after the match showed how badly he wanted to win the French Open and how happy he was after finally winning it.
The Swiss Maestro said, "This was my greatest victory. I can now go the rest of my career without worrying that I would never win the French Open." That 2009 French Open titles also brought him equal to Pete Sampras' record of 14 Majors and then after one month he grabbed his sixth Wimbledon to break the record.


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'Copper Road' Live at Fat Jack's Friday Night [VIDEO]
The Band 'Copper Road' will be live this Friday night at Fat Jack's in Texarkana.
Copper Road is a new band full of familiar faces that's has been hot on the Texarkana music scene. The band describes its sound as country rock and the have played all types of venues from Northridge Country Club and even opening this years 'Railfest' for Diamond Rio. Check out this video of them playing at Shooters in Texarkana.


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The popular Animal Planet show is filming in the Gladwin State Forest Area and areas around Houghton Lake and West Branch through Wednesday.
UPDATE: Isabella County woman says Bigfoot haunts her home.
Cliff Barackman, Matt Moneymaker, Ranae Holland and James "Bobo" Fray visit forests, swamps and mountains throughout North America seeking the giant ape. The show is in its third season and had not previously visited Michigan.
"There's been
numerous sightings in Northern Michigan. It's really
exciting that we're going to be doing some investigations," Josh Jurgess, a production assistant for the show, told the Ogemaw County Herald.
The expedition began April 5 in Houghton Lake town hall, where witnesses shared stories about their Bigfoot sightings.
Cast members traveled on horseback, while helicopter with a mounted camera followed the Sasquatch seekers, the Morning Sun reported.
"Finding Bigfoot" airs on Animal Planet on Sundays at 10 p.m.


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Lived with older brother Thomas in 1860.
Henry Burger was "of" Dixon, Missouri
The Bible record gives Dorothy's date of death as 22 Dec 1907.
Dorothy A. JONES and Henry BURGER were married about 1869.282,285 Henry BURGER209,365 was born on 8 January 1836 in Kentucky.209,365 He died on 21 March 1901 at the age of 65.365
This is believed to be the father of Henry Burger [surname mispelled in census] Mary would be Henry's stepmother.
Peter Burger married (1) Catherine Hines on 22 Apr 1824 in Pulaski Co KY. She was the dau of William Hines & Barbara Baugh, born about 1808 in Virginia and died about 1840. Peter was said to have married the widow Mary Ann (Harris) VanHook on 3 Sep 1841. Catherine would have been the mother of Henry.
This might be Jackson in 1870 in Gentry Co MO:
1900 McDonald Co, Richwood Twp Census. ED 100, Sheet 7; Family 117. Married 31 years. She had 9 children, 4 now living. Henry was born in KY, his father born VA, his mother born in Germany. Dorothy is employed as a Weaver. George L. and Jackson still living at home.
Bible record states that Henry Burger was the son of Peter Burger and Catherine his wife.
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Notable Put Options Activity in Stanley Black & Decker
Shares of Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWX) are lower on the session by 1.78%, currently trading at $71.32. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average.
Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the February 2012 $75 put, which has traded 1,300 times on open interest of 0 contracts.
Put volume is outpacing call volume by 3 to 1.
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Low Country Warbirds meet, encourage new members
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The Low Country Warbirds group met for its 46th annual meeting on Saturday at the Litchfield Beach Fish House.
Each year, the group meets on Peal Harbor Day for a couple hours to see old friends, meet new ones and share stories.
Several war veterans who came to the meeting sported decorated jackets with squadron badges, name tags, and pairs of wings.
Bob Mimms is one that still wears his wings, which date back to the time he served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War.
"My mom pinned these wings on me. Here I was a 20-year-old brand new military pilot," Mimms said.
These wings also act as symbolic reminder of his service.
"I'll never forget my first combat mission. I was scared to death the whole time," Mimms said.
Admittedly, he said it was an exciting time, too.
These raw emotions and memories Mimms shared on Saturday, were also shared by other members of the Low Country Warbirds, including Chuck Houseman.
For 24 years, Houseman, a retired Lt. Col., served in the U.S. Marine Corps He served once in the Korean War and three tours in the Vietnam War.
His first solo-flight was one, poignant memory that still sticks out in his mind.
"I was doing pretty good with my instructor in the back. And one day, he said pull over and jumped out and said 'come get me in about 30 minutes.' So I took off, and no one was back there
and running their mouth, and it was a really great feeling, Houseman said.
On Pearl Harbor Day, an event like this means so much more to the men, and so are the friendships they've cultivated through the group over the years.
"It's just a good thing. It makes me feel good to be able to be around these people. The roads they've walked down. Some of them are extremely interesting," Mimms said.
"These times we can get together and reminisce. I think it's good. People look forward to it. Not only for part of our group, but people on the outside learn more about who really participated in the Warbirds organization adnd who really participated in the active duty service for our country. Sometimes they know who you are, but don't know the rest of the story," Houseman said.
The Low Country Warbirds group has been around since 1955.
Existing members are encouraging past and present active military aviators, both males and females, to join.


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Are you sad that there is a severe lack of video games coming out this summer? Are you looking for something fun to pick up and play for a few hours? Then make sure you check out Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet or ITSP for short is the third game coming out in the Summer of Arcade program on Xbox Live, ITSP is a 2d side scroller that has 2-4 player co-op with fun game mechanics developed by FuelCell and an features an AMAZING art style by Gagne Int'l
All We Need
Art Style. ITSP has one of the most unique art styles I've seen in any game much less an XBLA game. I know most of us have the mindset that XBLA games are just rinky dink games that nobody cares about, but ITSP proves them all wrong. This game has focused so much on visuals that it will probably taint the idea that arcade games can't look pretty. Michael Gagne has really outdone himself this time.
Fun Gameplay. This game has a very similar gameplay style to those MetroidVania (Metroid and Castlevania) games. Let's explain that one a little more, you will frequently visit the same areas with a brand new weapon that allows you to access parts of the level you couldn't before. I enjoy this style of game because it really gives the upgrades and new weapons you receive feel important, and they really are.
Interesting Weapons. ITSP has a slew of interesting weapons and tools that completely change the way you play the game, and like I mentioned earlier these new tools and weapons allow you to access areas that were completely inaccessible. Need to pick up some rocks? Bust out the claw tool and you're moving rocks like you did with your Tonka trucks in the backyard. Got a bunch of rocks packed loosely together and can't seem to get a grip on them? Select the spinning blade tool and dig through it. Numerous tools and weapons are available to be found in the game so I'll let you figure out what the others do.
Puzzles and Bosses. Much like Portal 2, ITSP has a bunch of puzzles and when you finally figure out what you need to do you feel smart. The boss fights are no different, finally killing the water boss after dying twenty times was gratifying, but the enjoyment comes from figuring out how to finally kill him.
Things We Need
More. The current playthrough time for me was around 5 hours and I feel that's a pretty good length, none of the mechanics are over used, and you don't have to continually perform the same maneuvers and fight the same enemies over and over, they give you just enough of each area and each mechanic so it doesn't get stale and you move on. But I would love to have more places to go or more unique enemies to fight, but if they implement DLC it might be fine.
Better tool/weapon selection. You choose your tools and weapons via LB or RB and that brings up a selection wheel and you move the right stick to choose the thing you want you can then bind the X,A,or B button to a tool or weapon, but in many situations you need more than the three tools you've bound and trying to change them on the fly is extremely difficult, during many fights you will need to switch your loadout but doing this almost always results in death. Maybe if a toggle could be added in that allows you to switch between two sets of 3 tools/weapons you would'nt die so much.
More Replayability. Don't get me wrong ITSP was a very fun game to play through, but with such a limited campaign and co-op modes I really can't see myself playing this game again at least until some DLC comes out.
We Don't Need
Feeling completely abandoned. The very first scene of this game is very reminiscent of Limbo where you have to just start moving, usually we get a cue to "use the left stick to move" but those never come up, you are just given your little scanner tool and have to figure out the controls as you go. Without limited direction you are expected to find your way to a random spot on the map gathering the tools you need to get to the area which takes a lot of just searching around.
Lack of Direction. One of the main reasons this game annoyed me is that the only way to figure puzzles out was to scan items with the scanner tool and try to figure out what the little picture is trying to get you to do. A lot of the time it works, but quite a few times I sat there scratching my head going "What are they trying to make me do?" Specifically the Drill monster, the only thing it tells you is that the swarm monsters will hurt you, not that you need to pull off a physical feature of the drill monster.
Lack of Dialogue. There is something weird about not hearing any dialogue. I was hoping to hear something from a narrator explaining the situations or what's going on but it never came. Some might argue that it's the point to make you feel disconnected, but to me it was just frustrating.
Need or Not?
Semi Need. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a game that is very well done, but It just does not have what it takes to get me to continue playing, it definitely falls into the play it once and never touch it again category, though with the likelihood of DLC it may warrant some more play later on


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How to Tie Your Shoes the "Strong" Way [VIDEO]
You may be thinking: "I know how to tie my shoes perfectly." I said the same thing myself until I watched this video. Now, according to the video, there is a "weak" and "strong" way to tie our shoes. After all these years of living a life thinking I have mastered how to tie a pair of shoes–apparently, I have no idea what I'm doing. Check it out. It's pretty interesting stuff. How do you tie your shoes–the strong or weak way?


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HOLD on to your bloomers and prepare for a pant-abulous, knicker-tastic adventure when Aliens Love Underpants comes to Salisbury City Hall at the weekend.
Laugh your pants off with this number one bestselling children's story, brought to life on stage.
There will be special effects, original music, aliens and lots and lots of pants.
Created by children's theatre company Big Wooden Horse and produced by Nick Brooke, Aliens Love Underpants tells the story of a gang of mischievous aliens on a visit to Earth, travelling not to visit the people but to steal their pants.
There are performances on Saturday and Sunday.
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Chicken Soup in Less than 30 Minutes
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This is not a Rachel Ray recipe, so just wipe that thought out of your mind. We can't stand Rachel Ray and have banned her show from our house. We do all like a fast meal, though. So here's our version of a 30-minute dish: chicken soup:
Chicken Soup
- 4 quarts of chicken stock (see recipe here)
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- ½ white onion, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- Cooked chicken, shredded
- 1 can of corn
- 1 can of green beans
- 1 cup of barley or noodles
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
Sauté carrots, onions, celery, and garlic in olive oil in a large stock pot until onions are soft. Add chicken stock, thyme and bay leaf. Bring to a boil then add barley or noodles. Cook soup on medium heat for 20 minutes, or until noodles are done. Add shredded chicken, corn and green beans, and cook until heated. Then, add salt and pepper to taste. Before you eat it, make sure to remove the bay leaf and thyme stems.
The best part about soup is that it is several meals in one. So, just say no to Progresso soup - we don't care how convincing their commercials are. It is still watery soup with plastic vegetables, and the leftovers are not nearly as good.
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Joe Maddon to get three-year extension from Tampa Bay Rays
UPDATE, 6:19: The statement from Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman didn't say much: "It has always been our policy not to comment on rumors or unconfirmed reports."
Rays players seemed very pleased when told by reporters of the news.
"I hope this really does happen - it's the best move this organization can make. To me, he's the best in the game,'' Carlos Pena said. "You tell me that, I'm like, Man, I can't tell you how much I would love to just play for him all my life. ... He started this culture, he built it."
UPDATE, 5:14: Officially, Maddon said he can't say much - for now:. "Officially, I have no comment because it's an ongoing matter and it's our team policy to not really comment on those things. At the appropriate time we will obviously, but it's just not the appropriate time yet.''
The Rays are expected to issue a statement shortly, though it may be essentially a no-comment as well.
NEWS: The Tampa Bay Rays are expected to announce a three-year contract extension for manager Joe Maddon in the next few days.
The sides have agreed to terms, the Times had learned. An announcement is expected soon, probably this weekend in Miami. Joe Maddon, 55, is in his fourth season with the Rays, having taken them on their amazing run to the World Series last season. Overall, he has a 244-283 record.
Joe Maddon is in the final year of his current contract. The new deal would take him through the 2012 season.
Agent Alan Nero said he could not comment on the situation and referred comment to team officials. They have not yet been reached.
Approached on the field before batting practice, Maddon said: "I can't talk about it until the appropriate moment, and we haven't arrived at the appropriate moment yet."
The Rays were expected to wait until the end of the season to address Maddon's contract situation, but apparently decided to act sooner and approached him recently, likely within the last week. He has been very open about wanting to stay. Acting now would eliminate any questions about his future and the team's direction given the slow start this season.
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Pros: Portable, working elevator, easy storage, nicely detailed
Cons: Seems a bit snobbish and elitist
As I stated in my last review of the Fisher Price Sweet Streets Beach House, I have been actively avoiding the Sweet Streets toys for a long time. Why? Mostly because they are incompatible in size with the original Loving Family doll house line that I obsessively sank a bunch of money and time to collect (for my daughter, of course). How dare Fisher Price use the ever popular Loving Family name to sell these cheap, miniature doll sets! Who would stoop to buy these? Uh
me, it turns out.
Once I officially sold out and started buying the Fisher Price Sweet Streets line of toys, I immediately had my eye on the Loving Family Sweet Streets Hotel. This is the largest "house" in the set and comes with four dolls and 13 additional pieces of furniture and accessories. My main reason for NOT instantly snatching up this toy, other than my quickly dwindling sense of pride, was very simple price. This hotel retails for around $25, give or take a couple of bucks. Thats just too much for me to drop on a casual toy when there isnt a special occasion to justify the splurge. However, recently all the Sweet Street toys went on sale at Target and I found the hotel for the incredibly low price of $11.99. Well, what choice did I have? Questions like this make my husband crazy. He would say "You had the choice to NOT buy it!! Needless to say, I didnt exercise that choice.
Every Girl Needs Her Own Luxury Hotel!
The Fisher Price Loving Family Sweet Streets Hotel is an ornately decorated pink and blue plastic building, measuring about 13" wide, 11 and 1/2" tall, and 5" deep when closed up. When the two bottom wings are opened up fully, the width of the hotel expands to about 24". Starting at the bottom, the front of the hotel has a cafe on the left with double yellow doors that open and close. A glance inside the many windows reveals a beautiful flower carpet (decal) and the entrance to an elegant dining room at the back (also a decal). The right is a boutique with images of fancy outfits on the wall and shelves of dolls and other gift shop items on a decal in the back. Both the cafe and boutique sections open outward to reveal more floor space on the purple tiled first floor of the hotel. The right wing houses a fancy swimming pool with a big slide and a raised hot tub (deluxe!).
Thats it for the first floor except for the most important feature, right in the center, the working elevator! The blue elevator can be entered (by the miniature dolls) through an ornate yellow gate. Twisting the pink knob on the top of the hotel clockwise pulls the elevator up the pink elevator shaft to the second floor of the hotel. Twisting the knob counterclockwise brings the elevator back to the first floor.
The second floor is split level with the right side lower than the left. Both sides are intended to be hotel rooms. The larger suite on the right has a couple of built-in dressers and a corner sink in the bath, facing a large window to the rear of the hotel. The smaller room on the left has a corner stand. In the front center of the second floor is a curved balcony that leads to the elevator. Steps on the left of the balcony lead to the smaller of the two rooms. The top of the hotel has a small sight-seeing deck/balcony on the right, a dome over the elevator in the center, and a fold down pink carrying handle/decorative arch and pink elevator control knob. Finally, the entire exterior of the hotel is adorned in ornate flower patterns, tall curved windows and arched shutters. Very elegant, I might add.
The Furnishings
The Sweet Streets Hotel comes with 13 pieces of furniture and/or accessories for imaginative play three beds, a couch, luggage, TV, serving tray, table, three chairs, front desk, and life preserver. The one double bed and two twin beds are all yellow with purple pillows. The pink couch is identical to the one in the Sweet Streets Beach House (maybe it doesnt belong in that set opps! Hard to tell when all the pieces are jumbled together) The couch has several briefcases or bags stacked in front of one corner and a coat casually draped over the end. The green luggage is all in one easy-to handle package consisting of three bags, a teddy bear, a hat and a coat. The color TV sits on a blue stand/dresser. The blue room service tray has a pot of coffee, cup of coffee, poached egg, toast, and napkin. The blue dinner table with the red tablecloth is elegantly set for three and goes with the three curved back blue chairs.
The most hotel-like accessory is the curved pink front desk with a reservation book on top, along with a lamp and plant. The front of the desk has more luggage and coats against it and the inside of the desk reveals a computer, old-fashioned dial phone, clock, keys, pens, papers, and a safe. Its really quite detailed. Finally, this hotel comes with a green sea horse life preserver that comes permanently tethered to the side of the swimming pool with a pink cord. My daughter immediately became annoyed with the fact that this was attached and quickly solved the problem with a quick snip of the scissors. Obviously there are not enough furnishings to realistically outfit a hotel, but the ones that are included do an effective job of setting the stage.
Now For the Happy Vacationers And One Hard Worker
This hotel comes with four small dolls that, in my opinion, are a step down from the versatile Loving Family dolls from the original doll house collection because they arent quite as maneuverable. These Sweet Street dolls can stand upright (barely), bend at the waist, move their legs, and move their arms up and down but cannot bend at the knees or elbows. However, this particular set is at least more mobile than the dolls for the Sweet Streets Beach House because those dolls couldnt even move their arms or their legs. I guess that Fisher Price is catching on because the hotel was released more recently than the Beach House.
The family of dolls, as usual, includes a mother, father, and a girl. The mother has short yellow blond hair and is dressed casually in a red short sleeve shirt, blue capri pants, and white tennis shoes. The father is also casual in a short-sleeve polo shirt, brown slacks, and white shoes. The daughter has short orangish hair tucked into a green bathing cap with matching green slippers, a purple bathing suit, and a removable green skirt. Finally, this set also comes with a very official looking bellhop dressed in a blue uniform with cap and black shoes.
The Play Factor
My daughter was, and still is, fascinated with the elevator on this hotel. She regularly crams it full of dolls, from this set and others, and takes them on rides up and down on the elevator. However, maybe since shes never been to a fancy hotel, she doesnt necessarily make the bellhop haul the luggage. In fact, shes just a likely to have him sleeping in one of the beds or sitting at the table having dinner. She enjoys all the little pieces of the set, even though she finds it difficult to keep track of them. In fact, the mother doll, TV, and table are all temporarily missing. Thats one of the drawbacks of having so many tiny pieces.
Dr_Stephs Thoughts
Ive grudgingly learned to like the Sweet Streets line of toys, mostly because they are reasonably affordable and are impressively detailed. This hotel is no exception. Mostly I like it, though, because my daughter (and my sons) enjoy it so much. In summary, here are my likes and dislikes with the Fisher Price Loving Family Sweet Streets Hotel:
I Like
~ The moving elevator
~ Portability
~ Price (when on sale)
~ Ease of storage, both of the hotel itself and all the accessories that fit into the folded structure
~ Impressive details on the furnishings
~ Decals already attached at purchase
~ Kid appeal
I Dont Care for
~ Lack of compatibility with the original Loving Family doll house and dolls
~ How easy it is to lose the little pieces
~ The use of the Loving Family name (rather misleading)
~ The overall snobbishness of the set, implying that you should be rich and able to afford fancy places like this (yeah, right)
~ The "whiteness" of it all. At least at this time, there is no equivalent African American set (or Hispanic or Asian, etc.)


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A new publicly-funded private facility for rehabilitation will replace the need for growing incarceration and give back to society by combining rehabilitation, research, revenue, and public utility. The project is a center - separate from the main prison and removed from societal centers - for controlled sensory input and deprivation, and will be used for physio-neurological research and to treat prisoners and free citizens alike through prescribed experiences.
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Sooner or later, all things come around, and the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band has just released a blues album ("Blue Again") with Rick Vito , Lenny Castellanos and Mark Johnstone, and are touring until early next year, when Fleetwood Mac itself gets together again for a tour.
Here's an article from a British paper that caught my eye, with an interview with Fleetwood, now 61, and apparently enjoying a visit to his roots. Seems like soooner or later, it all goes back to the blues. Here's a video clip featuring guitarist Peter Green in that early band, probably '67 or '68. A very mellow reading of a blues ballad.
If that's not going back far enough for some blues influence, listen to yesterday's PG podcast -- "Believe Your Ears" -- in which country music critic and historian Rich Kienzle looks at some old-timey music, including blues, from Mayberry's Andy Griffith. Here's a YouTube video from an old show, with everybody singing "Boil Them Cabbage Down."


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Paris is the secret city par excellence. Beautiful cobbled courtyards full of sculptured stone lie behind closed doors, while on either side of the Seine high walls shut off ancient monastic gardens, which, from the full-throated birdsong in their treetops, you can guess are there but never get to see. It is a city that shows its everyday appearance to the casual passerby but reserves its deeper, more magical side for those with the passion and curiosity to find out what lies behind the façade.
Who would have thought, for instance, that behind the stately façade of Hermès, the famous design store whose headquarters occupy a landmark building on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, lies a fabulous collection of precious objects and historical paintings and drawings that has inspired generations of craftsmen yet remains virtually unknown beyond a small circle of insiders? To get to it, you have to go behind the scenes—a world away from the sumptuous display of silk scarves and ostrich-skin bags on the first floor—up narrow staircases and past small rooms where skilled artisans wield century-old instruments, trimming fabric, hammering leather or embroidering a customer's initials. You move past these (not without a longing to tarry awhile) through locked doors and dark landings until you come to what is effectively the heart of an old, benign empire. Call it—as the antique lights flicker on and a vast variety of artifacts looms improbably into view—the Hermès museum.
"Museum" doesn't begin to do justice to what this inner sanctum discloses. It's more like an eccentric but sharp-eyed collector's hoard, a cabinet of curiosities.
Yet "museum" doesn't begin to do justice to what this inner sanctum discloses. It's more like an eccentric but sharp-eyed collector's hoard, a cabinet of curiosities, a vast treasure chest from the seven seas spilling through a couple of suitably discreet, half-forgotten rooms that start to look like the closed wing of a haunted castle. Here, suddenly standing out among a thousand objects, is a great 19th-century statesman's traveling case, complete with ivory- handled razors and silver drinking vessels; there, a beautifully decorated rocking horse that might have belonged to our great-great-grandmother when she was a child; and there, a Russian coachman's velvet hat, an empress's embroidered saddle, a lady's ancient but well-preserved purse, now containing only the dust and poetry of the past. Your eye wanders around, growing accustomed in the half-light to the rich mixture of textures and meaning, lingering on a pair of crocodile hunting boots; an early view of the horse-racing center of Chantilly, just north of Paris; or a set of brass livery buttons embossed with the armorial bearings of some aristocratic (and now quite conceivably defunct) family. How, you wonder, could these alluring and finely made objects ever have been made to rub shoulders?
"My grandfather Emile Hermès, who purchased this building for the family firm in 1923, was a passionate collector," explains one of his heirs, Jérôme Guerrand-Hermès, sitting at a handsome desk in the museum from which generations of his family have directed the firm's fortunes. "Emile was forever prowling around the salesrooms and the antiques dealers, fascinated by fine workmanship and always on the lookout for ideas to reinvent or bring up to date. So when he came across a particularly fine old harness or a revolutionary-era traveling case full of silver-topped flasks and secret compartments, he couldn't resist—even though my grandmother certainly used to tick him off for his extravagance! Then he'd bring his latest acquisitions into the office here and show them to his craftsmen, who would be so bowled over by the beauty and ingenuity of the objects that they'd often use them to come up with new designs and techniques. And that's become an uninterrupted tradition in our firm: Even today our designers and artisans come to these rooms regularly to look at what's been assembled and to draw inspiration from the achievements of the past."
That sense of tradition is particularly alive at Hermès, where, in small ateliers all over the building, craftsmen are stretching and tacking the finest leathers for custom-made saddles with the same techniques and even the same tools as their great-grandparents would have used. To say that the firm functions as a big happy family to which each member brings his or her expertise is no doubt to overstate the case. But watching a designer readjust a window display after consultation with an in-house colleague, one gets the impression that Hermès exists, and has always existed, because everyone who works there is clearly passionate about quality.
As he talks enthusiastically about the family's beloved museum, Guerrand-Hermès frequently emphasizes how important he feels continuity to be, but a continuity born of change and reinvention. "My grandfather, who did so much to mold the family firm, was an intensely curious man," he comments fondly. "He was always searching, always traveling, always trying things out. When he went to the United States and Canada during World War I, for instance, he was intrigued to find that the cloth top on his Cadillac opened and closed with a zipper. As soon as he got back to Paris, he adapted the idea so that it would work on handbags and suitcases—and later on clothes. He loved to see how things worked, then make them better or different. And he passed on that gift of curiosity to his children and grandchildren. He allowed me as a small child to wander around his collection—I used to play on that rocking horse, for instance—and find out for myself what made these lovely things tick."
Suddenly standing out among a thousand objects are an embroidered saddle and a lady's well-preserved purse.
The idea of a small boy experimenting with some of the priceless objects on view is fairly alarming (the rocking horse in question was originally made for Napoleon III's son); but one soon understands that what is most important for the Hermès family is that the museum should be a living, vital place. Very few things are shut away in glass cases or sequestered behind ropes, and visitors are encouraged to pick up this or that small marvel of precision—a shagreen-covered telescope, a Qing Dynasty saddle that, rumor has it, was once used on lion hunts, or a finely crafted pair of silver spurs—and see how the item really works. The lucky few to have been accorded this privilege (a glance at the visitors' book reveals) include Alphonse XIII of Spain, Marlene Dietrich, Andy Warhol, Grace Kelly (who gave her name to one of Hermès's most popular handbags), Richard Nixon and the Duchess of Windsor.
"The people who come here often have a special relationship with Hermès," says Guerrand-Hermès. "Did you notice that leather-covered wheelbarrow over there? Well, that was made especially for the Duke of Windsor, who came into the store one day looking for a present to give the duchess. When we suggested some perfume, the duke replied: Oh no, she's already got a wheelbarrow full of perfume.' So we thought for a while and decided to take him at his word by making a beautiful little wheelbarrow for him in which the duchess could keep all her perfumes nicely grouped together. And many years later, when the duchess's estate was dispersed, we managed to buy the wheelbarrow back for the museum. It began as a moment's whimsy, and now it's one of our most prized possessions."


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They have been inexorably linked for years, two hockey wunderkinds from the same small Maritime hometown.
Now, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon share another thing in common: Both were No. 1 overall picks.
The Colorado Avalanche ended the suspense and made MacKinnon their first pick in Sunday's NHL entry draft, elevating the Halifax Mooseheads' star into an elite group with his idol Crosby, who hails from the same Halifax suburb of Cole Harbour.
Eight years Crosby's junior, MacKinnon has nonetheless become close with the Pittsburgh Penguins' captain, who was the first pick after the NHL's last comeback from a lockout, in 2005.
And one of the first people MacKinnon heard from after going No. 1 was Crosby.
"He wished me luck," he said.
There's a Colorado tie-in to their story, too. As chance would have it, Crosby's arrival in the NHL, when MacKinnon was just 10, caused him to switch allegiances from the Avs to the Penguins.
"I loved Sid, and he was my favourite player," MacKinnon said. "I guess he's still my favourite player. I don't really know what to say now [that we're in the same league]."
Colorado's pick, made by new top execs Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy, was one of the least surprising developments on the day, as both had mused publicly about their preference for taking him No. 1.
Part of that desire arose from the fact that Roy, as the former head coach and GM of the Quebec Remparts, had been on the wrong end of a lot of MacKinnon's big games with the Mooseheads.
More than most, Roy realizes his game-breaking talent and fire-in-the-belly attitude, something the Hall of Fame goaltender shares in common with his top prospect.
"He's a winner," Roy said to a group of reporters on the draft floor.
"He's a very good player – just too good to pass up. People in Denver are really going to enjoy watching him play."
"I think we're similar in that we're both very competitive guys," MacKinnon said. "And he definitely had a high work ethic, and I have the same, so in terms of that I think it's going to work very well."
Growing up being compared to Crosby wasn't always easy for MacKinnon, who has been enduring that treatment in the national (and even international) media starting when he was as young as 12.
He should now be able to carve out his own niche, however, as he's landed in another conference, in another time zone, and with a team that's very much in a different place than the powerhouse Penguins and trying to find its way.
If there's a comparison to be made in their games, it's likely in their dedication and passion for the game, as MacKinnon gets every ounce out of his modest six-foot, 180-pound frame and has made a big impact time and again in key situations.
His explosiveness and abilities with the puck will more than make up for any size limitations, too, and it's expected he can step right into Colorado's lineup next season.
"He's got the fire," Sakic said. "He's a humble kid, but he wanted to be No. 1. He's a hard worker, and no matter what the moment is, he rises to the occasion."
And, now that he has a team of his own, MacKinnon doesn't mind the Crosby comparisons as much as he used to.
"Obviously, it's some pretty good company," he said. "I'm so proud to be where I'm from and where I grew up. Not many kids get this opportunity at the position I'm in."


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Majed Al Muhandis does not consider Kathem El Saher his only competitor
Iraqi singer Majed Al Muhandis stated that Iraqi singer Kathem El Saher is not his only competitor in the music industry and he, Majed, competes with everyone. Majed stated that he always strives at presenting something new to his fans to meet their satisfaction.
Majed revealed that a very good relationship ties him with Kathem and the fact that they both compete against one another professionally does not affect their relationship. Majed stated that Kathem had worked with him on his last album and he hopes that they repeat the cooperation in the near future.
According to the internet website MBC.net, Majed expressed his honor at the new title 'Prince' given to him by his fans recently. The singer said that fans and critics are the ones who give stars titles based on their opinion and love for them.


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I think this one came out of one of the EU TTB rounds, because it has no number on it. It is also possible I received it in a swap and the number has fallen off. I could also have had it left over from the last time I had a Teavivre order, but that was so long ago that I find this unlikely, especially with it being a Fujian black.
There aren't really any surprises in this cup. It smells Fujian-y and it tastes Fujian-y. (Therefore, by definition, very good indeed.) The aroma is wood-y, grainy, and cocoa-y, sometimes with a bit of something more toffee-y or honey-y mixed in.
The flavour is quite strong on the wooden note, followed by the grainy note. The cocoa comes when I swallow and then a surprise happens. On the swallow, this tea develops an unusual astringency that I'm not at all used to finding in Chinese blacks. Perhaps I used too much leaf? This seems difficult to understand because I made a large pot to share with Husband, and I only had a 7g sample. Interesting. It must be a naturally very strong tea. It certainly has a LOT of flavour.


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This luxury apartment is in a private community with a garden in Betlem, in the northeast of Majorca. The apartment has two bedrooms, two bathrooms an a large sitting room and dining room with a fireplace and an open kitchen, The sitting rooms gives onto a covered balcony with breathtaking views of the Bay of Alcúdia. An interior staircase takes to the rooftop terrace, which offers stunning panoramic views of the Serra de Llevant. Its high quality equipment includes marble floors and bathrooms, as well as central air conditioning. The complex has several leisure facilities such as an indoor and an outdoor pool, a sauna, a gym and large gardens. A place to sit back, relax and enjoy life.
Availability upon agreement. Engel & Völkers does not accept responsibility as the information provided in this brochure is for information only and it is subject to errors, omissions, change of price or withdrawal without notice. Taxes, notary and registry fees must be paid by purchaser, the commission to E&V paid by the seller as stipulated by Spanish regulations.


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Every 1st Monday of the month - Hard rock Miners' Sing-a-long!! - the boozy, ultra-fun, campfire-type sing-a-long you all know and love.
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Every last Monday of the month - Connect and Deet Street, present great nights of multi-disciplined performances.
Every last Wednesday of the month - Vancouver City Limits, featuring great local artists performing live and for the VCL internet channel.
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A Nebraska lawmaker is working to reverse a campaign finance measure he fought to establish more than 20 years ago because the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional last year.
Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln says he will ask lawmakers next week to repeal Nebraska's Campaign Finance Limitation Act, which had given public money to candidates who voluntarily agreed to cap spending limits when their opponents didn't.
Avery's bill also seeks an electronic filing system that would allow online viewing of campaign finance reports.
Avery wanted to lower the threshold for reporting campaign donations and spending from $250 to $100, and to require campaigns to file campaign account statements. He couldn't convince his Committee on Government, Military and Veterans Affairs to support those moves so they were dropped.


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Being a full-time local here in Lake Tahoe has been more than a blessing for me, and being able to continue my schooling here at SNC has been one too. I decided to attend Sierra Nevada so I could continue to live in the place I love. I saw that the flexible schedules here could accompany my active lifestyle, and while in the classroom my teachers could relate the subject matter to the area we live in while making learning experiences hands-on, fun, and interesting. It is great! I can go ski fresh snow in the morning at any of the local resorts or backcountry, then have time to make it back to the classroom on time to learn. Sierra Nevada is the ideal situation for me because it embodies all the amazing aspects of Tahoe life.


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Our first night in D.F. we will get in late after a long day travelling. Therefore, we will save planned dining destinations in Condesa and Polanco for subsequent nights. I am looking for dinner suggestions for somewhere fairly traditional in the historical district that we can walk to and take in the atmosphere on the way. I know El Cardenal does not serve dinner. A touristy spot is ok, providing the food is great (although those two concepts so rarely go hand-in-hand).
Ideally, I would love somewhere super-traditional that has not given up on quality due to the constant influx of tourists that negates the need for repeat business. Does such a place exist? I appreciate that many people will want to point me towards previous discussions but felt a separate post was warranted due to the narrow nature of my request. Any help is truly appreciated. Thanks!!


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Snowbird will remain open daily until May 10 and weekends only until May 25 (Memorial Day), conditions permitting.
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The Sun has decided to defy St James Palace's request for British publications not to publish the naked pictures of Prince Harry taken during a wild Las Vegas party in his private hotel suite.
The pictures are published on their front page, with an editorial explaining why they did it, with the pair claiming it was letting it's readers "take a full part in the national conversation" about the scandal.
The photos were first published by US site TMZ and were allegedly taken by a group of girls invited up to the Prince's exclusive suite after a night of partying in Las Vegas last Friday.
The palace confirmed that the photos were indeed Harry and contact British media organisations to urge them not to print the articles stating that they would breach Harry's privacy and the PCC Code.
The Sun however claimed in today's paper that with millions around the world, by re-printing the pictures their would be no further breach of privacy and claim that the prince's actions breached his own privacy rights himself.
They wrote: "There is a clear public interest in publishing the Harry pictures, in order for the debate around them to be fully informed. The photos have potential implications for the Prince's image representing Britain around the world."
"There are questions over his security during the Las Vegas holiday. Questions as to whether his position in the Army might be affected."
"Further, we believe Harry has compromised his own privacy."
Referring to Prince Harry's blame in the matter, the newspaper states: "These are not pictures of him and a girlfriend at Balmoral. The Prince was in Vegas, the party capital of a country with strong freedom-of-speech laws, frolicking in the pool before inviting strangers to his hotel room for a game of strip billiards."
They went on: "These are hardly the acts of a man jealously guarding his privacy. And, sadly for Harry, what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas."
The paper also points to the example of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge's honeymoon when "privacy" was agreed with the UK press.
They claimed: "Compare that with Prince William and Kate, whose desire for quiet privacy on their honeymoon was respected by the British Press in the kind of arrangement we have readily agreed to with the Royal Family in the past and will doubtless agree to again."
What do you think? Do Brits have a right to see what Prince Harry gets up to, espeically as the rest of the world knows before us?
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No-bake cherry ripe slice
With the warmer weather just around the corner (and already here for some!) the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot oven. Enter the no-bake cherry ripe slice! This slice is a bit of a modern-day Aussie classic and makes a great summer treat. The glacé cherries and super juicy, while the coconut and condensed milk make the perfect chewy centre. The whole lot is sandwiched between a lovely biscuit base and a creamy chocolate top. As you can imagine it's quite a sweet treat, so cut it up into small pieces and enjoy with a nice cuppa!
- 250g packet plain chocolate biscuits
- 125g butter, melted
- 4 cups desiccated coconut
- 395g can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 x 100g packets red glacé cherries, quartered
- 125g copha, melted
- Rose pink food colouring
- 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate melts, melted
1. Grease an 18cm x 28cm slice pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, extending paper 2cm above edges of pan. Place biscuits in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add butter. Process until combined. Press mixture over base of prepared pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Place coconut, condensed milk, cherries and copha in a large bowl. Mix well to combine. Tint mixture with a few drops of rose pink food colouring. Mix well. Spoon mixture over prepared base. Using the back of spoon, press mixture to cover base evenly and level top. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
3. Spread melted chocolate over top of slice. Stand for 1 hour or until set. Cut into squares. Serve.
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LAFAYETTE, Colo., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Meretek Diagnostics, Inc. is exhibiting its BreathTek(TM) UBT (urea breath test) kit at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery (http://www.asbs.org). The conference is being held at the San Diego Convention Center June 13 - 15 in San Diego, Calif.
BreathTek UBT is the only breath test available that is FDA cleared to test for both initial diagnosis and post-treatment monitoring of H. pylori infection in adults, an important pathogen in the upper GI tract of humans. The relationship between H. pylori and chronic active gastritis, duodenal ulcer, and gastric ulcer is well documented. Meretek Diagnostics will be exhibiting the test in booth 208.
Overall, about one in three adults in the U.S. is infected with H. pylori.(1)
BreathTek UBT is intended for use in adult patients. The performance characteristics for persons under the age of eighteen (18) have not been established for this test.
The BreathTek UBT should not be used until four (4) weeks or more after the end of treatment for the eradication of H. pylori as earlier post-treatment assessment may give false negative results.
The BreathTek UBT is for administration by health care professionals. It is to be administered under a physician's supervision.
The test is simple, non-radioactive, and non-invasive. BreathTek UBT is 95 percent (95%) sensitive and specific, and can also be used to confirm eradication 4 weeks following completion of treatment.(2)
For complete information about the BreathTek UBT, see the package insert at: http://www.meretek.com/downloads/2215NOV05_cropped.pdf
(1) Graham KS, Graham DY. Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of
H. pylori-Associated Gastrointestinal Diseases. Newtown, PA: Handbooks
in Health Care Co; 2002.
(2) BreathTekTM UBT package insert. Lafayette, CO: Meretek Diagnostics;
About ASBS
The ASBS is a non-profit organization that works to advance the art and science of bariatric surgery and is committed to educating medical professionals and the public about bariatric surgery as an option for the treatment of morbid obesity, as well as the associated risks and benefits. It encourages its members to investigate and discover new advances in bariatric surgery, while maintaining a steady exchange of experiences and ideas that may lead to improved surgical outcomes for morbidly obese patients. For more information about the ASBS, visit http://www.asbs.org.
About Meretek Diagnostics
Located in Lafayette, Colo., Meretek Diagnostics, Inc. is an Otsuka Group company. Meretek was founded in 1993 by a group from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The company holds exclusive licenses to patents involving the 13C urea breath test technologies.
For more information about Meretek Diagnostics, Inc. and the company's products, including prescribing information, warnings and limitations, visit the Meretek Web site at http://www.meretek.com.
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Former Sheriff Stanley Noblin in Custody After He Turns Himself In
Halifax Co., VA - Former Sheriff Stanley Noblin has turned himself in on 21 felony indictments.
Noblin turned himself over to police around 6 p.m. Thursday at the Halifax County Magistrate's office.
Noblin is at the Halifax County Jail in the process of surrendering himself on 14 counts of forgery and 7 counts of embezzlement. Those indictments were handed down on Monday.
There is no word on whether or not Noblin will be released on bond at this time.
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D-Day Memorial to Honor Slaughter With Bust
Bedford, VA - The National D-Day Memorial has announced plans to honor founder Bob Slaughter with a bust.
The memorial has started fundraising for the $100,000 bust and accompanying plaque to tell Slaughter's story.
April Cheek-Messier, National D-Day Memorial Foundation President, announced the campaign during the memorial's Veterans Day ceremony Monday.
"This was his vision. We're here today because of the vision he had so many years ago," said April Cheek-Messier, D-Day Memorial President. "I know that he is smiling down on us, just very excited that we're continuing that vision."
Slaughter was a young Army sergeant who fought on Omaha Beach. In his later years the Roanoke native led the effort to bring the national memorial to Bedford.
"That was an Army sergeant. It wasn't some general. It wasn't some admiral. That was an Army sergeant. Look what he did," said Bill King, a veteran and friend of Slaughter. "If you've got the right idea and the right passion for it, you can create miracles and this is nothing but a miracle."
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Earlier this week, Class A third baseman Nick Delmonico was hit with a 50-game suspension for amphetamine use. If you have friends/coworkers who are Cubs fans, they probably made some hacky Braun-related joke about how there are cheaters everywhere in the Brewers' organization. You had to forgive them, because Cubs fans are so pitiable it's hard to get truly mad at them about anything.
Still, it's a shame that Delmonico has this positive amphetamine test on his record, since some fans (and maybe future employers) may judge him too harshly for something that isn't very serious. Amphetamines are commonly prescribed for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adults. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics on ADHD, about 6.4 million children aged 4-17 were diagnosed with the disorder in 2011. Furthermore, the prevalence of children in that age group taking medication for ADHD was a cool 6.1%.
That's a lot of kids taking the same kinds of drugs Delmonico was suspended for. Plenty of MLB players also take stimulants and no one minds. The 2013 report of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program said that 119 players were granted Therapeutic Use Exemptions for ADHD. If everyone else is doing it, why can't Delmonico?
Obviously I'm being a bit facetious – all those players had prescriptions from their physicians. But the difference between "legitimate" medical use and recreational use of certain substances is always changing. In the 1920's during Prohibition, doctors wrote prescriptions for medicinal alcohol. In the last 20 years, marijuana went from being illegal everywhere in the U.S., to legal for medicinal purposes in some states, to completely legal now in two states.
Amphetamines were available over the counter until the 1950's. Who's to say they won't be again? Delmonico wouldn't have been suspended if he simply had the good sense to be born in a different decade.
In fairness, the high percentage of MLB players with ADHD diagnoses has raised some eyebrows (including my own). An article earlier this year in Bloomberg Businessweek made an interesting argument that MLB's process for screening out ADHD fakers is pretty rigorous:
For Michael Lardon, a sports psychiatrist in San Diego who sometimes seeks stimulant exemptions for MLB players with ADHD, the exemption process has become too difficult. "We had a guy that had it in spades, with two well-respected doctors giving him identical 10-page reports," he says, "and they turned it down." The player, an eight-year veteran with no history of drug problems, eventually went to the players' union for help getting an exemption. "The pendulum swings the other way quickly," Lardon says.
After the jump in stimulant exemptions in 2007 and the attention that came with it, MLB did away with retroactive applications. […]
Since then the number of exemptions has risen slowly to 119, with little turnover from year to year. An average 23 percent of applications have been rejected over the last four years, according to a person familiar with the process.
The league added a panel of three psychiatrists to the screening process in 2011. Its current members—Lenard Adler of NYU Langone Medical Center, Timothy Wilens of Massachusetts General Hospital, and Frances Levin of Columbia University Medical Center—serve as advisers to Jeffrey Anderson, the independent program administrator for MLB's drug prevention program. The league has also certified 58 psychiatrists in adult ADHD diagnosis. While Anderson can approve an exemption application from a certified clinician on his own, all others automatically go to the panel.
That seems like a trouble to go through for something that was completely legal during the majority of professional baseball's existence. But if this is accurate, more than three-quarters of ADHD exemption applications are still approved. Maybe Delmonico just needs to find himself a more understanding physician.
Whether "legitimate" or not, there are a lot of MLB players who are doing exactly what Delmonico did. It seems silly that he's serving a suspension for not conforming to current pharmacological standards—which are constantly evolving. That may be too nuanced a defense of Delmonico to get through to the average Cubs fan, but it's worth a shot.


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India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh government needs to get its act together
Having been in the saddle for nine consecutive years, four in its second stint, the Manmohan Singh government has announced its achievements and promised to build an "economically resurgent and socially just India." The prime minister has also said that more transparent systems have been introduced to do away with corruption.
But over the past few years, most of the news that the government has made has been in terms of corruption, which in turn has taken away the sheen from its achievements. Also, the opposition has seized upon this and managed to disrupt parliament for a good number of days during its past few sessions. As such, legislation, for which lawmakers are elected by the people, is taking a backseat. Instead, the government spends time in firefighting and the opposition in trumping up new charges against it.
With less than a year to go before the elections, the government must get its act together if it wants to do well at the polls. Singh must come good on his promises of transparency and show the people that he is indeed concerned about their problems. Only a proactive government can fend off accusations of 'governance deficit'.


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Oktoberfest in Munich Projected to Break Beer-Consumption Records--Step it Up, America!
The Oktoberfest granddaddy of them all started last week in Munich, and the awesome Der Spiegel newspaper is happy and sad.
Happy: More visitors who are drinking more beer, and buying more of the iconic Mass glasses, one-liter steins of fun.
Sad: The rise of--and who says you can't learn anything from reading our infernal rag--something called Bierleichen or "beer corpses."
It's a term referring to "people who have drunk themselves into a state of unconsciousness," as Der Spiegel helpfully notes. Skoal!
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Among the theologians of the Second Vatican Council, the name of Dutch Dominican priest Edward Schillebeeckx is surely among the most well-known (and least pronounceable). His works on the church and ministry, such as the pithily titled Ministry and the more evocative The Church with a Human Face (both Crossroad), are marked both by their foresight and their pastoral sensitivity.


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Bush on Israel, again
U.S. President Bush said yesterday that Israel must remove the Jewish communities in Yesha. His spokesman later said that he meant only Gaza and the "unauthorized outposts."And thus once again when I've begun to be able to think warmly of him, GWB goes and says something that makes me cringe inside. Abu Mazen doesn't want that at all and he's said so. The PA needs armed forces to defeat terrorists? With all due respect, Mr. President, it is out from its armed forces that the PA has consistently sent terrorists.
Bush made the statement at a press conference with Jordan's King Hussein at his side. He had warm words for Abu Mazen, saying the PA Chief "wants to develop a state that will live in peace alongside Israel," and acknowledging that the PA needs armed forces and training to "defeat the terrorists who wish to stop the march to freedom."
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Carnegie Mellon Engineering: The Center for Industrial Studies
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Located in the legendary steel manufacturing hub of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon Engineering graduate school is in the heart of industrial research. Carnegie Mellon isn't just a graduate school for engineering, but the school also focuses on design and business that are tightly integrated into its College of Engineering.
- Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering has 1,429 full-time engineering students and 237 full-time staff and faculty.
- Students who attend Carnegie Mellon Engineering school have an average 3.69 GPA and average GRE scores are 750 in the quantitative section and 450 in the verbal section (on the old scale.) 3.5 is the average analytical writing scores on the GRE.
- Students can expect to pay $38,900 for each school year, which includes two full-time semesters.
- Carnegie requires students to take part in research, and students have their choice of 30 research centers on the campus.
- Carnegie's campus has been seen in movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The West Wing, and The Muppets Movie.
Student and Campus Life
Carnegie Mellon Engineering prides itself on diversity. The college has study abroad programs where students can study in other countries and share with other cultures. The school has a reputation for "innovation through collaboration," which it believes helps society as a whole. Carnegie Engineering is a competitive school, but it fosters competitiveness through team spirit and collaboration with other students.
Student Perspective
Carnegie has history behind it, and therefore, students can expect some tradition along with their studies. Because it's an engineering school, some traditions are focused on innovation. Buggy is a tradition where hand-held buggy devices are engineered and raced up to speeds of 35 miles per hour. Booth is a tradition that turns Morewood Gardens parking lot into a carnival of booths. Each booth has a theme such as "To Be a Kid Again" or the ever-popular Star Wars theme.
Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering is situated next to Schenley Park where students will find activities such as golf, tennis, running, soccer and swimming. Swimming is especially popular in the summer months when it's hot, but winters can bring snow.
Even with all of the campus activities, students need a break away from the school setting. The surrounding Pittsburgh area has plenty of bars and restaurants to enjoy for older and younger students. Bars popular with students include Ruggers Pub, McFaddens and Triangle Bar and Grill. Students who want a more relaxed atmosphere can choose from the many restaurants around the school including Underground, Lucca Ristorante, Ali Baba Restaurant, Union Grill and Eatunique.
Career Placement and Advising
Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering partners with several career centers to offer students a chance to have a competitive edge on career placement. These partnerships include Boeing, the National Security Agency (NSA), DropBox, Oracle, USAA, and Facebook.
For international students, the career center hosts events such as StudECE to help promote placement for students studying abroad. There is also on-campus recruiting, which is free to all engineering students looking for internships, a simple summer job or a part-time job during the semester.


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They say to be a writer, you just have to write. But if you've ever tried to "just write," you know it can be easier said than done. Perhaps you've got a great story to tell and you've already done a slew of research and character development, but you're overrun by the sheer volume of random index cards and sticky notes strewn across your writing area. Writing software can help you organize your notes, fill in the gaps and really pull your story together.
Perhaps you've only got a kernel of an idea, but you know it's a gem. With writing guides for character and story development, software for writers can help you shape your kernel into a story worth telling. And maybe you've just recently caught the writing bug: you want to write, but you're not sure what. Some of the applications also provide random writing prompts which will both jump-start your creativity and circumvent your writer's block. This software won't write your story for you, and it won't edit your writing, but it will help you organize your ideas and develop your storytelling skills.
Our top picks, WriteItNow, Writer's DreamKit and Power Writer, can help you do all this, and more. In our comparison you'll also find reviews of other applications that may meet your needs, as well as articles about writing software, including Get Published: Some Simple Advice. Our aim here is to compare beginner writing products, and most of the novel writing software packages we reviewed are designed to assist budding authors. If you're interested in more complex, professional programs, see our reviews of creative writing software.
Writing Software: What to Look For
The writing process can be an individual and personal one. So, the software that's right for you will depend on what you want to accomplish with it and how you prefer to work. Do you need a structured environment to push you toward your end result, or do you work better with more freedom to explore ideas and make connections? The best applications allow you to do both, but each program is definitely geared toward one end or the other. For example, WriteItNow allows for a high degree of note taking and linking ideas, while Writer's DreamKit provides very structured question-and-answer writing guidance.
The best writing software allows you to write, organize and learn all in one place. For our reviews, we looked at the organizational and word processing features of each software package, as well as the guidance each program gives to aspiring writers, including general writing help and specific character and story development assistance.
Some products have fully functional word processing capabilities, including a spell checker and the ability to format text any way you'd like. Other programs allow you instead to type and brainstorm within the program and then export your writing to a word processor of your choice. Top book writing software gives you the option to see your story organized graphically such as in a storyboard view or a color-coded timeline. Also look for access to basic writing tools like a dictionary and thesaurus. Features that allow you to keep notes on research and ideas (and then link those notes to your text) help keep you organized and make sure that all your brilliant ideas are easy to retrieve.
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Software for aspiring or beginning writers should include a lot of instruction and assistance. In some programs, this help takes the form of general tips on writing, story structure, character development, dialogue, etc. Other software takes a question-and-answer approach by asking you to respond to specific questions about your story and characters. Some novel writing software will even suggest a detailed story structure based on the answers to your questions or the type (or genre) of story you'd like to write.
Our top products also have extensive character development tools. In addition to random name generators, they include in-depth questions about your characters' attributes and motivations, as well as the ability to assign story roles to each character. Some applications allow you to assign graphics to each character, to give you a visual representation while you're writing. Organizing all that information about your characters in one place helps you keep your characters' actions grounded in who they are which makes for more believable characters and a story that rings true.
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In addition to helpful features and useful writing guides, your writing software should be relatively simple to use. Navigation should be straightforward and the organizational features should be usable and intuitive. All the fancy features in the world won't matter if you are unable to manage them. Your software should be a tool to help you write; using it should facilitate, not interrupt, your creativity.
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Look for help files within the program that teach you how to use it effectively. Additionally, just in case something goes wrong, it's important that the publisher offers contact information. Most provide contact via email, and some include a phone number for customer service or technical support.
The software for writers that we reviewed is aimed at helping beginning writers get organized, as well as develop their story ideas and writing skills. As you compare beginner writing products, you'll find that there's a piece of writing software that will meet your needs. The best writing software for you will depend on how you like to work and the kind of story development help you're seeking. The more organized and thoughtful you are about your storytelling, the more you'll write. And we all know that to be a writer, you have to write.


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New four-person Master Blaster™ water-coaster uphill waterslide will change the face of thrill ride history
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark announces the world's tallest, fastest and most extreme waterslide ever built – opening in summer 2013.
The new four-person raft Meg-a-Blaster speed-slide combines the best elements of Schlitterbahn's patented Master Blaster™ technology with the insane drops of a speed slide. This new category of attraction will shatter all existing records and tower over the current record holder, Insano at Beach Park located in Fortaleza, Brazil.
"To ensure the record-holding statistics of this new extreme attraction, we are not going to release final height and scope of the project until we are ready to welcome our first guests," explained Jeff Henry, Schlitterbahn co-owner and award-winning designer of world-class attractions. "This new Meg-a-Blaster speed-slide is going to wow our guests and is going to be a game changer for our industry. Our greatest challenge will be to find thrill seekers brave enough to ride."
Additional information will be released closer to the grand unveiling.
The park opens for the 2013 season on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Discount 2013 season passes are now on sale at schlitterbahn.com.
Parking and use of tubes and lifejackets is free, and guests are permitted to bring their own picnic baskets and coolers inside the park.
For more information, contact the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark office in Kansas City, Kansas, at 913.312.3110 or visit schlitterbahn.com.


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Steve Chiotakis: Greece's finance minister said today he will stick with his plan for the country to have a surplus by next year -- having more revenues
than the amount it spends. And he says that's going to help the country avoid international "blackmail and humiliation" -- his words. Greece's economy is expected to contract by 5.5 percent this year.
The BBC's Malcolm Brabant is with us now from Athens with the latest on the debt crisis there. Hi Malcolm.
Malcolm Brabant: Good morning.
Chiotakis: Why is this week so critical for Greece?
Brabant: It's absolutely critical because Greece really is running out of money. It's only got enough to last it until about the middle of October. And what the country desperately needs is to get its hands on the next tranche of money that was agreed during a bailout rescue package in 2010. It's expecting to get $11 billion -- that's what it needs to pay its bills, to pay things like civil service salaries and pensions. And if it doesn't get this money, it's going to be in servere trouble, and there's a real liklihood that the country will defualt.
Chiotakis: Greece's finance minister, Malcolm, lashed out at his European neighbors today -- saying that Greece was being made a scapegoat. Does he have a point?
Brabant: He's very upset that the Greece is being dictated to by the European Union and also the International Monetary Fund. And his defiance is not going to do Greece any favors, because he's due to have a conversation later on during the course of the day with international inspectors. And he needs to convince them that Greece is on the right path so that Greece can get the money it needs to avoid default. He's making some noise for domestic consumption in Greece, but he's aggravating the Europeans and also the IMF at the same time.
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Flower balm perfume, all my clothes smell like you
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I walk slowly when I'm on my own (Do you feel alive?)
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