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"This story was told before. It has been told again. There will not be another telling of it in quite the same way, for now is the moment in time that it was written about"
A Core Shift in Spatial Relationships
Channeler: Maryann Radahttp://renegadethoughts.wordpress.com/
Marking time is putting you into a faster two-step lately, isn't it? Cosmic rhythms being what they are, it would seem that you have entered into time's half-time show and the nature of how you relate to reality is moving into an extraordinary process of elongation and expansion. That is how it may seem. However, cosmic rhythms being what they are, we assure you that in fact, nothing out of the ordinary is happening at all. The reality of what is ordinary has changed, but that is merely a function of your ability to relate meaningfully with it. Reality is what it is. Time is what it is. Your relationship to reality and time is what is becoming – and how becoming it is, humans of Earth! We are ever in awe of your core resonant vibe, even when it may seem like everything around you is falling apart.
Core restructuring is taking place within the planet. It is taking place within every being upon the planet, within species, within nations, within social structures, families, and friendships. Everything – everything – is shifting into a different band of frequency, into a new realm of understanding, a new phase of being. A new world is taking shape. Would you indulge us for a brief story? It's been some time since we shared one with you, and it serves well the purpose of deeper understanding of what's going on these days. So please, sit back and enjoy our brief tale. The world will still be editing itself when we've finished, so you won't miss much.
Long ago, on a world not so far removed from your own in space and time, known to its inhabitants as Cosmic Creation Number Nine, a panel of experts convened a sort of gathering of the people who put their names in a hat as part of a lottery. The winners were asked if they would take the core-shift route on their trip to photograph the paradise of a new world coming into being. They all agreed, more or less, and with pockets full of hope, they embarked. To the emergence of a new world birthed from the essence of their own they went, adventurers all, and into the phase of interdimensional time they seemed to disappear.
The world they found themselves in was twin to Cosmic Creation Number Nine in all ways but for the improbable factor of pirates having stolen the lock and key to the codes of creation and the additional challenge of the travelers having lost most of their memory. Of course there was little the lucky lottery winners could do but take photographs of everything they saw, and they soon had so many light-etched images that they began to get a little bit disorganized and confused. Where was the end point of this birth of paradise? Where were the scenes of beauty and wonder that would trigger their memories of home? They looked around to see only carnage and chaos, confusion and churning catastrophe. This was what they recorded.
To the world they came from, they sent worried messages in hope that help would come, that the nightmare would end, that peace would be. The world they came from said little in response, but urged them to keep taking in what they witnessed as photographic etchings of light. The worst was around them now, it was understood, and the images cast in light and shadow would make the understanding of facts more easily gained. The world they were visiting, while tumultuous and unpredictable, was indeed starting the final phase of transformation into what it was always promised to be. What the travelers were seeing and translating with their photography was pure energetic restructuring, core material reintegration. Keep knowing that, the impulse from home repeated. Keep knowing that, and be in place to catch the right angle of light for your open eyes to see.
So, thus emboldened to do what they came to do, the pride of Cosmic Creation Number Nine continued to snap photographs, capturing the arrangement of light and shadow to form the basis of a new understanding dawning that day, growing each day, until the time came for the celebration of a new birth. This story has been shared through generations of travelers and in countless forms, yet its essence remains unchanged. That is, remain steadfast in your consciousness of the reality from which you came, and know that everything will change in the culmination of a brief period of intensity and collapse. Nothing can avert the imminent transformation of the Earth. It has already begun. So, too, has your inevitable evolvement. There is nothing that can avert that, either. You are already en route to becoming the people you have been promised to be: bold, free, whole, powerful yet existing in a world of peaceful calibration and living in a spectrum of harmony and joy.
This story was told before. It has been told again. There will not be another telling of it in quite the same way, for now is the moment in time that it was written about. You are the ones who hold within yourselves the cameras with which to capture the emergent light from the pictures of distress and calamity you see all around you. You are they who came to this life's journey to regain memory of a paradise and help awaken the horror-stricken from the collective nightmare of hell on Earth. You are here as ambassadors from Cosmic Creation Number Nine to welcome each other back to a moment out of time where the past becomes the future and the dream of remembrance dissolves into the pure being of a perfected new creation.
Now is a good time to reach deep into your pocket where you stowed a bit of hope and share it with those whose pockets are empty, save for yesterday's lint. Now is the time to put your ears and eyes and hearts together to sense a response to the earnest questions and wishes for a sign from the heavens that you are connected to a network of loving creation. The world is shifting into place for a new band of frequency to be detected. While the transformation is underway, you will yet see distress. More is coming. Hold your hearts together amid the mayhem and let each other know, in whatever way you can, that come what may, there will be no separation from what is to be. Mourn the loss, be of comfort where you can, and with awe for the transformation in every being from death to life, share hope, open your hearts and see where light is waiting to appear. Remember who you are, remember where you are from, and know that you are becoming the people you have been destined to be. Love is your nature. You cannot lose that.
We are with you, part of a continuum of life, which will meet as time begins the final stage of its collapse. We await reunion and remind you that it is with love and respect that we say, you are most beloved. Be strong, our sisters and brothers. Time dissolves, but the truth of who you are becomes more coherent by the day.


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Our forum is dedicated to the stone restoration trade.
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Workforce surveys offer tips for recruiters.
Many of the nation's leading technology companies -- and major competitors with the federal government for staff -- were among the leaders on a list of the top 50 companies to work for in 2013. Some of the top perks that draw and keep employees at top companies like Facebook are trust in leadership, challenging work and perks and benefits that help employees balance their work and personal lives.
So how can the federal government attract talent in this environment? Despite a 5 percent dip in federal employee morale over the past year, according to the Partnership for Public Service's recent Best Places to Work Survey, the areas that draw federal employees into public service remain the areas that may keep them in their jobs, helping the government maintain its competitive edge.
A new survey by Graduate School USA found that most federal employees are finding appreciation within their organizations -- 93 percent from their team and co-workers and 74 percent from the leadership in their agency.
Finding appreciation among elected officials and the public, however, is a mixed bag. Just 59 percent of feds said they feel appreciated by President Obama. Sixty-eight percent of respondents felt Congress did not appreciate their work, and 52 percent said the American people did not.
"In order to maintain a strong federal workforce, it's imperative to understand what these surveys tell us," said Jerry Ice, CEO and president of Graduate School USA. "There is an ongoing need for leadership training, with an expanded focus on effective communications. The survey indicates a direct correlation between a clearly articulated mission and positive team dynamics."
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Soccer Fans Everywhere Are Doing the 'Neymar Challenge'
While Brazilian forward Neymar Jr. is one of the biggest soccer stars in the world, he's also one of the sport's most reviled floppers, feigning injury at almost every chance he gets to try and draw foul calls against his opponents.
But long as referees and soccer organizations all over the world continue to reward Neymar with calls in his favor, it's in the best interest of young footballers all over the world to learn his tricks.
Soccer fans are now taking part in the "Neymar Challenge," wherein they do their best to comically imitate the trend's namesake.
Check out some of the submissions in the video above or search #NeymarChallenge on social media.
It's funny because it's so true.
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A little shy of a year agowith the world's attention focused on a change of power in North Koreaa photo of Kim Jung Il's funeral, released by KCNA (North Korean Central News Agency), sparked controversy. The image had been manipulatedless for overt political ends, more for visual harmony. Blog Submission . The photo's offending elements, photoshopped from the image, were not political adversaries or top secret information, but a group of photographers who had disturbed the aesthetic order of the highly orchestrated and meticulously planned occasion.
In an age where seemingly every occasion is documented through photography from every conceivable anglean estimated 380 billion photographs will be taken this year aloneit's not only North Korean bureaucrats who are wrestling to keep hoards of other photographers out of their pictures.
Photographers frequently appear in news photographs made by others. Banks of cameras greet celebrities and public figures at every event; cell phones held high by admirers become a tribute in lights, but a distraction to the viewer. Amateurs and professionals, alike, appear in backgrounds and in foregrounds of images made at both orchestrated events and in more candid moments. squido lense . The once-invisible professional photographer's process has been laid bare.
On occasion, photographers even purposefully make their fellow photographers the subject of their pictures. The most difficult picture to take, it seems, is one without the presence of another photographer either explicitly or implicitly in the frame.
Everyone wants to record their own version of realityironically, it turns out, because by distracting oneself with a camera, it's easy to miss the true experience of a moment. At a recent Jack White concert, the guitarist requested that audience members stop trying to take their own photos. "The bigger idea," his label noted in a statement, "is for people to experience the event with their own eyes and not watch an entire show through a tiny screen in their hand. We have every show photographed professionally and the pictures are available from Jack White's website shortly after to download for free."
The abundance of camera phones and inexpensive digital cameras has changed the photographic landscape in countless and still-incompletely understood ways, and it's not just the North Korean government trying to find ways around the hoards of photographers making their way into everyone else's shots. Here, TIME looks back on the past year to highlight an increasingly common phenomenon: the photographer in the picture.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The 2013-14 Lipscomb women's basketball season is officially underway.
After a month and a half of individual workouts and team sessions, the Lady Bisons kicked off practice Tuesday morning in McQuiddy Gymnasium.
With seven new student-athletes on the squad, practices in the early portion of the year are dealt with evaluation.
"The key is we are still evaluating with so many new faces," second-year head coach Greg Brown said. "You go from individual skills to combining those with team skills. It is just trying to get those things to weave together and add transition to it.
"We talk about a whole-part-whole process and this gives us a chance to do some of the whole part of teaching."
Although the first practice officially kicked off, the Lady Bisons have had a few workouts by taking advantage of a new NCAA rule.
"You get 40 days from your first game to get 30 days of practice," Brown said. "Instead of the old Oct. 1, where you felt like you were rushed, it gives you time to acclimate in and evaluate.
"It is a very good rule and is a steady progression from individual workouts to team workouts to now practice."
Lipscomb has two exhibition contests, Oct. 28 against Freed-Hardeman and Nov. 6 vs Fisk, before kicking off the regular season against Morehead State on Nov. 10. All three games are in Allen Arena.
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A fight for national bragging rights
Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Voters in a special congressional election next month will decide between an ex-banker who backs Obamacare and a smooth-talking former Washington lobbyist.
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But that uninspiring choice — foisted relentlessly on residents here every time they turn on the TV — doesn't capture the true stakes of the race. Unfolding in one of the few remaining competitive House districts, the contest has become a proxy battle among the national parties for bragging rights heading into the November midterm election. Democrats are determined to blunt the prevailing wisdom that 2014 is destined to be an electoral bust, possibly ending with Republicans padding their House majority and taking the Senate. Republicans see a chance to deliver an irrefutable statement that momentum this year is on their side.
The vessels for those outsize expectations are Democrat Alex Sink, who fell a percentage point shy of becoming Florida governor in 2010, and Republican David Jolly, who spent more than a decade toiling for the man he's looking to succeed, the late GOP Rep. Bill Young, before taking up a new career in Washington's bustling influence industry.
( On the Ground: POLITICO covers the hottest races of 2014)
Each passing day leading up to the March 11 election brings fresh evidence of how badly each side wants a win. Vice President Joe Biden went to Florida on Wednesday to raise money for Sink — a rare foray by the White House into a single House election. Both national parties, plus an array of outside groups, have combined to spend an eye-popping $6 million on TV ads, a figure that's poised to soar over the next four weeks. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio campaigned with Jolly on Monday, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is slated to fundraise for him on Friday.
But the intense national interest also reflects a tightening race. At the outset, Sink, boosted by her high name ID and prodigious fundraising, was seen as the clear front-runner. But with recent polls showing the race closing, Democrats aren't nearly as confident as they once were, and Republicans aren't nearly as pessimistic.
Count Sink herself among the worried. On a glum and drizzly Saturday afternoon, the former state chief financial officer sat inside a cramped union hall in one of the district's abundant strip malls. Asked about her prospects, she marveled at the amount of money Republican groups are spending, which has narrowed the once considerable financial advantage she enjoyed. And she expressed one of her party's central concerns about 2014: that Republicans are just a lot more fired up than Democrats are.
( Also on POLITICO: Sink, Jolly spar in Florida debate)
"In a special election like this, Republicans are more disciplined about voting, and they're more frequent voters," she said. "And in this state, unfortunately, Democrats like to vote in presidential elections and they like to stay home the rest of the time. That's a lesson I learned four years ago." In the 2010 midterm, a big election for Republicans nationwide, Sink lost a hard-fought race against GOP Gov. Rick Scott, 49 percent to 48 percent, a difference of just over 60,000 votes out of the more than 5 million cast.
She isn't relishing the national scrutiny, calling all the attention "noise."
"Unfortunately, we're the first race of the cycle. That's why people like you are down here," she told a reporter. "If this was six months from now, I don't think you'd be back here to write about my congressional race. So it gives you something to write about."
( Also on POLITICO: U.S. Chamber of Commerce dings Sink in Florida)
The 13th Congressional District has long been regarded as a political prize: Many call it the foremost swing county in the foremost swing state in the country. The district broke for George W. Bush in 2004, then backed Barack Obama in consecutive presidential elections. Its residents are almost 90 percent white, and are nearly evenly split among Democrats, Republicans and independents. Located in densely populated Pinellas County, an area that hugs Florida's western coastline, the district encompasses a swath of St. Petersburg and expands outward into its suburbs.
Sink, 65, has found herself on the defensive recently. Like many other Democrats this year, she's being hammered over Obamacare and portrayed as a steadfast supporter of the president's policies. It's a potent attack line in a district where the president's poll numbers are weak. Republicans like to point to quotes from Sink's past, like when she came out in support of the president's health care bill in 2010. The Chamber of Commerce has begun running a TV commercial saying "300,000 Floridians will lose their health insurance because of Obamacare — and Alex Sink supported it. And she still does."
She has given a nuanced response, saying she wants to fix parts of the Affordable Care Act that aren't working rather than repeal it completely. Yet Sink often sounds more like a supporter of the law than a critic. In a debate last week, she said some people were "thrilled" with the ACA.


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Dale Steyn got down to brass tacks, his cut to the chase spell left India infirm position and changed the opening day of second test at Durban into a field day for South Africa. It was Steyn whose mammoth bowling performance ruined the expected acceleration of visitors and did not allowed them to produced any reasonable stand, following him, Tsotsobe also played a vital role to helped his head honcho for accomplishment the task, he got two, including most important wicket of Tendulkar, to prove his selection for Durban. That were the reasons Indian score board showed 183/6 at stumps.
India at their start, were looking in charge, they were on 43 without loss, Sehwag and Vijay gave steady start to India after Smith decision of field first. Everything were looking well for the world Number.1 team but suddenly the wrong turn came.
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|MLBPA Press Release
The project will be implemented by Medicines for Humanity and the Catholic Church with the technical support of the Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral (IDDI). Among those who attended the announcement were James Watson, Interim Director of the USAID Mission in the Dominican Republic; Stan Javier, Special Assistant for the Major League Baseball Players Association; and Sandy Alderson, the Major League Baseball consultant who is overseeing the sport's operations in the Dominican Republic.
"This Alliance with Major League Baseball is the ideal channel to raise resources through baseball in order to promote community development in the Dominican Republic," Watson said. "This initiative is one more example of how baseball helps the underserved in the Dominican Republic."
"The MLB-DDA is an example of MLB's commitment to improve Dominican society," said Alderson. "Many of our players come from poor communities, and through the MLB-DDA, players, teams, and fans have the opportunity to help these communities by supporting education, health, and economic development projects."
Medicines for Humanity (MFH) is a nonprofit organization with the goal of combating child malnutrition and infant mortality in Africa, Haiti, and Latin America. In the Dominican Republic, MFH has carried out maternal/child medical projects in 42 batey communities of Consuelo and Quisqueya.
"We are extremely grateful for this opportunity to reach more at-risk children in the Dominican Republic," stated Timothy W. Bilodeau, Executive Director of Medicines for Humanity.
The Major League Baseball Players Trust awarded its $50,000 grant to Medicines for Humanity in March 2010. Since 2002, Major League players have committed more than $600,000 through the Trust to support community development projects in the Dominican Republic.
"On behalf of all Major League players, I would like to thank the United States Agency for International Development and the Major League Baseball Dominican Development Alliance for their generosity and financial support," said Melissa Persaud, Director of the Players Trust for the MLBPA. "This matching grant will further the efforts of Medicines for Humanity and the Players Trust in helping Dominican families in need of the lifesaving medicines, vitamins and healthcare we all take for granted."
Through the Players Trust, Major Leaguers contribute their time, money and celebrity to call attention to important causes affecting the needy and to help encourage others to get involved in their own communities. For more information on the Major League Baseball Players Trust, please visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com or visit the Players Trust channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/MLBPlayersTrust.
The MLB-DDA was created to attract resources from the MLB industry to support sound community development projects in the Dominican Republic, a country that produced more than 10 percent of MLB players on 2010 Opening Day rosters. USAID provided $1 million to benefit partnering 501(c)3 certified community development organizations in the DR. To date, the MLB-DDA has channeled over $840,000 to support 16 projects in the Caribbean nation.
To learn more about the MLB-DDA, please visit www.mlb-dda.org.


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Every person has a story to be told.
If you lend an ear you'd be surprised at the tales you unravel.
You'd be at peace with unruley behaviorism once you unleash the biography behind the motives.
The unspoken pain, will leave you speechless. How do they ache in silence valiantly so?
The sincere acts of kindness will melt your heart with warmth, as they pass unnoticed, uncredited.
You'll find that the pattern of human emotions has surprisingly stayed the same regardless the never-ending evolution in human-kind.
Whether green with envy or blue with despair.. who's to say we're not the same after all?
Jealousy. Love. Deceit. Indifference. Sacrifice. Hatred.
Though we may have civilized minds, our hearts will ever remain primitively barbarian.
"I am a prisoner of my own biography: I can't help but view the American experience through the lens of a black man of mixed heritage, forever mindful of how generations of people who looked like me were subjugated and stigmatized, and the subtle and not so subtle ways that race and class continue to shape our lives.
But that is not all that I am."
~Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
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by Tyler Peck, sports information graduate assistant
>>>GCSU Athlete of the Week Archive
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Senior Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden) of the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Champion Georgia College & State University golf team was named GCSU Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 18. This is the first such honor for Johansson and the second for the golf team this season.
Johansson led his team to win by eight strokes. The senior finished at even par and two strokes off the individual lead in second overall. The three-time All-American shot 72s in each of the three rounds. The par-five seventh was a spot of brilliance for Johansson, carding birdies in all three rounds.
The PBC Championship has been an elusive one for the storied Georgia College golf program and head coach Jimmy Wilson. The 2010 victory marks just the second in program history, the first coming 10 years ago in 2000. The last PBC Championship team had a pair of GCSU Athletics Hall of Famers on the starting five in Alex McMichael and David Robinson. The Bobcats beat Francis Marion University that season by 13 strokes in two rounds of play.
The Bobcats are back in action May 3-5 at the NCAA Super Regionals, hosted by Barton College at the Wilson Country Club in Wilson, N.C.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Feb 14 (Reuters) - Ottawa Senators All-Star defenseman Erik Karlsson will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a lacerated Achilles tendon, the National Hockey League (NHL) team said on Thursday.
"Erik had surgery this morning to repair a 70 percent cut in his Achilles. Recovery is three-to-four months," said Senators general manager Bryan Murray in a statement on the team's website.
Awarded the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman last season, Karlsson sustained the injury during a 4-2 away loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, when he was pinned against the boards late in the second period by Matt Cooke, who stepped down on the back of the young Swede's leg.
The smooth skating blueliner leads all NHL defensemen with six goals and was considered a leading contender for another Norris Trophy.
Cooke, a scrappy player who has been suspended several times for hits and injuring players, will not receive any supplemental discipline for the play that was ruled an accident. (Reporting by Steve Keating in Toronto, Editing by Gene Cherry)


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Studies show that patients who are involved in their care heal better and have better outcomes. Here are some things you and your family can do to take an active role.
Participate in Medical Rounds
Rounding is when the doctor comes to check on your progress at the bedside. This is the best time to get your questions answered. Ask your bedside nurse when the doctor will round. Make a list of your questions to ask during rounds.
Nurse Shift Change at the Bedside
During shift change, the nurse that is leaving will review your chart in your room with the nurse beginning the next shift. Ask your nurse if this happens in your unit and at what time, so you can be ready with any questions.
Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
Take a moment to read about your patient rights and responsibilities.
Medical Records
If you would like to request a copy of your medical record at any time, please call Health Information Management at 901-516-6979.
Speak Up!
As a patient or family member, you can make your care safer by being an involved and informed member of your healthcare team. Just follow the "Speak Up" system:
- Speak up if you have questions or concerns. If you still don't understand, ask again. It's your body and you have a right to know. Consult this list of common questions to help you.
- Pay attention to the care you get. Always make sure you're getting the right treatments and medicines by the right healthcare professionals. Don't assume anything.
- Educate yourself about your illness. Learn about the medical tests you get, medication side effects and your treatment plan.
- Ask a trusted family member or friend to be your advocate (advisor or supporter).
- Know what medicines you take and why you take them. Medicine errors are the most common healthcare mistakes.
- We want you to Understand your diagnosis and care, and Participate in all decisions. You are the center of the care team.


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Attack with Fluidity – Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company Celebrates 20 Years of Dance-Making
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Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company attacks choreography with poise and fluidity. They celebrated their 20 year anniversary April 5th and 6th at the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre at George Washington University, the same theatre where they first began their artistic journey. In a four-piece concert, part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Burgess uses his contemporary style fused with multimedia art to frame the societal and cultural themes of identity, constriction and betrayal. A celebrated DC artist, Burgess makes each element of the theatre – lighting, music, costume, space and movement – work together towards clear concept.
The solo work "Khaybet," performed by dancer Connie Lin Fink, is a beautiful and desperate elegy of a woman in restricted surroundings, told from beneath her rust-colored veil. Bathed in a path of orange light, only her arms are visible. The Gregorian Chant-like song of male voices is the impetus for each caressing and maternal motion dotted with militaristic and warrior stances. Never stepping beyond the boundary of her pool, she finally lifts her veil and walks beyond the stage into the light.
A hyphen is a connector and a separator. In "Hyphen," dancers are outfitted in deep gray with a black line dividing the chest. It opens with the dancers using choppy hand motions that cup around the face to hide their identity beneath. Burgess captures the uncertainties of being identified as an Asian-American, latching on to two cultures simultaneously, as well as portraying a struggle between the surface identity versus the internal identity. A formal bow before moving in spurts of disengaged combat – a moment of Tai Chi broken by folding in on oneself – all the while, the dissonant tones of heartbeats and echoes blend uncomfortably. A 1950s-esque TV set is rearranged periodically, as if to find a better signal. The black and white fuzzy images of buttoning a shirt or a face spliced into two images capture identity confusion. Much like a skipping DVD, the dancers stop, go, pause and play – in an endless monotony, finishing with the filming of a dancer's face, de-hyphenated.
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I suspect that I have this disorder too...ReplyDelete
Also afflicted.ReplyDelete
Oh no, someone has a camera in my house.ReplyDelete
This frightens me. Now where's my check book...ReplyDelete
At least I know I'm not alone! Love it!ReplyDelete
That's me everyday!ReplyDelete
I was going through some old emails yesterday and came across this (in written form) and chuckled once again. Being afflicted with the disorder, I decided to share the written description with a friend. She was shocked that there was a name for it! I'm not the only one afflicted, I see.ReplyDelete
I'm quite sure this is me...on a good day.ReplyDelete
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Yes, I too am affected. Is there a support group anyone knows of to help people like us?ReplyDelete
Ha Ha! I know how this feels, it is exhausting isn't it?ReplyDelete
I need a little lie down now.
I love it! It's like a grown up version of the children's book If You Give a Mouse A Cookie!ReplyDelete
Love it, and it's Me too. Not that I'm bragging.ReplyDelete
I had to reshare this. It's just great!ReplyDelete
Umm...I don't think it has anything to do with age. I've had this since I was a child!ReplyDelete
Too funny! That is so me sometimes!ReplyDelete
To all - Thank you for commenting, and I'm glad that there are a bunch of us - and Nuccia, I think that we do at least have an online support group! Ginger - Me, too. I'm glad to know that it's not just age that's at fault (though it does get worse as you get older!).ReplyDelete
To all - Thank you for your comments! Nuccia - I think that we do have a support group - here online! And Ginger - Glad to see that it's not just age, though I have to warn you that it gets worse as you get older.ReplyDelete
OMG! That is me! Now back to what I was doing, whatever that was...ReplyDelete
I've seen this before and it was just as amusing the second time around. I so identify. Thanks for sharing again.ReplyDelete
OMG! This is me, too, and I never did this until a few years ago. Mine is definitely age related.ReplyDelete
Distractions. This happens when I'm researching. I start in one place and you never know where I will end up. We just have our mind on too many things.ReplyDelete


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Dairy Focus: The Gift of Appreciation
By J.W. Schroeder, Dairy Specialist
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'Tis always the season for giving appreciation, especially to employees. That is no different on the dairy or any ag operation that employs labor to conduct business.
As the dairy industry continues to change, so will its reliance on hired labor. In successfully adapting to those changes, the use of the modern tools of human resource management has great potential for improving the productivity and efficiency of the dairy industry.
This message is for everyone: small or large operations, employees or not, spouse or no spouse, kids, too. If you don't show appreciation, you will appear arrogant, ungrateful or insensitive, which will result in labor (or family) problems.
Appreciation is an essential part of working with people and having them work for you. If you are not good at showing appreciation, then work on it. Nothing substitutes for appreciation.
Showing appreciation was the subject of an article written 10 years ago by Phil Durst, Michigan State University's Extension dairy specialist. When preparing for this message, I came across it again and will adapt my comments from this well-written piece. I'll share his five characteristics of showing appreciation. How many are true in your dealings with employees and family members?
- Show appreciation to family as well as nonfamily employees. Although this shouldn't need to be stated, all too often we overlook those closest to us. We expect their efforts and, therefore, often neglect to thank them and make them feel valuable. None of us likes to be taken for granted. Even though family members have a vested interest in the success of the farm, they need to feel that they are important to you in the business as well as personally.
Employees also should have opportunities to show appreciation to one another. Maybe this happens by having a dry-erase board mounted in the milk house that is reserved for notes of appreciation.
- Be specific in your thanks or praise: "I really like the way you clean the parlor after milking" or "You are doing a great job at prepping teats." This reinforces the specific action and allows you to build upon it in the future.
- Appreciation should be frequent. Timing is always a balance. Appreciation shouldn't be so frequent that it loses its meaning, but neither should it be so infrequent that it stuns the recipient. It also should not be predictable. Don't put it on your calendar like progesterone injections. That has a ring of insincerity. Take note of the positive things about people, and when you note it, say something then and there.
- Appreciation should be public. First, the opposite: Criticism always should be private. Never rebuke an employee in front of others. But be quick to praise an employee or family member in front of others.
- Appreciation should be creative, tailored and varied. Don't get in a rut, and don't hesitate to seek new ways to show appreciation.
Here are several ideas to help you tailor your demonstrations of appreciation:
- Build pride in the dairy industry. As a dairy farmer, you work in a great industry, producing a great product. You should take pride in dairy products and so should your employees. That pride will affect the way they do their jobs. For example, you might bring ice cream to the farm with spoons for all. This is not the kind of food that will keep, so everybody breaks and eats until the ice cream is gone. And at the same time, say, "I want you guys to know that I appreciate your hard work these last couple of days, and I also want you to know that what we do here goes into products like this good ice cream."
- Build pride in your operation. Tractor companies figured out long ago that if they gave someone a hat with their name on it, people develop some loyalty to their tractors. Some farms have had jackets made, but dairy producers rarely present products to their employees with the farm name emblazoned on it. T-shirts don't cost much. Each year, you could have a new batch made up with a new saying or theme. In fact, you could have a contest each year among family and employees to develop the new slogan.
- Involve and recognize employees' families. When you need employees to put in extra hours, their families suffer from their absence. Recognize that sacrifice by doing something for the employees and their families, such as giving them passes to an amusement park, ballgame or race. Be sure to include families in celebrations, and schedule activities for the children of employees when you have social events for the farm crew.
- Meet special needs. All families or individuals go through times of need, and these are opportunities to say that you care about them. Prior to the start of the school year, you might give a gift card for a store so they can get school clothes for the kids, or maybe give a gift card for the local auto repair garage because of a need the employee has.
- Give for a particular interest. Individuals have different interests that make them unique. Tailor your appreciation efforts to those interests. Maybe you could sponsor a softball or bowling team. Sponsor the employees' kids in a walk-a-thon or other fundraiser. Maybe you can give shop space for them to work on a vehicle or rent a camper for them.
So as Phil so aptly put it, don't be a curmudgeon! Or to put it another way, don't be like Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted, tight-fisted, greedy character in the Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol."
The economy for dairy farmers has been difficult, to say the least. Now uncertain politics has done little to assure dairy producers of a promising market. All this weighs heavily on the dairy farm family of 2012. But that is not who we are. Don't let this Christmas get away without expressing your heartfelt gratitude to the people who are there for us and help make our reputation as providers of high-quality and safe food every day of the year the envy of the world.
To help you show your appreciation, a collaboration of Extension dairy specialists from the I-29 corridor has launched a series of workshops devoted to employee management not only in the dairy industry but all of agriculture. If you are interested, contact me at (701) 231-7663 or email@example.com for a brochure. The dates for the workshops are:
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- Sioux Falls, S.D. - Jan. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Jamestown, N.D. - March 20-21 (sessions 1 and 2) and April 3-4 (sessions 3 and 4), 1 to 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. to noon both sessions
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Amid the right's hysterical repudiation of everything President Obama has done or wants to do, one legitimate concern stands out: that Washington will grow without limits. The federal government's size, scope, and power have historically taken big leaps in reaction to war and financial crisis. It's not unreasonable to worry that, in responding to the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression while fighting two wars, the United States will find itself with a more expensive, more intrusive public sector and a less free and dynamic private one.
Politically, the backlash against expanding centralized government is hardly a new problem for Democrats. In the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt faced a largely class-based reaction to the New Deal's extension of Washington's role into social insurance, regional development, and last-resort employment. In the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson was confronted with a racially tinged reaction against his use of federal power to fight poverty and advance civil rights. Since California passed Proposition 13 in 1978, distrust of government has been a primary driver of Republican advantage and a dagger pointed at Democrats, who have only really thrived when they took calls to limit government seriously.
Our last Democratic president was a reformist, lean-government liberal who favored federal activism in a context of personal and fiscal responsibility. But because of his initial fumble with health care and a deficit reduction plan wrongly portrayed as an expansion of government, Bill Clinton was miscast by the right as a conventional, tax-and-spend liberal. Only after losing the Congress in 1994 did Clinton declare that "the era of big government is over," sign welfare reform, and explicitly embrace balanced budgets. Once he established his seriousness about self-restraint and limits, however, he thrived politically—at least until Monica Lewinsky came by his office bearing an extra-large pizza.
President Obama says the issue isn't how big government is but whether it works. But size matters too. A government that constitutes half of a country's economy, like those in Western Europe, produces a very different society over time than one that eats up only a third of the economy. Obama may have assumed that hard times and the clear imperative for a strong response to the financial crisis would suspend the underlying dynamic of suspicion toward Washington. If so, he misjudged something fundamental about American political culture. Even now that the fear of excessive, irreversible public-sector growth has provoked an agenda-stalling backlash and resulted in serious people claiming that his proposals equate to socialism, Obama has yet to clarify his ambiguous view of government's role.
How, at this late stage, might a Democratic president go about establishing himself as a limited-government liberal? As a younger, more idealistic journalist, I wrote a book trying to square my belief in federal activism with a commitment to limited government. In the 15 years since, my advice hasn't much changed (or been taken). New Democrats and Blue Dogs aside, the party's congressional leadership has never really recognized that the problem of government excess and failure is grounded in reality as well as in the other side's distortions and misperceptions.
At this point, Obama and the Democrats may be destined to learn the old lesson once again. But if they hope to avoid a repeat of Clinton's 1994 fate in 2010, the president and his party might think about fixing a long-term upper limit on the size of government. Because of the bank bailouts and stimulus, federal spending will exceed 25 percent of GDP this year, and public spending at all levels will exceed 44 percent. But if liberals were clear that, in normal times, federal spending shouldn't be more than 22 percent and that the public sector as a whole shouldn't exceed a third of GDP—the level during Clinton's second term—the fear of Democrats covertly foisting a social-democratic model on America would begin to melt away. This kind of ceiling would mean that government couldn't grow at the expense of the economy, because it couldn't grow faster than the economy as a whole. To substantiate his commitment, Obama should unilaterally propose large, specific cuts in programs and subsidies to be phased in as the need for stimulus spending recedes. Raising the retirement age, privatizing space exploration, and eliminating agriculture subsidies would make a decent start.
Beyond actually endorsing smaller government, Obama could identify himself with wiser government by developing the responsibility theme he sounded in his inaugural address but has returned to infrequently in the period since. Health care reform based on an individual mandate is a good example of government linking a private duty to a public benefit, but Obama hasn't emphasized this "values" aspect of the plan. Another example might be to require public service work in exchange for extended unemployment benefits, on the principle of welfare reform. A nicotine-addicted president should also steer clear of paternalistic, class-tinged policies like taxing soft drinks. Letting personal behavior that doesn't harm others slide means recognizing another kind of limit on government.
There's a risk of harming the country by failing to address fundamental threats and problems—which is where current Republican policies would leave us. There's also a risk of Democrats responding in a way that leaves behind more government than we want or need. Obama could help himself by letting people know he's worried about that danger too.
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That and some (kind of minor but not really) changes in the anime due to time constraint (i.e. the reason why Kyousuke finally exploded at Kirino is totally different in the novel...).
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That was definitely a great episode and best in the series I think.
The first part was rough with how harsh Kirino was on Manami and how she set Kyousuke up like that. Definitely a part where all the people who dislike her could just feel that all the more strongly. She just went overboard in so many ways.
I'm really happy with the rest of the episode though. Finally there was a small blow up from Kyousuke. It's been a long time coming with him holding so much in when it comes to Kirino. It had to happen and felt they needed to show it.
Best part was Kirino's apology. Well it was apologizing, thanking, and a lot of stuff put together. Really I'm sure that he's wanted to hear that kind of thing from her for a long time. Sure he's taken action not for the sake of those things, but probably for the first time hearing those kinds of things had to really reach him. Obviously the tears were the prime evidence of how happy he was to hear that kind of thing. Sure some words thrown out in panic when he started crying, but really a huge step for Kirino.
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However, a few things from the first part of the episode made it enjoyable to me:
1. Manami essentially foiled Kirino completely. She did this by having an effective answer to each and every one of Kirino's complaints, and never getting flustered by Kirino in the least. Also, she never reacted with anger or shock at the trap that Kirino laid for Kyousuke; getting such a reaction from Manami was clearly part of Kirino's plan, and that didn't happen. Kirino was actually kind of defeated for a change.
2. Kyousuke himself could have played this better. Manami had asked for a moment to prepare her room when Kyousuke visited her back in episode 6, so Kyousuke could have easily requested the same and took some precautions (to clean up the traps, of course). Beyond that... Kyousuke doesn't seem to be aware of how laptops close.
3. Again, Manami is just fantastic. Could you ask for a better friend or girlfriend? She just rolls with everything, and is so honest and eager to help. She's like the ultimate anti-tsundere, really.
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Pretty funny episode, though Kirino suddenly going all dere or whatever was kind of abrupt, especially after how she acted in the first part. Was a good episode though, almost too heart warming.
but man, I still can't get over how Kyousuke seems to not have had ANY friends before meeting his sisters friends. It's the only thing abut the series that bugs the hell out of me.
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Anyway, I really enjoyed this episode. I especially like how Manami's reaction to the trap was the complete opposite of what Kirino was going for.
The second half was also really good, too. Kyousuke really deserved that thanks and apology and I'm glad Kirino finally did it. I don't expect her to change much at all after that, but it was still nice.
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However, yeah, he clearly doesn't like hanging out with other guys much. Perhaps it's due in part to his poor relationship with his father, whereas his mother is nicer to him? Hence he thinks "Other men don't make good friends, but girls and women do".
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I can't exactly call that the best episode of the series, but it is definitely an improvement in many aspects.
That being said, as people already explained, the second part of the episode was pretty much disjointed all around. That may sound nitpicking for some people, but it just switches from 2 complete different situations that has little connection.
In a way, there is a drastic lack of "transition" between the first and second half. It almost looks like 2 fragments of 2 successive episodes were stitched together.
Now, it certainly doesn't need a long exposure for that, but they probably should have shown Kyousuke "really" depressed after this incident and Manami being slightly awkward to demonstrate the issue. If it wasn't for the flat out "Kyousuke was depressed recently" explanation, Kirino's attempt would look like a purely "random apology" altogether. Moreso, because without this straight explanation, one would wonder why Kirino suddenly does that when she definitely did things of the same "magnitude" before.
Aside of this fault, this episode was definitely enjoyable and an improvement.
Although I definitely got irked by Kirino MAX tsun attitude towards Manami, they played well Manami's nature to the point I couldn't help but feel like she was facing her future mother in law
Meanwhile, Kuroneko yet again stole the show, and I must admit my reaction was sort of similar to Kyousuke with her "nii-san" (definitely a dangerous situation). Again, kuroneko impersonation are terribly amusing.
Of course, the other big highlight was finally this development between the kousaka siblings. Took them ages for that to the point I was giving up on it.
But hell: did they really not see Kirino coming with that gift? I mean the box size was a giveaway! At least, hilarious reaction from Kuroneko and Saori (the latter definitely has shown unusual "huh?" reactions... such like when Kirino passed).
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Forgot to say, but nice episode by Kuroneko. Hiding behind the curtain in that outfit was great . Have to agree with Kirino that the cat ears and tail just add a lot to it. Plus she came in with some strong firepower with the 'Nii-san' stuff. Knew Kirino couldn't take much of that and Kyousuke definitely had a reaction there .
Kyousuke was a bit careless that's true. Forget the escape key I was waiting for him to just close the laptop. But I guess when panicked don't normally think of everything. Wouldn't be surprised if she taped a picture to the lid of the laptop in case he tried that . Of course he had probably cleaned up his room earlier and didn't think Kirino would go that far so can't really blame him for not asking for time before taking her up.
Manami was pretty amazing in some ways. Though that kind of makes it hard for me to get into her character too much. I mean a hostile sister and seeing that room it's kind of strange how she took it all in stride. Makes you kind of curious to see where the heck her breaking point is if she can handle all that. Definitely a good person with high tolerance.
|2010-12-13, 02:20
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Manami and Kyousuke HAVE been friends since they were young kids. I'm sure there's quite a bond of trust between the two, so her reaction was pretty sensible to me.
Anyway, this was a fantastic episode and it finally resolved almost all the conflict from past episodes. Now all I wonder is how they can wrap this up.
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|2010-12-13, 02:25
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I also took Kirino's apology as a catch-all, for all the ways she's wronged him throughout this series.
Maybe I missed a key word or two here, and am misinterpreting it, but that is how I took Kyousuke's claim of depression, and Kirino's apology.
Honestly, that's why I can't help but think that this would have made for an excellent concluding episode for the anime.
|2010-12-13, 02:30
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Loved this episode, as it had Manami awesomeness in the first half, and Kuroneko dominating the second half. Sure not as moe overload as the Manami episode, but I'm not complaining as this is the next best thing. ^_^
And... Bwahahahaha! Kyousuke has a fetish for meganekkos. Hows that for Canon fire ammunition? XD
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to add a certain Saori Bageena to my blacklist... knew she was trouble the moment I've read about her in first book.
|2010-12-13, 02:32
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With the context given by Ion from the light novel, it makes this interpretation much easier to consider.
This observation is a tad more obvious when Kirino implies she takes the opportunity to thank him for everything, while Saori and Kuroneko apologize to Kyousuke as well (connected with what Ion explained).
I may be wrong of course, but it really seems to be the case.
But considering Kirino's apologies and Kyousuke "flashback loop" sequence, the whole scene was definitely nudging everything that has happened so far, whereas the origin of the problem seemed much more recent.
|2010-12-13, 02:38
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Another well adapted episode, still very fast paced but it can't be helped. I really wish they would have made it into a 24 episode anime. Hopefully there will be at least 2 more volumes out before next fall season so that they can make season 2 without problems.
They should have shown how Kyousuke snapped after all that Kirino did, but got to see some her dere side finally.
Btw how come Kyousuke doesn't know how to use computers that much, I mean, it seems that he didn't even knew about the internet in earlier episodes, what kind of life has he been living until now?. Even if he had old fashioned thoughts like his dad I don't think it would be a valid excuse, but well....
Kirino and Manami were like a softer version of Sora and Nao
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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1) My girlfriend is a meganekko.
2) I have a meganekko fetish.
3) I once got my girlfriend to call me "Onii-chan" using reverse psychology.
In other words, I am totally showing her that scene as soon as I get the chance.
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There is still widespread naiveté about the value of personal information and the way data is aggregated according to a new survey by Usamp.
Men and women are quite willing to share personal information about relationships, education, employment, brand preferences and political and religious affiliations.
But when it comes to information like email or physical address, phone numbers, or their location, women put a higher premium on physical safety and are markedly more guarded than their male counterparts.
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When looking at the types of information both men and women were fairly willing to share, it is the unintended use of that information that place you at risk.
For example, it was through hard fought battles in the 20th century that we gained a number of civil rights designed to protect every citizen from discrimination based on gender, religion, race, color, national origin, age, marital or family status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, financial status, and more.
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To understand how this works, Microsoft conducted research in January 2010, to expand the understanding around role of online information and reputation.
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As you can see in this table, would-be employers can now make decisions based on a number of factors long before ever inviting a candidate in for an interview process where some system of oversight could possibly identify discriminatory practices against selected candidates.
With this type of undetectable prescreening, employers can make decisions based on how people look in their photos – weight, age, skin color, health, prettiness factor, style, tattoos, and economic indicators. They can look at comments made by the candidate, friends or family members that they would never have had the right to access pre-internet. They can look at groups and organizations a person is associated with – and potentially make decisions based on political affiliations, faith, sexual preferences, even medical factors – if this information is indicated through the groups and organizations to which the candidate belongs.
Learn more about the erosion of civil rights in my blog Civil Rights Get Trampled in Internet Background Checks.
The damage doesn't end there
It is not just would be employers or college application review boards who can and do use this information. If 5 years ago someone posted a photo of you on a drinking binge, will it impact whether an auto insurance company accepts you, or quotes you a higher rate? Will it impact your medical insurance rate? How about your ability to get a car, school, or home loan? The answer is likely to be YES.
A reluctance to share address, email, phone numbers and other 'locatable' information doesn't matter if you're willing to share your name, employer etc.
The study found that among the types of personal information shared, men and women are most likely to be happy to share their names (86% and 88%, respectively) and email addresses (55.2% and 42.4%, respectively). Yet unless you live off the grid, your name alone is probably enough to get your address and phone number – and sometimes your email address. It's enough to discover if you own or rent, if you vote, have a criminal record, etc. Compounding your risks, the facial recognition tools now in Facebook and Google+, mean that even your face in a photo may be enough to collect all this information.
Does it mean you hop off the internet and hide? No. But it does mean that before sharing any information you should ask yourself who could see it? What could they do with it? Will it damage you, your child, or someone else in the future? If your information is already out there, you may want to work with websites to have any sensitive information removed.


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Another notable item here by way of Morningstar's Russel Kinnel: Which new mutual-fund managers invest substantially in their own product? Answer: Among 2012's newbies, Kinnel couldn't find many.
There were three groups with more than a million bucks in their own recently launched funds at the last disclosure: Howard Gleicher of Aristotle/Saul Opportunity (ARSOX); Mark Thompson, Dana Feick, and Rick Moulton of Riverbridge Growth (RIVBX), and Andrew Foster of Seafarer Overseas Growth and Income (SIGIX).
Joel Greenblatt and Robert Goldstein invested $500,000 to $1 million in Gotham Absolute Return (GARIX), and Prudential Jennison International Opportunities' (PWJAX) Mark Baribeau belonged to the same category.
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As this blog just noted, there were 484 new mutual funds last year, so it tells you something that so few managers eat their own cooking.


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Fútbol has long reigned as the king of sports among Hispanics, but recent research shows that many Latinos in the U.S. are warming to American football and the NFL. The 2012 NFL season attracted a record number of Hispanic viewers, and Super Bowl XLVII drew in nearly 10 million Latino viewer ages 12 and up. So how long will soccer keep its crown, or has the NFL already edged out Latin America's "beautiful game"?
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MY FEVER BROKE THIS MORNING!so i have been sick sick sick since last saturday. i thought it was sun poisoning bc we were out on the boat all day.
but i have no idea what i had because i had chills, fever, headaches, the runs, then sunday my cramps started and i rested all day while all my friends were at the winery:( but there was no way i could go. the thought of sun, riding in a bus and wine made me cringe. i just sat and watched life time all day going in and out of sleep. i was hungry but everything made me sick. monday we all got our stuff ready to go home and i was just really weak but not as bad as i was sat or sunday. tuesday i took it easy, it was a rainy day. i woke up wed feeling like i was hung over even though i had no alcohol in me but i managed to go to work feeling ok. it was a short day at the salon and when 7 pm rolled around i was WORSE than ever. i could barely open my eyes or walk. Jacob was gone at a gig so i called my mom, my lil sis answered and i was in tears. i needed someone to come take care of me. yes i was crying like a baby.
yes i am a whimp. my dad showed up 3 min later with immodium, he was in the area and he was going to keep me company until Jacob got home. he knew i was sick when i said he could pick the channel. a little after my dad showed up my mom came and brought me sprite and chicken noodle soup but she couldn't stay bc she had to take amy home. i am a very lucky and loved daughter. i know this.
thursday anything i ate came up-friday i had high fever and i was still very weak but my food was staying down so we looked up ecoli bc my gma was worried. maybe i had that? maybe it was the worst flu ever.
jacob spoon fed me all my meals, rubbed my back, went on many errands for fudge popsicles, cantelope, redbox, and theraflu. i pray that when your sick you have your very own jacob to take care of you.
FINALLY SATURDAY 9 a.m. my fever broke but im not 100 percent myself yet.
P.S. i hate immodium! don't take it. i would rather have the runs than not be able to go AT ALL!
let this be a warning to all of you! take your vitamins the FLU is here! eat healthy, get your 8 hours of sleep per night. when i got sick i was on about 4 hours of sleep per night. NOT GOOD.


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IRC development rooms can be funky places; sometimes people approach you with unusual questions that make you think for a bit before you realize the answer might help other developers. Take the other evening, for instance, when someone asked me whether there was an easy way to manage a table data source that could not extend beyond a certain number of cells.
The developer asynchronously downloaded new items and wanted to append these to his data without going past a maximum count for an array. Normally, I'd recommend that he use an NSMutableArray as a queue, but then he pointed out one small issue: he could not guarantee whether the array would be fully populated when adding those new items.
A queue doesn't know much about delaying pops. Whereas a queue takes two operators:push and pull, regardless of its contents, my class needed to use just one: push, returning the head object only when it had filled its capacity. Yes, you can emulate this with a queue by adding a lot of code checking for its size, capacity, etc but there had to be a simpler solution.
Now, seriously, I spent a good deal of time googling for data types and I could not for the life of me remember what a structure like this is called so I am going to be calling it a "data tube". It's not a ring buffer. It's not a blocking queue. It's...a...whatever. Someone should be along shortly to correct me in the comments and tell me exactly what this is.
To make the tube work, each object must pass through the tube before it's pulled out in a FIFO manner. Here's the code I used to create that DataTube class:
@interface DataTube : NSObject { NSInteger size; NSMutableArray *array; } @property (nonatomic) NSInteger size; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *array; - (id) push: (id) anObject; @end @implementation DataTube @synthesize size; @synthesize array; - (id) init { if (!(self = [super init])) return self; self.size = 0; self.array = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self.array release]; return self; } - (id) push: (id) anObject { if (self.size == 0) return anObject; if ([self.array count] < self.size) { [self.array addObject: anObject]; return nil; } [self.array addObject:anObject]; id firstObject = [[[self.array objectAtIndex:0] retain] autorelease]; [self.array removeObject:firstObject]; return firstObject; } - (void) dealloc { [super dealloc]; [self.array release]; } @end
To use this class, you initialize it, set its size, and then push items onto it. The following code produces nil, nil, nil, and then @"hello" as return values. (The return values are ignored in this example, but I put them in there because they fit with the way the class should work.)
tube = [[DataTube alloc] init]; tube.size = 3; CFShow([tube push:@"hello"]); CFShow([tube push:@"world"]); CFShow([tube push:@"how"]); CFShow([tube push:@"are"]);
To use this as your data source, you must be sure to use tube.array.count to set the number of rows for your table. Do not use tube.size. That's because you cannot guarantee that the tube will ever fill. Access the data by recovering [tube.array objectAtIndex:anIndex]. The tube fills from back to front, so the "top" of your table will always be at index 0 if the array count is greater than one.
This isn't all that common a problem to encounter, but I thought it was nifty enough to share. And, if you can tell me exactly what it is that I have defined in official Computer Science-ese or want to improve the implementation, please jump in in the comments.


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Channing Tatum was voted People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2012. If you've seen him dance in his sweats, this comes as no surprise. Before Magic Mike, I didn't get the fascination. I thought Channing was cute-ish with a great body, but he never really did anything for me. That is, until this happened. I am a woman after all.
Many other hotties were featured in this year's issue. Here's a sampling.
Did any of your favorites make the list?
Clockwise - Bradley Cooper, Max Greenfield, Don Cheadle, David Beckham
Adam Levine, Paul Rudd, Chris Hemsworth, Richard Gere
Neil Patrick Harris, Seth Meyers, Robert Downey Jr., Michael C. Hall
Kellan Lutz, Josh Hutcherson, Matt Bomer, Ben Affleck
Blake Shelton, Oscar Pistorius, Damian Lewis, Denzel Washington
I don't know if Sexy Saturday will continue to be a weekly thing, but I certainly like the thought of it. Who doesn't love a little sexy on Saturday? Or maybe you stayed off the net all weekend and you're seeing this on Monday. Even better! What do you think? I like it. I love it. I want some more of it.


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