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text: Decades ago my father gave me a 'refrigeration' thermometer that has served me well. It is about 6 inches long, filled with mercury, and has (important here) a metal tip at the bottom which quickly registers temp change in a liquid. It is quite accurate and very consistent. Since the advent of 'no mercury' it has been very difficult to replace this fine, simple instrument. I hope it does not break. I also have a Kodak process thermometer which I rarely use because of its extreme fragility and bulk. It serves as a good 'reference'. My question is this: with thermometers serving so very many uses in our world, where is the 'best' place to seek a similar thermometer like my 'refrigeration' one? I do not really like the 'glass enclosed', cheap thermometers that used to be sold for darkroom work because, without the metal tip at the bottom, the time it takes to read a temperature is too long. Assuming that one does not need 'within 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit' accuracy, just consistency, ease of use, and quickness of ability to register change, WHAT might one seek and WHERE might one look? Walking into a Walmart forces one to look in divers departments (home, kitchen, pharmacy; the list goes on). Life used to be easier before 'restrictions' took hold. (I have hoarded 400 100 Watt light bulbs!) - David Lyga

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Life-sized, free-standing cutouts of Hollywood icons, members portraying movie stars and characters from films, oversized Oscars holding arrangements of flowers and "swag bags" filled with special treats were all part of the "Oscar Party" as the Mathontes Club continued its yearlong study, "Hooray for Hollywood."
Life-sized, free-standing cutouts of Hollywood icons, members portraying movie stars and characters from films, oversized Oscars holding arrangements of flowers and "swag bags" filled with special treats were all part of the "Oscar Party" as the Mathontes Club continued its yearlong study, "Hooray for Hollywood."
The meeting was held recently at the Pine Bluff Country Club.
Renee Shapiro of Little Rock was a special guest. The Pine Bluff native is the first broadcast film critic in the state and co-hosts "Saturday Daybreak," which is seen on television station KATV (Channel 7) of Pine Bluff and Little Rock. She shared a variety of her experiences with movie stars and offered advice on selecting this year's Academy Awards winners.
Each guest was given an Oscar ballot and encouraged to make her best guess as to the Academy Award winners.
Catherine Anne Atkinson shared a history of the Oscars. The first Academy Awards first were given on May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Los Angeles. Fifteen Oscars were given out, and the ceremony took 15 minutes. Tickets cost $5 each.
The model for the original Oscar statuette in 1928 was Emilio Fernandez, a Mexican film director. It is said that he posed nude to model for the statuette, which was sculpted by George Stanley. The statuettes are about a foot tall and weigh 8 ½ pounds. There has only been a minor adjustment to the base from the original design.
The origin of the name Oscar is disputed. One biography of Bette Davis claims that she named the Oscar after her first husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson. One of the earliest mentions in print of the term Oscar dates back to a Time magazine article about the 1934 sixth Academy Awards.
Walt Disney is also quoted as thanking the Academy for his Oscar as early as 1932. Another claimed origin is that the Academy's executive secretary, Margaret Herrick, first saw the award in 1931 and made reference to its reminding her of her "Uncle Oscar," a nickname for her cousin Oscar Pierce. Columnist Sidney Skolsky was present during Herrick's naming and seized the name in his byline, "Employees have affectionately dubbed their famous statuette 'Oscar'." The trophy was officially dubbed the "Oscar" in 1939 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Since 1950, neither winners nor their heirs may sell an Oscar without first offering it back to the Academy for $1. If a winner refuses to agree to this stipulation, then the Academy keeps the statuette. Although some Oscar sales transactions have been successful, some buyers have subsequently returned the statuettes to the Academy, which keeps them in its treasury.
Literary agent Swifty Lazar is credited with hosting the first "Oscar Party" on April 16, 1964. He continued hosting the event until his death in 1993. After his death, Vanity Fair took on this party.
In keeping with the theme, each guest received a solid chocolate replica of the Oscar statue dipped in edible gold glitter; a mini picture frame adorned with Swarovski crystals holding a photo of a movie star; and a "swag bag" filled with a variety of goodies, including jewelry, perfume, sunglasses and mirrors.
Dessert crepes on crystal plates set atop gold chargers were served with champagne. Among the table decorations were oversized replicas of the Oscar statuette holding arrangements of hydrangeas, stargazer lilies, roses and tulips.
The hostesses were Susan Brown, Trudy Pascale, Norma Roberts and Harra Windsor. The program was arranged by Atkinson and Jody Henslee.
During the business session, Lela Murray was welcomed as a new member.
DiAnn Jones, club president, appointed Sue Smith as chairman of the nominating committee. Jones also announced that Sue Trulock and Susan Railsback were preparing a history of the club.


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A wide array of top-tier of artists have contributed a number of unreleased songs to the upcoming Every Mother Counts Vol. 2, the second album to benefit the organization of the same name. Every Mother Counts is an awareness and mobilization campaign to reduce the maternal mortality rate on a global scale, organized by model Christy Turlington Burns.
Burns is teaming with Starbucks to release the collection on May 1, which includes tracks from a wide range of top-tier musicians including David Bowie, Lauryn Hill, Beck, Coldplay, Sade and more. Bono and the Edge's acoustic Origin of the Species, Eddie Vedder's Skipping and husband-and-wife team Paul Simon and Edie Brickell teaming on Pretty Day are just a few of the unreleased songs to appear.
In all, 15 of the 19 songs are previously unheard.
"I went to friends first, as I did with the first CD," Turlington Burns tells Rolling Stone. "Bono and Chris Martin were great supporters of the project the first time around, and when I knew I wanted to include men on this album they were obvious choices. They are also both fathers to daughters. Others, such as Patti Smith and Rita Wilson, I've known for a long time, and some, like Edie Brickell and Paul Simon, I only met briefly but was a huge admirer. I generally wanted a diverse group of artists who were parents, or in the case of Edward Sharpe, who will be soon. We wanted to reach a broad audience on this issue with this particular project and with a range of perspectives."
The full track listing for the CD is as follows. Songs with an asterisk indicate previously unreleased tracks.
Bono and the Edge "Original of the Species" (acoustic) *
Eddie Vedder " Skipping" *
Paul Simon and Edie Brickell "Pretty Day" *
Faith Hill "Wish for You"
Sade "The Sweetest Gift"
Lauryn Hill "I Remember"
Rita Wilson "Baby I'm Yours" *
Diana Krall "Don't Fence Me In" *
Seal "Secret"
Dave Matthews Band "Sister" (live) *
Sting "Fragilidad"
Alanis Morissette "Magical Child" *
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros "Mother" *
David Bowie "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
Cedella Marley "Get Up Stand Up" *
Beck "Corrina, Corrina" *
Rufus Wainwright "Instead of the Dead" *
Patti Smith "Somalia" *
Coldplay "Yellow" (acoustic) *


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Osama Alomar, in his poetic fictions, embodies the wisdom of Kahlil Gibran filtered through the violent gray absurdity of Assad's police state. Fullblood Arabian is the first English publication of Alomar's strange, often humorously satirical allegories, where good and evil battle with indifference, avarice, and compassion in striking imagery and effervescent language.
Lydia Davis on Osama Alomar in The New Yorker.published January 27th, 2014
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Camelot Reports On Sales Increase
Families all over Britain facing the effects of the global financial troubles are purchasing more and more lottery tickets in the optimistic expectations of a big jackpot win changing their lives. New sales figures have come to light yesterday following Camelot Group's strategy to grow sales responsibly by encouraging people to play but still spend relatively small amounts.
The new figures revealed by Camelot display an increase in sales of one fifth to £3.2 billion (€3.8 billion) in the six months ending September 24th. This is one of Camelot's most successful interim periods and places them 7th on the list of most profitable lottery organisers in the world.
With this big rise in sales Camelot have also reported on an increase in money donated to good causes. Good causes have received £918.3 million (€1.1 billion) up from £784.8 million(€948 million) in the previous year. It warms the heart to know that while only a lucky few win the jackpot, there are millions of others less fortunate that still benefit from the ticket sales.
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It's good to hear so many good charity causes gets a nice slice of the pie here. But, it's such a flawed premise. In more desperate times, I suppose people will take more risk thinking the only chance they have of getting rich is the lottery. Instead, that money they blow every week could be invested and do better or spent on something worthwhile. I'm not sure I like the idea of agencies pushing people to spend on it, even in small amounts. Could be a slippery slope.
I always thought the lottery was a tax on people who can't do math. Maybe it's just a way for people to have a nice fantasy about getting lucky and winning big. Odds are, though, you should stick with reality. You won't be disappointed.


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DNA Replication and Recombination (Z2)
DNA replication and recombination are common to all cells. Errors in these processes lead to many diseases in humans, including cancer, and many fundamental questions are still unresolved. Due to recent technical advances in microscopy and other techniques, these dynamic processes can now be studied in time and space in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Moreover, breakthroughs in the biochemical reconstitution of processes in DNA replication and recombination repair as well as single particle electron microscopy promise to reveal new mechanisms at near-atomic resolution; and new DNA sequencing technologies make it possible to study these key processes in great details. Mechanistic similarities across the three domains of life provide new basic principles while differences identify potential targets for therapeutic intervention. The Keystone Symposia "Replication and Recombination" meeting has historically been one of the premiere meetings in this field and one of the very few that brings together scientists working in replication and recombination across all life forms. Because of the close relationship between DNA replication and recombination and their importance for genome stability, this meeting will be held jointly with the Keystone Symposia meeting on "Genomic Instability." Talks at the "Replication and Recombination" meeting will focus on the mechanism and regulation of these processes, with an emphasis on multiple organisms and multiple approaches. Talks in joint sessions will center on the metabolism of stalled replication forks and the importance of chromatin in replication, recombination and genome stability.
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The meeting will begin on Sunday, April 2 with registration from 16:00 to 20:00 and a welcome mixer from 18:00 to 20:00. Conference events conclude on Thursday, April 6 with a closing plenary session from 17:00 to 19:00, followed by a social hour and entertainment. We recommend return travel on Friday, April 7 in order to fully experience the meeting.
Condensin-Based Chromosome Organization
Mechanisms of Replication-Coupled Repair
Structure and Function of the Eukaryotic Replisome
Short Talk: The Escherichia coli RarA Protein is Involved in the Switch between DNA Replication and Translesion Synthesis in vivo
When RNA Meets DNA: Dangerous Liaisons in the Genome
Cryo-EM Approaches to Understanding the Eukaryotic Replisome
Short Talk: Hrq1, The Yeast Homolog of RecQ4, Inhibits Telomerase Activity on Long Telomeres
Structural Insights into Translesion DNA Polymerases
Short Talk: Rad51-Mediated Double-Strand Break Repair and Mismatch Correction of Highly Diverged Substrates
Short Talk: Single-Molecule Imaging of Non-Homologous End Joining
Mechanical Transitions in Long Duplex Telomere DNA Molecules
Short Talk: Dynamic Chromatin Superstructures Safeguard Integrity of Nuclear Compartments Challenged by DNA Breakage
Ontogeny of Genome Rearrangements in Budding Yeast
Replication Fork Cleavage Occurs within 100bp from Local ATM Signaling of Site-Specific DNA Replication Block in Human Cells
Recombination and BLM Helicase Compensate for Replication Fork Defects in the Absence of 53BP1 Protein
Mechanisms of RNA-Transcript Templated DNA Recombinational Repair Promoted by RAD52
Regulation of the Conserved Chromatin Remodeler Fun30SMARCAD1 at DNA Double-Strand Breaks
Mechanisms for Counting and Handoff by Human DNA Primase- A Role for the 4Fe-4S Cluster?
The RTR Complex Partner RMI2 and the DNA Helicase RTEL1 Are Both Independently Involved in Preserving the Stability of 45S rDNA Repeats in Arabidopsis thaliana
DNA Recognition Features of Human Holliday Junction Resolvase GEN1
The BRD4-NUT Fusion Protein from Nut-Midline Carcinoma modulates DNA Damage Signaling and Ionizing Radiation Response
Ionizing Radiation Resistance in Experimentally Evolved Escherichia coli Populations
SNF2 Family Protein Fft3 Suppresses Nucleosome Turnover to Promote Epigenetic Inheritance and Proper Replication
Progressive Genomic Instability and Telomere Erosion in Human Cells following Inactivation of a Single MCM10 Allele
Histone Degradation in Response to DNA Damage Enhances Chromatin Dynamics and Recombination Rates
Components of the DNA Damage Response Pathway, ATR and ATM, Modulate Chromatin Insulator Activity through Phosphorylation of Histone H2Av at Insulator Sites
Coordination of ATPase and Polymerase Activities of Drosophila DNA Polymerase Theta during Interstrand Crosslink and Alternative End-Joining Repair of Double-Strand Breaks
BLM and SLX4 Play Opposing Roles in Recombination-Dependent Replication at Human Telomeres
Breaking and Chewing DNA during Meiosis
Linking Replication and Meiotic Recombination Initiation in Mammals
Short Talk: The Function of the Shu Complex and the Rad51 Paralogs in Repair of Replication Intermediate by Promotion of Rad51 Presynaptic Filament Assembly
Protecting the Genome by Homologous Recombination
Short Talk: Replication Fork Reversal Triggers Fork Degradation in BRCA2-Defective Cells
Effects of Altered RNA Processing on Genome Stability and the Proteome
Short Talk: R-Loop Formation is a Hallmark of Active Early Replication Origins in Mammalian Genomes
An RNA-Based Genome Immune System Safeguards Genome Stability
Short Talk: Prokaryotic Argonautes and their Potential as New Molecular Tools
Short Talk: DNA Polymerase eta Sensitizes Cells to Nucleotide Pool Deprivation in Absence of RNase H
Short Talk: Double-Strand Break Repair by Transcript RNA Is Stimulated by Rad52 and Requires Limited End Resection
Shaping Chromatin in the Nucleus, the Bricks and the Architects
Regulation of DNA Repair in Heterochromatin and Euchromatin
Short Talk: DNA-Mediated Association of Two Histone-Bound CAF-1 Complexes Drives Tetrasome Assembly in the Wake of DNA Replication
RNAi Promotes Heterochromatic Silencing through Replication-Coupled Release of RNA Polymerase II
The Control of Initiation of Meiotic Recombination by PRDM9
Short Talk: Replication Stress Shapes a Protective Chromatin Environment Across Fragile Genomic Regions
DNA End Resection and Repair Pathway Choice
Nej1 Regulates Repair Pathway Choice by Inhibiting Dna2-Sgs1 Mediated Resection
Short Talk: Multi-Invasions Are Recombination Byproducts that Induce Chromosomal Rearrangements
Single-Molecule Studies of Recombination Pathways
Short Talk: RAD51 Paralog XRCC2 Suppresses Pathological Replication Fork Progression
Double-Strand Break Repair Factors and R-Loop-Mediated Genomic Instability
Regulation of Replication Fork Stability by Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins
Chromatin Regulation of the DNA Damage Response
Short Talk: DNA Damage Causes¬ Rapid Accumulation of Phosphoinositides to Recruit ATR but not ATM
Short Talk: Salmonella Typhimurium forms Biofilms on Solid Tumors
Imaging Individual Replisomes Reveals Independence and Decoupling of Polymerases During Replication
Chromatin Replication and Epigenome Maintenance
Short Talk: Restoration of Fork Stability in BRCA1- and BRCA2-Deficient Cells
Smc5/6-Mediated Control of Recombinational Repair is Critical for Genome Duplication
Short Talk: FANCD2 Facilitates DNA Replication through Common Fragile Sites
Short Talk: Kinetic Analysis of Lagging Strand Replication and Okazaki Fragment Maturation
Short Talk: How the Eukaryotic Replisome Responds to DNA Damage in the Leading- and Lagging-Strand Templates
An Integrated ATR, ATM and mTOR-Mechanical Network Controlling Nuclear Plasticity and Cell Migration
Nuclear Organization and Chromatin Status Modulate Homologous Recombination Efficiency and Outcome
Short Talk: Highways for Repair: Nuclear Myosins and Actin Filaments Relocalize Heterochromatic DNA Breaks to the Nuclear Periphery
How the Nuclear Membrane Controls Genome Function
Short Talk: DNA Damage Increases Chromatin Stiffening in Budding Yeast
Short Talk: Chromosome Bridge Resolution Requires Mechanical Forces from Actin-Based Contractility
Short Talk: Mitotic Errors Promote Chromosome Shattering and DNA Break Repair by Non-Homologous End Joining
Mechanism and Timing of Mcm2-7 Ring Closure During Origin Licensing
DNA Replication in the Archaea
Short Talk: A New Bacterial Replication Origin Element Specifies Single-Strand Initiator Binding
The Conserved Role of Rif1 as a Substrate-Targeting Subunit of Protein Phosphatase 1
Short Talk: MTBP Is an Essential Replication Initiation Factor with Vertebrate-Specific and Sld7-Like Features
Single-Molecule Analysis of mtDNA Replication Uncovers the Basis of the Common Deletion
Short Talk: Characterization of the Interplay between DNA Repair and CRISPR/Cas9-Induced DNA Lesions at an Endogenous Locus
Mechanistic Insights into Telomere Dysfunction Disorders
Short Talk: MUS81 Nuclease Activity Is Essential for Replication Stress Tolerance and Chromosome Segregation in BRCA2-Deficient Cells
Short Talk: Histone H3G34R Mutation Causes Replicative Stress, Defective Homologous Recombination and Genomic Instability in Fission Yeast
Physical Mechanisms for Initiating DNA Replication in Cells
Stress Response at the Replication Fork
Short Talk: Characterizing Replisome Ubiquitination upon Fork Stalling
DNA Breaks and End-Resection Measured Genome-Wide by End Sequencing (END-seq)
Coordination of DNA Damage Bypass with Genome Replication and Checkpoint Signaling
Short Talk: DNA Replication Compensation: A Two Steps Mechanism
Active Sliding Clamp Opening in Three Steps
DNA Replication Timing during Development Anticipates Transcriptional Programs and Parallels Enhancer Activation
Robust Replication Control by Temporal Gaps between Licensing and Firing Phases
Super-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging of DNA Replication Intermediates
Transcription Promotes Replication Fork Rotation and Double-Stranded DNA Intertwining via a Cohesin-Dependent Pathway
DDK-Mediated Regulation of the deSUMOylating Enzyme Ulp2 Facilitates DNA Replication Initiation
Epigenetics-Enabled MRE11 Replication Restart by p53 Promotes Replication Pathway Homeostasis to Suppress Opportunistic Transcription Reprogramming
SPRTN Is a Novel Mammalian Protease with the Central Role in DNA Replication-Coupled DNA-Protein Crosslink Repair
Single-Chromosome Aneuploidy Commonly Functions as a Tumor Suppressor but Can Drive Genome Evolution
TOPBP1 Cooperate with TCOF1/Treacle in the Nucleolar Response to DNA Double-Strand Breaks
Telomere Replication in the Absence of Telomerase: Failure, Repair and Adaptation
The AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 Extracts Sterically Trapped Ku70/80 Rings from DNA in Double-Strand Break Repair
Cytosine Deamination Mediates R-Loop Dependent CAG Repeat Fragility and Instability
Auto-PARylation Switches PARP1 Search Mechanism from Three-Dimensional Diffusion to Anomalous One-Dimensional Sliding
Molecular Functions and Single Molecule Studies of BRCA1, BRCA2, and RAD51 Paralogs
Processing of DNA Double-Strand Breaks for Repair by Homologous Recombination
Short Talk: Microhomology-Mediated Tandem Duplications form at Tus/Ter-Stalled Replication Forks in BRCA1 Mutant Cells
Unresolved Recombination Intermediates as a Source of DNA Breaks and Chromosome Aberration
How Shelterin Solves the Telomere End-Protection Problem
The Molecular Basis for the Centromere Spring
Short Talk: Regulation of DNA Repair Pathway Choice in S/G2 by the NHEJ Inhibitor CYREN
Telomeric Control of Kinetochore Assembly and Nuclear Envelope Breakdown
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A new wave of car bombings hits Baghdad
- By Mary Casey-Baker<p> Mary Casey-Baker is the editor of Foreign Policy's Middle East Daily Brief, as well as the assistant director of public affairs at the Project on Middle East Political Science and assistant editor of The Monkey Cage blog for the Washington Post. </p> , Joshua Haber
A wave of car bombings across the Iraqi capital of Baghdad during the Monday morning rush hour has killed an estimated 54 people and injured dozens more. An estimated 14 seemingly coordinated bombings hit markets and parking lots targeting mainly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad. The most severe attack hit a vegetable market near a gathering point for day laborers in the eastern district of Sadr City. The car bombing killed seven people, including two soldiers, and wounded 75 others. Monday's attacks came after a suicide bomber killed at least 40 people Sunday at a Shiite funeral at a mosque in the town of Mussayab, about 40 miles south of Baghdad. Also on Sunday, a double suicide car bombing targeted the security forces headquarters and interior ministry in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region, killing at least 11 people. While there has been a dramatic recent surge of violence across Iraq, Sunday's attack in Erbil was the first to hit the autonomous Kurdish region since a truck bombing in 2007 targeted the same security complex.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Syria Friday night, launching an international effort at containing and destroying Syria's chemical weapons arsenal. The resolution includes two legally binding demands, namely that the Syrian government relinquish its chemical weapons stockpile and that international chemical weapons inspectors be given unrestricted access. The Security Council vote came after the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) agreed on a plan to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons by the middle of 2014. The OPCW said it will begin inspecting sites in Syria by Tuesday. Additionally, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced a tentative date in mid-November for a long-delayed peace conference in Geneva. However, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Syrian government officials would not participate in talks with the main opposition Syrian National Coalition because it supported a proposed U.S. military strike on Syria. Meanwhile, Syria's neighboring countries have requested international assistance for dealing with the soaring refugee crisis. Representatives from Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq met with the UN refugee agency Monday in Geneva seeking financial support and searching for other countries to host some of the most vulnerable refugees.
- A Bahrain court has sentenced 50 Shiite Muslim activists for up to 15 years in prison accusing them of involvement in the February 14 Coalition that worked to overthrow the government.
- In efforts to end Tunisia's political crisis, the Islamist-led government has agreed to resign after negotiations expected to begin next week, which will be mediated by the UGTT labor union.
- Suspected al Qaeda gunmen dressed as security officers reportedly seized an army base Monday in the port city of al-Mukalla killing an estimated three Yemeni soldiers and possibly capturing an army commander.
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'The American-Iraqi Encounter' (Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy)
"The absence of Iraqi voices from American discussions about Iraq over the last decade has long been a major shortcoming. The bookshelf of English-language books about the decade of war with Iraq overflows with accounts of Washington inter-agency battles, General David Petraeus, American soldiers in the field, General David Petraeus, and General David Petraeus. Some are excellent, some less excellent. But very few of them seriously incorporate the experiences, views, or memories of Iraqis themselves — a problem of American-centric analysis which I termed 'strategic narcissism.'
And so, on Thursday, October 3, I'm proud to be hosting a really fascinating and hopefully important conference at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University called 'The Encounter.' Each panel at the full-day event will include both Iraqi students who lived in Iraq during some of the years of the war and American students who served those same years in the U.S. military in Iraq (including several Tillman Military Scholars). The keynote lunch session will feature a discussion about American policy and the Iraqi experience between me, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Colin Kahl and the Iraqi historian Abbas Kadhim. The agenda is open-ended, and the discussions about how Americans and Iraqis viewed one another should be extremely frank and direct."
'The Shadow Commander' (Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker)
"Suleimani took command of the Quds Force fifteen years ago, and in that time he has sought to reshape the Middle East in Iran's favor, working as a power broker and as a military force: assassinating rivals, arming allies, and, for most of a decade, directing a network of militant groups that killed hundreds of Americans in Iraq. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Suleimani for his role in supporting the Assad regime, and for abetting terrorism. And yet he has remained mostly invisible to the outside world, even as he runs agents and directs operations. 'Suleimani is the single most powerful operative in the Middle East today,' John Maguire, a former C.I.A. officer in Iraq, told me, 'and no one's ever heard of him.'
When Suleimani appears in public — often to speak at veterans' events or to meet with Khamenei — he carries himself inconspicuously and rarely raises his voice, exhibiting a trait that Arabs call khilib, or understated charisma. 'He is so short, but he has this presence,' a former senior Iraqi official told me. 'There will be ten people in a room, and when Suleimani walks in he doesn't come and sit with you. He sits over there on the other side of room, by himself, in a very quiet way. Doesn't speak, doesn't comment, just sits and listens. And so of course everyone is thinking only about him.' "
'Imagining a Remapped Middle East' (Robin Wright, International Herald Tribune)
"The map of the modern Middle East, a political and economic pivot in the international order, is in tatters. Syria's ruinous war is the turning point. But the centrifugal forces of rival beliefs, tribes and ethnicities — empowered by unintended consequences of the Arab Spring — are also pulling apart a region defined by European colonial powers a century ago and defended by Arab autocrats ever since.
A different map would be a strategic game changer for just about everybody, potentially reconfiguring alliances, security challenges, trade and energy flows for much of the world, too.
Syria's prime location and muscle make it the strategic center of the Middle East. But it is a complex country, rich in religious and ethnic variety, and therefore fragile. After independence, Syria reeled from more than a half-dozen coups between 1949 and 1970, when the Assad dynasty seized full control. Now, after 30 months of bloodletting, diversity has turned deadly, killing both people and country. Syria has crumbled into three identifiable regions, each with its own flag and security forces. A different future is taking shape: a narrow statelet along a corridor from the south through Damascus, Homs and Hama to the northern Mediterranean coast controlled by the Assads' minority Alawite sect. In the north, a small Kurdistan, largely autonomous since mid-2012. The biggest chunk is the Sunni-dominated heartland.
Syria's unraveling would set precedents for the region, beginning next door. Until now, Iraq resisted falling apart because of foreign pressure, regional fear of going it alone and oil wealth that bought loyalty, at least on paper. But Syria is now sucking Iraq into its maelstrom."
–Mary Casey & Joshua Haber


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I rarely do brunch, but when I do I like to feel fancy. Tea Room Cafe is a perfect example of an environment that can make you feel fancy at 10:30 in the morning while simply having eggs and coffee. If you are unaware, Tea Room Cafe is a brunch restaurant located in downtown Petaluma, which is approximately 45 minutes north of San Francisco. My friends are huge fans of this place, but unfortunately I have been unable to attend with them every time they have gone. Commonly, I am not free on the mornings they go. However, one morning I finally had a time slot to go and I was very pleased I did.
Right away as you enter, you receive a comforting small town feel in the environment. In my opinion, the decor in the restaurant was simple yet able to still give a calming vibe.
When coming inside, the customers are requested to order their food first at the register before seating. This place is very popular so when we arrived the line was pretty long. In fact, the line came all the way to the doorway. The tables were also all taken and there were a few people standing around waiting for soon-to-be-available-tables. This made me feel worried at first, but my friends told me customers usually come and go pretty quickly. Thankfully, they were right because we were able to find an open table outside within five minutes after ordering.
The good thing about this place is their menu is written in huge letters at the front of the register. Since I had to wait in line for about 10 minutes, I was able to plan and figure out what I wanted easily before hitting the register.
As mentioned earlier, I like to feel fancy when I go out for brunch. Therefore, I ordered my first ever mimosa as my complimentary drink to my dish.
The drink was good and I was able to taste the champagne inside easily. However, the only issue I had with it was how small the drink was. I have never ordered a mimosa before so I have no clue how big these drinks usually are, but I was still hoping for more. Regardless, it is still a tasty drink.
As for my meal, I ordered their Blackstone Eggs Benedict, which came with tomato; applewood smoked bacon; and roasted red tomatoes. This was a very good dish. The eggs were cooked well, the hollandaise sauce was very flavorful, and the bacon was crispy to my delight. However, the highlight of this dish was surprisingly their roasted red tomatoes. For some reason, I couldn't stop eating these sides in the beginning. I kept eating one after the other non-stop without touching my eggs Benedict. In fact, I ate all of them and some of my friends before giving the main dish a touch. The roasted red tomatoes were very good especially when mixing with the hollandaise sauce. The texture and flavor combination was very difficult to put down. In reality, the eggs Benedict is still something to recommend, but if you are able to get the roasted red tomatoes as a side I highly recommend it. If I had to make a comparison, those potatoes were basically like potato chips to me. Once you have one, you can't stop until your friend yells at you to share with the others. Therefore, get these!
Overall, I liked my experience at Tea Room Cafe. The environment was very comforting and the food were surprisingly good as well. I, highly, recommend to come in a group. It will allow you to share dishes and try their other meals… or steal your friend's roasted red potatoes.
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She Goes From Warm To Cold As Ice
get your magnifying glassNow, if you had been able to apply the principles of "The System" to this situation when you and this girl had first met, we would now have an easier time deciphering what her true motivations are. But since you started being a Challenge only after she had initially rejected you, the situation is a bit more confusing than it might otherwise be.
But acting like detectives on Law and Order , we will examine the 4 possible explanations for her confusing behavior:
Her feelings went back and forthOne, you used Challenge very effectively and turned her around. But when she showed real romantic interest in you, you got too excited and went back to your old non-Challenging ways. Once you did that, you brought her Interest Level [degree of love] back down South where it started, and there will be no third chance for you.
Accuracy probability rating for this explanation: 8%.
She's testing youTwo, you've been a Challenge all along (since your awakening), and now she's just testing you to see if you lose it and go back to your old ways and start coming on heavy again. (But if that's the case, you've got a gal who's so insecure that she has to keep having her partner jump through hoops, which disqualifies her as a potential girlfriend.)
Accuracy probability rating for this explanation: 5%.
She wants to control youThree, after she rejected you in the beginning, her Interest Level stayed in the basement and never moved up at all. But when you became a Challenge, you ruffled her ego. She didn't like that you had stopped groveling and didn't enjoy losing control over you. So she flirted with you and seduced you into thinking that she had grown romantic feelings for you.
Then when she knew that she had you back under her spell, she acted disinterested again so she could have the pleasure of confusing you and hurting you. Thus she was able to put you back in your place and demonstrate to you that you shouldn't try to beat her at her own game.
Although I may sound quite cynical here, the truth is that some women do this sort of thing and get away with it! Still, I really don't think that your girl fits this description. She seems to be more of an innocent type. But as a love detective, I have to look at all the possibilities.
So, accuracy probability rating for this explanation: 2%.
The most probable explanation...


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By the numbers Android and iOS are the two leading mobile platforms, together accounting for nearly 98% of mobile traffic on UW web services. With the successful launch of SpaceScout for iOS we felt it was time to start looking into designing for the Android platform.
I wanted to avoid the common pitfall of designing from a previously existing iOS app and simply porting the iOS experience to the Android platform, such as the epicurious app shown above. While Android and iOS share many of the same basic UI elements, gestural controls, and navigation patterns there are differences that must be considered. Most Android users will notice when an app isn't designed specifically for Android, usually due to the presence of styles and interactions borrowed from other platforms. Based on an analysis and comparison of the Android Design Guide and the iOS Human Interface Guide here is a list of the main differences and unique elements of Android. Hopefully by the end of this post you should be able to spot the errors in the epicurious design.
"Back" Navigation
iOS users are familiar with seeing a distinct back button on the upper left of the navigation bar. It appears when users proceed past the first level hierarchy of the app and serves as a way to get back to the main or previous view. It normally appears as a standard rectangular button, with the left edge shaped into an arrow pointing left.
Android devices have two built in methods for accomplishing this sort of navigation: the "Up" button and the system "back" button. The Up button appears in the upper left of the main action bar where the app icon is located. When a user navigates out of the main view of an app, the Up button appears allowing them to easily go back one level in the app.
The Back button, a system button persistent on all screens, accomplishes a similar but slightly different navigation. The Back button is used to navigate through the history of screens the user has recently navigated through, even outside of the current app. So it may at times take the user to the same screen as the Up button, but is not limited to the app hierarchy. This can be confusing and is explained in great detail in the navigation section of the Android guidelines. This image from the guide illustrates the basic idea:
A spinner is an Android UI element designed to allow an item to be selected from a set. Spinners are a versatile and can be used in many different situations.
One common usage is for data selection in forms, allowing the user to select a single item from a list. This is typically used to label data, such as setting a new contact to either "Home" or "Work" in the standard contacts app. This functionality is closely related to the iOS picker.
Spinners can also allow for action selection from a list. This resembles the iOS action sheet method for selecting an action. A good example of this can be seen in "reply" selection in gmail.
Yet another usage for Spinners is to switch views on a set of data. A spinner being used for this purpose is in the calendar app where a spinner allows for easy switching between day, week, and monthly views. This behavior of spinners is more closely related to segmented control element on iOS.
Tab Navigation
Tabs in Android are quite similar to the iOS counterpart with the notable difference being placement. It is recommended that they appear at the top of the screen as part of the top bar, rather than the bottom as in iOS. This is mainly to avoid tap conflicts with the system buttons.
A second unique quality of Android tabs is the ability to use scrollable tabs. This modified version of the standard tab bar enables for 4 or more tabs to be comfortably used in an app. iOS guidelines recommend up to 5 tabs, or when 5+ are required 4 plus a "more" tab to see the remaining options. An example of scrollable tabs in action can be seen in the Play store app.
Screen Size
A final area where Android has a significant divergence from iOS is with screen size and resolution. Due to the Android's open nature, many mobile phone manufacturers have adopted Android as their OS of choice. Android device manufacturers put out dozens of phones to target different needs and niches, resulting in a huge fragmentation of device capability and specifications. There is no standard Android screen size or resolution. The fragmentation of screen size and resolution is discussed in detail in this blog post from Open Signal last year. This is quite different from iOS devices, which are heavily standardized and therefore easy to predict the users screen size and resolution.
This means that extra consideration is needed when laying out app views. You must ensure app layouts are both fluid and flexible enough to work on different devices ranging from 3" screens of older dives to 5"+ inch HD displays of newer devices like the Note II.
Designing for Android is of course no different than designing for any other platform. It has its own unique qualities and quirks, but with a solid understanding of the unique elements and interaction guidelines you can begin to create great experiences. There are always exceptions to the rules, even those listed above, but generally the one guideline to follow is to avoid mimicking other platforms. This is an easy mistake to make, especially when designing with an iOS app already released and in use. Android apps have the potential to provide as great of an experience as any other platform and the key to this is fully utilizing the unique qualities Android has to offer.
If you need further Android inspiration in either UX or visual design here are some great resources:
- Android Niceties – A collection of screenshots encompassing some of the most beautiful looking Android apps.
- Android UX – A collection of Android UX examples grouped by task/interaction.
- Android App Patterns – Categorized Android interaction patterns


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DEAR AMY: I have been in the medical practice for 40 years and have seen many human problems and triumphs.
One of the worst problems that ruins family happiness and integrity arises from unequal wills.
This happened in my family. It has been unexpected, shocking and horrible. There wasn't an overwhelmingly large estate, and the family is financially stable, but the emotional distress has caused a huge rift.
My advice to families is to create wills and keep all intentions transparent.
Do this before problems arise, and have a third party to mediate.
A shocking will after a loved one is gone creates chaos and despair.
It forces one to question the honesty and love of all involved and leaves the survivors bereft.
My advice to people is to take care of their family in the kindest way possible when writing a will — by reflecting on what will happen after they're gone.
DEAR DOC: I receive many queries about family tension over wills, and it is rarely about money but about emotional equity, the feeling that they haven't been treated fairly.
I agree that it is a good idea to be open about this earlier in the process. People near the end of life often are vulnerable to coercion, and I can understand why people don't want to share the details.
DEAR AMY: Your response to "Terrified Twin" concerned me. Terrified recounted a story that his/her parents had left home for the weekend, and the twin had a party with drinking.
At 17, they are as little as a year away from moving out of the house for college or their first apartment. Heck, I graduated early and moved to California when I was 17.
How would never allowing them to be unsupervised benefit them? Children who have been coddled become wild when they leave home.
A better course of action would be to discuss the dangers, give consequences and warn that next time there will be surprise check-ins from a neighbor.
I was baby-sitting overnight at 14. What kind of generation are we raising that can't be left overnight until they are legal adults? No wonder they aren't leaving the nest until 30; they have never been given the opportunity to take responsibility for themselves.
Surprised in Oregon
DEAR SURPRISED: I stand by my assertion that high school students should not be left home alone overnight. This does not have to do with "coddling" them. My reasoning is that teens of this age and stage are as vulnerable as toddlers, except they can drink, drive, be sexually active and can do a lot more damage.
Like you, I was out of the house and on my own at age 17. Leaving home is different from being left at home. Parents/homeowners are legally responsible. Teens left at home are also vulnerable to be victims of crimes.
None of this diminishes the vital role of "natural consequences." Kids should be trusted, and they will take risks and make mistakes, but there are myriad ways to foster independence that don't involve the risk of leaving them to their own devices while the parents are away.
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Pennywise Collect Early Material for 'Nineteen Eighty Eight' Collection
Published Jan 07, 2016
A press release notes that the upcoming compendium brings together the band's A Word from the Wise 7-inch from 1989, 1992's follow-up EP Wildcard and three songs the group had submitted to the Soul Arch comp in 1994. All of these tracks had previously been issued through Theologian Records, with the two 7-inches having previously been collected on CD by that label in 1992.
The album focuses on the Hermosa Beach melodic hardcore crew's first professional recordings. It's added that the A Word from the Wise record would be passed on to Epitaph Records head Brett Gurewitz, who would later sign the band and issue their self-titled debut in 1991. Pennywise have released 11 studio albums through Epitaph, though 2008's Reason to Believe was handled by the imprint in Europe only.
In addition to early originals, Nineteen Eighty Eight also includes a punky cover of Ben E. King's classic "Stand By Me" and a run-through of Black Flag's "Gimme Gimme Gimme." You'll find the full tracklisting for Nineteen Eighty Eight and a stream of its "No Way Out" and "Gone" down below.
Nineteen Eighty Eight is being pressed up in various vinyl colourways, with pre-order info explaining the swatches further over here.
Nineteen Eighty Eight:
1. Final Chapters
2. Covers
3. Depression
4. No Way Out
5. Gone
6. Wild Card
7. Maybes
8. Stand By Me (Ben E King)
9. Tomorrow
10. Don't Feel Nothing
11. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (Black Flag)


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Jo didn't know how much longer she could lie there, motionless. The lights had only been out for ten minutes at the most, but it felt like ages. She wasn't used to this, sharing a bed with someone. She had never realized what a restless sleeper she must be; she wanted to turn over, scratch her nose, pull off her socks, adjust her pillow. But she couldn't, she was frozen still, flat on her back, doing her best not to brush the shoulder of the person at her side.
She closed her eyes, and opened them back up a few seconds later. This was going to be a long night. What did people do to fall asleep? Usually when her head hit the pillow, she was out. Should she count sheep? Count the number of tiles on the darkened ceiling? That sounded more boring than just lying their and trying to keep still, which was hard enough as it was. She closed her eyes again and concentrated on being drowsy.
Eventually she drifted off, until some small movement and a scratchy sound pulled her mind back awake with a start. Had she actually been asleep? Not much time could have passed - the same beam of moonlight was still a few feet above the headboard and she was still in the same rigid position. She heard the scratchy sound again and turned her head a fraction of an inch to get a glimpse of the person lying to her left.
Blair was playing with her bangs. Naturally. Blair couldn't go five minutes without toying with her hair during the day, why should it be any different at night? She only used one hand, combed through them, fluffed them up, and repeated the process as she stared absently at the ceiling.
Jo watched this go on for at least five minutes. She wanted to tell Blair to cut it out, but Tootie and Natalie were asleep across the room, and it was a known fact that she couldn't keep her voice down where Blair's hair was concerned. After some consideration she finally reached over, took hold of Blair's wrist, and pulled it down to her side.
"Oh," Blair started, and Jo could hear the surprise in her voice. "Sorry, I didn't know you were awake."
"How can I not be awake? You've been preening yourself for the last ten minutes," Jo whispered, irritated. She turned her head back up to the ceiling and closed her eyes. She kept hold of Blair's wrist, as a statement to keep still, which is why she was confused when she heard the same scratchy sound several minutes later. She opened her eyes and turned her head again.
Blair was playing with her bangs with her other hand.
Jo gritted her teeth and reached over, pulling Blair's other hand down away from her hair.
"Knock it off, or I'm going to knock your lights out," Jo whispered threateningly.
Blair huffed in annoyance. "Sorry." She attempted to pull her wrists out of Jo's grasp, but Jo held her hands at her side. "It's not my fault," Blair was muttering. Jo tried to tune her out but Blair kept talking. "We wouldn't even be in this situation if you hadn't left that nasty old tire on your mattress."
Jo tried to keep her voice low. "It's not my fault you locked yourself in here for two hours to try on your entire wardrobe, or that tire wouldn't have ruined my mattress in the first place."
Blair sighed. "Let's not have this fight again."
"Fine," Jo said through gritted teeth. "Then go to sleep." She turned her face away from Blair and stared through the darkness at her empty, mattress-less bed frame just a few feet away.
"Fine," Blair retorted. "Will you kindly unhand me so I can try to get some sleep?"
Jo wasn't sure why she didn't let go right away, only that it was an interesting feeling, having her fingers wrapped around Blair's wrists. They were bony, unlike the rest of her. Jo hesitated, but Blair pulled against her grasp and managed to get herself free.
Her hands empty, Jo pulled her side of the covers up under her chin, an uncertain, uncomfortable feeling settling over her. "Sorry," she muttered.
Blair was silent, aside from the emission of a small, weary sigh, which Jo figured was as close to silent as Blair could ever get.
The room was quiet, and Jo's eyes were just beginning to drift shut, until the mattress shifted and the blankets begin rustling and slowly began being pulled in the other direction.
"What are you doing?" she demanded without even opening her eyes.
Blair sighed again. "It's too hot in this room."
Instead of attempting to steal the covers, Blair was trying to push them down to the end of the bed, using her feet to gather and drag them down off herself.
"It's not hot, it's February," Jo said severely, holding tight to her side of the blanket so it didn't get jerked away.
"It may be February, but this room is a sauna." She kicked at the blankets and eventually got them completely off her legs, while Jo gripped her side in tight fists.
Blair continued to fidget, pushing at the comforter which was now in a tangle at her feet, until Jo hissed "Stop!" and lifted a leg out from under side of the covers and smacked it down over of Blair's. "What do I have to do to get you to be still? Sleep on top of you?"
Blair lay stock-still. Jo was surprised at her own words and was grateful that the shadowy room hid the involuntary rush of blood into her cheeks.
"Is that a threat?" Blair asked, sounding a little incredulous.
Jo didn't answer, but when Blair's foot made the slightest movement, Jo pressed her leg down over Blair's more firmly.
A scuffling of feet began. Blair tried to shove Jo's leg away, but Jo kicked back, and a catfight of their lower extremities continued until Blair somehow managed to trap Jo's leg between her own with a snicker.
"All right, you win," Jo said. She attempted to pull her leg away but Blair squeezed her thighs together, trapping Jo's clothed leg between her bare ones. Even in the dark, Jo could see that Blair's nightgown had gathered dangerously near her waist. Blair either didn't notice, or didn't care. Jo was almost certain it was the former.
"Ha," Blair answered blithely. "You say that as if you're surprised. I always win, you've been around long enough to know that."
Jo scowled reflexively and again tried to free her leg from Blair's. She could feel the heat in her face, and the uncomfortable sensation of her heart thudding in her ears.
It was a disturbing feeling, the way her body had suddenly reacted to the sight of her leg between Blair's thighs. It didn't help that Blair kept intermittently squeezing her legs together, letting out a giggle that Jo couldn't help but think sounded vaguely sinister, as if Blair knew exactly what she was doing, and how Jo was reacting to it.
Jo swallowed heavily. She didn't know how to deal with the strange sensation now fluttering around in her stomach, so with a final squirm she managed to free herself from Blair's thighs and tucked her leg safely back under the comforter.
Blair didn't do anything for several moments, and Jo was silent, her eyes fixed on the ceiling, her arms crossed over her torso. She pinched her lips together. She was a little humiliated, and she wasn't quite sure why, which made her even more mad at herself.
"Sorry," Blair said in a meek voice. Jo could almost hear a hint of confusion, or embarrassment, or some mixture of the two. Either way, she didn't respond and tightened the fold of her arms.
Out of the corner of her eye, Jo watched as Blair adjusted her nightgown, pulling it down to a respectable length. She then sighed, and said quietly, "Good night, Jo."
And without any hesitation, as if it were second nature, Blair leaned over and gave Jo a brief, light kiss on the cheek. She then settled down into her pillow and was quiet.
"Good night, Blair," Jo eventually answered through her utter bewilderment. She turned to the blonde, whose eyes were closed, a peaceful expression on her shadowed face.
She wasn't sure what she was doing or exactly why she was doing it, but Jo proceeded to lean over and return the kiss on Blair's cheek, then quickly returned to her former position. She closed her eyes, almost in shock at herself. She didn't regret it and she wasn't sorry she did it, that was what perturbed and slightly terrified her. Blair's cheek felt exactly the way she imagined it would. Girly.
As if the night couldn't get any more inconceivable, Jo felt Blair begin to inch toward her. Her heart promptly stopped beating. But Blair simply nestled up beside her, and settled her head delicately onto Jo's shoulder.
Jo had no idea what was happening and wasn't sure if she was capable of understanding it. But, regardless, she tilted her head until it rested near Blair's.
Blair tilted her head upward, raising a hand and fiddling with Jo's disheveled bangs. Jo bit her tongue and didn't protest.
"You know," Blair said softly, "you really should let me do your hair sometime."
Jo couldn't stop herself from answering "Fat chance."
With a small smile, Blair let her hand drop down and again curled up against Jo's shoulder.
Jo slowly tilted her head to rest near Blair's, uneasiness settling over her. She couldn't comprehend what had happened, much less what it actually meant. She wasn't entirely sure if it meant anything at all. She eventually closed her eyes, and drifted into an doubtful sleep.


text: Home Gallery Video ESPN The Usual ESPN: The Usual The Olympics are over. Sport is not. Published on Sep 07, 2012 Editor's Pick Football (the soccer kind) and rugby seasons are on, and ESPN U.K. has a couple of new spots to promote the range of content the broadcaster has on tap for sports fans. Starring ESPN presenter Ray Stubbs and other key talent from the network, the ad features a very unusual weekend for Mr. Stubbs and the gang. Turns out, it's not that unusual at all -- this is just an every-weekend kind of deal when you have ESPN. There's some pretty sweet, detailed sets used in the ad, including a setup that shows the ESPN Rugby "burger van" pitch-side studio, a UFC octogon, and even a Formula Renault racing car. All sports, including American ones, are featured. What makes it especially fun to watch is that you view the sports through the reactions of the audience -- and some very interesting sound effects. A shorter, :15 second ad is also part of the campaign, which was created in-house at ESPN. Rate this Ad You must be registered to rate the ad. Please Login or Register Now About CreditsDateSep 07, 2012Client:ESPN Tagssports CategoryTVC Latest Creativity News on Ad Age Awesomeness Starts an In-House Creative Shop Your Tuesday Wake-Up Call: About That Fall TV Lineup (Meh). Plus, How to Watch Today's iPhone Launch Deeplocal hires Kantor, Kugler and Eyre Join Zulu Alpha Kilo Related work ESPN: Sportscenter - Arnold Palmer Wieden & Kennedy New York ESPN: Kobe's Rules Book Africa ESPN: It's Not Crazy -- N.Y. Marathon Bandages Wieden & Kennedy New York


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JS WARS is a classic shoot 'em up written to demonstrate the power of modern Web browsers. It is targeting Firefox 3.5 with its audio/video support and increased performance, and uses the canvas tag. It should work well in other modern Web browsers (supporting the canvas tag), just without the music and sound effects.
CloneRNX is a simple and funny game. It was cloned from the popular Facebook application called ChainRNX. While the original version of the game is a Flash application and it can be executed only within a Facebook account, CloneRNX is a Java desktop application that can be launched on any desktop system.
Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green (BMTG3) is a multi-player, side-scrolling, 1-dimensional strategy game that pits two people against each other in a duel over a stretch of land. Each player is positioned in a bunker at opposite ends of the map and tasked with deploying the right personnel and vehicles to capture FOBs (forward operating bases) and overrun your enemy's bunker. Currently there are 5 different units available. Timing, unit selection, and basic strategy are all necessary for success.
Whiteshoe is a text-based shooter game in which you explore a changing maze and complete your goals before the other players complete theirs or find you. It is based on the old game hunt, but was totally rewritten from scratch to use TCP packets and be more modular and expandable in design.


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Why random? why not…
First random topic. Triple rainbows! What do they mean? No, I'm kidding. This is not going to be about any kind of rainbow.
Why is it though, that when I want to write a post, it's at 12:30 at night? For some reason my mind goes crazy when I want to go to sleep. Sleepy time is apparently time for all my good ideas to surface. My wife on the other hand, she can sleep through anything, and falls asleep in no time. I wish. I don't know what that feels like. Falling asleep when your head hits the pillow. If any of you would like to let me know that would be great!
Had a good time with my family today. We had easter dinner at my parents place this week. Me and my brothers talked about preparedness stuff. I think we are going to go check out some stores this up coming weekend. See what cool ideas we can get for our 72 hour kits and the like. Possibly check out knives. I think I need to get an axe next. I cut wood this weekend with my hunting knife…would have been much easier with an axe.
I am thinking I will hit on the zombie topic soon. Possibly next post. I think it is an awesome topic. I am currently picturing it in a 4 or 5 part series. Ya, I know. More than one post?? Zombies is a detailed subject. I am already getting excited for it. So all you zombie fans out there…stay tuned!
It is every boys (and mans) dream to be an unstoppable hero. Not really the superman hero, more like the swat team hero, or the zombie destroying hero. Be so stockpiled with weapons and sweet grilled up trucks with more weapons on it. Haha, makes me think of the GI Joes I played with as a kid. Man, I should have joined the army. I suppose it's never too late…(no, my wife would never allow it)
Well, I think that is all for my post this time. Felt good to get some random thoughts out there. More to come I'm sure. I want my blog to be more fun that just a blog. So you will see me change things up a bit. I'm still trying to find more ways to get my blog out to the masses. Any suggestions?
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Police are urging anyone who finds some small bottles left at a bus stop in Plymouth to hand them in.
Three 100ml bottles of methadone were left at the bus stop at the end of Wolseley Road, by the Tesco Extra store, on Tuesday 18 March between 2.30pm and 4pm.
A police spokesperson said: "A woman left the bottles at the bus stop by mistake and when she went back to get them, they had gone.
"They could be lethal if consumed by anyone other than the person they were dispensed for.
"We are urging anyone who finds them to get in touch with police as soon as possible."
Anyone who finds the bottles is asked to call police on 101 quoting property reference B/144588 or hand them in to the nearest police station.
Charles Cross police station is open from 8am until 10pm, and Crownhill police station is open from 9am until 6pm.


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Madison, Wisconsin (Jul. 3)
Discrimination in rooming houses and in business against Jewish young men and women was deplored by Dr. I. M. Rubinow of Cincinnati, International Secretary of the B'nai B'rith, in an address during the sessions of the convention of District Number 6 here. The convention was attended by approximately 800 registered delegates, from ten Midwestern states and Canadian provinces.
"Economic discrimination against the Jew in America is the biggest problem before him today", declared Dr. Rubinow. "Every sign 'Gentiles Only, Wanted' or a boarding house which draws the line is not only an insult, but an injury".
Tributes to Solomon Levitan, Wisconsin's State Treasurer; Louis Behr of Rockford, Ill., former University of Wisconsin athlete who was awarded the Kenneth Sterling Day cup for "the most Christian character shown by a student"; and the late Israel Shrimski, Chicago lawyer, all of whom were declared to have done much "to level antagonism between Jew and Gentile because of their splendid characters", were paid at the convention by Ben Samuels of Chicago. An engrossed testimonial plate was presented to Solomon Levitan, past president of the District Grand Lodge.
William Sultan of Chicago was elected president of District Grand Lodge Number 6 at the Monday afternoon session. Other officers elected were: Harry Lashkowitz of Fargo, N. D., first vice-president; Sam Beber of Omaha, second vice-president; O. G. Felton of Chicago, secretary; and William Bensinger of St. Louis, treasurer. It was decided to hold next year's convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.


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In this afternoon's WJON News headlines:
— Semi rollover backs up traffic on I-94, driver in serious condition
— Long Prairie Woman arrested after assault with a knife
— More farmers applying for irrigation permits
— DNR is predicting brilliant fall color season
WJON News.
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text: Sorry guys, another "down on power" post, seems to be an S3 thing doesn't it? Sometimes, my car feels flat in 2nd gear, with less "push back in the seat" yet once I change to 3rd, it feels 100% fine. I've also noticed that if I part throttle (no boost) in 2nd for a few seconds, then boot it, the response is better than if I booted it straight from coming out of 1st. But sometimes it feels perfect full stop. eg: from standing start, boot it in 1st, then 2nd seems great as do subsequent gears. But dropping down from 3rd to 2nd and then booting it can sometimes feel flat. I've had this nagging feeling for a couple of months now that something's not quite right, although the speedo still reminds me that I'm going places fast. It's got to the stage now where I can predict when it's going to feel flat and when it's going to feel great, which leads me to believe there's nothing wrong, it's just the 1.8T engine behaving differently according to air conditions, incline etc. But being an S3 perfectionist, I can't shake off the doubt. I've decided to take the car for an investigation / dyno at the end of the month. Any ideas as to common things that might cause this on a remapped S3 with 40K? Forgive my ignorance here, but what is a DV and could that need replacing? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif Cheers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif


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Zaruhi's Husband Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison (Update: Video)
YEREVAN, Armenia (A.W.)—On Oct. 14, Yanis Sarkisov was accused of beating to death his 20-year-old wife Zaruhi Petrosyan, and received a 10-year prison sentence.
The chairperson of the Women's Resource Center in Yerevan (WRCA), Lara Aharonian, told the Armenian Weekly that the verdict was satisfactory given the current Armenian reality. It is the maximum penalty under Article 112 (part 2, code 14: "intentional damage caused to health resulting in death"). Sarkisov could have received as little as a six-year jail term.
"Our expectations were so much lower that we were very happy hearing the judge pronouncing 10 years, the maximum. In reality we were expecting not more than six to eight years," said Aharonian.
On Oct. 1, 2010, Petrosyan, the mother of an infant girl named Lilia, was killed after having sustained days of physical abuse at the hands of her husband and mother-in-law, according to her sister Hasmig.
The trial was fair, according to Aharonian. "[It was] conducted very well and the judge and prosecutor did their job in a very conscientious and professional way," she said. "This is something we are not used to experiencing in Armenia."
The Coalition to Stop Violence against Women played an important role throughout the trial, said Aharonian. The coalition, an umbrella for seven organizations including the WRCA, was formed after Petrosyan's brutal death. During the final court session, the defense team accused the coalition of pressuring the judge and the media, and demanded that its members be removed from the courtroom. The judge, however, paid no heed, said Aharonian. "It is fair to say that this is a first victory. Now it's time to concentrate more on pushing the law on domestic violence, and to continue the work of the coalition in further promoting the cause."
Sarkisov, who was arrested soon after Zaruhi's death, denied having committed any crime. "I am not guilty," he said in his initial statement. "She fell and died."
According to Hasmig, by the time Zaruhi died, she had already been subjected to days of beatings, suffering broken knees and, ultimately, a crushed skull. Her sister believes her fingers were broken when she tried to dial for help. Neighbors said Sarkisov had thrown Zaruhi's body down a flight of stairs to attribute her injuries to a fall.
Initial statements made by friends and family alleged that Sakisov's mother, Lilia Sarkisova, also beat Zaruhi. Sarkisova, however, has not been charged, and currently has custody of Zaruhi's daughter. Some activists have protested the placement of the child with Sarkisova, in the form of letters to the authorities and appeals to the Child Protection Agency.
Zaruhi Petrosyan's death shed light on the problem of domestic violence in Armenia, and gave rise to calls for the adoption of domestic violence laws by authorities.


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Paul is too lounge singer to me. He is like a cross between a lounge singer and a extra from Sgt. Peppers Band.
And regarding the song Ashton sang, I've heard it before. I am pretty sure Randy would have heard it before as well.
"How do you know the chosen ones? No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his friend. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame... for one person. In the dark. Where no one will ever know or see." - Sebastion, Babylon 5
I don't know if the general voting public are going to "get" Paul.
Count your blessings!
Maggie: "While she takes care of the men with the guns, why don't you sit down and I'll make you a nice, hot cup of tea?"
Pan Am stewardesses: prepared for anything!
Paul and Ryan Seacrest looked like drunken, bobbing pool toys doing Paul's moves.
"...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer.
When you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, you know which one you hit by the one that yelps!
Oh, Paul, sweetie....please try and stand still when you sing. I have to close my eyes to listen cuz you're too distracting to watch and listen (if that makse sense) and I love looking at your pretty smile.
Realllly missing simon and his snarky but true comments.
My husband said he thinks Lauren might start to get on people's nerves.
ETA - Lovin' Ryan and the moves


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Autumn Wishes~
Hope that you are all having a great Thanksgiving weekend and enjoying AUTUMN!!! The weather has bounced between the high 30s and 60s in our area of Texas. Yet, the sun comes out from behind the clouds occasionally to keep things just warm enough!
I love capturing sunbursts through trees! In this photo of the tree with the lake in the background, the cyan blues & greens were amped up & curves were used to heighten the light tones to give this photo a dreamy effect.
Here are a few photos from Thanksgiving evening which were antiqued for a warm, vintage glow.
Here are a few photos from Thanksgiving evening which were antiqued for a warm, vintage glow.
We hosted Thanksgiving dinner Thursday evening with my sister's and brother's families and had an awesome time cooking and visiting. Here's MORE PHOTOS of the weekend taken with my NEW Canon 60D! Oh yes, big difference in quality from the Canon Rebel XTi! Still need to take my photography classes I've signed up for which will help to get the most out of it. Fortunately, editing in Photoshop Camera Raw and making some layer adjustments helps amplify the beauty.
Jessica & Jacq played cello & piano for us -- a tradition we have after dinner {and during to serenade us while we peel sweet potatoes!}
My bro & with my sister-in-law and niece!
My nephew, who traveled in from college to spend a few days with us! He is so handsome!
Jacq and I grabbed Georgie, soccer ball, camera & headed out to the lake. We had some great mother / daughter quality time together kicking the soccer ball around. Yeah Babyyy, I still got it -- until the ball bounced a bit too quickly into the water, floating away.
Then, Jacq waved down a boat to fetch it for us, since Georgie wouldn't. He's not an advanced fetcher.
Here are photos of his 1st fetching class at the lake with Jacq & I....
You gotta luv Georgie! He's just too stinkin' cute!!!
And Jacq after her circuit training work-out! She still looks absolutely stunning!


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Musical Advent Calendar 2010/
I started doing a song a day for Advent (November 28 this year through Christmas Eve) and then the 12 days of Christmas (Christmas Day through Jan 6) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/AskMoxie or just read my tweets as they feed through the right side column here). I'll update here so you can see the entire list of songs.
Day 20: "Angels We Have Heard On High" by Committed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55A8YGoPI9A Best group on this season's The Sing-Off, and this arrangement is crystalline and beautiful. 1:25 is gorgeous.
Day 19: "Dominick the Donkey" by Lou Monte. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik_kznmI324&feature=related Best Xmas novelty song ever.
Day 18: "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY You know you want to sing along.
Day 17: "Love Came Down At Christmas" by Jars of Clay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIr5th0d44Y&feature=fvw Hilarious video featuring a flying Christmas taco.
Day 16: "Must Be Santa" by Brave Combo.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnc076s4jt4 The video is just too funny. If you can get all the way to 1:00 without thinking this is the best version of this song ever, then I will never buy you a Jaegermeister shot.
Day 15: "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" by Take 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWMmIzk4onw I've loved Take 6 for years. Their vocal harmonies are incredible, and their whole "He Is Christmas" album is a classic.
Day 14: "Sleigh Ride" by Andre Kostelanetz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPwalrOSB3I This version was on some random Christmas collection record my parents had when I was a kid, so the fast pace and horse whinny at the end (along with that huge countermelody in the last verse) WAS the song "Sleigh Ride." For years and years I searched for this version, and now here it is on YouTube. A Christmas miracle.
Day 13: "La Peregrinacion" from Ariel Ramirez's "Navidad Nuestra." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdHKuT3WW5U This whole piece is amazing, but this song in particular really affects me. I wrote a piece years ago about the lyrics: http://tinyurl.com/22rqg4m
Day 12: "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" by Mahalia Jackson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uh4U0VPASE This is the Christmas album of my childhood, and it feels like Christmas is really coming when I play this song.
Day 11: "We Want To See Santa Do The Mambo" by Big John Greer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTONwTXTtwg Really. We want to see Santa do the mambo.
10: "Put The Lights On The Tree" by Sufjan Stevens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gKzXlqsOeE A sweet, whimsical, lovely song that goes crazy worshipfully chaotic in the middle.
9: "Es Ist Ein Rose Entsprungen" by Nana Mouskouri. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-prg5D-bJo December 6 is German St. Nicholas Day, and this is my favorite German carol. In English it's "Lo, How a Rose Is Blooming."
8: "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" by Fernando Ortega. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wl4u8lnDQs This song is sad and eerie and beautiful, and Ortega's performance is reverent and simple and lovely. I really love his whole awed, worshipful Christmas album.
7: "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sooHzHHh4kM Just classic. This whole Burl Ives Christmas album is awesome and fun for kids and adults.
6: "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1mVUEHeUE I have many comments about this song: 1) See, George Michael? It DOES get better. 2) Someone in the comments of the YouTube video called it "The Black National Christmas Anthem" and that made me crack up. 3) Chris Brown and Trey Songz and their lame covers can bite me. 4) No, really, why would anyone try to redo this? Donny Hathaway : This Christmas :: Mel Torme : The Christmas Song. Everyone else go home. 5) Maybe I'll make a mix called "Sexy Christmas" and put this on it every other song.
5: "Last Christmas" by Wham!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI "But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again." Yeah.
4: "Gabriel's Message" by Sting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF2BzUDeTkY Wow, what a creepy, intense, mysterious song. And completely fitting. How else to tell the story of a big scary angel visiting an ordinary teenager to tell her she's pregnant with a divine baby and asking if she'll accept? This is the mystery of Christmas.
3: "Little Saint Nick" by The Beach Boys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSynDh_K0EE Just plain fun. Does it really matter that it's really "Little Deuce Coupe" with Xmasfied lyrics? Not to me.
2: "Blue Christmas" by Miles Davis (not the Elvis song). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-dPUXSWoew This song is so Miles, so blue, and so perfect for getting perspective in the middle of uber-consumerism.
Advent Day 1: "O Come O Come Emmanuel" by Joan Baez. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wq3Tv3c20I This is the simplest, most reverent version of the song I've heard. Joan's Christmas album is gorgeous, and was my mother's favorite when I was growing up, so this song has always meant the start of Advent to me.


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College of Funeral Home Management
All courses are taught by Todd Van Beck, CFuE. Students will receive the Deming Manual, a Quality Assurance Manual and several additional instruction manuals.
Friday, July 17
2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Registration and Check-in
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Freshman Orientation
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
University Reception
6:00 p.m.
University Dinner
Saturday, July 18
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Identification of Management: Introduction
This college begins with an in-depth examination of the quality service theory of quality guru Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Dean Todd Van Beck worked directly with Deming and uses his approach as the foundation of this college.
Dr. Deming was a quality assurance expert who was hired and then fired by the Big Three automobile makers in Detroit, and who then subsequently traveled to Japan, where his methods of ensuring total quality service are still used today. This introductory program walks you step by step through the Deming system and covers the following:
- spontaneous attitude of management
- cycle of professionalism
- momentum of management
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Identification of Management: Introduction (cont'd)
This session will continue the introduction to Deming's principles and will also include a discussion of the psychology of the funeral and basic grief management techniques.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Identification of Management: The 15 Steps
We'll examine Deming's 15 steps for creating quality management and explore examples of how to use these steps to effectively improve the management of the funeral home and/or cemetery.
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Identification of Management: The Problem Rules, PCDA and the Seven Deadly Sins
This session will conclude the "Identification of Management" section.
First, we'll take a look at what Deming called the Problem Rules. Deming states that most of the problems encountered in any business are not the fault of employees but of management.
Next, the class will walk through the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) exercise. PDCA provides a wellspring of new ideas and future activities for your company and creates definitive action on the part of the entire organization. It shakes the tree and says that we are not doing business as usual.
Finally, we'll examine Deming's Seven Deadly Sins of Management. If any one of these sins are present, your company may already be in trouble.
5:00 p.m.
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Annual Sports Tournament
Join your ICCFAU colleagues for some friendly competition in basketball, volleyball or softball, depending on the weather.
Sunday, July 19
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Application of Management: Introduction
To make Deming's principles come alive in your funeral home or cemetery, you need to examine and apply two extremely important issues: mission and quality.
First, what is the mission of your funeral home or cemetery? Why do you get up and go to work? What mission are you set upon and does your staff understand where you are going?
Second, what is quality? It is just perception or is there a deeper aspect to it? Most important, how can you as a leader apply it to make your management goals, hopes and dreams come true?
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Application of Management: Staff Development
What is the greatest resource you have? People! What is the greatest pain in the neck you have? That's right. People!
This session applies formal staff development training so you as the manager can delegate and include everyone in your future vision for your operation. You'll receive training and handouts on:
- hiring and firing
- staff meeting agendas and programs
- employee evaluation forms and procedures
- funeral service and cemetery vocabulary list for use in new employee orientations
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Application of Management: A "How To" Approach
At this point, we'll stop and examine the "How To" series of management application programs Todd Van Beck has developed over the past 30 years. This is basically a paint-by-numbers process, a blueprint for instituting the programs you would like to use. Change can be difficult, but this process helps create a low-stress environment for you and your staff as you introduce these new programs. Among the programs we'll cover:
- calming upset clients
- dealing with stress
- funeral service ethics
- telephone etiquette
- telephone shopping program
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Application of Management: A "How To" Approach (cont'd)
We'll continue with "how to" approaches to numerous issues, including:
- client-centered funeral arrangementsu time management
- funeral service suggestion program
- communicating the value of tribute
- value/benefit ratio program
- and more.
5:00 p.m.
Monday, July 20
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Implementation of Management: Introduction
At the halfway point in the curriculum, we enter the implementation phase, i.e., your action plan. The earlier material covered what goes on inside your company. This material will cover what is happening outside your company, what you are doing to be visible in your community and how you can enhance your services to the public in an economical manner.
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Implementation of Management: Funeral Home Advisory Board
The Funeral Home Advisory Board is a type of focus group that does not cost anything to implement but can be terribly effective in community relationship building. It can bring you information about what the community is really thinking about your firm. You'll receive a step-by-step instruction manual for getting this up and running at your location.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Implementation of Management: Creating the WOW Factor
Over the next several classes, we'll cover dozens of programs designed to create the WOW factor for those you serve:
- creative service enhancement ideas for less than $500
- 318 ideas to improve family services
- creative ideas to fit the changing times
- veterans outreach program
- holiday activities and memorial program
- poinsettia program
- Easter program
- charity car washes
- clergy seminars
- Santa Claus photo program
- life planning seminars
- open houses and tours
- bird watching days
- photo contests
- gardening classes
- pumpkin decorating day
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Implementation of Management: Creating the WOW Factor (cont'd)
5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 21
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Implementation of Management: Creating the WOW Factor (cont'd)
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Implementation of Management: Creating the WOW Factor (cont'd)
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Implementation of Management: Community Presentation
As funeral directors and cemeterians, we are often sought after as community speakers at civic, fraternal and church groups. Most people, however, lack skills, confidence and preparation when they are asked to speak. In this session, we'll remove the fear of speaking, instill confidence and show how to be prepared.
You'll take home actual presentation programs with visual aids, including scripts and instructions on how to present. The programs are designed to entertain an audience concerning interesting aspects of funeral service, and the scripts are written so that the programs will not last more than 20 minutes.
At the end of this session, students will be shown an effective and economic aftercare program.
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Implementation of Management: The Financials
In this final portion of the "Implementation of Management" section, we'll examine programs concerning the merchandising of rental caskets, and effective credits, collections and accounts receivable programs.
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Graduation/Reception for Students Completing Four Years
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 22
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Service Plan
This is your final road map, your navigator, your guide. You'll go step by step to look at how things were done, how they are being done now, and how you'd like them to be done in the future in three areas:
- family service
- advanced planning
- at-need services
- aftercare
- community visibility/outreach
- internal operations
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
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By LEE HANNON
Tony Danza spent nearly a decade playing a dad trying to keep his TV daughter out of hot water on ABC's long-running sitcom Who's The Boss.
Now the actor turned talk-show host has to deal with some real-life drama at home — after his teenage daughter was photographed smoking pot from a pipe with a group of friends.
Like freshmen across the country, 18-year-old Katie Danza probably thought she could let her hair down a little when she went to college. But unfortunately for Katie, The National Enquirer brought the shocking pictures to her father's attention… and now she's grounded!
Friends say Katie is a top student who has never been in trouble. But dad Tony is not pleased with her right now. He told The National Enquirer: "Understand, I am not happy about this. But my Katie is a good kid who, like other kids her age, has made mistakes.
"The only difference is that because I am on TV, she ends up being in the public eye. This is a family matter and that is how we will handle it."
For more on the Danzas, pick up The National Enquirer.


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Joe Smith signs with Hawks
Joe Smith has agreed to a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks for the veteran's minimum, a source told ESPN's Ric Bucher on Friday.
Smith, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound center, is a 14-year veteran. He was picked No.1 overall by the Golden State Warriors in 1995 and has played for nine teams.
Smith picked Atlanta over Cleveland Cavaliers, where here played last season and which was offering the same deal.
Smith averaged 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds with the Cavs in their first round sweep of the Detroit Pistons. He has career averages of 11.6 points and 6.7 rebounds a game.
A look at the lineup:
PG - Bibby/Teague
SG - JJ/Crawford/
SF - Marv/Evans
PF - Smoove/JoeSmith
C - Horford/Zaza/Morris
Two more nalang. Maybe a PG and another big. It could've been sweeter if Flip Murray is still here but no regrets here.
The Atlanta Hawks are having a splendid offseason. Thanks GM Rick Sund!