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No I do not have a blood pressure monitor. I am not a diabetic. I used a One Touch meter, and the last time I saw my OB was 2 weeks ago.
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after fasting overnight, just before a meal or two hours after.
So the blood glucose reading will need to be repeated two hours after breakfast. At the moment it is difficult to interpret the findings because it will depend on what you had eaten. If you are not diabetic then you need not rush to hospital based on a reading alone.
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I am still feeling light headed but have been sitting down because when I get up it I feel really dizzy. I will re-check after it has been 2 hours since I have eaten.
Leaving aside the blood glucose for the moment, if you are feeling lightheaded then this may be due to low blood pressure and I do not think that you should leave this for two hours if it is so bad that you can't stand up. There is a high possibility that you may be dehydrated if your glucose has been high for a few days and you have been passing excess urine.
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Femme Fatale Tour!!!
YES YES YES!!!! I am so excited!!! Nicki is opening up for Britney Spears!!! The one and only Britney Spears!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Ok, so let me calm down, but still. I don't care with all the haters. Reserve your damn comments. This is HUGE for Nicki. Its another step in her career and if you guys can't see that then boy are you stupid. Nicki will be able to reach another type of audience and give her more exposure. How is this a bad thing???
Anyway, I'm happy for Britney for booking Nicki up and it seems that the concert isn't the only thing they are doing. In my opinion, I think a collaboration is in the works. Who better to write something for Britney than Nicki. Nicki is talented, she has what it takes.
Nicki is a rising star, and after this tour.... we will see that star glow even brighter!
Much love to Nicki and Britney!!! Chicago July 8th I'm there!!! :)
I totally agree Simon. A lot of the Britney fans loved the Till The World Ends Remix and because of that they start to listen to Nicki's songs. Now that Super Bass dropped they also like that song. I think its great that they both teamed up. They are both amazing and it seems like they really do like each other with all that tweeting going on lol

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Every now and again a record swings through the shop that is so wild it sorta knocks us out for a minute. Such is the case with Goats new full-length World Music released on the Rocket Recordings label outta the U.K. We tried in vain to score copies of Goats debut 7-inch earlier this year to no avail - this Swedish ensemble dubs themselves Swedish Voodoo Psych and after spinning this platter a few times well - we dont disagree! Heres the straight dope from mission control HQ at Rocket Recordings-Rocket Recordings presents the debut album World Music by the band Goat. For those who are unaware Goat is a collective of musicians who hail from a small and very remote village called Korpilombolo in deepest darkest Sweden. Legend has it that for centuries the inhabitants of the village of Korpilombolo were dedicated to the worship and practices of Voodoo. This strange and seemingly unlikely activity was apparently introduced into the area after a travelling witch doctor and a handful of her disciples were led to Korpilombolo by following a cipher hidden within their most sacred of ancient scriptures. The reason it led them there is unknown but their Voodoo influence quickly took hold over the whole village and so they made it their home -- there they were able to practice their craft unnoticed and unbothered for several centuries. This was until their non-Christian ways were discovered by the Church and they were burned out by the crusaders the survivors cursing the village over their shoulders as they fled. To this day the now picturesque village of Korpilombolo is still haunted by this Voodoo curse the power of the curse can be felt throughout the grooves of this Goat record. The nine track album follows the underground success of the now sought-after 7 Goatman which is also included in this selection. The band takes in many influences from the Afro-groove that is central to the album through to head-nodding psych post-punk Turkish rock Kraut repetition and astral folk.S-s-s-s-pooky stuff eh kiddies? In all seriousness - this 12-incher is a mind-flaying melding of shamanistic world-music-informed psych-rock. Aside from the whiffs of patchouli campfires and body paint were sniffing out strident Tropocalia-laced rhythms mingled with a hodge-podge of classic rock moves krautrock-y repetition and full-on rumpshakin witch doctor psych-funk! Like some debauched pot-party with Os Mutantes Mandrill & Hawkwind all passing the hooka and polishing the sacrificial dagger. Were not sure how or what the band members in Goat ingested in order to record this album but it comes across through the recording - its really one of those instances where an LP makes you stop in your tracks and say what the hell IS this? as you try to hide your record-nerd boner pitching a tent in your pants. For fucks sake whomevers manning the fuzz pedal on these recordings deserves to be knighted! A pretty sweet package all-around with a killer die-cut LP jacket and crazed psych-o-delic design! Apparently these are getting to be scarce already so we recommend grabbing this while theyre available to be grabbed! RECOMMENDED? Fuckin A but if youre planning on throwing this on at your next party be warned - CHAOS may ensue in the dance floor! 031201208
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War of the Worlds: Outtakes
To bring freshness to the story behind Orson Welles' famous broadcast, producers used letters written by listeners right after hearing War of the Worlds. Actors delivered monologues of parts of these letters as if they were archival interviews - you can see it in the film. Here, actors have some fun at the end of the day describing what it's like to play a character from the 1930s.
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There are many factors that go into picking a place to live; but no matter what you're looking for in a city, if you can't afford to live there, you may as well not bother. That's why the Movoto Real Estate Blog has been on a quest to uncover each's most affordable places. We've already looked at Illinois, where Chatham reigned king; and today we are moving along to the Tar Heel State.
Which place in North Carolina was the most affordable of them all? That honor goes to Indian Trail, with a high adjusted income and low overall cost of living. But more on that in a moment. For now, here are the 10 most affordable places in North Carolina:
1. Town of Indian Trail
2. Town of Stallings
3. Town of Knightdale
4. City of Monroe
5. City of Thomasville
6. Town of Garner
7. Town of Holly Springs
8. Town of Lewisville
9. Town of Cary (tie)
9. Town of Clayton (tie)
If you saw our Best Places in North Carolina list, you might see a couple of familiar names: Garner and Cary, or perhaps if you recognize Stallings from our list of best places to retire to in the state. Even if all of these names are new to you, this latest ranking proves they all have one thing in common: affordability. Keep reading to find out how we came up with our list and just what makes each place so inexpensive.
How We Found The Most Affordable Places In North Carolina
In order come up with our list, we use the U.S. Census to find all of the places (towns, villages, cities, and Census Designated Places) within North Carolina with populations over 10,000 people. This left us with a total of 83 places. We ranked each of these 83 places across the criteria below, using data from the U.S. Census, with the lowest number being the best; and then averaged these ranks for an overall Big Deal Score. Indian Trail came in as our winner, with the lowest average score overall. Here are the six criteria that got it there:
- Food costs
- Utility costs
- Miscellaneous costs
- Median home price
- Unemployment rank
- Adjusted median income
Food costs, utility costs, median home prices, and unemployment ranks are all pretty self explanatory. As far as adjusted median income goes, though, we calculated this by using the place's median household income and dividing it by the cost of living. Then, we multiplied that by 100 to create an income adjusted to reflect a household's actual earnings, based on the place's cost of living. For miscellaneous costs, we used the area's cost of restaurants, repairs, entertainment, and clothing.
To see the rankings of the top 50 most affordable places in North Carolina, head down to the bottom of the post for a list. Otherwise, we'll hit the trail and head to our No. 1 most affordable place, Indian Trail.
1. Indian Trail
This town in the Piedmont region of North Carolina came in at the top of our list, mostly for its high median household income of $70,414 (adjusted for an overall cost of living index of 99) and its relatively low utility, miscellaneous expense, and food costs.
In Indian Trail, along with several other of our top 10 places, the cost of food is 3% lower than it is in the rest of the state; or for you numbers people out there, the cost of living index for food is a 103, versus North Carolina's 100. No matter how you look at it, this is good news for residents, since Indian Trail does have some delicious food, from fresh produce at the farmers' market on Navajo Trail to the unbeatable nachos at La Unica.
2. Stallings
Visitors to Stallings probably notice the town's charm straight away, with everything from Family Night in the park to the town's Easter Egg, Earth Day, and Christmas Tree lighting celebrations going on; but what may not be immediately apparent is just how affordable it is here.
Though the overall cost of living in Stallings is 102, two points higher than the national average, it more than makes up for this with an adjusted median household income of $75,999. Like Indian Trail, the cost of food in Stallings is also 100, where the state's average is 103; and also like Indian Trail, the unemployment rate is relatively low, just 8.7 percent, meaning, not only are prices low, but the economy is strong. Which, in itself, is a cause for celebrating!
3. Knightdale
With a median age of 30, Knightdale is one of the youngest, and arguably hippest towns in the Raleigh metro area (as residents will surely tell you.) But underneath it all, and perhaps what makes this possible, is the town's affordability.
Knightdale has one of the lowest unemployment rates in our top 10, just 7.5 percent, and better still, those employees make a median household income of $74,707, adjusted for the town's overall cost of living of 104.
And the cherry on top? This town ranked among the best for its miscellaneous costs; things like restaurants, clothes, and entertainment—great news for young families.
4. Monroe
With its beautiful historic downtown, state of the arts aquatic center, three museums, and a university, it might come as a surprise to non-residents just how inexpensive this Union County city is. But as our analysis reveals, it is one of the most affordable in the state; especially when it comes to food, utilities, and a low unemployment rate.
Monroe has a score of 100 when it comes to food, where the state average is 103, and where some places like Spring Lake or Fayetteville, have a score of 109. As far as utilities go, Monroe is paying far less than other places in the state, with its score of 95. Compare that to Jacksonville and Kinston, where the utilities cost was a 108, and it's clear that Monroe is doing far more than keeping its head above water (a little utilities joke for you there.)
5. Thomasville
This Davidson County city may be best known in the business world for its furniture industry; or perhaps, to tourists, known for hosting the state's oldest festival, "Everybody's Day," but to residents, it is known for its close-knit community feel, sense of tradition rooted in its earliest days in the railroad business, and, of course, its affordability.
Thomasville has one of the lowest overall costs of living in our analysis, and certainly in our top 10, with a score of just 82. That's probably because the utilities here are some of the least expensive in the state, just a score of 83, where both the U.S. and North Carolina average are 100; and the median home price is just $105,500, where the state's is $158,686.
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6. Garner
This Raleigh suburb has graced a Movoto list once before, as one of the best places in North Carolina, and much of that was due to its low cost of living. Overall, with a score of 96, Garner's cost of living is four points lower than the national average. Where it really shined, though, was in its low unemployment rate of just 7.5 percent, its score of 98 for miscellaneous expenses, and its score of just 100 for food. This town has grown in leaps and bounds over the past several years and today, continues to be one of the fastest growing in the state. In looking at the numbers, it's no wonder why.
7. Holly Springs
Within close proximity to one of the largest research parks in the world, Research Triangle Park, Holly Springs has been growing quickly over the past decade, serving as an affordable place to live, compared to nearby Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill.
Holly Springs' overall cost of living is a 107, where the national average is 100; but when considering the adjusted median income of $79,439, it clearly balances out. Also, considering the overall cost of living is a 107, this town's low score of 98 for miscellaneous costs like clothes, shopping, repairs, and restaurants, is not just reasonable, but downright cheap.
8. Lewisville
Centered around Shallowford Square—perhaps one of the most idyllic, quaint, and downright postcard-worthy town centers in the state—Lewisville not only has that old town feel in its architecture and organization, but also in its values and even prices. In keeping with the old, Lewisville has managed to keep prices low, even with a growing population. For instance, Lewisville's cost of utilities is 10 points lower than the national average, and with a score of 100 for food, it is three points lower than the state.
The overall cost of living is 101, one point higher than average; but with a median household income of $71,642, it balances out so that residents are still making $70,933, once the cost of living has been considered. That's better than 73 other places in our list.
9. Cary (tie)
The first of our No. 9 places is Cary; a veritable veteran to the Movoto blog. We first saw Cary as one of the best places in North Carolina, not just for safety and schools, but also for its high median household income. This certainly comes into play again in this list, because even with a cost of living well above average (116), with a median household income of $89,542, residents still make a median income of $77,191; one of the highest in the state.
Cary also has a low unemployment rate of just 7.5 percent, compared to places like Newton, Hickory, and Morganton, where it is over 11 percent.
9. Clayton (tie)
The second No. 9 spot on our list goes to Clayton. With its famous downtown sculpture trail, the beautiful Hocutt-Ellington Public Memorial Library, the Clayton Center, and even the Clayton Youth Theater, it is clear that this Raleigh sattelite town is rich in culture—and yet, it's one of the least expensive in the state.
Clayton scores especially well in our ranking for its low cost of miscellaneous expenses, just a score of 95 where the national average is 100; and also for its low unemployment rate of 8.7 percent. Overall, Clayton's cost of living is 100—right on track with the national average and four points higher than the state average—but with this town's high median household income of $50,282, it actually works out to be more affordable for residents in the end.
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New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): The first look of the movie 'Ek Thi Daayan', which is a collaboration between Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bharadwaj, was recently launched in Mumbai.
The launch was attended by the cast and crew of the film including Emraan Hashmi, Konkana Sen Sharma, Huma Quereshi and Kalki Koeichlin.
Speaking at the occasion, lead actor Hashmi revealed that the film is a romantic thriller with an electrifying jolt.
The 33-year-old actor asserted he thinks that the texture of this film is extremely new, which starts of with the folk tales about a Daayan and has a different take on the concept of witches.
He added that the movie has a psychological aspect, some elements of horror and a romantic angle in it.
The actor claimed that there will be lot of moments in the film where audience will jump out of their seat.
The supernatural film is all set to hit the theaters on 18th April. (ANI)


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Start out right! With Keystone's unique Direct to Excellence approach, you will learn to think like an expert, and discover the techniques, tactics, and mindsets of the world's best skiers and riders, while avoiding bad habits from Day 1.
What to expect:
- Learn about equipment and the mountain environment.
- Discover the joy and excitement of sliding on snow!
- Learn to stop.
- Learn to get up from a fall.
- Learn to make first turns.
- Make it fun with Keystone's Keys to Great Skiing & Riding.
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- Gain confidence, control, and freedom as you explore the secrets of expert skiing and riding!
Description: You are very comfortable gliding and making turns on beginner terrain ("Discovery" and "Ranger" lifts). You feel almost ready for easy green runs on the mountain. Skiers probably make "wedge turns," but you may make "parallel turns" too. Snowboarders can nearly link turns heel to toe.
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- We will assess your technique and get you up to speed with Keystone's Keys to Great Skiing & Riding.
- Develop confidence with different sizes and types of turns, with rhythm and consistent speed.
- When you're ready, ride a chairlift and ski or ride on the mountain!
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- Refine your fundamentals, skiers becoming more consistently parallel.
- Build confidence to glide at slightly higher speeds or steeper slopes
- Explore all "green circle" runs and perhaps easiest "blue square" runs.
Description: You ski or ride comfortably and confidently on all "green circle" and most groomed "blue square" terrain at Keystone. You can link turns (mostly parallel for skiers) of varying sizes and you can control your speed in most situations by adjusting your line, with little need for braking ("gliding the slow line fast").
What to expect—depending on your needs and goals:
- Explore higher speeds and more vigorous movements for shorter, complete turns.
- Develop higher edge angles and discover the control and sensations of carved turns.
- Gain confidence on steeper, more challenging groomed blue terrain.
- Venture into easiest ungroomed terrain.
- Skiers learn to incorporate pole use for better timing and precision.
Description: You are comfortable and confident on any groomed "blue square" terrain, and capable of skiing or riding easiest ungroomed and moguled blue terrain. You can link turns of varying size at moderate speed. If you are a skier, you are usually parallel, and you may use a pole swing or plant in most of your turns. Snowboarders are beginning to skid less, with the tail of the board following the tip, for more control of their line.
What to expect—depending on your needs and goals:
- Refine your balance, technique, and consistency.
- Explore technical options for more versatility, from pure-carved turns to braking. Skiers learn to use both skis independently, with step turns, stem turns, and one- or two-footed movements. Snowboarders develop rhythm and build your bag of tricks with more varied movement options.
- Explore tactical options for confidence in more challenging blue terrain and conditions, including the steepest blue square runs and easy moguls.
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What to expect—depending on your needs and goals:
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- Learn to manage the changing forces of higher speed short, medium, and long carved turns, and uneven terrain.
- Explore tactics and technique options for enjoying the whole mountain, including moderate moguls, steeps, powder, racing, carving, crud, ice, or freestyle.
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- Refine your technique for efficiency and strength at higher speeds and longer runs.
- Identify your strengths and growth areas for continued learning and improvement.
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What to expect—depending on your needs and goals:
- Explore any of the challenges of the mountain, from steepest and gnarliest double-black diamonds to easiest corduroy-groomed greens, to the Freestyle parks and race arenas.
When you venture out on the slopes at Keystone, you'll find a wide range of runs suited to various ability levels.
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Appropriate Trails: Schoolyard, Schoolmarm, Schoolmaster
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Appropriate Trails: Silver Spoon, Last Chance, Spring Dipper, Jaybird, Bear Tree, Ina's Way, Modest Girl
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You're comfortable on all of the green runs and ready to start carving some steeper slopes. We have a ton of blue runs all over our resort that can take you into all sorts of terrain.
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Appropriate Trails: Porcupine, Lodgepole, Bighorn, Elk Run, Oh Bob, Escape, Anticipation, Spillway, Prospector, Last Alamo, Mozart, Santa Fe, River Run, Beger, Dercum's Dash
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Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie has given up his bid to bring the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton.
In a statement, Balsillie said he will not appeal a judge's decision that rejected his bid to buy the team.
Phoenix bankruptcy judge Redfield T. Baum also rejected the NHL's bid to seize control of the troubled hockey club. But the result was not exactly a tie.
Baum said he is "passing the puck to the NHL" to alter its bid and "take another shot at the sale net or it can pass off the puck."
"The NHL can probably cure the defect in its bid" if it makes some amendments related to the payment of debts to former team coach Wayne Gretzky and owner Jerry Moyes.
The NHL had tabled a $140 million (U.S.) bid for the bankrupt team with a commitment to keep it in Arizona for the near future. Balsillie put $242.5 million on the table along with a plan to move the club to Hamilton if he were successful.
"From the beginning, my attempt to relocate the Coyotes to Hamilton has been about Canadian hockey fans and Canadian hockey. It was a chance to realize a dream. All I wanted was a fair chance to bring a seventh NHL team to Canada, to serve the best unserved hockey fans in the world. I believe I got that chance. I respect the court's decision, and I will not be putting forward an appeal," Balsillie said in the statement.
The legal battle in Phoenix has drawn attention to the southern Ontario hockey market and the prospects for a franchise at some point, he said.
"Nobody can deny that we are now a big step closer to having a seventh NHL team in Canada. It doesn't matter who owns that team. When that day comes, I will be the first in line to buy a ticket to the home opener."
Dr. Kirk L. Wakefield,a professor of sports entertainment marketing atBaylor University in Texas, saidthe league's decision to pursuesouthern-style hockey in cities like Phoenix, Atlanta and Nashvillewasn't such a bad idea in principle.
But it has failed isthe implementation.
"Going into those marketsyou have to recognize that these people are not hockey fans. You clearly have to do way more to engage the fans and teach them the involvement.You have to have a clear plan about how to convert these folks into hockey fans."
Shawn McBride, vice president ofBoston-based Ketchum Sports & Entertainment, said that "(Phoenix) will be remembered as the flashpoint for revealing all the ills facing NHL's sun belt division. "It's fair to say that Commissioner (Gary) Bettman's attempt to expand the NHL to warm weather climates is a failed experiment."
Balsillie's lawyers had argued Phoenix is not a viable market for professional hockey, that Hamilton could successfully support the team and that the NHL rejection of a relocation application was conducted in "bad faith."
The league vigorously challenged those assertions.
Baum ultimately sided with the NHL.
"In the final analysis, the court cannot find or conclude that the interests of the NHL can be adequately protected if the Coyotes are moved to Hamilton without first having a final decision regarding the claimed rights of the NHL."
"This conclusion effectively is the end for the efforts of (Balsillie's) PSE (Sports and Entertainment LP), Balsillie, Moyes and the Coyotes to force a sale and relocation of the hockey team."
Baum's 28-page ruling says the Balsillie bid is denied "with prejudice." The NHL offer was denied "without prejudice."
It remains to be seen whether the NHL will come to the table with enough to tip the legal scales in its favour.
The NHL's bid promised Moyes only about $14 million of his claimed losses of more than $100 million. And that would be shared with Gretzky, who has a claim of about $9.3 million.
Balsillie's bid treated both as full creditors.
"There are multiple factors that support the NHL bid," reads the decision.
But Baum takes issue with the league's lack of debt repayment to the two Coyote top dogs.
"One of the prime policies of bankruptcy is equality of distribution amongst the creditors," the decision reads. "The apparent practical effect of the NHL's bid is to pay all creditors in full except the Moyes and Gretzky claimants."
Baum's summary of the case starts with the massive red ink surrounding the Coyotes, the former Winnipeg Jets who flew south in 1996. The ruling cites total losses of $75 million in 2004, $50 million in 2005, $75 million in 2006, $117 million in 2007 and $72 million in 2008.
Financial statements "raise substantial doubt as to the company's ability to continue as a going concern."
The team was also a failure on the ice – "The Coyotes have not been a particularly successful team," Baum wrote.
Money aside, Baum says other issues played into his decision – key among them the NHL controlling the right who to admit to its club, the right to control where its members play their home games and the right to a relocation fee if a team moves.
"This court struggles with how it can adequately protect the NHL's membership selection right and control over home team location rights if the court were to allow PSE (Balsillie's group) to move the Coyotes to Hamilton."
Baum notes that if he were to allow the team to move and then the NHL was to win subsequent litigation over that, it would be akin ``to the old adages about closing the barn door after the horse is long gone and how do you un-ring the bell.
"The obvious refrain to the first adage is it's 'too late,"' and to the second, 'you can't."'
The back-and-forth wrangling over the team's future started when Moyes caught the NHL by surprise and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 5.
More than 1,000 documents were submitted to the court in the ensuing months and several hearings were held in courtroom No. 703 – with Baum rarely tipping his hand about which way he was leaning. Commissioner Gary Bettman and Balsillie were among the occasional attendees, along with a large contingent of Canadian journalists.
The NHL contended all along that Balsillie's bid was an attempt to skirt the league's rules on the transfer of ownership and relocation, arguing attempts should first be made to sell the franchise to a buyer who would keep it in Phoenix, despite over $300 million in losses since the franchise moved to the desert.
Chicago sports mogul Jerry Reinsdorf and a group of Canadian and American businessmen called Ice Edge Holdings were among the others to show interest, but another firm bid never actually materialized.
That forced the NHL to put together its own offer to buy the franchise, with an eye on keeping it in suburban Glendale for at least this season while it sought out a local bidder.
In early September, Baum presided over two days of hearings that culminated with an auction for the team and saw both the league and Balsillie sweeten their bids. Even though the Canadian billionaire was offering $100 million more than the NHL, the largest unsecured creditor (SOF investments), city of Glendale and the committee of unsecured creditors all spoke up in favour of the league's bid.
An emergency hearing on Sept. 23 gave Balsillie an unexpected chance to improve his offer even further. He agreed to keep the team in Glendale this season, pay the city a non-refundable fee of $25 million (with another $25 million promised if he was awarded the team) and sell the Coyotes to someone else if a local bidder emerged – "a fairly significant change," according to Baum.
After that, everyone simply waited for the judge to file his ruling.
The drawn-out bankruptcy proceedings have been extremely tough on those employed by the team – everyone from Gretzky (who stepped down as coach last week), to the players, to the people in charge of selling tickets and trying to market the Coyotes.
All in all, it's been a trying few years for the franchise.
The Coyotes finished 13th in the Western Conference last season, allowing Jobing.com Arena to become the only current NHL building to have never hosted a playoff game.
Prior to the start of the season, Gretzky stepped down as coach of the Coyotes.
It's been seven years since Phoenix was last in that position and a staggering 22 years since the franchise advanced past the first round, dating back to a series victory by the Jets over Calgary in 1987.
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Gov. Tom Corbett on Saturday began accepting applications for $8 million available through the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program.
The program is designed to allow a wide range of vehicle owners — school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, incorporated nonprofit entities, corporations and limited liability companies or partnerships registered to do business in Pennsylvania — the chance to convert their gasoline-burning vehicle fleets to alternative fuels.
That could be buying new alternative-fuel vehicles or upgrading existing vehicles to use alternative fuels. Grants are available for the conversion or purchase of natural gas vehicles weighing 26,000 pounds or less, as well as the conversion or purchase of electric, propane or other alternative-fuel vehicles of any size.
Lynda Rebarchak, a spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection, which is administering the grants, said vehicles that weigh less than 13 tons would include things like small buses, trash trucks or even some fire trucks.
"Not 18-wheelers, et cetera," she said . "A lot of those are overweight, but they could be eligible for other kinds of grants."
The program was established in 1992, but it's not been offered every year, Rebarchak said.
The deadline to submit an application is 4 p.m. May 30. Grants will be awarded in the fall. Potential applicants are encouraged to participate in a related webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., according to a news release.
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Central New York boxing legend continues to change the lives of youth
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For several decades 83 year old boxing legend Ray Rinaldi has provided troubled teens with a place to keep themselves off the streets. At his athletic and educations centers, located on the north and west
side of Syracuse, he teaches kids how to use boxing as an outlet for life stress and the importance of discipline. The kids, along with their often concerned parents are appreciative and supportive of Rinaldi's facility.
"Parents believe this is a safe haven," says Rinaldi, "which it is, and it gets your kids in here."
Over the years, Rinaldi has registered over 33-hundred kids who were interested in boxing, but who ultimately found a brotherhood and a chance to avoid the trouble that they might have found on the streets. Rinaldi says he has witnessed numerous success stories, "I've had so many kids that went to college, became lawyers, doctors and reporters."
Despite all of the good that the programs have brought to their neighborhoods, the boxing and education centers have lost significant state and county contributions over the years. R
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December 3rd, 2012, 03:05 PM #1Meeting of the Intl Telecom Union to increase censorship and regulate the Internet!
I have heard some grumbling about this but have not delved into it and am interested in recommendations from our tenured ABW members;
A closed-door meeting of the worlds governments is starting today. The future of the internet is on the agenda. Some governments want to use this meeting of the International Telecommunication Union to increase censorship and regulate the Internet.
I am concerned, and I am not alone. More than 1,000 organizations from 163 countries have raised concerns about this upcoming closed-door meeting in Dubai. They are joined by hundreds of thousands of Internet users who are standing up for a free and open Internet. These people are in just about every country around the world take a look.
If you agree and support a free and open Internet, join them and raise your voice: google.com/takeaction
Together, we can protect the free and open Internet. Please make your voice heard and spread the word.
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The World Conference on International Telecommunications will review the current International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), which serve as the binding global treaty designed to facilitate international interconnection and interoperability of information and communication services, as well as ensuring their efficiency and widespread public usefulness and availability.
December 4th, 2012, 06:37 AM #2
the Goog wasn't invited? Gee.
December 4th, 2012, 10:17 AM #3
Goog should fear any international control over the space.
December 4th, 2012, 10:31 AM #4
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December 4th, 2012, 11:05 AM #5We all should - entire fricken world is going socialist, bordering on communist...
December 4th, 2012, 01:19 PM #6
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To be honest, I need to read more about the issue..
Unfortunately, I have an immediate suspicion towards any G initiative, which clouds my judgment. Their properties continue to push boundaries of copyright law, from creating an image database, to scanning books without consent (all in the guise of 'fair use').
You just have to look at their last quarterly results to see what's at stake when ever someone tries to interfere with "their" internet.
I know this may be unrelated to the issue at hand, but I need to review independent sources before making an intelligent decision.
December 4th, 2012, 01:56 PM #7I need to review independent sources before making an intelligent decision.
December 4th, 2012, 02:15 PM #8
I don't trust info just because one person, company or group would want us to sign a petition or spin the actual information for their own agenda. I always like to hear both sides first. Well I read of the few pages here, some of the info reads like it would be good changes and of things to come for an open world of online and communications.
WCIT-12: Background Briefs and FAQs
Also reading from here http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Docume...und-brief3.pdf
"transformation from circuit-based telecommunication networks to packet-based ones using the Internet protocol (IP): socalled next-generation networks, or NGN. The vertical structure of independent networks is evolving
into a horizontal structure based on IP that can deliver many kinds of content through a single
platform. This has profound implications for the market, regulators, and ultimately the expansion of
communications to people everywhere.
I don't know what it all does mean and why G and MR Cerf would be opposed to changes in this structure but if I read right it's because it would open up more the world based on a different technologies and not just only based existing Internet Protocal ( IP )
So, sounds like they are looking for change to give the world a more open platform for communications based on new technologies and communications of today and finding ways for it, specially since the world is changing now to instead of mostly being online through TCP IP to being portable with our cell and not dependent on what exists exclusively now using data packets and so forth.
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December 4th, 2012, 02:41 PM #9
NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US under virtual surveillance, all info stored, no matter the post - YouTube
December 4th, 2012, 02:46 PM #10Salty kisses, Sandy toes, and a Pirate's heart...
December 4th, 2012, 02:54 PM #11
And here is a back up link just in case: Person of Interest on CBS.com
December 4th, 2012, 03:13 PM #12
ITU INTERVIEW - Published on Dec 4, 2012
ITU INTERVIEW @ WCIT - 12: Ambassador Philip L. Verveer, U.S Coord. Intl. Comm. & Info. Policy - YouTubeJorge Ramirez | E: email@example.com | P: 305-482-3353 |
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A Study of Plasma-Derived Human Butyrylcholinesterase Administered Intramuscularly
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Baxalta US Inc.
DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, A CSC Company
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The purpose of this placebo-controlled study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a single dosage of human butyrylcholinesterase (HuBChE) in healthy adults. HuBChE, which occurs naturally in human plasma, is being evaluated for prophylaxis and treatment in the event of exposure to chemical nerve agents (as employed during chemical warfare or as an act of terrorism). Volunteers will receive a single intramuscular infusion of either HuBChE or normal saline placebo. The volunteers will remain in the study for 90 (+/- 7) days. For the first 3 days following dose administration, they will remain at the clinical trial site as an inpatient and will be closely monitored for patient safety. Afterwards, they will return to the trial site (at pre-determined intervals) as an outpatient for a further 8 visits, where patient safety will be assessed.
|Drug: Human butyrylcholinesterase (HuBChE) derived from human plasma Drug: Placebo: Normal saline
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1, Randomized, Observer-Blinded, Single Dose, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Plasma-Derived Human Butyrylcholinesterase (HuBChE) Administered Intramuscularly (IM)
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MedlinePlus related topics: Biodefense and BioterrorismU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Baxalta US Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Frequency and severity of local and systemic adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: until post-infusion Day 90 (+/- 7 days) ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Administration of one dose of the active drug (6 volunteers)
Drug: Human butyrylcholinesterase (HuBChE) derived from human plasma
Intramuscular administration
Placebo Comparator: 2
Administration of placebo (2 volunteers)
Drug: Placebo: Normal saline
Intramuscular administration
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- The volunteer is between 18 and 55 years of age (inclusive) at the time of administration of HuBChE.
- The volunteer is in good health as determined by the Investigator (Study Doctor) from a medical history and physical examination.
- The volunteer has clinical chemistry, hematology, coagulation, and urinalysis laboratory values within acceptable ranges or deemed clinically insignificant by the Principal Investigator (PI) and Project Medical Monitor.
- The volunteer has a normal electrocardiogram (ECG) or one with clinically insignificant findings as deemed by the PI.
- The volunteer is willing to have his or her blood samples stored for future HuBChE research studies.
- The volunteer has signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF) and has signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization form.
- The volunteer agrees not to donate blood during the trial or for at least 2 months following the 90 day study visit.
- The volunteer is willing to comply with the requirements of the protocol through the Post-Infusion Day 90 (± 7 days) visit.
Female volunteers must be of non-childbearing potential (i.e., surgically sterilized or postmenopausal), or must not be pregnant (as indicated by a negative urine pregnancy test within 1 day prior to HuBChE administration) or nursing, and must use two types of acceptable forms of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved birth control methods, including:
- Progesterone only hormonal types of birth control (such as implants or birth control pills) or an intrauterine device (IUD) and
- an additional barrier type of birth control measure (i.e., condoms, diaphragms, cervical caps, etc.) during the period beginning from 30 days before HuBChE administration through completion of the study. Completion of the study is defined as completing the acute phase of the study (Day 45 [± 3 days] visit).
Exclusion Criteria:
- The volunteer demonstrates predisposition to thrombus formation as determined by past medial history, and family history.
- The volunteer has a history of anaphylactoid reaction or other serious adverse reactions to blood products.
- The volunteer has a history of allergic reaction to procainamide or to its metabolite, p-aminobenzoic acid.
- The volunteer has been diagnosed with alcohol or drug abuse within the 12 months prior to study screening or offers a history of alcohol or drug abuse within the 12 months prior to screening.
- The volunteer has a positive result on a urine drug screen that tests for common substances of abuse, such as amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates and cannabinoids. (If positive on screen, confirmatory testing shall be performed where applicable.)
- The volunteer has a previous diagnosis of any serious psychiatric disorder. For this purpose, serious psychiatric disorder is defined as illness requiring hospitalization within the previous 12 months; routine administration of more than one medication to control anxiety, mood or sleep disorder; or history of suicide attempt.
- The volunteer has received any blood products or immune globulin in the previous six months.
- The volunteer has donated blood within 56 days prior to receipt of study product (Day 0).
- The volunteer has a deficiency of immunoglobulin A (IgA) as determined on screening.
- The volunteer has a current or past medical history for any condition which, in the opinion of the PI and/or Project Medical Monitor (PMM), might place him or her at risk by participating in the study.
- Personal or family history (in first degree relatives) of significant neuromuscular disease (as determined by the PI).
- Female volunteer is pregnant (must have a negative urine pregnancy test within 1 day of receipt of HuBChE), lactating, or unwilling to use 2 types of an acceptable FDA-approved form of contraception from time of screening through completion of the Day 45 (± 1 day) study visit.
- Current use, receipt within the previous 14 days, or intent to use during the 14 days after receiving drug product of drugs that may be metabolized, inhibited or otherwise affected by BChE.
- The volunteer has a clinically significant abnormality on the ECG.
- The volunteer has any laboratory values outside acceptable ranges that are clinically significant as assessed by the Investigator and/or PMM.
- The volunteer tests positive for HIV, HCV or HBV at screening.
- The volunteer has an acute illness, evidence of significant active infection, or evidence of systemic disease at time of enrollment that in the opinion of the PI would place the volunteer at an unacceptable risk for injury.
- The volunteer has a temperature >100.4°F at the time of dose administration.
- The volunteer has occupational or other responsibilities that would prevent completion of participation in the study.
- The volunteer is currently using tobacco products.
- Participants in other clinical trials in the past 60 days.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00333528
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00333528
|United States, Kansas
|Quintiles Phase 1 Services
|Lenexa, Kansas, United States, 66219
Sponsors and Collaborators
Baxalta US Inc.
DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, A CSC Company
|Principal Investigator:
|Ralph A Schutz, MD
|Quintiles (Clinical Research Organization)
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Baxalta US Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00333528 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 1, 2006
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|June 26, 2015
Keywords provided by Baxalta US Inc.:
Chemical Nerve Agent Intoxication
Chemical Warfare Agents
Chemical Terrorism
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According to a story on the Channel 22 WSBT website (official motto: what do you mean, there are people outside South Bend?), a LaPorte County sheriff's deputy was told to pay the $5 entrance fee, even though he needed to enter the fair to make an arrest.
Fair and police officials are calling this a mix-up, I call it just plain idiocy.
Apparently the misunderstanding arises from the fact that the fair used private security this year, rather than hiring police officers. As a result, deputies who had worked the fair in the past now had to pay to get in, "unless called to make an arrest," said the website.
Sergeant Mike Kellems was called to the fairgrounds to arrest a man on an outstanding felony warrant. Kellems stopped at the gate and said he was there to arrest a fugitive, but was told by two separate
Kellems paid the ticket, and then asked for a receipt, and returned to his squad car to wait for it. (Personally, I would have then entered, done my job, and gotten the receipt on the way out, but that's just me.) Kellems waited for several minutes, but nobody showed up, so he went inside to the fair security office, where the fugitive had already been detained.
The stupid part is that when the fair decided to use a private security firm, they arranged with the sheriff's department to allow deputies to enter the fairgrounds without a ticket, since the private security firm cannot make arrests.
What I don't understand is why Kellems didn't just remind the two gate attendants that of the three of them, only he had the power to arrest people for obstructing justice and being a general pain in the ass. The other two were just there to collect money and hand out tiny pieces of paper. While that may be an important job, I would think removing a felon from their midst would be worth forgoing the $5 just this once.
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There is no warranty on the pyrex glass or coil heads, however they do sell replacements for both. Using the Aspire ET-S BDC has been described as a warmer vape in general, and countless people have been leaving reviews stating the clear shock of flavor they have been experiencing with this clearomizer. It seems that this is a step in the right direction, and you should not be disappointed in any bottom dual coil clearomizers any time soon.
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I love this tank! I have them in all colors and recommend 100%. The only thing is when the o-ring wears out, I can't find a replacement o-ring. Aspire wants you to buy a new tank. Anyone know a solution? For the price and the quality, can't beat this tank! Been using them about a year.
All I did was simply went to Google search and entered, "et-s orings", just like I typed it. The first site I clicked on was fasttech.com that showed 50 o-rings for $ .91, that was listed on 10/15/13. The guy that made the last comment about leakage, what a joke lol. If you can't use a et-s without leaking, then you should vape disposables.
It does frequently leak if you dont keep everything tight and clean. If it leaks you have to take the tank off clean everything then let it dry.
I recommend anyone who uses this product to take the tank off the battery when filling and blow through mouth piece and cleaning before placing back on the battery.
If you are keep getting wet hits just throw away the coil. You cant clean these well enough and youll have to relace it before you finish the juice thats in your tank.
If you like big long drags this is not the tank for you. You will be dissappointed with the amount of vape you produce and the coils overheat, producing a harsh throat hit.
I bought this tank from my local e-cig Shop about a month, it has been non-stop hell with this tank. It worked great for a week, then the problems started; constant flooding, poor design prevents you from swapping out a dead battery without causing even more leaking, vent holes nears the power button so when it does flood and leaks out the holes yours hands get covered. Part of the problem is not just the awful tank, but also the awful atomizer coil. It has, for whatever reason, two holes on it that allow it to not only flood it's own chamber, but also leak directly onto the battery. What a shitty, horribly ill conceived design for a tank/atomizer.
DO NOT think to buy this shit tank for even a minute. A retarded monkey with down syndrome could design a better tank that doesn't flood as much. If you're considering buying this, get a VAMO instead, it's cheaper, higher quality, and it won't constantly, or ever, flood. Aspire is a shit company as far as I'm concerned, never buying any of their products again.


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We ordered a water distiller from AAA wholesale via the internet on 12/06/2011 as a Christmas gift for our Son. Upon receipt we noted and took pictures of the damaged package, upon opening the package the bottom section of the distiller was badly dented, and a cleaning chemical container shipped with the item had broken open and was throughout the distiller and the motor. My Wife contacted the vendor and requested the entire distiller be replaced, the vendor indicated that they would replace the base only which we received within a week or so. My wife removed the spilled chemical from the motor section and wrapped the new base and original motor (top) section for a Christmas gift to our Son on Christmas Day. December 26, our son called indicating that the motor did not work. From December 26 thru 28th we were unable to contact the vendor. On December 29th my wife reported all this to the vendor, who refused to stand behind their product any further, and informed us they didn't take returns or provide refunds. Many attempts were made by both my Wife and I to negotiate a replacement or refund. During the negotiations, the representative for AAA Wholesale became rude, hostile and accused us of not being smart enough to press a button to turn the machine on. On one occasion (March 6, 2012) he called us 7 times in a 15 minute time period to harass us.
After many attempts to reconcile with the vendor, a formal dispute was filed with VISA on February 26, 2012. Because the vendor would not provide a return shipping address we were unable to send the distiller back until an address was provided to us by our bank on May 29, 2012. The distiller including the damaged motor and the base that had been replaced were returned to the vendor that date. Since then thru the current date (August 21, 2012), Visa has attempted to get a credit from the vendor's bank to no avail.
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Facebook helps police catch AZ man suspected of child pornPosted: Updated:
A Phoenix man faces 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after he posted a sexually explicit image of a child to his Facebook account, police said.
Facebook reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that a username had uploaded an image depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor to the social media's server.
Facebook estimates its users upload 200 million photos a day. It scans every one of those photos using a fairly new product called Photo DNA.
Investigators executed a search warrant on Monday at the home of 36-year-old Kenneth Cyrus in connection with the Aug. 14 posting.
Police said they had identified the Facebook account as belonging to Cyrus and the IP address used to access the Facebook profile belonging to him was assigned to his home address in Phoenix.
"The fingerprints on anything that you upload on the internet, even if you try to be anonymous, are pretty easy to track down," Ken Colburn of Data Doctors said.
Police said they found other pornographic images of children on his laptop computer. Investigators said the children in the photos were under 10 years old.
About 100 images were immediately located, according to officers.
A court document stated Cyrus admitted during an interview that he viewed the images once or twice a week from his laptop and saved them by taking pictures of the computer screen with his cell phone and then importing them to his computer.
Police said Cyrus also admitted that he viewed the images because "he was curious."
Two children reside in Cyrus' home, police said.
In a statement to CBS 5 News, Facebook said:
"We have zero tolerance for child pornography being uploaded onto Facebook and are extremely aggressive in preventing and removing child exploitive content."
Facebook disables the sites found to be involved in child pornography. But they do preserve them as best they can to help with prosecution.
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Times of your lifeTuesday, June 21, 2011
massive long post with tons of pictures from those gorgeous days weeks ago
some lights seen through the dark sky
late night swimming with Tiffany
snapping some random stuff on Tiff's study desk
Beautiful, beautiful inspirational photographs there
Tiffany's little brother, Javier.
Dog-loudspeaker, how cute is this thing
random moments
dressing Christella up for her party that night
girls's favorite stuff
another random moment
Christella, me and Tiffany
Hard Rock cafe
one of my favorite diet menu; grilled chicken caesar salad
mugging the whole afternoon
favorite tea, period.
couldn't resist such a cute packaged candy, they don't taste extraordinary though.
another diet menu; grilled chicken caesar salad from Ochacha
probably the most addictive green tea muffin in town from Ochacha.
Tiffany during the exam period
These two pictures were taken by Javier. Ah how could random photos like these could turned out to be so beautiful? or is it just me
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more randoms
my shattered nail polish
Brunch at Marmalade Pantry with Tiff.
Another day, another brunch at Coffee Club
At times like this I guess this world would be a much better place if calories do not exist.
blogging all these pictures taken in singapore from medan when i couldn't sleep at night, sometimes i tried to recall those moments you had in life and funny i always have a hard time doing it. even if those were just the things i did for the past few days.
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: What would you do? Work situation.
My boss is out of town at her BFs mothers funeral. And the accounting department needs her to sign off on some rush invoices that need to be paid. I generally log the invoices into a database so we can keep track of our departments spending. Then I pass the invoices to my boss and bug her in a couple days if she hasnt signed off yet. She works hard, probably doing 3 times the work she should do. If I absolutely need her for something, Ill contact her on her day off. Funerals are where I draw the line. So the rush invoice can wait IMO. And Im not going to even tell her about it until she gets back, or go through any contortions trying to figure out how to get the invoice to her or how she could get it signed and back to me.
Thats my take on it. What would you do?
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Category: first names
OK, here's a thought. Suppose you find yourself beginning to really like some of those classic mid-century nicknames like the ones you've been hearing on shows like Mad Men and in movies like Revolutionary Road, but you don't really care for the names they've been traditionally attached to. Some of them mght be too Grandma or pa, some of them overused in the recent past. As in 'Don? Maybe. Donald? No, thanks.' So what we've done here is put together a list of some possible, more contemporary and/or interesting and/or less widely used alternatives that manage to hold on to the desired nickname.
ALBY — ALBANY rather than Albert
ALEX — ALEXIO rather than Alexander
ANNIE — ANNABEL rather than Ann
ART — ARTEMAS rather than Arthur
BEN — BENEDICT rather than Benjamin
BETH — BETHEL rather than Elizabeth
CAL — CALLUM rather than Calvin
On this momentous day in American history, with a new president exceptional in every way, including being the first to have a precedent-shaking multi-ethnic name, it's interesting to compare it with previous Presidential names. We know how influential some of the surnames have been–Jefferson, Lincoln, Kennedy have become adopted as first names–but what about the actual given names of these Commanders-in-Chief? Already we've seen a number of celebratory baby Baracks, with undoutedly many more to follow.
The majority of past presidents have had standard issue Anglo-Saxon classic names, including five Jameses, four Johns, four Williams, three Georges (looking back, there's a certain historic symmetryt here beginning with Washington and ending with Bush) and one and a half Thomases (see below). Curiously enough, there are only two Old Testament names among them–Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Harrison. Barack Obama is not the first president to inherit his father's name–the others, some of whom were actually Juniors and some who weren't–were John Adams, James Madison, James Buchanan, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, and Gerald Ford. Bill Clinton is William Jefferson Clinton III, and President Ford was a double junior: he was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. and later became Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
Although Lincoln was known as Abe and Theodore Roosevelt as Teddy, the true Nickname Era started with Eisenhower, who ran on the slogan "I Like Ike." He was followed by Jack Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Speaking of Jack, it's possible that Kennedy added a bit of panache to that form of his name which still lingers today.
It's interesting to note how many of these men actually reinvented their names. Eisenhower switched his first two names from David Dwight to Dwight David, as did Stephen Grover/Grover Stephen Cleveland and Thomas Woodrow/Woodrow Thomas Wilson. Grant was christened Hiram Ulysses Grant, but a clerical error when he was enrolling at West Point listed him as Ulysses Simpson (his mother's maiden name) Grant, relieving him of the embarassing initials HUG. Two others whose mothers' maiden names became their firsts were Millard (always wondered where that came from) Fillmore and Woodrow Wilson.
All in all, presidential first names have not had a huge impact on baby naming–unless you want to count the negative effect on the name Richard after Nixon's decline in reputation. Looks like here, as in so many other areas, Barack Obama will break new ground.


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Old Navy Polka Dot Chambray Top (M) (here)
J.Crew Factory Pencil Skirt in Double-Serge Wool (6) (bright cumin color) (here)
Jessica Simpson Minna Wedge (via Modcloth, "You Rock Wedge") (9, TTS) (here)
Kate Spade Kingsbury Park Shelby (similar)
Puffy/furry vest from Charlotte Russe circa 2004 (very similar but super pricey) (or here for $30)
Ann Taylor Stacked Gold Rings (here)
Michael Kors Runway Chronograph Watch in Bronze (on sale here)
Anthropologie Encircled Effulgence Posts (extremely similar at Forever 21 for $4)
Ya know, we might as well just rename this blog to "plumbing the depths of business casual" or some such thing. While I am not wearing this furry puffy vest around the office, of course, I did wear it to the office, and I am wearing a chambray top, so perhaps the sentiment still applies.
It's not that I don't like business attire, it's just...well, no, that's it actually. I don't like business attire. If I had to wear a suit to work every day I think I would cry. I'd adapt, but I'd be sad to have a more limited range of personal expression in my day-to-day.
Business casual I can roll with, however. It's fun to play around with exactly what that term means. I think polished chambray + a tailored pencil skirt and sleek shoes are A-OK, but I could understand if someone else had a general reluctance to wear any form of denim around the office.
We talked about maxi skirts as business casual last week (and one of the commenters in that post asked about peplum -- anyone have any thoughts?). While I think the more conservative viewpoints may have persuaded me to give up the maxi at work, I'm pretty solidly sold on chambray as long as it's paired with traditional cuts and fabrics everywhere else in the outfit.
What do you think about chambray? Are you yay or nay?


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Jailed businessman Marc Sessions Jenson got what he wanted Wednesday: The Utah attorney general's office agreed to step aside from prosecuting the criminal case against him.
Although Jenson has made scandalous allegations against Utah's top cop and accused prosecutors of harassing his attorneys, witnesses and family, prosecutors maintained there was no real reason for them to bow out. There was no conflict of interest, they say. No bad blood. No history of harassment or unlawful behavior.
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Photo by Johan VogelA sage once wrote—we forget where exactly—that the five best words ever printed in the Los Angeles Timesare "Liz Smithis on vacation." The radio equivalent of these sentiments are expressed on March 1 by public-radio station KCRW-FM 89.9, which announces it has fired commentator Sandra Tsing Loh. You know how much we despise exposing our personal biases in this space, but truth be told, we never got Loh. Ever. Never ever. Her supposedly humorous The Loh Life monologues, which include pause breaks for listeners she must assume are in titters, always induce in us the Simpsons moment when Homer walks over to a TV set showing Prairie Home Companion's Garrison Keillor, pounds the top of the console and demands, "Be funnier." Only we pound a radio, which can be quite a trick in rush-hour traffic. But the Loh heave-ho does not come because KCRW is trying to improve the quality of Los Angeles and Orange County airwaves. Turns out her monologue the night before her axing included the word fuck, which tops both George Carlin's list of the seven words you can't say on television and the Federal Communications Commission's list of words that can never air on any public airwaves. Loh swears her fuck was supposed to be bleeped out—that was the joke! [Insert chirping cricket sounds here.]But fuck if Loh's fuck didn't go out unfiltered, prompting her sacking by station manager Ruth Seymour, whose own shrill voice during pledge drives doesn't have us pounding the radio but rather steering into oncoming traffic. In the story about this sordid affair in the Los Angeles Times(it all comes full circle, baby), Seymour denies she let Loh go due to today's scary broadcasting climate. "The actual use of the word can't be used in any way on our air. It has nothing to do with the Super Bowl or Howard Sternor anything like that. It's illegal," says Seymour, whose voice, even imagined in our head as we read back her words, has us reaching for an ice pick to use as a Q-tip.
AD WARFor an example of something that probably does have something to do with the Super Bowl or Howard Stern or anything like that, check out gun-shy media giant Viacom's recent capitulation to an Anaheim elementary school. As the Anaheim Bulletinreports on March 4, Viacom quickly and without question acquiesced to a request by Sunkist Elementary School principal Joan Pettitethat Viacom remove an advertisement on a billboard it owns facing the school. The ad showed a shapely blonde in a bikini lying by a palm tree and holding a bottle of Corona Light beer. Pettite and PTA president Dianna Kronquistcited the school's designation as a drug-free zone as the rationale for infringing on the First Amendment. And when did light beer (or, in this case, a picture of light beer) wind up on the list of dangerous drugs that can't be within a designated distance from a school yard? Geez, it's not like the billboard showed something truly evil, like medical marijuana! But as it has done in the broadcasting arena, where the financial blow of losing an FCC license is too much to risk, Viacom admits making a mistake—"Simple human error," says inventory specialist Molly Brydges—and rips down the ad pronto. AD WAR IIA small, grassroots group called Keep the Commissary(KTC), which is composed of active and retired military personnel, contacts the Weekly on March 1 to complain about not being able to get an advertisement in The Orange County Register—even though active and retired military personnel are the people for whom half the Register stories and all Gordon Dillow columns are written. Having successfully fought to keep a sort of Wal-Mart for Vets open at the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, KTC has a new cause: putting struggling military families in empty base housing. So their ad gives a shout-out to a certain Newport Beach Republican congressman: "Chris Cox: Why aren't you helping our military families access the empty El Toro base housing that is costing taxpayers over $50,000 every day it sits empty?" Small-print disclaimers note this is a paid advertisement and that El Toro is in Cox's district, though you'd never know it considering the way Cox rode the fence during the whole airport debate. The KTC ad also includes a web address to get more info (ocmil.com) and a slogan ("Troops, taxpayers are being fleeced!"). But Keep the Comissars say that after the Regtook their cash, the copy was deemed "too problematic," no changes to it were allowed, and senior advertising department executives wouldn't return calls. (Don't take it personally; they don't return ours, either). "It appears the Registeris allowing its ad decisions to be influenced by politicians—it makes you wonder who really owns the Register," fumes retired Marine George Simon. "It also appears the Register has adopted an anti-military, anti-taxpayer attitude to avoid facing the true facts about El Toro." To add insult to, well, insult, KTC reps say they had to place several calls and wait in the Register lobby for hours before getting a refund. THIS JUST IN: NOT ALL HUNTINGTON BEACH VOTERS ARE DIPSHITSWe figure it's a slam-dunk that Surf City voters—who have stacked their City Council in years past with drunks, fascists and a dimwit extraordinaire with the initials Dave Garofalo—will believe rich and powerful interests claiming the council would be more responsive if the number of seats was cut from seven to five. But a funny thing happens on March 2: Measure E, the so-called "fair district initiative," tanks as 63.3 percent of Huntington Beach voters oppose it. Measure E had everything going for it: $200,000 (that we know about) spent by backers (vs. the Huntington Beach Concerned Voter's Coalition's measly $35,000) and ex-Assemblyman Scott "Slime" Baughwhoring on its behalf after having been retained as a lobbyist by AES power-plant owners who want to operate, pollute and pay no taxes without government interference. Baugh, who claims his initiative would have passed had it been on the November ballot (which begs the question: Why rush to put it on the March ballot?), says he's too busy trying to succeed Tom Fuentesas grand master of the Orange County Republican Central Committee to bother with this municipal shit anymore. Okay, so maybe he didn't use those exact words. ANOTHER CRUSHING ELECTION DEFEATBitterer, defeateder, ex-congressman Robert K. "B-1 Obsolete" Dornanloses his GOP primary bid to unseat Congressman Dana Rohrabacher(R-Huntington Beach) when 1 million percent of the 46th District voters reject him. (Actually, it was more like 83 percent, but who's counting? Certainly not the Mexicans, eh, Bob?) Of course, the worst thing about Dornan slithering back, tail between his wobbly, freckled knees, to his hilltop Virginia mansion is we won't be able to use the remaining nicknames for him suggested by Clockwork readers Shirley and Tony Smith. Having printed everyone else's and fearing that we may never pound out another item on the fiery redhead, we give you: B-1 Butthead, B-1 Buffoon, B-1 Blowhard, B-1 Braindead, B-1 Bonehead, B-1 Bozo, B-1 Bellyache, B-1 Bore and B-1 Big Mouth.
Congressman, don't let anyone tell you you won't be missed.
MUST-SEE TVC Traditional Values Coalitionpresident Andrea Lafferty—the daughter of the Anaheim- and Washington, D.C.-based, gay-hating ministry's founder the Reverend Lou Sheldon—writes to the producer of NBC's The West Wing complaining about the March 3 show. The fictional program (so fictional it has liberals running the White House) makes reference to the "Traditional Values Alliance" and its motto "The Lord Hates Homosexuals." Wrote Lafferty: "This sounds to me like the Reverend Fred Phelps, who pops up in real life (way too often) arguing 'God Hates Fags.' The Traditional Values Coalition has publicly criticized Reverend Phelps for this outrageous distortion of the Gospel, particularly some of the stunts he and his followers have done concerning the death of Matthew Shepard." Gee, Andrea, how very straight of you. Will you sign my petition calling for the legalization of gay marriage? The last time Clockwork mentioned Lafferty, she was complaining about something she heard on public radio (it all comes full circle, baby!). Gotta wonder about her viewing and listening habits.
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Bachelor of Arts in Music
The B.A. Major in Music at Gonzaga University with an emphasis on music composition follows the methodology of Nadia Boulanger, the French composition instructor of several noted American composers including Roy Harris and Aaron Copland.
Students begin with chant like single melodies in order to learn the importance of differentiating pitch and rhythmic designs while gaining understanding in the use of tempo, dynamics and articulation marks. They then compose a song cycle in which they set three or more related poems to music for solo voice and piano. They next turn to an instrumental suite of five or six short pieces for a duo of their choice of instruments. Later they write a choral piece and an instrumental solo piece of some length. Students move through the course at their own pace, but usually completion of the program takes four semesters.
Each student meets weekly with the instructor for the purpose of either monitoring the work in progress or for establishing parameters for a new composition. Once a week, a full meeting of all composition students enables the group to hear and evaluate compositions by others in the program.
The requirement of Portfolio concerts, one at the Junior level and the other at the Senior level, enables the composition majors to see their work through to public performance.
Success of Gonzaga's program in music composition is demonstrated by the following:
- The publication by a major liturgical publishing house of a choral work by one of the students while in the program
- Five annual awards by OPUS 7, Seattle's professional choral ensemble, to Gonzaga's students as the Outstanding Undergraduate composers in the Northwest
- Graduate school enrollment in composition by one or two members of the program each year since the Gonzaga University awarded its first B.A. in Music with emphasis on Composition.
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